The Week's Best Bets CLASSICAL NarEs 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. - 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- FYI: 7,7,3 W .1; . 2/23 2001 52 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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