PERLMAN PROTEGE

To be held in the Detroit
Institute of Arts Lecture Hall, the
talk is part of the annual Coleman
Mopper Memorial Lecture, estab-
lished in 1998 in honor of Dr.
Ivlopper, a DIA trustee and active
collector of European painting and
sculpture.
The lecture is free with museum
admission. (313) 833-4249.

the only two surviving Jews. Three traveling actors
arrive in town hoping to perform a Purim play. Berish
challenges them to perform a trial of God, indicting
Him for His silence in the face of evil. The innkeeper
is more than willing to serve as prosecutor, but they
must find a defense attorney. Sam, a mysterious
stranger, arrives just in time to volunteer.
Trinity House Theatre stages The Trial of God 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays,
April 7-30, at the theater, located at 38840 W. Six
Mile Road, between 1-275 and Haggerty, in Livonia.
A community theater originally founded as a pro-
gram of Trinity Church, the theater seeks to present
"brave, truthful and necessary works of art," says
producer Tim Dunham. With The Trial of God, "we
want to get some dialogue and interaction between
those of the Jewish faith and the Christian faith."
Tickets are $10 Fridays and Saturdays/$5
Sundays. To reserve tickets, call (734) 464-6302.

Seventeen-year-old Detroiter and Roeper
High School graduate Jannina Barefield is a
freshman studying at the Manhattan School of
Music in New York. For the past year and a
half, she has been a member of the Perlman
Music Program, where she is one of 35 young
string musicians who study and perform with
Itzak Perlman.
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The Perlman Music Program invited
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Jannina to travel to Israel, where she spent
Editor
GOD ON TRIAL
two weeks in December working and per-
Elie
Wiesel
wrote
the play The Trial of. God based
forming with young musicians from Tel Aviv
on
his
childhood
in
Auschwitz.
It serves as a latter-
under the direction of the esteemed violinist.
day retelling of the biblical story of Job.
Jannina, the 1999 winner of the Detroit
The action takes place during the aftermath of an
Symphony Civic Orchestra Concerto Competition
ethnic cleansing. After the brutal raid of their village,
and the 1999 Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony
Berish, the innkeeper, and his daughter, Hanna, are
Orchestra Concerto Competition, will perform as a
soloist with the BBSO 7 p.m. Sunday, April 2,
at Temple Beth El in a concert titled "A Salute
to the 2000 Summer Olympics." She will per-
DANCE, ANNIVERSARY
form a movement from a violin concerto by
Detroit's Dance Collective will celebrate 20 years of producing modern
Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian.
dance and dancers with a gala concert of new and historic works created by
Tickets are $20 adults/$15 students. For reserva-
present and founding directors, Barbara Selinger and Paula Kramer, 8 p.m.
tions and more information, call (248) 645-2276. fc:
Saturday, April 8, at Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts.
DDC's eclectic repertory features works that use video and slide projections,
GAUGUIN-
theatrical costumes and lighting, and a variety of musical styles. One of the
pieces to be performed, Travelers on the Same Road, choreographed by Kramer,
Beyond his critical acclaim as a painter and
comes from a Hebrew prayer of mourning.
sculptor and his friendship with Vincent van
The anniversary celebration also includes a "Downtown Danceabout Concert"
Gogh, Paul Gauguin worked extensively in the
for
student groups 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at Music Hall and a photo and
decorative arts, experimenting with materials
costume retrospective at the Detroit Public Library through April 15.
as diverse as stoneware, glass, wood and found
Tickets for the gala are $16.50; patron tickets, at $35, include a 6:30 p.m. chain-
objects. At 2 p.m. Saturday, April 8,
pag-ne recepthon and an afterglow that will honor dancers past and present. For tick-
University of Maryland Professor of Art June
ets, call (313) 963-2366. For more information, call (313) 965-3544.
Hargrove will reveal new facets of his work in
a lecture titled "Paul Gauguin: Post-
Barbara &linger and Paula Kramer's Detroit Dance Collective celebrates 20 years.
Impressionism and the Decorative Arts."

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Musician/humorist Victor Borge
celebrates his 90th birthday in concert
8 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at East
Lansing's Wharton Center. $24-$36.
(517) 432-2000.
The Jewish Community Center's
Intergenerational Choir holds its
annual spring fund-raising concert 4
p.m. Sunday, April 2, at Temple
Emanu-El. The choir performs in
Russian, English, Yiddish, Hebrew
and Italian under the direction of
Larisa Matusova. $3. (248) 967-4030.
The Birmingham Temple Vivace
Series presents a cabaret style musical

performance featuring Detroit
acoustic blues guitarist Robert Jones
and singer Matt Watroba 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 8, at the temple. Both
Jones and Watroba host popular shows
on WDET-FM. $18 members/$15
nonmembers. (248) 788-9338.
U-M Musical Theatre Department
re-creates the 1987 version of Kander
and Ebb's Cabaret 8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6-9,
at the Power Center in Ann Arbor.
$14-$18/$7 students. (734) 764-0450.
The Second City Touring cast
takes shots at the world of sports in
The Puck Stops Here April 4-9 and
11-16. For show times and ticket

information, call (313) 965-2222.
A regular commentator on Comedy
Central's The Daily Show, comic
Lewis Black takes the stage at Mark
Ridley's Comedy Castle 8 p.m.
Thursday and 8:15 and 10:45 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, April 6-8. Also
appearing is local comedian Ben
Kontantin. $6-$12. (248) 542-9900.
Two-time Emmy Award winner
Simcha Jacdbovici searches for answers
to the enigmatic question of what hap-
pened to the lost tribes of Israel in his
documentary Quest for the Lost Tribes.
It airs 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, on CBC
and 8 and 10 p.m. Sunday, April 16, on
A&E. Check your local listings.

Detroit's C-Pop Gallery presents its
inaugural "First Saturday of Every
Month" opening with Sweet Tooth
Review, a two-man exhibit by Matt
Bandsuch and Matt Gordon, 7:30-11
p.m. Saturday, April 1. Through May
4. (313) 833-9901.
The Royal Hanneford Circus rolls
into the Palace of Auburn Hills
Thursday-Sunday, April 6-9. Call for
show times. $5-$12. (248) 645-6666.
Bloomfest, the largest indoor flower
show in the region, visits Cobo
Convention Center 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday, April 6-9. $8-$10/free for chil-
dren 12 and under. (248) 646-2990.

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