Nar Es Australia's garage rock foursome The Shoemaker and the Elves through May Vines performs Wednesday, March 24, at 2. Call for show times. $7.50/ages 3 and Performing an all-Beethoven program, the Takacs Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac. Doors at 7 up. (248) 349-8110. Quartet takes the stage 6 p.m. Sunday,. March 21, at p.m. $19. (248) 645-6666. First Theater Guild of Birmingham Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor. $22-$40. Folk-pop group Great Big Sea takes the presents a youth production of The (734) 764-2538. stage 8 p.m. Thursday, March 25, at Emperor's New Clothes 8 p.m. Friday, 2 Cranbrook Music Guild hosts the Bartok Quartet, Royal Oak Music Theatre. Doors at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, performing works by Haydn, Bartok and Beethoven, 8 p.m. $25. (248) 645-6666. March 26-28, in the Knox Auditorium at p.m. Tuesday, March 23, at Christ Church Cranbrook Detroit native Kid Rock rocks the Palace the First Presbyterian Church, 1669 GAIL ZIMMERMAN in Bloomfield Hills. $30. (248) 644-6352. of Auburn Hills 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Maple Road, in Birmingham. $5 $8. Arts & Life Editor The U-M School of Music Opera Theatre pres- March 25-26. $37.50. (248) 645-6666. (248) 644-2087, Ext. 151. ents Mozart's Don Giovanni, with a libretto written Smooth jazz saxophonists Gerald by Jewish-born Lorenzo da Ponte, 8 p.m. Thursday- Albright, Richard Elliot and Paul Taylor join key- Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 25-28, at Lydia boardist Jeff Lorber in Groovin' for Grover, a concert THE ART SCENE Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor. $15-$20/$8 celebrating the music of Grover Washington Jr., Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester students. (734) 764-2538. Friday, March 26, at the State Theater in Detroit. holds a student and faculty art show March 19- Doors at 6:30 p.m. $29.50 - $50. (248) 645-6666. April 10. Opening reception: 6 8 p.m. Friday, March 19. (248) 651 4110. Downtown Rochester kicks off its annual series of Combining traditional klezmer with jazz and clas- ON THE STAGE Art Gallery Strolls, a free, self-guided tour of down- sical influences, Ann Arbor ensemble Into the The Oakland Theatre Guild presents Frank town galleries featuring a variety of traditional and Freylach performs 8 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at Wildhorn's musical Jekyll and Hyde, based on the contemporary artworks, 6-9 p.m. Friday, March 26. Canterbury House, 721 E. Huron, in Ann Arbor. novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, 7:30 p.m. Fridays Additional strolls will take place June 25, Sept. 24 $5-$10. (734) 764-3162. and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 19-28, at and Nov. 26. (248) 656-0060. Grammy Award-winning Jewish singer-songwriter the Starlight Theatre in Summit Place Mall. $12- The University of Michigan Museum of Art pres- Melissa Manchester teams up with composer/singer $14. (248) 335-1788. ents A World of Orchids: Japanese Prints of Paul Williams for an evening of songs and stories 7 Ann Arbor Civic Theater stages Dinner with Species Orchids From the Villa Oyamazaki, a series p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Macomb Center for the Friends, Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize- winning of Japanese woodblock prints on paper, March 20- Performing Arts. $37-$48. (586) 286-2222. play about the repercussions of a crumbling marriage, July 11. (734) 764-0395. As a nice complement to Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, the exhibit, the Ann Arbor Orchid Society holds an Arts presents soul singer supreme Al Green 7:30 March 19-21, at Washington Community College orchid show and sale noon-4:30 p.m. Saturday and p.m. Sunday, March 21. $48-$78. (248) 645-6666. Towsley Auditorium. $13-$19. (734) 971-2228. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 20-21, at The Institute for Retired Professionals hosts U-M Musket mounts a production of Kander and Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. renowned compos- Ebb's Cabaret, a musical capturing the decadence in Free. (734) 998-7061. er/pianist William Germany during the rise of Nazism, 8 p.m. Friday Fanclub Foundation for the Arts presents its Bolcom and mezzo- and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19-21, at the annual arts fundraiser, with a strolling dinner, open soprano Joan Power Center in Ann Arbor. $8-$13. (734) 764-2538. bar, dancing, art gallery featuring the work of local Morris, performing artists and silent auction, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April a concert of 3, at the Fisher Building in Detroit. $100/all pro- American popular LAUGH LINES ceeds benefit Detroit arts education initiatives. songs, 7:30 p.m. (248) 584-4150. Veteran stand-up comic George Carlin offers his Monday, March 22, irreverent views on politics and the social scene 7 at the Jewish p.m. Sunday, March 21, at the Michigan Theater in Community Center WHATNOT Ann Arbor. $38.50-$48.50. (248) 645-6666. in West Bloomfield. On the heels of their latest album, When Bush The annual benched Detroit Kennel Club Dog Free and open to Comes to Shove, political satirists The Capitol Steps Shows return to Cobo Hall 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday the public. (248) perform a combination of skits and songs 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 20-21. More than 150 breeds 967-4030, Ext. Melissa Manchester performs at Friday, March 26, at Macomb Center for the will compete for honors. $10 adults/$8 children 2018. Macomb Center on Sunday. Performing Arts. $24-$32. (586) 286-2222. under 8/$30 family packs (2 adults/3children). The Motor City (248) 352-7469. Music Foundation The Junior League of Birmingham hosts the and Detroit Music Awards present Rockin' On FAMILY FUN American Girl Fashion Show, featuring girls and Through the Years, a star-studded evening featuring their American Girl dolls dressed in fashions from Main Stage Theatre Guild presents Snoopy, a some of the Motor City's best regional talent from various time periods, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2- sequel to Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown, 8 p.m. yesteryear to the present, 7 p.m.-1:30 a.m. 4.p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2:30 -4:30 Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, March 19- Thursday, March 25, at Detroit's Hard Rock Cafe. p.m. Sunday, March 20-21, at Castello di Bologna, 21, at Theatre Livonia ("G" Entrance) at the $10/benefits the MCMF's recognition awards to be Old World Canterbury Village in Lake Orion. Livonia Mall. $6-$8. (586) 344-7774. held April 23 at the State Theater. (313) 964-7625. $3/must be purchased in advance. (248) 203-9841. Cranbrook Institute of Science hosts Trumpeter/conductor Doc Severinsen leads the Smuckers Stars on Ice, featuring many top names Archeology Day, with hands on exhibits, 1 4 p.m. DSO Pops in a salute to Duke Ellington 10:45 a.m. in the skating world, takes to the ice 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20. Free with museum admis- and 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday Saturday, March 20, at the Palace of Auburn Hills. sion. (877) 462-7262. and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 25-28, at the Max M. $28-$63. (248) 645-6666. I Northville's Marquis Theatre stages a musical Fisher Music Center. $15-$86. (313) 576-5111. version of the Brothers Grimm tale The CLASSICAL - - POP/ROCK/JAZZ/FOLK - - 3/19 2004 38 - 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, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax us at (248) 304-8885; or e-mail to gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.