Best Bets YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWNTOWN TO GET 1 THE ZIP "The best Pizza in Metro Detroit" CLASSICAL Naas The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra presents a Copland Centenary Concert, with conductor Susan Davenny Wyner and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Michigan Theater. Pre-concert lecture at 7. $17- $30. (734) 994-4801. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra per- forms Mozart and Weill, at the Detroit Country Day School Seligman Family Performing Arts Center's opening con- cert, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. 22305 W. 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills. $18- $65/$15 students. (248) 737-9980:- Honegger's King David, a symphon- ic psalm, opens Rackham Symphony Choir's new season 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Straight Gate Church, 10100 Grand River, Detroit, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 23815 Power Road, Farmington. $15 at the door. (313) 341-3466. Pro Musica hosts 25-year-old soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, accom- panied by pianist Martin Katz, 8 p.m. Tuesday, NOV. 16, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. $30. (313) 833-4005 POI/ROCK/JAZZ Counting Crows rakes the stage 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the State Theatre in Detroit. $27. (248) 645-6666. Vaudevillian-style troupe The Flying Karamazov Brothers teams up with the Detroit Symphony Pops at Orchestra Hall 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov 18- 21. $14-$68. (313) 576-5111. Maire Brennan, the voice from the Grammy Award-winning group Clannad, appears 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, at Ferndale's Magic Bag. $20. (248) 645-6666. ON THE STAGE The Village Players of Birmingham present the classic Moss Hart-George S. Kaufman comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner Nov. 12-27 at the Village Players Theatre. Call for show times. $10-$12. (248) 644-2075. The Players Guild of Dearborn per- forms Marc Camoletti's comedy farce Don't Dress for Dinner Nov 12-27 at the Players Guild of Dearborn Theatre. Call for show times. $14. (313) 561-8587. Wayne State's Hilberry Theatre opens Richard Nelson's satiric comedy Some Americans Abroad, the story of a group of professors on a play-going tour of England, 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12-13. Runs in repertory through Feb. 5. "Tops on my list... Their Filet Mignon" $11-$18. (313) 577-2972. Robert Urich heads up the nation- al touring company of Chicago- The Musical, which comes to the Masonic Temple Theatre Nov. 16-28. Call for show times. $20-$59.50. (248) 645-6666. Detroit's Century Theatre hosts Forbidden Christmas, a musical spoof with the likes of Pavarotti, Streisand, Sinatra, Elvis and more, Nov. 17-Dec. 31. $24.50-$36.50. (313) 963-9800. 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The Cultural Council of Birmingham/Bloomfield presents a guided tour of the Standard Federal Bank Art Collection, featuring works by Elsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol and oth- ers, 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Standard Federal Bank Building in Troy. Early registration recom- mended. $8.50. Send a check to: CCBB, P.O. Box 465, Birmingham MI 48012. (248) 645-1113. _ The Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies holds a ben- efit auction of fine art, conducted by Park West Gallery, Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Botsford Inn Coach House, 2800 Grand River, Farmington Hills. Preview at 4 p.m.; auction at 5 p.m. $15 donation. (800) 521-9654. -1=1-- FR FINE CUISINE IN A RELAXED, CONTEMPORARY SETTING. Featuring fine traditional and contemporary Italian cuisine as well as prime Steaks, Chops, Veal, Fish and Seafood. Traditions and quality continue...Private dining & catering available. 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