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TRILLING TENORS

more than 50 women
temporary artists such as
encompass photojournal-
Leslie Dill, Alison Saar and
ism, documentary pho-
Helen Frankenthaler are on
tographs, portraits, still
display with old favorites
life, self-portraiture, land-
from the collection by Mary
scape and digital imagery.
Cassatt, Louise Nevelson,
Admission to the exhi-
Barbara Kruger and others.
bitions is free with muse-
Opening Sunday, July
urn admission (recom-
25, and running through
mended $4 adults/$1 chil-
Nov. 7 is "Where the Girls
GAIL
ZIMMERMAN
dren). (313) 833-7900,
Are: Photographs By
Arts & Entertainment
www.dia.org
.
Women From the DIA's
Editor
Collection." This exhibi-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
tion surveys the museum's
DETROIT!
entire range of holdings by female
photographers, from the invention of
Everyone's invited to Detroit's offi-
the medium until today.
cial 298th Birthday Party, which takes
Included are works by Julia
place 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, July
Margaret Cameron, Bereniece Abbott,
24, on the grounds of the Detroit
Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea
Historical Museum and Detroit
Lange, Diane Arbus, Margaret
Public Library on Woodward Ave.,
Bourke-White, Judy Linn and Laurie
between Kirby and Putnam. The
Simons, among many others.
party commemorates the founding of
The more than 90 photographs by
the city of Detroit by Antoine de la

Mothe Cadillac on July 24, 1701.
This annual fun-filled event for the
whole family features free cake and ice
cream, activities for children and adults
and a wide variety of entertainment.
This year's headliners are the Chenille
Sisters at 1:15 p.m. and The Sun
Messengers, who will perform two sets
at 11:05 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. Detroit's
Mosaic Youth Theatre provides musical
entertainment at 11:45 a.m.
A new twist for this year's event is
"Detroit's Largest High School
Reunion," in which graduates past and
present are invited to take part. A special
naturalization ceremony will take place
at noon. Face painting, storytelling, his-
torical re-enactments, a treasure hunt,
play areas for kids and a sidewalk chalk
drawing contest round out the fun.
Admission is free. There will be
small 'charges for food and bever-
ages. For more information on the
event or the reunion, call the
Birthday Party hotline at (313)
833-7912; or check the Web site
at www.detroithistorical.org .

Another trio of tenors is coming to
town. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, The
Irish Tenors, accompanied by the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra under conduc-
tor Frank MacNamara, take the stage at
the Palace of Auburn Hills in a concert
featuring contemporary and traditional
Irish music, including the world pre-
miere of Riverdance Suite. This is the
first major North American tour for The
Irish Tenors, who earlier this year were
featured on a national PBS broadcast.
Who are, they? John McDermott
grew up the ninth of 12 children and
moved to Canada in the mid-'60s. He
was discovered at age 40, while working
at a Toronto newspaper, after making a
recording of Irish and Scottish songs for
his parents. The Celtic tenor has gone
on to sell millions of records. Anthony
Kearns is an opera-trained lyric tenor
who was discovered when he won
Ireland's "Search for a Tenor" corn-
petition in 1993. He has twice
won the Dermot Trophy for orato-
rio. Ronan Tynan received his first
formal voice training at age 30,
Stagecrafters Youth Theatre presents Bye Bye Birdie, the musical extravaganza that spoofs
teenage frenzy over rock 'n' roll idols, July 23-Aug. 1 at Royal Oak's Baldwin Theatre.
and in 1992 was awarded the
The "birdie" of the title, of course, is an Elvis-like songbird about to be inducted
John McCormack Cup for Tenor
into
the military. To preserve his meal ticket, Birdie's manager and his secretary
Life
Voice. His current CD,
has
been
certified
concoct
a publicity stunt to
Belongs to You,
choose a typical American girl
gold in Ireland.
Tickets are $45 and $27.50
to give Birdie one last kiss
and are available at the Palace box
before he goes into uniform.
office and all Ticketmaster cen-
With songs like "The
Telephone Hour," "Ed Sullivan"
ters, or by phone at (248) 645-
and "One Last Kiss," it's a show-
6666. The Irish Tenors will sign
autographs at Harmony House,
pleaser for all ages.
The 36-member cast includes
30830 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills, from 1-3 p.m.
Sara Lennox of Berkley, Emily
Friedman of Ferndale, Danielle
Tuesday, July 27. A•Ar
and Jacqueline Katz and Blair
WHERE THE GIRLS ARE
Mellow of Huntington Woods,
and Rebecca Hyke of Rochester
The focus is on women artists
Hills.
and photographers this summer
The Baldwin Thetare is
at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
located
at 415 S. Lafayette.
"Where the Girls Are: Prints By
Performances are 7 p.m.
Women From the DIKs Collection"
Friday-Saturday, July 23-24; 2
runs in the Schwartz Graphic Arts
p.m. Sunday, July 25; 7 p.m.
Galleries through Sept. 26 and sur-
Thursday-Saturday, July 29-31;
veys the work of women printmak-
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1.
ers in late 19th- and 20th-century
Left to right: Justin Noroyan of Farmington Hills
Tickets
are $5 for 17 and
art. In all, the prints of 50 women
as Randolph, Brian Thibault of Ferndale as
under/$7 adults. All seats are
explore the technical developments
Mr. McAfee; Shauna Mancini of Sterling Heights as
reserved. For tickets, call
Mrs. McAfee, M Brian Ogden of Berkley as Conrad
of the art of printmaking — from
(248) 541-6430.
Birdie and Rebecca Hyke of Rochester as Kim McAfee.
woodcut to screenprint.
Many recent acquisitions by con-

WATCYT TFIE BIRDIE

DE-LUSCIOUS

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The all-girl band Luscious
Jackson named themselves after a
sports announcer's mispronuncia-
tion of NBA star Lucius Jackson's
name. Gabby Glazer. the band's
vocalist and guitar player — and
only Jewish member — says you
can't really classify Luscious Jackson's
sound. "It's a little mix of every-
thing," she says, or as actor Kevin
Bacon put it, "so-co-fo" — a cross
between soul, funk and country
You can hear for yourself
when Luscious Jackson plays an
all-ages concert at Clutch Cargo's
Tuesday, July 27. Out with a new
album, Electric Honey, which one
reviewer labeled "smart-pop
heaven," the band includes, in
addition to. Glazer, former
Beastie Boys drummer Kate
Shellenbach and vocalist/bassist
Jill Cuniff. Cibo Matto opens.
Clutch Cargo is located at 65 E.
Huron in Pontiac. Tickets are $15
and available at all Ticketmaster
locations or by phone at (248)
645-6666. For further informa-
tion, call (313) 961-6358.

FYI: For Arts and Entertainment related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item, with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number,
Notice must be received at least three weeks before
to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034; fax us at (248) 354-6069; or e-mail to gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com
the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.

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1999

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Detroit Jewish News