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Communications Building, on the
MSU campus in East Lansing. Hebrew
with English subtitles. Free. (517) 353-
0740.

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Famous People Players, Canada's
internationally known blacklight theater
company, stages a fantasy-filled family
show 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at
Dearborn's Ford Community &
Performing Arts Center. $19-$27. (313)
943-2354.

THE ARTS SCENE

40x40, an exhibit of self-portraits of
women artists over 40, runs Oct. 15-
Feb. 15 at the Gem Theatre in Detroit,
in conjunction with the off-Broadway
hit Menopause the Musical, currently
enjoying an open-ended run at the
Gem. (313) 963-9800.
The Detroit Gallery of Contemporary
Crafts presents its 25th annual Clothes
for the Collector, an invitational of
wearables by nationally known fiber
artists, Oct. 15-Nov. 20. (313) 873-
7888.
Meadowbrook Art Gallery presents
Passage, Inference and Surface:
Paintings by Wendy Roberts and
Nolan Simon, Oct. 16-Nov. 14. This
exhibition of reductive abstractions is
held in conjunction with Meadow
Brook Theatre's production of Art.
Artists' lectures: Wendy Roberts, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 7; Nolan Simon, 4:30
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10. (248) 370-
3005.

The Sugarloaf Art Fair comes to the
Novi Expo Center 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 22-24. $6. (800) 210-
9900.

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The TJ Maxx Tour of Gymnastics
Chanipions visits Detroit's Joe Louis
Arena 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17. $18-$53.
(248) 645-6666.
Oak Park resident Rabbi Craig Allen
discusses his latest book, Tower Chat: A
Vietnam Diary, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
21, at the Oak Park Library. (248) 691-
7480.
The University of Michigan honors
contemporary feminist writer and U-M
graduate Marge Piercy with a two-day
symposium on
Jewish women's
writing and its
relationship to
feminism,
Thursday and
Friday, Oct. 21-
22. Piercy will
give a reading 8
p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 21, at
Rackham
U-M honors author
Amphitheater,
Marge Piercy
915 E.
Washington St.,
on U-M's central campus in Ann Arbor.
Free and open to the public. For more
information and a complete schedule,
call (734) 764-9377 or go to
wwwlib.umich.edu/spec-coll Cl

Also returning is CLAUDIA BLACK, a talented and pretty Australian Jewish
actress who was the co-star of Farscape, an intelligent cult hit that ran until last
year on the Sci-Fi cable channel.
Black will reprise her role as "Peacekeeper Areyn Sun" in a four-hour miniseries,
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, that will be broadcast
Oct. 17 and 18 on Sci-Fi.
Amid the many Australian acting imports —from
Black is just
Nicole Kidman to Geoffrey Rush
about the only Down Under Jewish thespian we
know about. So, it's worth checking her out.
Speaking of Nicole Kidman — MEL BROOKS
just told Playbill that she is likely to co-star in his
upcoming film version of The Producers. Brooks,
himself, plans a return to satirical sci-fi. with

Claudia Black:
A 'Jewish thespian"
From Down Under.

• Gifts • Fine Jewelry
• Home Furnishings
• Fine Art & Photography
• Glass & Dinnerware
• Clothing & Accessories
• Sculptures & Collectibles
• Specialty Foods • And so much more!

Spaceballs 2.
Brooks says he hopes to have the follow-up to his
original 1986 film in theaters next spring to coincide
with the release of the next Star Wars movie. Brooks
told Playbill: "You haven't seen the last of my face
yet.
We take that as a promise, not a threat.

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300 Craft Designers

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& Fine Artists

October 22, 23, 24, 2004
NOVI EXPO CENTER
NOVI, MI

Daily Adult Admission $6-aL)

Children Under 12 FREE • Parking FREE
Friday & Saturday 1 0-6, Sunday 10-5

DIRECTIONS: Take 1-96 to Exit 162.

Turn south on Novi Road. Turn right
onto Expo Center Drive. The Expo
Center is located one block on the right.

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FOR DISCOUNT ADMISSION COUPONS:
Print them from our website at
www.SugarloafCrafts.com
, Visit your local Farmer Jack
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Lyrics by

Music by

TIM RICE

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

A NEW PRODUCTION In' THE RENOWNED

HAROLD PRINCE

Fisher Theatre • Nov. 30-Dec. 12

Tickets on sale at the Fisher Theatre box office & all ticketmaster outlets
inc. Marshall Field's, charge-by-phone 248-645-6666, & ticketmaster.com

Info 313-872-1000 • NederlanderDetroitcom • Groups (20 or more) weekdays 313-871-1132

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