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Booksellers in West Bloomfield.
Marvis Martin, contralto Ewa Podles and 150
"The performance area at Barnes & Noble
members of University Musical Society
The 14th Detroit Festival of the Arts infuses 20
will work well for us and we'll be able to seat
Choral Union. Performance times are 8 p.m.
more audience members," said Farmington
blocks around Detroit's Cultural Center Friday-Sunday,
Wednesday and Thursday and 8:30 p.m.
Players President Mary Ann Tweedie. The
Sept 15-17, and features a juried art fair, seven per-
Saturday, Sept. 20-21 and 23.
formance stages, a children's fair, street performances,
Players' staging of Neil Simon's Fools will be the
The "Resurrection" symphony was
first performance held on the bookstore's stage.
historic tours, food and free admission to the city's
inspired in part by a poem from German
Fools, a funny Russian folk tale set in the
finest arts, cultural and educational institutions.
author Friedrich Klopstock, which encour-
GAIL LIM N, IERNIAN
New highlights this year are master street painter
little
town of Kulyenchikov, possesses a gen-
Arts
Fore
'Tail/went
aged the Jewish-born Mahler - he later
Ldit or
Kurt Wenner, who will work throughout the festival
tle
moral
within its slapstick comedy, and is
espoused the Catholic faith - in his vision of
suitable for the whole family. Performances
to create a masterpiece using chalk, and "Earth
divine compassion and the afterlife. Each of
Harp," the world's largest string instrument.
are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.
the 85-minute work's five movements explores man's
Sundays, Sept. 22-Oct. 14. There is a Thursday
Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are will
procession through life, from memories of happiness
evening performance on Oct. 12. Tickets are $12.
be presented by costumed dancers from the
and innocence to a struggle with one's own mortality.
The rest of the season includes James Goldman's
American Repertory Ballet 3 p.m. Saturday and
As the chorus concludes the symphony with
Sunday in the children's fair area. A new Shakespeare
The Lion in Winter, Tim Kelly and Donald
Klopstock's words, Mahler depicts forgiveness, love and
presentation from Montreal's Repercussion Theatre,
Macardle's The Uninvited and Donald Bevan and
eternal life as mankind's final reward.
Edmund
Trzcinski's Stalag 17
Romeo and Juliet, will be performed 9 p.m. Friday,
Tickets are $15-$52; students and seniors can
For individual and season ticket information, call
on the lawn of the DIA. On Sunday at 9, the troupe
purchase $10 and $15 rush tickets at the box office
(248) 553-2955.
will present A Comedy of Errors.
90 minutes before each classical concert.
Musical acts range from the Buena
(313) 576-5111.
Vista Social Club's Compay Segundo
Note: Harry Connick Jr. headlines "A
to the Neville Brothers to the Kids
SING ALONG
Gala Opening," a fundraiser concert for
Klez Band.
the DSO, 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22. For
Founded more than 40 years ago, the Bel Canto
Admission is free. For more infor-
more information about dinner/con-
Choral Group is composed of women who enjoy learn-
mation, a complete schedule of
cert/afterglow packages and concert-
ing and performing a wide variety of music, including
events, and a map, log on to the Web
only tickets, call (313) 576-5147.
light classical, show tunes and seasonal favorites. As it
site at www.detroitfestival.com or call
looks forward to its 2000-2001 season, the group is
DETROIT if BIN"
(313) 577-5088.
hoping to attract new participants who read music and
A TEMPORARY HOME enjoy singing, says member Doris August.
Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings during
For nearly 40 years the Farmington
SYMPHONY SEASON
the September-June season in the city of Southfield,
Players have presented their plays in a
which sponsors the nonprofit group. Members live
Maestro Neeme Jarvi will open the
white-barn-turned-theater on 12 Mile
throughout the metro Detroit area. Performances are
Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 2000-
Road. But as the barn is demolished
2001 season at Orchestra Hall with
scheduled as contracted.
and the group builds its new theater
Auditions are scheduled by appointment. For fur-
three performances of Gustave Mahler's
It's fin for the whole family home on the same site, performances
ther information, contact Gladys Goldsmith, (248)
grandiose "Resurrection" Symphony No.
will be held during the 2000-2001 sea-
at this weekend's Detroit
557-3734, or Katy Parcells, (248) 541-0365.
2. The DSO will be joined by soprano
Festival of the Arts.
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The Chamber Music Society of
Detroit presents the Tokyo String
Quartet 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at
Seligman Performing Arts Center on
the campus of Detroit Country Day
School. $18-$65/$15 students. (248)
645-6666.
The Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz
Festival runs Sept. 15-17 at the
Michigan Theater, the Bird of
Paradise, and at Gallup Park, where
outdoor concerts begin 1 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. For ticket and
schedule information, call (734) 747-
9955 or go to the Web site at
www.a2.blues.jazzfest.org .

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Irish band Altan takes the stage at
Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19. $21-$31.
(248) 645-6666.
Players Guild of Dearborn presents
Bernard Slade's Romantic Comedy
Sept. 15-30. Call for show times. $11.
(313) 561-TKTS.
Rosedale Community Players stages
Eileen Mouhey's A Fatal Romance, an
audience-participation murder-mys-
tery, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15-17, at the
Upstage, Grand River and Lahser.
$10/$25 for Saturday's 6 p.m. dinner
theater performance. For reservations,
call (313) 532-4010.
Macomb Center for the Performing

Arts mounts a production of Kander
and Ebb's Steel Pier 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and 2:30 and
8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21-23. $31-
$35. (810) 286-2222.
Wayne State University's
Community Arts Gallery presents its
2000 Faculty Exhibition through Oct.
20. Opening reception: 5-8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15. (313) 577-2423.
Detroit Artists Market hosts Great
Lake Erie: Imagining an Inland Sea,
in conjunction with shows in
Cleveland and Buffalo, through Oct.
13. Opening reception: 6-9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15. (313) 832-8540.
Meadow Brook Gallery opens its
season with 8 Years, 9 Months, 6

Hours: A Retrospective of Paintings
by Peter Williams. Artist's lecture: 4

p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, in the
gallery. (248) 370-3005.
DIA Director Graham Beal discuss-
es Whose Museum? The Detroit
Institute of Arts: Past, Present,
Future 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
21, at the Community House in
Birmingham. $20/includes lecture,
dessert and coffee. To register, call
(248) 644-5832.
The Ice Capades premieres its 60th
anniversary tour with eight perform-
ances Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 21-24,
at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Call for
show times. $15-$35; discounts avail-
able. (248) 645-6666.

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