the director, performers and the playwright.
All first-night readings will be held at
DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA
the West Bloomfield JCC. Second-night
Conceived at Elton John's 50th birthday party three
readings will be held at the Oak Park JCC.
years ago and featuring 44 world champion dancers
Admission is free to subscribers and $5
from 15 countries, "Burn the Floor" exhibits 10 stan-
for
others. The schedule is as follows:
dard and Latin dance siles juxtaposed with street
.• 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, and 8
and industrial dance. Ballroom dancing's answer to
p.m. Thursday, April 27: In Nancy
"Riverdance," this energetic exploration of 20th-cen-
Bearing Witness, the lead charac-
Tinberg's
tury dance takes the stage at Detroit's Fox Theatre for
ter
faces
the
realization that she is unable
GAIL
ZININIERNIAN
eight performances Tuesday-Sunday, April 25-30.
Arts
&Entertainment:
to
bear
children,
and must confront the
Call for show times. $10-$60. (313) 433-1515.
Edito r
impact on her marriage and on her moth-
er, a Holocaust survivor.
at 2 p.m. No admission charge.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, May 3-4
•
BOOK IT!
Book sale hours are 7-10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-1
(two one-act plays): Martin Bell's No Exit is a mystery
p.m. and 7-10 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 7-
American Jews have placed the Holocaust at the
with a twist; and Bruce J. Bloom's The Best Meal You
. 10 p.m. Sunday, and 7-10 p.m. Monday, April 28-
core of their sense of what it means to be Jewish,
Ever Ate is a look at "last suppers" and a philosophical
May. 1. The Birmingham Temple is located at 28611
asserts University of Chicago Professor Peter Novick
commentary on how we look at life and death.
W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills. (248) 477-1410.
in his controversial new book, The Holocaust in
• 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, May 10-
American Life. Novick will speak at 8 p.m. Friday,
11: Joe Feinstein's Home Free is a comedy that
April 28, at the Birmingham Temple as part of the
explores the concept of truth.
STAGED READINGS
its annual book fair.
• 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, May 17-
Stella Suberman will discuss The Jew Store, her
Jewish Ensemble Theatre has announced its lineup
18: Ian Strasfogel's The Fire Box is the story of a
best-selling memoir depicting Jewish life in the
for the annual Seymour J. and Ethel S. Frank Festival
man who's escaped the Holocaust with his life but
South, at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 30; and Brandeis
of New Plays, which runs April 24-May 18. The festi-
not his soul.
University Professor Stephen J. Whitfield, author
val features the newest work by contemporary play-
For more information and tickets, call Jewish
wrights from around the world. Each staged reading by
of In Search of American Jewish Culture, will
Ensemble Theatre, (248) 788-2900.
explore the connection between Jews and America
professional actors will be followed by talkbacks with
at 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 1. Admission for
author events is $5 members/$8 nonmembers.
On Saturday, April 29, Rabbi Sherwin Wine will
SIBLING SCENARIO
review Out of Place, a memoir by Palestinian intellectual
Angel MacLean (Meg), Kate Willinger (Lenny) and Lauren Dowden
Edward Said at 10 a.m.; and Evelyn Prince will intro-
(Babe) play the Macgrath sisters in Meadow Brook Theatres production o 1
duce the film Delta Jews, a documentary of Southern
"Crimes of the Heart." Playwright Beth Henley was only 29 when she
Jewish life, at 8 p.m. $3 members/$5 nonmembers.
won the Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Circle Awardfir this
On Sunday, April 30, Corinne Stavish will enter-
poignant but laced-with-humor tale of three siblings who are reunited
tain with Jewish stories and folktales at 11 a.m.,
after the youngest is charged with shooting her husband Through May 14
and Barbara Kopitz will read and discuss her
Call for show times. $24-$3650. (248) 377-3300.
Humanistic Judaism collection Morning Meditations

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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
presents an all-Mozart concert led by
Carlos Kalmar 8 p.m. Thursday,
10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, and
8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27-29.
$14-$66. (313) 576-5111.
The Kingston Trio takes the stage at
Ann Arbor's The Ark at 5 and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 23. $25. (734) 761-1451.
John Lee Hooker makes his first
Detroit-area appearance in 10 years,
with special guests John Hammond
and the Larry McCray Band, 7:30
p.m. Thursday, April 27, at Ann
Arbor's Michigan Theater. Doors at
6:30. $45/$25. (248) 645-6666.

Wayne State University's Studio
Theater presents All in the Timing, six
one-act adult comedies by David Ives,
8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays,
April 20-29. WSU student Eli Magid
of Huntington Woods is assistant
director. $6-$8. (313) 577-2972.
Tony N' Tina's Wedding at
Pontiac's Baci Theatre closes April 30.
Call for show times. $50-$55. (248)
745-8668.
The Detroit Film Yard Co. pre-
mieres Loopholes 5 p.m. Saturday,
April 22, at Ann Arbor's Michigan
Theatre. Film creator David Stern and
director Michael Grogan produced the
dark comedy in and around Detroit
with a local cast and crew. $7. For

reservations, call (888) 477-9273.
The Detroit Film Theatre at the
DIA hosts the Alloy Orchestra, who
will premiere new music for the 1919
silent film South 7:30 p.m. Friday,
April 28. The orchestra will accompa-
ny three comic masterpieces, Easy
Street (1916), One Week (1920) and
Big Business, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 29. $10. (313) 833-3237.
Detroit's Pewabic Pottery presents
the group exhibition Animals: Vessels
and Sculpture April 21-June 3.
Opening reception: 6-9 p.m. Friday,
April 21. (313) 822-0954.
The Elaine Jacob Gallery at Wayne
State University has extended its exhi-
bition Modernism and Post-

Modernism: Russian Art of the
Ending Millennium, curated by
Alexandre Gertsman, through May
19. (313) 577-2423.
The Sisterhood of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek hosts Stephen Dubner,
author of Turbulent Souls: A Catholic
Son's Return to His Jewish Family,
11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3.
Continental brunch and boutique
shopping precede speaker; luncheon
follows. $38. For reservations, call
(248) 557-5544.
John Hancock's Champions on Ice
Summer Tour 2000, featuring
Michelle Kwan and other top skaters,
visits Joe Louis Arena 8 p.m. Saturday,
April 22. $25-$55. (248) 645-6666.

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