Arts Entertainment Best Bets

Sunday, July 25-29, featuring 8 p.m. per-
formances by Mitch Ryder (July 26; $5),
Sister Sledge (July 27; $10) and Three
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra at
Dog Night (July 28; $15). Admission to
Meadow Brook Music Festival hosts young
the festival is free. For a complete sched-
Jewish cellist Alisa Weilerstein playing the
ule and more information, call (248) 349-
Elgar Cello Concerto 8 p.m. Friday, July 20;
1950, or go to the Web site at www.musi-
joins with the Meadow Brook Festival
candmotorfest.com .
Singers in a production of Carmina Burana
Detroit's Fox Theatre hosts singer Nina
8 p.m. Saturday, July 21; performs a pro-
Simone, 8 p.m. Friday, July 27, $55-
gram of music by French composers 8 p.m.
GAIL ZINI MERMAN
$65; and Al Jarreau in "Hot Summer
Friday, July 27; and features pianist Andrew
A rt: u Entt rtainment
Nights," 8 p.m. Saturday, July 28,
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von Oeyen and a performance of
$42.50-$75. (248) 433-1515.
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony 8 p.m. Saturday,
Sterling Heights' Freedom Hill Amphitheatre presents
July 28. $10-$56. (313) 576-5111.
Ray Charles, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 27, $15-$45; and
The Detroit Institute of Arts Concert Series pres-
Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band, 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
ents composer/pianist Terry Riley 8 p.m. Thursday,
July 28, $25-$65. (248) 645-6666.
July 26. His compositions have influenced 20th-cen-
Indie 500, an all-day outdoor festival featuring barbe-
tury composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich.
cue, beverages and more than 500 minutes of music,
$20-$25. (313) 833-7900.
takes place Saturday, July 28, in the parking lot behind
Detroit's Majestic Theatre. Doors at noon/performances
at 1 p.m. $10. (248) 645-6666.
The Palace of Auburn Hills presents pop superstar
Jazz artists Liquid Soul take the stage at Ferndale's
Janet Jackson and her 'All for You" Tour 7:30 p.m.
Magic Bag Friday, July 20: Doors open at 8 p.m;
Monday (sold-out) and Tuesday, July 30-31. $34.75-
$12. An acoustic evening with Glenn Tilbrook of
$77.75. (248) 645-6666.
Squeeze will be presented Sunday, July 29: Doors at
Irish musicians the Black Family present two
8 p.m; $15. (248) 544-3030.
shows
of Irish tunes, 7 and 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
Upcoming appearances at the DTE Energy Music
2,
at
The
Ark in Ann Arbor. $30. (734) 761-1451.
Theatre include singer/songwriter James Taylor,
7:30 p.m. Monday, July 23, $27.50-$54; pop/rocker
Rod Stewart, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25,
ON THE STAGE
$29.75-$84.75; and Roxy Music, featuring the
group's original members, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July
Jon Kane, an actor who joined the Royal
Shakespeare Company 32 years ago, presents his one-
29, $27.50-$72.50. (248) 645-6666.
Meadow Brook Music Festival hosts songstress
man show, There, I've Broken My Neck An Evening
of Theatrical Disasters, a medley of poetry, prose, the-
Nancy Wilson with the DSO 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
atrical reminiscences and personal confession, 8 p.m.
July 22, $10-$56; folk/rock artist Dan Fogelberg, 8
Thursday-Saturday, July 26-28, at The Ark in Ann
p.m. Monday, July 23, $18.50-$29.50; world music
legends Buena Vista Social Club with Orquesta
Arbor. $15. (734) 761-1451.
The Treetown Festival at Ann
Ibrahim Ferrer, 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Arbor's Performance Network
July 25, $20-$45; Broadway Under
presents Goblin Market, a
the Stars with the DSO 7:30 p.m.
Victorian tale of seduction under
Sunday, July 29, $10-$56; and the
the musical direction of
Lou Pearlman-created boy band 0-
Benjamin Cohen, 8 p.m.
Town, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2,
Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m.
$22.50-$30. (248) 645-6666.
Sunday, July 26-29. $12-
The city of Oak Park presents the
$15/pay-what-you-can
sounds of the '60s with Steve King
Thursdays. (734) 663-0681.
and the Dittlies 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Troy's Ridgedale Players stage
July 24, and the jazz sounds of
their second annual Shakespeare
Straight Ahead 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Festival with a production of As
July 31, at Shepherd Park. Free.
You
Like It 7:30 p.m. Fridays and
(248) 691-7555.
Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays,
The Music and Motor Fest (for-
July 27-Aug. 5. Festival entertain-
merly the Michigan '50s Festival)
ment begins an hour before show
will be held in tents outside the
Rod Stewart performs Wednesday
time. $11. (248) 988-7049.
Novi Expo Center Wednesday-
at DTE Energy Music Theatre.

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Pop/RocK/JAzz

Birmingham's Village Players present the Midwest
premiere of the prize-winning comedy Back to the
Blanket 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sunday, July 27-Aug. 4. $14. (248) 644-2075.
SRO Productions mounts a production of
Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, July 27-Aug. 12,
at the church in Southfield's Burgh Park. $8-$10.
(248) 827-0710.

LAUGH LINES

A (Habeas) Chorus Line, a Detroit troupe com-
posed of lawyers and law-related personnel, presents
Think Cadillac, a parody of legal and political topics,
7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 21, in the Lecture Hall of
the Detroit Institute of Arts. $15. (313) 225-7037.

FAMILY FUN

Stagecrafters Youth Theatre presents The
Phantom Tollbooth, based on the book by Norman
Juster, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday and
1 p.m. Sunday, July 20-22, at Royal Oak's Baldwin
Theatre. $5-$7. (248) 541-6430.
Sterling Heights' Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
hosts The Bookworm Bunch 2 and 7 p.m.
Wednesday, July 25. $15. (248) 645-6666.
The Russian American Kids Circus visits Meadow
Brook Musical Festival 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 1. $8-$12.50. (248) 645-6666.

THE ART SCENE

Architectural historian Michael Farrell presents a
slide lecture, The Legacy of Albert Kahn, 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, July 26, at the Detroit Opera House. $10.
(313) 237-3270.
The DIA exhibition Building Detroit, focusing on
150 years of Detroit architecture, runs through Sept.
15. Free with museum admission. (313) 833-7900.

WHATNOT

The Fifth Annual Cranbrook Retreat for Writers,
with The Sopranos producer Todd Kessler, CNBC
reporter Stephen Frank and more, will be held July 26-
Aug. 5. For more information, call (248) 645-3678.
The New Detroit Science Center opens with a
free, 32-hour, event-filled celebration from 10 a.m.
Saturday-6 p.m. Sunday, July 28-29. (313) 577-
8400; v'ww.sciencedetroit.org.
The 2001 National Barbie Convention takes
place at Dearborn's Hyatt Regency in Dearborn July
25-28. To register, call (248) 816-3174.
OUT and ABOUT will return on Aug 3.

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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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2001

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