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CLASSICAL NOTES

Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert House
presents University of Michigan grad
and acclaimed baritone Jesse Blumberg,
accompanied by Martin Katz on piano and
performing a wide selection of lieder, art
songs centered on romantic love or pastoral
themes by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert,
Wolf, Debussy and more, at 4 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 28. $15-$30/$5 students. (734) 769-
2999; kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
Birmingham Temple's Vivace Series
presents a cello/piano duo, with 23-year-old
cellist Erik Asgeirsson and pianist Pauline
Martin, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the
temple in Farmington Hills. $12-$20. Tickets:
Call Joyce Cheresh, (248) 788-9388, or Ann
Sipher, (248) 661-1348; vivaceseries.org .

POP / ROCK / JAZZ / FOLK

The Ark in Ann Arbor hosts two concerts
of interest to veteran folk fans. At 7:30
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, a Phil Ochs Song
Night features the tunes of the incisive
political songwriter of the 1960s, who ulti-
mately took his own life. His sister, Sonny
Ochs, presents a contemporary lineup
of artists to revisit her brother's songs
and their relevance for today's audiences,
even after almost 50 years; $15. Then, at
8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 29-30,
Arlo Guthrie, whose mother was Jewish
and whose maternal grandmother was
renowned Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt,
will celebrate his father Woody Guthrie's
contributions to the landscape of
American folk music; $50-$75. (734) 761-
1451; theark.org

ON THE STAGE

Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre
stages Shakespeare's Othello, a tale of
jealousy, love and murder opening Friday,

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New Flicks

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The following movies are scheduled to
open on Friday, Oct. 26:
Fun Size, a comedy, is the first fea-
ture film directed by Josh Schwartz,
36. When he was 26, he was the
youngest person to create a network
TV series (The 0.C.), a hit for the CW.
Schwartz also is the
creator of Gossip Girl.
Fun Size centers
on "Wren" (Victoria
Justice), a nice teen
girl who is stuck at
home on Halloween
babysitting her little
brother while her
Schwartz

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Oct. 26, and running
through Jan. 17. $25-
$30. Show times and
tickets: (313) 577-2972;
hilberry.corn.

premiered in the last year
at film festivals such as
Sundance, Cannes and
Tribeca. Show times: 9:30
p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
Gail Zimmerman
DANCE FEVER
26-28; and 9:30 p.m. Friday
Arts Editor
and Saturday and 4:30 p.m.
In its first performances
Sunday, Nov. 2-4. $6.50-
at the Detroit Opera House, New York City
$7.50. (313) 833-4005; tickets.dia.org .
Ballet MOVES, performed by a selection of
See Sam Raimi's 1981 comic horror
the company's dancers, including principals, film, The Evil Dead, in which five friends
soloists and members of the corps de ballet, travel to a cabin in the woods and unleash
takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and
demons that send them on a horrific
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27-28. Each program journey, on the big screen at the Redford
also features live music played by musicians
Theatre at midnight Friday, Oct. 26.
from the NYCB orchestra. NYCB, which
Raimi's remake of the cult classic is sched-
hasn't toured to Detroit since 1966, is solely
uled for release in 2013. Tickets: $5. (313)
responsible for training its own artists and
537-2560; redfordtheatre.com .
creating its own works and is known for its
athletic, contemporary style. The company
FAMILY FUN
was founded in 1948 by George Balanchine
and Lincoln Kirstein, the son of a wealthy
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra offers
Jewish family from Boston (Kirstein's father
two Halloween-themed programs on
was the president of the famed Filene's
Sunday, Oct. 28. At 2 p.m. in the Music
department store). Jerome Robbins
Box inside the Max M. Fisher Music
joined NYCB the following year and, with
Center in Detroit, it's Rock O'Ween,
Balanchine, helped to build the repertory
featuring Lew Echlin and Dads Who Rock
and firmly establish the company. $25-$80.
(no scary tricks, just musical treats and
(313) 237-7464; michiganopera.org.
fun — come in your favorite Halloween
costume); for ages 2-6. Tickets start at
LAUGH LINES
$12. At 3 p.m. inside Orchestra Hall, DSO
Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams leads
The political zingers are sure to fly as
the DSO in Spooky Stories: Halloween, in
Bill Maher takes the stage at 8 p.m.
which he'll demonstrate how an orchestra
Saturday, Oct. 27, at Detroit's Fox
can create elements required by a scary
Theatre. $35-$49.50. (800) 345-3000;
story; for ages 6 and up; dress in costume!
olympiaentertainment.com .
$20 and up. (313) 576-5111; dso.org .

THE BIG SCREEN

THE ART SCENE

For fans of short films, the Detroit Film
Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts
presents Stars in Shorts, a collection
of short films starring celebs, including
Seinfeld's Jason Alexander, that have

The Toledo Museum of Art presents two
exhibitions of note. For more information,
including special events, call (800) 644-
6862 or go to toledomuseum.org:
Through Jan. 1, 2013, is Manet:

mother (Chelsea Handler, 37) goes
out to party. While trick-or-treating
with her brother, Wren stops in at a
Halloween party and loses her brother
in the crowd. Frantic to locate him
before her mom finds out he's missing,
Wren enlists an unlikely teen foursome
(nerd, sassy friend, etc.) to aid her.
Cloud Atlas, co-directed by Andy
Wachowski of Matrix film fame, is
described as a film that "explores
how the actions and consequences of
individual lives impact one another
throughout the past, the present
and the future. Each member of the
ensemble appears in multiple roles as
the stories move through time."
This almost three-hour movie co-
stars Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon and
Halle Berry. In one incarnation, Berry

(in heavy makeup) appears as a white
Jewish woman who lived in the 1930s.

To The Max

Max Greenfield, 31, has hit the equiva-
lent of the actor lotto. After a decade
as a guest or recurring actor in sit-
coms, he landed the role of Schmidt
on New Girl.
This Fox sitcom, starring Zooey
Deschanel, is a huge hit, and the
Schmidt character has almost clicked
as much with the TV audience as the
title character. Greenfield's first-year
performance was Emmy-nominated.
Naturally, Greenfield is much in
demand as an interview subject, and
he often mentions his Jewish back-
ground. He recently told Vanity Fair
about his Saturday Night Live themed

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Portraying Life, which brings together
40 portraits by the first modern French
master on loan from museums in Europe,
North America and Japan. Manet painted
his family, friends and literary, political
and artistic figures of his day, often in
casual settings rather than traditionally
posed portraits. This exhibition is the
first to focus exclusively on his consider-
able talents as a portraitist. $8 adults/$5
students and seniors.
Made in Hollywood: Photographs
from the John Kobal Foundation runs
through Jan. 20, 2013, and focuses on the
stars, the sets and the scenes created by
the American film industry and captured
by the most important Hollywood studio
photographers. More than 90 images —
from the silent era through the end of
the studio system and many never before
displayed — offer a glimpse into the
world of fantasy, glamour and perfection
that the image makers produced. $12
adults/$10 students and seniors.
Drawing Together, an exhibit of work
from 300 finalists in an international car-
toon competition drawn to instill toler-
ance and alleviate discrimination among
young people and adults as well, runs
through Dec. 30 at the Flint Institute of
Arts. (810) 234-1695; flintarts.org .

WHATNOT

The Detroit Opera House's annual
Halloween party returns for its fourth
year, at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, with two
floors of tricks and treats in the grand
lobby and lounges, two DJs and spooky
surprises. Cash prizes will be awarded for
the best costumes. All proceeds benefit
the Detroit Opera House. $35 general
admission including a free drink; VIP
tickets are $75 and include valet parking
and open bar until 10 p.m. (313) 237-
7464; michiganopera.org . E

bar mitzvah, which included a Blues
Brothers cake and tables graced by
headshots of the show's cast mem-
bers. Earlier this month, he told David
Letterman about nearly being killed
by an ostrich at an animal park. He
said if it had happened, the headline
would have been, "Jewish Kid Killed
by Ostrich."
By the way, Greenfield was a mem-
ber of the almost all-Jewish cast
of the 2005 indie
cult film When Do
We Eat?, about a
wild seder. Victoria
Justice of Fun Size,
then only 11, was one
of the few non-Jews
in that movie.

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