THE JEWISH NEWS
ENTERTAINMENT
Linda Solomon is Detroit's
photographer of the stars
KELLY BURGESS
Special 1(1 The -Jewish News
Tres chic in a white silk de-
signer gown at a star-studded Hol-
lywood party, or casual in her Bir-
mingham home in a linen shirt and
jeans, Linda Solomon is as much a
celebrity as some of the superstars
that she captures on film.
Gorgeous, with a perpetual tan
and a mane of long hair highlighted
in shades of gold, Solomon didn't
start out to be a star, nor does she
parade the talent that has brought
her national prominence as a celeb-
rity photographer of the rich and
famous.
Her candid shots and interviews
of both superstars and local movers
and shakers at work, and at play
appear twice a week in the Detroit
News where she's been a celebrity
photographer and columnist since
1982.
Her intense and effervescent
photographs of movie stars, celeb-
rities and entertainers, have ap-
peared in the lobby of Hollywood
palaces and theaters, in Time and
Newsweek pictorial reviews, and on
the walls of New York penthouses.
Her color, glossy photographs of
President Ronald Reagan and of
former President Gerald Ford hang
today in the official offices of the
Secret Service in the White House.
"You will never get any photo-
graphs of the President that will be
at all unusual as I once did. I had
some very personal shots of
President Reagan that only I had,"
said Solomon.
During an interview in her
Georgian colonial home where com-
fortable, modern white furniture
dominates the living area, Solomon
said she is very proud of being
Jewish.
"I think my Jewish background
has given me a standard — it means
being kind, a way of treating other
people," said Solomon who attended
Temple Israel as a child.
Solomon doesn't flaunt her work
as a volunteer leader in community
and civic groups, preferring instead
to quietly set aside time and dona-
tions for several organizations. She
is a trustee for the Michigan Cancer
Former football great Joe Namath poses for Linda Solomon.
Foundation and the recipient of a
public service award from that foun-
dation. She was cited for helping
raise the consciousness of the com-
munity to needs of the MCF.
She and her husband, Barry, an
attorney, belong to Cong. Beth Ab-
raham Hillel Moses in West Bloom-
field. She makes personal appearan-
cees at several charity functions
each year and donates her time and
contributions to Channel 56, the In-
ternational Visitors Bureau and the
American Cancer Society.
Solomon also has been sought
out as an interviewer and an inter-
viewee.
Her winning personality and so-
cial grace won her a seat last sum-
mer as host of the ABC-TV Morning
Exchange, a national two-hour talk
show aired from Cleveland where
she met and talked with Sen. John
Glenn and other personalities.
With her rise to fame spiraling
upward, Solomon recently appeared
on the set of Good Morning America
with David Hartman who inter-
viewed her.
A six-page layout of her photo-
graphs of Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers,
John Forsythe of Dynasty, Walter
Mondale and other notables ap-
peared in the May 1986 issue of the
national Photographers Forum,
Continued on Page 60
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MUSIC
PREMIER CENTER: 33970 Van
Dyke, Sterling Heights , Golden
Boys of Bandstand, Frankie
Avalon, Bobby Rydell and
Fabian, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.
today: Gregory Hines, 7:30
and 10:30 p.m. Wednesday;
admission, 978-8700.
PINE KNOB: Sashabaw Rd. at
1-75, Clarkston, Patti LaBelle,
7:30 p.m. Sunday. admission.
423-6666.
BRUNCH WITH BACH: Kresge
Court, Detroit Institute of Arts,
5200 Woodward, Detroit, 10
and 11:30 a.m. Sunday, admis-
sion, 832-2730.
FAMILIES
SPECIAL EVENTS
WEST BLOOMFIELD FALL FES-
0—_ TIVAL: Henry Ford Hospital
(West Bloomfield), music, rides,
food, crafts, 5 p.m. today, con-
GREENFIELD VILLAGE Dear-
born, Old Car Festival, 9
a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and
Sunday, admission, 271-1620.
UPLAND HILLS FARM: 481 Lake
George Rd., Oxford, Harvest
Festival,
hayrides, animal
shows, entertainment, 11
a.m.-4 p.m., admission, 628-
1611.
ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE:
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills, picnic and concert featur-
ing Ron Coden Trio and Uni-
versity of Michigan Mime
Troupe, 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
admission, 851-5100.
MICHIGAN RENAISSANCE FES-
TIVAL: Hollygrove, Holly, 10
a.m.-7 p.m., today through
Sunday, through Sept. 28, ad-
mission, 645-9640.
COMEDY
COMEDY CASTLE AND CAFE:
2593 Woodward, Berkley,
Larry Wilson, 8:30 and 11
p.m. today and Saturday; Jack
Gallagher, 9 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday; admis-
sion, reservations, 542-9900.
THEATER
FISHER THEATER:
3011 W.
Grand Blvd., Detroit, Into the
Light, starring Dean Jones, 2
and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m.
Sunday, 8 p.m. Tuesday
through Thursday, beginning
Saturday through Oct. 4, ad-
mission, 423-6666.
SPORTS
DETROIT TIGERS (Home
Tiger Stadium,
Games):
against Milwaukee, 7:35 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, admission.
ART
SOUTHFIELD CIVIC CENTER
GALLERY: 26000 Evergreen,
Southfield, watercolors by
Joyce Elliston, glass art by
Jennie Madden, 9 a.m.-9:30
p.m. Monday through Friday, 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, today
through Sept. 12, free, 354-
4717.
PONTIAC ART CENTER:
47
Williams, Pontiac, sculpture by
Michael Curtis, Sergio De-
Giusti, Todd Erickson,
William Girard, Jay Holland
and Dennis Knight, 9 a.m.-5
Week of
Sept. 5-11
p.m. Tuesday through Satur-
day, 333-7849.
WOODS GALLERY:
26514
Scotia, Huntington Woods, re-
ception for artist Rita Dryman,
1-4 p.m. Sunday, 548-9720.
CANTOR/LEMBERG GALLERY:
538 N. Woodward, Birming-
ham, painted constructions by
Aviva Robinson, 11 a.m.-5:30
p.m. Tuesday through Satur-
day, opening today through
Sept. 27, 6 p.m. today, recep-
tion, 642-6623.
IS INC. GALLERY:
13 S,
Saginaw, Pontiac, "Nightclub
People" oil paintings by De-
borah Kashdan, now through
Sept. 25, 332-5780.
FILM
DETROIT FILM THEATER: 5200
Woodward, Detroit, Trouble in
Mind, 7 and 9:30 p.m. today
and Saturday;
Sanshiro
Sugata, 7 p.m. Sunday; admis-
sion, 832-7676.
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