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CONGREGATIONAL CONCERTS
Four area congregations offer entertainment open to
the community on Sunday, May 22.
• At 1 p.m., Temple Israel and the Temple Players
present 25 Years ... And Still Childish!, a musical revue
celebrating the 25th anniversary of the temple's Early
Childhood Center. Aimed at anyone of any age who's
ever gone to nursery school or wants to — "from age
2-82" — the program features original lyrics by Jeff
London and a cast of 20 Temple Israel members who
sing and dance. The show, held at the temple in West
Bloomfield, is produced by Larry Miller and directed
by Rob Leider. Admission is free. Information: (248)
661-5750.
• At 2:30 p.m., The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
— The Circle of Jewish Culture hosts a benefit con-
cert, Celebrate Yiddish Outside the Box — Yiddichland
Meets Jazz Work a program featuring world renowned
Yiddish singer Adrienne Cooper, Canadian ja7z and
new music pianist Marilyn Lerner and jazz greats A.
Spencer Barefield and Dave Young. The Circle will
honor community activists Rich Feldman, Janice
Fialka and Arlene J. Frank with the Besere Velt ("Better
World") Award and will honor the memory of the late
Jack (Jake) Hurwitz and Mary Koretz. At a 1 p.m.
wine and hors d'oeuvres pre-concert reception, State
Sen. Gilda Jacobs will speak on "Social Justice, Politics
and Jewish Life"; an afterglow dessert reception follows
the concert. Celebrate Yiddish takes place at Roeper
Upper School, 1051 Oakland Ave., Birmingham. For
tickets, call (248) 545-0985 or e-mail
micirclel@aol.com .
MUSICAL jOURNEY
The Zamir Chorale of Metroplitan
Detroit presents a major musical event in its
• At 7 p.m., the Cultural Commission of
11-year-history 7 p.m. Sunday, May 22,
Congregation Beth Shalom presents a
when it performs From Bereshit to David a
"Concert of Friends," to benefit the "Circle
musical journey from Creation to the
of Friends," a group of immigrants from
Psalms.
the former Soviet Union that meets once a
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The centerpiece for the concert, directed
week at the Oak Park synagogue to
Arts Editor
by Benjamin Cohen, will be a setting of
strengthen their Jewish identity and learn
Aaron Copland's In the Beginning, per-
American and Jewish history and traditions,
formed jointly with the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Ann
as well as conversational English. The multi-lingual
Arbor. The concert also will feature Psalm settings
program brings together a number of talented per-
from Lewandowski, Carlebach, Avni, Osbourne and
formers from the former Soviet union: virtuoso balalai-
Detroit's own Cantor Shalom Kalib.
ka player Gennadiy Zut; vocalist Ida Kogan and her
The program takes place in Handelman Hall at the
accompanist Rose Morgan; vocalist Lyudmila
Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Lebedintseva and her accompanist Ernest Fastovskiy;
Admission is free.
and keyboardist Peter Levitin and Harry Hovakimian
For information, call (248) 543-1848.
of the duo Overtime. The concert takes place at the
synagogue, where a dessert reception follows the con-
cert. Tickets are $10 advance/$12 at the door/6 for
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$54. Information and tickets: (248) 547-7970.
Canadian-born singer Michael Buble broke into the
• At 7:30 p.m., Temple Israel hosts the final concert
music scene with his self-titled debut album in 2003.
in this season's Schmier Chapel Chamber Series, fea-
Since then, his unique blend of pop and jazz has pro-
turing Robert deMaine, principal cellist with the
pelled him to sold-out concerts and the top of the
Detroit Symphony orchestra, and pianist Pauline
charts. Its Time, released in early 2005, reached the
Martin, holder of a doctor of musical arts degree from
Top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart and took the No. 1
the University of Michigan and currently on the facul-
spot on the Billboard j077. Chart.
ty of Michigan State University. The concert takes
Accompanying Buble, when he performs 8 p.m.
place at the West Bloomfield temple, and admission is
Sunday, May 22, at Detroit's Masonic Temple Theatre,
free. Information and tickets: (248) 661-5700.
will be guitarist Randy Napoleon. A Jewish native of
Ann Arbor and a University of Michigan School of
nor Jazz
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MUSICAL NOTES
Jesse McCartney With Brie Larson
— Rock and pop. Royal Oak Music
Theatre, 318 W. Fourth, Royal Oak.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19. $32.
(248) 399-2980 or
ww-w. royaloakm us i cthe atre corn.
Three Fours — Detroit Symphony
Orchestra with conductor Mark
Wigglesworth presents symphonies
that span three centuries: Mozart,
Tippett, Brahms. Orchestra Hall,
3711 Woodward, Detroit. 8 p.m.
Thursday; 10:45, 8 p.m. Friday; 8:30
p.m. Saturday, May 19-21. $27-$114.
(313) 576-5111 or
www.detroitsymphony.corn.
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Engelbert Humperdinck — Four-
time Grammy nominee, 1988
Entertainer of the Year, rock and pop
star. Ford Community & Performing
Arts Center Theatre, 15801 Michigan,
Dearborn. 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 20.
$52-$59. (313) 943-2354 or
wvv-w. dearbornfordcenter. corn.
Brentano String Quartet — Chamber
Music Society of Detroit presents.
Seligman Performing Arts Center,
Detroit Country Day School, 22305
W 13 Mile, Beverly Hills. 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 21. $15. (248) 477-
3830.
Gino Vannelli — Grammy-nominat-
ed, Juno Award-winning jazz vocalist.
8 p.m. Saturday, May 21. $35-$60.
Music Hall Center for the Performing
Arts, 350 Madison, Detroit. (313)
963-2366.
Reba McEntire and Brad Paisley
With Terri Clark — "Habitat for
Humanity Tour" presents country
singers. DTE Energy Music Theatre,
7774 Sashabaw, Clarkston. 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 22. $27.50-$53.75.
(248) 645-6666 or
www palacenet. com .
The Roots With Floetry — Rap and
hip-hop. Royal Oak Music Theatre,
318 W. Fourth, Royal Oak. 8 p.m.
Monday, May 23. $17.50. (248) 399-
2980 or
www.royaloakmusictheatre.corn.
Patti Austin: For Ella — R&B and
jazz artist sings a tribute to Ella
Fitzgerald. Orchestra Hall, 3711
Woodward, Detroit. 8 p.m. Thursday,
8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 26-29. $20-$94. (313)
576-5111 or
www.detroitsymphony.corn.
Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance
— Traditional and modern Celtic
music and choreography. Wharton
Center for Performing Arts, Michigan
State University, East Lansing. 8 p.m.
Friday; 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Saturday, May
20-21. $25-$45. (800) 942-7866 or
www.whartoncenter.corn.
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