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Ian Astbury taking the late Jim
justice and transform their grief into an
Morrison's position up front, 7:30 p.m.
opportunity for social change, 11 p.m.
The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Saturday, Aug. 21, $20-$45; southern
Sunday, Aug. 22. Check your local list-
has released three world premiere recordings of
rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, 7:30 p.m.
ings.
music by former Detroiter Paul Schoenfeld that cel-
Sunday, Aug. 22, $18.50-$32.50; pop-
ebrate the richness of traditional Jewish melodies,
sters Hall & Oates and Michael
dances and folklore. Distributed by Naxos American
McDonald with the Average White
THE ART SCENE
Classics, the disc (CD # 8.559418) features
Band, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, $30.50-
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; "Four Motets," an a
Art Leaders Gallery in West
$45.50; classic rocker Eddie Money, 7:30
cappella choral work; and scenes from the mystical
Bloomfield
celebrates an exhibition and
p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, $17.50-
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
opera The Merchant and the Pauper, with members
sale
of
more
than 50 original works by
$27.50; and Detroit's own Kid Rock and
Arts Editor
of the University of Michigan Opera directed by
French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste
the Twisted Brown Trucker Band, 7:30
Kenneth Keisler. wvvw.naxos.corn
Renoir, featuring lithographs, etchings
p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 26-28,
New York City's Congregation B'nai Jeshurun has
and
drypoint
from 1890-1910, with a wine and
$26-$39. (248) 645-6666.
released the CD TekiYah: Echoes of the High Holy
hors
d'oeuvres
reception 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
Meadow Brook Music Festival welcomes pop
Days at BJ, a liturgical recording presenting cre-
26.
Reservations
appreciated: (888) 264-4887. ❑
singer Cyndi Lauper, 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, $28-
atively interpreted and original music of Rosh
$42.50; and the "Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue,"
Hashanah and Yom Kippur from a variety of musi-
starring Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and Buddy
cal traditions. www.bj.org
Miller, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, $32.50-
$40.50. (248) 645-6666.
Jerome Duncan Ford Theatre at Freedom Hill
JEWISH MUSIC
hosts songstress Patti LaBelle, 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
22, $20-$59.50; R&B/jazz artist Rachelle Ferrell,
The Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit
with Walter Beasley, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
presents a concert fea-
25, $10-$20; singer-songwriter Don Henley, 8 p.m.
turing Neshama
Thursday,
Aug. 26, $36-$66; and B.B. King
Carlebach, who began
Bluesfest,
with
Dr. John, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27,
her singing career at age
$25-$60.
(248)
645-6666.
15 with her father,
Pop/rocker
Sarah
McLachlan brings her
renowned songwriter
"Afterglow Live Tour" to the Palace of Auburn Hills
Rabbi Shlomo
7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23. $45 $65. (248) 645-
Carlebach, 7:15 p.m.
6666.
Tuesday, Aug. 24, in
Multicultural band Ozomatli performs
Handleman Hall at the
Wednesday,
Aug. 25, at the Majestic Theatre in
Jewish Community
Detroit.
Doors
at 7 p.m. $17. (248) 645-6666.
Center in West
In this photo, actor Chris Noth, known for
Bloomfield. $15
his role as Mr. Big from the television series
adults/$10 children 12
Sex and the City, floats in the Dead Sea on
and under/free of
THE BIG SCREEN
July 25 as part of his 10-day visit to Israel as
Neshama Carlebach
charge for JAMD fami-
The Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute
a guest of the Tourism Ministry.
performs at the JCC
lies; tickets available at the
of
Arts
screens Distant (Turkey — 2003 — Nuri
"I never felt safer," Noth said at a news
in West Bloomfield.
door. (248) 661-1000.
Bilge Ceylan), the story of an impoverished young
conference in New York after returning
man from the country who arrives in snowy
from a 1 0-day trip sponsored by Israel's
Istanbul to stay with his cousin, a world-weary older
Ministry of Tourism.
photographer, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Israel has been trying to bring U.S.
Twenty-four-year-old Bronx-raised singer-song-
and 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20-22. The film
celebrities to Israel to boost tourism. Noth
writer Ari Hest visits Borders in Novi (43075
won the 2003 Cannes Film Festival Grand Jury
has agreed to recruit other celebrities to visit
Crescent Blvd.) for an in-store performance and CD
Prize. $6.50. (313) 833-3237.
the Jewish state, publicist Ron.n Torossian
signing of his major-label debut, Someone to Tell, 6
Former Detroiter Sam Raimi's mega-hit Spider-
said The dream would be that he brings
p.m. Friday, Aug. 20. (248) 347-0780.
Man 2 comes to the IMAX screen at the Henry
the Sex and the City cast," Torossian said
In support of her new album, The Girl in the
Ford IMAX Theatre in Dearborn on Friday, Aug.
Noth described Israeli hospitality and the
Other Room, jazz vocalist Diana Krall takes the stage 27. For ticket information and show times, call
love Israelis feel for America. He said he
8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at Detroit's Fox Theatre.
(313) 271-1570.
plans to bring his mother, a historian, to
$48-$88. (248) 433-1515.
Israel and plans to make an annual pilgrim-
Combining the bossa nova and electronic genres,
age to the Jewish state.
Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto (daughter of bossa
No matter one's religion, you feel like it
THE
SMALL
SCREEN
nova music masters Joao Gilberto and Miucha) per-
all
began there," said Noth, who is
Detroit Public Television-Channel 56 airs P.O. V.'s
forms Saturday, Aug. 21, at The Theatre, 2301
Catholic.
In an interview with atm after
Every Mother's Son, filmmaker Tarni Gold and
Woodward, in Detroit. Doors at 8 p.m. $30. (248)
the
news
conference,
he said "If you let
Kelly Anderson's documentary profiling three vic-
645-6666.
your
fears
stop
you
from
going to Israel,
tims of police brutality (including Gary Busch, a
DTE Energy Music Theatre presents the Doors
you're
really
missing
out
on something pro-
Chasidic Jew from Brooklyn) who made headlines
of the 21st Century, with original Doors members
foundly
moving."
around the country and their New York mothers
Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger and the Cult's
who unexpectedly find themselves united to seek

CLASSICAL NOTES

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