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CLASSICAL NOTES

The Tel Aviv Virtuosi, an ensemble composed of
soloists from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, per-
form 8 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Southfield's
Millennium Centre in a salute to great Jewish com-
posers. The musicians will perform classical,
Broadway, Hollywood and shred tunes under the
baton of Artistic Director Alexander Povolotsky, and
will be joined by New Israeli Opera tenor Felix
Livshitz. $25-$45; tickets available at the door. (248)
865-0204.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs
Mahler's Symphony IV°. 5 and Berg's Violin Concerto
1:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May
17-18, at Orchestra Hall. St. Petersburg-born Yakov
Kreizberg, a winner of the Eugene Ormandy Prize
from the University of Michigan, conducts. $16-$54.
(248) 576-5111.

Pop / RocK/ JAzz

The Ark in Ann Arbor presents The Music of Phil
Ochs, the '60s folk musician who set his political
beliefs to music and sadly took his own life in 1976, 8
p.m. Monday, May 13. Featured artists include Greg
Greenway, Matt Watroba, Chuck Mitchell and more.
$15. (734) 761-1451.
Jazz trombonist Bill Watrous performs with his
quartet, including pianist Shelton Berg, bassist Lew
Fischer and drummer Randy Drake, 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 16, in an Ameritch Paradise Jazz Series
concert at Orchestra Hall. $18-$49. (313) 576-5111.
The jazzy Swingset Quintet helps celebrate the
50th anniversary of Temple Emanu-El with a program
of jazz and pop classics of the 1920s, '30s and '40s
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Oak Park temple.
$25/includes concert, dessert and dancing to the
music of Swingset. Reservations: (248) 967-4020.

ON THE STAGE

Artistic director Sara Schreiber directs improv the-
ater group Empatheatre in Oy ... the Joys of Being
Jewish, a program of improvisational dramatic sketch-
es on Jewish life, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the
Washtenaw Jewish Community Center, 2935 Birch
Hollow Dr., in Ann Arbor. $12. (734) 971-0990.
Village Players of Birmingham stage Irving Berlin's
Annie Get Your Gun 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays, May 17-June 1, at their play-
house, 34660 Woodward Ave. $14. (248) 644-2075.

LAUGH LINES

Gilda's Big Night Out IV, Gilda's Club Metro
Detroit's premiere fund-raising event, hosts come-

10 ($50 at the door). The exhibition and
sale continues free and open to the public
10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays and noon-5 p.m.
weekends May 11-26. (313) 664-7464.
Oakland Community College
Womencenter presents From Our
Perspective, its 15th annual national
women's
art exhibition, May 13-31, at the
THE BIG SCREEN
OCC Orchard Ridge campus' Smith
At 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 13, the
Theatre Gallery. Opening reception: 7
Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA presents.
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
p.m. Thursday, May 16. (248) 522-3642.
Lola, the restored 1961 Jacques Demy
Arts 6- Entertainment
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center hosts
Editor
(The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) film about a
Couples, curated by Stanley Rosenthal and
provincial dance hall girl — played by
featuring the artwork of artist couples
Jewish French actress Anouk Aimee — who contin-
Linda and Bob Mendelson and Diane and
including
ues to hope, after seven years, for the return of the
Edward Levine, May 10-June 7. Opening reception:
man who fathered her child. $6. (313) 833-3237.
6-8 p.m. Friday, May 10; presentation by Hope
Palmer: 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 15. (248) 644-0866.
Exhibition Birmingham — A Gallery Tour is
THE ART SCENE
planned for 5:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, in
downtown Birmingham. Trolleys will be available
The College of Creative Studies student exhibi-
to take visitors from one gallery to another.
tion and sale, featuring 2,500 pieces of original art-
work, holds its public preview 6-9 p.m. Friday, May
(248) 433-3550.

dian Wendy Liebman, a strolling sup-
per and silent auction, beginning 6
p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Southfield
Centre for the Arts. Information and
tickets: (248) 577-0800, Ext. 22.

Unspoken Realism

Island
School of
Design and
went on to
take cours-
es at the University of Haifa.
His classically executed
works, all with a contempo-
rary twist, have been shown
throughout Norway and in
Florida, New York and
California.
"I work out of a studio in
my apartment in Norway,"
says Silverstein, whose family
moved to Michigan in 1997
so that his sister, Jamie,:
could train as a competitI've
ice dancer. "I paint to con-
vey a message, story or emo-
tion."

B

rad Silverstein tells a
"love story" with painted
furnishings. Love Story is one
of the works in a chair series
he's showing through May 31
at Artspace II in Birmingham,
where "Brad Silverstein:
Unspoken Realise is the cen-
tral exhibit.
"The painting has an un-
ironed linen sheet and two
chairs, a stool and the seat
part of a school desk,"
explains Silverstein, 27, who
grew up in Pittsburgh, moved
to Bloomfield Hills and now
lives in Norway, where he has
studied with the noted realist
painter Odd Nerdrum. "In
the series, I see the chairs as
people.
"I'm also showing land-
scapes and one picture with a
figure, but whether or not there's
a human presence in my paint-
ings, there's the feeling of people
being there."
Silverstein, who never thought
of doing anything other than
painting, describes his work as

Brad Silverstein:
"Love Stoly," oil
on panel, 2000.

— Suzanne Chessler

"magical realism, real but dream-
like." He likes using oils because
he feels they are best at convey-
ing mood.
The artist, who won a
Fulbright Scholarship to study
painting in 1998, earned his
bachelor's degree from the Rhode

Brad Silverstein's work will
be on display through
May 31 at Artspace II,
303 E. Maple, Birmingham.
(248) 258-1540.

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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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