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Sunday, May 13. Grammy-
nominated keyboardist
Jeff Lorber helped pioneer
fusion jazz, which com-
bines elements of funk,
R&B, rock and electric jazz.
Free parking; Henry's
Cafe will be open. Info:
(248) 325-1000; zonjic.
com.

The Detroit
Symphony
Orchestra's clas-
sical season ends
Gail Z immerman
with Leonard
Ar is Editor
Slatkin conduct-
ing four sym-
phonic blockbusters — Ravel's La
Valse, Cindy McTee's Balltt for Orchestra, ON THE STAGE
John Williams' Cello Concerto and
Respighi's The Pines of Rome — 7:30
Stagecrafters presents a provocative
p.m. Thursday, 10:45 a.m. Friday and 8
exploration of social class, community
p.m. Saturday, May 17-19, at Detroit's
and race with Joanna McClelland Glass'
Orchestra Hall. Tickets start at $15.
drama Palmer Park, which paints a
(313) 576-5111; detroitsymphony.com .
complex portrait of a Detroit neigh-
(Joining together, Slatkin and Kid Rock
borhood in 1968 and runs May 11-20
are hoping to raise $1 million for the
at the Baldwin Theatre on the 2nd
DSO from an 8 p.m. Saturday, May 12,
Stage in downtown Royal Oak. Post-
concert at the Fox Theatre; $100-$1,500; show talkbacks are May 12 (Freep
313-983-6000.)
writer John Gallagher) and May 19 (Nat
Birmingham Temple's Vivace Series
Pernick, Detroit College Promise CEO).
presents An Evening of Clarinet, Viola, $14. (248) 541-6430; stagecrafters.org.
Voice and Piano, with clarinetist Ivan
The Village Players of Birmingham
Ivanov, violist Glenn Mellow, soprano
presents the musical The Secret Garden,
Edith Diggory and pianist Angelina
based on the classic children's book and
Pashmakova, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May
with music by Lucy Simon (sister of
20, at the temple in Farmington Hills.
Carly), May 11-27. $19. (248) 644-2075;
$20-$23. (248) 788-9338 or (248) 661-
birminghamvillageplayers.com .
1348; vivaceseries.org.
Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre mounts
a production of The Divine Sister, an
POP / ROCK / JAZZ / FOLK "outrageous comic homage to nearly
every Hollywood film involving nuns;' by
In the Michael Feinstein Great
Jewish playwright Charles Busch (Tale
American Songbook Competition,
of the Allergist's Wife), May 11-June 4.
regional high school vocalists perform
$10-$20. Show times and tickets: (248)
songs from Broadway and Hollywood
545-5545; theringwald.com .
musicals and the Tin Pan Alley era
SRO Productions presents its final
to win one of 10 spots to sing in New
play, A Little Work, a new comedy by
York City with the renowned singer-
Anita Diamant (The Red Tent) and
songwriter. 7 p.m. Saturday, May
Stephen McCauley about the pleasures
12, at Kerrytown Concert House in
and pitfalls of marriage, friendship
Ann Arbor. $10-$30; reservations
and facing 50, through May 20 at
recommended. (734) 769-2999;
Southfield's Burgh Historical Park. $12.
kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
(248) 796-4645; srotheater.org.
Mayer Hawthorne and the County
brings its blue-eyed soul to the stage of
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
the Majestic Theatre in Detroit at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15. Born Drew Mayer
The Metro Detroit Book & Author
Cohen on Hawthorne Street in Ann
Society's spring book luncheon takes
Arbor, the musician just won a Detroit
place at noon (book sales begin at 11
Music Award for Best National Single
a.m.) Monday, May 21, at Burton Manor
for "The Walk." $25. (313) 833-9700;
in Livonia and features journalist Dan
majesticdetroit.com.
Rather, with his new memoir, Rather
The sixth annual Jazzalot: Music for Outspoken: My Life in the News; Love,
the Soul, a benefit for cancer featuring
Loss, and What I Wore co-playwright
George Benson, the Cliff Monear Trio
(with sister Nora) Delia Ephron with
and others, will be performed 7:30 p.m. her new novel, The Lion Is In; founder
Tuesday, May 22, at Temple Israel in
of the New York Times' "New Old Age"
West Bloomfield. $30 (tax deductible);
blog Jane Gross, with her new mem-
cash or che'ck only; available at the door oir, A Bittersweet Season: Caring for
or send for prepaid tickets (info: 248-
Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves;
661-6344; jazzconcert.lfm@gmail.com ). and fiction writer Ann Packer, with
Alexander Zonjic and his band, along her new book, Swim Back to Me, made
with Jeff Lorber and Thornetta Davis,
up of a novella and five short stories.
will perform a free Mother's Day
$30. Tickets: bookandauthor.info.
Concert for the public in the Ravitz
Foundation Main Atrium of Henry
Email items for Out & About to
Ford West Bloomfield Hospital at 2 p.m. gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com .

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