>> editor's picks POP/ROCK JAZZ / FOLK DANCE About 4.1 The Ark presents the 36th annual Ann DETROIT The theater is located at 261 E. Nine Mile. $5-$15. (248) 327-0575; gocomedy.net. Arbor Folk Festival, with two different THE BIG Gail Zimmerman nights of traditional SCREEN Arts Editor and contemporary folk and roots music, A one-night-only broad- Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, at Hill cast to movie theaters nationwide at 7:30 Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Friday night's p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, One Night headliner is Canadian singer-songwriter Stand: Creating a Play in a Day follows Dallas Green, better known under the some of New York's top comedic actors moniker of City and Colour; also appear- (Rachel Dratch and Richard Kind, ing will be Detroit's own Rodriguez, among many others), writers, compos- the singer-songwriter whose story is ers and directors as they are given 24 at the center of the Oscar-nominated hours to write, cast, compose, rehearse documentary Searching for Sugar Man. and perform four short musicals at New Saturday night's headliners include the York City's Gramercy Theatre. For local Civil Wars and Lucinda Williams. $35- theaters screening the film, go to $47.40 for a single night/$60-$85 for fathomevents.com. series tickets. (734) 763-8587; mutotix. com. THE ART SCENE At 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, the Ark hosts Vagabond Opera, a Portland- The Janice Charach Gallery at the Jewish Ore.-based ensemble offering a mix of Community Center in West Bloomfield European cabaret, vintage Americana, hosts an exhibit tilted Women VI Balkan belly dance, neo-classical opera Exhibition and Sale through Feb. 7. and Old World Yiddish theater. The Curated by Barbara Keidan, the show four vocalists in the group sing in 13 features works by Keidan and fellow languages. Be prepared to hear a bit of local artists Leslie Masters, Darcy Scott, klezmer or Kurt Weill. At the Ark, 316 Elizabeth Sylvester, Andrea Tama and Fran Wolok. (248) 432-5579; jccdet.org. S. Main, in Ann Arbor. $15. (734) 761- Wayne State University's Elaine Jacob 1451; theark.org. Gallery presents When Art Works: DANCE FEVER University Musical Society presents the Martha Graham Dance Company Jan. 25-26 at the Power Center in Ann Arbor. The 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, program includes dances inspired by myth and Jungian psychology. The 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, program features a classic piece of Americana: Graham and composer Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. $22-$54. (734) 764-2538; ums.org . LAUGH LINES Flint native Sandra Bernhard — come- dian, actress, recording artist, author — returns to Michigan for two perfor- mances at the Ark in Ann Arbor at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1-2. Her most recent show, I Love Being Me, Don't You, played to sold-out crowds last sum- mer in Los Angeles. It's "like hanging out with a hip and funny friend who never fails to lift you up with her outrageous freedom," said the Los Angeles Times. $35-$50. (734) 761-1451; theark.org. Ferndale's Go Comedy! Improv Theatre presents its 10th original sketch comedy revue, Lame Duck Soup, a col- lection of scenes ranging from movie icons and mythological creatures to neighbors and new love, at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays through Feb. 28. African Utilitarian Objects From the Faxon Collection through Feb. 8. The featured objects, collected by former state Sen. Jack Faxon, founder and headmaster of the International School in Farmington Hills, were once used in African homes, workplaces and religious shrines. (313) 993-7813; art.wayne.edu. The Detroit Institute of Arts is cur- rently displaying its collection of early American silver, which has not been on view for 10 years and features work by famed Boston silversmith and patriot Paul Revere as well as Sugar Bowl with Cover (c. 1755), made in New York by Myer Myers, the most important Jewish silversmith active in colonial America. This sugar bowl was donated to the DIA in 1955 by "Members of the Jewish Community of Detroit in honor of the American Jewish Tercentenary 1654- 1954:' (313) 833-7900; dia.org. WHATNOT The Novi Home Improvement Show showcases the latest trends in design and remodeling Friday-Sunday, Jan. 25-27, at Suburban Collection Showcase in Novi. $7-$8/12 and under free. novihomeshow.com. TI1 OF rn THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF AN ICONIC ENSEMBLE! FEBRUARY 1-3, 2013 TICKETS & PRE-PAID PARKING CALL 313.237.SING or visit michiganopera.org Bank of America Opening Night Sponsor te) S... Performance Ford Mo SroTorgly "RETURN TO HARLEM" party on the stage Saturday, February 2, 2013 following the performance. Featuring the DTH dancers - tickets $75 per person For info call 313.237.3268 or e mail syates@motopera.org The 2012-2013 Dance Series is made possible by Marlene Boll, Joanne Danto and Nora Moroun. • • 7 18 08360 GREEKTOWN ARRIVES IN NOVI1 V AKTHI