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Flatpickin' fiddler Doc Watson and the
Hot Kugel Klezmer Band are among the

CLASSICAL NOTES

Guest conductor Peter Oundjian leads
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in
"Best of Baroque," with DSO concert-
master Emmanuelle Boisvert as soloist in
Vivaldi's "Spring" from The Four Seasons,
8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at Meadow Brook
Music Festival in Rochester. At 8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 4, also under Oundjian,
the orchestra performs "Mozart-in-the
Meadows," an all-Mozart program featur-
ing DSO Principal Horn Karl Pituch as
soloist in Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4.
$10-$56. (313) 576-5111.

dozens of groups scheduled to appear at
this year's National Folk Festival, running
Friday-Sunday, Aug. 10-12, in downtown
East Lansing. In addition to all kinds of
music, crafts, storytelling, dance and chil-
dren's activities will fill the streets. Free.
(517) 351-2735; www.nff.net .
R&B quartet 98 Degrees takes the stage at
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Monday, Aug. 6, $23-$42.50; and again at
Sterling Heights' Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, $25-555. (248) 645-6666.

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The 27-piece Motor City Brass Band, playing on tra-
ditional brass instruments in a variety of musical styles,
offers a concert in Oak Park's Charlotte Rothstein Park
7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5. Free. (248) 691-7555.
Jeff Tyzik leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in
Big Band Bash II, a swing tribute featuring works
made famous by the big bands of the 1930s and '40s,
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, at Meadow Brook Music
Festival in Rochester. $10-$56. (313) 576-5111.
Roots rock recording artist Edwin McCain plays
Pontiac's Clutch Cargo's Sunday, Aug. 5. Doors at 8
p.m. $15. (248) 333-2362.
Ferndale's Magic Bag presents the Jazz Mandolin
Project, a group led by mandolin player Jamie
Masefield that traverses musical genres, Tuesday,
Aug. 7. Doors at 8 p.m.; $10 advance. The members
of Living Colour come together after seven years of
solo endeavors for a reunion tour playing the Magic
Bag Wednesday, Aug. 8. Doors at 8 p.m.; $20
advance. (248) 544-3030.
DTE Energy Music Theatre hosts pop/rock group
Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, $25.25-
$40.25; the "Marimba Festival," with Erykah Badu,
Macy Gra) and more, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8,
$32.50-$59.50; and "Girls Night Out," featuring
country performers including Reba McEntire and
Martina McBride, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9,
$32.50458. (248) 645-6666.
Legendary storyteller/folksinger Ramblin' Jack
Elliott takes the stage 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at
Ann Arbor's The Ark. Elliot', who is Jewish, "ram-
bled" around the country with Woody Guthrie in
the early '50s, influenced a young Bob Dylan and
won a 1996 "Best Traditional Folk Music" Gramme
for his album South. Coast. $17.50. (734) 761-1451.
The Jeff Haas Trio and Friends offer a free con-
cert featuring the premiere of Haas' new jazz suite,
Motown Mosaic, 7:30 p.m. Thursday; Aug. 9, at the
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American
Historv. Reservations: (313) 494-5820.

ON THE STAGE

at the deSalle Auditorium in the Cranbrook Art
Museum. $4-$5. (248) 645-3323.

FAMILY FUN

The Marquis Theatre in Northville presents the
musical Pooh Visits Storyland, a tale about the
beloved bear who becomes lost looking for his pot
of honey, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, Aug. 7-24;
2:30 p.m. Saturdays, Aug. 11-25 and Sept. 8-15;
and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 9 and16. For children
ages 3 and up. (248) 349-8110.
The Imperial Circus of China performs at Sterling
Heights' Freedom Hill Amphitheatre 2 and 7 p.m.
Friday-Sunday, Aug. 10-12. $10-$30. (248) 645-6666.

THE ART SCENE

RAT Productions unveils The Butterfly Flick, a
Ann Arbor's Washington Street Galley hosts Barry
two-act love story by Detroit author William Boyers
Avedon: Paintings and Drawing through Sept. 15.
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays
Opening reception: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3.
through Aug. 12 at Detroit's Zeitgeist Theatre. The
(734) 761-2287.
comic drama revolves around the troubled romance
Pontiac's Habatat Galleries presents Expanded
of two very poor Midwestern college students who
Possibilities with Glass, includ-
reunite as they attempt their debuts
ing a new selection of work by
as pornographic film stars. $10.
Dale Chihuly, through Aug. 25.
(313) 965-9192.
(248) 333-2060.
Purple Rose Theatre Company
Birmingham's David Klein
presents the world premiere of Annie
Gallery exhibits paintings,
Martin's Completing Dahlia, an
drawings and lithographs of
adult comedy recommended for
Chicago Modernist William S.
mature audiences about a young
Schwartz (1896-1977) through
career woman seeking a perfect future
Aug. 31. (248) 433-3700.
with husband and children but who
The seventh annual Novi
is in a relationship with a young man
Art Festival brings more
with a roving eye, through Sept. 1.
than 200 artists to the park-
Show times are 8 p.m. Thursdays,
ing fields of the Novi Town
Fridays and Sundays; 3 p.m.
Center
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
"Ramblin" Jack Elliott visits
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, with
Saturday
and Sunday, Aug. 4-
The Ark on Thursday.
additional matinees 3 p.m.
5. Free. (248) 347-3830.
Wednesdays, Aug. 15 and 29.
$22.50-$32.50. (734) 433-7673.
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Second-City-Detroit's 21st revue, Mayor-Go-
Round, is a show that takes on many current events,

including the mayoral race and Detroit's 300th birth-
day. Previews run 8 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays through
Aug. 15, with the show's official opening on Aug. 16.
Regular show times are 8 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays
with additional shows at 10:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, through mid-October. $15 Thursdays and
Sundays/$20 Fridays and Saturdays. (313) 965-2222.

THE BIG SCREEN

One Half Gone, a locally produced
comedy/drama directed and co-written by Alan
Bernstein, a U-N1 graduate and current Pontiac resi-
dent, makes its area premiere 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3,

Jennifer Block, co-author with Vikki Weiss of

What To Do When You're Dating a Jew:
Everything You Need to Know From Matzah Balls
to Marriage, participates in a book signing noon

Friday, Aug. 3, at Borders Books and Music, 1122 S.
Rochester Road, Rochester Hills. (248) 652-7057.
Greenfield Village's Celebration of Emancipation,
highlighting African-American culture and traditions,
takes place 9 a.m-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug.
4-5. 58.50-S14/under 5 free. (313) 271-1620.
The 23rd annual Meadow Brook Hall
Concours d'Elegance, under the direction of
event chair Rose Lieberman and featuring a salute
to streamliners, comes to the grounds of the man-
sion at Oakland University in Rochester 9 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5. 510-S20/under 13
free. (248) 370-3140.

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.
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 Notice must be received at least three weeks before
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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