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and other area groups. The community is
welcome at no charge. (248) 851-5100.
The Southfield Symphony Orchestra
Combining the sounds of free jazz, elec-
presents its final concert of the season 7
tronic music, indie rock, free inprov and
p.m. Sunday, June 17, at Southfield
folk music, Aaron Siegel's Memorize the
Centre for the Arts. "A Little Night
Sky, with Siegel on drums, Matt Bauder
Mozart" includes Mozart's Symphonic.
on saxophone and Zach Wallace on bass,
Konzertante with soloists Hai-Xin Wu and
visits Ann Arbor's Kerry Town Concert
Angelika Furtwangler and works by
House 8 p.m. Thursday, June 21. 510/S5
Schubert, Rossini, Rimsky-Korsakov and
students.
(734) 769-2999.
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Elgar. $5/$3 students and seniors. In
Frog
Island Music Festival cele-
The
Arts c;:- Entertainment
honor of Father's Day, b y one ticket and
brates its 20th anniversary with a 17-band
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get a free one for Dad. (248) 424-9022.
lineup - including zydeco, blues, rhythm
The Irish Tenors take the stage at
and blues, cajun, roots rock, Latin, world and mod-
Sterling Height's Freedom Hill Amphitheater 7:30
ern jazz, and a full day of traditional and modern
p.m. Sunday, June 17. $27-$57. (248) 645-6666.
Celtic music - Friday-Sunday, June 22-24, at Frog
Island Park in Ypsilanti's Depot Town. Headliners
include Marcia Ball, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Geri
Allen, Natalie McMaster, Terrance Simien, the Wild
Magnolias, Larry McCray and Mary Jane Lamond.
Country/folk/rock singer-songwriter Lucinda
$20 each day/$50 pass for three days/children under
Williams brings her talents o Pontiac's Clutch
12 free. For a complete schedule, call (734) 487-
Cargo's Saturday, June 16. Doors at 5 p.m. $25.
2229, or go to the Web site at www.a2ark.org .
(248) 645-6666.
The Rock & Roll Funhouse - featuring The
Knack, including Detroit's own Doug Feiger, The
ON THE STAGE
Smithereens and Tommy Tutone - visits the DTE
Energy Music Theater 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16.
The teenaged performers of Mosaic Youth Theatre
$16.50-$26.50. (248) 645-6666.
present 2001 Hastings Street, conceived by artistic
Country singer Glenn Campbell performs 7:30 p.m.
director Rick Sperling and celebrating the tightly
Saturday, June 16, at Freedom Hill Amphitheatre in
knit 1940s community of Black Bottom, 8 p.m.
Sterling Heights. $15-$35. (248) 645-6666.
Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, June-21-24,
Tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman takes the stage
at Ann Arbor's Performance Network. $12-
at the Royal Oak Music Theatre 8 p.m. Monday,
$15/Thursday pay what you can. (734) 663-0681.
June 18. 525. (248) 645-6666.
WCC Musical Theatre stages the Tony Award-win-
The Metropolitan Sir ;:ers play their annual con-
ning musical 1776, bringing to life Ben Franklin,
cert in Oak Park's Shepherd Park, at the corner of
Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigail Adams and others
Church and Northfield, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19.
as they labor to bring a new country into the world, 8
Free/in case of rain, concert will be held in the Oak
Park High School Auditorium. (248) 691-7555.
The Meadow Brook Music Festival hosts alterna-
tive punk/folk rocker Ani DiFranco, with special
guest Sekou Suniata, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 20.
$28.50. (248) 645-6666.
Adat Shalom Synagogue v elcomes Dr. Sanford I.
Finkel in concert 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21.
"Music of the Soul: From Second Avenue to '50s
Rock" will feature everything from Yiddish songs,
Hebrew melodies and cantorial selections to Broadway
: Ani DiFranco
tunes and rock 'n' roll hits. A U-M Medical School
plays at Meadow
graduate, Finkel, director of the Council for the Jewish
Brook Music
Elderly Leonard Schanfield Research Institute in
Festival on
Chicago, began his musical career as co-leader (with
Wednesday.
politico Doug Ross) of "The Classics," a group that
Above: Dr. Sanford
played many bar mitzvah and wedding parties in the
Finkel presents a
Detroit area from 1955-1964. In the Chicago area, he
concert at Adat
at
several
synagogues
has assumed the role of chazzan
• Shalom Synagogue
and performs with the Maxwell Street Klezmer band

CLASSICAL NOTES

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p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 21-
24, at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater. $15/discounts
for seniors and students. (734) 973-3450
The Players Guild of Dearborn mounts a production
of An Evening at the Neapolitan, an arrangement of
one-act plays by local-playwright Lance Abke blending
comedy, moral contemplation and existentialism, 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, June 22-23, 29-30, and
2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 24. 510. (313) 561-8587.

DANCE FEVER

"Lord of the Dance" Michael Flatley brings the
precision dance moves of a 50-plus troupe to Detroit's
Joe Louis Arena 8 p.m. Saturday, June 16, in the new
production Feet of Flames. $38-$88. (248) 645-6666.

LAUGH LINES

Comedian Wayne Brady - of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- and friends perform 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 22, at
Detroit's State Theater. $30-$32.50. (248) 645-6666.

THE BIG SCREEN

Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village and
Ford Motor Company have partnered to create
Celebrate Detroit! a six-minute IMAX film showcas-
ing the heart and spirit of Detroit. The film features
more than 120 photographic subjects and tells the
story of metropolitan Detroit through the area's most
well-known venues, landmarks, events and personali-
ties. It debuts to the public on Friday, June 22, at
Henry Ford Museum's IMAX Theatre. The film's score
was conducted by Neeme Jarvi at a January perform-
ance of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. For show
times and more information, call (313) 271-1570.

THE ART SCENE

Artists from across the Midwest take part in
Northville's Art in the Sun, running Friday and
Saturday, June 15-16, in downtown Northville. For
more information, call (248) 349-7640.
The grounds of Meadow Brook Music Festival will be
transformed into an outdoor art gallery when it hosts its
inaugural Fine Arts Festival, with 150 artists from
throughout the country, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, June 16-17. 51 charity donation.

WHATNOT

Greenfield Village parades 500 automobiles, race-
cars, motorcycles and bicycles, from 1933-1973, in
its annual Motor Muster 9-5 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, June 15-16. $8.50-$14. (313) 271-1620.

FYI: For Arts and Entertainment related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item, with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number,
Notice must be received at least three weeks before
to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034; fax us at (248) 354-6069; or e-mail to gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com
the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.

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