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ELVIS IN THE HOUSE

40 YEARS

Elvis tribute artists from across North America
will pay tribute to an American icon 5 p.m. to mid-
night Friday and noon-midnight Saturday, July 8-9,
during the sixth annual Michigan Elvisfest, at
Riverside Park in
Ypsilanti's Depot Town.
Other impersonators
scheduled to perform
include the Beatles, the
Blues Brothers, Pat s y
Cline, Gene Pitney, Ray
Charles and Buddy Holly.
A children's play area, an
Elvis-style wedding, Elvis
memorabilia and Memphis
barbecue round out the
Ypsilanti's Elvisfest,
fun.
July 8-9, will host a
In addition, more than
slew of Elvis imperson-
100 hot rods and classic
ators.
cars will be displayed
noon-6 p.m. July 9 during
the Elvis . Autorama hosted by America's Most
Wanted Car Club.
Admission is $10 Friday, $15 Saturday, ages 10
and under free; the Depot Town Association will
donateproceeds to charity. For more information,
go to ww-w.mielvisfest.org.

There are very few performing arts ven-
ues specializing in folk and roots music
that have survived, let alone thrived. The
Ark in Ann Arbor is one of them.
To celebrate what has become a national
institution's 40th anniversary is the 40-Year
Fling, a benefit concert series featuring
performers who are good friends of The
Ark; they got their start on The Ark Stage and went
on to bigger things.
The round-robin concerts, all beginning at 8 p.m.,
will feature the following performers:
• Wednesday, July 13: Nanci Griffith, Maura
O'Connell. John Gorka and the Chenille Sisters,
with opening act Matt Watroba;
• Thursday, July 14: Christine Lavin, Susan
Werner, Dar Williams and Cheryl Wheeler, with
opening act Jan Krist;
• Friday, July 15: Michael Cooney, John
McCutcheon and Tom Paxton;
• Saturday, July 16: Greg Brown, Mr. B and Garnet
Rogers;
• Sunday, July 17: Local Gone National Night, fea-
turing Mustard's Retreat, Catie Curtis, Don White
and Josh White Jr., with opening act RFD Boys.
Tickets are priced at $35 general admission and
$45 for reserved seats for Wednesday-Saturday.
Sunday tickets are $17.50 for general admission and

$22.50 for reserved seats. General admis-
sion series tickets are available for $140.
For more information, call The Ark hot-
line at (734) 761-1451 or go to
www.theark.org.
Note: At 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 18,
The Ark will hold the Invitational Open
Stage, a free event featuring former Ark
performers who have left the stage for*vari-
ous reasons. Interested artists should call
Dave Siglin at (734) 761-1800 to learn more.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Come for the day and stay during the evening
with paid Greenfield Village admission as metro
Detroit's premier history site kicks off Greenfield
Village Summer Evenings, running 5-9 p.m.
Saturdays, July 9-Aug. 20.
Grab a drink at the Guild Beer Hall, stroll
through the porches and parlors district, take a ride
in a Model T, shop at the stores and sit back and
enjoy a free concert from 7-9 p.m. on the Village
Green. Masters of Music Big Band performs this
weekend.
New this year, nationally renowned guest artisans
will make appearances in the Liberty Craftworks
district, selling their wares alongside the Village's
own award-winning artists.
Admission is $20 adults, $19 seniors and $14

ARTS • CALENDAR •

Summer Sings: University Musical Society's Choral
Union presents no-audition choral reading sessions
in which choral music lovers get to sing great choral
repertoire with special conductors and outstanding
soloists. 7-9:30 p.m. Mondays, July 11 and 18 and
Aug. 1; registration begins at 6:30 p.m. in
Auditorium 4 of the Modern Languages Building,
Thayer and Washington streets in Ann Arbor. $5.
www.ums.org .

Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth, Royal
Oak. (248) 399-2980 or vvww.royaloakmusicthe-
atre.corn.
Fantasia — 2004's American Idol performs in sup-
port of her platinum debut album, Free Yourself 8
p.m. Friday, July 8. $40-$52.50.
Dickey Betts and the Great Southern — Rock 'n'
roll with a founding member of the Allman
Brothers band. 8 p.m. Sunday, July 10. $27.

The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. (734) 761-1451
or www.theark.org.
Jerry Harmon — Appalachian guitarist and story-
teller. 8 p.m. Thursday, July 7. $13.50.
John Roberts and Tony Barrand — English folk
singers. 8 p.m. Friday, July 8. $17.50.
Top of the Park — Ann Arbor Summer Festival out-
door concert celebrating the Ark's 40th anniversary
and featuring Mr. Lawrence and his Play Money
Band; Gemini; Jeremy Kittel; Jo Serrapere and the
Willie Dunns; and Bigfoot Bob and the Toe Tappers.
5-11:15 p.m. Saturday, July 9. Free.

DTE Energy Music Theatre, 7774 Sashabaw,
Clarkston. (248) 645-6666 or www.palacenet.com .
Creedence Clearwater Revisted — Classic rock.
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, July 7-8. $32.50 pavil-
ion/$10 lawn.
Hank Williams Jr. wsg MuzikMafia — Country.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9. $36.50 pavilion/$20

lawn.
John Michael Montgomery — Country. 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 10. $32.50 pavilion/$10 lawn.
The Stylistics, The Delfonics and Cuba Gooding
Sr.. R&B. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. July 14. $34.50
pavilion/$10 lawn.

Jerome Duncan Ford Theatre, 14900 Metropolitan
Parkway, Sterling Heights. (248) 645-6666 or
www.palacenet.corn.
Elvis to the Max — Rock and roll tribute show.
7;30 p2m. Saturday, July 9. $18-$23 pavilion/$13
lawn.
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band — Country. 7:30
p.m. Thursiay, July 14. $38 pavilion/$28 lawn.

Meadow Brook Music Festival, 3554 Walton,
Oakland University, Rochester Hills. (248) 645-
6666 or www.palacenet.com .
Mark Knopfler — Rock. 8 p.m. Friday, July 8. $65
pavilion/ $20 lawn.

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