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Cargo's in Pontiac. All ages welcome; $22
advance/$25 day of. (248) 333-2362.

The Chamber Music Society of
Detroit presents the Shangai Quartet 8
ON THE STAGE
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Seligman
Rosedale Community Players stage
Performing Arts Center, located on the
Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark, a
campus of Detroit Country Day School
thriller about a blind woman terrorized by
in Beverly Hills. The string quartet will
murderous crooks, 8 p.m. Fridays and
play works by Zhou Long, Smetana
Saturdays, Jan. 25-Feb. 9, with a 2 p.m.
and Schubert. $18-$67/$15 students.
Sunday matinee on Feb. 3, at Detroit's
(248) 855-6070.
GAIL ZININ IERNIAN
Upstage Theater. $11. (313) 532-4010.
Arts &Elite; •taininent
Maestro Arie Lipsky leads the Ann
Edit or
Arbor Symphony Orchestra in a Mozart
LAUGH LINES
Birthday Bash 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19,
Openly
gay actor/comic Jason Stuart takes the
at the Michigan Theater. $18-$32. (734) 994-4801.
stage
at
Joey's
Comedy Club in Dearborn 8:15 and
Music director Christoph Fschenbach makes his
10:45
p.m.
Friday
and Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday,
first U.S. tour leading the Orchestre de Paris, in an
Jan.
18-20.
The
comedian,
who is Jewish, has a new
all-French program, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at
comedy CD, Gay Comedy Without a Dress, available
Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Former conductors
on his Web site, www.jasonstuart.com . Show tickets
of the group include George Solti and Daniel
are $8-$12/dinner shows available. (313) 584-8885.
Barenboim. $16-$50. (734) 764-2538.
U-M English professor Eric Rabkin discusses the
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra hosts 18-year-
power
of jokes, particularly ethnic jokes, in There
old violinist Julia Fischer, who will perform
Was
a
Rabbi, a Priest and a Minister: The Social
Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, 8 p.m. Thursday,
Functions
of Ethnic Humor, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
1:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
Jan.
20,
at
Ann
Arbor's Beth Israel Congregation,
24-26, at Orchestra Hall. Fischer replaces Pamela
2000 Washtenaw Ave. Free. (734) 665-9897.
Frank, who is unable to perform due to a hand
Comedian Martin Lawrence brings his routine to
injury. $20-$54. (313) 576-5111.
the Fox Theatre 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
The department of music at Wayne State
Jan. 19-20. A portion of each ticket benefits the
University hosts Luis Gorelik speaking on music in
New York City Firemen's Relief Fund. $47.25-
Israel 11:45 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at the Schaver
$67.25. (248) 433-1515.
Music Recital Hall in Old Main. Gorelick guest con-
Kick Me, Kate, a musical tribute to 42 years of musi-
ducts the WSU Orchestra 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in
cal
hilarity at Second City-Detroit, Toronto and
the Community Arts Building. (313) 577-1795.
Chicago, produced by musical director Mark Levenson,
runs 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Feb. 12 on the Second
City-Detroit stage. $10/$5 students. (248) 645-6666.
Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert House pays tribute
to the Detroit ja77 tradition when Motor City native
FAMILY FUN
and bassist Robert Hurst joins trumpeter Marcus
The Oak Park Recreation Departinent presents
Belgrave, tenor saxophonist Donald Walden, pianist
Wmterfest, an afternoon of outdoor fun running
Rick Roe and drummer George
12:30-3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20. A
Davidson 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday,
2:30 p.m. indoor library pro-
Jan. 19. $10-$25/$5 students.
gram for children of all ages fea-
Reservations: (734) 769-2999.
tures Adam Mellema, who com-
The Ark in Ann Arbor presents
bines choreography, song,
"On a Winter's Night," with
humor
and drama to entertain
singer/songwriters John Gorka,
children of all ages.
Cheryl Wheeler, Lucy Kaplansky
Information: (248) 691-7555.
(who also performs at the Ann
Sesame Street Live offers a
Arbor Folk Festival; see related
new family extravaganza with
article) and Cliff Eberhardt, 7
22 performances of Let's Be
and 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20.
Friends, running Jan. 24-Feb. 3
$20. (734) 761-1451.
at Detroit's Fox Theatre. $10-
Bruce Willis - yes, it's that
$18. Call for show times: (313)
Bruce Willis - exercises his
471-6611; for tickets, call (313)
musical muscles with his group
433-1515. A special premiere of
the Accelerators 7 p.m.
Comic Jason Stuart brings his act to
Let's
Be Friends to benefit
Monday, Jan. 21, at Clutch
Dearborn this weekend

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The Mark Morris Dance Group

GOTTA DANCE

When David Leventhal, a member of the Mark
Morris Dance Group, takes to the stage Jan. 19 and
20 at the Music Hall, he will build his performance
on experience with choreographers from Israel.
Leventhal will be seen at the beginning of the
show in "Canonic 3/4 Studies," which spoofs clas-
sical ballet through waltz movements. He also will
be on stage as the program ends with "Grand Duo
for Violin and Piano," a work with lots of energy
that reverts to some primitive movement.
In between, MMDG will perform "Dancing
Honeymoon," a mix of steps in time to popular
songs from the 1920s and 1930s, and "The
Office," a new twist on Slavic folk dances.
The MMDG, formed in 1980, performs more
than 90 works created by its namesake founder,
and is regarded as one of modern dance's most
witty, sensual and outrageous dance companies.
"I like being open to a lot of different styles and
approaches with this troupe," says Leventhal, 28, a
member of MMDG for five years. "I've done local
shows in New York and some touring with Zvi
Gotheiner and Neta Pulvermacher, who are from
Israel and have their own companies."
Leventhal, who practices Humanistic Judaism,
found his way to dancing after taking on figure
skating. His first class was with the Boston Ballet.
"I liked dancing so much I stopped skating,"
Leventhal says. "I gave up dancing for a time in high
school and majored in English literature at Brown
University, but after enrolling in a modern dance
class while in college, I knew the career I wanted."
- Suzanne Chessler

The Mark Morris Dance Group performs
8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
19-20, at the Music Hall Center for the
Performing Arts. The matinee audience
will be able to attend a talk-back session
with choreographer Mark Morris after the
performance. $25-$40. (313) 963-2366.

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