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. 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