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CLASSICAL NOTES

Dubravka Tomsic exhibits "the kind
of playing not heard since the days of her
great mentor, Artur Rubinstein," said a
recent review in the New York Times. The
Slovenian pianist makes her University
Musical Society debut, playing works by
Bach, Liszt and Prokofiev, 4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 11, at Ann Arbor's Hill
Auditorium. $14-$40. (734) 764-2538.

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Jazz saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, son
of jazz legend John Coltrane, has been
influenced by his father's music but has
carved out his own musical path as
well. He performs twice, at 8 and 10
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, in a "Jazz at the
Gem" series concert at Detroit's Gem
Theatre. $35-$65. (313) 963-9800.
Folk baritone Garnett Rogers appears
at Ann Arbor's The Ark 8 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 10. $13.50. (734) 761-1451.
The city of Southfield Parks and
Recreation Department presents the Jeff
Haas Trio & Friends 7 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 11, at the Southfield Centre for
the Arts. They'll perform several of
Hans' compositions commissioned for
the Detroit 300 Celebration; original
tunes from his new CD, The Bridge
Lives-, and contemporary arrangements
of jazz classics by Gershwin, Ellington
and Thelonious Monk. $8-$10.
(248) 424-9041.
Detroit's own "Queen of Soul,"
Aretha Franklin, performs with a 14-
piece orchestra 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 14, at Music Hall Center for the
Performing Arts. Proceeds benefit Music
Hall's programming and educational
outreach efforts. $25-$100 (pre-show
and afterglow packages also available).
(313) 963-2366.
Jazz singer/songwriter Michael
Franks, with guest saxophonist Najee,
takes the stage at Detroit's Fox Theatre 8
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. $32-$75.
(248) 433-1515.
Legendary saxophonist/flutist/
composer Yusef Lateef returns home to
Detroit to perform his African-
American Epic Suite with the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra 8 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 16. $15-$60. (313) 576-5111.

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p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9-10, at
Kevorkian, makes its debut
the Arena Theatre, 1501 Frieze
at Meadow Brook Theatre Feb. 14 and
Building, in Ann Arbor. Brian Lobel
runs through March 11. Every per-
directs. Free/general admission seat-
formance will be followed by a talkback
ing. (734) 764-6800.
session dealing with the issues of physi-
Shakespeare's Cymbeline, a tale of
cian-assisted suicide. Call for show
danger and romance, will be present-
times. $21-$37.50. (248) 377-3300.
ed for the first time by Hilberry
Bloomfield Hills' St. Dunstan's
Theatre 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. The
Theatre hosts a celebration of
production runs in repertory through
Broadway's best in song, Heart & Music
April 5. Call for show times. $12-
... Too!, to benefit the St. Dunstan's
$18. (313) 577-2972.
Building Renovation Fund, Friday-
Philadelphia actor Tony Lawton per-
Wednesday, Feb. 16-24. Show time is 8
forms The Devil and Billy Markham,
p.m., except on Sunday, when the per-
author Shel Silverstein's series of tales in
formance is 2 p.m. $15 donation/$30
rhymed verse about a good-ol'-boy,
includes hors d'oeuvre reception prior to
ne'er-do-well songwriter from Nashville
performance. (248) 644 0527.

ON THE STAGE

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The Detroit News Young People's
Concert Series hosts the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra's string section
in A String Fling, under the direction
of Thomas Wilkins, 11 a.m. Saturday,
Feb. 10, at Orchestra Hall. $8-$31.
(313) 576-5111.
Friends of the Oak Park Library pres-
ent an evening of music and reading for
children with the performing duo Two
of a Kind 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, at
the library. No charge. (248) 691-7480.

THE ART SCENE

The Cranbrook Art Museum exhibits
Fabula: Consumer Media and
Contemporary Art, exploring merging
currents between art, fashion, advertis-
ing and design, through April 8. Also on
display through April 8 is Forgers of
Metal: George Booth and his
Patronage of Metalcraft at Cranbrook,
which explores how the Cranbrook
founder's passion for metal enhanced the
Cranbrook campus. (877) 462-7262.

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Counter-clockwise from top left:
Chuck Hall, JeffHaas and Alex Trajano cele-
brate the release of their new CD Sunday at
Southfield Center for the Arts.

Aretha Franklin sings her heart out at a
Valentine's Day concert at Music Hall.

H N Semjon's "Grocery No. I" is part of
"Tabula: Consumer Media and
Contemporary Art," on display at the
Cranbrook Museum of Art.

Storyteller Corinne Stavish pres-
ents "A Look at Love," adult stories
(leave the kids home) of love and
forbidden love, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9,
at Borders Book Shop in Beverly
Hills. (248) 644-1515.
The Royal Oak Toy Show, hosting
100 dealers of collectible and antique
toys, comes to Royal Oak's Farmers
Market, 316 E. 11 Mile Road,
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10. $4.
Stars on Ice, featuring Olympic
champions Scott Hamilton, Tara
Lipinski, Kristi Yamaguchi, Ilia
Kulik and more, takes to the ice
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the
Palace of Auburn Hills. $35-$60.
(248) 645-6666.
The Longhorn World
Championship Rodeo returns to the
Palace with a "Tribute to the
Greatest Bucking Horses and Bulls"
8 p.m. Friday, and Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16-18. $12-$15.
(248) 645-6666.

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