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Known for their performances on one and two
pianos, Japanese-born pianists Yuki and Tomoko
Mack appear in a Brunch with Bach concert at
the Detroit Institute of Arts 11:30 a.m. Sunday,
Oct. 10. Brunch (at 11 a.m.) and concert: $22
adults/$11 children under 12; concert only/stair-
well seating: $5. (313) 833-4005.
Formed in 2003, the Muse String Quartet
brings together four women with a passion for
chamber music: violinists Elizabeth Rowin and
Kyoko Kashiwagi, violist Eva Stern and cellist
Katri Ervamaa. The group performs 3 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 10, in Varner Recital Hall on the
campus of Oakland University in Rochester.
$15/$8 students. (248) 370-3013.
University Musical Society hosts the Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra in an all-Brahms pro-
gram, featuring pianist and Tchaikovsky Piano
Competition winner Mikhail Pletnev, 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 15, at Hill Auditorium. $10-$65.
(734) 764-2538.
Cantor Stephen Dubov performs songs in
Yiddish, Ladino and English in Our Musical
Heritage: Our Joys, Our Sorrows and Our
Memories, a concert sponsored by the Sholem
Aleichem Institute in memory of Moishe Haar
and Dr. Jack Mandiberg, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17,
at Congregation Chaye Olam in Bloomfield
Township. Open to the public/no admission
charge. (248) 851-7485.

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Rock band Wilco performs 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 10, at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. $25.
(248) 645-6666.
The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts folk artist Dan
Bern 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, in support of his
new album, My Country II. Of his new songs, the
irreverent Jewish musician, who often has been
compared to Bob Dylan, says, " I think of them
as music to beat Bush by." $15. (734) 761-1451.
Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert House hosts
Edgefest, four days of performances and work-
shops by world-class creative musicians from the
United States, Canada and abroad, Wednesday-
Saturday, Oct. 13-16. For a complete listing of
events, go to www.kerrytown.com/concerthouse
A new, intimate venue for jazz fans, Jazz Club
at the Max, in Allesee Hall at the Max M. Fisher
Music Center, launches its series 8:30 and 10:30
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, with Professors of Jazz
at MSU and special guest Don Faddis. $20.
(313) 576-5111.
Acoustic duo Indigo Girls takes the stage 7:30
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Wharton Center
in East Lansing. $20-$35. (517) 432-2000.

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The Oakland Theatre Guild mounts a produc-
tion of The Music Man 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 4 and

7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m.
times each evening: 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30
Sundays, Oct. 8-17, at the Starlight
and 8 p.m. $5 ages 2 and up. (248)
Theater in the Summit Place Mall. $10-
541-5835.
$14. (248) 335-1788.
The University of Michigan School of
Music stages the Tony- and Pulitzer
THE ART SCENE
Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line
The Janice Charach Epstein Gallery
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2
at the Jewish Community Center in
and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.
West Bloomfield presents
Sunday, Oct. 14-17, in the
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Contemporary Fiber: Without
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Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor.
Boundaries, a multimedia exhibit fea-
$9-$20. (734) 764-2538.
turing the work of more than 33 fiber
Invoking the storytelling style of Edgar Allan
artists from across the country and Israel, Oct.
Poe, St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of Cranbrook
14-Nov. 25. Opening reception: 6:30-8 p.m.
opens it season Oct. 15-23 with the award-win-
Thursday, Oct. 14. (248) 432-5448.
ning British musical drama Blood Brothers (con-
The Woods Gallery, located in the lower level
tains some adult subject matter not appropriate
of the Huntington Woods Library, hosts Jo
for young children). Call for show times. $16-
Kessler: Watercolors through Nov. 22. Meet the
$18. (248) 644-0527.
Huntington Woods artist 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 14. (248) 336-1 961.
The 2004 Our Town Art Exhibition and Sale,
DANCE FEVER
featuring 317 pieces of artwork from 178
London's rocking theatrical tap show Tap Dogs
Michigan artists, runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-
Rebooted makes a North American debut tour
Saturday, Oct. 14-16, at the Community House
stop 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 5
in Birmingham. (248) 644-
and 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 2
5832.
and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12-
The Birmingham
17, at the Royal Oak Theatre.
Bloomfield Art Center
$29.50-$49.50. (248) 399-2980.
presents a faculty exhibi-
Noted butoh dancer Akira
tion Oct. 15-Nov. 12.
Kasai, who incorporates elements
Featured artists include
from his native Japan and the
Leslie Masters, Andrea
West, brings his solo perform-
Tama and Laurie Tennent.
ance, Pollen Revolution, a surreal
Opening reception: 6-8
journey through time, cultures
p.m. Friday, Oct. 15. (248)
and states of being, to the Power
644-0866.
Center in Ann Arbor 8 p.m.
Pewabic Pottery board
Wednesday, Oct. 13. $16-$36.
members host a raku party
Joyce Gottlieb's " Contemplation" is
(734) 764-2538.
10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday,
among the artwo rk to be seen at this
Oct.
16, at the Detroit
year's "Our Town " exhibition in
facility,
where pots thrown
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by the hosts will be ready
for visitors to glaze and fire.
Running through December,
$60 per person for one pot; $90 per person for
actor Leonard Nimoy hosts a new, two-hour, 13-
two pots. Reservations: (313) 822-0954.
week radio series, American Jewish Music from
the Milken Archives with Leonard Nimoy, which
airs on WFMT Radio Network stations across the
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country and on XM Satellite Radio. Each week
illuminates a major theme reflected in American
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies pres-
Jewish music. For a list of stations and times, go
ents guest lecturer Jody Myers, who will discuss
to www.milkenarchive.org
Seeing the Light: The Popularization of Kabbalah
in America, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at the
Farmington Community Library, 32737 W. 12
FAMILY FUN
Mile Road, in Farmington Hills. (313) 577-2679.
Author Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, whose latest
PuppetArt/Detroit Puppet Theater presents
book, Heaven's Witness, is a murderous thriller co-
Kolobok, in which floor puppets bring to life the
written with Allen Estrin, speaks 7:30 p.m.
Russian version of The Gingerbread Man, 2 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 11, at Temple Israel in West
Saturdays through October. $5-$7/$8 workshop
Bloomfield. No admission charge. (248) 661-5700.
following performances. (313) 961-7777.
Co-authors Jill Rappaport and Linda Solomon
The Detroit Zoo's annual Halloween event,
sign
copies of People We Know, Horses They Love
Zoo Boo, featuring a decorated half-mile trick-or-
5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, at Saks Fifth Avenue
treat trail through the zoo, as well as live enter-
in Troy. $50/proceeds to breast cancer research.
tainment and a children's activities tent, runs
(313) 876-9259.
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