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a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, May
5-6. $8 advance/$10 at the door. (248) 557-7529.
Northville's Marquis Theatre stages a musical ver-
sion of Little Red Riding Hood weekends, May 11-
June 10. Call for show times. Children under 3 not
admitted. $7.50. (248) 349-8110.
Birmingham's Elizabeth Stone Gallery holds a
book signing with children's book illustrator Lynn
Munsinger 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the gallery.
(248) 647-7040.

Family favorite Annie, with music and
The Detroit Institute of Arts' Brunch
lyrics by Charles Strouse and Martin
With Bach series presents Yuki and
Charnin, continues at Detroit's Fisher
Tomoko Mack performing music for two
Theatre 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m
pianos from Bernstein's West Side Story,
Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday,
Copland's Rodeo and Gershwin's Rhapsody
May 4-6. $30.50-$50.50. (248) 645-6666.
in Blue 11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 6. $11-
Ridgedale Players presents Run for
$22/$5 concert only. (313) 833-4005.
Your Wife, a British sex farce by Ray
The Tuesday Musicale hosts a recital by
GAIL ZININIERMAN
Cooney, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
pianist Peter Serkin 4 p.m. Sunday, May 6,
Arts Entertainment
and 3 p.m. Sundays, May 4-20. $10-$11.
in the Lecture Hall at the Detroit Institute
Editor
(248) 988-7049.
of Arts. $30/$10 student, (248) 477-1487.
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
University of Michigan's Festival of New
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings
Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist Ellen
Works kicks off 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 11-
performs a concert of chamber music 4:30 p.m.
Goodman and award-winning novelist and journalist
12, at Ann Arbor's Trueblood Theatre with Broadway
Sunday, May 6, at St. Hugo of the Hills in
Patricia O'Brien, co-authors of I Know Just What You
a Hopwood Award-winning screenplay by
Joe,
Bloomfield Hills. $18-$22. (248) 559-2095.
Mean: The Power of Friendships in Women's Lives, speak
Gabriel Burnstein; $8. The Arena Theatre stages
Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at the West Bloomfield
Hopwood winner Erin Podolsky's Sunday Drive 8
and conductor Felix Resnick present "The Future is
Jewish Community Center. The lecture is free and
p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 11-12; free. These are
Now Concert," with pieces by Hindemith,
open to the public. (248) 661-7649.
script-in-hand staged readings. (734) 763-TKTS.
Hovhanness and Holst, 7 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at
The Birmingham Temple in Farmington
Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. $20
Hills presents Writers Festival 2001 8:30
adults/students free. (248) 645-2276.
p.m. Mondays, May 7, 14 and 21, at the
Previewing his appointment as the Detroit
LAUGH LINES
temple. This year's theme is "Genocide: The
Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor for
The Carol Burnett Show reg-
Stories of the Survivors." Authors will discuss
the 2001-2002 season, Itzhak Perlman performs and
ulars Harvey Korman and
and sign their books. They include Bill
conducts masterpieces by Brahms and Mozart with
McGraw on African American slavery (May
Tim Conway team up for a
the DSO 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, May 9-10,
7), Mae Derdarian on the Armenian geno-
show at Macomb Center for
and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Orchestra Hall.
cide (May 14) and Henry Gleisner on the
the Performing Arts 4 and 8
$25-$76. (313) 576-5111. Perlman also will be the
Jewish Holocaust (May 21). Members:
p.m. Saturday, May 5. $50-
guest on Tuesday, May 8, when the DSO's Volunteer
$4/nonmembers: $6. (248) 477-1410.
$60. (810) 286-2222.
Council hosts a benefit reception, An Evening with
Comic Wendy Liebman
Itzhak Perlman, at the Bingham Farms home of
takes the stage at Joey's Comedy
Doreen Hermelin. Ticket prices are $200 (cocktails,
THE ART SCENE
Club in Dearborn 8:15 p.m.
dinner and auction) and $500 (private cocktail recep-
Peter Serkin performs
and 10:45 p.m. Friday and
An exhibition of new realist paintings by
tion with Perlman, dinne - auction, Perlman CD and
at the D.M.
Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday,
Oscar
Lakeman will be on display at
name in program); call (313) 576-5147.
May 11-13. $10-$12/$22.95-
Birmingham's
Robert Kidd Gallery May 4-
The Pro Musica Society of Detroit presents the
$24.95 dinner package. (313) 584-8885.
June
30.
Opening
reception:
6-8 p.m. Friday, May
Michigan debut of baritone James Westman 8 p.m.
4.
(248)
642-3909.
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Wednesday, May 9, in the Recital Hall of the Detroit
Pontiac's Galerie Blu/Uzelac Gallery hosts "Variety
Institute of Arts. The concert is dedicated to the mem-
THE
BIG
SCREEN
Show,"
a group show of paintings, sculptures, glass
ory of the late Seymour Kapetansky, a longtime sup-
and
functional
pieces, with works by Romero
The
39th
Ann
Arbor
Film
Festival
Tour,
the
old-
porter of Pro Musica. $30. (313) 886-5639 or (313)
Britto,
Stephen
Hansen, Todd Warner, Mark
est
festival
of
experimental
16
mm
film
in
the
coun-
833-4005.
Schlussel and others, May 4-26. (248) 253-7240.
try, visits the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit
The Toledo Museum of Art hosts Eternal Egypt:
Institute of Arts 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 7. $6.
Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum,
(313) 833-3237.
featuring world-famous Egyptian antiquities, through
Former singer/songwriter/guitarist with Dire Straits,
May 27. $7.50-$10/under 5 free. (419) 255-8000.
FA lit FuN
Mark Knopfler performs 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, at
The experts at the Cranbrook Institute of Science
the Fox Theatre. $29.50-$65. (248) 433-1515.
WHATNOT
will
be on hand to identify visitors' fossils, rocks and
Folksinger Christine Lavin comes to Ann Arbor's
Wayne State University's College of Fine,
minerals, plants, artifacts and many kinds of animals in
The Ark in support of her new solo album, Getting
Performing and Communication Arts hosts a fund-
Identify
It!,
scheduled
noon-4
p.m.
Saturday,
May
5.
in Touch with My Inner Bitch, 8 p.m. Saturday, May
raiser, "Catch a Rising Star," to benefit artists in
Free with museum admission: $7 adults/$4 children 3-
5; $15. Born into one of America's great musical
progress,
6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, May 11, at the
17, students and seniors/free under 3. (248) 645-3245.
families, Mike Seeger and Peggy Seeger take the
Detroit
Athletic
Club. The evening features dinner,
A TheatreWorks/USA new play based on the clas-
stage at The Ark 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6; $17.50.
entertainment
and
silent and live auctions. $100/per
sic
J.M.
Barrie
story
of
Peter
Pan
comes
to
(734) 761-1800.
person. (313) 577-5336.
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