Ari and company will perform new origi-
nal music and jazz classics by Monk,
The Emerald Sinfonietta, conducted by
Ellington and Irving Berlin. $15. (734)
Felix Resnick, presents "Summer in the City
761-1451.
Iv," a concert of 20th-century music, 7
Legendary big bands the Count Basie
p.m. Sunday, May 20, at the Grosse Pointe
Orchestra and Duke Ellington
War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms.
Orchestra join together for a benefit per-
$15-$20/under 12 free. (313) 438-0780.
formance for Detroit's Music Hall
Neeme Jarvi and the Detroit Symphony
Center for the Performing Arts 7:30
Orchestra bring the grandeur of the Alps
p.m. Thursday, May 24, at Music Hall.
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
to Orchestra Hall when they present
$25-S50. (313) 963-2366.
Arts Entertainnzent
Richard Strauss' infrequently performed
The Birmingham Temple Vivace Series
Editor
hosts the Western Jazz Quartet, the resi-
Alpine Symphony 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m.
Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 24-
dent faculty ensemble of Western University, with
26. Grieg's Piano Concerto and a world premiere of a
vocalist Sunny Wilkinson, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 26,
newly re-orchestrated Mendelssohn Octet for strings
at the temple. The group's repertoire spans the history
round out the program. $15-$71. (313) 576-5111.
of jazz. $12-$18. (248) 788-9338 or (248) 288-3953.
CLASSICAL NOTES
Pop/RocKIJAzz
ON THE STAGE
The University Musical Society and Peter Sparling
Singer Jenna Mammima is equally at home with
Dance Company present a preview performance of
contemporary pop material and jazz standards, and
Christopher Gluck's classic opera Orfeo ed Euridice 8
performs older tunes from Sammy Kahn and
p.m. Saturday, May 19, at Ann Arbor's Michigan
Comden and Green to contemporary songs by
Theater. This opera/dance version features University of
James Taylor, Elvis Costello and Dr. John. She
Michigan students, and was conceived by Sparling,
appears at Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert House 7
Martin Katz and UMS. Free. (734) 764-2538.
and 9 p.m. Saturday, May 19. $10-$25.
The all-singing, all-dancing Tony-nominated
Reservations: (734) 769-2999.
Swing, with swing dancers, a contemporary swing
Sting brings his "Brand New Day" tour with special
band and jazz/pop singers, visits East Lansing's
guest Jill Scott to the Palace of Auburn Hills 7:30 p.m.
Wharton Center 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8
Saturday, May 19. $39.50-$89.50. (248) 645-6666.
p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m.
Rockabilly veteran Robert Gordon joins Sleepy
Sunday, May 22-27. $28-$47.50. (517) 432-2000.
LaBeef and the Twistin' Tarantulas in concert May
19 at Ferndale's Magic Bag. Doors at 8 p.m. $16.
(248) 544-3030.
THE BIG SCREEN
The Metropolitan Singers of Southfield present
The Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute
"Swing into Spring," a concert featuring Broadway
of Arts closes out its season with The Gleaners and I
tunes and a Memorial Day tribute to veterans, 7 p.m.
(France - 2000 - Agnes Varda),
Sunday, May 20, at Southfield
a new documentary that dis-
Centre for the Arts. $8-$10/12
The Western Jazz Quartet perform at
covers the modern-day
and under free. (248) 545-
Birmingham Te mple May 26
gleaners among us, 7 and
8743 or (248) 548-6652.
9:30 p.m. Friday; 4, 7 and
The Jeff Haas Trio, witn
9:30
p.m. Saturday; and 1, 4
bassist Churl Hall
and
7
p.m. Sunday, May 18-
and drummer Alex
20. $6. (313) 833-3237.
Trajano, will be
joined by multi-
instrumentalist Rob
FAMILY FUN
Smith, percussionist
Amelia Bedelia and the
Dennis Sheridan and
and Other Stories, a
Baby
special guest Israeli jazz
musical
revue comprising
violinist Miri Ben-Ari in
eight
short
popular chil-
a celebration of the
dren's books and staged by
national release of their
Peggy Simon Traktman
new CD, The Bridge
with music by David
Lives, 8 p.m. Thursday,
Wolfson, visits Youtheatre
May 24, at The Ark in
at Southfield's Millennium
Ann Arbor. Haas, Ben-
Centre 11. a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 19-20. $8 advance/$10 at the door.
(248) 557-PLAY.
Oakland University's Department of Music,
Theatre and Dance presents a theatrical adaptation
of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories 10 a.m. May
22-25, 29-31, June 1, 4-8, in the Varner Hall Studio
Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in
Rochester. Evening performances are 7 p.m. June 1-
2 and 8-9. $10/$8 seniors/$5 students and children;
available at the door. (248) 370-2032.
THE ART SCENE
The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center mounts
the exhibition Line Breaking Boundaries, a series of
drawings that transcend the boundaries of technique
and materials, May 18-June 22. Opening reception:
6-8 p.m. Friday, May 18; curator Barbara Dorchen
will hold a workshop 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday,
May 19. For more information, call (248) 644-0866.
The watercolors and drawings of Karen Anne
Klein are on Exhibit 9-5 p.m. daily at U-M's
Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor through
Sept. 30. Opening reception: 7-9 p.m. Friday, May
18. (248) 647-7709.
West Bloomfield's Danielle Peleg Gallery hosts the
first Michigan solo exhibition of the work of
Russian-born impressionist painter Vadik Suljakov
May 20-June 1. Opening reception: 1-4 p.m.
Sunday, May 20. (248) 626-5810.
The Michigan Water Color Society presents its
54th annual reception and award ceremony 4:30 p.m.-
7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at the Meadow Brook Art
Gallery at Oakland University in Rochester. The exhi-
bition will be on view noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-
Saturdays through June 16. (248) 352-3973.
The Woods Gallery in Huntington Woods shows
the work of Mexico City-born multimedia artist
Marco Garcia May 22-July 6. Meet the artist: 7-9
p.m. Thursday, May 24. (248) 543-9720.
The Detroit Artists Market presents Sampler, in
which four artists address man's identity in the infor-
mation age, May 25-July 13. Opening reception: 6-
9 p.m. Friday, May 25. (313) 832-8540.
WHATNOT
The Detroit Historical Museum presents Island in
the City: Belle Isle, a variety of images, artifacts and
documents chronicling the history of the island,
through Sept. 20. (313) 833-1805.
The City of Birmingham and Birmingham
Historical Museum celebrates the grand opening of
the Birmingham Historical Museum 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20, at the Allen House,
556 West Maple, with children's activities, craft
demonstrations and refreshments. (248) 642-2817.
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