Best Bets FABULOUS FINERY on to a successful career not only as a musician but as an actor on the big screen. Last year, fans were Harry Connick J r. surprised to see grew up the son of two Connick — alongside a lawyers who co-owned a number of Jewish record store in New celebrities — appear on Orleans, La. He began TV during the CBS playing piano at age 3 tribute to Israel's 50th and was accomplished anniversary. enough to perform at GAIL ZIMMERMAN Surprisingly, Conflict: his father's swearing-in Arts & Entertainment does have ties to the ceremony as New Editor Jewish community. Orleans District 1 have Jewish her- Attorney at age 6. itage on my mother's side. My moth, By the time he was er was Jewish, but I was raised 1-0, he made his debut with a New Catholic. By the time I knew her, she Orleans jazz band. The songs he con- was sort of non-denominational," he tributed to the film soundtrack of told our sister paper The Atlanta When Harry Met Sally marked his first Jewish Times. Connick's mother multi-platinum success, and he's gone passed away when he was very young. Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band "Come By Me" tour, in support of his lat- est CD release, heads to Pine Knob 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9. Tickets are-S45 pavil- ion/$29.50 lawn. (248) 645-6666. WILD ABOUT HARRY Hudson's and the Founders Council of the Detroit Institute of Arts celebrates the 30th anniversary of Fash Bash this year on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at the Fox Theatre. The event, attracting 5,000 guests each year, is the single largest auxiliary fund-raiser for the DIA, raising more than S2 million since its inception. In conjunction with this year's theme, "A World Odyssey of Fashion & Adventure," fall fashions influ- enced by trends and traditions from around the world will be featured. Showcasing the latest fall looks, this year's designers include Sonia Rykiel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Missoni, Anne Klein, Ellen Tracy, Cheap & Chic, Escada, Margaretha Ley, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren Collection and Moschi no. Multimedia and live entertainment on the run- way include comedienne Wanda Sykes-Hall as emcee, tap dance king Savion Glover and dance group Muntu, as well as bands from around the world. While Fash Bash is tradi- tionally a black tie event, guests this year are encour- aged to have fun with the Odyssey theme and dress in fashions inspired by their favorite travel destinations. Fox Theatre doors open at 6:30 p.m. for pre-show mingling and people watch- ing. The show begins at 8 p.m., followed by dancing at the After Bash at the State Theatre next door. Tickets are $175 for patrons, $45 for sponsors, $30 for individual ticket holders, and are available at the DIA box office, (313) 833-6760; the Fox Theatre Box Office, (248) 433- 1515; and Ticketmaster outlets, (248) 645-6666. Patron tickets are available at the DIA and Fox Theatre box offices only. Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops on Thursday at the Fox Theatre. MARIAN THE LIBRARIAN Leslie Ann Handelman of West Bloomfield takes on the role of librarian Marian Paroo in Warren Civic Theatre's production of Meredith Wilsson's The Music Man this weekend and next in the Warren Woods Auditorium, 13400 12 Mile Road at Schoenherr, in Warren. She played the same role as a student at West Bloomfield High School. Joining. Handelman in the show are Jewish actors Kristi Sorkin and Arlene Sorkin of West Bloomfield and Randy Barrett Topper of Farmington Hills. Playing opposite Handelman as Professor Harold Hill is John Michael Manfredi of Auburn Hills, who was seen in last season's Resident Alien at Jewish Ensemble Theatre, where he also directed Never the Sinner. In this musical for the whole family, directed by Hilberry Theatre graduate Greg Trzaskoma, Professor Hill starts out as a traveling salesman out to swin- dle the residents of River City, Iowa, but in the process falls in love with Marian. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, August 6-7 and 13-14, and 2.p.m.'Sundays, August 8 and 16. Tickets are $10/$6/$4. For informa- tion, call (810) 751-8080. POPS GOES THE Fox Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra return to Detroit's Fox Theatre with Bean town's favorite summertime tradition 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12. The "1999 Boston Pops Swing Tour" also will feature the British dance troupe the Jivin' Lindy Hoppers in an evening of swing music from the '40s to the present. The program will salute the big bands of Count Basic, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and Brian Setzer and end with a centennial tribute to Duke Ellington. The music of composers George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and Scott Joplin will be highlighted. This is Lockhart's fifth season as Boston Pops conductor. He's had a busy year, including four new programs for the 30th season of the PBS series Evening at the Pops and the release of his fifth album with the orchestra, A Splash of Pops. In addition to his activities in Boston, he also completed his first year as music director of the Utah Symphony. Tickets are $37.50/$50/$75 and are available by calling (248) 433-1515. 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