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THE BIG SCREEN
The Sonnet Quartet, Oakland
The Detroit Film Theatre presents the
University's DSO musicians in residence,
romantic comedy Under the Sun (Sweden
perform works by Mozart, Hindemith
- 1999 - Colin Nutley), an Oscar nomi-
and Brahms 7 p.m. Sunday, March 10, in
nee for Best Foreign Film, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Friday; 4, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1,
Varner Recital Hall on the OU campus.
4 and 7 p.m. Sunday, March 8-10. A
$6-$12. (248) 370-3013.
restored version of Fellini's Juliet of the
The Cranbrook Music Guild hosts
pianist Scott Holden, a Bloomfield Hills
Spirits screens 7:30 p.m. Monday, March
GAIL ZIM MERMAN
native and recipient of the Vladimir
11. $6. (313) 833-3237.
Arts c.:%- Ent ertithiment
The 40th annual Ann Arbor Film
Horowitz Prize from Juilliard, 8 p.m.
Er for
Festival, the oldest and one of the most
Tuesday, March 12, in the sanctuary of
Christ Church Cranbrook. He'll perform
prestigious 16 mm festivals in North
works by Haydn, Scriabin, Liszt and more. $15-
America, runs March 10-17, at the Michigan
$25/includes afterglow. (248) 644-6352.
Theater. One of this year's judges, filmmaker Jay
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings presents clar-
Rosenblatt, screens several of his short films 3
inetist Laurence Liberson in recital 8:30 p.m.
p.m. Friday, March 15 (free). For a complete
Wednesday, March 13, at Hagopian World of Rugs
schedule and festival ticket information, call (734)
in Novi, and 8 p.m. Friday, March 15, at
995-5356, or go to the Web site at
Birmingham Unitarian Church in Bloomfield Hills.
www.aafilmfest.org .
Promises, nominated this year for
$10-$19. (248) 559-2095.
an Oscar for Best Documentary
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Feature, explores Israeli-Palestinian
hostilities through children's eyes.
King Django (real name Jeff Baker) is well known
The film (previously shown on PBS)
on the East Coast as a creative force on the ska
will be shown 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
scene. He's recorded tunes in English, French,
March 13, at the Jewish Community
German, Spanish, Hebrew and Yiddish. He takes
Center in West Bloomfield as a prel-
the stage at the Shelter in Detroit 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
ude
to this year's JCC Lenore Marwil
March 10. $8. (248) 645-6666.
Jewish
Film Festival (April 28-May
Broadway comes to Plymouth-Canton Educational
5). Following the film, a panel dis-
Park when composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell,
cussion featuring representatives from the Arab
Pippin) performs a benefit concert for the combined
and Jewish communities will discuss "The Arab-
drama program of Plymouth Canton and Plymouth
Israeli Rift: Can It Ever Be Closed?" $7. For tick-
Salem high schools 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14.
ets, call (248) 432-5577.
He'll be joined by actress-singer Debbie Gravitte and
New York cabaret singer Scott Coulter. $40/$20 stu-
dents. To order tickets, call (734) 416-4ART.
FAMILY FUN
The Beatles tribute band 1964 ...The Tribute
Cinderella, for ages 5 and up, takes the stage at
returns to Ferndale's Magic Bag Friday and Saturday,
Birmingham's Community House 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
March 15-16. Doors at 8 p.m. $20. (248) 544-3030.
Saturday and 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday, March 9-10.
Directed by Mitch Master, the production stars Rob
ON THE STAGE
and Sophia Goren of Beverly Hills. $7 advance/$9 at
the door. (248) 594-6415.
St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of Cranbrook pres-
Northville's Marquis Theatre stages a musical adap-
ents comedian Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin
tation ()flack and the Beanstalk March 9-April 21.
Agile, a comedy imagining a fictional meeting
Call for show times. $7.50. (248) 349-8110.
between Picasso and Albert Einstein in 1904, 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 15-23. $10-$12. (248) 644-0527.
THE ART SCENE
Iran through March at the Washtenaw Jewish
Community Center in Ann Arbor. At a 4 p.m. recep-
tion Sunday, March 10, the artist will give a talk on
"Images of the Holocaust." He will lecture on "Iranian
Jewry" 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, and present slides
and a lecture about his work 10 a.m. Thursday, March
14. Reservations for March 10: (734) 971-0990.
The Birmingham Bloomfield Fine Arts
Competition, a juried exhibition featuring local artists
including Suzanne Aberly, Josh Friedman, Helene
Lubin, Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan, Allan Ash, Helen
Honigman, Ernest Abel and Marilyn Schechter, runs
March 8-29 at the BBAA. (248) 644-0866.
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Judith Levin Cantor lectures and signs copies of her
new book, Jews in Michigan, 1 p.m. Sunday, March 10,
at the Detroit Historical Museum. (313) 833-1419.
A scene from the
Oscar-nominated
film "Promises,"
which will be
screened Wednesday
at the West
Bloomfield JCC.
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IT'S MAGIC
David Copperfield visits Detroit's Fox Theatre
Friday-Sunday, March 15-17. His "Portal" tour, for
the first time, will exhibit treasures and priceless
artifacts from his museum of magic. Call for show
times. $28-$46/$5 discount seniors and children
under 12. (248) 433-1515.
Detroit's Museum of New Art (MONA) hosts
kaBOOM!, a group show revolving around the con-
cepts of construction and deconstruction and featuring
artists including Eileen Aboulafia, Fran Wolok and
Deanna Sperka, March 9-April 28. Opening recep-
tion: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, March 9. (313) 961-2845.
Iranian Jewish artist Shokrollah Manzoor exhibits
artworks depicting the Holocaust and Jewish life in
Author and "Today" show contributor Sylvia
Rimm discusses and signs copies of How Jane Won:
55 Successful Women Share How They Grew From
Ordinary Girls to Extraordinary Women 7:30 p.m.
Monday, March 11, at Borders in Dearborn. (313)
271-4441. The fifth annual Michigan's Home and
Garden Antiques Market takes place 2-9 p.m. Friday,
noon-8 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday;
March 15-17, at the Southfield Municipal Complex,
Evergreen Road at Civic Center Drive. $7.
Birmingham's Community House holds its
antiques show 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday
and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, March 15-17. $10.
Psychic medium Rebecca Perelman Rosen will con-
duct a series of seminars on the subject of medi-
umship 7-10 p.m. Mondays in Royal Oak on the fol-
lowing dates: Seminar I, "Exploring the Spirit World,"
March 11 or 25; Seminar II, "Acknowledging the
Presence of and Working with the Spirit World,"
April 15 or 29; Seminar III, 'Awakening Your
Spiritual Power," May 6 or 20. Part of each seminar
will include some audience readings. The cost for each
seminar is $25. For reservations and more informa-
tion, call (248) 541 2828. To read more about Rosen,
go to vvvvw.detroitjewishnews.com and access the
cover story "Spiritual Messenger" (April 27, 2001).
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