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I Check It Out!
ARTS 6' CULTURE
See works of 77 emerging artists
from Cranbrook Academy of Art's
"Graduate Degree Exhibition," through
May 9, at Museum of Contemporary
Art Detroit (MOCAD), 4454 Woodward,
Detroit 48201. www.mocadetroit.org or
832-6622.
Appreciate beautiful art glass created
by students and alumni from College
for Creative Studies in Detroit at
"State of the Glass," through May 12,
at Janice Charach Gallery, inside West
Bloomfield JCC. Hours:10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, noon-4 p.m.
Sunday. (248) 432-5579.
Peruse and perhaps purchase student
artwork at exhibition Friday, May
14, that inaugurates new A. Alfred
Taubman Center for Design Education
at College for Creative Studies, 201
E. Kirby in Detroit. $350 for preview
and private reception, 6:30-10 p.m.;
$50 to enter at 7; discount admission
for CCS alumni. (313) 664-7464 or
www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu .
Take a guided "Art Walk" on Wayne
State University campus in Detroit,
traveling by bus noon-3 p.m. Sunday,
May 16, from Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills
48334. David Flaisher co-chairs for
Brotherhood, and Harriet Dunsky for
Sisterhood. $15 check due by May 10
to synagogue. (248) 851-5100.
Visit "All Media Exhibition, a juried
exhibition of contemporary art by
52 artists from Michigan and Ontario,
through June 5, at Detroit Artists
Market, 4719 Woodward in Detroit
48201. www.detroitartistsmarket.org
or (313) 832-8540.
Explore images of the "European in
African Art, 1500-Present," special
exhibit through Aug. 8, at the Detroit
Institute of Arts. www.dia.org or (313)
833-7971.
CINEMA & STAGE
Hear music by Jule Styne and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim in Gypsy, popular
Broadway musical about an aspiring
show biz family, through May 22, at
Farmington Players Barn Playhouse,
32332 W.12 Mile in Farmington Hills.
$18 adult with discounts available,
including $2 off on Thursdays. Tickets/
schedule: www.farmingtonplayers.org
or (248) 553-2955.
Check out Alfred Molina and cameo
by Theodore Bikel in The Little Traitor,
through May 6 or possibly longer, at
Landmark Maple Art Theatre, 4135
W. Maple at Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Israeli film takes place
toward end of British rule in Palestine.
Tickets: www.landmarktheatres.com or
(248) 855-9091.
Let the sun shine in at community the-
ater production of Hair, the iconic '60s
rock musical, opening 8 p.m. Friday,
May 7, at Village Players Playhouse,
34660 Woodward in Birmingham.
Tribe members include director Deb
Dworkin of Clawson and actress Leora
Ben-Ze'ev of Berkley. $17. Call or check
website for show times, through May
24. www.birminghamvillageplayers.
com or (248) 644-2075.
Learn the realities of urban education
in Loren Goldenberg's documentary,
Our School, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at
Burton Theater, 3420 Cass in Detroit
48201. Tickets: (313) 473-9238.
Applaud Hilberry Theatre Company
graduate students in rotating produc-
tions of Good (through May 7), a
drama set in Germany prior to World
War II, and Beaux Strategem (through
May 15), a comedy from 1707, at
Hilberry, 4742 Cass on Wayne State
University campus in Detroit. Schedule
includes 8 p.m. evenings and 2 p.m.
Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
$25-$35. Palmer Park moves here
from the JET in West Bloomfield for
performances May 21-29. Schedule/
tickets: www.wsushows.com or (313)
577-2972.
• Bus tour/transportation: Let Linda
Yellin's Feet on the Street Tours take
you to noon matinee on Saturday,
May 22. Departs 11 a.m. from north-
west corner of 12 Mile and Orchard
Lake Road, near Einstein's Bagels, in
Farmington Hills. $40 Includes tour of
Palmer Park and symposium, "Detroit
Then and Now," with community
leaders participating. Tickets: www.
FeetOnTheStreetTours.com or (248)
353-8687.
Watch video Radio Priest, about anti-
Semitic Father Charles Coughlin of
Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal
Oak, 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May
8-9, at Detroit Historical Museum,
5401 Woodward. Emery King, formerly
of TV station WDIV, narrates. Free with
museum admission. (313) 833-1805 or
www.detroithistorical.org .
Take a chance on the Tony Award-
winning musical, Spring Awakening,
through May 9, at the Fisher Theatre,
3011 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit. Show
concerned with the sexual repression
of adolescents living in 1890s Germany
contains graphic sexuality. Performed
nightly at 8 through Saturday; 2 p.m.
weekends. Purchase tickets ($24-$79):
www.broadwayindetroit.com or (313)
872-1000.
Discover why Breaking Up is Hard
to Do, featuring Neil Sedaka's songs,
through May 16, at Meadow Brook
Theatre, 207 Wilson Hall in Rochester.
Classic cars outside theater 6:30-7:30
p.m. Fridays. Schedule/tickets: www.
mbtheatre.com or (248) 377-3300.
• Attend a Cabaret Benefit for the
theater 9 p.m. Saturday, May 8. Free;
donations appreciated.
Purr for Cats on stage at eight
performances, May 18-23, at the
Fisher Theatre, 3011 W. Grand Blvd. in
Detroit. With music by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, the show won seven 1983
Tony Awards. Members of the tribe
are actor Aubrey Elson and company
manger Paul David. Schedule/tickets:
www.broadwayindetroit.com or (313)
872-1000.
COMEDY & MUSIC
Welcome Detroit Symphony Orchestra
string trio at Detroit Chamber Winds
and Strings concert 8:30 p.m. Friday,
May 7, at Hagopian World of Rugs,
8590 S. Old Woodward in Birmingham.
Refreshments served at 8. Purchase
tickets ($20, $10 for students): www.
detroitchamberwinds.org or (248)
559-2095.
Hear choral favorites of Farmington
Civic Chorus at "String of Pearls"
concert 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
May 7-8, at Seligman Performing Arts
Center of Detroit Country Day High
School, 22305 W.13 Mile in Beverly
Hills 48025. Tickets: $15 at door; $12
advance at Costick Activities Center in
Farmington Hills. www.farmingtoncho-
rus.com .
Enjoy live music at Kerrytown
Concert House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann
Arbor: Upcoming is Umculo for Africa,
8 p.m. Saturday, May 8; jazz vocalist
Tessa Souter, 8 p.m. Saturday, May
15. Tickets: www.kerrytownconcert -
house.com or (734) 769-2999.
Thrill to arias sung by Russian-born
mezzo soprano Irina Mishura at
Tuesday Musicale of Detroit concert.
8 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at First
Presbyterian Church of Birmingham,
1669 W. Maple. Tickets start at $35.
(313) 882-7775.
Take in a concert at Max Fisher Music
Center, 3711 Woodward in Detroit.
Tickets: www.detroitsymphony.com or
(313) 576-5111:
• Jazz Series: Witness performance
by Michel Camilo Trio, spiced with
Caribbean rhythms, improvisation and
Latin flare, 7 p.m. Friday, May 7. Civic
Jazz Live! featuring the DSO's Civic
Jazz Orchestra precedes trio at 6:30
p.m. in the Music Box.
•All Mozart: Listen to violin soloist
Henning Kraggerud of Norway with
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Thursday through Saturday, May 13-
15. Schedule: 8 p.m. Thursday, 10:45
a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Living Color
Admire colorful pencil drawings inspired by travels of Diane Zogut, artist of
the month for May, at Birmingham Community House, 380 S. Bates. Runs
through May 31. (248) 644-5482.
Catch mellow singer Ben Sharkey,
whose style is R&B meets jazz, 9:30
p.m. Thursday, May 13, at Cliff Bell's,
2030 Park in Detroit 48226. $10. (313)
961-2543.
Enjoy an intimate Full Circle
Performance Series concert 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 15, at St. Dunstan's
Theatre Guild of Cranbrook, 400 Lone
Pine, between Cranbrook and Lahser,
in Bloomfield Hills. Twin bill offers
acoustic soul performer Blaise Glander
and singer-songwriter Alan Sturt, who
plays unusual instruments. $10, avail-
able at door or call (248) 737-3587.
Sample the Puccini classic Tosca, sung
in Italian with English subtitles, open-
ing 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at
Detroit Opera House,1426 Broadway.
Plot offers romance, suspense and
political intrigue. Additional perfor-
mances 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19,
and Friday and Saturday, May 21-22;
2 p.m. Sunday, May 23. Tickets ($29-
$121) at www.michiganopera.com or
(313) 237-7464.
Don't miss season's final Vivace Music
Series concert including afterglow 1
p.m. Sunday, May 16, at Birmingham
Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile in Farmington
Hills. Featured are Detroit Symphony
Orchestra Concertmaster Emmanuelle
Boisvert, DSO principal horn player
Karl Pituch, assistant concertmaster
Hai-Xin Wu and pianist Zuihua Tang.
$23, $20 seniors/students, group rate
available. www.vivaceseries.org or
Joyce Cheresh: (248) 788-9338.
Help Lathrup Village-based Sholem
Aleichem Institute celebrate 150th
birthday of Sholem Aleichem at
Yiddish-English cultural program
1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16, at West
Bloomfield JCC. Shirley Benyas and
Bill Premin will present songs and
readings as well as short scenes
derived from works by the birthday
boy. Free. (248) 423-4406.
Find entertainment at Ark
Coffeehouse, 316 S. Main in Ann Arbor
48104. www.theark.org or (734) 761-
1800:
• Natalia Zukerman: Eclectic singer-
songwriter on slide guitar appears
with opening act Zoe Lewis 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 16. Natalia's parents
are classical musicians Eugenia and
Pinchas Zukerman. $15.
• Dan Bern: Folk singer-songwriter,
called a "modern musical Lenny Bruce,
performs 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 18. $15.
Watch J. Geils front man Peter Wolf up
close and personal 7:30 p.m. Monday,
May 17, at St. Andrew's Hall, 431 E.
Congress in Detroit. $35; purchase at
Livenation.com or (313) 961-8137.
Enter the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra's fifth annual Elaine
Lebenbom Memorial Competition for
Female Composers, an international
competition open to living female
composers of any age or national-
ity. Winner gets $10,000 prize and
opportunity to have her original work
premiered in the symphony's Classical
Subscription Series. Submission
deadline: July 1. Questions to
Erik Ronmark: eronmark®dso.org .
Download application; www.detroit-
symphony.com/lebenbom.
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