BURSTYN AT BALFOUR

One of Israel's most beloved artists, entertainer
Mike Burstyn will star at the 67th annual Balfour
Concert of the Zionist Organization of America,
Michigan Region, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18.
Burstyn, winner of two Israeli Oscars and perhaps
best known for his starring role in the Tony Award-
winning Barnum on Broadway, last appeared in
Detroit in Jolson: The Musical at the Fisher Theatre.

Philanthropist Frank D. Stella will receive
ZOA's highest honor, the Justice Louis D.
Brandeis Award at this year's program.
For information and tickets, call the
ZOA, (248) 569-1515.

The program also will feature Amazin'
Blue, a choral group from the University of
Michigan, and a young adult pre-glow.
Tickets begin at $75. Call (248) 559-8235.

PUBLIC HEALTH

HUMOROUS BENEFITS

Science writer Laurie Garrett, author of
the New York Times bestseller The Coming
Plague, in which she predicted the out-
break and resurgence of several communi-
cable diseases, including the Ebola virus,
now exposes the truth about the risks in
world globalization in a new book, Betrayal

On the brink of an election, who better
GAIL ZIM MERMAN
to look back at this political year
Arts & Ente rtainment
than those punning pundits, the
Edi for
Capitol Steps? The traveling troupe
of congressional-staffers-turned-
comedians will poke fun through song and
of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
satire at the very people who once employed
(Hyperion; $30).
them in "Pre-Election Bash," a benefit for the
The only writer to have received all three of the
Big "Ps" of journalism - the Peabody, the Polk and
Anti-Defamation League, 6:30 p.m.
the Pulitzer - Garrett reveals how numerous health
Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Knollwood Country
catastrophes are occurring simultaneously and creat-
Club in West Bloomfield.
ing a global health disaster. She examines India's
The $180 ticket price includes cock-
pneumonic plague, the worsening Ebola epidemic in
tails, a strolling dinner, silent auction and
Zaire, Russia's declining life expectancies and the
the performance. Call (248) 355-3730.
worsening state of food, water, hospital and commu-
Comedian David Brenner will appear in
nity health safety in the United States.
"Laughing Always Matters," a fund-raiser for
Garrett reveals how the global economy and inter-
Kadima, a nonprofit, nonsectarian commu-
national travel are increasing the spread of disease
nity agency that provides residential and
throughout the world, and looks at the specter of
support services to adults with mental ill-
Clockwise from top left: Mike Burstyn (ZOA), the Capitol Steps (ADL)
biological terrorism.
ness, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the
and David Brenner (Kadima) will perform October fund-raisers.
Garrett will speak and sign books 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Detroit Opera House.
Friday,
Oct. i 3, at the University of Michigan-
While still in his 20s, Brenner made 115 docu-
Also featured will be lyric soprano Serena
Dearborn
in Room 144 of the Science Building.
mentaries on socially conscious issues. Then he
Benedetti in her first Detroit performance. She
The
lecture
is open to the public. For more infor-
became a comedian. Today his routine is reminiscent
made her Lincoln Center debut last season in
mation,
call
Rick
Adler, (313) 593-5288.
of his previous work. "I've come full circle," he says.
Handel's Israel in Egypt.

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The Ann Arbor Symphony
Orchestra, under conductor Arie
Lipsky, presents Made in America,
featuring music by Leonard
Bernstein, Lukas Foss and Dvorak, 8
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Ann
Arbor's Michigan Theater. Pre-con-
cert lecture at 7. $17-$30; discounts
available. (734) 994-4801.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
performs composer Carl Orff's
choral masterpiece Carmina Burana,
based on a cycle of medieval poems
about love, fortune and nature, 8
p.m. Thursday and Friday, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
12-15, at Orchestra Hall. $19-$71.
(313) 576-5111.
Grunge rock band Pearl Jam, with
special guest Supergrass, takes the

stage at the Palace of Auburn Hills
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. $28.
(248) 645-6666.
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, country/rock
singer Emmylou Harris performs at
Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac. Doors at 8.
$25. (248) 333-2362.
Oakland University's department of
music, theater and dance presents
playwright David Mamet's Oleanna,
an examination of "political correct-
ness" amid claims of sexual harass-
ment, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13-21, in
the Studio Theatre in Varner Hall on
the Rochester campus. $6-$12.
(248) 370-3013.
Love and scandal abound in George
and Ira Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing, a
University of Michigan production
running 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12-15, at the

Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann
Arbor. $7-$20. (734) 764-0450.
SRO Productions presents Alfred
Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo, a
play set in 1939 that examines
Atlanta's elite German Jews as the
prepare for the social event of the
year, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 13-29. $8-
$10. (248) 827-0701.
In the film Meet the Parents (PG-
13), opening today, Ben Stiller plays
Greg Focker (yep, its pronounced how it
looks!), a nice Jewish boy from Detroit
who meets his gentile girlfriend's parents
(Robert DeNiro and Blythe Danner) for
the first time. Everything that could pos-
sible go wrong does.
Detroit's Scarab Club presents its 58th
annual Watercolor Exhibition through
Oct. 27. Opening reception: 7-10 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 6. The Scarab Club is locat-

ed on Farnsworth and John R, adjacent
to the DIA. (313) 886-2993.
Birmingham's Robert Kidd Gallery
hosts Dealer's Choice, an exhibition
of more than 40 works that high-
lights New York's fall season. Figures
represented include Hans Hofmann,
Philip Pearlstein and Joseph Rafael.
(248) 642-3909.
Figurative Metaphors, a retrospective
of the work of the late painter Russell
Ketter and of sculptor Sergio De Giusti,
will be shown at Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center through Nov.
10. Opening reception: 6-8 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 6. Di Giusti will lecture 7-10 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 10. (248) 644-0866
Detroit's CPop Gallery hosts home-
town pop artist Niagara with a new
exhibit called "Crime Lines," through
Nov. 1. Artist's reception: 6-10 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7. (313) 833-9901.

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