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Saturdays and 3 p.m.
Sundays at the Golden
Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.
For tickets, call (212)
239-6200.

The Stuttgart Ballet is recognized
Jackie Mason is the
around the world as one of the oldest
only American comedian
(dating back to 1609) and most
ever invited to do four
respected ballet companies in the
Royal Command perfor-
world, with dancers renowned for
mances for Britain's royal
their athletic abilities and technical
family and the only per-
GOATS GRUFF
perfection. The troupe makes its
former to star in four
At 12:30 p.m. Sunday,
Detroit debut 8 p.m. Thursday-
long-running one-man
Jan. 9, young theater
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan.13-
Broadway shows. His
GAIL ZIMIVI ERMAN
goers will enjoy a new
Arts & Entertainment
16, at the Detroit Opera House.
fifth, Much Ado About
take on an old tale as the
Editor
Since assuming the artistic director-
Everything, premiered last
Toledo Opera presents a
ship of the Stuttgart Ballet in
month. He also hosts his
musical version of the
September 1996, Reid Anderson has
own primetime television
classic Billy Goats Gruff at Temple
placed an emphasis on the creation of
show in Great Britain, where he brings
Beth El.
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new works. In Detroit; the dancers of
to his audience guests from the worlds
In this light-hearted retelling set to
the company will present four
of politics, sports and entertainment.
music by Donizetti, Mozart and
American premieres as well as Initials
Mason has been scarce around
Rossini, three little billy goats change
R.B.M.E., created by company director
these parts lately (he canceled a ben-
a gruff "bully" goat from foe to friend.
John Cranko in 1972. One of the
efit performance for Bar Ilan
This program is the second of
jewels of the company's reper-
University in September), but
three being presented this season
toire, it is set to Brahm's Piano
the folks in Kalamazoo get
under the auspices of Temple Beth
Concerto No. 2 and will be •
their chance to hear the
El's Cultural Arts Series for Children
danced at each performance.
veteran comic every
and Their Families. It is open to the
The premieres include Dos
Sunday evening on
community at no charge, a gift from
Amores, inspired by the
The Jackie Mason
Philip B. and Myrna Fischer and
poems of Pablo Neruda and
Show, syndicated
their family in memory of their
set to the sparse percussive
to radio sta-
daughter Loren, who succumbed to
music of Thierry de Mey
tions around
cancer at age 16.
(Jan. 13 and 14); Delta
the country by
No reservations are necessary for
Inserts, a look at love and
Talk America
the performance, recommended for
war between the sexes creat-
Radio, which
ages 3-8. For more information, call
ed by native Detroiter Kevin
offers original
(248) 851-1100,.Ext. 3149.
O'Day and set to the blues-
talk program-
based electronic music of John
ming to 400
King (Jan. 13 and 14);
marketNn
NATURE'S BOUNTY
Kazimir Colours, inspired
small and
Those who have not seen the
by the paintings of Russian
middle-sized
majestic features of America's western
artist Kazimir Malevich
cities.
landscape firsthand may well visual-
(1878-1935) and set to
While
ize them by means of photographs
The Stuttgart
Shostakovich's Concerto
you may
taken by Ansel Adams (1902-1984).
Ballet makes its
for Piano, Trumpet and
not be able
His stark black-and-white compo-
Detroit debut at
Orchestra (Jan. 15 and
to pick up
sitions
captured the pristine beauty
the Opera House
16); and Kleines
Mason's
and drama of subject matter ranging
Requiem, set to
show,
from specific peaks in the Rocky
Henryk Gorecki's
which
Mountains to single snow-covered
Kleines Requiem for
airs 9-10
trees, from the forests of Oregon and
a Polka and choreo-
p.m. Sunday nights, on Kalamazoo's
Washington to the deserts of Arizona
graphed by Hans van Manen, one of
WKMI 1360-AM, computer users
and New Mexico.
the masters of contemporary
may listen to his program via the
Of the sites included. in the exhib-
European dance (Jan. 15 and 16).
Internet at www.talkamerica.com .
it "Ansel Adams Photographs," run-
In addition, on Jan. 15 and 16,
On Sunday, Jan. 9, Mason, an
ning through Feb. 27 at the
Solo, an eight-minute work for three
ordained rabbi, converses with the
University of Michigan Museum of
men, choreographed by van Manen
Rev. Jerry Falwell.
Art, Yosemite National Park held
and performed to Bach's Partita No. 1
For those heading to New York,
special significance for the artist.
for Solo Violin, will be performed.
Mason appears in Much Ado About
After an initial visit with his family
Tickets are $17-$62. (313) 237-7464.
Everything 8 p.m. Tuesdays-
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every year for the rest of his life.
Many of the images in the exhibition
come from the Museum Set Edition,
a portfolio Adams produced in the
'80s that includes negatives dating
back to the 1940s.
The University of Michigan
Museum of Art is located at,525 S.
State St. in Ann Arbor. Hours are 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10
a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays and 12-5 p.m.
Sundays. For more information, call
(734) 764-0395.

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

In the exhibit "Identity, Thought
and Vision," which ran earlier this
year at the Janice Charach Epstein
Museum Gallery and the Rackham
Gallery at the University of
Michigan," Arab-Israeli, Druze-
Israeli and Jewish-Israeli artists came
together to demonstrate how art can
be a universal language that crosses
ideological boundaries.
"Identity, Thought and Vision"
evolved from one question: What is
the role of artists in peacemaking
and community building? A group
of Ann Arbor filmmakers attempt to
answer that question in a feature-
length documentary produced by
Harambee Productions that invites
audiences into the world of Jewish,
Arab and Druze fine artists who live
and work in Israel.
A fund-raiser benefit to support
post-production and distribution
expenses for the documentary will
be held 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12,
at Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert
House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. The
evening includes a poetry reading by
award-winning author Ruth Behar;
original compositions for piano writ-
ten and performed by Laura Massaro
and Sarah Epple Baitch; and
Dvorak's The Dumky Trio, per-
formed by the Artemis String Trio.
Tickets must be reserved in
advance and are available for a sug-
gested minimum tax-deductible
donation of $35. For tickets, more
information and other benefit
opportunities, call
Producer/Director Cynthia Phillips,
(734) 668-1628.

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