Best Bets

BOOK BONANZA

It's a A Midsummer's
Night Dream come true in

tickets will be available,
at $3 each, at the gate,
beginning at 7 p.m.
Children under 5 will be
admitted free. Bring lawn
chairs and blankets. For
more information, call
(248) 738-2500.

The Detroit Area Chapter of
West Bloomfield at 8:30
Brandeis University National
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, as
Women's Committee Volunteers has
the Repercussion Theatre
worked all year at gathering more
Company, the only tour-
than 120,000 books, magazines,
ing outdoor theater com-
records and various memorabilia,
pany in the country, per-
which culminates Aug.18-25 in the
forms Shakespeare-in-the-
organization's 38th Annual Book
Park at Drake Sports Park
Sale. The sale will be held at the
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on Drake Road, south of
Arts d' Entertainment
Tel-Twelve Mall, located at
Maple. The production
Editor
Telegraph and 12 Mile roads.
RETURNS
will feature classical set-
Wednesday, Aug. 18, is Preview
tings, mystical special
Lilith Fair '99 — "A
Night. From 9:30-midnight, early
effects and interactive magic with the
Celebration of Women in Music"
birds will have the pick of the collec-
audience.
plays Pine Knob Saturday and
tion. Tickers for the preview, at $5
Tickets are $2.50 in advance and
Sunday, Aug. 14-15. Mainstage artists
each, go on sale in the afternoon at
available for purchase at the West
on Saturday include Lilith Fair
the mall. Admission is free for the
Bloomfield Parks and Recreation
founder Sarah McLachlan, Grammy
other days. On Tuesday, Aug. 24, and
Center. On the day of the show,
winners Sheryl Crow and Dixie
Wednesday, Aug. 25, prices
on remaining items will be
reduced by 50 percent.
JOUST FOR. FUN
More than 50 categories of
Take a time-travel adventure into the 16th century at the 20th annual Michigan
paperbacks, hard covers,
Renaissance
Festival, which takes place this year during seven weekends, including
encyclopedias, children's vol-
Labor
Day,
from
Aug. 14-Sept. 26.
umes and valuable classics
Inside the turreted gates, visitors will encounter a 15-acre village, filled with repro-
will be offered for sale. This
ductions of Renaissance shops and a castle. Continuous entertainment takes place on
year there is a particularly
the streets and on 15 themed stages and fields, featuring full-contact armored joust-
large selection of books on
ing, comedy and theater shows, games,
religion, history, business and
people-powered
rides and more.
technology, as well as physi-
Fabulous
fare
— from Renaissance-
cal fitness and crafts.
style
food
to
modern-day
munchies —
All proceeds from the used
and more than 200 artisans displaying
book sale benefit Brandeis
their wares complete the experience.
University Libraries. All
In addition to the usual special events
books remaining at the end
and
different Renaissance themes every
of the sale are distributed free
weekend,
new features this year include
to schools, libraries, retire-
a
murder
mystery
feast, an Emerald Isle
ment homes, nursery schools
weekend
and
a
flower
show.
and other organizations.
Village gates open at 10 a.m. and
close at 7 p.m, The Renaissance Village
of Hollygrove is located off 1-75, Grand
BIT OF
Blanc exit 106, on Dixie Highway
THE BARD
between Pontiac and Flint. Tickets are
$13.95 at the gate/$12.50 advance for
Who needs New York's
adults; $5.95 at the gate/$5 advance for
Central Park?
children ages 5-12; children 4 and
Take a 400-year-old come-
under free; $11.75 for seniors (60+
dy written by William
with ID at the gate only). Season passes
Shakespeare; add state-of-the-
are $59.95 for adults and $24.94 for
art lighting, sound and spe-
children ages 5-12, available at the box
cial effects to authentic cos-
office
or in advance.
tumes; mix with a great
For
more information and ticker
group of actors; and set the
eservations, call (800) 601
stage at a premier recreation
8) 6
facility in the Oakland
County suburbs.

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Chicks, female rapper Queen Latifah
and modern rocker Liz Phair. On
Sunday, country artist Martina
McBride takes Phair's place on stage.
A "village" area in the plaza will
showcase a second stage, featuring
artists Jennifer Knapp, Sinead Lohan,
Susan Tedeschi, Morley, Wild
Strawberries and more, and a string of
souvenir and charity booths represent-
ing such organizations as the Beast
Cancer Fund, LIFEBeat and Planned
Parenthood.
Doors open at 3. Tickers are
$79/$54 pavilion and $34 lawn. (248)
645-6666; www.ticketmaster.com .

ON THE 10

Since adding This American Life to
WDET-FM 101.9 in January 1998,
the station serving metro Detroit
public radio fans has received count-
less requests from listeners to air the
program at a more convenient time.
According to its Web site, the
show's mission is "to document every-
day life in this country." Radio
host/writer/producer Ira Glass and his
staff scour newspapers and magazines
looking for just the right slices of life
and come up with themes — every-
thing from death to religion to
Sinatra to fiascoes to poultry.
"If you spend enough time around
poultry," Glass noted, "and you are a
halfway empathetic or observant per-
son, I think that it's inevitable that at
certain times in certain ways, the
boundary between the human world
and the chicken world get blurred."
Featuring performance pieces by
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essayists and comedians, memoirs by
unknown voices and reported pieces
by Glass, his three producers, several
regular contributors and some of the
country's top magazine and book
writers, This American Life, beginning
today, will be broadcast at 3 p.m.
Fridays and 7 a.m. Sundays.
The theme of the Friday, Aug. 13,
broadcast is You Are Here," in which c:\
people try to find out where they are
in the world. The Sunday, Aug. 15,
broadcast will examine "Niagara,"
with nine different stories about
Niagara Falls.

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the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.

8/13
1999

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