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CLASSICAL NOTES

On the 150th anniversary of the
death of composer Frederic Chopin,
Neeme Jarvi and the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra present the
world premiere of a new arrangement
of his incomplete Piano Concerto No.
3, performed by Australian pianist
Alan Kogosowski, 10:45 a.m. and 8
p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 8-9, at Orchestra Hall. $14-$66.
(313) 576-1111.
Opera connoisseur Dr. Wallace
Peace discusses Rossini's The Barber of
Seville and Massenet's Werther 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Southfield
Public Library. Free. (248) 948-0470.

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The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts con-
temporary singer/songwriter David
Roth (not to be confused with rocker
David Lee Roth) 8 p.m. Friday, Oct.
1, $11; and metro Detroit's favorite
sister act, The Chenille Sisters, 8 p.m.
Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
2-3, $20. ((734) 761-1451.
Pianist/funnyman Victor Borge
takes the stage 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3,
at Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts. $50-$65. (810) 286-2222.
Grammy-winning folk artist
Lucinda Williams, with special guests
the Bottle Rockets, performs 7:30
p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, at St. Andrew's
Hall. $21.75. (248) 645-6666.
He made his mark in There's
Something About Mary. Hear
singer/songwriter Jonathan Richman
in person Wednesday, Oct. 6, at
Pontiac's 7th House. Doors at 8. $10.
(248) 645-6666.

ON THE STAGE

The world of 1950s variety show
writing comes alive in Neil Simon's
Laughter on the 23rd Floor, opening
Saturday, Oct. 2, and running in
repertory through Dec. 11, at Wayne
State's Hilberry Theatre. The comedy
is based on Simon's experience as a
young writer for Sid Caesar's Your
Show of Shows. $11-$18. (313) 577-
2972.
Leslie Neilsen stars as Clarence
Darrow in a one-man play about the
defense attorney who saved Leopold and
Loeb from the electric chair, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 6-7, at
Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts. $38-$46. (810) 286-2222.

DANCE FEVER

A contingency of gifted and current
dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet of
Russia comes to the Fox Theatre 7

p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, in a program
titled The Bolsoi Ballet: Classical
Collection From Russia With Love.
Selections include the Don Quixote
Suite, an adagio from Spartacus and
the legendary dying swan solo from
Swan Lake, among others. $27.50-
$45. (248) 433-1515.
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico rakes
the stage at Ann Arbor's Power Center
8 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 5, and 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 6. $18-$36. (734)
764-2538.

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THE BIG SCREEN

Marianne Rosenbaum's Peppermint
Peace. (1983, German with English
subtitles), a surrealistic movie about
the confusion, fears and joys of young
children who experienced World War
II, will be screened 7 p.m. Friday, Oct.
1, in the Science Building, Room 138,
University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Free. (313) 593-5433.
Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, a
Detroit native, holds a question-and-
answer session following the screening
of his movie Jacob's Ladder 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 7, at Ann Arbor's
Michigan Theater. (734) 668-TIME.

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FAMILY FUN

Greenfield Village celebrates Fall
Harvest Days 9-5 p.m. Oct. 2-3 and
6-10, with a flurry of activity on its
historic farms. $7.50-$12.50. (313)
271-1620.

THE ART SCENE

Discover the diverse galleries of
downtown Pontiac during this
month's First Friday Night gallery
crawl. From 7-11 p.m., many of the
galleries feature opening receptions for
new exhibits.
American film historian Cynthia
Erb speaks on key 20th-century
artists who have positioned their
work in relation to mainstream cine-
ma in The Avant-Garde Looks at
Hollywood, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 7, at Cranbrook Art Museum.
Free with museum admission. (877)
462-7262.

WHATNOT

Fashion historian Sandy Schreier,
recently featured in People magazine
for her noted collection of couture
and Hollywood fashion, speaks 11
a.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, at Temple Shir
Shalom, preceded by breakfast at
10:30 a.m. Breakfast fee is $10 mem-
bers/$15 nonmembers. Call for reser-
vations, (248) 737-8700.

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work of art and then watch a
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Come see us at the DIA.

Programs free with museum donation.

Hudson's First Fridays at the DIA is made possible by a generous grant from
Hudson's. Programs are made possible with support from the
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.

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