Arts & Entertainment

Orchard Lake Art

Ed Cherniak's photos of Detroit area landmarks
will be part of the Orchard Lake Fine Art Show,
running Saturday
and Sunday, Aug.
6-7, on the
Orchard Lake St.
Mary's campus,
located on
Orchard Lake
Road at
Commerce.
Hours are 10
a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday and 11
a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday.
Admission is free. Ed Cherniak's "Spirit of Detroit"
An Artist Preview
Party runs 6-9:30
p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, and includes complimentary
food and entertainment; the cost is $25 per person.
Cherniak, who will feature black and white
images of familiar sites, such as the entrance to
Comerica Park, the marquis at the Fox Theatre and
the Joe Louis fist statue in downtown Detroit, will
be among 150 artists whose works include paint-
ings, ceramics and sculpture. A specially built land-
scape display, demonstrations and food round out
the event.
Cherniak, a West Bloomfield attorney who uses

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infrared film for a grainy effect in his
work, had been a photo hobbyist for 30
years before becoming a photo artist just
a few years ago. "My interest in photogra-
phy kept growing," says Cherniak. "I read
books, took classes and set up a studio
and dark room in my home."
For information, go to
www.HotWorks.org ; to purchase preview
party tickets, go to www.TicketWeb.com .

Brass Tacks features Ann Arborites direc-
tor James Ingagiola, Anne S. Rhodes and
Elif Celebi Wisecup.
Tickets are $10 general admission/$5
student. Reservations: (734) 769-2999 or
www.kerrytownconcertho use. com .

GAIL ZININIERMAN

Arts Editor

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Last year at Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert
House, the Brass Tacks Ensemble highlighted 10 of
Shakespeare's tragedies in The Shakespeare Variations
I. In a return visit to
Kerrytown, with shows 8
p.m. Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, Aug. 4-6,
the troupe will tackle 10
of the playwright's come-
dies, in The Shakespeare
Variations H.
The ensemble's sketch-
es include a little bit of
everything — comedy,
drama, music, parody,
satire, adaptations, pre-
quels, sequels and what-
if's — just like the works
The Brass Tacks Ensemble
of the Bard himself.

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ARTS • CALENDAR •

The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor.
(734) 761-1451 or wwwtheark.org .
The Bluehouse — Folk-pop by the all-
female trio from Australia. 8 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 5. $15.
Ashley Madsaac — Celtic music. 7:30
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. $17.50.
Tannahill Weavers — Scottish music. 8
p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. $17.50.
Annie Capps — Folk music. 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 10. $11.
Danu — Irish music. 8 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 11.

Meadow Brook Music Festival, 3554
Walton, Oakland University, Rochester
Hills. (248) 645-6666 or
www.palacenet.com.

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Tchaikovsky Spectacular With
Fireworks — Includes violin concertos
and the 1812 Overture. 8 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 5. $15-$40.
Classical Mystery Tour — A Tribute
to the Beatles — 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 7. $15-$40.
Chris Isaak — Adult contemporary
with special guest Aslyn. 8 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 11. $20-$40.

Jerome Duncan Ford Theatre, 14900
Metropolitan Parkway, Sterling Heights.
(248) 645-6666 or www.palacenet.com .
Travis Tritt — Country. 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 5. $21-$48.
Rock Never Stops — Rock with
Cinderella, Ram Quiet Riot and
FireHouse. 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6.
$28-$48.

1964 ... The Tribute: A Salute to the
Beatles — 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
11. $13-$23.

Loggins & Messina — Seventies duo
in concert for the first time in nearly 30
years. Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward,
Detroit. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7.
$45-$75. (313) 471-3200 or www.tick-
etmaster.com .

Gemini — Brothers San and Laz
Slomovits invite the audience to sing
along in an outdoor concert featuring a
stage full of instruments. Rothstein
Park, Oak Park. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 9. Free.(248) 691-7555.

Journey — Classic rock. DTE Energy
Music Theatre, 7774 Sashabaw,

Clarkston. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12.
$23-$46.50. (248) 645-6666 or
www.palacenet.com .

Monte Nagler Photography —
University of Michigan Museum of
Art, 525 S. State, Ann Arbor. 10 a.m.-
5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.- 9
p.m. Thursday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday,
through Sept. 11. (734) 764-0395 or
www.umma.umich.edu.

Johnny Ginger and Mary Welch —
Two Detroit television stars entertain.

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