DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PHOTO BY GENE SCHIAVONE PRESENTS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE WILLIAM DAVIDSON FOUNDATION THE DSO COMES TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Beethoven’s “Pastoral” The Art of Jewelry created a signature look in his designs by combining the seemingly paradoxical influences of Art Nouveau and Modernism. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, he will speak on the Art of Jewelry Through History: A Jeweler’s Perspective. The lecture will draw on examples of jewelry through the ages (including this c. 1935 Georg Jensen brooch), examining them as both adornment and as an expression of art within the context of society and culture. $10. Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center, Birmingham. (248) 644-0866; bbartcenter.org. ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? The classic story ballet The Sleeping Beauty — beautiful princess Aurora is awakened from her cursed sleep by the kiss of a handsome prince — premiered The Sleeping Beauty on stage 125 years ago in St. Petersberg, and it is still a draw today, as evidenced by its highly anticipated run at the Detroit Opera House, March 31-April 3. A co-presentation of the Michigan Opera Theatre and University Musical Society, the American Ballet Theatre’s production is choreographed by Marius Petipa with staging and additional choreography by ABT Resident Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky (his father was Jewish). Superstar dancers (including Gillian Murphy, who will be available for a meet- and-greet following the Sunday, April 3, performance), gorgeous costumes (inspired by Leon Bakst), opulent sets — and Tchaikovsky’s exquisite score — makes for ballet on the grandest scale possible. $29-$149. (313) 237-7464; michiganopera.org. Michelle Merrill, conductor Kevin Brown, double bass +]VȱmR C arnival Overture Pi ston Ballet Suite from The Incredible Flutist Va nhal Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra Be ethoven Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” BROWN In Southfield In Clinton Township *VUNYLNH[PVU:OHHYL`ALKLR 27375 Bell Rd. Macomb Center for the Performing Arts .HYÄLSK9K THU., MAR. 31 AT 7:30 P.M. TS TICK U E ST J $25 for ($10 nts) stude FRI., APR. 1 AT 8 P.M. PURCHASE TICKETS TODAY! DSO.ORG/NEIGHBORHOOD OR 313.576.5111 2043440 * FEATURED ITEMS MENU Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar 0SDIBSE-BLF3PBEt8FTU#MPPNåFME 248.865.2900 XXXIVFSUPUFRVJMBCBSDPN Gadot I say — watch the show — but here’s a sidelight that’s not in the episode that may enhance your viewing. Hoffman has talked about his secular upbringing before. In 2003, he told author Abigail Pogrebin that the pivotal event in his Jewish identity was when he met and married his wife, Lisa Hoffman, now 61, in 1980. They have four now-adult children. Lisa’s strong Jewish background made a huge difference in Dustin’s life. He told Pogrebin: “My wife changed everything. Two sons bar mitzvahed, two daughters bat mitzvahed.” He also told Pogrebin about his many candid conversations about his faith with the family’s “cool” rabbi. The March 1 Roots episode, which featured Julianne Margulies, 49, Try One of Our Tasty, New Featured Menu Choices that Complement our Lunch and Dinner Menus The Menu Includes a Soup of the Month and a Tequila of the Month Hoffman on Roots made a similar point. In 2007, she wed Keith Lieberthal, now 43, a (very handsome) attorney who grew up in Ann Arbor, the son of political scientist Kenneth Lieberthal, 73, a former U-M professor (1983-2007). Margulies said that she knew little about Judaism until “I married a Jewish man, we had a Jewish wedding … got married under a chuppah, and I really enjoyed talking to the rabbi about all the things we’re doing with this bond — and we’re raising our son Jewish. I feel like I came back to my Jewish roots through my marriage.” (These Roots interviews can be viewed online. Simply Google “Finding Your Roots” and “Hoffman” or “Margulies.” Many encore PBS TV showings.) * A New Menu Each Month MARCH SPECIAL 15% Off Your Total Food Bill 1SFTFOUUIJTDPVQPOPOZPVS OFYUWJTJU%JOFJOPOMZ/PUWBMJEXJUI BOZPUIFSDPVQPOT PGGFSTPSTQFDJBMT -JNJUPOFDPVQPOQFSHVFTUDIFDL &YQJSFT huerto HOURS Closed on Mondays DINING & BAR Tu-W 11am - 10pm Th-Sat 11am - Midnight Sun 12pm - 9pm March 24 • 2016 51