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tickets are $10 for six tickets. Comerica
Tastefest is a fund-raising event for
New Center Council Inc.; an online
auction is ongoing on the festival's Web
site. For more information, call (313)
927-3115 or go to
www comericatastefest. com.
GREEN SCENE
During the month of July, the
Franklin Arts Council brings back
"Music on the Green," a summer
music series running 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday evenings in Franklin.
The lineup includes the Beat Club
(the Fab Four are back!) on July 6;
the Paul Keller Orchestra (a Benny
Goodman show) on July 13; the Sun
Messengers (Motown and jazz) on
July 20; and Steve King and the
Dittlies (an oldies band) on July 27.
On July 6 and 27, there will be a tent
with free balloons, popcorn and a
prize drawing.
The concerts will take place on the
Franklin Village Green, located on
Franklin Road between 13 and 14
Mile roads.
Comerica Tastefest runs June 30-July 4
in Detroit's New Center.
ALL ACCORDION
The accordion, a musical instrument
often associated with klezmer sounds, is
regaining popularity and showing up in
the music of everyone from Paul Simon
and Tom Waits to the Rolling Stones
and They Might Be Giants.
The Motor City is revving up to wel-
come hundreds of accordionists and
accordion aficionados from all over the
world to attend the Annual Festival and
Competition sponsored by the
American Accordionists Association at
the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, run-
ning July 6-10.
The 2005 festival will spotlight a
kaleidoscope of noted accordionists per-
forming in musical idioms from jazz,
pop and polkas to rock, folk and world
music. Events include concerts, work-
shops, master classes and
• an array of
competitions.
At 7 p.m. Friday, July 8, Peter Soave
will premiere For Elsie, a John
Franceschina composition honoring
Elsie Bennett, who hails from Detroit's
Jewish community, on the occasion of
her 86th birthday. A longtime
Accordionists board member and chair
of the Composers Commission,
Bennett will attend the performance.
For more information on the festival
and competition, go to
www.ameraccord.com .
Tonight...
Enjoy
Mark Randisi
"The voice of
Frank Sinatra"
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Views on the Landscape — Group
show features works by four painters
who take distinctive approaches to the
landscape: Anne Fracassa, Charles Stroh,
Frank English, Helen Bevan.
Featured Artist Ken Graning — Oil
and gouache paintings and multi-layered
mixed media collages which incorporate
computer-generated transparencies with
painted and textured surfaces.
Summer Pack 1 — Ivin Ballen, Fabio
Fernandez, Jon Rajkovich. Susanne
Hilberry Gallery, 700 Livernois,
Ferndale. Through July 23; call for
gallery hours. (248) 541-4700 or
-www.susannehillberry gallery.com .
Dancing in Summer — Terpsichore's
Kitchen presents a showcase of modern
dance works by independent choreogra-
phers. Performance Network, 120 E.
Huron, Ann Arbor. 8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, July 7-10. $20,
$17 seniors. Pay-what-you-can preview
8 p.m. July 7, half-price student rush
tickets day of performance. (734) 663-
0681 or www.performancenetwork.org .
Reflections: The Mary Wilson
Supreme Legacy Collection — More
than 50 Supremes costumes and rare
memorabilia. Detroit Historical
Museum, 5401 Woodward, Detroit.
9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, July 1-Feb. 12, 2006. $5 adults,
$3 seniors and children ages 5-18, no
charge children 4 and under. (313) 833-
1805.
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Billy Rose
Band
Every Saturday
in July!
Starting at 8:00 pm
Just released by Docurama: $26.95.
(800) 314-8822 or wwwnewvideo.com .
The Children of Chabannes — Emmy
Award-winning World War II tale of
how people of a tiny village in unoccu-
pied France saved the lives of 400 Jewish
refugee children during the Holocaust.
Gray Matter — True-life mystery
recorded by director Joe Berlinger inves-
tigating Heinrich Gross, who allegedly
continued to experiment on the brains
of deceased children killed during the
Third Reich's reign.
— Compiled by Bobbi Charnas
Live Music
Friday & Saturday
Shuttle Service to all
Major Detroit Venues
(313) 832-1616
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