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ON THE STAGE

The Southfield Philharmonic presents a
East Lansing's Boarshead Theater pres-
Celebration of Diversity concert 7 p.m.
ents playwright Richard Greenberg's Three
Tuesday, March 19, at the Millennium
Days of Rain, a finalist for the Pulitzer
Centre. Works by Bach and Beethoven will
Prize, 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8
be featured. $3-$5. (248) 569-9420
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Da Camera of Houston performs
Sundays, through April 7. $19-$29/senior,
Epigraph for a Condemned Book, with
student and group discounts. (517) 484-
music by Chopin and text by Baudelaire, 8
7805.
p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Power
GAIL ZINIMERNIAN
U-M MUSKET, University of
Arts Entertainment
Center in Ann Arbor. The spirit of these
Michigan's student theater group, stages the
Edito•
two romantic geniuses is revealed by direc-
Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
tor/pianist Sarah Rothenberg in a unique
musical West Side Story 8 p.m. Friday-
dialogue of poetry and music through lighting, video
Sunday, March 15-17, at the Power Center in Ann
and live performance. $20-$38. (734) 764-2538.
Arbor. $13/$7 students. (734) 764-0450.
Village Players of Birmingham mount a production
of the Neil Simon comedy Proposals 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 15-30, at
Melding folk, jon, funk and rock, singer/song-
their playhouse, 34660 Woodward Ave. $14. (248)
writer/guitarist Ani DiFranco takes the stage 8 p.m.
644-2075.
Saturday, March 16, at Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium.
Oakland University's Department of Music Theatre
$25. (248) 645-6666.
and
Dance presents Lucky Stiff, a musical comedy by
The Newfoundland band Great Big Sea marries
Lynn
Ahrens and Michael Flaherty, composers of
rock and folk to traditional Celtic sounds and appears
Ragtime,
8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, March 21-30, at
Saturday, March 16, at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit.
Varner
Studio
Theatre on the OU campus. Call for
Doors at 8 p.m. $25. (248) 645-6666.
additional
show
times. $5-$12. (248) 370-3013.
With harmonies reminiscent of the famous "sister"
Detroit's
Furniture
Factory stages the 1999 Obie
groups of the '30s and '40s, and songs ranging from
Award winner Menopausal Gentleman, a one-woman
touching to the uproariously funny, the Chenille
show written and performed by Peggy Shaw about a
Sisters return to The Ark and their Ann Arbor home-
55-year-old grandmother who passes for a 35-year-old
7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17. $20.
guy
as she endures the onset of menopause, 8 p.m.
(734) 761-1451.
Friday
and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, March 22-24.
Motor City Brass Band stages its Irish Spectacular,
$15-$24.
(313) 832-8890.
an afternoon of Irish music, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 17,
Stagecrafters'
2nd Stage mounts a production of
at Southfield Centre for the Arts. $10 adults/$8 seniors
Yasmina
Reza's
Tony
Award-winning Art 8 p.m. Friday
and students/$25 families. (248) 788-6618.
and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22-24, at
Latin heartthrob Enrique Iglesias performs in con-
Royal Oak's Baldwin Theatre. $10. (248) 541-6430.
cert 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at Detroit's Fox
Scholar, storyteller, playwright, actor and composer
Theatre. $32-$60. (248) 433-1515.
Danny
Maseng performs his one-man show, Wasting
With two new Grammy Awards, bluegrass musicians
Time
with
Harry Davidowitz - The Musical
Alison Krause and Union Station perform 7:30 p.m.
Journey
of
a
Jewish Soul, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23,
Thursday, March 21, at Detroit's State Theatre.
at
Temple
Emanu-El
in Oak Park. $8 advance/$12 at
$29.75-$36: (248) 645-6666.
the
door.
Advance
tickets:
(248) 967-4030 or (248)
Canadian jazz artist Diana Krall takes the stage at
967-4020.
the Fox Theatre 8 p.m. Friday, March 22. $35-$55.
(248) 433-1515.
LAUGH LINES
He's the tops! The unforgettable melodies of Cole
Porter come to the stage in Detroit Symphony
The Second City-Detroit opens its 22nd review,
Orchestra Pops concerts 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m.
Jihad It Up to Here!, a two-act comedy featuring satiri-
Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 21-24,
cal scenes and songs in the ensemble's first new material
at Orchestra Hall. $18-$51. (313) 576-5111.
written since Sept. 11, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, with
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival presents
additional shows 10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,
singer/actor Harry Belafonte in a winter warm-up
beginning this weekend. Among the featured players is
benefit event 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Ann
Second City-Detroit's first Jewish cast member, Lisa
Arbor's Hill Auditorium. Benefit tickets (including
Maxine Mellin. $15-$20. (313) 965-2222.
concert and champagne afterglow) are $90. Concert
Jeff Foxworthy brings his standup to Detroit's Fox
only tickets are $30-$65. (734) 647-2278.
Theatre 8 p.m. Thursday, March 21. $25-$57.50.
(248) 433-1515.

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THE BIG SCREEN

The documentary Desperate Hours, which pre-
miered at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum last
fall, chronicles the heroic efforts made by some Turks
to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust. It will be
screened 4 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the West
Bloorrifield Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Road. A dessert
reception with Yavuz Aktas, Midwest Consul General
of the Republic of Turkey, follows. $5. Information
and reservations: Call (248) 646-7686 or email
Detroit@ajc.org.
The Oscar Night America Gala, beginning 6 p.m.
Sunday, March 24, at the Roostertail and benefiting
the Detroit Film Theatre, includes a champagne . recep-
tion, movie theme buffet dinner and open bar while
watching a large-screen telecast of the Academy
Awards. $135. Information: (313) 833-1049; reserva-
tions: (313) 833-7967.

FAMILY FUN

First Theater Guild of Birmingham presents
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 15-24, in the
Knox Auditorium at the First Presbyterian Church,
1669 Maple Road, in Birmingham. $5-$8. (248)
644-2087, Ext. 151.

THE ART SCENE

Ferndale's Lemberg Gallery hosts the sculpture of
Wendy MacGaw and works on paper by Howard
Ben Tre March 16-April 20. Opening reception: 5-
7 p.m. Saturday, March 16. (248) 591-6623.
An exhibit of oil paintings by Farmington Hills
artist Gail Eisner and sculpture by West Bloomfield
artist Joyce Gottlieb will be on display through
March 30 at the Shiawassee Arts Center, 206
Curwood Castle Dr., Owosso. (989) 723-8354.
Birmingham's Hill Gallery presents Image and
Mystery 2002, a group show featuring Donald
Sultan, Glenn Goldberg and more, through April
20. (248) 540-9288.
A Celebration of Art, an exhibition and sale of
more than 2,000 pieces of Israeli art, takes place 9
a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturday and 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 22-24, at Toledo's
Temple Shomer Emunim, 6453 Sylvania Avenue.
Free. (419) 885-2561.

WHATNOT

More than 2,000 canines will be on display 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Satui-day and Sunday, March 16-17, as
the 88m and 89m annual Detroit Kennel Club
Dog Shows return to Detroit's Cobo Center. Best in
Show will start approximately 6 p.m. each day. $10
adults/$8 seniors and students/$30 family packs.
(248) 352-7569.

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