the nation became a world power, driven
Mancha, playing the barber to such Don
by consumer wants. The time was ripe for
Quixotes as Allan Jones, John Raitt and
change in the art world as well.
For a decade now, the Atlanta-based duo of Amy
Howard Keel.
Pop artists took a commercial art
Ray and Emily Saliers have performed as the Indigo
He has appeared in other stage produc-
approach
to their work by elevating com-
Girls, putting out albums with an unabashedly hon-
tions both nationally and in Israel, per-
mon,
everyday
objects, such as Campbell's
est point of view, and building a large and loyal fol-
formed in cabaret, sung as a guest soloist
Soup
cans
and
Brillo
Pad boxes, into art with
lowing of all ages.
and has been seen on television. Included
super-real
depictions.
Their hope was to
The duo have faithfully committed their voices,
in his repertoire is his one-man show
break down the barriers between art and life.
time and money to the issues
about Danny Kaye, Songs of
"The Great American Pop Art Store:
that concern them most, among
the Redhead.
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Multiples of the Sixties," an exhibit now
them women's rights, protection
A 1978 graduate of
Arts c Entertainment
Editor
on display at the Toledo Museum of Art,
of the environment, the rights of
Hebrew-Union College-
displays 112 wonderful, often wacky Pop
indigenous peoples, gay and les-
Jewish Institute of Religion
objects
of
the era. Works from Jim Dine, Jasper
bian rights and gun control.
School of Sacred Music, he serves on
Johns,
Roy
Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert
"The most natural thing in
the board of the American Conference
Rauschenberg,
James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, Tom
the world for us is to marry
of Cantors.
Wesselman and others illustrate the fascination
social activism with our music
Cantor Kroll will perform, accom-
America had for the ready-made, immediate-use,
because our music is so deeply
panied by a klezmer band, 7 p.m.
consumer-ready product.
rooted in life issues," says Ray.
Thursday, June 22, when he appears
The exhibit runs through Aug. 13. Admission to
In support of their latest
at Temple Israel in the Arlene June
the museum is free; timed tickets for the exhibition
Gottlieb Memorial Concert. Co-spon-
release, Come On Now Social,
are $5 adults/$4 students and seniors/$14 families.
the Indigo Girls play Pine
sored by the temple's brotherhood, the
Call (888) 763-7486.
Knob 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June
program is free and open to the pub-
The Indigo Girls - Emily
17. Tickets are $27.50 pavil-
Saliers and Amy Ray - play
lic. For complimentary tickets and
ion/$15 lawn. (248) 645-6666. Pine Knob on Saturday.
more information, call the temple
at (248) 661-5700.

You Go Gnus

TEXAS TREAT

Don Kroll, cantor at Temple Shalom in Dallas,
Texas, enjoys extensive theatrical and cantorial cre-
dentials. After graduating from Ithaca College's
theater department in New York, he appeared in
the 1971 Broadway revival of On the Town with
Bernadette Peters and toured in Man of the

MORE BEST BETS ...

Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert
House hosts evenings of chamber
music, featuring Joseph Silverstein,
Paul Katz, Ruth Laredo and other
artists from the Great Lakes Chamber
Music Festival, 8 p.m. Friday, June 16;
Wednesday, June 21; and Friday, June
23. $10-$25. (734) 769-2999.
Diana Ross, along with two former
Supremes, Lynda Laurence and
Scherrie Payne, brings her "Return to
Love" tour to the Palace of Auburn
Hills 8 p.m. Monday, June 19.
$39.50-$125. (248) 645-6666.
The Beach Boys, with special
guests Martha Reeves and the
Vandellas, take the stage 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 22, at Pine Knob.
$20.50/$12.50. (248) 645-6666.
Former member of the Byrds Roger
McGuinn appears at Pontiac's 7th

POP GOFS THE CULTURE

Born in a time of the British Invasion,
space exploration, bomb detonation and pres-
idential assassination, popular culture in the
1960s defined America as the decade in which

House Thursday, June 22. Doors at 8.
$20. (248) 335-8100.
The Ark-produced Frog Island
Music Festival, a three-day family-
friendly celebration of America's
African-American and Celtic musical
heritage, takes place under a big tent
by the Huron River at Frog Island
Park in Ypsilanti's Depot Town
Friday-Sunday, June 23-25.
Headliners include The Fabulous
Thunderbirds and Los Lobos. One
day tickets: $20 advance; $25 at
door/festival pass: $50/children under
12 free. For more information, call the
hotline at (734) 487-2229 or go to the
Web site at www.a@ark.org .
Stagecrafters 2nd stage presents the
A.R. Gurney comedy Sylvia, the tale
of a man and his dog, June 16-26, at
Royal Oak's Baldwin Theatre. Call for
show times. $7. (248) 541-6430.
The Junior Actors of Ridgedale stage

the classic Moss Hart and George S.
Kaufman comedy You Can't Take It
With You 7:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23-
25, at the Ridgedale Players, 205 W.
Long Lake, Troy. $6. (248) 988-7049.
The Second City's 18th revue,
Gratiot Happens, is currently in pre-
views and opens Wednesday, June 21,
at The Second City-Detroit, 2301
Woodward Ave. Call for show times.
$10-$19.50. (313) 965-2222.
Greenfield Village showcases 500
vintage vehicles in its annual Motor
Muster, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, June 17-18. Free with admis-
sion to village. (313) 271-1620.
Franklin the Turtle and the Magic
Fiddle, with children's entertainer
Joanie Bartels, visit Meadow Brook
Music Festival 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Wednesday, June 21. $12.50/$8.
(248) 645-6666.

Andy Warhol: "Brillo
Box," 1963, acrylic
screenprint on wooden
box, at the Toledo
Museum of Art.

As part of the Smithsonian's travel-
ing exhibition On Miniature Wings,
currently on display at the Detroit
Historical Museum, a family work-
shop will be held 1-3 p.m. Saturday,
June 17, including tour, refreshments
and the opportunity to work on and
take home one's own model airplane.
$3. (313) 833-9720.
An exhibition of paintings by
Robert Sherer and new sculpture by
John Woodward are on display
through July 22 at Birmingham's
Robert Kidd Gallery. (248) 642-3908.
Detroit's Maniscalco Gallery hosts
Lighthouses, Puppies & Boats (oh
my!), featuring new works by more
than 25 local artists, through Aug. 19.
Opening soiree: 7-11 p.m. Saturday,
June 17. (313) 886-2993.
The Detroit Grand Prix takes over
Belle Isle June 16-18. (313) 202-1800.

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