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David DiChlera, General Director

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Museum of Art was chosen as the first
venue for the exhibition "Inge Morath
and Arthur Miller: China," a collection
of previously unpublished photo-
graphs by Morath (with excerpts from
both her and Miller's journals), which
reflect Morath's empathy for China's
people and culture and her desire to
understand what Miller called China's
"contradiction": the ongoing struggle
of new traditions in conflict with
ancient ones. The words and images of
Miller and Morath enrich the viewer's
perspective of what has grown to be a
vitally important global power.
The exhibit runs through March
23 at the UMMA's temporary exhibi-
tion site (while the museum is being
restored and expanded) at 1301 South
University (at South Forest) in Ann
Arbor. Tours of the exhibit will be
given 7 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 31 and
Feb. 14 and 28, and 2 p.m. Sundays,
Jan. 20 and 27 and Feb. 3 and 17.
Admission is free. (734) 763-UMMA
or www.umma.umich.edu .

All Barbie

Ruth Handler, a Jewish co-founder
of the Mattel toy company, whose own
daughter was called Barbara, invented
the Barbie doll in 1959 and introduced
it to the world at the American Toy

the Letterman show.
He added: "And if
you know history,
many of the 'three-
name' people do
become assassins."
Jessica
Well, Ms. Lapine
Seinfeld
came back last
week with a lawsuit
charging plagiarism and defama-
tion of character. If I were Jerry,
I'd take a few million in "chump
change" from my bulging bank
account and pay off Ms. Lapine on
the condition that I could continue
to make fun of her. Side benefit for
Jerry: not sitting in a deposition
being asked exactly what he meant
by the word "wacko."

Another Tuesdays?
Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff

Zaslow, a West Bloomfield resi-

Fair in New York City. Despite some
initial controversy about Barbie's fig-
ure, the doll, intended to be a teenage
fashion doll, became a favorite for
girls.
Over the decades, Barbie's many
fashions chronicled the styles of the
day. Many of the costumes represented
well over 100 professions — scientist,
medical doctor, veterinarian, nurse,
police officer and businesswoman
among them.
The dolls, representing more than
just toys, grew to give girls a chance
to dream about futures with endless
possibilities.
The Birmingham Historical
Museum and Park (located at the
intersection of Maple and Southfield)
will feature the exhibit "Barbie: Dolls
Empowering Generations of Girls" Jan.
19-April 19, presenting the social his-
tory of Barbie as well as loads of trivia
about the doll.
Area collector Helen Mamalakis
shares her collection for the exhibit,
including one of the earliest Barbies
from 1961.
Museum hours are Wednesdays-
Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. Admission
is $2 for adults and $1 for seniors,
students and Birmingham Historical
Society members. (248) 642-2817 or
www.ci.birmingham.mi.us .

"Better than ever!"

— The New York Times

JUDITH JAMISON

January 31 February 3, 2008

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Masazumi Chaya

at the Oetrifit Opera Nye

ASSOCIATE
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Thursday, January 31, at 7:30PM
Friday, February 1. at 8:00PM
Saturday, February 2. at 2:00PM
Saturday, February 2. at 8:00PM
Sunday. February 3, at 2:00PM

Call 313-237-SING
www.michiganopera.org
Group Sales: 313-237-3403

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dent who is married to local Fox-2
news anchor Sherry Margolis,
has signed a $6.7 million dollar
contract for his new book, The
Last Lecture. The book will be
co-written with Carnegie Mellon
University computer science pro-
fessor Randy Pausch, 47. Lecture
is being talked about as "another
Tuesdays with Morrie," the hit non-
fiction book by Detroit Free Press
writer Mitch Albom.
Pausch, who is suffering from
pancreatic cancer, gave a witty
and heartfelt talk last September
to students and colleagues, calling
it his "last lecture." Zaslow's news-
paper article about the lecture
created a stampede of publicity,
and the speech became a YouTube
sensation. Since the article,
Pausch has appeared on virtually
every major talk show. ❑

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