CLASSIC
INTRODUCTION
Looking for a fun and informative
way to introduce the family to the
symphony? The Detroit Symphony
Orchestra has just the ticket. A new
series of concerts, "Introduction to the
Classics," features 80-minute pro-
grams geared toward the whole family.
The series begins Sunday, Sept. 26,
with a program titled "Beethoven and
- Nature." Conductor Neeme Jarvi will
explain how nature inspired the
moody and tempestuous Beethoven to
compose his peaceful "Pastoral" sym-
phony (Symphony No. 6).
Using musical examples, NPR
radio personality Bonnie Grice hosts a
dialogue with each afternoon's con-
ductor, before the DSO performs the
works in their entirety.
Other concerts in the series include
"Musical Impressionism," an explo-
ration of Ravers and Debussy's inno-
vations in the use of musical color and
rhythm, on Nov. 7; "Mendelssohn
Meets Ellington," a look at the differ-
ences and similarities in influences and
styles between a 19th- century classical
European composer and a 20th-centu-
ry jazz master, on Feb. 20; and "The
Role of the Soloist," for which Turkish
pianist Fazil Say joins the DSO in
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. I.
All concerts are at 3 p.m. Series
tickets are $80 main floor/$120 box
seats. Individual tickets are $22 main
floor/$30 box seats. (313) 576-5111.
The festival's story-
Germans and German
tellers include Syd
Culture." The nvo-part
Lieberman, Mary
lecture series at the
Hamilton and Shanta.
Birmingham Bloomfield
Lieberman is an award-
Art Center continues
winning
teacher and sto-
7:30-9 p.m. Thursday,
ryteller from Evanston,
Sept. 30, when Rabbi
Ill. Whether telling origi-
Wine takes up the impor-
nal pieces or historical
tance of Berlin's revival to
ones, ghost stories or folk-
the world.
GAIL ZININIERMAN
tales, he masterfully pre-
The Birmingham
Arts & Entertainment
sents
the gamut of human
Bloomfield Art Center is
Editor
experience.
located at 1516 S.
Hamilton, of Frankfort,
Cranbrook Road in
Ky., tells tales from her back yard and
Birmingham. The charge for the series
around the world in such a way that
is $40 members/$60 nonmembers;
unlocks the world of imagination.
individual lectures are $25 mem-
Shanta, who hails from the Chicago
bers/$35 nonmembers. In addition,
area, offers the audience a melding of
the BBAC is sponsoring a Nov. 9-17
story, poetry, chants and instruments,
trip to Germany that will tour the new
encircling the audience in African cul-
German art and architecture. For more
ture.
information, call (248) 644-0866.
An adult storytelling concert begins
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at Adray
STORYTIME
Auditorium; $10 adults/$5 seniors
and students. A children's storytelling
The Detroit Story League's 17th
concert (recommended for school-age
annual storytelling festival,
children) begins at 1:30 p.m. in the
Storytelling '99, featuring adult and
ASCC
Building; admission is free.
family performances and workshops,
Storytelling workshops will be held 9
takes place Friday and Saturday,
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, in the
Sept. 24-25, at Henry Ford
ASCC Building; the charge is $35.
Community College on Evergreen
Admission to all events is $40.
Road in Dearborn.
JOURNEY OF DESTINY
Following the end of World War II,
millions of Jewish war refugees sought a
new home in Palestine. However, the
British government tried to prevent the
Jewish migration, even if meant a battle
on the high seas. The two sides met in a
showdown when the war-torn steamship
Exodus 1947, with 4,500 refugees, tried
to break the British blockade. It would
become a journey of destiny that would
have a lasting impact on world history.
The saga of the Haganah rescue ship
continues to inspire historians and film-
makers, as it does in a new documen-
tary, Exodus: Desperate Voyage, which airs
2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, on the History
Channel. It moves from the terrifying
background of the Holocaust to the dis-
placed persons camps and then on to
the secret transformation of a decrepit
American steamship, once a pleasure
boat for 400, into a barracks and battle-
ground.
Writer-director John Milio uses the
hour to describe the enormous
courage of those connected with what
he calls "the ship that launched a
nation." Check your local listings.
SUPER YOOPER
Set in a hunting ramp in
FINE WINE
The reunification of Germany
and the return of its capital to Berlin
has provoked both promise and con-
troversy. The last century has fea-
tured a military Germany that fed
on imperialism and fascism. But
there also was a liberal Germany
that produced art and literature,
which re-emerged after World War
II. Which Germany is the real
Germany?
From 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
23, Rabbi Sherwin Wine of the
Birmingham Temple will address the
question during his lecture on "The
For more information, call (734)
761-5118 or (734) 769-3115.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Jeff
Daniels' Escananba in da Moonlight
was a smash hit with audiences at the
actor/playwright's Purple Rose Thearr.,
in Chelsea. The Upper Peninsula's
hunting tradition takes center stao-
downtown Detroit's Thy,,
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Wednesdays-Sundays through Feb.
$24.50-$29.50. (313) 963-9800/(248)
645-6666/-wwvv.gemtheatre.com .
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openingWedlzesd4y at the Gem Theatre.
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1999
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