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will include jazz saxophonist Donald
Walde and Jazzset. Half the cost of each
$40 ticket is tax deductible. For more
information, call Nathaniel Warshay,
(313) 927-1436.

Bess will be performed 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and
Thursday, March 14-15, at Flint's Whiting
Auditorium ($21-$42), (810) 237-7333; and 8 p.m.
Friday, March 16, at Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts ($31-$35), (810) 286-2222.
Northville's Marquis Theatre hosts the family musi-
cal The Wizard of Oz weekends at 2:30 p.m. during
March and April (except April 14-15), with weekday
performances 2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, April 16-20.
Under 3 not admitted. $7.50. (248) 349-8110.

Maestro Arie Lipsky conducts the Ann
Arbor Symphony Orchestra in Poets,
Pianists and Other Animals, featuring
works by Saint-Saens, Brahms and
Hadyn, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at
Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater. $17-$30,
ON THE STAGE
with discounts for seniors and students.
The Bloomfield Players presents the
On Sunday, March 11, at 4 p.m., the
musical Oliver, featuring Udi Kapen as
GAIL ZININIERNIAN
music about a menagerie of animals con-
Arts V Entertainment
Fag - in and Adam Horowitz as the Artful
Editor
tinues with All Creatures Great and
Dodger, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and
Small, an hour-long family concert. $10
THE SMALL SCREEN
2 p.m. Sundays, March 9-18, at the
adults/$5 children. (734) 994-4801.
Detroit Public Television-Channel 56 brings to
Lahser High School Theatre, 3456 Lahser Road, in
The Chamber Music Society of Detroit hosts the
television Groucho: A Life in Revue, the award-win-
Bloomfield Hills. Tickets are $10, in advance or at
acclaimed Trio Fontenay, playing Beethoven,
ning stage production that chronicles the comedian's
the door. (248) 433-0885.
Bernstein and Rachmaninoff, 8 p.m. Saturday,
life and career from age 15-85, at 5:45 p.m. Sunday,
EMU Hillel presents Elie Wiesel's The Trial of
March 10, at Seligman Performing Arts Center, on
March 11. Check your local listings.
God, set during Purim and concerning
the campus of Country Day School in Beverly Hills.
one man's quest to discover whether or
$15-$67. (248) 645-6666.
not God exists, 8 p.m. Thursdays and
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra hosts violinist
FAMILY FuN
Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays
Hilary Hahn, just 21 years old and already one of
through March 17 at the Riverside
PuppetART/Detroit Puppet
the most compelling performers around, playing
Arts Center, 76 N. Huron, in
Theater
presents Purimshpiel, a
Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto 10:45 a.m. and 8
Ypsilanti. Tickets, in advance or avail-
rod-puppet
drama of the story of
p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16-17,
able at the door, are $10 adults/$8 stu-
Purim,
2
p.m.
Saturdays, March 17,
at Orchestra Hall. John Corigliano's "Tournaments"
dents/$5 on Thursdays. (734) 482-
24
and
31,
at
25
East Grand River
and Dvorak's Symphony No. 6round out the pro-
0456.
in
downtown
Detroit.
$7 adults/$5
gram (Hahn will autograph CDs and memorabilia
Ann Arbor's Power Center is the only
children.
(313)
961-7777.
during intermissions.) $15-$71. At 3 p.m. Sunday,
venue in the United States to experience
March 18, Hahn talks about her career and plays the
England's Royal Shakespeare Company's
Barber concerto at an Introduction to the Classics
millennium presentation of four plays in
THE ARTS SCENE
concert. $25-$35. (313) 576-5111.
Shakespeare's History Cycle: Hem)' VI:
Linda Zalla shows her new water-
Parts I, II and III and Richard III. The
color-mixed media paintings in a
company's three-week residency will fea-
group show titled "Reality" at
ture dozens of free educational presenta-
Frank Ferran to portrays
Birmingham's Exhibit A Gallery; 288
Jazz composer/guitarist Spencer Barefield per-
tions as well. Cycle 1 will be performed
Grouch. o Mar x in "Groucho:
E. Maple. Opening reception: 6-9
forms with his trio 8 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at
Saturday (11 a.m., 3:15 p.m. and 8 p.m.) A Life in Rev ue," airing on
p.m. Friday, March 9. (248) 258-
Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert House. $10-$25.
and Sunday (5 p.m.), March 10-11;
Channel 56
9282.
Reservations: (734) 769-2999.
Cycle 2 will be performed at the same
The Girlie Detroit Collective cel-
Classic rock guitar legend Jeff Beck takes the stage
times on Saturday and Sunday, March
ebrates
Women's
History
Month with the exhibition
at Detroit's Fox Theatre 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 13.
17-18. Cycle 3 will be performed 8 p.m. Tuesday, 3 and
"Herstory,"
through
April
27 at Detroit's Robert
$32.50-$50. (248) 433-1515.
8 p.m. Wednesday and 8 p.m. Thursday, March 13-15.
Maniscalco
Gallery.
Opening
reception: 7:30 p.m.
Mixing influences from jazz to bluegrass to rock to
Tickets are available for the four-play cycle only; indi-
Saturday,
March
10.
(313)
886-2993.
funk, the Jazz Mandolin Project, headed by acoustic
vidual event tickets, if available, will only be sold on per-
Pewabic Pottery hosts the Antique and
mandolin player Jamie Masefield and comprising a
formance days. $108-$250 for the series. For a complete Contemporary Winter Art Tile Fair 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
group of revolving musicians, plays Ferndale's Magic
list of activities, go to www.ums.org/rsc.htm or
Sunday, March 11, at St. George Cultural Center,
Bag Friday, March 16. Doors at 8 p.m. $10 advance.
www.umich.edu/pres/shakespeare. For tickets, call (734)
1515 S. Woodward, Bloomfield Hills. $5 admission.
(248) 544-1991.
764-2538.
(313) 822-0954.
Canadian songbird Anne Murray brings her chart-
Fame — The Musical — the stage version of the
Expert Kenneth Katz speaks on conserving and
topping melodies to Detroit's Fox Theatre 8 p.m.
story of a group of students attending New York's High
restoring
valuable paintings 2 p.m. Sunday, March
Friday, March 16. $32.50-$50. (248) 433-1515.
School of the Performing Arts based on David De
11,
at
the
Detroit Historical Museum. $5, plus
The Theatre Campaign of Marygrove College fea-
Silva's motion picture and TV show of the same name
admission
to the museum. (313) 833-1726.
tures a medley of Off Broadway songs written by
— dances into the Detroit Opera House for eight per-
Dr.
Holly
Pittman of the University of
Rudy Simons and Mort Zieve 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
formances. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2
Pennsylvania
speaks on Treasures From the Royal
March 18, at the Marygrove College Theatre, 8425
and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, March
Tombs
of
Ur:
Objects of Life and Luxury 8 p.m.
W. McNichols Road at Wyoming in Detroit.
13-18. $10-$55. ((248) 645-6666.
Wednesday,
March
14, in the Detroit Institute of
WDET's Ed Love will emcee the evening, which
George Gershwin's masterful opera Porgy and
Arts Lecture Hall. (313) 833-7900.

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