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APOCALYPSE
Now
yelpocalypse!, a new program from
PBS's Frontline series, airing 9-11 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 22, on WTVS-Channel
56, traces the evolution of apocalyptic
ideology throughout the ages — from its
origin in the Jewish experience after the
Babylonian exile to its diverse and often
tumultuous expression in modern times.
The despair felt by the Jewish peo-
ple at the time of the Babylonian exile
created a climate ripe for the birth of
apocalyptic thought, according to
writers/producers/directors William
Cran and Ben Loeterman.
It fundamentally reshaped Jewish
culture in the last two centuries before
the birth of Jesus, and led in the first
century C.E. to the birth of the
Christian movement, which began as
an apocalyptic sect within Judaism.
In addition to the birth of apocalyp-
tic thought, Apocalypse! explores the
impact of apocalyptic thinking. The
program illustrates how the New
Testament's Book of Revelation and its
symbolism shaped the course of
Western history, including the develop-
ment of anti-Semitism, which eventual-
ly led to the Holocaust.
It also takes a look at sects of Jews
and Christians who look forward to the
rebuilding of the Jewish Temple —
destroyed by the Romans nearly 2,000
years ago — on its original site, which
today is home to the Dome of the
Rock, a place sacred to Muslims.
Apocalypse! was created by the team
that produced the excellent Frontine
documentary From Jesus to Christ: The
Cross (Ireland), Yael Davids
(Israel), Ann Hamilton
(United States) and Ernesto
Neto (Brazil). Using materi-
als such as cowhides, stock-
ings, clothing, hair and skin,
TURKEY DAY
the artists create objects,
imagery and installations
TREAT
that take the human body as
The country's third-
a point of departure and
largest parade rolls out
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exploration. Davids, for
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dozens of familiar and
example, incorporates large-
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beloved faces — and intro-
scale color photographs,
duces several new ones to
installations and live perfor-
its extended family of bal-
mances in her work, in which the body
loons, floats and costumed merry-mak-
becomes an extension of ordinary objects
ers — as America's Thanksgiving Parade
that have been altered in some way.
marches down Woodward Avenue again
'Archive," running through Jan. 16,
this year on Thanksgiving morning. The
an installation by artist-in-residence
official parade steps off from Woodward
and fiber department head Jane
and Mack at 9 a.m. and concludes its
Lackey, features new works that
two-mile route at Woodward and
explore the poetic and scientific lan-
Jefferson.
guage of the human body through
"Our 10 new floats move, entertain
objects and images that reference the
and thrill," notes Susie Gross, president
body's various codes of patterns and
of the Parade Company, the not-for-
imprinting, such as DNA.
profit organization producing the parade.
"Wall Magnets," running through
"With 3,000 pounds of candy, Shirley
Jan. 16, features new work by artists-
Jones and our grand marshal, Little
in-residence and Cranbrook Academy
Richard, this year's parade has incredible
of Art faculty Beverly Fishman (paint-
energy
ing), Heather McGill (sculpture) and
Attendance at the parade is free.
Carl Toth (photography). Fishman will
It will be broadcast locally on WDIV-
be exhibiting two installations from a
TV4 from 8:30 a.m.-noon.
new body of work that uses prescrip-
tion pills as a point of departure.
"Joseph Grigely: Publications and
CRANBROOK QUARTET
Publication Projects 1994-1999," run-
Cranbrook Art Museum opens four
ning through March 26, features frag-
new exhibitions on Saturday, Nov. 20.
ments of communications — on scraps
"Skin," running through Jan. 16,
of paper, cocktail napkins and notepads
brings together works by artists Dorothy
First Christians. The pro-
gram offers a companion
Web site at
www.pbs. o rg/ fro ndine.
— that explore social interactions, the
nuances of language and the possibili-
ties and failures of communication.
Grigely has been deaf since age 4.
Cranbrook Art Museum is open 11
a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays
and on Thursdays until 8 p.m. $5
adults/$3 students. For more informa-
tion, call (877) 462-7262.
FLY AWAY
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield
Village unveils its new IMAX Theatre
today with The Magic of Flight.
The film, bringing together the
thrill of flight and jet aircraft with the
science and history of flying, will
come to life on a screen 60 feet high
and 84 feet wide, complemented by
cutting-edge digital sound.
Produced by MacGillivray
Freeman Films, whose other produc-
tions include Everest, the fastest-
earning large-format film in history,
The Magic of Flight runs 39 minutes
and is narrated by native Detroiter
Tom Selleck.
Tickets for The Magic of Flight are
$7.50 adults/$6.50 ages 5-12/$6 ages
4 and under. Theater ticket prices are
separate from museum and village
admission. Combination tickets to
both the theater and museum also are
available. For more information, call
(800) 747-IMAX (4629).
From left.- In Israeli artist Yael Davids' work in "Skin," the body becomes an extension of ordinary objects that have been altered
in some way. Beverly Fishman's "Wall Magnets" take prescription pills as a point of departure. Both exhibits open
tomorrow at Cranbrook Art Museum. A PBS "Frontline" special traces the roots and implications of apocalyptic ideology.
The annual America's Thanksgiving Day Parade marches down Woodward on Thursday.
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