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CLASSICAL NOTES
The Detroit Symphony Civic Sinfonia, comprised
of emerging musicians from junior and senior high
schools throughout metro Detroit, performs Ravel's
Mother Goose Suite, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite and
Coleridge-Taylor's Danse Negre 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
March 3, at Orchestra Hall. The concert is free and
open to the public. (313) 576-5111.
University Musical Society presents the St.
Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by
Yuri Temirkanov, and featuring guest pianist Leif Ove
Andsnes performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto
No. 1 in I:shall) minor, 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at
Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Mussorgsky's Dawn
Over the Moscow River and Shostakovich's Symphony
No. 5 in d minor round out the program. -$16-$50.
(734) 764-2538.
Pro Musica hosts the Artemis Quartet,- one of
today's most acclaimed string ensembles, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 6, in the Recital Hall of the
Detroit Institute of Arts in a concert commemorating
composer Bela Battok's Pro Musica debut almost 75
years ago. The ensemble will perform Bartok's
Quartet No. 3, written in 1927, and works by
Beethoven, Kurtag and Mozart. $35. (313) 833-
4005.
Jerzy Semkow celebrates 30 years of guest-con-
ducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in
concerts scheduled 8 p.m. Thursday, 1:30 p.m.
Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7-9, at
Orchestra Hall. Immortal Beethoven will include
the composer's "Overture" to Egmont, Piano
Concerto No. 4 and Symphony No. 7. At 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 10, the DSO presents an
"Introduction to the Classics" concert titled
Boldly Beethoven! $16-$54. (313) 576-5111.
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The first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer. Prize for
Music, nine-time Grammy winner trumpeter/com-
poser Wynton Marsalis performs with a nine-piece
ensemble 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Music Hall
Center for the Performing Arts. $25-$50. (313) 963-
2366.
Michigan Jewish Aids Coalition hosts Celebrating
Life, its sixth annual musical review benefiting MJAC
and Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS, featuring
Michael Nouri and the cast of South Pacific, 7:30
p.m. Monday, March 4, at Temple Israel. Also per-
forming will be special guest star Robert Goulet, who
is set to replace Nouri in the touring - cast later this
month. $36/$72. (248) 594-6522.
Macomb Center for the Performing Arts presents
composer/pianist Marvin Hamlisch, 7 p.m. Sunday,
March 3, $27-$55; the singing Irish Rovers, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, March 4, $13-$40; and a trio of Broadway
singers in a tribute to Our Sinatra, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 6, $22-$50. (586)
286-2222.
Paying homage to both the late Rabbi
Shlomo Carlebach and the Grateful Dead,
Reva L'Sheva leads a spiritual journey in
song 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield. $10. (248) 432-5577.
won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001
Berlin Film Festival, runs 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Friday; 4, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1,
4 and 7 p.m. Sunday, March 1-3, at the
Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA. $6. (313)
833-3237.
FAMILY FuN
ON THE STAGE
The fun and many forms of puppetry will
be explored throughout March during
Family Fun Month at Henry Ford Museum.
Puppetry workshops, performances, hands-
on projects, storytelling and puppetry
exhibits take place 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays. $8.50-$13.50/under 5 free. (313) 271-1620.
The 78th Annual Circus at the Fairgrounds, a new
entertainment spectacular presented by the famed
Circus Royale, showcases an international array of cir-
cus artists. It visits the Michigan State Fairgrounds in
Detroit March 1-10. Show times are 7 p.m. Monday-
Friday; 10:30 a.m., 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday; and 1:30
and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. $11-$26/special discounts
available. (866) 244-8673.
GAIL ZIMME RMAN
Arts ea Eu terta hililellt
Editor
University Musical Society hosts a
Guthrie Theater production of Eugene
O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness, the play-
wright's only true comedy, 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday; March 8-9, at Power Center for the
Performing Arts. $18-$40. (734) 764-2538.
The Hilberry Theatre opens The Sisters
Rosensweig, Wendy Wasserstein's comedic story about
three Jewish sisters, truth, love and the importance of
family, 8 p.m. Friday, March 8. It runs in repertory on
the Wayne State University cam-
pus until May 9. Call for show
times. $12-$20. (313) 577-2972.
Civil Sex, written and per-
formed by Brian Freeman, is an
exploration of the
Left.
politics of race
"The Sisters
and sexuality in
Rosensweig;" at the life and times
the Hilberry.
Right:
Paper-lace and fabric
works, on display
atTemple Israel
of Bayard Rustin,
the organizer of
the 1963 March on Washington. It runs 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8-10, at
Detroit's Furniture Factory. $15-$24. (313) 832-8890.
Richmond Community Theater presents Arthur
Miller's The Crucible 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and
2 p.m. Sundays, March 1-10, at the Richmond Center
for the Performing Arts. $8-$10. (586) 727-9518.
THE BIG SCREEN
In Beijing Bicycle (Taiwan/France — 2001), direc-
tor Wang Xiaoshuai creates a poignant and bitter-
sweet story of life in modern China. The film, which
THE ART SCENE
The work of Tel Aviv artists Daniel Davis, Shoshi
Feuerlicht, Nitza Karpel Flantz and Richard Flantz,
whose original works created from paper-lace and
fabric reflect Jewish spirituality, are on display at the
Temple Israel Judaic and Archival Museum through
March 22. (248) 661-5700.
In celebration of Michigan Glass Month in April,
the Janice Charach Epstein Museum presents the
work of five Michigan artists -- Lauren Cohen,
Janet Kelman, Andrew Madvin, Stan Megdall and
Joel Stillman — March 7-April 25. The gallery is
located in the West Bloomfield Jewish Community
Center. A glass bead-making workshop with artist
Debbie Isaacs takes place 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 21; at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, there
will be a tour of the exhibit by the artists. There is
no charge for these special events, but reservations
are required. ( 248) 432-5448.
WHATNOT
The Ark in Ann Arbor holds its 15th annual
Storytelling Festival March 1-3, at 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, $15; and 1 p.m. (family perform-
ance) Sunday, $7. (734) 763-TKTS.
Stars on Ice, featuring Olympic champions Tara
Lipinski, Kristi Yamaguchi, Katarina Witt, Ilia
Kulik and more, visits the Palace of Aurburn Hills
8 p.m. Saturday, March 2. $37.50-$62.50. (248)
645-6666.
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