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MUSICAL NOTES

.Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings
- Nightnotes series features violin-
ist Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy,
violist James Van Valkenburg, cellist
Debra Fayroian and pianist Pauline
Martin: Mozart, Handel-Halvorsen,
Brahms. Hagopian World of Rugs,
8510 S. Old Woodward,
Birmingham. 8:30 p.m. Friday, May
6; 8 p.m. hors d'oeuvres reception.
(248) 559-2095 or
www.detroitchamberwinds.org .

Tom Rush - Folksinger. The Ark,
316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 8 p.m.
Friday, May 6. $20. (734) 761-1451
or www.theark.org .

Breakin' Curfew - University
Musical Society and the Neutral
Zone present local high school stu-
dents in a blend of rock 'n' roll, hip-
hop, classical, ska, jazz, poetry.
Power Center for the Performing
Arts, 121 Fletcher, Ann Arbor. 8
p.m. Saturday, May 7. $7 in
advance, $10 at door. (734) 764-
253 8 or www.ums.org.

Hayley Westenra - Sixteen-year-
old singer joins the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra for a Mother's
Day concert. Orchestra Hall, 3711
Woodward, Detroit. 3 p.m. Sunday,
May 8. (313) 576-5111 or
www.detroitsymphony.com .

Ann Arbor Symphony and Kol
Haley - Maestro Arie Lipsky
directs symphony, Temple Beth
Emeth adult choir and Cantor
Annie Rose in Yiddish songs, an
excerpt from Haydn's Creation and
more. Temple Beth Emeth, 2309
Packard, Ann Arbor. 7 p.m. Sunday,
May 8. $30 adults, $15 children.
(734) 665-4744.

Birmingham Temple Vivace
Concert Series - Violinist Melissa
White and pianist Angelina
Pashmakova perform. Birmingham
Temple, Farmington Hills. 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 14. $18 members,
seniors, students; $21 guests. (248)
788-9338 or (248) 661-1348.

or www.bbartcenter.org.

Office Hours - SRO Production
performs comedy by Norm Foster.
Burgh Church, 26060 Berg,
Southfield. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
2 p.m. Sunday, May 6-22. $10
adults; $8 adults 50 and over, chil-
dren ages 12 and under. (248) 796-
4645.

Nine - Village Players stages Tony
Award-winning musical based on
Fellini's 81/2. Village Players
Playhouse, 34660 Woodward,
Birmingham. 8 p.m. Friday-
Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6-22.
$15. (248) 644-2075.

THE SMALL SCREEN

Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness
- Ninety-minute historical docu-
mentary that tells the story of
Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplo-
mat who saved thousands of Jewish
refugees during World War II. PBS.
9 p.m. Thurday, May 5 (check local
listings). www.pbs.org/sugihara.

THE ART SCENE

Untitled (Art Show), 2005 - Open
house features the work of eight
local artists: painters, digital painter,
floral photographer, fiber artist. 196
Oakland Ave., Pontiac. Noon-9 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday,
May 6-7.

Westacres Artists' Market -
Variety of fine art and craft from
over 30 artists. Westacres
Clubhouse, 3700 Westacres Drive,
south of Commerce between Green
Lake and Union Lake roads, West
Bloomfield. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, May 7. $2, $1 seniors.

Birmingham Fine Art Festival -
Hosted by Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Center and Birmingham
Bloomfield Chamber, festival
includes fine arts and crafts, musical
entertainment, concessions, hands-
on family art and science activities.
Shain Park, Birmingham. 10 a.m.-6
p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, May 7-8. (248) 644-0866

Paintings and Sculpture -
Paintings by Alisa Henriquez, sculp-
tures by Sergio De Giusti. District
Arts Gallery, 955 S. Eton,
Birmingham. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday, May 7-June 4;
opening reception: 5-8 p.m.
Saturday, May 7. (248) 258-9300 or
ww-w.districtarts.corn.

Celebrating 6 - Artist-owned
gallery, including Adrienne Kaplan,
Michelle Hegyi and Norma
Penchnsky-Glasse, shows work of 20
current artists. Washington Street
Gallery, 120 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor.
Noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday,
noon-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, noon-
4 p.m. Sunday, May 10-June 19;
opening reception: 7-9 p.m. Friday,
May 13. (734) 761-2287 or
www.wsg-art.corn.

This is for the Birds - Daniel
Medich Jr. designs birdhouses and
birdfeeders of cedar and metal, using
sandblasting and stained glass.
Orchard Lake Framing & Gallery,
4301 Orchard Lake Rd., Crosswinds
Mall, West Bloomfield. 10 a.m.-6
p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Thursday, May 1- June 30. (248)
538-9021 or www.orchardlakeart.com .

LAUGH LINES

Dave Attell - Comedy Central Live
presents Insomniac Tour. Michigan
Theater, 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor.
7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6. $32.50.
(734) 668-8396 or
www.michtheatre.org .

FAMILY FUN

Turtle Island - Inspired by the leg-
ends of native people of North
America. PuppetART-Detroit Puppet
Theater, 25 E. Grand River, Detroit.
2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 14, 21, 28.
$5 children, $7 adults, $8 puppetry
workshop after performance. (313)
961-7777 or www.puppetart.org .

are invited to a discussion with
author of When Pirates Came to
Brooklyn. Temple Israel, West
Bloomfield. 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, May
10. $5. (248) 661-5700.

HATNOT

Found: The Best Lost, Tossed and
Forgotten Items From Around the
World - Local author and
humorist Davy Rothbart speaks on
his fascination with the discarded
bits of people's lives. Ann Arbor
District Library, 343 Fifth, Ann
Arbor. 2 p.m. Sunday, May 8. (734)
327-4560.

Detroit Book Festival: Celebrating
Readers, Writers and Books -
New- and used-book sellers, publish-
ers, literacy groups, author lectures
and book signings, workshops, chil-
dren's programming, storytelling
venues, cooking demonstrations,
poetry readings, musical perform-
ances. Detroit Public Library, 5201
Woodward, Detroit. Wednesday-
Saturday, May 11-14.
www.ci.detroit.mi.us/culturalaffair/
currentinfo.htm.

Mavis Nicholson Leno - Planned
Parenthood of Southeast Michigan
hosts the chair of the Feminist
Majority Foundation's Campaign to
Stop Gender Apartheid in
Afghanistan at luncheon. Hilton
Detroit/Troy, 5500 Crooks, Troy.
Noon Wednesday, May 18. $75.
(248) 204-0703.

Picture Ann Arbor: Then and Now
- Local historian Grace Shackman
presents an illustrated lecture with
pictorial overview of key moments
in Ann Arbor history to kick off the
new Picture Ann Arbor service; the
library will gather pictures from the
community to capture the images
and create a digital collection of
everyday Ann Arbor life. Ann Arbor
District Library, 343 S. Fifth, Ann
Arbor. 7 p.m. Thursday, May 26.
(734) 327-4280 or www.aadl.org .

- Compiled by Bobbi Charnas

Phyllis Shalant - Third-8th graders

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