Arts Entertainment CLASSICAL NOTES Trueblood Theatre presents Love Songs, a musical by Libbe S. HaLevy with music and lyrics by Steven Cagan; $8. The Arena Theatre stages Our Good Neighbor, a play by Ryan Tecco, and David Anderson's screenplay The Big Brother, directed by Gabriel Burnstein; free. (734) 763-TKTS. Genitti's Hole in The Wall in Northville presents Trapped in the Rubber Room, a one-man show written and performed by Timothy Campos, 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, May 30-June 27. $14-$15. (248) 349-0522. Pianist Stewart Goodyear and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1-2, at Orchestra Hall. be works by Schuller Also featured and Enescu. $15-$67. (313) 576-5111. Michigan Opera Theatre will hold audi- GAIL ZIMMERMAN tions, by appointment only, for small roles Arts cj-7 Entertai n for the 2001-2002 season, Wednesday, June Editor 6, at the Detroit Opera House. Call (313) 237-3273. Auditions also may be scheduled THE BIG SCREEN for the chorus and children's chorus, Monday and Tuesday, June 25-26, at Central Woodward Christian The film 'N Sync: Bigger than Live, shot last July Church in Troy. Call (313) 237-3405. at Pontiac's Silverdome, premieres at Henry Ford Museum's IMAX Theatre Friday, June 1, and runs through September. $10 adults/$8.50 seniors and children 12 and under. Call for show times. More than 70 techno artists, including Derrick May, (313) 271-1570. De La Soul, Juan Atkins and LTJ Bukem, will perform free on four stages in Detroit's Hart Plaza Saturday- THE SMALL SCREEN Monday, May 26-28, as part of the second annual Detroit Electronic Music Festival. For a complete Showtime airs Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd schedule, log on to www.electronicmusicfest.com . Floor, adapted for television by Richard Benjamin Eddie Money, with special guest Burning Candles, and starring Nathan Lane, 8 p.m. Saturday, May rocks the DTE Energy Music Theatre 7:30 p.m. 26; 10 p.m. Sunday, May 27; and 11:30 p.m. Sunday, May 27. $12.50-$20.50. (248) 645-6666. Wednesday, May 30. The comedy is based on Blue Oyster Cult, the hard rock band featuring Simon's experiences as a writer for Sid Caesar's Your Jewish vocalist Eric Bloom, takes the stage 7:30 p.m. Show of Shows, and features characters based on fel- Monday, May 28, at the DTE Energy Music low writers Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart and Woody Theatre. Also performing is Loverboy. $16.50- Allen. Check your local listings. $26.50. (248) 645-6666. U2 brings its "U2 Elevation Tour 2001," with special guest PJ Harvey, to the Palace of Auburn LAUGH LINES Hills 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 30. $45-$130. Comedian Ben Konstantin takes the stage 8 (248) 645-6666. p.m. Thursday and 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, whose next May 24-26, at Royal Oak's Comedy Castle. album is due out later this summer, perform at DTE Headliner Bill Hildebrandt also performs. $6-$12. Energy Music Theatre 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May (248) 542-9900. 30. $16.50-$28.50. (248) 645-6666. Traditional bluegrass and classic ballads to old- time swing and jazz come to Ann Arbor's The Ark 8 FAMILY p.m. Saturday, June 2, with music by the Raisin Famous monsters teach basic understanding of atom- Pickers. $11. (734) 761-1451. ic structure and the role of atoms in matter and energy when Cranbrook Institute of Science welcomes The Atoms Family May 26-Sept. 3. Museum admission: $7 ON THE STAGE adults; $4 children 3-17, students and seniors; free Hamtramck's Planet Ant Theatre ends its mainstage under 3. (877) 462-7262. season with Marsha Norman's 'Night Mother, winner Pop/Ro c K/ J Azz FuN of the Pulitzer and Susan Blackburn prizes, 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, May 25-June 17. $10. (313) 365-4948, Ext. 1. University of Michigan's Festival of New Works, a series of script-in-hand staged readings, continues 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 1-2. Ann Arbor's THE ART SCENE The Detroit Institute of Arts hosts Dance of the Forest Spirits, an exhibit of masks used in the Native American custom of potlatch, a ritual that demonstrates a family's prestige and position, through May 2002. Free with museum admission. (313) 833-7900. The Sybaris Gallery in Royal Oak presents a one- person exhibition of sculpture by Diane Simpson, and Garden of Dreams, jewelry by eight metal- smiths, through June 30. (248) 544-3388. Meet expressionist artist Hessam Abrishami 6-8 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at a champagne reception at Danielle Peleg Gallery in West Bloomfield. The exhibition highlights the artist's contemporary figu- rative works on canvas and paper. (248) 626-5462. In celebration of Detroit's 300th birthday, Henry Ford Museum exhibits Photographer to the World: The Detroit Publishing Company, a display of more than 100 selected images of everyday life, natural wonders and international cities taken in the late 19th-early 20th centuries. The exhibition runs June 1-Jan. 6, 2002. $7.50-$12.50. (313) 271-1620. WHATNOT Native Detroiter and screenwriter/producer Bonnie Garvin hosts a seminar for local movie buffs who wish to make their mark in show business 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Birmingham Community House. $125, includes continental breakfast and box lunch. (248) 644-5832. Greenfield Village's A Nation Divided: Civil War Remembrance, running 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and Monday, May 27-28, includes daily activities giving visitors an understanding of the Civil War era. Village admission: $8.50-$14. (313) 271-1620. 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