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LESTER
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Paintings
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William Glen Crooks
NEW PAINTINGS

The Klezmer Fusion Band performs Sunday at the Yiddish Concert in
the Park, in Rothstein Park, Oak Park.

CLASSICAL

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra at
Meadow Brook Music Festival features
maestro David Alan Miller and guest
pianist Eduardus Halim in a program of
Symphonic Blockbusters 8 p.m. Friday,
July 30. Miller and the DSO will be
joined by the Women of Meadow
Brook Festival Singers for a perfor-
mance of Gustav Holst's The Planets,
complete with photo projections of
NASA spacecraft, 8 p.m. Saturday, July
31. "Cosmic Inspiration," a free lecture
including stargazing, precedes at 7 in
the hilltop tent. The DSO's weekend
concludes 7:30 p.m. Sunday, August 1,
with a Big Band Bash featuring conduc-
tor/trumpeter JeffTyzik. $8-$50. (313)
576-5111/(248) 377-0100;
www.detroitsymphony.com

Pop /ROCK/JAZZ
The duo Mustard's Retreat plans a
25th anniversary -performance 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 31, at the Ark, 316 S.
Main, Ann Arbor. $11/$10. (734)
761-1800; www.a2ark.org
The Kerrytown Concert House pre-
sents the acoustic quintet SwingSet,
performing songs of the '20s, '30s and
'40s, 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday, July 31,
at 415 N. Fourth, Ann Arbor.
Performers are Susan Chastain, James
Dapogny, Mike Karoub, Rod
McDonald and Nick Calandro.
$25/$15/$10. (734) 769-2999.
Pine Knob Music Theatre presents
the following concerts, all at 7:30 p.m.
unless otherwise indicated: The
Tragically Hip, Saturday, July 31;
$25/$15. Motown singer-songwriter
Smokey Robinson, Sunday, Aug. 1;
$25/$15. Grammy-Award-winning
R&B/rap recording artist Lauryn Hill,

Monday, Aug. 2; $56/$26. Heavy
metal performers Blue Oyster Cult and
Nazareth with guest Survivor 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 3; $22.50/$12.50. Two
rock shows featuring The Steve Miller
Band with guests George Thorogood
& The Destroyers and Curtis Salgado 7
p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 5 and
6; $37.50/$21.50. (248) 645-6666;
www.ticketmaster.com
An all-ages show with Michigan's
own Verve Pipe and guests Papa Vegas
comes to town Thursday, Aug. 5, at
Clutch Cargo's, Pontiac. $17.50. (248)
645-0666; www.ticketmaster.com
The city of Southfield's Concerts
on the Lawn series presents the hot
reggae and Caribbean rhythms of
Black Market 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1,
outside the Southfield Municipal com-
plex, 26000 Evergreen Road. The
city's other outdoor music venue, the
Gazebo Concert series, features the
acoustic trio One Flight Up 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Burgh
Historical Park, Civic Center Drive at
Berg Road. Both concerts are free.
(248) 424-9022.
Professional musicians plan perfor-
mances 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday,
Aug. 4-6, at Birmingham Unitarian
Church, 651 N. Woodward,
Bloomfield Hills. The schedule is:
Troubadours Night, Aug. 4; Coffee
House featuring folk music, Aug. 5;
and Composers' Night with new
music, Aug. 6. Free. (248) 647-2380.
The all-woman jazz group Straight
Ahead performs in the city of Oak
Park's concert series 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 3, at Shepherd Park, Church and
Northfield. If rain, at Oak Park High
School. Free. (248) 691-7555.

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