Arts Entertainment Best Bets

sounds of Chucito Valdes' Afro-Cuban
Ensemble 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in an SBC
The Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra
Ameritech Paradise Jazz Series concert. $18-
performs a tribute concert to the victims
$49. (313) 576-5111.
of Sept. 11, featuring Shostakovich's
Seats are still available for the Bob
Symphony No. 5 and works by Tomasi and
Dylan concert at Cobo Arena scheduled
Wagner, 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at
for 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9. $25-$37.50.
Orchestra Hall. $6-$10. (313) 576-5111.
(248) 645-6666.
The Detroit Institute of Arts' Brunch
The Michigan Jewish Aids Coalition pres-
with Bach series hosts pianist Pedja
ents a Broadway-style review featuring the
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Muzijevic 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.
cast of Saturday Night Fever (now playing at
Arts d Entertainment
$11-$22/$5 concert only. (313) 833-4005.
the Masonic Temple Theatre) 7:30 p.m.
Editor
Itzhak Perlman performs and conducts
Monday, Nov. 12, at the Comedy Castle in
the "Autumn" and "Winter" concertos of
Royal Oak. Tickets for the benefit, furthering
Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and leads the Detroit Symphony
the work of MJAC and Broadway Cares: Equity Fights
Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings and
AIDS, are $25 and fully tax deductible; desserts follow
Borodin's Symphony No. 2, 8 p.m. Wednesday and
the program. Reservations: (248) 594-6522.
Thursday, Nov. 7-8, and 8:3013.m. Saturday, Nov. 10,
at Orchestra Hall. $25-$80. (313) 576-5111.
ON THE STAGE
The University of Michigan School of Music
Detroit Repertory Theatre presents Missizzy and
Opera Theatre presents Gian Carlo Menotti's
the
Angel Tree, a comedy by Daniel Du Plantis about
Pulitzer Prize-winning opera The Consul, set in an
"angels and bigots," 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays,
unnamed 1940s postwar European country torn by
3 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7:30 p.m.
civil strife, 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sundays, through Dec. 30.115. (313) 868-1347. -
Sunday, Nov. 8-11, at Ann Arbor's Power Center for
* Players Guild of Dearborn stages Neil Simon's
the Performing Arts. $7-$20. (734) 764-2538.
musical comedy The Goodbye Girl, with music by
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings opens its sea-
Marvin Hamlisch, Nov. 9-25. Call for show times.
son with masterpieces for miniature orchestra 8 p.m.
$14. (313) 561-8587.
Friday, Nov. 9, at Birmingham Unitarian Church in
Stagecrafters of Royal Oak holds auditions for
Bloomfield Hills. $18-$22. (248) 559-2095. .
February performances of Wendy Wasserstein's The
Sisters Rosensweig Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17-18.
•Information: Call Director Jerry Haines, (248) 541-0806.
The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts singer/songwriter
Karla Bonoff, whose "All My Life" won a Grammy
DANCE FEVER
for Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, 7:30 p.m.
A full-scale production of Gluck's dance-opera Orfeo
Saturday, Nov. 3, $17.50; the Austin Lounge
ed
Euridice comes to the stage of Ann Arbor's
Lizards, the folk/bluegrass band with a sense of
Michigan
Theater, combining the talents of the Peter
humor and former Detroiter Boo Resnick, 7:30
Sparling
Dance
Company, the Ann Arbor Symphony
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, $15; and the Arkademy
Orchestra,
the
UMS
Choral Union and U-M's Martin
Awards, a fall fund-raiser featuring Josh White Jr.
Katz
as
music
director,
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
and Susan Werner, 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, $50-
4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9-11. $18-$42. (734) 764-2538.
$200. (734) 761-1451.
The Oak Park Arts and Cultural Commission pres-
THE BIG SCREEN
ents a free concert of Brazilian and traditional jazz
music, with pianist/vocalist Janet Tenaj, guitarist Sven
A restored and remastered version of the Oscar-win-
Anderson and drummer Bill Higgins, 7 p.m. Sunday,
ning musical Funny Girl begins its exclusive one-week
Nov. 4, at the Oak Park Library. (248) 691-7480.
Detroit engagement at the Maple Art Theatre in
Boz Scaggs brings his cool, urbane R&B sound to
Bloomfield Township Friday, Nov. 2. (248) 542-0180.
Detroit's State Theatre 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.
The new Uptovvit Palladium 12, a state-of-the-art
7. $28.50-$36.50. (248) 645-6666.
entertainment theater complex in downtown
Singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb 'takes the stage at
Birmingham featuring industry7leading projection and
Detroit's Majestic Theatre Wednesday, Nov. 7.
gourmet concessions, opens to the public Friday, Nov.
Doors at 8 p.m. $17. (313) 833-9700.
16, with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Show
Rock superstar Rod Stewart plays a concert of old
times and advance tickets: call (248) 644 FILM. A VIP
and new favorites 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at the Palace
preview, including live entertainment, strolling supper
of Auburn Hills. $45.25-$75.25. (248) 645-6666.
and film presentation, takes place 7-10 p.m. Wednesday,
Orchestra Hall heats up with the Latin-jazz rhythms
Nov. 14, to benefit the Children's Charity Coalition and
of Manny Oquendo Y Libre and the Afro-Cuban
Gilda's Club. $75-$125; call (313) 983-6053.

CLASSICAL NOTES

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THE SMALL SCREEN

The Emmy Awards, already postponed twice, are
again scheduled to air, 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, on
CBS. Check your local listings.
Detroit Public Television-Channel 56 airs the
"American Masters" series program Richard
Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds 9 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 4. Check your local listings.
Huntington Woods mosaic artist Maxine Gardner
will be featured on cable's HGTV's Our Place 9:30
a.m. Friday, Nov. 9. Check your local listings.

FAMILY FUN

PuppetArt, Detroit's Puppet Theater, stages
Kolobok, a Russian version of The Gingerbread Man,
2 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 3-24. $5-$7. (313) 961-7777.
The Loren B. Fischer Cultural Arts series for Children
and Their Families hosts illusionist/magician Chris
Clark 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, at Temple Beth El.
Open to the community at no charge. (248) 851-1100.
The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit and Mark and Gary Blackman's ArtsPower pres-
ent the musical Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great,
based on Judy Blume's 1972 novel, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
4, at the JCC's Jimmy Prentis Morris Building in Oak
Park. For families with children ages 6 and up. $5 mem-
bers/$8 nonmembers. (248) 967-4030.
Fairy-tale classics come to life in Disney on Ice,
featuring ice-skating champions from around the
world, Wednesday-Sunday, Nov. 7-11, at Joe Louis
Arena. $10-$30. (248) 645-6666.

THE ART SCENE .

The American Jewish Committee, Metropolitan
Detroit Chapter, and WSU's Detroit Council for World
Affairs at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies host
the photographic exhibit Looking Back: Jews in the
Struggle for Democracy in South Africa Nov. 5-15, at
the David Adamany Undergraduate Library. The public
is invited to a 4 p.m. exhibit preview and 5 p.m. pro-
gram and reception Monday, Nov. 5. (248) 646-7686.
ArtServe Michigan, a nonprofit statewide organi-
zation building support for the arts, holds its 16th
annual Governors' Awards at a black-tie dinner at
the Detroit Institute of Arts Tuesday, Nov. 16. $50-
$300. (248) 557-8288, Ext. 10.

WHATNOT

Rebecca Walker, author of Black and Jewish.
Autobiography of a Shifting Self; speaks 7 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 5, in the Prahl Center at Mott Community
College in Flint. Free. Reservations: (810) 762-0425.
Soprano Beverly Sills, former chair of New York's
Lincoln Center; lectures 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.
7, at Wharton Center for the Performing Arts in
East Lansing. $20. (51.7) 432-2000.

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