Calendar

The Kerrytown Concert House pre-
sents An Evening of Robert
Schumann 8 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at
415 N. Fourth, Ann Arbor. Performers
are Michele Cooker and Arthur
Greene, pianos; Elizabeth Parcells, lyric
soprano; Megan Reiter, violin; with
commentary by Susan Nisbett.
$25/$15/$10. (734) 769-2999.
Singles are invited to mix and min-
gle at Overtures 6 p.m. Saturday, July
24, at Meadow Brook Music Festival.
The evening includes a barbecue and
cash bar in the Overtures tent, followed
by an all-Mozart program by the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The next
Overtures evening, featuring the music
of Tchaikovsky, is 6 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 7. $40 single concert/$70 both
events. (313) 576-5111;
www.detroitsymphony.corn

Center Drive at Berg Road. Both
concerts are free. (248) 424-9022.
Meshing hip hop, house, techno
and rock, The Chemical Brothers
take the stage Tuesday, July 20, at St.
Andrew's Hall, Detroit. Doors at 9
p.m. $25. (248) 645-6666;
www. ticketmaster. corn
Jazz with the Bill Heid Trio is
next in the Fox 2 & Detroit Zoo
Summer Concert Series 6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 21, at the zoo.
Concerts continue every Wednesday
at 6 through Aug. 25. $7.50/$4.50
for ages 2-12. (248) 398-0900;
www.ci.detroit.mi. us
Cher and guest Cyndi Lauper offer
a night of music 8 p.m. Friday, July
23, in a sold-out concert at the Palace
of Auburn Hills. $75/$45. (248) 645-
6666; www. palacen et. co m

Pop/RoadJAzz

Clarinetist Wendell
Harrison performs a con-
cert tribute to Duke
Ellington 8:30 p.m.
Friday, July 16, at
Orchestra Hall. Also on
the bill are pianist Gary
Shrunk, drummer Alex
Brooks, bassist Ralphe
Armstrong and singer
Sheila Landis. $15 at the
door. (313) 576-5111.
The Nigerian-born,
Grammy-winning vocalist
and songwriter Seal per-
forms 8 p.m. Saturday,
July 17, at the Fox
Theatre, Detroit.
$50/$35/$27.50.
The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars perform
(248) 645-6666.
Thursday at the Magic Bag.
Pine Knob Music
Theatre presents the follow-
ing concerts, all at 7:30 p.m.: Rock -
Jazz artist Will Downing takes
artist Peter Frampton and Eric Stuart
the stage with Oleta Adams and
Saturday, July 17; $22.50/$12.50.
Pieces of a Dream 8 p.m. Friday,
Classic rock band REO Speedwagon
July 23, at Chene Park, Detroit.
Monday, July 19; $22.50/$12.50. Styx,
$35/$25. (313) 983-6606.
rockers from the 1970s and '80s,
Smooth jazz artist Richard Elliott,
Wednesday, July 21; $24.50/$12.50.
with special guest `Brian Culbertson,
(248) 645-6666; www.ticketmaster.com
performs 8 p.m. Friday, July 23, at the
The city of Southfield's Concerts
Royal Oak Music Theatre. $32.50.
on the Lawn series presents hot
(248) 645-6666.
Latin music with Benny Cruz Y La
Buena Vida 7 p.m. Sunday, July 18,
ON THE STAGE
outside the Southfield Municipal
Shadow Theatre Company presents
complex, 26000 Evergreen Road.
the
drama Echoes, by N. Richard
The city's other summer music
Nash,
July 22-25 during the TreeTown
venue, the Gazebo Concert series,
Festival
at the Performance Network,
features the Kapp Ivory Quartet,
Ann
Arbor.
Show times are Thursday-
performing Big Band classics to
Saturday
at
8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
Motown, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July
$12/$9.
(734)
663-0681.
21, at Burgh Historical Park, Civic

"Joseph-Theodore Deck: The Art
of Ceramics in 19th-Century France,"
on display at the DIA.

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CLASSICAL

LAUGH LINES

The Second City celebrates its fifth
anniversary in Detroit with its 16th
revue, Phantom Menace to Society,
directed by Ron West. Performed at 8
p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays and also
10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. $19.50
Saturdays/ $17.50 Fridays/$10 other
nights. (313) 965-2222/(248) 645-6666.
Carrot Top offers comedy 8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 21, at Meadow Brook
Music Festival. $24.50/$12.50.
(248) 645-6666.

FAMILY FUN

A musical version of the classic
Sleeping Beauty will be performed by
the American Family Theaters'
Broadway for Kids noon Friday, July
23, at Meadow Brook Music Festival.
$10/$5. (248) 645-6666.
Puppeteer Maureen Schiffman pre-
sents Cocos Rock 'n' Roll Revue 1 and 3
p.m. Friday, July 23, and noon and 2
p.m. Sunday, July 25, during the
Michigan '50s Festival at Novi Expo
Center. Free. For a complete schedule
of events, call (248) 349-1950;
www.fiftiesfestival.com
The Flint Cultural Center is hosting
the 14th annual Children's Celebration
10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, on
its 30-acre campus. Offerings include
entertainment, arts, crafts, games.
Bring food or purchase from vendors.
(810) 237-7351.
A traveling exhibit of insect art and
poetry by children in grades K-5,
including some Akiva Hebrew Day
School students, as well as works by pro-
fessional artists, is featured during July at
the Southfield Public Library, 26000
Evergreen. Free. (248) 948-0470.

THE

ART SCENE

Touchstone: 200 Years of Artists'
Lithographs opens Saturday, July 17,
at the University of Michigan
Museum of Art, 525 S. State, Ann
Arbor. The museum's Dan Reich gives
free ArtFocus talks on the art of litho-
graphy 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 22
and 29. (734) 764-0395.
Works by Leon Schoichit, a mem-
ber of the Farmington Artists Club,
are on exhibit through August at
Borders Books & Music, 30995
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington
Hills. (248) 737-0110.
Aqua/Agua, a multimedia exhibi-
tion in which 12 artists explore the
theme of water, continues through July
31 at Revolution, 23257 Woodward,
Ferndale. (248) 541-3444.

WHATNOT

The annual Southfield Gold Cup
Polo Competition is a chance to see
polo played in the city. The games begin
2 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at Word of
Faith International Christian Center,
Nine Mile and Evergreen. $6/$5 in
advance. (248) 354-4854.
The Jewish Community Center
seeks writers to feature at the Local
Author Mini-Fair during the annual
Jewish Book Fair in November. Books
must have been published between
October 1998 and October 1999 and
written by a Jewish author or have
Jewish content. Deadline for submis-
sion is Aug. 31. (248) 661-7648.
A bus tour titled Art & Architecture
in Detroit, led by Professor Michael
Farrell and sponsored by Centennial
Chapter, Jewish Women International,
runs 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17.
$35, including lunch. Reservations
deadline: July 27. (248) 737-1653.

— Compiled by Esther Allweiss Tschirhart

7/16
1999

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