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Recently out with a
The master of his
video titled HYFR,
domain — standup,
which begins with
Jerry Seinfeld takes the
a few seconds
stage 7 p.m. Thursday,
Gail Zimmerman
from his 1999 bar
May 31, at the Wharton
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mitzvah, hip-hop
Center in East Lansing.
artist Drake brings
$45-$75. (517) 432-2000;
the "Club Paradise Tour;' in support
whartoncenter.com .
of his album Take Care and with
special guests J. Cole, Waka Flocka
FAMILY FUN
Flame, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz and French
Montana, to DTE Energy Music Theatre Kick off the summer season at the 49th
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 30. $59.75-
annual Birmingham Village Fair, with
$109.75 pavilion/$35.75 lawn. (800)
entertainment, carnival rides, games
745-3000; palacenet.com .
and food, May 31–June 3. More info:
The touring concert show The
(248) 644-1799; enjoybirmingham.
Queen Extravaganza celebrates the
com.
iconic British band's music and legacy
as performed by new music talent
THE ART SCENE
(recently seen on American Idol)
under the musical direction of original
A major overview of work by acclaimed
Queen drummer Roger Taylor. It comes Russian-born Jewish American painter
to Detroit's Fox Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
Jules Olitski comes to the Toledo
Thursday, May 31. $15-$30. (800) 745-
Museum of Art May 31-Aug. 26.
3000; olympiaentertainment.com.
Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules
Olitski brings together more than 30
FESTIVALS
significant paintings from public and
private collections highlighting impor-
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival
tant periods and themes of Olitski's
kicks off 8 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Ann
career. Admission is free. (800) 644-
Arbor's Hill Auditorium with Grammy
6862; toledomuseum.org.
winner songstress Bonnie Raitt; open-
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
ing act is singer-songwriter Marc
presents Post-Industrial Complex /
Cohn, whose new CD, Listening Booth:
Vertical Urban Factory through July 29.
1970, covers classic songs from the title "Post-Industrial Complex" is a survey,
year. $35.50-$65.50. (734) 764-2538; for group exhibition and sourcebook that
a full schedule of festival performances, explores the ingenuity and adaptivity
go to a2sf.org.
of human-scale production at the heart
Movement: Detroit Electronic
of Detroit. "Vertical Urban Factory'
Music Festival returns to Hart Plaza in curated by architectural historian and
Detroit Saturday-Monday, May 26-28.
critic Nina Rappaport, features the
$45 single day/$80 three-day pass.
innovative design of factory buildings
movement.us .
that are both urban (located in
cities or shaping cities) and vertical
ON THE STAGE
(multistoried and dense). (313) 832-
6622; mocadetroit org.
Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester
stages the 1980s musical fantasy
WHATNOT
Xanadu, based on the film of the same
name directed by Robert Greenwald
Now in its 20th year, the Huntington
(who now makes issue-based docu-
Woods Home Tour, featuring five
mentaries), through June 17. Show
beautiful homes in a variety of
times and tickets: (248) 377-3300;
architectural styles that reflect the
mbtheatre.com.
diversity and character of the city,
Warren Civic Theatre presents
will be held 1-5 p.m. Sunday, June
William Shakespeare's Romeo and
3. Proceeds go to local charities
Juliet 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
and community project s . Advance
May 26-27, at City Square Park in front
tickets: $15 cash, at the Huntington
of Warren City Hall in Warren. The
Woods Recreation Center; day of tour:
play's time frame has been updated
$20 cash, from noon-4 p.m. at the
from 1500s Verona, Italy, to the pres-
Huntington Woods Library. hwwl.org;
ent day and is set on the dividing line
facebook.com/hwwll . ❑
between Detroit and Grosse Pointe in a
fictional park named Verona. (In case
Please email items you wish to
of rain, the show will be held in the
have considered for Out & About to
Atrium of Warren City Hall.) Guest
Gail Zimmerman at gzimmerman@
speakers start at 6 p.m. $5. (586) 268-
thejewishnews.com . Notice is requested
8400; warrencivic.org .
three weeks before the scheduled event.

The first thousand years

4 lecture with musical selections

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7 p.m.
Monday, June 4, 2012

The Birmingham Temple
28611 West 12 Mile Road
Farmington Hills, Ml 48334

Join Dr. Henry Sapoznik, five-time Grammy
nominee and Director of the new Mayrent
Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University
of Wisconsin, as he explores the millennial-
old history of traditional klezmer music. In his
presentation, Dr. Sapoznik will be sampling some
of the hidden recorded treasures in the collection
of the over 6,000 Yiddish 78s that are part of the
Mavrent Collection at the University's Mills Music
Library.

Advance tickets

Seniors (60+) and students: $6
General Public: $8 call
Ruth Stern at 313-577-2679.

Tickets at the door

General Admission: $19••

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