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CLASSICAL NOTES
ON THE STAGE
A concert devoted to the works of
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Composer-in-Residence John Harbison
will be performed 8 p.m. Monday, June
24, at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield
Township. $17-$22. For tickets or infor-
mation about concerts being performed
through June 30, call (248) 559-2097.
The fourth annual Treetown
Performance Festival at Ann Arbor's
Performance Network stages the Chimera
Theatre Company's production of
Tennessee William's Streetcar Named
Desire 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays, June 27-July 7. $15-$18/pay
what you can Thursdays. (734) 663-0681.
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A mini-folk festival benefiting The
Ark and featuring Chris Smither, John
McCutcheon, Tret Fure and Danny Bret, takes
place at the Ann Arbor fiilk club 7 p.m. Sunday,
June 23. $15. (734) 761-1451.
Queen of the '80s and '90s alternative-folk-rock
scene, Michelle Shocked performs 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 27, at the Royal Oak Theatre.
Doors at 7 p.m. $23. (248) 645-6666.
Going solo, Ben Folds and a Piano takes the
stage at Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac 8 p.m. Tuesday,
June 25. $20. (245) 645-6666.
The award-winning country/bluegrass music
sounds of Down from the Mountain, music from
the film 0 Brother, Where Art Thou?, fills the air at
DTE Energy Music Theatre 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
June 26. Featured artists include Alison Krause
and Union Station, Emmylou Harris, Ricky
Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, Patti Loveless, Bob
Neuwirth and more. $49.50 pavilion/$25 lawn.
(248) 645-6666.
Also coming to DTE Music Theatre are
singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25, $20432.50; and rocker Melissa
Etheridge, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June-N, $30.50-
$82.50. (248) 645-6666.
THE BIG SCREEN
Friday Flicks provide an outdoor view-
ing experience of classic 1930s movies
with a wine, cheese and dessert picnic amid
Meadow Brook Hall's beautifully restored rock gar-
den 9:30 p.m. Fridays through July. Doors at 9
p.m. Tonight's feature is The Gay Divorcee. $22 per
person/includes picnic. (248) 370-3140.
Offstage, Onstage: Inside the Stratford Festival, a
"Cinema Canada" presentation capturing the cre-
ative spirit behind the scenes at the Canadian the-
ater company, will be shown 7 p.m. Monday, June
24, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Among the
guests introducing the film and answering questions
following the screening is Paul Soles, who portrayed
Shylock in last year's Stratford production of The
Merchant of Venice. Admission is free.
FAMILY FUN
The Hilberry Summer Children's Theatre pres-
ents a music and dance-filled version of Hansel and
Gretel, 10:30 a.m. June 26-28, July 1-3, 8-13. $4
adults/$3 children. (313) 577-2972.
Scholastic's Magic School Bus Live presents
The Traveling Sound Show 1 and 7 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26, at Meadow Brook Music
Festival. $10. (248) 645-6666.
INDEPENDENCE INTERLUDE
he celebration of Independence Day
In Detroit has been extended this year
with the return of the International
Freedom Festival in Hart Plaza.
Running Fine 26-30, the event goes
beyond fireworks by starting with a
Children's Carnival and moving into
Heroes Day and Family Days.
"This festival is all about traditions,
and as a Jewish woman, I know the
importance of traditions," says Susie
Gross, president of The Parade
Company, which organizes the events.
"Our activities will bring families and
generations together."
Before the fireworks display, titled
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The Judaica
of Orna
Armani is
featured at
the West
Bloomfield
Art Festival.
"True Blue Summer" and beginning
at 10:06 p.m. Wednesday, June 26
(rain date is June 27), there will be
entertainment for children that
includes an inflatable playground,
balloon sculptures and Nickelodeon's
Arnold and Sponge Bob Square
Pants, all on hand noon-5 p.m. The
Army's Airborne Parachute Team will
land at Hart Plaza at 5 p.m.
During Heroes Day, noon-10 p.m.
Friday, June 28, there will be demon-
strations by members of the military
and emergency crews, band perform-
ances and face painting in patriotic
designs for youngsters. The
THE ART SCENE
The eighth annual West Bloomfield Art Festival ,
welcoming more than 200 artists to the grounds of
Henry Ford Medical Center on Maple Road,
returns 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June
22-23. Free. (248) 626-3636 or
wvvw.artfestival.com
Ferndale's Revolution Gallery pairs one artist's
work with another, drawing conceptual, formal and
philosophical connections between the work, in Pas
De Deux, running through July 27. Among the 30
artists featured is former Detroiter Brenda
Goodman. (248) 541-3444.
WHATNOT
Yiddish scholar Ruth Wisse presents a video and lec-
ture tided Daughter of Vilna: The Jewish Music
Scene in Poland Between the Wars 2 p.m. Sunday,
June 23, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
Free and open to the public. (313) 577-2679.
International Tug Across the River, a
tug-of-war with teams of firefighters
and police officers, starts at 6:10 p.m.
During Family Days, noon-10- p.m.
Saturday, June 29, and noon-6 p.m.
Sunday, June 30, there will be many of
the activities from the first day as well
as a petting zoo and the Pied Piper
Parade at 3 p.m. A balloon ballet
troupe, stomp group, jugglers and
clowns add to the show between noon
and 6 p.m.
Ditty in the City, a dance party from
6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 29, features
Detroit DJs.
Aerial acrobatics of Modern Skate
and Surf's Extreme Team, a combi-
nation of in-line skaters and skate-
boarders using a portable 8-foot
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ramp, entertain between noon
p.m. Sunday, June 30.
"Celebrating our nation's inde-
pendence is always special, but this
year will be even more spectacular
with heart-warming, patriotic
moments and wonderful new fire-
works shells," Gross says. "The cool
part is that every activity is free.
We're setting the stage for even
more events and entertainment in
future years."
-- Suzanne Chessler
The International Freedom Festival
runs June 26-30 in Detroit's Hart
Plaza. (313) 923-7400
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