CLASSICAL NOTES
Music director Arie Lipsky leads the Ann Arbor
Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring high-
lights of the Prokofiev ballet Romeo and Juliet, to
accompany dancers from the Peter Sparling Dance
Company, as well as works by Smetana and Bruch,
8 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at the Michigan Theater
in Ann Arbor. $19-$36. (734) 994-4801.
Chamber Music Society of Detroit hosts the
Pacifica Quartet, playing works by Beethoven,
Carter and Mendelssohn, 8 p.m. Saturday, March
13, at Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly
Hills. $30-$67. (248) 855-6070.
The Trillium Ensemble plays French and Italian
music for string quartet in a Brunch with Bach
concert 11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 14, at the
Detroit Institute of Arts. Seating begins at 11 a.m.;
$22 adults/$11 children/$5 concert-only stairwell
seating. (313) 833-4005.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs
Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, with
guest artists violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Alban
Gerhardt, 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 19-21, at the
Max M. Fisher Music Center. Works by Copland
and Rachmaninoff round out the program. $15-
$105. (313) 576-5111.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Oakland
Piano Teachers Forum presents Bloomfield Hills
native and internationally renowned concert pianist
Scott Holden in recital 8 p.m. Friday, March 19, in
Varner Hall at Oakland University in Rochester.
$10 adults/$5 students. (248) 646-9773.
Detroit's State Theatre. $45-$75. (248)
645-6666.
FAMILY FUN
Celebrated Irish vocalist Mary Black
performs a St. Patrick's Day concert 8
The Dorfman Foundation Youth
p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Ark
Theatre's JET Y.E.S. production of The
in Ann Arbor. $35. (734) 761-1451.
Diary of Anne Frank, adapted by
. Two ensembles featuring jazz pianist
Wendy Kesselman from the original
Canta Brasil, a show-
Kenny Barron
Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett
case of Latin and Caribbean rhythms,
play, offers performances for student
take
and his Classical Jazz Quartet
groups Monday-Friday, March 15-26, at
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part in a Paradise Jazz Series concert 8
the Detroit Institute of Arts, $7 per tick-
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p.m. Thursday, March 18, at Detroit's
et; for more information, call (248) 788-
Max M. Fisher Music Center. $18-$85.
2900. There will be a public perform-
(313) 576-5111.
ance of the play 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21, $7
A MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner, "free jazz"
students/$10 adults; for tickets, call (248) 788-
alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman performs with
2900.
bassists Greg Cohen and Tony Falangaand drummer
Denardo Coleman 8 p.m. Friday, March 19, at Hill
Auditorium in Ann Arbor. $10-$44. (734) 764-2538.
THE ART SCENE
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ON THE STAGE
Two couples rent the same Catskills cabin for the
same weekend by mistake in Jeanne and Sam
Bobrick's Weekend Comedy, playing at the
Farmington Players Barn in Farmington Hills 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sundays,
March 12-21. $13. (248) 553-2955.
Meadow Brook Theatre mounts a production.of
Jane Martin's Talking With, in which 11 women
present monologues that invite the audience into
their lives, March 17-April 11. Call for show times.
$22-$38. (248) 370-3316.
Stagecrafters presents the family comedy Cheaper
By the Dozen, based on the book by Frank Gilbreth
and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, March 19-April 4.
Call for show times. $14-$16. (248) 541-6430.
LAUGH LINES
Comedian/actor Howie Mandel entertains
audiences at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom in
Warren 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 19-
20. Seating begins at 7-p.m./light dinner avail-
able. $20. (586) 268-3200.
The St. Clair trio performs at Temple Israel on
March 21.
Temple Israel's Schmier Chapel Chamber Series
hosts the St Clair Trio, featuring violinist Geoffrey
Applegate, cellist Marcy Chanteaux and pianist
Pauline Martin performing fresh interpretations of
repertoire staples as well as lesser-known works,
7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at the temple in West
Bloomfield. Free and open to the public. For tickets
and information, call (248) 661-5700.
POP/ROCK/JAZZ/FOLK
Bob Dylan and his Band take the stage for three
nights, Wednesday-Friday, March 15-17, at
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IT'S MAGIC
David Copperfield brings An Intimate Evening
of Grand Illusion, which the illusionist bills as "an
interactive experience of wish fulfillment," to
Detroit's Fox Theatre 5:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday and
noon, 3 and 6 p.m. Sunday, March 13-14. $29.50-
$49.50. (248) 433-1515.
THE BIG SCREEN
The Detroit Film Theatre's Cinematic Arts Council
screens Dogville, a new film by Danish director Lars
von Trier with an all-star cast including Nicole
Kidman, Lauren Bacall, James Caan and Patricia
Clarkson, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the DFT in
the Detroit Institute of Arts. $10/proceeds benefit the
fund to restore DFT seats. (313) 833 - 4004.
Pewabic Pottery celebrates its 101st birthday with
a free party, including tours of the facility, 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Saturday, March 13, at the pottery, 10125 E.
Jefferson, in Detroit. (313) 822-0954.
University of Michigan Museum of Art presents
The Changing Garden: Four Centuries of
European and American Art, an exhibit exploring
changing taste, aesthetics and uses of gardens from
the late 16th-20th centuries, March 13-May 23.
(734) 764-0395.
Artist Julia Scher uses electronic security and
closed circuit surveillance systems to create transi-
tory Web/installation performances that explore
issues of power, control and seduction. She lec-
tures and screens her work 5 p.m. Thursday,
March 18, at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor.
Free. (734) 936-2082.
Lawrence St. Gallery in Ferndale is accepting
entries for Exposures Photography '04, an art
competition and exhibit to be held March 30-April
30 at the gallery. Linda Soberman juries the exhib-
it; an artists' reception will be held 7-10 p.m.
Friday, April 2. Deadline for entries is March 27.
(248) 544-0394.
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WHATNOT
The Bloomfield Hills Jewelry and Vintage
Apparel Show runs 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March
13, at Birmingham Unitarian Church in Bloomfield
Hills. $4 adults/under 12 free. (248) 988-0924.
Chris Szpilman, son of Wladislaw Szpilman on
whose life the film The Pianist was based, speaks
about his father 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, at
1200 Chemistry Building, 903 N. University, on
the Ann Arbor campus of University of Michigan.
Free. (734) 764-0351.
Jerusalem Report columnist David Horovitz,
author of Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of
Terrorism (Knopf; $25), discusses the situation in
Israel, the media perception of Israel and prospects
for peace 5 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at U-M Hillel
in Ann Arbor. Free. (734) 769-0500. ❑ I
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