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endary bandleader of the swing era 7
p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21, at Macomb
The Emerald Sinfonietta, conducted by
Center for the Performing Arts. $26-
Felix Resnick and focusing on rarely per-
$29. (810) 286-2222.
formed music by European and American
On the heels of Barenaked Ladies,
composers, presents its "Corelli Clash!" -
Canada's Vancouver-based Matthew
concert, featuring works by Corelli,
Good Band tours in support of the alter-
Purcell, Tippett and Lentini, 7 p.m.
native rock quartet's U.S. debut album,
Sunday, Feb. 25, at the Grosse Pointe War
Beautiful Midnight, Wednesday, Feb. 28,
Memorial. $15-$20/12 and under free
at Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall. Doors at 7
GAIL
ZIMMERMAN
when accompanied by an adult.
Arts - Entertainment
p.m. $10. (313) 961-6358.
Reservations: (313) 438-0780.
Editor
Singer Vic Damone makes appearances
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
marking his farewell tour, ending in April
plays the rarely performed Turangalila-symphonie by
at Carnegie Hall, 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m.
Messiaen, a mediation on love and the "speed of
Friday, March 1-2, at Macomb Center for the
life," as well as the Prelude and Liebestod from
Performing Arts. $39-$50. (810) 286 2222.
Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, 8 p.m. Thursday and
Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1-3, at
Orchestra Hall. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts. $19-
ON THE STAGE
$71. (313) 576-5111.
Troy's Ridgedale Players stages Rodgers and
The Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony
Hammerstein's
Carousel, the tale of the love between
Orchestra presents an evening of "British
carnival
barker
Billy
Bigelow and the naive Julie
Blockbusters," and a "Getting to Know You
Jordan,
8
p.m.
Fridays
and Saturdays and 3 p.m.
Dinner," beginning 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4,
Sundays, March 2-25. $12-$13. (248) 988-7049.
at Temple Beth El. The Motor City
Brass Band will perform at a wine
reception in Handleman Hall, fol-
lowed by dinner catered by Excellence
Too Catering. Dinner guests at tables
of eight get to select two orchestra
musicians whom they'd like to get to
know to make a party of 10. Following
dinner, conductor Felix Resnick will
lead the BBSO in works by Handel,
Vaughan, Britten, Elgar and Arnold.
Reception/dinner/concert tickets are
$65/$50 for season ticket holders.
Dinner reservations are due by March 1.
Concert-only tickets are $20 and are
available in advance or at the door.
(248) 645-2276.
David Gerstein: "Blue Note A+B+C," (detail), metal wall sculpture,
at the Danielle Peleg Gallery.
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Pop/RoadjAzz
The Jeff Haas Trio will perform with
special guest Marcus Belgrave 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Jewish Community Center
in Oak Park. The group will perform selections from
its new CD, HaGesher Chai - The Bridge Lives, as
well as other works. There also will be a dessert buf-
fet and silent auction. $12.50. (248) 967-4030.
Blues singer/guitarist Buddy Guy performs 7:30
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at Ann Arbor's Michigan
Theater. $26-$36. (734) 668-8397.
Cab Calloway's Legacy of Swing, featuring
Calloway's daughter, Chris Calloway, and the Hi- •
De-Lo Orchestra, celebrates the legacy of the leg-
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appearances 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at
Macomb Center for the Performing Arts. $49-$60.
(810) 286-2222.
FAMILY FUN
Disney's Jungle Adventure on Ice, featuring char-
acters from The Jungle Book, Tarzan and The Lion
King, skates into Joe Louis Arena Feb. 28-March 4
for nine performances. For show times and tickets,
go to www.disneyonice.com or call (248) 645-6666.
THE ART SCENE
Israeli Pop artist David Gerstein shows his hand=
painted laser-cut metal wall sculptures of people in
motion, flowers, animals, city scenes and still life
compositions Feb. 25-March 11 at West
Bloomfield's Danielle Peleg Gallery. Meet the artist
1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. (248) 626-5810.
Detroit's Pewabic Pottery presents Ewers, a 25-
person art exhibition of vase-shaped pitchers, tradi-
tionally functional but with numerous possibilities
for exploration, March 2-April 14. Opening recep-
tion: 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 2. (313) 822-0954.
Habatat Galleries hosts new figurative sculpture in
glass and wood by the husband-and-wife team of
Stephen Clements and Leah Wingfield, and con-
temporary glass sculpture by Italian artist Livio
Seguso, March 2-24. Opening reception: 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 2. (248) 333-2060.
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center hosts 2001: An
Art Odyssey, a benefit event featuring silent and live"
auctions, cocktails, dining and music, 6:30-10 p.m.
Friday, March 2. Attire: business casual. $60/$125
benefactors. Reservations: (248) 644-0866.
In conjunction with the film Pollock, the Print
Gallery in Southfield hosts an exhibition of posters by
the American artist Jackson Pollock, including seri-
graphs and original museum posters that celebrated
shows of his work, through March 30. (248) 356-5454.
WHATNOT
Players Guild of Dearborn presents Arthur Miller's
All My Sons, the intense story of two-World War II era
families followed by the shadow of catastrophe, March
2-17. Call for show times. $11. (313) 561-TKTS.
LAUGH LINES
His humor focuses on the vicissitudes of just plain
living and is universal in nature.
Comedian/author/television star Bill Cosby, the
best-selling comedian of all on record, makes live
Ann Arbor's The Ark presents a Storytelling
Festival, featuring international, national and local
storytellers, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24;
$15. At 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, the event will feature
storytellers for the younger set; $7. (734) 761-1800.
One of the biggest custom car shows in the coun-
try, Detroit Autorama screeches into Cobo Center
4-11 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday and 10
a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23-25. $12.50 adults/$5
children. (248) 650-5560.
The Jewish Authors Book Club at Borders in
Farmington Hills will discuss The Sabra by Oz
Almoi 7:30 p.m. Ttiesday, Feb. 27. (248) 737-0110.
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