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CLASSICAL NOTES

The Beaux Arts Trio performs
Beethoven and Shostakovich 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 26, at Ann Arbor's
Rackham Auditorium. $18-$34.
(800) 221 1229.
The Cranbrook Music Guild pre-
sents the Ysaye Quartet, performing
Haydn, Dutilleux and Ravel, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28, at Cranbrook
House. Afterglow follows. $251$15
students. (810) 751-2435.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
performs an all-Czech concert of
Janacek, Dvorak and Smetana, featur-
ing violinist Yuval Yaron, 8 p.m.
Thursday and Friday and 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 30-April 1, at
Detroit's Orchestra Hall. $19-$50.
(313) 576-5111.

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Ferndale's Magic Bag presents the
Beatles tribute band 1964: The
Tribute 8 p.m. Friday, March 24. $15.
(248) 544-3030.
The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts Jorma
Kaukonen with Michael Falzarano
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25. $15.
(734) 761-1818.
The Music of Andrew Lloyd
Webber comes to the Macomb. Center
for the Performing Arts 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and 2:30 and
8 p.m. Saturday, March 30-April 1.
$33/$30 student. (810) 286-2222.
Hillel and Greek Week Inc. present
Wyclef Jean 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 30, at Ann Arbor's Hill
Auditorium. $24/$20 U-M students.
(248) 645-6666.
The Redford Theatre hosts The
Spring Swing Show with music by the
Swing Shift Orchestra 8 p.m. Saturday,
April 1. $10. (313) 537-2560.
Odetta takes the stage 8 p.m.
Friday, March 31, at the Ark in Ann
Arbor. $17.50. (734) 761-1451.

ON THE STAGE

First Theater Guild at Birmingham's
First Presbyterian Church presents The
Pied Piper of Hamelin, written by
Vera Morris and adapted from the
Robert Browning poem, March 24-
April 2. Call for show times. $71$5
students. (248) 644-2087, Ext. 151.
The Birmingham Temple Drama
Club performs A.R Gurney jr.'s The
Wayside Motor Inn 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 25, followed by an afterglow
($10 members/$12 others) and 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 26 ($5 members/$7
non-members). (248) 477-1410.
Jim Henry's The Angels of Lemnos,
a story about homeless friends, takes

the stage 8:30 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays,
3 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and
7:30 p.m. Sundays, March 30-May 21,
at the Detroit Repertory Theatre. $15.
(313) 868-1347.
The Theatre Company of the
University of Detroit-Mercy presents
The King Korn Trio, written and
directed by Arthur J. Beer about his
own experiences in show business, 8
p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays, March 31-April 16
(no show April 2), at McAuley
Theatre on the Outer Drive campus.
$8-$10. (313) 993-1130.
Play by Play, a 12-hour marathon
of original short plays, will be per-
formed by the Heartlande Theatre
Company, as a fund-raising event for
playwrights, noon-midnight Saturday,
April 1, at Birmingham's Roeper
School. $20 all day/$5 an hour. (248)
433-1233.

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.

Written and Directed by Ted Swindley

"Patsy Cline is brought to exuberant life by Jessica Welch."

-Michael H. Margolin, Detroit News

"The audience loves Patsy."

-Martin F. Kohn, Detroit Free Press

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The Purple Rose Theatre Company Production of

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"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."

THE BIG SCREEN

The Detroit Film Theatre presents
Roy Boulting's Pastor Hall, based on
a true story about the effect of Nazi
policies on a principled man, 7:30
p.m. Monday, March 27. $5.50.
(313) 833-3237.

-Martin F. Kohn, Detroit Free Press

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THE ART SCENE

Birmingham's Creative Resource
features four artists from the
American South, Cheryl Goldsleger,
Carol Sams, Larry Millard and Lisa
Weiss, March 29-May 1. Opening
reception: 6-9 p.m. Friday, March 31.
(248) 647-3688.
Paint Creek Center for the Arts
presents art historian Dr. Michael
Farrell on Russian artist Marc Chagall
10 a.m. Friday, March 31, at Meadow
Brook Hall, followed by a luncheon.
$35 members/$45 non-members.
(248) 651-4110.
Artists Howard Ben Tre, Richard
De Vore, Ruth Duckworth, Tony
Hepburn, John Mason, Ron Nagle
and Garth Clark conduct Seven-Up:
A Symposium 1-3 p.m. Saturday,
April 1, at the Cranbrook Academy of
Art. (248) 645-3329.
Call For Artists: Submit proposals for
Hudson's Art Park, an outdoor sculp-
ture competition, by April 24 to the
Detroit Artists Market, (313) 393-1770.

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Oak Park's Book Beat presents
author and illustrator Wendy
Anderson Halperin 2-3:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 26. (248) 968-1190.

- Compiled by Sharon Luckerman,
Editorial Assistant

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