Best Bets
FuN
community. For a complete Jazzfest sched-
FAMILY
ule, go to vvvvvv.communityhouse.com .
In anticipation of Dora the Explorer Live!
Harpsichordist Martha Folts performs works by J.S.
The Concert of Colors, metro Detroit's
Search for the City of Lost Toys, a production
Bach, Domenico Scarlatti and William Byrd in a
diversity fest presenting more than 35 acts
coming to Detroit's Fox Theatre July 28-
Brunch with Bach concert 11:30 a.m. Sunday, July
from 20 countries, takes place Friday-
Aug.
1, Dora the Explorer will be at the
11, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Seating at 11 a.m.;
Sunday, July 16-18, in Detroit's Chene
Jewish
Community Center in West
$22 adults/$11 children under 12/concert-only stair-
Park. Headliners include singer-songwriter
Bloomfield,
as part of Family Fun Night,
well seating $5. (313) 833-4005.
Ani DiFranco (7 p.m. Saturday), reggae
6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 14. Children will
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs a
superstar Burning Spear (9 p.m. Saturday),
have the opportunity to meet Dora, the
"Symphonic Blockbusters" concert featuring works by
Los Lobos (7:15 p.m. Sunday) and rock
GAIL ZIM MERMAN
Latina heroine of television's No. 1 pre-
Beethoven, Ravel, Wagner and Rossini 8 p.m. Friday
legend Little Richard (9:15 p.m. Sunday).
Arts E ditor
school show on commercial television, and
and Saturday, July 16-17, at Meadow Brook Music
Also appearing, from 4-5 p.m. Sunday, are
enter to win tickets to the Fox performance
Festival. $18-$55/family four packs of lawn tickets:
Israeli artist Yossi Fine and the Ex Centric
and
other
Dora
prizes. (248) 661-1000.
who
mix
contemporary
dub
rhythms,
$50. (248) 645-6666.
Sound System,
The Woods Gallery in Huntington Woods, located
Temple Beth El's eighth annual senior concert fea-
electronica and techno sounds. The American Jewish
in the lower level of the Huntington Woods Library,
tures Michigan Opera Theatre's the Best of Broadway,
Committee is offering a shuttle leaving 3 p.m. from
offers
a program for children to learn about quilts
the Oak Park Jewish Community Center (registration
with performers Betsy Bronson, Maria Cirnarelli, Karl
and
their
meaning 7-9 p.m. Thursday, July 15, in
3
p.m.
Sunday,
July
18,
is mandatory and donations are welcome) and leaving
Schmidt and Mark V°. ndrak,
conjunction
with an exhibit by the Quilt Guild of
at the temple in Bloomfield Township. Tickets are
downtown 5:30 p.m.; call (248) 646-7686. The AJC
Metro Detroit, which continues through Aug. 14.
available at no charge by calling (248) 865-0617.
will offer free kosher snacks and bottled water to
(248) 543-9720.
Jewish community visitors to the Concert of Colors
beginning 1 p.m. Sunday and running throughout the
POP/ROCK/JAZZ FOLK
afternoon. Admission is free; for a complete schedule
THE ART SCENE
of performers and activities, call (313) 842-7010 or go
Captain Fantastic: The Music of Elton John, a trib-
Upcoming art fairs include the Royal Oak Outdoor
wwwconcertofcolors.com.
to
ute show featuring outrageous costumes and a full
Saturday and Sunday, July 10-11, in Royal Oak
Fair,
band playing the rock superstar's hits, takes the
Memorial
Park, (248) 246-3180; the Wyandotte
stage Friday, July 9, at Royal Oak Music
Wednesday-Saturday, July 14-17,
Street
Art
Fair,
Theatre. Doors at 9 P.m./21 and up. Free
along Biddle between Oak and Eureka, (734) 324-
admission. (248) 399-2980.
4506; and Art on the Grand at the Farmington Art
featuring Eddie Van Halen,
Van Halen
Founders Festival, Thursday-Saturday, July 15-17, in
Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony and Sammy
downtown Farmington, (248) 932-3378.
Hagar — reunite for two Motor City concerts,
The University of Michigan Museum of Art pres-
7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 10, at Joe Louis Arena
ents Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape,
and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 11, at the Palace of
an exhibition featuring some 35 paintings that re-
Auburn Hills; $69.50-$89.50. (248) 645-6666.
examine the work of one of the world's most iconic
Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights hosts rock
artists (1887 to1986), July 11-Sept. 26, in Ann Arbor.
band Counting Crows, including Jewish lead
O'Keeffe's much older husband was Jewish photogra-
singer Adam Duritz, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 11.
pher Alfred Stieglitz (1854 1946). Running simulta-
$25-$37.50. (248) 645-6666.
neously, the work of three contemporary photogra-
DTE Energy Music Theatre welcomes classic
phers
who were contemporaries of O'Keeffe — Ansel
rock group REO Speedwagon, 7:30 p.m.
Adams,
Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston —
Saturday, July 10, $18.50-$32.50; ABBA, the
is
examined
in Searching for the Photographic
Music 2004, a large-scale production featuring
Sublime:
Adams,
Cunningham and Weston. (734)
the Swedish group's biggest hits, 7:30 p.m.
764-0395.
Wednesday, July 14, $18.50-$29.50; and rock
Birmingham's District Arts Gallery hosts Works in
band the Doobie Brothers, 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Yossi
Fine
and
the
Ex-Centric
Sound
System
will
perform
as
featuring the work of Deborah Goldman, Ann
Series,
July 16, $18.50-$29.50. (248) 645-6666.
part
of
this
year's
Concert
of
Colors.
and more, through July 28. Artists' reception:
Gordon
Meadow Brook Music Festival presents
5-8
p.m.
Thursday, July 15. (248) 258-9300.
blues/rock slide-guitarist George Thorogood
The
Robert
Kidd Gallery in Birmingham features
7:30
p.m.
Monday,
July
12,
the Destroyers,
Dealers Choice, an exhibition including paintings and
THE BIG SCREEN
$19.50-$39.50; singer-songwriter Jewel, 8 p.m.
sculpture from such artists as Hans Hoffmann,
Wednesday, July 14, $28-$46.50; and pop/rock group
The second half of the Detroit Film Theatre's 30th
Milton Avery and Larry Rivers, as well as local artists,
Collective Soul, 8 p.m. Thursday, July 15, $20-$33.
anniversary season opens with the fully restored, uncut,
through Aug. 27. (248) 642-3909.
(248) 645-6666.
undubbed, original Japanese version of Godzilla, the
Benefiting Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook
Taking the stage at the Palace of Auburn Hills are
1954 monster-moN4e classic never seen in America
Academy of Art, Serious Moonlight Rio Style takes
blues/rock guitarist Eric Clapton, with special guest
until this year, Friday-Sunday, July 16-18, at the DIA.
place beginning 8 p.m. Saturday, July 17 (patrons
Robert Randolph and the Family Band, 7:30 p.m.
Call for show times. $6.50. (313) 833-7942.
reception begins at 7 p.m.), on the grounds of
Tuesday, July 13, $59.50-$79.50; and the "Sacred Love
Cranbrook
in Bloomfield Hills. The evening will fea-
Tour," starring Sting and Annie Lennox, 7:30 p.m.
ture
cocktails,
an array of food from Detroit's finest
THE
SMALL
SCREEN
Friday, July 16, $41.50-$87. (248) 645-6666.
restaurants
and
a silent auction with work by
airs
its
first
episode
Birmingham Community House hosts its 12th
Designers'
Challenge
HGTV's
Academy alumni artists, designers and architects, all
annual Jazzfest Thursday-Saturday, July 15-17, in
filmed in Detroit, featuring the work of Barbi Krass
set against the backdrop of live Latin music.
and her Colonvorks studio in West Bloomfield, 8 p.m.
Shain Park. Headliners include Keiko Matsui on
$95/$200 patrons. (248) 645-3144.
Friday and Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo
Thursday, July 15. For additional broadcasts of episode
Sandoval on Saturday. Free and open to the
DSC-916, go to wwwhgtv.com.
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