Bo Schembechler, legendary U-M foot-
PULLING STRINGS
ball coach, stars as Grand Marshal, and
Kermit the Frog, Punch and Judy, Josephine Baker,
Bach is back, and he has a new address
will lead a line-up of celebrities that
Sonja
Henie and dozens of other puppets make an
includes Danny Glover riding the largest
-www.ClassicalMusicDetroit.com .
appearance
at the Detroit Institute of Arts as part of
float ever built. The parade will feature 10
The Internet music station features pro-
the
special
exhibition
"Punch's Progress: A Century
new floats, more music, more performers,
gramming hosted by three of the Detroit-
of
American
Puppetry,"
running Nov. 19-Dec. 31.
more athletics and more stars than ever
area's most distinguished classical music
Touring
statewide,
the
exhibition provides
before,
according
to
Gross.
Nickelodeon's
authorities, all broadcast radio veterans of
Michigan residents an opportunity to enjoy the his-
the former WQRS-FM: Davis Gloff (6-10
Rugrats and Australia's children's group,
tory, wonder and artistry of puppets. The DIA is
the Wiggles, are scheduled to perform.
a.m.), Jack Goggin (2-6 p.m.) and Pat
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
home to one of the most historically important pup-
Also look for the Chenille Sisters, the
McElroy (10 a.m.-2 p.m.).
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pet collections in the country.
Editor
"This is Detroit radio - classical music
U.S. Navy Marching Band and the
The exhibition, free with museum admission, anchors
for Detroiters, by Detroiters," says Robert
Harlem Globetrotters.
a
puppet
festival at the DIA that includes six weeks of
F. Ottaway, founder of Classical Music Detroit,
The parade steps off from Woodward and Mack
puppet
shows.
Matinees will be performed 3 p.m. every
L.L.C. "Thanks to the Internet, everyone around
avenues at 9 a.m., and travels a 2.2-mile route south
Saturday
and
Sunday,
Nov. 19-Dec. 31; Fridays-Sundays
Detroit and around the world can hear classical music
along Woodward, ending at Jefferson. If you can't
during Thanksgiving and Christmas weekends; and dur-
with an authentic Detroit feel. Local events, music
make it in person, you can enjoy local broadcasts on
ing the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
and recording artists are prominent in the e-mix."
WDIV-TV 4, WJR-760 AM and 96.3 FM-The
Tickets for these performances are $4/adults, $2/chil-
Listeners can tune in on their personal computers,
Planet from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Or watch highlights
dren
12 and under; DIA members $2/adults, $1/chil-
Internet radios, Web-enabled telephones and, start-
on CBS, 10-10:40 a.m.
dren.
Free drop-in puppet workshops will be offered
ing next year, automobiles. Visitors who do not
noon-4 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 3-31.
already have a media player can go to
Evening performances for ages 13 and
the Web site and follow the link to a
up,
presented by some of the most
free player from Microsoft's Media
'EST SI BON
acclaimed
puppeteers in the world, are
Player or Real.com's RealAudio.
Fresh from the campaign trail
scheduled every other Friday and
where he entertained crowds
Saturday beginning Dec. 1. $15/non-
of 4l Gore supporters at a rally
members, $12/members.
HIT PARADE
in Macomb Count. pop
The festival culminates with the Henson
"This year's America's Thanksgiving
starlactor Jon Bon jovi, front,
International Festival of Puppet Theater's
Parade promises to excite and entertain
brings his band to The Palace of
production of Hunchback 7:30 p.m. Friday
the entire family," says Susie Gross,
Auburn Hills 6' p.m. Saturday,
and Saturday, Dec. 29-30. $18/nonmem-
president of The Parade Company, the
Nov I8 $45/$32.5a
bers, $15/members. Call (313) 833-4005
organization responsible for the
(248) 645-6666
for times and information.
Thanksgiving morning tradition.
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Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert
House presents A Russian Holiday,
featuring baritone Solomon Soloviev
and many of Ann Arbor's finest classi-
cal musicians, 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
19. $10-$25. (734) 769-2999.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
hosts violinist Kyung-Wha Chung,
playing Brahms, 8 p.m. Friday, 8:30
p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 24-26, at Orchestra Hall. $15-
$71. (313) 576-5111.
Father and daughter sitar musicians
Ravi and Anoushka Shankar perform 8
p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at Ann Arbor's Hill
Auditorium. $20-$36. (734) 764-2538.
The Farmington Players present
James Goldman's The Lion in
Winter 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 17-Dec. 9,
on the stage inside Barnes & Noble
bookstore on Orchard Lake Road.
$12. (248) 553-2955.
The Hilberry Theatre premieres its
production of Luigi Pirandello's Six
Characters in Search of an Author,
winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for
Literature, with performances 8 p.m.
Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 17-18. Runs in repertory
through Feb. 22. Call for show times.
$11-$18. (313) 577-2972.
The Plymouth Theatre Guild's stage
adaptation of Miracle on 34th Street,
directed by Barry V. Levine of West
Bloomfield, runs 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, Nov. 17-Dec. 2, at the
Water-Tower Theater on the campus
of Northville Psychiatric Hospital. $7.
(248) 349-7110.
The Detroit Repertory Theatre pres-
ents This Blood's for You, a political
and ethical farce about a killer on
death row, Thursdays-Sundays
through Dec. 30. $15. Call for show
times. (313) 868-1347.
Walk & Squawk at the Furniture
Factory in Detroit presents The
Government Inspector 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 22-
Dec. 10. $18-$24. (313) 832-8890.
The Lost Child, based on the mem-
oir Looking for Lost Bird, the story of a
Jewish woman, adopted as an infant,
who searches for her biological parents
and discovers they were Navajo, stars
Mercedes Ruehl and airs 9 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 19, on CBS.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
presents Pass Me a Drum Stick, a
Young People's Concert, 11 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 18, at Orchestra Hall.
$8-$31. (313) 576-5111.
St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of
Cranbrook mounts a production of
The Emperor's New Clothes 7 p.m.
Friday, 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday
and 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 17-19. $6. (248) 644-0527.
Youtheatre's production of Otherwise
Known As Sheila the Great, an adapta-
tion of the Judy Blume book, visits the
Millennium Center in Southfield 11
a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 18-19. $10; $8/advance.
(248) 557-7529.
Royal Oak's Arnold Klein Gallery
exhibits Original Prints Depicting
Women, with works by Matisse,
Whistler and others, through Jan. 31.
(248) 647-7709.
The Michigan Train Show pulls
into the Novi Expo Center 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Nov. 18-19. $6/adults; children
12 and under free.
phone number,
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