MAKING
MINIATURES
Harold Goldman finds
his hobby is as relaxing
as "someone else's martini"
JUDY MARX
Special to The Jewish News
In
ost young boys build model air-
planes at some time during
their youth. Some "bigger
boys" never put away their balsa wood
and glue and, even as adults, con-
struct sailing ships and classic cars.
But few produce the delicate
miniature creations that adorn the
shelves of a self-taught Southfield ar-
tist and craftsman.
Harold Goldman is familiar by
sight, if not by name, to much of the
Jewish community. By day, he has
worked for 21 years as a funeral direc-
tor for the Ira Kaufman Chapel,
where he meets with families and
organizes funerals. _ A broad-
shouldered man with a gentle man-
ner and an easy sense of humor,
Goldman says that even after all that
time "the real me is not the one in the
tie and the black suit."
The "real Harold Goldman" wears
blue jeans and a T-shirt, and by night
you're apt to find him down in the
basement of his apartment complex.
He has the big, strong hands of his
native Minnesotan ancestors. Yet his
gentle touch enables him to build
miniature violins only an inch and a
half long and dollhouse mousetraps
1/4 by 1/8 inch.
Goldman says that most model
builders purchase kits at a local hob-
GOING PLACES
WEEK OF JULY 3-9
MUSIC
DETROIT SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Meadow Brook, Copland
concert, 8 p.m. Sunday,
Dvorak concert, 8 p.m.
Thursday, admission,
377-2010.
PINE KNOB MUSIC
THEATRE
Clarkston, Jimmy Buffett,
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Air
Supply 7:30 p.m. Monday,
admission.
MUSIC IN THE PARK
Shepherd Park, Oak Park,
Ron Coden, 1:30
p.m.Saturday, The Singing
Dolls, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
free, 545-6400.
"IN THE PARK"
SUMMER CONCERT
SERIES
Shain Park, Birmingham,
Sentimental Journey To
The Big Band Era, 7:30
p.m. Thursday, free,
644-1807.
MEADOW BROOK
FESTIVAL
Meadow Brook, Baldwin
Pavillion, Chuck Mangione,
8 p.m. today, Canadian
Brass, William Bolcom and
Joan Morris, 8 p.m.
Saturday, admission,
377-2010.
THE 1987 STROH'S
JAZZ SERIES
Chene Park, Detroit, Roy
Brooks, 8 p.m. Saturday,
free, 567-0990.
CITY OF SOUTHFIELD
Southfield Civic Center
Plaza, 26000 Evergreen,
Leonard Smith Concert
Band, 8 p.m. today,
354-4717.
CONCERTS-IN-
THE-PARK
Prudential Town Center,
101/2 and Evergreen,
Southfield, Johnny Trudell
and his Top Brass
Orchestra, 7 p.m. Sunday,
354-4717.
CITY OF SOUTHFIELD
Southfield Civic Center
Plaza, 26000 Evergreen,
The Tailgate Ramblers, 8
p.m. Saturday, admission,
3544717.
CHILDREN
JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER
6600 W. Maple, Hansel and
Gretel, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
admission, 661-1000.
SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC
LIBRARY
26000 Evergreen,
Southfield, special
children's program, 2:30
p.m. each Wednesday,
through Aug. 19, 354-5342
or 354-9100.
COMEDY
DUFFY'S ON THE LAKE
3133 Union Lake Rd.,
Union Lake, Ron Coden, 9
and 11 p.m. every Friday
and Saturday through July,
admission, 363-9469.
COMEDY CASTLE
Northwood Inn, 2593
Woodward, Berkley, Bill
Thomas, 8:30 and 11 p.m.
today, 8:30 p.m. O'Brien
and Valdez, 8:30 Tuesday-
Thursday, admission,
542-9900.
THEATER '
DOWNTOWN DINNER
THEATER
Veterans Memorial
Building banquet hall,
They're Playing Our Song,
presented by Jimmy Launce
Productions, cocktails 6:30
p.m., dinner at 7, curtain at
8:45 p.m. every Friday and
Saturday, admission,
ATTIC THEATRE
7339 Third, Detroit, A . . . My
Name Is Alice, 8 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays, 5:30
and 9 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30
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