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The inaugural Freep Film
On Saturday, June
Festival,
a four-day festival
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14, for a one-night-
running Thursday-Sunday,
only gala ben-
March 20-23, at the Fillmore
efit concert for the
Detroit and the Detroit
Gail Zimmerman
Detroit Symphony
Film Theatre at the Detroit
Arts Editor
Orchestra, film com-
Institute of Arts, will focus on
poser John Williams
documentaries with strong
returns to conduct an evening of music
connections to Detroit and Michigan, with
from the movies, with selections from
the gamut running from "fun to thought-
some of his most iconic scores. Director
provoking:' For a complete schedule of
Steven Spielberg will join Williams to
movies, film discussions and panels, and
host the second half of the evening, pre-
other activities, as well as ticket info, go to
senting selections from their 40-year artis-
the festival's website at freepfilmfestival.
tic collaboration (Jaws, E.T, Indiana Jones,
com.
Schindler's List), including film clips pro-
DANCE FEVER
jected on a giant screen above the orches-
tra. Both artists are donating their services
for this event. Tickets go on sale on April
The Berman Center for the
14: $30-$250; 313-576-5111 or dso.org .
Performing Arts hosts Michigan Five:
Choreographer Showcase, highlighting
POP / ROCK / JAZZ / FOLK dance talent from colleges and universities
throughout the state directed by world-
Detroit native and klezmer performer Yale famous choreographers, at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Strom & Hot Pstromi (singer Elizabeth
March 15. Wayne State University's Maggie
Schwartz and accordionist Peter Stan)
Allesee Department of Theatre & Dance
take the stage at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 16,
will present 12 Inches Familia, a fierce, vir-
at the Berman Center for the Performing
tuosic dance by New York choreographer
Arts in West Bloomfield, in a concert titled Nicholas Leichter. University of Michigan
Romania Rumenye! Violinist Strom, a
dancers will perform Pupil Suite by Gallim
composer, filmmaker, writer, photographer Dance choreographer Andrea Miller, a
and playwright, is a pioneer in conducting
work Gallim Dance recently performed at
extensive field research among the Jewish
the Berman. $27/$22 JCC members. (248)
and Roma communities in Central and
661-1900; the berman.org .
Eastern Europe and the Balkans, and the
FAMILY FUN
audience can expect to hear traditional
Yiddish folk songs and klezmer melodies
from his field research. $13/$10 JCC mem- Set to a blend of contemporary music
bers. 248-661-1900; theberman.org .
and favorite Disney songs, Disney on
Attention Mad Men fans! The Detroit
Ice Presents Let's Celebrate!, an all-new
Symphony Orchestra Pops Series pres-
show that brings more than 50 Disney
ents The Cocktail Hour: Music of the
characters from 16 Disney stories to
Mad Men Era at 10:45 a.m. Friday, 8 p.m.
life, comes to the Palace of Auburn Hills
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 14-16,
March 19-23. Show times are at 7:30 p.m.
at Detroit's Orchestra Hall. Conductor
Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. and
Steven Reineke leads the DSO and guest
7:30 p.m. Friday; 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 and
vocalists in songs from the Top 40 of the
7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 11:30 a.m. and
early '60s, including Leslie Briscusse and
3:30 p.m. Sunday. $20-$65. (800) 745-
Anthony Newley's "Feelin Good:' Frank
3000; palacenet.com.
Loesser's "Luck Be a Lad' a medley of
THE ART SCENE
Burt Bacharach tunes and many more.
$19 and up. (313) 576-5111; dso.org.
The Janice Charach Gallery at the Jewish
ON THE STAGE
Community Center in West Bloomfield
will present Breaking the Mold, a glass
The Village Players mount a production
and clay exhibit and sale running March
16-April 17. The exhibit, which will
of Inherit the Wind, a play that addresses
intellectual freedom and McCarthyism
include sculptural and functional pieces,
via a fictionalized Scopes Monkey Trial,
features the work of Albert Young and
at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2
includes pieces by Carole Berhorst,
Allison Berlin, Janet Kelman, Marcia
p.m. Sundays, March 14-23, at the Village
Players Playhouse in Birmingham. The
Polenberg, Joan Schwartz and Myles
courtroom drama was written in 1955 by
Stearn, among others. The Side Gallery
the playwriting team of Jerome Lawrence
showcases the work of photographer
(ne Schwartz) and Robert Edwin Lee, who
Ernest Miller. A patron preview takes place
started out as one of the most prolific writ- noon-1 p.m. Sunday, March 16, followed
ing partnerships on radio. $17. (248) 644-
by the opening reception from 1-4 p.m.
2075; birminghamvillageplayers.com .
(248) 432-5579; jccdet.org.

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COPLAND'S
CLARINET
CONCERTO

Martin Frost, conductor and clarinet

GRIEG Holberg Suite
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto
LUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite

DSO in West Bloomfield

Thurs., March 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Berman Center for the Performing Arts
6600 W. Maple Rd.

DSO in Bloomfield Hills

Sat., March 15 at 8 p.m.

Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church
1340 W. Long Lake Rd.

DSO in Beverly Hills

MOZART
& BRAHMS

Sun., March 30 at 3 p.m.

Seligman Performing Arts Center on the
Detroit Country Day School Campus
22305 W. 13 Mile Road

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

MOZART Overture to The

Marriage of Figaro

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

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