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Abrams and Gordy

RIDE WITH THOMAS
More than 60 years ago, a dad with a pas-
sion for trains wanted to bond with his son.
So he wrote the Railway Series of classic
stories, out of which grew Thomas the Tank
Engine, who has chugged his way into mil-
lions of train-loving hearts. For six days only,
April 30-May 1, May 7-8 and May 14-15,
Thomas, Sir Topham Hatt and the rest of his
Island of Sodor friends will visit Greenfield
Village for rides around the village, storytell-
ing, live music, arts and crafts, shopping
and more at Day Out with Thomas. (Trains
leave every half hour from 9:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m.; $11.75-$37.75.) For truly devoted engi-
neers, Greenfield Village offers a
Railroaders’ Breakfast April 30-May 1, May
7-8 and May 14-15 from 8-9 a.m. Buttermilk
pancakes and local jams are accompanied
by the Picks & Sticks String Band, railroad-
themed storytelling, a visit with the Village
Hobo and Sir Topham Hatt at the Taste of
History restaurant, along with special-access

parking, admission to Greenfield Village
for the day and a special 9 a.m. ride with
Thomas ($23.75-$53.75). Reservations and
tickets for all events are required. (313) 982-
6001; thehenryford.org.

MOTOWN HONOR
Multi-platinum hometown boy Kid Rock,
award-winning composer and producer
Dan Yessian and Motown Records’ late
iconic director of publicity Al Abrams will
receive Distinguished Achievement Awards
at the 25th-anniversary celebration of the
Detroit Music Awards, Friday, April 29,
at the Fillmore Detroit. Abrams begged a
job from Berry Gordy in 1959 before the
label was launched — and (in addition to
penning many articles over the years for
the Detroit Jewish News), in 2011, wrote
the book Hype & Soul: Behind the Scenes at
Motown, an inside scoop on how a small
black company came of age during the
Civil Rights Movement. The same year,
he told the Detroit Free Press that putting
the Supremes on the cover of the Detroit
News TV Magazine in 1965 was his greatest
accomplishment. “It really opened the doors
everywhere else,” Abrams said. “[It showed
editors that] we can put black people on a
cover that will sit in people’s living rooms
for a week, and they won’t cancel their sub-
scriptions.” Tickets start at $25. Livenation.
com or detroitmusicawards.net.

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ten. As for Amy describing herself as “half
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jocular exchange in which that comment
made “comic sense.” (Amy Schumer’s
Comedy Central series, Inside Amy, begins
its fourth season on April 21.)

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In 1970, Elvis Presley met with President
Nixon at the White House. Nixon con-
sented to the hastily scheduled meeting
in the hope that Presley’s celebrity would
help him with young people. Presley’s
motivation seems mostly to get Nixon to
make him a Narcotics Bureau honorary
officer so he could add to his collection

of law enforcement
badges. The meeting of
the uber-stiff Nixon and
the uber-loose Presley
has long been fodder
for comics — opening
Friday, April 22, is anoth-
er re-telling of the story:
Elvis & Nixon, co-starring
Kevin Spacey (Nixon)
and Michael Shannon
(Elvis). Good film festival
buzz led Amazon to buy
it and they will stream
the film after its theater
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ried to Joey, is the daughter of Holocaust
survivors. She had a tough childhood,
fled to Los Angeles from Montreal and
re-invented herself as a popular fitness
expert on Los Angeles TV. Her 2006 auto-
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the shocking title: My Parents Went
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