>> editor's picks CLASSICAL NOTES About the suicides of two 16-year- olds, a gay Hispanic boy and an obese, Eastern European Jewish girl, at 2 p.m. Saturday; and Rikki B. Chamber Music Society of Detroit hosts the Orion Schwartz's One Cat Away From 61, in which a woman Gail Z immerman with a strong aversion to Art s Editor therapy has her first session Saturday, March with Dr. Jacobs and ulti- 22, in a concert of works by Haydn, mately explores her personal journey, at Bartok and Schumann. On Sunday, 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission by donation March 23, at 3 p.m., Serkin performs only. Schedule: magentagiraffe.org . a solo recital, journeying through Jewish Ensemble Theatre's annual pro- five centuries of music. Both concerts duction of The Diary of Anne Frank, by take place at Seligman Performing Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett Arts Center in Beverly Hills. $30- and adapted by Wendy Kesselman, $60/$15-$24 students. (248) 855-6070; runs March 24-April 4 for students in chambermusicdetroit.org. Metro Detroit at the Berman Center for The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Performing Arts in West Bloomfield. under the baton of Maestro Arie Lipsky, There will be a public performance of presents Beethoven and Beyond, a pro- the play at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30. $16 gram highlighted by the composer's Piano adults/$10 children/free for JET subscrib- Concerto No. 2, at 8 p.m. Saturday, March ers. (248) 788-2900; jettheatre.org . 22, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, A new touring production of Disney's $12-$60. At 4 p.m. Sunday, March 23, also Beauty and the Beast, with a score by at the Michigan Theater, Lipsky conducts Alan Menken and the late Howard the orchestra in a family-friendly, space- Ashman, comes to Detroit's Fisher themed concert titled The Planets, with Theatre Tuesday-Sunday, March 25-30. 16-year-old guest cellist Lev Maumuya, $29-$89. Show times and tickets: (800) winner of the 2013 Sphinx competition, 982-2787; broadwayindetroit.com . $12/$8 kids. (734) 994-4801; a2so.com . Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Martin Katz conducts the University Best Musical, Memphis the Musical, with of Michigan Symphony Orchestra as a score by David Bryan, keyboardist for U-M's Opera Theatre Department pres- Bon Jovi, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. ents Mozart's The Magic Flute (sung in Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, German with English supertitles and dia- March 28-29, at Macomb Center for the logue) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday Performing Arts. $25-$75. (586) 286-2222; and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March macombcenter.com. 27-30, at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in THE BIG SCREEN Ann Arbor. $22-$28/$10 students. (734) 764-2538; tickets.music.umich.edu . More than 200 films will be shown at the POP / ROCK / JAZZ / FOLK 52nd annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, coming to the Michigan Theater and The Pairadocs Trio, including the University of Michigan Museum of orthopedic surgeon Tom Ditkoff and Art Helmut Stern Auditorium Tuesday- child psychiatrist Jeff London, takes Sunday, March 25-30. Schedule and the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, March 21, at ticket info: aafilmfest.org. Gallery on the Boulevard in Pontiac. $5/ Jewish Ensemble Theatre, in coopera- refreshments available. (248) 770-7650; tion with the JCC Lenore Marwil Jewish galleryboulevard.com . Film Festival, screens Orchestra of Exiles, Yad Ezra presents One Day Let's a film that tells the story of the birth of Vanish Hunger, a special acoustic ben- the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, at 4 efit concert featuring American reggae and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at the and alternative rock artist Matisyahu, Berman Center in West Bloomfield. $12. at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at Royal (248) 661-1900; the berman.org . Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak. $36. THE ARTS SCENE (248) 548-3663; yadezra.org. String Quartet and pianist Peter Serkin at 8 p.m. ON THE STAGE Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company pres- ents its sixth annual Staged Reading Festival, featuring Michigan play- wrights, Friday-Sunday, March 21-23, at the Abreact Performance Space, 1301 W. Lafayette, #1301, in Detroit. Readings include One Hundred Views of Mount Fiji, about teen bullying and l Birmingham's Robert Kidd Gallery presents Deep Thaw, a group exhibi- tion mounted on a theme of emerg- ing warmth, with Detroit-based (Lois Teicher) and national artists and pieces ranging from high photorealism to three-dimensional abstractions, March 22-April 26. Opening reception: 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 22. (248) 642-3909; robertkiddgallery.com . ❑ EPIC KOSHER CATEFillig Call 248.432.5509 for more information or check out our menus at theepicureangroup.com/kosher. A DIVISION OF MILK & HONEY We invite you to join us and feast for the holidays! Passover Carry-Out Menu To place an order, please call 248.661.2327 or email milkhoney@theepicureangroup.com . 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