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program will be held in Auditorium 4 of
the Modern Languages Building, on the
corner of Thayer and Washington streets,
in Ann Arbor. Parking is available in the
Thayer structure for $4. For more infor-
mation, go to www.ums.org.
Humphrey Bogart.
The Jewish actress, born Betty Joan
Now in its 12th season, the University Musical
Persky in New York, began a modeling
Society's "Summer Sings" is a series of popular
career and was discovered by the wife of
choral reading sessions which allows choral music
famed director Howard Hawks in an
lovers the opportunity to sing great choral repertoire
issue of Harper's Bazaar. Hawks hired her
with special conductors and outstanding soloists.
to
play "Slim" opposite Bogart in To
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Over the past 11 years, the no-audition, no-per-
Have,
in which she was required to sing
Arts Editor
formance evenings of music making have welcomed
BACALL IS BACK
in some scenes. Though Andy Williams
more than 200 singers from southeast Michigan,
had been hired to dub her voice, it was
Lauren Bacall, who made moviegoers
northern Ohio and Canada at a cost
her own singing that remained in the film, setting
sit up and take notice with her
of only $5 a session — to cover the
the stage for her later triumphs in the Broadway
very first role in To Have and
cost of musical scores and refresh-
musicals Applause and Woman of the Year.
Have Not and has maintained
ments.
The 81-year-old actress has no less than four films
a screen career through more
The season, closes 7-9:30 p.m.
out
this year — Manderlay, These Foolish Things,
than 60 years, will join net-
Monday, Aug. 1, with a choral read-
Firedog
and Hayao Miyazaki's animated feature
work host Robert Osborne for
ing of Jewish composer Ernest
Howl's
Moving
Castle, to which she lends her
the latest installment of Turner
Bloch's Sacred Service (Avodath
famous voice. She also recently released an updated
Classic Movies Private
Hakodesh), an extensive choral and
version of her autobiography, By Myself ... And Then
Screenings interview series 8
orchestral setting of the synagogue
Some.
p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, with an
Shabbat morning service, conducted
For more information, check your local TV list-
encore presentation at 11 p.m.
by Bradley Bloom.
ings
or go to www.turnerclassicmovies.com .
The special will be accompa-
Professor Bloom is music director
nied by a full day of 10 films
of the Flint Festival Chorus and
featuring Bacall, as well as
Associate Dean for Administrative
AT THE ARK
Bacall on Bogart, a 1988 doc-
Affairs at the University of Michigan
umentary featuring Bacall's
The Ark in Ann Arbor brings back some
School of Music.
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall reflections on her husband
favorites
this week, starting with the irreverent
Registration is at 6:30 p.m. The
in "To Have and Have Not"
and frequent co-star
folk artist — and bald-headed wonder — Robbie
VOICES IN BLOOM
ARTS • CALENDAR •
An Evening of Schubert — Louis Nagel on piano.
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann
Arbor. 8 p.m. Saturday, July 30. $10-$25, $5 students.
(734) 769-2999 or www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
Marcus Belgrave & Charlie Gabriel — New Orleans-
style jazz at Burgh Park Gazebo Concert Series. Burgh
Historical Park, Civic Center and Berg roads,
Southfield. 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3. No
charge. (248) 796-2120.
Vince Welnick and Friends — Tribute to Jerry Garcia
of the Grateful Dead. Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318
W. Fourth, Royal Oak. 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. $15.
(248) 399-2980 or www.royaloakmusictheatre.com.
American Idols Live! — Top ten contestants perform.
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit. 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4.
$38-$48. (248) 645-6666 or www.Ticketmaster.com .
DTE Energy Music Theatre, 7774 Sashabaw,
7/28
2005
30
Clarkston. (248) 645-6666 or www.palacenet.com .
Montgomery Gentry — Country-singing Kentucky
duo appears with Bobby Pinson. 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Flavors — The American Jewish Committee,
July 28. $18.50-$35.50.
Metropolitan
Detroit Chapter and the Indian
Hootie & the Blowfish — Pop-rock. 7:30 p.m.
American community sponsor special screening of a
Sunday, July 31. $15.50-$34.50.
3 Doors Down — Modern rock "Seventeen Days
. comedy on the Indian American acculturation
theme. Maple Art Theatre, 4135 W Maple,
Tour" also includes Staind, Breaking Benjamin and
Bloomfield Hills. 6 p.m. Sunday, July 31. $5; pur-
No Address. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. $22.50-$48.50.
chase through theater box office. (248) Sharona
Backstreet Boys — Pop. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
Shapiro. 646-7686.
3. $49.50-$59.50.
Ozzfest — Rock. 10 a.m. Thursday. Aug. 4. $50-$90.
Jerome Duncan Ford Theatre, 14900 Metropolitan
Parkway, Sterling Heights. (248) 645-6666 or
wwwpalacenet.com .
Hootie & the Blowfish — Pop-rock with special
guest Ingram Hill. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30. $18-
$48.
Donna Summer — R&B. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 31.
$23-$48.
Huey Lewis & the News — Rock, with special guest
Paul Thorn. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3. $28-$48.
Elayne Gross Photography — "The Art of
Celebration: Black and White Wedding Photography"
features the photographer's fine art images from her
first decade documenting weddings in and around the
Detroit area. The Art Exchange Gallery/Museum,
2966 Woodward, Detroit. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-
Tuesday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday,
through Sept. 6; opening reception: 2-5 p.m. Sunday,
July 31. (313) 831-2644.
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