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(their version: As the
Stomach Turns). (800) 942-
7866; whartoncenter.com .
Giuseppe Verdi's
Aida, the epitome
THE ART SCENE
of grand opera,
will be presented
Opening Saturday, May 11,
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Gail Zimmerman
by Michigan
after nearly seven years
Ar is Editor
Opera Theatre at
in the making, Mobile
the Detroit Opera
Homestead is a new, per-
House at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11;
manent sculpture by the late Detroit-
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15; 7:30 p.m. born artist Mike Kelley located on the
Friday May 17; and 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
grounds of Museum of Contemporary
May 18; with a 2 p.m. Sunday, May
Art Detroit. Designed prior to the art-
19, matinee. The tale of an Ethiopian
ist's death in January 2012, it is both a
princess, who's enslaved by the king
public sculpture and a private, personal
of Egypt and must choose between
architecture based on the artist's 1950s
loyalty to her homeland and loyalty to
childhood home in Westland. The
her lover, will be sung in Italian with
sculpture includes a community center
English supertitles. Steven Mercurio
on the ground floor, situated above a
conducts; free opera talk one hour
basement zone removed from public
before each performance. $25-$125.
view to be used for "secretive subcul-
(313) 237-7464; michiganopera.org.
tural activities" (Jim Shaw and Cary
Loren, Kelley's longtime friends and
ON THE STAGE
collaborators, notably in the infamous
band Destroy All Monsters, will be the
National Council of Jewish Women
first to venture down below.) The front
presents Love, Loss and What I Wore,
porch of the home is a mobile unit that
an intimate collection of stories by
detaches from the permanent structure
Nora and Delia Ephron directed
and travels around the city performing
by Yolanda Fleischer and starring
various kinds of community services.
local community members, at 7:30
Mobile Homestead videos by Kelley will
p.m. Tuesday, May 21, at Temple Shir
be presented in the museum's galleries
Shalom in West Bloomfield. Cost:
through July 28.
$36 plus "Something You Wore" for
Opening weekend activities include
donation at the NCJW resale shops/
the opening Ceremony and Remarks at
$72 priority seating; proceeds benefit
6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, including
Advocacy for Women's Rights and
those from MOCAD Founding Director
other NCJW community service proj-
Marsha Miro, followed by public view-
ects. Purchase a message honoring a
ing from 7-10 p.m.; and from noon-4
member of the cast for $18 by May 13.
p.m. Sunday, May 12, a free community
Info and reservations: (248) 355-3300;
event including barbecue, entertain-
ncjwgds.org.
ment, an ice cream social and more.
More info and a complete list of events:
THE SMALL SCREEN
(313) 832-6622; mocadetroit.com .
RSVP for weekend events to rmazzei@
Detropia, produced and directed by
mocadetroit.org .
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, is an
award-winning documentary about
Detroit's decline and slow rebirth. It
WHATNOT
debuts on the PBS series Independent
It's time to get planting! Cranbrook
Lens at 10 p.m. Monday, May 13, on
House & Gardens 41st Annual Spring
Detroit Public-Television-Channel 56.
Plant Sale takes place 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
LAUGH LINES
Tuesday, May 14, in Bloomfield Hills.
Details: (248) 645-3147; housegardens.
One of America's most beloved come-
cranbrook.edu. The 47th Annual
dic actresses will appear at Wharton
Flower Day at Eastern Market runs 7
Center on the campus of Michigan State a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, May 19.
University in an audience interactive
detroiteasternmarket.com.
program, Laughter and Reflection
BravoBravo!, a glamorous fund-
with Carol Burnett: A Conversation
raiser for the Michigan Opera Theatre
with Carol Where the Audience Asks
organized by the young professionals
the Questions, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
of MOT's Volunteer Association and
May 15. During the 11-year run of The
co-chaired by Jeanine Fields, Amy
Kaminsky and Will Robinson, takes
Carol Burnett Show, Burnett teamed
with the late Jewish comic Harvey
place 7:30-12:30 a.m. Friday, June 7, at
Korman for burlesques of classic mov- the Detroit Opera House. Tickets start
ies such as Gone With the Wind and
at $95. (313) 237-7464; bravobravo.
soap operas like As the World Turns
org.
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