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. Pop /RocK/JAzz Queen of the xylophone Evelt* 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. . 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. WORLD HAVE LEFT OUR GALLERY IN A HURRY! C Hockney. Warhol. Dine. Picasso. We get their works in. But they tend not to hang around very long. flBISP flC E 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. A RESALE GALLERY FOR FINE ART. 303 East Maple Road Birmingham, Michigan 48009 p: 248.258.1540 • f: 248.258.8814 Call Lois Pincus Cohn for consignments WHATNOT 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. A.. "'""7t:Z=b ■ • • Come see why the New York Times and Elle magazine choose Unica as one of the best home shopping sites. Unique gifts, accessories and 340 East Maple Road furniture. Extensive selection of Birmingham, Michigan 48009 books on design, architecture, p: art glass and studio pottery. f: 248.593.9087 We also offer bridal & gift registry. w: http://www.unicahome.com 248.593.9085 10/22 1999 ?.v4geNtAw1§0,1,4eN425