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POP / ROCK /
JAZZ / FOLK
$25-$40. (734) 433-7673;
purplerosetheatre.org .
The Tipping Point Theatre
stages The Love List, a
Eastern University
comedy by Norm Foster,
undergrad vocal-
Canada's most produced
ists in all styles —
playwright, about a stat-
classical, jazz and
Gail Z immerman
istician who creates a list
pop — compete
A r is Editor
of the 10 ideal traits in a
in the Manilow
woman but changes them
Competition, a
as his fantasy woman appears, leading to
scholarship competition funded by pop
trouble, through Feb.19. 361 E. Cady St.,
singer Barry Manilow, 3 p.m. Friday,
Northville. $28-$30. (248) 347-0003;
Jan. 27, at EMU Alexander Recital Hall,
tippingpointtheatre.com .
Lowell at E. Circle Drive, Ypsilanti. Free.
Macomb Center for the Performing
(734) 487-2255. (Manilow performs at
Arts hosts a production of Fiddler on
Detroit's Fox Theatre on Friday, March 9;
the Roof at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
tickets: $24.99-$144.99, (800) 745-3000
28. $47-$52; $5 discount for seniors and
or ticketmaster.com.)
students. (586) 286-2222;
Performing since the 1970s, rockabilly
www.macombcentencom
musician Robert Gordon, who grew
The ninth stage production from
up in a Jewish family in Bethesda, Md.,
Montreal's acclaimed circus act/street
and decided to pursue a career in music
entertainment theater company, Cirque
when at age 9 he heard Elvis Presley
du Soleil: Quidam, about a magical
sing "Heartbreak Hotel" on the radio,
world dreamed up by a bored young girl,
takes the stage, accompanied by guitar-
alienated and ignored by her parents, will
ist Chris Spedding, Friday, Jan. 27, at
be performed at Detroit's Fox Theatre at
the Magic Bag. Doors at 8 p.m. 22920
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Woodward, Ferndale. $20. (248) 544-
Friday and Saturday and 1 and 5 p.m.
3030; themagicbag.com .
Sunday, Feb. 2-5. $35-$100. 800-745-
A two-night fundraiser for the Ark
3000; www.olympiaentertainment.com .
in Ann Arbor, the 35th annual Ann
Arbor Folk Festival, emceed by
THE ART SCENE
comic Heywood Banks and featuring a
myriad of performers, starts at 6:30 p.m.
The David Klein Gallery hosts Post-
Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28, at Hill
Auditorium in Ann Arbor. $35-$47.50 for War American Art, with works by
Jewish artists including Larry Rivers,
one night/$60-$85 for two nights. For a
complete lineup of performers and ticket Michael Goldberg, Alex Katz and
Joel Shapiro, through March 10.
availability, go to (734) 763-TKTS or
Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
www.mutotix.com .
Monday-Saturday. 163 Townsend St.,
Rocker Lenny Kravitz (son of an
Birmingham. (248) 433-3700; www.
African American mother and a Jewish
dkgallery.com.
father), with special guest Raphael
Saadiq, takes the stage at the Fillmore
WHATNOT
Detroit on Monday, Jan. 30. All-ages con-
cert; doors at 6:30 p.m. 2115 Woodward,
next to the Fox. $25-$75. www.livenation. Find bargains (clearance up to 70 per-
cent off) on home furnishings, acces-
corn.
sories and more at the Sample Sale @
The newly released Chimes of
Michigan
Design Center, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan
Friday
and
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty
27-28.
A
portion
of the $5 admission
International is a four-disc CD of 73
benefits
Coalition
on Temporary Shelter.
tracks (76 tracks available via individual
1700
Stutz
Drive,
Ste.
25, Troy. (248)
digital download and a bundled digital
649-4772; www.michigandesign.com .
album) featuring artists ranging from
Discover the latest trends in baths,
Miley Cyrus (age 19) to Pete Seeger
kitchens, windows, remodeling and
(age 92). In addition, a two-disc CD set
more at the Novi Home Improvement
of Chimes of Freedom with 31 tracks is
available at Starbucks. For more informa- Show, 2-9 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.- 9 p.m.
Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday,
tion, go to http://music.amnestyusa.org .
Jan. 27-29, at Suburban Collection
Showplace, 46199 Grand River, Novi.
ON THE STAGE
$7-$8/12 and under free.
www.novihomeshow.com .
The Purple Rose Theatre Company
presents A Stone Carver by William
Please email items you wish to
Mastrosimone, about a retired stone-
have considered for Out & About to
mason evicted from his home for a new
Gail Zimmerman at gzimmerman@
highway who refuses to leave and the
thejewishnews.com . Notice is requested
son who must persuade him to let go,
through March 10. 137 Park St., Chelsea. three weeks before the scheduled event.
THEATRE
DAVID MAMET
PRESENTS
CHRISTOPHER BREMER
Pulitzer Prize Award-winning playwright and Tony nominee David Mamet tackles the biggest
four-letter word of all... RACE! Two lawyers find themselves defending a wealthy entrepreneur
against the charges of rape. Complete with a bad-faith twist and a sustained surge of words
rushing towards collision, it is guaranteed to let you know that this is a Mamet masterpiece.
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JET PERFORMS IN THE AARON DEROY THEATRE IN JCC - CORNER OF MAPLE & DRAKE ROADS IN WEST BLOOMFIELD
PLEASE BE ADVISED: This play contains provocative language and racial and sexual references.
As with all of our JET produced shows, ttcket exchanges are welcome prior to your performance date.
WEDNESDAY
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2/15 - 2:00 P.M.
THURSDAY
1/26 - 7:30 P.M.
2/2 - 7:30 P.M.
2/9 - 7:30 P.M.
2116 - 7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY
1/28 - 5:00 P.M.
2/4 - 5:00 P.M.
2/11 - 5:00 P.M.
2118 - 5:00 P.M.
SUNDAY
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2119 - 2:00 P.M.
2118 - 8:30 P.M.
SUNDAY
1/29 - 6:30 P.M.
2/5 - 6:30 P.M.
2/12 - 6:30 P.M.
2119 - 6:30 P.M.
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