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Chaim Potok novel and directed by

David Magidson of JET, where the

drama played earlier this year to rave
reviews. $22-$41. (764) 663-0681;
performancenetwork.org .
The nonprofit, professional Water
Works Theatre Company presents
its 13th annual Shakespeare in the
Park, presenting The Merry Wives
of Windsor and Much Ado About
Nothing Aug. 1-11 in the middle of
the tree-filled 28-acre Starr Jaycee
Park in Royal Oak. $8-$20. For a
schedule and to purchase tickets, go to
waterworkstheatre.com .

LAUGH LINES

Comedian, actor and writer Jeff
Ross, creator and star of The Burn
With Jeff Ross on Comedy Central as
well as a producer and star of that
network's wildly popular celebrity
roast franchise, will host the Funny
Or Die presents The Oddball
Comedy 6, Curiosity Festival main
stage, featuring Dave Chappelle
and Flight of the Conchords, along
with Al Madrigal, Brody Stevens,
Demetri Martin, Hannibal Buress,
Kristen Schaal and more, at 5:15 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1, at DTE Energy Music
Theatre. $47-$97 pavilion/$29.50
lawn/$99 lawn fourpacks. (800) 745-
3000; palacenet.com .

FAMILY FUN

A stage version of the children's
favorite If You Give A Mouse A
Cookie, a family production based
on Laura Joffe Numeroff's best-
selling children's book that explores
the chain reaction set in motion
when a little boy offers a cookie to a
visiting mouse, comes to Detroit's City
Theatre at 11 a.m. and 3 and 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 23; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 24; and 2 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 25. $18/family four-packs are
available for $60. (248) 745-3000;
olympiaentertainment.com .

THE ART SCENE

Detroit Artists Market assembled a
curatorial team — collector Tim Mast,
ceramic artist/instructor Tom Phardel
and art dealer/consultant Linda Ross
— to bring their varied perspectives
on ceramics to the exhibit Firepower
Ceramics 2013, running Aug. 2-30.

It includes a large array of work by
some of Michigan's most talented
ceramicists, with both one-of-a-kind
sculptural pieces and a selection of
decorative and functional ceramic
works for purchase. Public reception:
6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2; gallery talk
with curators and ceramicists: 6-9 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 15. (313) 832-8540;
detroitartistsmarket.org.
Robert Kidd Gallery in Birmingham
hosts Botanicals, an exhibit of fine
art photography by Laurie Hirsch
Tennent, well-known for her
commercial work for weddings, b'nai
mitzvah and other lifecycle events,
through Aug. 24. Tennent's large-scale
close-ups of flowers, seed husks and
other elements of the natural world
are printed on a black background on
enormous aluminum panels. (248)
642-3909; robertkiddgallery.com.
The Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Junior Council and Neiman
Marcus presents Fash Bash, a
fashionable fundraiser celebrating art
and fashion and benefiting the DIAs
new endowment campaign, beginning
at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at the
DIA. Details and tickets: (313) 833-
4005; dia.org.

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FESTIVALS

Michigan State University Museum
presents the Great Lakes Folk Festival
in downtown East Lansing Friday-
Sunday, Aug. 9-11, with music, dance
and culture from across America and
around the world. greatlakesfolkfest.net .
The annual Woodward Dream
Cruise and its parade of classic cars
will wind its way down Metro Detroit's
main drag on Saturday, Aug. 17.
Details: woodwarddreamcruise.com.
The inaugural Mo Pop Festival,
celebrating music (Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Jr. is among the performers),
beer, food and art, takes over Sterling
Heights' Freedom Hill on Saturday,
Aug. 17. $49 general admission/$99
MoVIP. Details: mopopfest.com .
The Michigan Renaissance Festival
returns to Holly weekends and Labor
Day, Aug. 17-Sept. 29. (800) 601-4848;
michrenfest.com .

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