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CLASSICAL NOTES

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
hosts a Martin Luther King Jr. Family
Celebration, with works by Copland,
Verdi, Bizet and Kern and gospels and
spirituals by special guest bass-bari-
tone Simon Estes, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
16. $10-$30. (313) 576-5111.
Pro Musica presents Opus One:
Chamber Ensemble, featuring works
by Haydn, Hartke and Brahms, 8:30
p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at the Detroit
Institute of Arts. Afterglow reception
follows. (Selected galleries open for
viewing 6-8 p.m.) $30. (313) 886-
5639 or (313) 833-6855.

Pop/RoadJAzz

At 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, hip-hop
artists TLC bring "The Fan Mail
Tour," with special guests Christina
Aguilera and Destiny's Child, to the
Palace of Auburn Hills. $35/$29.50.
(248) 645-6666.
Bluesman Leon Redbone performs
8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at The Ark
in Ann Arbor. $17.50. (734) 761-
1451.
Detroit's Majestic Theatre presents
blues guitarist Johnny Winter 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 21. $20. (313) 833-9700.
Art Garfunkel takes the stage at the
Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21. $29-$35.
(810) 286-2222.

ON THE STAGE

The Detroit Repertory Theatre pre-
sents Athol Fugard's coming-of-age
story Valley Song through March 19.
Call for show times. $15. (313) 868-
1347.
Troy's Ridgedale Players perform
the Ira Levin murder mystery
Deathtrap 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, Jan.
14-30. $10-$11. (248) 988-7049.
Thronton Wilder's classic Our
Town, the Pulitzer Prize-winning
drama that captures young love at the
turn of the century, opens Jan. 14 and
plays in repertory at Wayne State
University's Hilberry Theatre through
April 1. Call for show times. $11-$18.
(313) 577-2972.
The Grosse Pointe Theatre presents
the romantic comedy Prelude to a
Kiss 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and
2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 20-Feb. 5, at the
Grosse Pointe War Memorial. $13.
(313) 881-4004.
WSU's Department of Theatre
Black Theatre Program presents
Cheryl L. West's Before It Hits
Home, winner of the 1992 Helen
Hayes Award for best new play, 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, Jan. 21-Jan. 30, at the
Bonstelle Theatre. $8-$10. (313) 577-
2960.
The St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of
Cranbrook performs Larry Shue's The
Foreigner, a comedy of miscommunica-
tion, 8 p.m. Jan. 21-29. Call for show
times. $10-$12. (248) 644-0527.

DANCE FEVER

In its first Ann Arbor visit in 10
years, the Bebe Miller Company per-
forms Going to the Wall, a kinetic dia-
logue that examines cultural divides
and challenges ideas about cultural
identity. 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at
the Power Center. $16-$32. (734)
764-2538.

FAMILY FUN

The City of Southfield Parks and
Recreation Department presents
Spitzer & Sons, professional magi-
cians and jugglers for children ages 4-
10, 1:30-2:15 p.m. Saturday, Jana 15,
at the Southfield Centre for the Arts.
$3.25. (248) 424-9022.
Environmental educator Lisa
Hunter performs a Millennium Time
Travel Celebration of the
Environment for children grades K-2,
with sing-along songs and interactive
stories, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at
Borders Books and Music, Farmington
Hills. (248) 737-0110.

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ART SCENE

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Center presents an exhibit of works by
75 faculty members through Jan. 28.
(248) 644-0866.
Pontiac's Creative Arts Center pre-
sents the multimedia work of 20
artists in Visions of Peace and
Evolution in the New Millennium,
through Feb. 5. (248) 333-7849.
Rochester's Cary Gallery presents
intaglio prints by Paul Stewart, pro-
fessor emeritus at the University of
Michigan, through Feb. 5. (248)
651-3656.
Service volunteers are needed at the
Detroit Institute of Arts; training ses-
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Oakland Community College's
Writers Live Series 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 18, at the Royal Oak Campus'
Jones Johnson Theater. An afterglow
follows. Free. (248) 544-5589.

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