Arts Entertainment Best Bets CLASSICAL Nar Es Detroit Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor Itzkak Perlman performs and conducts Bach's Violin Concerto in G Minor and leads the DSO in Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8-9, at Orchestra Hall. Perlman, who is to undergo surgery on his right shoulder next week in New York, is scheduled to appear in his next concerts with the DSO April 10-12. The DSO offers A French Valentine, with conductor Paolo Carignani and pianist Angela Hewitt, 1:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14-15, at Orchestra Hall. The French-Chemed program includes works by Berlioz (Overture to Le Corsaire), Mozart (Piano Concerto No. _9, "Jeunehomme"), Dukas (Music from the ballet La Peri) and Ravel (Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe). $15-$56. (313) 576-5111. Young musicians from the Detroit Itzkak Symphony Civic Orchestra perform Perlman music from the chamber music literature at a "Brunch with Bach" concert 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. $22/adults; 511/children under 12; $5/concert only stairwell seats. (313) 833-7900. University Musical Society hosts the Ying Quartet, three brothers and a sister from Chicago who cur- rently serve as artists in residence at the Eastman School of Music, 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor. In addition to pieces by Haydn and Dvorak, the program includes three works by Chinese-American composers, including U-M Professor and MacArthur "Genius" Grant win- ner Bright Sheng. $16-532. (734) 764-2538. Performing in musical genres including opera, Broadway, jazz, blues, soul, spiritual and gospel, Three Mo Tenors take the stage at the Detroit Opera House 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 13-14. $18-$65. (248) 645-6666. The classical trio Luminare will perform at a noon Tuesday, Feb. 18, luncheon of the Beth Elders of Temple Beth El in the temple's Handleman Hall. Trio members include pianist Eugenia Hakobyan, cellist Yuri Leonovich and violinist Henry Karapetyan. Open to the community; $10/Beth Elders members; $12/guests. For reservations by Feb. 13, call (248) 352-5882 or (248) 354-9569. POP/ROCK/JAZZ/FOLK Singer-songwriter Stewart Francke, joined by spe- cial guests Jill Jack and Jody Rafoul, takes the stage Saturday, Feb. 8, at Ferndale's Magic Bag in a con- cert sponsored by classic rock station WCSX. Doors at 8 p.m. $9.47. (248) 544-3030. Michigan Performing Arts presents Jammin' with Pops, a new musical review with Barry Harman spotlighting jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald and Louis 2/ 7 the classic family musical The Music Man Armstrong, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Southfield's Millennium Theatre. $28- Feb. 14-15. $40-$45. (586) 286-2222. $45. (248) 557-5729. The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts National Scottish Fiddle Champion Jeremy Kittel, playing Scottish, Irish and Cape Breton fid- THE BIG SCREEN dle tunes, jazz, bluegrass and more, 8 p.m. Asking the question "Is Henry Kissinger, Tuesday, Feb. 11. $13.50. (734) 761-1451. America's revered elder statesman and The Pretenders, featuring frontwoman Nobel Peace Prize winner, a war criminal?" and former Midwesterner Chrissie Hynde, is The Trials of Henry Kissinger (USA/UK GAIL ZIMMERMAN bring their "Loose Screw" tour to the Arts e' Entertainment - 2002 - Eugene Jarecki), a BBC docu- Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor 7:30 p.m. Editor mentary attempting to establish accounta- Friday, Feb. 14. $37.50. (248) 645-6666. bility through international law and a paper Musical Hall Center for the Performing trail. The most controversial film at New York's Arts presents Grammy Award-winning songstress Human Rights Watch Film Festival screens at the Roberta Flack 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in her first Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts Motor City appearance in more than a decade. $30- 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10. $6.50. (313) 833-3237. $75. (313) 963-2366. THE SMALL SCREEN ON THE STAGE Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre opens William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, with themes of mistaken identity and separated family members, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8. The production runs in repertory through April 3. Call for show times. $12-$20. (313) 577-2972. Meadow Brook Theatre stages Larry Shue's come- dy The Foreigner, with former Detroiter Ted Raimi in the lead role, Feb. 12-March 9. Call for show times. $19-$38. (248) 377-3300. Macomb Center for the Performing Arts presents HIGH HONORS Melba Winer, a member of the Jewish Women in the Arts Awards Committee, was not told about a secret meeting to choose this year's nominees. That's because the other members wanted to vote her into the ros- ter of honorees. Winer, who is being recog- nized for her theater work in producing and directing many shows for Jewish organizations, will be one of seven award win- ners introduced during a pro- gram that begins 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery in West Bloomfield. The Festival Dancers, under the direction of Harriet Berg, will present an original program to celebrate the women and their achievements. Berg had the idea for the recognition program four years ago, and she makes the selections with dancer Margo Detroit Public Television-Channel 56 airs The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color, narrated by Martin Sheen and capturing America's wartime experi- ence through original color film footage and passages . from letters and diaries, 9-11 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 12 and 19. Check your local listings. THE ART SCENE Sculpture, paintings, works on paper and photo- graphs from the past 200 years are highlighted in Cohen, writer Sonny Lipenholtz, designer Ruth Adler Schnee, artist Deanna Sperka and artist and gallery director Sylvia Nelson. "It's not very often that women, particularly Jewish women, are sin- gled out for their achievements," Nelson says. "As an artist and director of the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, I'm very proud to be part of this effort." The other award win- Arlene Sorkin, a member °lithe Festival ners and their categories Dancers, will be among the performers of recognition are honoring Jewish women in the arts. Beverly Baker, art sup- port and promotion; "I'm very proud to be chosen Barbara Fink, dance; Barbara for this award because of all the Keidan, painting; Hope Palmer, well-known names," says Keidan, education; Merry Silber, exhibi- of Beverly Hills, whose large tion planning; and Joan acrylics have been purchased for Weisman, literature. private homes and businesses. Each will be given a framed "My most recent show was in certificate. 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