Greater Detroit's Original Cultural Events Weekly, Thursday, January 19, 2017

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MONITORPalmer Park's WinterFest and Doggie Fashion Parade

People for Palmer Park's 5th Annual WinterFest and Doggie Fashion Parade will be a festival of fun and fur at one of Detroit's most appeal-ing and magical winter playgrounds, Palmer Park, on Sunday, Janu-ary 29 from 1 - 4 p.m. The event includes nostalgic horse and car-riage rides, a colorful doggie fashion parade, winter sports (weather permitting), food, music, arts and crafts and more. If Mother Nature provides snow and freezing weather, Lake Frances will be open for ice skating, and the trails will welcome cross-country skiers, snow-shoers, and hikers — winter sports enthusiasts must bring their own gear. People for Palmer Park (PFPP) volunteers will assist as guides and volunteer skaters who will be on hand for those new to the ice — parents and responsible adults must accompany their children. Defrosting fun will be set up in the warm-up tent where young mu-

sicians from Detroit Youth Volume will perform, children can create dog and cat masks to wear in the pet parade, and PFPP will sell offi-cial winter hats and pet bandanas to warm up with. Outside the tent, warm up with soup, hot cocoa, hot coffee, grilled cheese, yummy des-serts and other healthy goodies from Nosh Pit Detroit Food Truck.Horse and carriage rides through the woods throughout the event,

crowds will gather for the afternoon's highlight at 3 p.m. when dogs, accompanied by children dressed in their doggie masks, will strut their stuff around Lake Frances, wrapped in scarves, cloaks, hats, sunglasses and more. There will be prizes and treats for all pets from Razor K-9, Paws in the D, and local pet stores. Everyone is encouraged to bring unopened and unexpired dog or cat

food to donate to Paws in the D for area pet shelters. Pre-registra-tion for dogs and guidelines for safety and behavior can be found at: peopleforpalmerpark.wordpress.com/calendar/winterfest-doggie-fashion-parade/."Bundle up and bring your ice skates, skis or snowshoes," says Peo-

ple for Palmer Park President Rochelle Lento. "We hope to create a winter wonderland for kids and adults to enjoy."More information can be found at peopleforpalmerpark.org.WinterFest and Doggie Fashion Parade will take place in Palmer

Park, on the south side of the park adjacent to Merrill Plaisance, which is located just north of McNichols (Six Mile Road) and just west of Woodward Ave. in Detroit. Follow the signs to free parking. Admission is free; small donations are requested for carriage rides.

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The Edible Monument: The Art of Food for Festivals at the DIAof street festivals as well as court and civic banquets in Europe in the 16th to 19th cen-turies.Public celebrations

and street parades featured large-scale edible creations made of breads, cheeses and meats. At court festi-vals, banquet settings and dessert buffets featured elaborate ta-ble monuments made of sugar, flowers and fruit. These ed-ible sculptures didn’t last long, but images of towering garden sculptures and lavish

The Detroit Institute of Arts is exhibiting a special display of culi-nary objets d’art and scarce food ephem-era, entitled The Ed-ible Monument. The exhibition includes about 140 prints, rare books and serving manuals from the Los Angles-based Getty Research Institute’s collection and other private collections. The artworks illus-

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table pieces designed for Italian and French courts have survived in illustrated books and prints, many of which are featured in the exhibition.The exhibition in-

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The Tigers will visit the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, honor a fallen police officer, visit patients at DMC Children's Hospital, work as celebrity serv-ers at Hard Rock Café and check out cars at the North American International Auto Show as part of their annual Winter Caravan on Thursday, January 19 and Friday, January 20.The tour leads up to the sold-out TigerFest at Comerica Park on January 21."Year in and year out, the players, manager and coaches have made a com-

mitment to engaging with fans throughout the state of Michigan," Tigers vice president of public affairs and strategic planning Elaine Lewis said in a state-ment, "and they enjoy seeing the smiles, hearing the cheers, and feeling the passion and outpouring support from fans. It speaks to the impact the Tigers' caravan can have for all."

General manager Al Avila and manager Brad Ausmus are slated to join Tigers players, coaches, broadcasters and officials on a schedule that includes nearly 30 stops across two tours—one around Greater Detroit and into Toledo, the other across the state to Grand Rapids and nearby areas. A full list of players attending is expected to be announced next week.The caravan begins Thursday, January 19, with a public event at the DSO,

where Avila and Tigers players will help the orchestra celebrate the opening day of its Mozart Festival with a Piano Sonata marathon. The event is free and open to the public, with the Tigers scheduled to arrive sometime after 1 p.m. Around the same time, between 1 and 2 p.m., another group of Tigers will be Downtown, helping serve customers at Hard Rock Café. Tigers players will visit Children's Hospital, U.S. Customs and Border Protec-

tion, Mariner's Inn and the Farmington Public Safety Department during the afternoon, before a pair of public events in the evening. At Hockeytown Authen-tics in Troy, fans who bring canned goods for donation to the Salvation Army will have the chance to take photos with Tigers players sometime during the 5 p.m. hour. Around the same time, other Tigers will visit kids at Clarenceville High School in Livonia.Ausmus, meanwhile, will spend Thursday evening in Toledo, where he'll join

new Mud Hens manager Mike Rojas at the team's winter party from 6-7 p.m. at Fifth Third Field.Over in Grand Rapids, Tigers players and officials will take part in the West

Michigan Whitecaps' annual winter banquet, where catcher Alex Avila will be inducted into the Whitecaps Hall of Fame. The banquet is sold out.On Friday, the Tigers will visit Selfridge Air National Guard Base, the FBI's

local office and DTE Energy headquarters before heading to Wayne State Uni-versity, where the team will help honor the memory of fallen police officer Colin Rose. The Tigers will present a jersey to Wayne State police chief Anthony Holt, and a gift to the parents and fiancé of Sgt. Rose.Tigers players on the west side of the state will make a visit to the Meijer store

in Holland before meeting with members of the University of Michigan athletic department Friday afternoon as part of the school's 200th anniversary celebra-tion.The caravan closes with the Tigers' annual visit to the auto show around 3 p.m.

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The Mozart Festival is beginning this weekend with Leonard Slatkin con-ducting the Detroit Sym-phony Orchestra. There are six series of performances (each played twice) and the festival is then concluded with the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra perform-ing the Mozart Requiem. The festival begins on this coming weekend, Thurs-day, January 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, January 20 at 10:45 a.m. The program includes the Oboe Concerto in C Major, Horn Concerto No. 1, Overture to Marriage of Figaro, and Sinfonia Con-certante in E Flat Major for Violin and Viola. The Oboe concerto was rewritten by Mozart himself as his second Flute Concerto in D Major, which is heard more often in that version. The second concert in the se-ries will take place on Sat-urday, January 21 at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. The program consists of the Overture to Cosi fan Tutte, Flute Concerto (Buck), Horn Concerto No. 2 (DSO Princi-pal Horn Pituch), Overture to Don Giovanni, and Sym-phony No. 39. (The program brochure does not specify which flute concerto will be performed – I assume it will be No. 1 in G Major). For information, check DSO.org or call (313) 576-5111. There are quite a few oth-

er programs of importance taking place during this weekend, as well. This Thursday at Hill Au-

ditorium, January 19, 7:30 p.m., the Prague Philhar-monia will be performing under conductor Emmanu-el Villaume. Soloists include Sarah Chang, violin, and Andrew von Oeyen, piano. Mr. von Oeyen comes from our area and has grown to be world renowned. Sarah Chang’s reputation speaks for itself. The program: Smetana Die Moldau from

Má vlast, Dvořák Violin Concerto in a Minor, Op. 53, Mendelssohn Piano Concer-to No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25, and Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88. For more information,

check UMS.org. The Takács Quartet will

be performing at the Rack-ham Auditorium on Sat-urday, January 21 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, January 22 at 4 p.m. as part of their perfor-mance of all of Beethoven’s string quartets. On Saturday, they will per-

form Quartet No. 5 in A Ma-jor, Op. 18, No. 5, Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4, and Quartet No. 15 in a Mi-nor, Op. 132. On Sunday afternoon they

will perform Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3, Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2, and Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127. A lecture entitled Explor-ing Beethoven’s String Quartets will be given on Saturday, January 21 at 7 p.m. at the Rackham Am-phitheater (4th floor) by U-M Professor of Musicol-ogy and Beethoven scholar Steven Whiting. This is the second installment of his lecture series delving into Beethoven’s string quar-

tets. For more information, check UMS.org. The Chamber Music Soci-

ety of Detroit is introduc-ing the Pacifica Quartet on this coming weekend. On Friday, January 20, 8 p.m., the Pacifica Quartet will be performing works by Jorg Widmann, and Dmitri Shostakovich at the Schaver Hall at Wayne State Univer-sity. This program includes a post-concert dessert re-ception with the artists. On Saturday, January 21,

8 p.m., at the Seligman Au-ditorium in Beverly Hills, the Pacifica Quartet and Christopher O'Riley, pi-ano, will be performing works by Haydn, Ravel, and Schumann. There is a free Pre-Concert Event: A con-versation with Christopher O'Riley, host of the nation-ally syndicated radio pro-gram From the Top, with two young Michigan alum-ni of the show. On Sunday, January 22

at 3 p.m., at Varner Hall of Oakland University, Chris-topher O'Riley, piano, will present a solo recital which includes works by Brahms, Bach, Scriabin, and Rach-maninoff. For further information,

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The Meridian Win-ter Blast presented by Quicken Loans will coincide with the last weekend of the North American Internation-al Auto Show (NAIAS). The winter family-

fun festival will take place Friday, January 20 through Sunday, January 22, at Cam-pus Martius Park in Downtown Detroit.This year's festi-

val moves up several weeks to overlap with the last weekend of the NAIAS and fea-tures a new layout and winter-themed attrac-tions.The all-new, rede-

signed Meridian Win-ter Slide will be one of the main focal points of this year's festi-val. The 30-foot high slide will whisk rid-ers through a pitch-black tube and quickly drop them at a steep, 40-degree angle, with speeds of up to 20 mph. For children and less adventurous types, there’s also a 30-degree drop slide. Returning as a fes-

tival favorite is the MetroPCS Zipline Ad-venture, the longest, fastest, mobile zipline in Michigan. It allows two riders to zip si-multaneously on sep-arate lines, 34 feet above the ground. In just 20 seconds, this high-speed experience will take festivalgoers' breath away and take in panoramic views of Campus Martius from high atop Cadillac Square, the new loca-tion of this activity.One of the coolest

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Bedrock Ice Maze and Ice Bar. The 30’ by 40’ Ice Maze will be lo-cated on Woodward Ave., south of Campus Martius Park and will have hundreds of large ice blocks that make up an interactive and chilly puzzle. In the evenings, the Bedrock Ice Bar, located on Ca-dillac St. north of Ca-dillac Square, is guar-anteed to be one of the best places to chill at the festival. Elements of the festi-

val, fully crafted from ice will include a 16’ carved bar and tables, chairs and carafes of drinks. Adults can en-joy the portable heat-ers and music while sipping drinks 'on the rocks' from 6-11 p.m. on Friday and Satur-day and 6-9 p.m. on Sunday.Also new in 2017, LA

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also take place. Festi-val patrons can par-ticipate in free ice skating at the Campus Martius rink for the entire festival, cour-tesy of St. John Provi-dence. This is the only weekend of the year when visitors can skate for free. Attend-ees can also enjoy live skating exhibitions and performances by local skating clubs.Meridian Winter Blast

is once again teaming with Matrix Human Services and Chemical Bank to help those in need during the win-ter. Admission is $3 or three canned goods/non-perishable items or a children's book. Festival hours are Fri-day, 4-11 p.m., Satur-day, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more in-formation call (248) 541-7550 or see win-terblast.com. Campus Martius Park is lo-cated at 800 Wood-ward Avenue, at the intersection of W. Fort St. and Michigan Avenue, Downtown.

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2017 Knoll Lecture in Design at Cranbrook

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The Detroit Zoological So-ciety is inviting Southeast Michigan residents to leap to it and join the local chap-ter of FrogWatch USA. The citizen science program teaches volunteers how to identify frogs and toads by their breeding calls and to gather and record data that supports a national net-work."We already know about

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LIVE THEATRE

By Marian Sakalauskas

'Phantom' Delights at Detroit's Opera House

By Paul Arlon

Derrick Davis (pictured, with K. Travis), although I saw his understudy, Vic-tor Wallace, do the role. I cannot speak to Mr. Da-vis’s performance, but Mr. Wallace was powerful and moving in his interpreta-tion of the role. I have seen Phantom several times be-fore, and this particular phantom seems grittier and a bit scarier. His de-votion to Christine (Katie Travis) shows him to be an obsessive stalker who will use whatever devious method he can think of to win her over. We cannot doubt his skill as a musi-cian, composer, or vocal coach, but his single-mind-ed fixation is alarming.Ms. Travis’ Christine is

innocent and naïve, which makes her a vulnerable target for the older and manipulative musician

who would be more than her mentor. Her voice is lovely and

soars through the beauti-ful Andrew Lloyd Webber music.Christine’s true love is

Raoul (Jordan Craig), who strives to give Christine the strength to break the hold the Phantom has on her. Christine and Raoul’s love duet, “All I Ask of You,” is one of the really beauti-ful highlights of the pro-duction.The Phantom of the Opera

first opened in October of 1986 in London. It came to Broadway in 1988 and can boast that it is the longest running show in the history of Broadway. That such a well-loved musical should come so close should be motivation enough to have audiences flocking to see this pro-duction.Of course, Andrew Lloyd

Webber’s music is the most spectacular element of this production, but the visual effects are fabulous. The set and costumes are lush and vividly set the scene of the eighteenth-century opera house. The corps de ballet is charm-ing and I was impressed by how often a tableau looked a great deal like an Edgar Degas painting. The Phantom of the Opera

runs at the Detroit Op-era House through Janu-ary 22, at 1526 Broadway, in Downtown Detroit. Wednesday through Sat-urday performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sun-day matinees are at 2 p.m. and the Sunday evening performance is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at

broadwayindetroit .com or ticketmaster.com, or by calling (800) 982-2787.

The Phantom of the Opera never ceases to delight, and the most recent in-carnation running at the Detroit Opera House cer-tainly does not disappoint. From the opening organ chords, which make your whole body tingle with the vibrations, to the finalé, this award-winning musi-cal holds the audience in its thrall. Set in the eighteenth-cen-

tury Paris Opera House, the play follows the story of the horribly disfigured but brilliant musician who haunts the opera house and becomes obsessively fixated on a lovely young girl he wants to elevate out of the corps de ballet and to turn her into the lead soprano at the opera house.In this production, the

Phantom is played by

Moving Moments in Mom's Gift at Meadow Brook

The Greater Detroit live the-atre community is awash in top-notch stages peopled with seasoned talent. Mead-ow Brook Theatre is now in its 51st year of presenting Broadway-quality work, and their current production, the Michigan premiere of Mom’s Gift, featuring television com-edy icon Cindy Williams, is as good as local theatre gets.

Directed by MBT’s Artistic Director Travis W. Walter, Wil-liams plays Peggy Swenson, an angel of sorts, suspended in limbo until she accomplishes certain good works for her family.

Peggy appears at her hus-band’s birthday party, pre-senting herself to her always-angry daughter, Kat (played by Dani Cochrane, pictured, with Williams). Kat, is a smart but unhappy engineer, and has

been estranged from her Dad (played by Mark Rademach-er), since her mother suffered a lingering and eventually fatal car accident when her father was driving. Kat nearly chokes on the stiff drink she’s imbib-ing when seeing the amiable ghost of her mother.

Peggy explains that she’s ap-pearing at this family gather-ing because she’s been tasked

with settling some matters be-fore she can ascend to her final heavenly destination. Trouble is, Peggy hasn’t been told ex-actly what those matters are, and the only person who can see her is the disputatious and surly Kat.

Enter Kat’s seemingly dizzy-headed little sister, Brittney, played by newcomer to the MBT stage, Franny Krommin-

ga. Brittney seems to be just a step up from the Village Idiot, but she can’t see her mother’s ethereal spirit. She’s always been Daddy’s Little Girl, and has had a much better rela-tionship with her father than Kat.

Kat and her Dad are at total odds during their visit, and are even further divided when the party’s other guests soon arrive. In comes Trish (Mon-ica J. Palmer), a woman who was at Peggy’s side all during her accident’s aftermath and eventual death. Also, in walks Kevin (Tyrick Wiltez Jones), a childhood neighbor and the athletic former Prom King at Kat’s high school. Kat and Kev-in have circled one another since grade school and now that they’re adults, there’s a certain electricity between them.

So, the stage, so to speak, is set: Can Peggy figure out what she must do to bring resolu-tion to the swirling and unset-tled life issues of her family?

With each person burdened with their own special prob-lems, it won’t be easy. But, she’ll do whatever it takes to get her ‘angel wings’ and the play, written by Phil Olson, takes us from tragedy to joy on a bittersweet bullet train.

The message, for me, was pretty simple: You have a choice – you can either live your life in a soap opera, or a situation comedy (with hom-age to Cindy Williams’ Shirley Feeney). Because life goes on, no matter what, so you’d do better to make the best of it.

This was a terrific night out at the theatre. And, as usual, not one bad scene from Mead-ow Brook’s venerable stage. Mom’s Gift, starring Cindy Wil-liams and a stellar cast, runs through January 29.

For more information, call (248) 377-3300, or look at mbtheatre.com.

Meadow Brook Theatre is lo-cated at 207 Wilson Hall, on the campus of Oakland Uni-versity, in Rochester.

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Accepting Applications for our newly renovated 2 bedroom Senior/Disabled Apartments. Rent is based on income.

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(313) 865-1552Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Fountain Court Cooperative“DETROIT’S PREMIER HOUSING FOR COOPERATIVE LIVING”

Experience Living at Fountain Court...Apartment & Townhome Features Community Advantages• Central air • Community Room • Close to Detroit/Medical Center• Heat & Water Included • In the Heart of Midtown & Corktown• Blinds • Carpet & Tile • Minutes from Downtown Attractions• Energy Efficient Appliances • Conveniently located near all • On site Laundry Facility Major Expressways• 24 Hour on site Maintenance • Benefits of Ownership with• Cable Ready • Assigned Parking • Maintenance Included

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Shiver on the River Free Admission

Saturday, February 4th 10 A.M. - 3 P.M. Belle

Isle

Belle Isle Aquarium 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Belle Isle Nature Zoo 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.

Coast Guard Station 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Flynn Pavilion

Flying Pancake Breakfast (fee)

Belle Isle Boat Club 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Belle Isle Conservatory 10am - 5p.m.

Dossin Great Lakes Museum 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Detroit Yacht Club Tours Available

Event Held at the Belle Isle Casino Bob Kat Caricatures

Magic John, Children’s Magician Snow Shoe rental

Ice Rescue Demonstration 2 P.M. @ Coast Guard Station Marshmallow Roasting @ Aquarium

Family Fun all around Belle Isle - Visit these locations:

For more information contact, Friends of the Detroit Riverriver@detroitriver.org (734) 288 - 3889

The Michigan Winter Dog Classic, Michigan’s largest Dog Show, takes place in Novi’s Suburban Collection Showplace on Thursday, January 19, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, January 20 - Sun-

day, January 22, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Michigan Winter Dog

Classic will host more than 7,000 dogs, 160+ breeds of “man’s best friends”, throughout the 4-day show, including several breeds getting ready for the coun-try’s premier Westmin-ster Kennel Club Dog show in February. Dogs will be judged on standards set by the American Kennel Club. Along with the thousands of dogs at the show, attend-ees can learn about their pets from educational dem-onstrations, see conforma-

tion judging, go to breed seminars, and have access to many of the 160+ breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club, the Oakland County Kennel Club, the Li-

vonia Kennel Club and sanc-tioned by the American Ken-nel Club. One of the features at the show will be My Dog Can Do That where people can bring their dogs to work

with several AKC profes-sional trainers as they show how visitor's dogs can per-form in agility events.Other featured events

are Barn Hunt Trials; Ca-

nine Good Citizen Testing; Coonhound Bench Show; Dock Diving Trials and Open Splash; Duck Herd-ing Demonstrations; Meet The Breeds; My Dog Can Do That!; Police K-9 Demon-strations; Triebball ("Drive Ball") - Saturday & Sunday and New Exhibitor Briefings on Thursday & Saturday. For information, call (248)

348-5600, or see themichi-ganwinterdogclassic.com. Tickets to the Classic are $35 for a family of 2 adults and 3 kids, $10 per adult, active and inactive military with ID, seniors and kids 12-17 are $8. Kids under 12 are free.The Michigan Winter Dog

Classic will be held at the Suburban Collection Show-place, located at 46100 Grand River Ave., in Novi.

Michigan Winter Dog Classic Set for Novi