CUBAN CLASSICS

Thanks to the widely acclaimed
documentary The Buena Vista
Social Club, which filled movie
theaters this summer, Cuban
musical legends like pianist Ruben
Gonzales and vocalist Ibrahim
Ferrer have captured the imagina-
tion of U.S. audiences. Detroit
Public Television will screen the
documentary 9 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 3, on WTVS-Channel 56.
But a lucky audience at Ann
Arbor's Hill Auditorium will have
the opportunity to see some of
these legendary performers from
the Havana landmark in person.
Orquestra Ibrahim Ferrer (the
Ibrahim Ferrer Orchestra) and
Ruben Gonzalez y su Grupo
(The Ruben Gonzalez Group)
will join forces 8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 30, in a historic concert in
Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium.
Eighty-year-old pianist Ruben
Gonlez's improvisations have
made him one of Cuba's national
treasures. He'll join vocalist Ibrahim
Ferrer in performing an elegantly
sophisticated range of Cuban clas-
sics, covering the island's musical
history from the romantic and sen-
sual son to the festive cha-cha.
Tickets range from $14-$32.
(734) 764-2538.

Ruben Gonzelles
of the Buena Vista
Social Club petjons

BERRY FUNNY

DISHING IT OUT

As a Seattle Times theater critic
once wrote, "Sandra Bernhard is a
celebrity hound, wannabe rock
goddess, Jewish preacher-woman
and one-gal satirical strike unit out
to rip our culture's noxious infatua-
tion with the fatuous and famous."
She's also a Flint native with
metro Detroit family ties nourished
by the David Horodocker Society, a
student of Kabbalah; a single moth-
er; the author of several books; and
a comedian, singer and actress.
She brought all those talents to
her acclaimed one-woman
Broadway show, .fin Still Here ...
Damn It, which she's currently
touring around the country and
brings to Detroit's Music Hall

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Center for the Performing
Arts Nov. 1-7 as part of the
second annual Just Off-
Broadway Series.
Bernhard's show, com-
plete with back-up band, is
an eclectic mix of sardonic
commentary on the icons of
pop culture, religion, sexual-
ity, single motherhood and
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described the show as "a
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Sandra Bernhard, composed
of equal parts stand-up, performance art,
cabaret, world-weariness and dish."
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Monday-
Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 9 p.m.
Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1-
7. Tickets are $20-35 (all opening
night tickets are $20). Call (313) 983-
6611 or (248) 645-6666.

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Dubbed a "post-nuclear Will
Rogers and Dorothy Parker," Lou and
Peter Berryman write quirky, wry,
ironic songs full of sharp humor and
keen insight into the human spirit.
They had their first "folk" band
in high school in 1964, formed a sec-
ond band in college in 1966 and mar-
ried in 1967. They became a profes-
sional duo in 1975 — a year after
their 1974 divorce. Now happily mar-
ried to other people, their hilarious
songs, rooted in folk and Broadway
styles, have become instant classics.
Pete Seeger called their F-Word
song, "A Chat With Your Mother,"
one of the "great American folk songs
of the 20th century." Other well-
known melodies from their 10 original
albums include "Why Am I Painting
the Living Room?" "Orange Cocoa
Cake" and "Your State's Name Here."
Accompanying themselves on 12-
string guitar and stomach Steinway,
Lou and Peter Berryman bring their
musical social commentary to The Ark
in Ann Arbor 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.
$12.50. (734) 761-1451.

HELP THE HUNGRY

Whether through comedy or art,
you can help the less fortunate next

month with two local fundraisers that
focus on the plight of the hungry.
From 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5,
Pewabic Pottery holds its annual
"Empty Bowls" fundraiser for Gleaners
Food Bank. Select a bowl (there is a
two-bowl per person limit) to keep and
in it enjoy soup from one of four fine
area restaurants. Bowls are $10-$20.
For more information on how you
can participate in "Empty Bowls," call
Pewabic Pottery, (313) 822-0954.
Then, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
13, Forgotten Harvest, the organiza-
tion that collects perishable food that
would otherwise go to waste and
transports it to soup kitchens and
shelters in our community, presents
"Comedy Night 8," a benefit for
hunger relief.
"Comedy Night 8" will star
American Comedy Award winner for
"Best Female Stand Up Performer"
Kathleen Madigan and nationally
known comedian Steve McGrew.
WDIV-TV4 weather anchor Chuck
Gaidica emcees.
Tickets start at $25. To order and for
more information, call (248> 350-3663.

A CAPPELLA ACCENT

Since 1969, the sextet The Western
Wind has performed a cappella vocal
music — including Renaissance motets,
rock 'n' roll, barbershop quartets, early
American melodies and Jewish music
— in venues throughout the United
States and around the world.
In additional to their personal
appearances, the group appears fre-
quently on National Public Radio and
Public Radio International, where two
of the ensemble's recordings, The
Chanukah Story and The Passover Story,
frequently are aired. The Western Wind
has recorded numerous CDs and was
nominated for a Grammy award for its
recording of early American music.
The Jewish Community Center's
Julius Chajes/Encore Concert series, in
cooperation with Temple Israel, co-
sponsors a concert by the Western
Wind 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, at
Temple Israel. Admission is free and
the public is invited.
For information or tickets, call
(248) 661-7649 or (248) 661-5700.

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1999

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