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Sarah Rothenberg, artistic director of Da
Camera of Houston, combines readings and music
to evoke the French capital during the years lead-
ing up to World War I in Marcel Proust's Paris, 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at Lydia Mendelssohn
Theatre in Ann Arbor. The American String
Quartet, baritone William Sharp and narrator
Andre Aciman (he's written books based on his
experiences growing up Jewish in Egypt) inter-
sperse late 19th-century musical works with read-
ings from Proust's Swann's Way and Within a

Ark in Ann Arbor. Also performing are
Ann Arbor musician Seth Bernard and
contemporary folk/rocker Katie Geddes.
$ 1 1 . (734) 761-1451.

ON THE STAGE

Detroit's own Ben Konstantin opens for
nationally known comic Jon Pinette 8
p.m. Thursday and 8 and 10:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, at
Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Royal
Oak. $15. (248) 542-9900.

Wayne State University's Bonstelle
THE BIG SCREEN
Theatre stages Ntozake Shange's for col-
The Detroit Film Theatre opens its win-
ored girls who have considered sui-
ter/spring
season with Dark Blue World
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
cide/when the rainbow is enough, cap-
(Czech Republic/UK - 2001 - Jan
Arts
Entertainment
turing the inner feelings, pains and
Editor
Sverak), a saga about love, bravery and the
courage of African-American women,
unpredictability of fate as seen through the
Budding Grove. $25 $35. (734) 764 2538.
Jan. 25-Feb. 1. Call for showtimes. $8-
eyes of young pilots in aerial combat against the
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings hosts 16
$10. (313) 577-2960.
Nr.zis in World War II, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and
world-class brass players in Trumpets, Trombones
Plowshares Theatre Company presents The Glow
4, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 25-
and Tubas Triumphant, conducted by Vincent
of Reflected Light, the true story of a group of free-
27. $6. (313) 833-3237.
Cichowicz, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at Christ
dom minded pre-Civil War slaves who escape to
Church Cranbrook in
New Concordia, Ontario, in
Bloomfield Hills. $18-$22/$10
FAMILY FUN
hopes of a place they can be
under 12. (248) 559-2095.
Entertainer/composer Craig Taubman appears in
self-reliant and prosperous,
Conductor Neeme Jarvi
a family concert of Jewish music on behalf of the
Jan. 26-Feb. 24 at the
leads the Detroit Symphony
Julius Chajes/Encore series 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
Orchestra in Mendelssohn's
27, at the Jewish Community Center in West
Below: Leslie Sobers mixed-media
"Italian" symphony, Symphony
works in "The Evolution of Moment," Bloomfield. Young people from Temple Kol
No. 4, 1:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Ami will participate in the performance. $6
at Ann Arbor's Washington Street
Friday, 8:30 p.m. Saturday and
JCC members/$8 nonmembers/$24 JCC
Gallery, are based on digital videos.
3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1-3, at
member family of four or more/$32 nonmem-
Orchestra Hall. Guest pianist
ber family of four or more. (248) 432-5577.
Alexander Markovich plays
PuppetArt, the Detroit Puppet Theater, per-
Reger's Piano Concerto. $16-
forms the West African folktale Oh, Ananse 2
$54. (313) 576-5111.
p.m. Saturdays during the month of February.
Above: Anna Silver's ""Big Red Teapot,"
$7 adults/$5 children. (313) 961-7777.
with a brightly colored palette and with

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Pop /R oc KI JAzz

a lemon for its lid, is part of the exhibit
"International Infusion LW" opening
tomorrow with a tea party at Royal
Oak's Sybaris Gallery.

New Orlean's style jazz
comes to the stage when the
Preservation Hall Band plays 3
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at
Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts. $13-$22. (810) 286-2222.
Ireland's ambassadors of music, The Chieftains
deliver their Celtic magic 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27,
at Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium. $16-$35.
(734) 764-2538.
Best New Artist Grammy nominee Alicia Keys
performs 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Detroit's
State Theatre. $35.75-$43.25. (313) 961-5450.
Longtime rockers the Doobie Brothers visit the
Palace of Auburn Hills 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29.
$14-$29. (248) 645-6666.
The big band sound of the Woody Herman
Orchestra fills Orchestra Hall in an SBC Ameritech
Paradise Jazz Series concert 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
31. $18-$49. (313) 576-5111.
A Virginia native and the Jewish member of the
group Eddie from Ohio, Robbie Schaefer takes his
solo act on the road 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at the

Anderson Center Theater in the Henry Ford
Museum and Greenfield Village. Call for show-
times. $15-$25/2-for-1 Thursdays. (313) 872-0279.
Ann Arbor's Performance Network mounts the
Midwest premiere of Timothy Findley's Elizabeth
Rex, in which Ned Lowenscroft, Shakespeare's
genius player of women, encounters Elizabeth I,
England's genius player of men, Feb. 1-March 3.
Call for showtimes. $20-$25. (734) 663-0681.

LAUGH LINES

Detroit native Sheila Kay returns home to talk
about dieting, sex and her life in general 8:30
p.m. Thursday and 8:15 and 10:45 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, at Joey's Comedy
Club in Dearborn. $10-$121 dinner shows avail-
able. (313) 584-8885.

THE ART SCENE

Royal Oak's Sybaris Gallery hosts its annual
teapot exhibition, International Infusion IV,
featuring 20 artists from the U.S. and abroad,
including Susan Beiner, Beth Katleman and
Anna Silver, Jan. 26-March 2. The show opens with
a tea party 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at the gallery.
Free and open to the public. (248) 544-3388.
Ann Arbor's Washington Street Gallery presents
The Evolution of Moment, an exhibit of digital
mixed media work by Ann Arborite Leslie Sobel,
Jan. 29-Feb. 23. Using digital media, painting, draw-
ing and collage, Sobel focuses on her continuing
series of abstract dancers. Opening reception: 7 9
p.m. Friday, Feb. 1; gallery talk: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb.
8. Free and open to the public. (734) 761-2287.

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Borders Books and Music in downtown
Birmingham hosts author Elmore Leonard for a dis-
cussion and signing of his latest book, Tishomingo
Blues, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1. (248) 203-0005.

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.coc Notice must be received at least three weeks before
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