Arts & Entertainment Best Bets CLASSICAL Nur Es takes the stage 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Palace of Auburn Hills. (248) 645-6666. Dearborn's Ford Community and Performing Arts Center presents the big-band sound of the Glenn Miller Orchestra 8 p.m. Friday, May 16. $25- $30. (313) 943-2354. Conductor Leif Segerstam leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in Brahms' Symphony No. 2 1:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9-10, at Orchestra Hall. $15-$80. (313) 576-5111. The Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan performs Italian songs and arias from the Renaissance to the present 11:30 a.m. GAIL ZININIERNIAN Sunday, May 11, in a Brunch with Bach ON THE STAGE Arts &7 Entertainment concert at the Detroit Institute of Arts. $11- Editor The Players Guild of Dearborn pres- $22 concert and brunch/$5 concert only. ents the musical Gypsy 8 p.m. Fridays (313) 833-4005. and Saturdays through May 23. Tickets for moms The Mozart Society of Greater Detroit presents are free for a 2:30 p.m. matinee Sunday, May 11. Tchaikovsky competition winners violinist Movses Cast members include Julie Yolles of Birmingham Pogossian and cellist Suren Bagratuni, with mezzo- and 15-year-old Jackie Gubow of Huntington soprano Patricia Green and pianist Pauline Martin, Woods. $14. (313) 561-TKTS. 3 p.m. Sunday, May 11, at Birmingham Unitarian SRO Productions stages English playwright David Church in Bloomfield Hills. A reception follows the Hare's drama Amy's View 8 p.m. Fridays and concert. $12-$18. (248) 683-9626. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through May 18 at Brazilian-born pianist Maria Meireles performs the church in Burgh Historical Park in Southfield. works by Chopin in a Detroit Chamber Winds & $8-$10. (248) 827-0701. Strings concert 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, at Hagopian A fateful meeting between abolitionist titans World of Rugs in Birmingham. $10-$19; preceded by Frederick Douglass and John Brown, Harper's Ferry hors d'oeuvres reception at 8 p.m. (248) 559-2095. asks whether violence brings justice. The play takes the stage at Detroit's Matrix Theatre Company 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through May 18. $12. (313) 967-0999. The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts guitarist/singer Patty A celebration of movement and music, Blast!, win- Larkin, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10, $17.50; Ray ner of the 2001 Tony for Best Special Theatrical Event, Benson's Western swing dance group Asleep at the marches back to Detroit's Fox Theatre 8 p.m. Tuesday- Wheel, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11, $30; and folk Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. troubadour Chuck Mitchell, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sunday, May 13-18. $25-$59. (248) 433-1515. May 14, $15. (734) 761-1451. Lansing's Boarshead Theater mounts a produc- Canadian teenage rock sensation Avril Lavigne tion of David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning POP/ROCK/JAZZ/FOLK LET THE ART FAIRS BEGIN he Birmingham Fine Art Festival, in its 22nd year, helps kick off the outdoor art festival season in southeast Michigan. Filling Mother's Day weekend, May 10-11, the event features the work of 300 artists from across America, art activities for the fami- ly, live entertainment and a variety of foods. The festival, held 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday in Shain Park and the surrounding area, showcases talents in 17' media, including ceramics, paints, fiber, furni- ture, glass, jewelry and photography. Planned by the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center and the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber, the festival will have a fine art silent auction of works donated by artists. (248) 644-0866. Other upcoming art fairs include: T Mt. Clemens Annual Art Fair May 9-10 Downtown Mt. Clemens (586) 469-8666 Livonia Art in the Village June 7-8 Greenmead Historical Village, Livonia (734) 466-2540 Greektown Arts Festival May 16-18 Streets of Greektown (248) 689-8734 Women of Bloomfield Art & Craft Show Jane 11 First Presbyterian Church, Birmingham (248) 335-8308 East Lansing Art Festival May 17-18 Downtown East Lansing (517) 319-6804 Spring Juried Art Show May 31-June 1 The Hill, Grosse Pointe Farms (313) 882-4626 Art on the Avenue June 7-8 Monroe Street, Dearborn (313) 943-3095 Art on the Pointe June 7-8 Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores (313) 884-4222 drama Proof May 15- June 8. Call for show times. $8-$29. (517) 484-7805. THE BIG SCREEN The Woodward Film Society and Detroit Docs screen the documentary Sister Helen, about a tough, salty Benedictine nun and her wards at a halfway house for alcoholics and drug addicts in the South Bronx, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at the Uptown Palladium 12 in Birmingham. Director Rob Fruchtman will answer questions following the film. $6-$8. (248) 644-FILM. THE SMALL SCREEN Detroit Public Television-Channel 56 broadcasts Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites, a documentary telling the epic story of the Jews and the creation of one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Part I airs 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 14; Part II airs 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 21. THE ART SCENE Detroit's College for Creative Studies presents its Student Exhibition and Sale, featuring more than 2,500 works of art, May 16-June 1. To purchase tick- ets for the 5-6 p.m. patron's preview or 6-9 p.m. exhi- bition opening on Friday, May 16, call (313) 664- 7464. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and noon-5 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, May 17-June 1; free. Metal artist Aimee Golant and fiber artist Mary Ann Newman, both of Northern California, have their works on display at the Temple Israel Judaic and Archival Museum through Aug. 31. (248) 661-5700. Liberty Fest Fine Art & Fine Craft Show June 19-22 Heritage Park, Canton (734) 394-5460 Fine Art at Meadow Brook June 21-22 Oakland University, Rochester Hills (248) 377-0100 Royal Oak Outdoor Art Fair July 12-13 Royal Oak Memorial Park (248) 246-3180 Ann Arbor Street Art Fairs July 16-19 City of Ann Arbor (734) 662-3382 Farmington Founders Festival July 17-19 Downtown Farmington (248) 932-3378 Grand Blanc Art Fair July 26-27 Grand Blanc High School (810) 694-7374 Royal Oak Clay & Glass Show June 14-15 Washington St. in Downtown Royal Oak (734) 216-3958 Howard Alan Events West Bloomfield Art Festival June 21-22 Henry Ford Medical Center, Maple Road west of Orchard Lake Road (954) 472-3755 Art in the Woods June 28-29 Huntington Woods Lutheran Church (248) 543-9720 Hootin' in the Park Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28 (Evenings) Village Park, Pinckney (800) 783-3491 Northville Art in the Sun June 14-15 Downtown Northville (248) 349-7640 Wyandotte Street Art Fair July 9-12 Along Biddle between Oak and Eureka (734) 324-4506 Ferndale Art Fair Aug. 2-3 Geary Park (248) 988-1310 Strawberry Festival of Arts & Crafts June 13-15 Trinity Episcopal Church, Belleville (734) 699-3361 FYI: For Arts and Entertainment related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item, with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number, to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway. 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