Arts Entertainment Best Bets
Veteran rock 'n' roller Leon Russell per-
forms Saturday, Oct. 27, at Ferndale's Magic
Bag. Doors at 8 p.m. $20. (248) 544-3030.
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings'
East Lansing's Wharton Center hosts
Nightnotes Series hosts violinist Gabriel
"Judy
Collins' Wildflower Festival," featur-
Phoenix
Bolkosky, performing with the
Judy
Collins, Richie Havens, Janis Ian
ing
8:30
p.m.
Friday,
Oct.
26,
at
Ensemble,
and Roger McGuinn, 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
Hagopian's, 850 S. Woodward, in .
28. $26-$38. (517) 432-2000.
Birmingham. An 8 p.m. hors d'oeuvres
Jump-blues and jazz band the Mighty
reception precedes the concert. $19/$10
Blue Kings play a show at Detroit's Magic
12 and under. (248) 559-2095.
GAIL
ZINIM
ERMAN
Stick Thursday, Nov. 1. Doors at 8 p.m.
The Great Lakes Lyric Opera presents
Arts & Entert ainment
$12. (313) 833-9700.
the Michigan premiere of The
Edito
The Austin Lounge Lizards present an
based
on
Oscar
Canterville Ghost,
evening of humor and musical parody 8
Wilde's classic short story and adapted
p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in the Student Center Arena at
into an operetta by composer Paul Barker and
the Highland Lakes Campus of Oakland Community
librettist Bridget Crowley, 7:30 p.m. Friday and
College in Waterford. $8-$10. (248) 942-3241.
Saturday, Oct. 26-27, at the Southfield Centre for
Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield hosts Jeff
the Arts. $10-$12. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets:
(248) 354-9603/information: (248) 547-2027.
Haas and Friends in a free concert, performing Motown
Zamir
Chorale,
and
the
Mosaic, a piece commissioned for the Detroit 300
Cantor David Montefiore
Celebration by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
under music director Benjamin Cohen, performs
Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. For reservations,
From the Shtetl to Second Avenue, a potpourri of
tall Dale Rubin at Federation: (248) 203-1520.
Yiddish art songs and songs of the Yiddish Theater, 3
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Congregation Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield. Admission is free. (248) 851-6880.
Established in 1862, the St. Petersburg Conservatory ON THE STAGE
Creator Gerard Allesandri's newest lampooning of
Chamber Ensemble claimed Tchaikovsky among the
popular musicals currently featured on the Great
members of its first graduation class. The ensemble per-
White Way, Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its
forms a program of mixed chamber music 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the Michigan Theater in Ann
Act visits East Lansing's Wharton Center for the
Performing Arts 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3
Arbor. $16-$30. (734) 764-2538. -
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26-28. $34. (517) 432-2000.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is joined by
The Grosse Pointe Theatre presents Cole Porter's
percussionist Evelyn Glennie in its first classical
subscription concerts following its recent European
musical comedy Anything Goes Oct. 28-Nov 10.
Call for show times. $16. (313) 881-4004.
tour 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 8:30 p.m.
St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild in Bloomfield Hills
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1-4, at Orchestra
stages Jane Martin's Talking With, an evening of witty
Hall. The program features Hoist's The Planets,
and insightful monologues, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday
Daugherty's UFO and Josef Strauss' Music of the
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1-4. $5-$7. (248) 644-0527.
Spheres. $20475. (313) 576-5111.
First Theater Guild of Birmingham mounts a
The Walter Litt Jewish Music Fund presents a musical
musical production of Meet Me in St. Louis, the
tribute to Regina Litt, featuring baritone Gerard Edery
story of a family's life as they anticipate the 1904
and tenor Cantor David Montefiore in a program of
World's Fair, Nov. 2-11. Call for show times. $8-
Sephardic songs, opera arias and duets, 3 p.m. Sunday,
$10. (248) 644-2087, Ext. 151.
Nov. 4, at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
Open to the public at no charge. (248) 851-6880
Direct from Israel, the Jerusalem Lyric Trio, fea-
LAUGH LINES
turing soprano Amalia Ishak, flutist Wendy Eisler-
Known as the "Pit Bull of Comedy," Jewish fun-
Kashy and pianist Allan Sternfeld, will be featured
in Temple Israel's Schmier Chapel Chamber Series
nyman Bobby Slayton performs 8:15 and 10:45
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sunday,
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4. For complimentary tick-
Nov. 2-4, at Joey's Comedy Club in Dearborn. $8-
ets, call (248) 661-5700.
$12/dinner show available. (313) 584-8885.
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With hilarious songs rooted in rich satire and
social commentary, Lou and Peter Berryman take
the stage at Ann Arbor's The Ark 8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 27. $12.50. (734) 761-1451.
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THE BIG SCREEN
Gillian Grisman's Grateful Dawg takes a look at
the lifelong, and sometimes rancorous, musical rela-
tionship between her father, mandolinist David
Grisman, and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.
The documentary screens 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday;
4, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1, 4 and 7 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 2-4, at the Detroit Film Theatre at the
DIA. $6. (313) 833-3237.
FAMILY FARE
The Detroit News Young People's Concert Series
returns to Orchestra Hall 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
27, with a program titled "The Journey Begins."'
Young violin soloist Ilmar Gavilan performs. $8-
$25. (313) 576-5111.
The world premiere tour of Dragon Tales Live!,
based on the popular PBS series, visits Detroit's Fox
Theatre Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 1-4. Call for show
times. $10-$25. (313) 471-6611.
THE ART SCENE
More than 50 artists in 18 Huntington Woods
homes will participate in the second annual Art
Hop, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
27-28, during which the public can preview and
purchase art as a fund-raiser for "Art in the City"
projects. Tickets are $5, and available 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the
Huntington Woods Library. (248) 543-9720..
The 28th Ann Arbor Winter Art Fair will be held
indoors at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds,
5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27-28.
$5/under 12 free. Info: www.levyartfairs.com .
Royal Oak's Sybaris Gallery presents an exhibition
featuring two Jewish•artists. Renowned 83-year-old
metalsmith June Schwarcz shows her enamel vessels,
and Donald Friedlich showcases his minimalist jew-
elry Oct. 27-Dec. 1. (Suzan Rezac exhibits her con-
ceptual jewelry as well.) Opening reception: 5-7
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. (248) 544-3388.
Ferndale's Revolution Gallery hosts 5 from
Detroit, with new work by Detroit affiliated artists
including Brenda Goodman, Oct. 27-Dec. 1.
Opening reception: 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27.
(248) 541-3444.
The University of Michigan Museum of Art hosts
noted Japanese art expert Robert Singer, speaking
on "Continuity and Change in Japanese Craft
Traditions," 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at the muse-
urn. (734) 764-0395.
A community-wide open-house Art Night will be
held 5-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, when 17 Ann Arbor gal-
leries and artists studios open their doors to the public.
Information: (734) 665-8224 or www .gallery212.org.
The Guy Fawkes Ball, Cranbrook Academy of
Art's major fund raiser, takes place Friday, Nov. 2,
at Birmingham's Townsend Hotel. Information:
(248) 645-3301.
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