Best Bets 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 GAIL ZIM MERMAN 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 BLEND $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 ARTS • CALENDAR • 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. 5/19 2005 92 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. FYI: For Arts and Life related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item, with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number, to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax us at (248) 304-8885; or e-mail to gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be retumed. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.