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CLASSICAL NOTES
Yugoslavian-born classical pianist/singer/composer
Marina, whose work has been greatly influenced by
the war in her home country, takes the stage 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Meadow Brook Music
Festival. $15-$32.50. (248) 645-6666.
In association with Michigan Opera Theatre,
Tibor Rudas presents opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti,
in a farewell tour appearance, 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
21, at the Palace of Auburn Hills. $47.50-$177.50
reserved; call (248) 645-6666. Special packages
including MOT Opera Ball and premier seating are
available by calling (313) 237-3425.
PoP/RocK/JAzz/FoLK
Jazz vocalist Shahida Nurullah and the Larry
Nozero Ensemble perform the music of Brazilian
composer Antonio Carlos Jobim 6:30 and 8 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 15, as part of Motor City Casino Jazz
Friday at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Free with
museum admission. (313) 833-7900.
Sterling Heights' Freedom Hill Amphitheater
presents Elvis to the Max, with impersonator Max
Pellicano and his Las Vegas dancers, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 16, $15-$25; country star Hank
Williams Jr., 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, $25-$45;
and urban soul artists Boyz II Men, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 22, $25-$45. (248) 645-6666.
The Ark in Ann Arbor welcomes The Bluehouse,
for both professional-track and recre-
an all-acoustic female trio from Australia,
ational dancers beginning in September
8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, $13.50; Dorsa,
at the Jewish Community Center in West
one of Irish music's hottest new ensem-
Bloomfield. For information on classes or
bles, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, $13.50;
registration, call Christina Tasco, (248)
and native Detroiter singer-songwriter
852-5850.
Stewart Francke, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2,
$11. (734) 761-1451.
DTE Energy Music Theatre hosts
THE BIG SCREEN
country/pop star LeAnn Rimes, 7:30
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, $18.50-$32.50;
The Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA
GAIL ZIMM ERMAN
pop singer Aaron Carter, 7:30 p.m.
screens
Stevie, a documentary by film-
Arts & Entertainment
Tuesday, Aug. 19, $28-$38; pop musi-
maker Steve James (Hoop Dreams), who
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cians Hall & Oates and Kenny Loggins,
discovers what happened to the abused
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, $25-
11-year-old for whom he was a Big
$39.50; 50 Cent, headlining the "Rock the Mic
Brother during his college years, 7 and 9:45 p.m.
Tour," 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, $32.50-$62.50;
Friday and Saturday and 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
and a Blues Festival featuring B.B. King, Jeff Beck
15-17; and Cinemania, a documentary about five
and Galactic, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, $20-$47.50.
eccentric New Yorkers, four of them Jewish, who are
(248) 645-6666.
addicted to watching movies — hundreds, if not
Meadow Brook Music Festival presents Grammy-
thousands of films a year, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug.
winning singer k.d. lang, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19,
18. $6.50. (313) 833-3237.
$25-$46.50; Motown legends the Funk Brothers, 8
p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, $25-$46.50; and polka and
THE SMALL SCREEN
parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug.
22, $18.50-$34.50. (248) 645-6666.
Detroit Public Television airs Broadway's Lost
Treasures, a compilation of rare television highlights
of performances from the 1967-1986 Tony Awards,
DANCE FEVER
unseen since their original broadcasts, 7 p.m.
Saturday,
Aug. 16; and Simon and Garfunkel: The
Contemporary dance company the Eisenhower
Concert
in
Central Park, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22.
Dance Ensemble offers classes in jazz, tap, ballet,
Check your local listings.
modern and ballroom for students of all ages and
prominent Jewish family of writers
and publishers in France and was
politically active during World War
II. Her grandfather and father pub-
lished the newspaper La Phare de la
PHOTO EFFECTS
laude Cahun left lots of indica-
dons that she was caught up in
identity issues. Thirty-four of
them will be on view through
Sept. 13 at the Susanne
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The indications are in the
form of photographs of the artist
herself Made from original neg-
atives, the surreal images com-
municate her sexual ambiguity.
In some, her head is shaven; in
others, her hair is long. Many
have added markings or costumes
that rail attention to body parts.
The pictures are joined with
works by Francesca Woodman
and Justine Kurland, who also
manipulate the feminine form
for photo effects.
"Cahun's portraits show her
questions about fitting in to
society," says Kristen Peplinski,
gallery director. "They also
show a resistance to specific
placement."
Cahun, whose real name was
Claude Cahun: "Untitled Self-Portrait," 1928.
Lucy Schwob, was raised in a
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Loire (The Lighthouse).
When Cahun, with an assumed
name from maternal relatives, was
entering adulthood, her parents
divorced, and her father married the
mother of her friend Suzanne
Matherbe. The two young women
became lifelong companions and lovers.
After studying at the Sorbonne and
Oxford, Cahun moved to Paris. Her
work was published in surrealist jour-
nals, and she was represented in sur-
realist exhibitions with sculpture. Her
1934 booklet Les Paris stint ouvert
provides insight into art and politics
during that time
Cahun, who began self-photos in
1912 and continued to work until
her death in 1954, was part of the
Nazi resistance on the Isle of Jersey,
her place of residence with her part-
ner. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944,
they were rescued by Allied forces.
—Suzanne Chessler
Photos by Claude Cahun will be on
view through Sept. 13 at the
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, 700
Livernois, Ferndale. (248) 541-4700.
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BENEFIT FOR
TERROR VICTIMS
olksinger Sandy Cash offers
all kinds of stories through
her original songs and will
have some recent and sad stories to
tell when she visits Michigan for a
benefit performance.
Cash, a former Oak Parker who
made aliyah in the 1980s, will pres-
ent a musical mix 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue as she raises
money for the Life After Terror
Fund, a charity that assists people
injured last April in a homicide
attack at Mike's Place, a nightclub
in Tel Aviv.
"I3ecause I come from a back-
ground in theater, I'm attracted to
songs that tell a good tale," says
Cash, 40, a singer-guitarist who has
appeared with the New Israeli
Opera and in the Hebrew casts of
Les Miserables and Evita.
"I use my show to share a bit
about my own life. A lot of my
material deals with the joys and
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