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Pars Mediterranean Restaurant
Susan Messing, Nyima Funk
and more at the Detroit Improv
Festival through Aug. 9 at various
Harrison Township. $7/daily park
vehicle entry; walkers are free.
(313) 833-7900; dia.org .
venues around town. $5-$25 for
performances; $40 for workshops.
Detroitimprovfestival.org .
FUNAPALOOZA
will be shown at dusk, Friday,
Aug. 7, at Stony Creek Metropark,
Shelby Township. On Aug. 21,
check out King Kong vs. Godzilla
(1962) at Lake St. Clair Metropark,
It's three days of fun and fundrais-
ing at Ann Arbor's Performance
Network's Network Palooza Weekend:
Friday, Aug.14, is a gala with the pop,
folk and jazz mix of the Michael King
Group; Saturday, Aug.15, an all-day
event includes local and regional
musicians, theater artist Suzi Regan,
the U-M Dental Band and more;
Sunday, Aug.16, is family-fun day,
including Pancakes with Huck Finn
and a performance of Wayne David
Parker's Huck Finn's Mark Twain.
(734) 663-0681; pntheatre.org .
Chronicle (2012) was made for $12
First day of Camp. It is an 8-episode
million and grossed 10 times that
amount. Trank's paternal grand-
parents were Czech Jews who sur-
vived the Holocaust and settled in
the States after WWII. Tim Blake
Nelson, 51, who plays Harvey Elder,
the supervillain in Fantastic, has a
similar background: His maternal
grandparents fled Nazi Germany
during the 1930s.
Irrational Man is a new Woody
Allen film that
explores, as so
many of his films
do, whether life
has any meaning.
prequel of sorts to the 2001 film
that failed at the box office but later
became a cult hit. The episodes tell
the backstory of most of the lead
characters. The film's later success
was partially due to the later fame
of so many cast members, including
Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler and
Paul Rudd, 46. It seemed clear in
the original that the
setting, a summer
camp, was a Jewish
summer camp, and
the film had a lot of
Jewish references
and jokes.
The original and
the
sequel were
Banks
directed by David
Wain, 45, and both were co-written
by Wain and Michael Showalter, 45.
The entire original cast appears in
the sequel episodes. Tribe mem-
bers in the original and the sequel
include: Rudd, Michael Ian Black,
43, Judah Friedlander (30 Rock),
46, Elizabeth Banks, 43, and Kevin
Sussman (Stuart on Big Bang
Theory), 34.
SCARY MONSTERS
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Part of the Detroit Film Theatre's
Movies at Metroparks trilogy —
three weekends of under-the-stars
film screenings at various Huron-
Clinton Metroparks — Godzilla,
Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant
Monsters All-Out Attack! (2001)
Joaquin Phoenix,
40, plays Abe, a
philosophy profes-
sor who is in a funk
Phoenix
until he commits an
outrageous act that
gets him out of his torpor. Emma
Stone co-stars as a college student
who is smitten with Abe.
SMALL SCREEN
Starting last week on Netflix was
Wet Hot American Summer: The
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llam-11pm
Sunday
11 am-9pm
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IISMOKE
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'GRILL
JOIN US FOR DINNER ON
OUR OUTDOOR PATIO!
Enjoy a casual dining experience focusing
on quality food made with local ingredients.
House-smoked beef and pork along with
fresh seafood, steaks, chops and bistro
entrées on our relaxing outdoor patio.
Happy Hour Daily • Carry Out • Catering
Special Events • Weekend Brunch
HOURS: Tue - Sun for Dinner starting at 4:30 p.m.
Brunch: Saturdays and Sundays starting at 10 a.m.
248.438.6741 • www.cayagrill.com Arl
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