Arts as Entertainment

The Edgefest schedule includes two multi-
band shows; an opening-night "International
The Hilberry Theatre opens its 2000-
Avant Extravaganza," with musicians from
2001 season on Friday, Oct. 6, with come-
Quebec, Great Britain, Ghana and
dian Steve Martin's award-winning play
Colombia; and a "Saturday Night Triple
Picasso at the Lapin Agile.
Header," featuring top musicians from the
Set in 1904 at the Lapin Agile, an actual
Chicago and Ann Arbor creative jazz scenes.
Parisian cabaret that Pablo Picasso helped
Concerts are scheduled so that festival goers
GAIL ZIN1 MERMAN
make famous with his 1905 oil painting At
can experience all the shows at all three ven-
Arts & bat olaionsent
to,-
ues: Kerrytown Concert House, Workbench
the Lapin Agile, Martin's comedy revolves
around a fictional meeting between a swag-
Furniture in the Kerrytown District and the
gering 23-year-old Pablo Picasso and a 25-year-old
new Firefly Club in Ann Arbor's Main Street area.
scatterbrained Albert Einstein. Each on the thresh-
"Edgepasses" are available for $60, a savings of $40
old of fame, the two men attempt to gain each
below individual concert prices. For a complete schedule
other's respect while simultaneously competing for
and ticket information, go to www.kerrytown.com/con-
the attentions of a woman, and debate art, science
certhouse/edgefest or c111 (734) 769-2999.
and reason at the dawn of the 20th century.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile runs in repertory through
Dec. 9. The new Hilberry season also includes
OF jUILLIARD
THE
William Shakespeare's As You Like It and Cymbeline,
Founded in 1946, the Juilliard String Quartet has
Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an
enjoyed a distinguished reputation almost from the out-
Author, Jean Anouilh's Antigone, William Inge's Picnic set. They have been the quartet-in-residence at the
and Aphra Behn's The Rover. Showtimes are 8 p.m.
Library of Congress for more than three decades, as well
Thursdays-Saturdays, with matinees Wednesdays and
as at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
Saturdays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $11-$18; coupon
A particularly ardent champion of 20th-century
books and subscriptions are now on sale. For tickets
chamber music, the quartet has premiered more
and more information, call (313) 577-2972.
than 60 compositions by American composers and
played an important role in the development of new
American string quartets.
CUTTING EDGE
The Juilliard String Quartet opens Cranbrook
More than 50 musicians will descend on downtown
Music Guild's 50th season 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 3, in
Ann Arbor Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 5-7, for the
the sanctuary of Christ Church Cranbrook. The
fourth annual Edgefest creative music festival. They
Juilliard last performed for the Cranbrook Music
represent the world's best artists from the progressive
Guild in 1956. Highlights of their program will
wing of jazz, rock and improvised music.
include Mendelssohn's Four Pieces for String Quartet

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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
plays Beethoven's beloved "Fifth
Symphony" and hosts pianist
Alexander Markovich, an Israeli citizen
now living in the United States, playing
Scharwenka's Piano Concerto No. 4 in F
minor, 8 p.m. Thursday, 10:45 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5-7, at Orchestra Hall.
$19-$67. (313) 576-5111.
Chamber Music Society of Detroit
presents violinist Pamela Frank and
pianist Claude Frank, performing
works by Beethoven and Brahms, 8
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at Seligman
Performing Arts Center. $15-$67.
(248) 737-9980.
The Takacs Quartet, with special

guest pianist Andreas Haefliger, takes
the stage 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at Hill
Auditorium in Ann Arbor. $20-$36.
(734) 764-2538.
Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts presents The Music of Andrew
Lloyd Webber 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.
2, $31-$35; and nonagenarian Victor
Borge 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, $48-$65.
(810) 288-2222.
Singer Julio Iglesias plays the romance
card 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Fox
Theatre. $35-$100. (248) 433-1515.
Folksinger Josh White Jr. performs at a
CD release party 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at
The Ark in Ann Arbor. (734) 761-1451.
A modern American tragedy, Arthur
Miller's A View From the Bridge takes
the stage at Ann Arbor's Trueblood
Theatre 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays

and Beethoven's Quartet in E flat major.
Single tickets, which include an afterglow, are $25
and available at the door; student tickets are $15. A
limited number of subscriptions for the entire series
are still available. For more information or to reserve
tickets, call (810) 751-2435.

SCREENINGS ADDED

In 1988 and 1989, the late Polish director Krzysztof
Kieslowski directed a now legendary series of 10 one-
hour films for Polish TV, The Decalogue (for more
information on the series, see last week's Jewish News,
page 117). Two episodes of The Decalogue, each the-
matically linked to one of the Ten Commandments,
are being screened on consecutive Mondays through
Oct. 16 at the Detroit Film Theatre.
Due to an overwhelming demand for tickets, the
DFT, in addition to the scheduled 7:30 p.m.
Monday screenings, is adding a late show at 10 p.m.
Also, due to Yom Kippur on Monday, Oct. 9, the
DFT will add a screening of Episodes 7 and 8 on
Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, call (313) 833-3237.

RADIO DAYS

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's General
Motors "Mark of Excellence" radio broadcasts series
hits the airwaves this season on CKWW 580 AM
and WDET 101.9 The broadcasts will air beginning
Oct. 8 on CKWW at 9 a.m. and on WDET at 5
p.m.
For the complete 26-week broadcast schedule,
visit the Web site at ww.detroitsymphony.com .

and 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 5-15. $15
adults/$7 students. (734) 764-0450.
The Theatre Company presents
French playwright Jean Anouilh's The
Lark, the story of St. Joan of Arc, her
courage and her struggle with faith
against insurmountable odds, 8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, Oct. 5-22, on the McAuley
Main Stage on the Outer Drive
Campus of the University of Detroit
Mercy. $10-$12. (313) 991-1130.
The University of Michigan's
Institute for Research on Women and
Gender, co-sponsored by the Program
in Film and Video Studies, hosts
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and
screenwriter Wendy Wasserstein
Sunday, Oct. 1, at the Michigan
Theatre in Ann Arbor. Following a

1:30-3:30 p.m. screening of her film
The Object of My Affection, Wasserstein
will answer questions from the audi-
ence. Free and open to the public.
PBS presents American Masters:
Norman Mailer, a penetrating portrait
of the Jewish author, activist, critic and
rebel, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, on
WTVS-Channel 56.
Rochester's Paint Creek Center for
the Arts hosts Michigan Ceramics
2000 Exhibition, presented by the
Michigan Potters Association, Oct. 6-
Nov. 4. Opening reception: 6-8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 6. (248) 651-4110.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and
Bailey present the 129th edition of The
Greatest Show on Earth Oct. 4-9 at Joe
Louis Arena. For show times and ticket
information, call (248) 645-6666.

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