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Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, an ensemble
of musicians from the Detroit Symphony and
Michigan Opera Theatre orchestras, is celebrating
its 20th anniversary season and will present two per-
formances by the woodwind octet Crazy Eights.
The programs include Mozart's Impresario Overture
and Serenade #12 in C minor, Gordon Jacobs' Old
Wine in New Bottles and Timothy Kramer's Mimetic
Variations. Performances are 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24,
at Christ Church Detroit, 960 E. Jefferson at the
foot of I-375, and 8 p.m. Friday, March 8, at the
Birmingham Unitarian Church, 38651 Woodward,
north of Lone Pine, in Bloomfield Hills. $18-$22;
tickets also available at the door. (248) 559-2095.

Pop/Ro a d J Azz

Voices on the Verge, an in-the-roilind performance
by four up-and-coming East Coast singer-songwriters
— Jess Klein, Beth Amsel, Erin McKeown and Rose
Polenzani — takes the stage at The Ark in Ann Arbor
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24. $11. (734) 761-1451.
Also at The Ark, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb 28, will
be Muzsikas, the acclaimed Hungarian folk music
ensemble led by vocalist Marta Sebestyen, best
known as the voice on the soundtrack of The
English Patient. The group, also featuring violin vir-
tuoso Mihany Sipos, bassist and dulcimer player
Daniel Hamar, violist and bouzuki player Peter Eri,
violinist/violist/guitarist Sandor Csoori and gypsy
cimbalom player Arpad Toni, will present a program
titled Lost Music of the Transylvanian Jews. The
songs are a mixture of Jewish and Hungarian peas-
ant music that evolved in a region (now part of
Romania) that was the only place in Europe where
Jews could own land. $17.50. (734) 761-1451.
Five-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Al
Jarreau, one of the rare artists to win Grammys in the
three vocal categories of jazz, pop and R&B, appears
in concert with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra 8
p.m. Friday, March. 1. The DSO will open the pro-
gram with works by Cole Porter, George Gershwin
and more. $25-$65. (313) 576-5111.

ON THE STAGE

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, the longest-run- -
ning play in British theatrical history, has all the ele-
ments of a first-rate thriller: a collection of odd char-
acters trapped in an isolated house during a major
snowstorm, hidden identities, unknown relationships,
cut phone lines and a murder in the dark. Ridgedale
Players of Troy stages the classic mystery 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 1-
17, at their playhouse, located at 205 W. Long Lake.
Cast members include Jack Abella of Farmington and
Arni Friedman of Waterford. $11-$12/includes a
sandwich and coffee afterglow. For tickets and infor-

FYI:

mation, call (248) 988-7049.
The Vagina Monologues, running
through Feb. 24, has been moved to the
Detroit Opera House from Music Hall
Center for the Performing Arts. Shows
will run as scheduled and all tickets pur-
chased in advance will be honored at the
Opera House; however, there will be no
performance Friday, Feb. 22. Tickets can
be refunded or exchanged for another
performance. (313) 963-2366.

DANCE FEVER

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FAMILY FUN

GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Entertainment
Editor

Dance Theatre of Harlem became the world's first
African-American classical ballet company in 1970. It
has grown into a multicultural company with a reper-
toire of 125 works and performs in venues around the
world. A favorite of Detroit audiences, the company
makes its Detroit Opera House debut Feb. 28-March
3. Program A, performed Thursday and Saturday, Feb.
28 and March 2, includes Return, South African Suite
and Firebird. Program B, on Friday and Sunday,
March 1 and 3, features New Bach, Passion of the
Blood and Return. For information, call (313) 237-
7464; for tickets, call (313) 237-SING.

THE BIG SCREEN

Lansing's Boarshead Young People's
Theater puts a new twist on the children's
classic Hansel and Gretel, running Feb.
22-March 2, and recommended for
younger children and theirfamilies. In this
version, directed by Debra Baron and
adapted by Moses Goldberg, the audience
will be "the seventh cast member," and will
be encouraged to make suggestions and
help find solutions to the characters'
predicament. For show times and ticket
information, call (517) 484-7805.

THE ART SCENE

Royal Oak's Habatat Galleries hosts Glass:
Diverse Expressions, an exhibition featuring eight
artists, including Jon Kuhn, who's previously exhib-
ited at Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, through Feb.
23. (248) 333-2060.
The Detroit Institute of Arts presents Over the
Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence, a major
retrospective of the most celebrated African-American
artist and one of the most important American artists
of the last century, Feb. 24-May 19. $8 adults/$5
under 18/free DIA members. For exhibition informa-
tion, call (313) 833-8499.
The Woods Gallery, located in the lower level of
the Huntington Woods Library, exhibits Forecast:
Warm and Sunny, a watercolor exhibit by
Huntington Woods resident Sherry Adams Foster,
through March 25. Meet-the-artist reception: 7-9
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. (248) 543-9720.
Ann Arbor's Washington Street Gallery presents
Southern Sun,. landscapes from Italy and France by
Leslie Masters, Feb. 26-March 30. Opening reception:
7-9 p.m. Friday, March 1; gallery talk: 7
p.m. Friday, March 15. (734) 761-2287.
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
and William Beaumont Hospital's
Sharing and Caring program present
breast cancer survivor Merijane Block,
in a pictorial review and commentary
of her exhibition, Art.Rage.Us: The
Art and Outrage of Breast Cancer,
Friday, March 1, at the BBAA.
Reception: 6:30 p.m.; presentation: 7
p.m. Free and open to the public;
donations welcome. (248) 644-0866.

The Woodward Film Society, a membership-
based organization dedicated to the appreciation
and celebration of the art of film, hosts events for
art film lovers throughout the year. It presents vari-
ous guest speakers and film festivals, previews art -
films and spotlights film series. The society, founded
by Carole Hitch Trepeck, holds its events at the
Uptown Birmingham 8 art film theater. For infor-
mation on membership, call (313) 983-6053.
The 20th anniversary
screening of the cult phe-
nomenon The Evil Dead,
the horror classic directed by
Sam Raimi, a former
Franklin resident whose
Spiderman comes to the sil-
ver screen this spring, will be
shown 7:30 p.m. and mid-
night, Friday, Feb. 22, at
Royal Oak's Main Art
Theatre. A new DVD release
of the film will be out next
month. The cast of Evil
Dead, about a college stu-
dent whose friends turn into
horrifying monsters, includes
Ted Raimi (Sam's brother)
and Ellen Sandweiss of
Huntington Woods. $8
Sherri Adams Foster's watercolors
advance. (248) 542-0180.
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WHATNOT

The Southfield Pavilion Antiques
Exhibition takes place 2-9 p.m. Friday,
12-8 p.m. Saturday and 12-5 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 22-24, at the Southfield
Civic Center, Evergreen at 10 1/2
Mile. $6.

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) 539-3075; or e-mail to gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com
Notice must be received at least three weeks before
the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.

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