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Music Director Neeme Jarvi and the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra celebrate the 300th birthday
of the city of Detroit with a world premiere by the
orchestra's composer-in-residence, Ann Arbor-based
Michael Daughtery, 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday
and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5-6, at Orchestra Hall.
Titled Motor City Triptych, the work offers a cruise
through the musical sounds of Detroit, and includes
three movements: "Motown Mondays," "Pedal to
Pedal" and "Rosa Parks Boulevard." Rounding out
the concerts is Gustave Mahler's Symphony No. 1,
nicknamed "The Titan." $15-$67. (313) 576-5111.
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, an ensemble
of professional musicians drawn from the Detroit
Symphony and Michigan Opera Theatre orchestras,
kicks off the new year with a mix of music from
three centuries: Mozart's Quartet for Oboe and
Strings, Rheinberger's Nonet for Winds and Strings
and William Bolcom's Orphee Serenade.
Performances are 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, at
Birmingham Unitarian Church, 651 N. Woodward,
in Bloomfield Hills; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at
Fort Street Presbyterian Church, 631 W. Fort St., in
Detroit. $22/$18. (248) 559-2095.
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dancers and musicians, all members of the
congregation. Donation: $10/refreshments
included. Reservations recommended:
(248) 788-0600.
ON THE STAGE
Yang won the Best Director Prize at the
2000 Cannes Film Festival for his universal
tale about the day-to-day trials and tribula-
tions of a middle-aged businessman and
his family in a large modern city.
Screenings are 7 p.m. Friday and 3 and 7
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 12-14. $6.
(313) 833-3237.
Children 16 and under can attend the
8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, performance of
Les Miserables at the Fisher Theatre for
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Arts Entertainment
free with the purchase of an adult ticket.
Editor
Ask for the Kids Night on Broadway
At 10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, the History
offer when calling for tickets.
Channel will premiere Holocaust: The
(248) 645-6666.
Untold Story, a documentary that dispels the myth
Meadow Brook Theatre will stage James
that the Holocaust was a secret among the media
Goldman's award-winning play The Lion in Winter.
elite in the United States during World War II.
The drama deals with the battle between the English
Narrated by Arthur Kent and produced by the
King Henry II and his estranged wife, Eleanor of
Newseum, the world's only interactive museum of
Aquitaine, over which of their two rival sons shall
news, the documentary is accompanied by an exhib-
succeed him as monarch. The royal pair will be
it that opened earlier this month at the Arlington,
played by real-life couple Henry Woronicz and
Va.-based museum. Check your local listings.
Fontaine Syer. The production opens 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 13, with previews running
Wednesday-Friday, Jan. 10-12. Through Feb. 4.
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Call for show times. $21-$37.50. (248) 377-3300.
Hosted by Fanclub Foundation for the Arts,
Wayne State's Hilberry Theatre opens Jean
Swingtime 2001, an annual fundraiser held at the
Anouilh's Antigone, a modern version of the
Fisher Building in Detroit to raise money for arts
Sophocles classic about age-old conflicts — between
education programs in the metro Detroit area,
old and young, male and female, established political
returns this year on Saturday, Jan. 20. Party goers
Ferndale's Magic Bag presents the 7th
Annual Antifreeze Blues Festival, a benefit
for the Detroit Blues Society, Friday and
Saturday, Jan. 5-6. Headlining Friday is gui-
tarist/vocalist Lonnie Brooks, who'll be
joined by Jeff Grand/Jim McCarty, RJ's
Blues Revue, Randy Volin's Sonic Blues and
Bugs Beddow. "Father of Rock & Roll
Piano" Johnnie Johnson headlines on
Saturday; with George Bedard & the
Kingpins, Thornetta Davis, The
Millionaires, Chicago Pete and The
Alligators. Doors at 7 p.m. $20 each night.
(248) 544-3030.
Ann Arbor's The Ark hosts Folkin' A2,
The Alligators appear at the Antifreeze Blues Festival.
area songwriters who've gone on to record
their own CDs and tour around the U.S.
and Canada, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6. Chris Buhalis,
power and rebellion — 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12. It will
Jo Serrapere, Rollie Tussing III, Jim Roll, Kevin
play in rotating repertory through March 29 with
Meisel and K.C. Groves join musical guests in the
Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author
round for an evening hosted by Dick Siegel. $12.50.
and William Shakespeare's Cymbeline (opening Feb.
(734) 761-1451.
22). Call for show times. $11-$18. (313) 577-2972.
Congregation ITnai Moshe presents Cabaret 2001
(A Musical Odyssey — "Been There! Sung That!),
directed by Barry Levine, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at
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the synagogue in West Bloomfield. Music of the past
The Detroit Film Theatre opens its 2001 season
century, accompanied by commentary that will
next weekend with Yi-Yi (A One and a Two)
explain its evolution, will be presented by singers,
(Taiwan/Japan — 2000). Writer/director Edward
will swing dance to the sound of three bands and
dine on special treats from 30 metro area restau-
rants. Eight bars will serve beer and wine. A silent
auction will offer a multitude of gifts and guests can
visit the Swingtime art gallery, which will present
artwork for display and purchase. The swingin'
starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 in advance/$60
at the door. (248) 584-4150.
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Model and toy train enthusiasts can visit the fifth
annual Glancy Trains Show at the Detroit
Historical Museum 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6.
Collectors and local dealers will sell model trains,
accessories, structures, switches and track; appraisals
will be available; and an auction of toy trains and
train parts will take place at noon. (313) 833-1805.
The Community House in Birmingham presents a
lecture series by Birmingham Temple Rabbi Sherwin
Wine, Three Hundred Years of Detroit, on four
consecutive Thursdays, Jan. 18-Feb. 8, from 7:30-9
p.m. Topics include: The French in Detroit" (Jan.
18); "Yankees in Detroit" (Jan. 25); "Irish, Germans,
Poles & Jews" (Feb. 1); and "Blacks in Detroit"
(Feb. 8). Cost is $15 per session/S56 for the series of
four. For more information, call (248) 644-5832.
FYI: For Arts and Entertainment related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item. with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number,
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