Best Bets
Smokestack, 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 6.
$39.50-$75. (248) 645-6666.
Melding the world of jazz and classical
Sterling Height's Freedom Hill
music into an organic whole, the John
Amphitheater, located on Metro Parkway
Lindberg Chamber Quintet performs new
just east of Schoenherr, inaugurates its
works for string quartet and contra-bass 8
summer season 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June
p.m. Saturday, June 2, at Ann Arbor's
7, with the pop-oriented flamenco sounds
Kerryto),vn Concert House. Joining corn-
of the Gipsy Kings; 522-S47. At 7:30
poser/bassist Lindberg will be violinists
p.m. Friday, June 8, veteran English
Gabriel Bolkosky and Rebecca Ansell, vio-
crooner Engelbert Humperdinck takes
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list Wendy Richman and cellist Miriam
the stage; $25-S65. (248) 645-6666.
Arts & Entertainment
Bolkosky. S10-$25. (734) 769-2999.
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The Detroit Symphony Pops hosts
At 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Orchestra
That's Entertainment! The Glorious
Hall, in a Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Musicals of MGM, a song-and-dance salute to The
Introduction to the Classics concert conducted by
Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, My Fair Lady and
Neeme Jarvi with special guest Stewart Goodyear on
more, 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m.
piano, host Charles Greenwell explores how jazz
Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 7-10,
inspired George Gershwin to write Rhapsody in Blue.
at Orchestra Hall. $15-$70. (313) 576-5111.-
The program also features Gunther Schuller's Seven
Studies on Themes of Paul Klee and the composer's
development of a style known as "Third Stream."
ON THE STAGE
$25-$35. (313) 576-5111.
The Tree Town Performance Festival presents a full-
Radio station WDET 101.9 FM and the Detroit
length mime concert, Through Time, a look at a
Symphony Orchestra are broadcasting Best of the
world without time structures, where chapters of his-
DSO 5-7 p.m. Sundays on WDET, hosted by
tory reassemble and Nixon meets Hitler, the French
WDET program director Allen Mazurek. The pro-
Revolution hosts the Olympics and the past
gram showcases DSO recordings from the orchestra's and the future dance, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
award-winning discography under the direction of
and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1-3, at Ann Arbor's
Neeme Jarvi, as well as vintage recordings with past
Performance Network. William Shakespeare's
music directors including Paul Paray and Antal
As You Like It takes the stage 8 p.m.
Dorati. Recordings by and interviews with various
Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays,
guest artists who will be appearing with the DSO
June 7-17. $15/$12 students and seniors/pay-
this spring and summer, as well as guest artists from
what-you-can Thursdays. (734) 663-0681.
the 2001-2002 season, also will be featured. For
weekly programming, go to www.wdetfm.org .
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The Motor City Brass Band presents "Brass and Jazz,"
featuring Detroit's premiere jazz trumpeter Marcus
Belgrave, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Southfield Centre
for the Arts. $10 adults/$25 families/$8 seniors and
students; tickets available at the door. (248) 788-6618.
Observational writer Todd Snider embraces folk,
Southern rock and '60s protest music to create his
songs. He follows up his sold-out March concert
with a performance 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at
The Ark in Ann Arbor; $13.50. At 8 p.m. Friday,
June 8, The Ark presents Sista Otis and the
Traveling Folk Revue, featuring an all-star lineup of
Detroit's best urban folkies; $11. (734) 761-1451.
The Dave Matthews Band, with special guests
Macy Gray and. Angelique Kidjo, perform 6 p.m.
Sunday (sold out) and Monday, June 3-4, at
Comerica Park. $49.50. (248) 645-6666.
Classic rocker Eric Clapton visits the Palace of
Auburn Hills, with Doyle Bramhall II and
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for children's books. (313) 833-7900.
The Scarab Club Galleries, located directly behind
the DIA at 217 Farnsworth, presents Detroit
Revisited, an exhibition of limited edition fine art
prints from the book of the same name. Opening
reception: 6-10 p.m. Friday, June 1. Lecture/book
signing by photographers Bill Rauhauser, Gene
Meadows and Mary Desjarlais: 6-9 p.m. Thursday,
June 7. (313) 831-1250.
Detroit's Maniscalco Gallery presents Love, an
exhibition of works asking metro Detroit artists to
respond to the theme of love, each in his or her own
way, through Aug. 18. Opening reception: 7-10
p.m. Saturday, June 2; featured artists will be present
to discuss their work. (313) 886-2993.
The Grosse Pointe Artists Federation holds its 42nd
annual Festival of the Arts, a juried exhibition with the
work of almost 100 artists, and music, food and other
attractions, 10-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 2-3,
in the village shopping area. $2. (313) 882-4626.
Wayne State University's Elaine I. Jacob Gallery
presents Camera della Donna, celebrating photogra-
phy and bringing together a group of American and
Italian artists, June 8-July 27. Opening reception: 5-
8 p.m. Friday, June 8. -(313) 577-2423.
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Twenty-five animatronic dinosaurs invade
the Detroit Zoo through Sept. 3 in Dinosauria
III, an exhibit featuring a four-acre Dino Trail
that recreates prehistoric life. Tickets are $4 for
the exhibit, in addition to zoo admission:
$7.50 adults/$5.50 for seniors, students and
children 2 and over. Call (248) 398-0900 or
go the Web site at www.detroirzoo.org .
THE ART SCENE
As part of Pontiac's First Friday Gallery Crawl,
Lawrence Street Gallery features Furniture as the
Object and Subject, an exhibit of funky furniture
and furniture paintings, through June 29. Opening
reception: 7 p.m. Friday, June 1. (248) 334-6716.
The Detroit Institute of Arts extends its hours 6-9
p.m. Friday, June 1, in the first Marshall Field's First
Fridays at the DIA. The events, free with museum
admission, include a Native American dance troupe
and a demonstration of the creation of illustrations
Eric Clapton
plays the Palace
on Wednesday.
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The Nurture Some Dreams - Garden Party, featur-
ing cuisine from more than 40 area restaurants and
more than 100 international wines, benefits the St.
Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center and takes place 1-5
p.m. Sunday, June 3, in the gardens of the center's 35-
acre campus in Farmington Hills. The Trinidad Tripoli
Band will perform. $150 per person/other benefit
packages available. (248) 626-7527, Ext. 3118.
Volunteers are needed for this year's annual
Comerica Tastefest, running Saturday-Wednesday,
June 30-July 4, in Detroit's New Center area. Sign up
online at www.tastefest.org , or call (313) 872-0188.
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