SOME OF THE GREATEST
NAMES IN THE ART
CLASSICAL NOTES
Detroit Chamber Winds and
Strings presents "Autumn au Gratin" 3
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Birmingham
Unitarian Church. $18-$22. (248)
362-9329.
The Michigan Chamber Players,
comprised of faculty artists of the U-
M School of Music, perform a free
concert 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at
Ann Arbor's Rackham Auditorium.
No ticket necessary. (734) 764-2538.
Pianist Andre Watts performs
Edward MacDowell's landmark Second
Piano Concerto with the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra 10:45 a.m. and 8
p.m. Friday, 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 3
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29-31, at Orchestra
Hall. $19-$62. (313) 576-5111.
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Glennie and the a cappella The King's
Singers join together in concert 8
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Ann Arbor's
Hill Auditorium. $14-$30. (734) 764-
2538.
The Ark in Ann Arbor presents
Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women 8
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, $15; and guitar
legend Doc Watson 7 and 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24, $25. (734) 761-1451.
The Imperial Swing Orchestra
takes the stage at the Southfield
Center for the Performing Arts 3 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24. $8. (248) 424-9022.
ON THE STAGE
Ann Arbor's Performance Network
presents Richard Greenberg's Three
Days of Rain, a finalist for the Pulitzer
Prize, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and
2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 22-Nov. 14.
$15-$18. (734) 663-0681.
St. Dunstan's Guild of Cranbrook
performs Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer
Prize- and Tony Award-winning The
Heidi Chronicles, directed by Royal
Oak's Mark Nathanson, Fridays-
Sundays, Oct 29-Nov. 6, at the play-
house, 400 Lone Pine, in Bloomfield
Hills. All shows at 8 p.m., except for a
2 p.m. matinee on Oct. 31. $10-$12.
(248) 644-0527.
The audience-participation comedy
Flanagan's Wake, featuring live music
and a cash bar, takes the stage down-
stairs at Pontiac's Baci Theatre 8 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays, 7 and 10 p.m.
Saturdays and 2 and 6 p.m. Sundays.
(Tony n' Tina's Wedding continues
upstairs.) $25-$30. (248) 745-8668.
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THE BIG SCREEN
After Life (Japan; 1998; Hirokazu
Kore-eda), a tale of 22 different people
who have recently died and now find
themselves in the cogs of the next
world's bureaucracy, drew raves at last
year's Toronto Film Festival. It will be
screened 7 and 9:30 Friday and
Saturday and 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 22-24, at the Detroit Film
Theatre, located in the Detroit Institute
of Arts. $5.50. (313) 833-2323.
FAMILY FuN
The Marquis Theatre presents the
comical melodrama Halloween Soup
7 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays
through Oct. 31. No children under
3. $6. (248) 349-8110.
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GALLERY IN A HURRY!
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But they tend not to hang around very long.
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THE ART SCENE
The Detroit Institute of Arts pre-
sents two new exhibits, Rembrandt:
Masterpieces in Etching From the
Morgan Library, New York, works in
black and white from the 16th-centu-
ry Dutch artist, and Bob Thompson,
1960s paintings from an African-
American figurative expressionist, Oct.
24-Jan. 2. Joint ticket: $10 adults/$5
ages 6-17. For more information, call
the DIA, (313) 833-7900.
The fifth annual Fall Sugarloaf Art
Fair, with more than 325 artisans, vis-
its the Novi Expo Center 10 a.m.-6
p.m. Friday-Sunday, Oct. 22-24. $6
adults/12 and under free.
The Ann Arbor Winter Art Fair
runs 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11
a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23-24, at
Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds,
5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road.
$5/under 10 free.
The Michigan Friends of
Photography host their "1999 Members
Exhibition," featuring the work of more
than 60 regional photographers, Oct.
24-Dec. 12 in the Alfred Berkowitz
Gallery, located in the Mardigian
Library on the U-M Dearborn Campus.
Opening reception: 2-5 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 24. (313) 593-5400.
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The Motor City Comic Con and
Pop Culture Convention, featuring
writers, artists, actors, memorabilia
and more, visits the Novi Expo Center
11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-
5 p.m. Sunday, Oct.. 23-24. $10 a
day/$16 both days. (248) 426-8059.
Writer/producer/director Harvey
Ovshinsky presents his six-part work-
shop "How to Complete Your First
Movie Script in Six Months" at the
Birmingham Community House 7-10
p.m. Mondays, beginning Oct. 25.
Through April. $300. (313) 886-8011.
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1999
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