Arts Entertainment Best Bets CLASSICAL NOTES Guest conductor Kenneth Raskin leads the University Philharmonia Orchestra in a program including Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 ("New World") 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. Free. (734) 763-4726. Flutist Philip Dikeman, a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, performs with pianist Robert Saterlee 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at Hagopian World of Rugs in Birmingham and 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at Hagopian's Novi location; hors d'oeuvre reception begins one-half hour prior to concerts. $19/$10 ages 12 and under. (248) 559-2095. PoP/RocK/JAzz/FoLK Hit British singer/songwriter David Gray takes the stage 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at Detroit's Fox Theatre. $35-$45. (248) 645-6666. R&B performer Erykah Badu visits the Royal Oak Theatre Monday, Jan. 27. Doors at 7 p.m. $35. (248) 645-6666. Veteran songstress Maureen McGovern sings a pro- gram of great movie music, in a Detroit Symphony Orchestra Pops program titled "Hooray for Hollywood," 1:30 and 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, at Orchestra Hall. $50-$80. (313) 576-5111. The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts John Gorka, pro- claimed by Rolling Stone magazine as the "pre- eminent male singer-songwriter of the New Folk movement," 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31. $17.50. (734) 761-1451. ON THE STAGE The Spotlight Players (formerly Plymouth Theatre Guild) mount a production of Frederick Knott's classic web of murder and mystery, Dial M for Murder, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Jan. 31-Feb. 15, with a 6 p.m. show Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Water Tower Theatre in Northville. $7-$10. (248) 349-7110. The Purple Rose Theatre Company stages the world premiere of Stand, playwright Anthony Casselli's drama that asks hard-hitting questions about how to keep our children safe in a world of prejudice and cruelty, 8 p.m. Wednesdays- Saturdays, with Saturday matinees at 3 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., through March 15. $17.50-$32.50/student rush seats available. (734) 433-7673. Tickets for the Stratford Festival of Canada are now available to the general public by phone, on- line and in person. Sure-to-be blockbusters include the musicals The King and I and Gigi. For a schedule and tickets, go the Web site at vvww.stratfordfestivaLca or call (800) 567-1600. 1/24 2003 74 DANCE FEVER THE ART SCENE The American minimalist movement Ferndale's Revolution Gallery shows is the inspiration for Resonant • more than 30 silver gelatin prints by Rhythms, the University of Michigan acclaimed photographer Larry Fink in the dance company's annual concert, which exhibit "Reunion," running Jan. 25- • will be performed 8 p.m. Thursday- March 8. Opening reception: 5-7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30- Saturday, Jan. 25. (248) 541-3444. Feb. 2, at the Power Center in Ann Acclaimed teacher of Jewish art Esther Arbor. The program includes renowned Tarnoff Cooper speaks at a Greater GAIL ZI MM ERMAN choreographer Lars Lubovitch's North. Detroit Chapter of Hadassah program Arts cE 71te1lainmen t Star, performed to the Philip Glass com- 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at E ditor position of the same name, and new the Sarah & Ralph Davidson Hadassah dances by faculty choreographers set to House in West Bloomfield. Her talk is the music of Steve Reich. $7-$20. (734) 764-2538. titled "Magic and Superstition in Jewish Art." The award-winning River North Chicago Dance $15/includes light dairy meal prior to the speaker. Company performs up to 10 works in a single concert (248) 683-5030. - with styles ranging from modern to comedic to the- The Community Arts Gallery on the campus of atrical to jazz. The group appears 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Wayne State University showcases the work of grad- 25, at Dearborn's Ford Community & Performing Arts uating master of fine arts students, including Center. $20-$27. (313) 943-2350. Annette Berenholtz, Jan. 31-Feb. 28. Opening reception: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31. (313) 577-2423 AT THE MOVIES The Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts takes on Russian history this weekend. Russian Ark (Russia - 2002 - Alexander Sokurov), screening 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24-26, captures a 300-year meditation on history's endless flow in a single, constantly moving, unbroken 96-minute shot filmed entirely within the Hermitage museum of art in St. Petersburg. Andrei Rublev (USSR - 1969/Restored 2002 - Andrei Tarkovsky), screen- ing 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, is the three-hour mas- terpiece chronicling the life of the titular Russian monk and icon painter in the 1400s, arguably the most ambi- tious historical epic of them all. $6.50. (313) 833-3237. BRANCHING OUT of a fern with a fever? How about an African violet with arthritis? If so, then you need Martin Sheyer's latest creation - a limited edition CD called Music fir Plants. Available at Royal Music in Royal Oak and the Women's Prerogative Bookstore in Ferndale, the CD, which retails for $15.99, • includes 19 tracks of electronic music in a soothing mode. "You could call it New Age music, because it's created on a computer using a musical program, but its closer in style to classical music," said Sheyer, an Oak Park insurance salesman whose tradi- tional instrument is the piano. G WHATNOT The Detroit Historical Museum presents Techno: Detroit's Gift to the World, an explo- ration of the development of the musical genre started by four young men from Detroit, through June 6, after which it will tour educational institu- tions and museums around the world. $5 adults/$2.50 seniors ages 5-18/free ages 4 and under. (313) 833-1805. Founded by Abe Saperstein in 1926, the Harlem Globetrotters bring their "Reclaiming the Game" World Tour to the Palace of Auburn Hills 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. $14.50422.50. (248) 645-6666. A born tinkerer, he made head- lines in 2001 with the "Bagbuster," a device he invented to help his invalid moth- er with kidney dialysis. Music For Plants was the result of tinkering with computer pro- grams that synthesize the sounds of traditional instruments - cello, recorder, ocarina. The CD is an easy-listening musical melange lasting about 40 minutes, with titles such as "Flat Baroque," "Queen Bee," and "L- 8 For Work." Sheyer's father was a concert violinist, and he "grew up in a house where violin was the first - thing I heard in the morning." Although he had always loved to noodle around with the key- board, the computer made it possible for him to make his musi- cal thoughts perma- nent. "If I had to dreg in kup [confuse myself] over each note on a piece of paper, I never would have finished it," Sheyer said. And the title? "Purely marketing. Thousands of people put out new CDs every day. This was a way to make it stand Out from the crowd." 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