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Arlo Guthrie, son of legendary
folksinger Woody Guthrie and a Jewish
mother, professional dancer Marjorie
Mania Guthrie, entertains with his piano,
six- and 12-string guitars, harmonica and
storytelling 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 26,
at Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts. $23-$26. (810) 286-2222.

Fine, 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, March
30-31, at the Redford Theatre, Lahser Road at Grand
River. Organists perform before each screening one-
half hour before show time. $4. Tickets available at the
box office or send a check payable to MCTOS with a
SASE to Motor City Theatre Organ Society, 16889
W. Riverdale, Detroit, MI 48219-3774.

Pianist Murray Perahia returns to Ann
Arbor with the Academy of St. Martin-in-
the-Fields chamber orchestra for keyboard
concertos featuring works by Mozart and
Bach 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24, in a
University Musical Society program at Hill
Auditorium. $20-$55. (734) 764-2538.
DANCE FEVER
-Multipercussionist Joseph Grainley
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Contemporary dance company the Eisenhower
ON
THE
STAGE
takes the stage with violinist Gabe
Arts 6- Entertdinment
Dance
Ensemble celebrates its 10th anniversary with
Editor
Bolkosky and marimba player Jon Singer.
The Department of Music, Theatre and
a
special
gala performance, "Encore: a Decade of
playing works by American composers
Dance at Oakland University mounts a
Dance,"
8
p.m. Friday, March 30, at Macomb Center
including Philip Glass, David Lang, William
production of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret through
for
the
Performing
Arts. $18-$22. (810) 286-2222.
Duckworth and Frederic Rzewski, 8 p.m. Saturday,
April 1. Call for show times. $6-$12. (248) 370-3013.
March 24, at Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert
Nancy Gurwin presents Fiddler on the Roof 8
House. $10-$25. Reservations: (734) 769-2999.
p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays,
Below:
Chamber Music Society of Detroit presents the
March 24-25 and April 1, 21, 28-29, at the
Wild Swan Theatre
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Branford Marsalis,
Jewish Community Center in West
presents
"Frog and
performing works by Stravinsky, Ibert, Milhaud,
Bloomfield. $13-$20. Reservations: (248)
Toad"
Sunday
at
Dubois, Debussy and Faure, 8 p.m. Wednesday, March
354-0545 or (248) 352-7172.
Temple
Beth
El.
28, at Orchestra Hall. $15-$67. (248) 645-6666.
Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber
UMS hosts the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
and Stoller, starring Gladys Knight, features the
Center, under artistic director David Shifrin and fea-
compositions of the Jewish songwriting team,
turing soprano Heidi Grant Murphy in a performance
including "Hound Dog," "Love Potion #9,"
of works by Brazilian master Heitor Villa-Lobos, 8
"Stand By Me," "Yakety Yak" and "Jailhouse
p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Lydia Mendelssohn
Rock." The production comes to Detroit's Fox
Theatre in Ann Arbor. $30-$40. (734) 764-2538.
Theatre 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra hosts cellist
Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March
Steven Isserlis playing Saint-Saens' Cello Concerto No.
27-April 1. $20-$45. (248) 433-1515.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a play
1 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 8:30 p.m. Saturday
and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29-April 1, at Orchestra
by Richard R. George adapted from the fan-
Hall. Franck's Le Chausseur maudit ("The Accursed
tasy by Raold Dahl and featuring Mitch
Above: Gerard Edery
Horseman") and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2
Master as Willy Wonka, takes the stage 8
performs Saturday at
round out the program. $19-$71. (313) 576-5111.
p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
The Ark in Ann Arbor.
March 30-April 1; and 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6-8, at
Knox Auditorium, First Presbyterian Church,
FAMILY FUN
1669 W. Maple Road, in Birmingham. $5-$8.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at The Ark in Ann
Arnold Lobel's beloved characters Frog and Toad
Reservations: (248) 644-2087, Ext. 151.
Arbor, the Gerard Edery Ensemble will entertain
demonstrate how good friends help each other when
In the tradition of Stomp, Tap Dogs and Bring In Da'
audiences with an assortment of ancient tunes from
Wild Swan Theater takes the stage 12:30 p.m.
Noise, Bring In Da' Funk comes Gumboots.
Spain, Morocco and Eastern Europe. One of the
Sunday, March 25, at Temple Beth El's Handleman
Incorporating traditional a cappella singing with the
foremost entertainers focusing on Sephardic music,
Hall in a Loren B. Fischer Cultural Arts Series for
beat of a contemporary percussive band, 12 South
Edery, a virtuoso guitarist, incorporates classical, fla-
Children and Their Families presentation. Geared to
African singer/dancers recall the dancing that originat-
menco, jazz and folk compositions, sings Jewish
children ages 3-8. Open to the community at no
ed in the mines of South Africa during the 19th centu-
songs in 12 languages and explains each song during
charge; no reservations necessary. (248) 851-1100.
ry. Performances are 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 27; 8 p.m.
performances. $10. (248) 645-6666.
Friday and Saturday, March 30-31; and 3 p.m. Sunday,
Also at The Ark, singer/songwriters Katie
April 1. (School performances are scheduled March 28-
Campbell and Jess Klein perform 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
THE ART SCENE
30). $25-$40/16 and under half-price for Sunday mati-
March 25. Campbell has been compared to Nanci
nee when accompanied by adult. (313) 963-2366.
T.G.I.F. at the DIA is geared to young adults ages
Griffith and Emmylou Harris; Klein's influences
20-40, and features a tour of the exhibit "Treasures
include Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks, Lucinda Williams
of the Royal Tombs of Ur," live music, hors d'oeu-
and Tom Petty. $11. (734) 761-1451.
vres and a silent auction. The fun runs 8-11 p.m.
THE
BIG
SCREEN
Grammy nominated this year for Best
Friday, March 30, at the Detroit Institute of Arts
The
Motor
City
Theatre
Organ
Society
hosts
a
Contemporary Jazz Recording, Liquid Soul takes
(Farnsworth entrance). $20 advance/$25 at the door.
Three Stooges Festival, featuring six 20-minute shorts
the stage at Ferndale's Magic Bag Saturday, March
(313) 833-7900.
with Moe HoWard, Jerome "Curly" Howard and Larry
24. Doors at 8 p.m. $12. (248) 544-3030.

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