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CLASSICAL NOTES

Neeme Jarvi conducts the
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra fea-
turing violist Yuri Bashmet, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 5, at Ann Arbor's Hill
Auditorium. $14-$46. (734) 764-2538.
In celebration of •Black History
Month, the Southfield Symphony
Orchestra performs works by African-
American composers 3 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 6, at the Southfield Centre for
the Arts. $12/$9 students and seniors.
(248) 557-2085.

POP/ROCK/JAZZ
The Ameritech Paradise Jazz Series
hosts trumpeter Maynard Ferguson
and his 10-piece jazz machine, Big
Bop Nouveau, 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
10, at Detroit's Orchestra Hall. $16-
$62. (313) 576-5111.
The Concert of Colors Detroit's
Diversity Series hosts a Caribbean
Carnival, featuring the calypso band
Krosfyah., 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at
the Royal Oak Music. Theatre, corn-
plete with steel drums, carnival cos-
tumes, limbo dancers and spicy food.
$15. (248) 645-6666.
Macy Gray, Grammy Award nomi-
nee for Best New Artist, performs 8
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, at Detroit's St.
Andrew's Hall. $15. (313) 961-MELT.

1999 Sundance Film Festival, 7 and
9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4
and 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4-7. $5.50.
(313) 833-3237.
Windsor's Media City Six presents
the International Festival of
Experimental Film and Video Art
Feb. 9-12, featuring four nights, two
venues and 10 programs comprising
100 new, short works from 24
nations. Call for film schedule and
locations: (519) 253-7729.

Based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship
with an adoring fan, Always... Patsy Cline
is a heartfelt comedy featuring over 20
of Cline's most memorable songs.

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THE SMALL SCREEN

In a remake of Rod Serling's 1970
teleplay A Storm in Summer, Peter
Falk stars as Abel Shaddick, a lonely
Jewish deli owner in a small upstate
New York town whose nephew sticks
him with the responsibility of a 9-
year-old inner city kid (Aaron Meeks)
for the summer. Airs 8 p.m. Sunday,
Feb.6; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22; and 9
a.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. A&E examines
the life of the Jewish actor in the Feb.
28 edition of Biography.

NEW 'FORBIDDEN' IS
A WICKED BEW1TCHER"

-Martin F. Kohn.

Detroit Free Press

FAMILY FUN

Friends of Belle Isle and Friends of
the Detroit River host Shiver on the
River, with children's art corner, winter
sports, refreshments and more, 10 a.
m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Belle
Isle Casino. Free. (313) 331-7760.

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ON THE STAGE

Oakland University in Rochester
mounts Gilbert & Sullivan's The
Gondoliers Feb 8-20 at Varner Studio _
Theatre. Call for show times. $12 gen-
eral/$6 students. (248) 370-2030.
The Theatre Company presents
The Dumb Waiter and More, theater
pieces by Harold Pinter, 8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, Feb. 11-27, in the OnStage
Theatre at UD-Mercy's Outer Drive
Campus. $10/$8 students and seniors.
(313) 993-1130.

DANCE FEVER

Michael Flateley's Lord of the
Dance comes to Detroit's Fox Theatre
Feb. 8-13. Call for show times.
$50/$42. (313) 433-1515.

LAUGH LINES

Standup comedienne Rita Rudner
brings her laconic wit to Macomb
Center for the Performing Arts 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 5. $28-$33/$26 stu-
dents and seniors. (810) 286-2222.

THE BIG SCREEN

The Detroit Institute of Arts Film
Theatre presents American Movie,
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ART SCENE

The Power and Passion of Dance:
Photographs from the Carol Halsted
Collection, with more than 50 pho-
tographs depicting the great dancers
and choreographers of the 20th centu-
ry, runs at the Detroit Institute of Arts
through June 11. (313) 833-7971.
The Scarab Club hosts an exhibi-
tion of selected pieces from the
Heidelberg Project through Feb. 29,
and screens the award-winning docu-
mentary Come Unto Me, the Faces of
Tyree Guyton 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
9. Free. (313) 831-1250.
Area galleries stay open until 10
p.m. during Pontiac's monthly first
Friday Gallery Crawl on Feb. 4;
Gallery XVIII shows new work by Jo
Rosen, (248) 745-8875.

"Yoop it up for Escanaba,
a Gem of a comedy."

-Michael H. Margolin, Detroit News

"Some comedies have laughs
by the dozen. Escanaba has
them by the gross."

-Martin F. Kohn. Detroit Free Press

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food and art 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5.
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