ortainment
went off the air, Mark McKinney,
with his architect wife,
PUPPETS
Dave Foley, Scott Thompson, Bruce
Ziona, and their family,
The lyrics on the Hoboken, N.J.-
McCulloch and Kevin McDonald
is a senior lecturer at the
FOR PURIM
based Yo La Tengo's new album, And
have reunited for an 18-city tour of
Bezalel Academy in
During the month of
Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside
the United States and their native
Jerusalem, where he
March, PuppetArt, Detroit's
Out, are very candid about the rela-
Canada. They'll appear 8 p.m. Sunday
studied art. He received
Puppet Theater, will present
tionship between two of the group's
(sold-out) and Monday, Feb. 27-28, at
additional training at
Purim
Shpiel, a takeoff on
members, guitarist Ira Kaplan and
Detroit's State Theatre.
Paris' Ecole Superieure
Itzak
Manger's
Magilla
drummer Georgia Hubley, who are
The first since Milton Berle to
des Beaux Arts, New
Esther.
A
rod
puppet
show
married. (Bassist James McNew
make cross-dressing part of their regu-
York's Art Students
in
Yiddish
with
simultane-
GAIL
ZININIERNIAN
rounds out the trio.)
lar shtick, The Kids in the Hall are
League and London's St.
A rts c Entertainment
ous English translation
Dubbed "the Paul Newman and
perhaps more popular today than ever,
Martin's School of Art.
Editor
given by Fastrgosa, the tai-
Joanne Woodward of indie rock" by
thanks to daily reruns of their show
He will appear at a
lor whom Esther jilted for
Rolling Stone magazine, the couple sing
on Comedy Central.
champagne reception at
the king, PurimShpiel will
their most confessional, intimate lyrics
The Kids will surely please fans
the gallery 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
be
performed
2 p.m. Saturdays at the
ever, over soft guitars and brushed per-
with many of their classic routines
27. Regular gallery hours are 10:30
Detroit
Puppet
Theater, 25 E. Grand
cussion (what Revolver might have
and characters, and they'll offer
a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and
River,
in
downtown
Detroit. -
some new
12-5 p.m. Sundays. For more infor-
Tickets
are
$7
adults/$5
children.
material on
mation, call (248) 626-5810.
Special showings can be arranged for
this tour as
groups on Sundays and during the
well. But the
week.
To reserve tickets and for more
targets of their WILDER RIDE
information,
call (313) 961-7777.
often-goofy
Randy Barrett Topper of
satire are
Farmington Hills and Kristi Sorkin
familiar ones:
of West Bloomfield are engaged to
ALL DISNEY
paternal
be married. And in the Wayne State
The skating spectacular Disney on
authority fig-
University Bonstelle Theatre produc-
Ice
Celebrates 75 Years of Disney Magic,
ures, suburbia
tion of The Skin of Our Teeth,
coming
to Joe Louis Arena Feb. 29-
and men in
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-
March 5, features the largest cast ever
suits with silly
winning play, they're,trying out mar-
•C.44'‘'
of Disney characters — Mickey,
walks. After
•.1'
ried life in their roles as Mr. and
Minnie, Pinocchio, the Mouseketeers,
all, as the New
Mrs. Antobus.
York Times has
The Skin of Our Teeth, an allegori- Buzz and Woody to name a few —
and beautifully choreographed figure
noted, "These
cal tale taking the average suburban
Yo La Tengo performs March 3 at the Majestic.
skating to favorite Disney tunes.
[are] just nice-
American family through the millen-
For the first time on ice, scenes
looking
nia, follows the antics of the
from
Mulan, A Bug's Lift and The Lion
sounded like if the Beatles tried
Canadian boys with a slightly
Antrobus family as they battle end-
King will be presented.
putting "Here, There and Everywhere"
demented world view."
less natural and unnatural disasters,
Tickets range from $13.75-$35,
and "Tomorrow Never Knows" into
Tickets are $35 and $27.50. Call
struggling toward perfection and
and are available at the Joe Louis
the same song, notes Rolling Stone).
(248) 645-6666.
immortality.
Arena and Fox Theatre box offices and
"I hope the lyrics ring true,"
Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays
at all Ticketmaster outlets; (248) 645-
Kaplan, who is Jewish, has said. "But
and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays,
6666. For more information and show
it's naive to think they're ripped from
METAL IN MOTION
Feb. 26-March 5. Tickets are $8-
times,
call (313) 983-6606.
our diaries. Some of the lyrics are
$10. (313) 577-2960.
Jerusalem-born Pop artist David
autobiographical, some of them are
Gerstein has exhibited his
not close, but all of them reflect feel-
radiantly colored cutout
ings that we have."
metal wall sculptures of
Yo La Tengo takes the stage, with
people in motion, flowers,
special guest Lambchop, Friday, March
animals and city scenes
3, at the Majestic. Doors at 8. Advance
throughout Israel and in
tickets are $12. (245) 645-6666.
Europe, Canada and New
York. His work makes its
Michigan debut Feb. 27-
HUMOR IN
March 31, at the Danielle
Peleg Gallery in West
THE HALL
Bloomfield.
Five years after their sketch-comedy
Gerstein, who makes
television show, The Kids in the Hall,
his home in Jerusalem
David Gerstein: "The Rally" at Danielle Peleg Gallery.
BAND MATES
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