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A hand clapping, soul stirring
holiday celebration!

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THE BIG SCREEN

The Detroit

Plastics, anyone? Dustin
Symphony
Hoffman's Benjamin
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Orchestra plays the
Braddock, adrift after col-
music of Queen,
lege,
is seduced by friend-
sift).
Gail Zimmerman
accompanied by
of-the-family Mrs. Robinson
Arts Editor
vocalist Brody
(Anne Bancroft) in Mike
Dolyniuk reviving
Nichols' classic 1967 tale of
the spirit and voice of Freddie Mercury,
counter-culture angst, The Graduate.
at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday,
See a new 35mm restoration of the film
Nov. 24-25, in Orchestra Hall. Arranger-
at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Detroit
conductor Brent Havens leads the DSO
Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of
in this Pops Series concert. $25-$110.
Arts. $5/free for DIA members. (313)
(313) 576-5111; dso.org .
833-4005; tickets.dia.org .
A "modern musical Lenny Bruce
singer-songwriter Dan Bern alternates
FAMILY FUN
between documenting the zeitgeist and
writing about the personal concerns
Playing a multitude of instruments and
we all share. With a strong surrealistic
singing funny and sweet songs, the
streak, a lot of Dylan influence and a
musical duo Gemini brothers San
great eye for storytelling, he brings his
and Laz Slomovitz are now making
new and old tunes to the Ark in Ann
music for a third generation of young
Arbor at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. $15.
fans and families. Since 1994, their
(734) 761-1451; theark.org.
annual Thanksgiving concerts have ben-
Tribute artists portraying Frank
efited Mott Children's Hospital in Ann
Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Arbor. Hear them at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
Jr. will transport audiences to the glam-
25, at the Ark in Ann Arbor. $10. (734)
orous, glitzy nights of Las Vegas in the
761-1451; theark.org .
late 1950s and early '60s in Christmas

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The Jazz Gospel Messiah

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$99 FAMILY
4 PACK!

ON THE STAGE

Co-conceived and with music by Jewish
composer Frank Wildhorn, the musi-
cal Jekyll eS, Hyde, based on the Robert
Louis Stevenson novella about a London
doctor who accidentally unleashes his
evil alternate personality in his quest to
cure his father's mental illness, returns
to Detroit for a week-long run at the
Fisher Theatre. Show times are at 8 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday
and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
27-Dec. 2. Former American Idol finalist
Constantine Maroulis, a Tony nominee
for Rock of Ages, and R&B singer Lucy
Cox co-star. $39-$79. (313) 872-1000;
broadwayindetroit.com .

DANCE FEVER

Professional dancers of the Ohio-based
BalletMet Columbus, as well as some
50 local children, perform Tchaikovsky's
The Nutcracker, accompanied by the
Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, at
7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
23-25, at the Detroit Opera House. $25-
$80. (313) 237-7464; michiganopera.org.

ONE SNOW ONLY

Saturday, December 1, 2012
7:30 p.m.

Includes tickets and parking
while quanity lasts!

PRE-PERFORMANCE CHAT
WITH THE ARTISTS AT 6:30 p.m.

For Group Sales,
Call 313.965.4631

DM Energy
Fou ndation

TICKETS & PRE-PAID PARKING
CALL 313.237.SING or visit
michiganopera.org

THE KRESGE FOUNDATION

This activity is suPP0Med M the
MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL
AFFAIRS and Ma NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR THE ARTS.

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THE ART SCENE

Wednesday, Nov. 28, with gourmet
food and drinks, plus 10 percent off
all decorative and functional art items
purchased. $60 in advance/$70 at the
door. The BBAC's Holiday Shop runs
Nov. 30-Dec. 15. 1516 S. Cranbrook
Road, Birmingham. (248) 644-0866;
bbartcenter.org.

With Tenor Rodrick Dixon, Soprano Alfreda Burke,
Alto Karen Marie Richardson. Joined by Alvin Waddles, piano,
Dave Taylor, drums, Marion Hayden, bass and the
Too Hot Orchestra. Conducted by Suzanne Mallare Acton

HOUSE

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Shop and Champagne, a fundraiser
for the Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Center, takes place 6:30-9 p.m.

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Home of Michigan Opera Theatre
David Dracra FMnarni Dircrinr

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with The Rat Pack — Live at the Sands,
a show incorporating holiday tunes
(many written by Jewish composers) and
Rat Pack classics, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-
Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m.
Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 27-Dec. 2, at Detroit's Fox Theatre.
$25-$75. (800) 745-3000.

Presented by Detroit Opera House
and Rackham Symphony Choir

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ADAT SHALOM
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invites you to a

pre-Chanukah Celebration

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FREE CONCERT
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

LECTURES

At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield, the Cohn-Haddow Center
for Jewish Studies presents Joel
Berkowitz, director of the Sam and Helen
Stahl Center for Jewish Studies and a pro-
fessor in the department of foreign lan-
guages and literature at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He will speak on
Inventing the Modern Jewish Stage. The
author of a book by the same name pub-
lished this year by Wayne State University
Press, Berkowitz will explain how this
popular entertainment was shaped by
its creators' responses to changing social
and political conditions, trace the devel-
opment of modern Yiddish drama and
discuss the diversity of modern Yiddish
theater. A book signing will follow the
lecture. Free and open to the public.
RSVP to Ruth Stern at (313) 577-2679 or
by email to cohnhaddowcenter@wayne.
edu by Nov. 26. n

"TOO HOT TO HANDEL"
made possible by
The Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe

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Worldwide
Entertainer

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Sam Glasers soulQul music has become part
a the fabric Sewish liVe in communities
throughout the world. His concerts are Sogul,
up-on-your-Peet experiences. We are thrilled
that Adat Shalom is one of the stops on
Sam's -PROMISE TOUR- this year.

Learn more about Sam and listen to his musk at
www.samglaser.com

FOLLOWED BY ADAT SHALOM'S

FAMILY LATKE PARTY

DINNER AND DANCING WITH

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ENTENTAINMENT

CO-SPONSORED BY THE EDUCATION a YOUTH DEPARTMENT AND THE MEN'S CLUB

Discounted price cor advance reservations by November 28
For inVormation and dinner reservations, call 248-851-5100

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