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. CLASSICAL Nar Es . Po p /Roc K/J Azz 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. • wg i: 10/26 2001 72 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. 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, FYI: 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.