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to the Max M.
Fisher Music Center
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
The Birmingham
Sept. 13. The evening
Temple Vivace
is a benefit for Kadima,
Series presents the
the Jewish mental health
Harlem Quartet at
agency that provides
Gail Zimmerman
7:30 p.m. Sunday,
psychological services,
Arts Editor
Sept. 9, at the
residential options,
temple, 28611 West
supported employment
12 Mile Road, in Farmington Hills.
and social activities on a nonsectarian
The quartet, whose mission is to
basis. Linda and Jack Schechter are
advance diversity in classical music,
the 2012 honorees. Benefit tickets are
both in engaging new audiences and
$125 and up. Info: (248) 559-8235;
presenting a repertoire that includes
tickets: kadimacenter.org.
minority composers, has collaborated
with performers including Itzhak
LAUGH LINES
Perlman and Misha Dichter. An
afterglow follows the concert. $23
Detroit comic Nate Fridson brings his
general admission/$20 members,
observational humor to the Ann Arbor
seniors and students/group rates
Comedy Showcase at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
available. Info and tickets: Joyce
Friday and Saturday, Aug. 31-Sept. 1.
Cheresh, (248) 788-9338, or Ann
314 E. Liberty (below Seva restaurant).
Sipher, (248) 661-1348; vivaceseries.
$10 reserved seating/$12 general
org.
admission at the door. (734) 996-9080;
aacomedy.com .

POP / ROCK
JAZZ / FOLK

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AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

Haifa-born Gene Simmons (ne
Chaim Witz) and New York-born Paul
Stanley (ne Stanley Harvey Eisen),
both sons of Jewish refugees and the
original co-founding members of rock
band KISS, are still going strong after
more than 35 years. (Current member
Eric Singer is also an MOT, as well
as former guitarists Ace Frehley and
Bruce Kulick.)
When asked by the L.A. Jewish
Journal if it is just a coincidence that
both he and Stanley are members of
the tribe, Simmons replied: "Yes, it's
coincidence. By and large, Jews don't
exist on the frontlines of pop culture;
we tend to be more the managers and
the record label owners and the movie
studio executives and the producers
and so on. There are no real Jewish
[rock] stars. If anything, we changed
our Jewish-sounding names; we're the
great assimilationists. It's like that [old
saying], "Dress British, think Yiddish."
KISS, touring this summer with
Motley Crue, stops at DTE Energy
Music Theatre at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 5. $50.50-$90.50 pavilion/$26
lawn. (800) 745-3000; palacenet.com .

ON THE STAGE

Raised in a close-knit Italian family
in Buffalo and entertainers since
childhood, the Scintas
siblings Joe,
Frank and Chrissi and "adopted Scinta
Peter O'Donnell" — bring their Las
Vegas show, with music, comedy and
many impersonations of well-known
performers including Neil Diamond,
George Burns and Sammy Davis

—

Veteran Detroit journalist Mitch
Albom is out with his newest work of
fiction, The Time Keeper (Hyperion),
on Sept. 4. In the fable, Father Time,
the inventor of the world's first clock,
is punished for centuries for trying to
measure "God's greatest gift" but ulti-
mately is given the chance to redeem
himself by unveiling the true meaning
of time.

WHATNOT

The War of 1812 set into motion forces
that made the U.S. a global maritime
superpower and also inspired Francis
Scott Key to pen the U.S. national
anthem. This key moment in American
and Detroit history (our fair city sur-
rendered to the British without a fight)
comes to life in Detroit Sept. 4-10
as the U.S. Navy, Marines and Coast
Guards join with civilian groups to
commemorate the Bicentennial of the
War of 1812 and "The Star-Spangled
Banner." A series of special events,
including a replica tall ship, several
navy warships, concerts and other fun
events involving the city's pro sport
teams, mostly take place on the riv-
erfront; some but not all are free. For
more information, visit 1812detroit.
corn or ourflagwasstillthere.org. For
more information on Jews in the War of
1812, go to bit.ly/NqjquK.

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