ENTERTAINMENT

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Clowns

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featuring
International dance groups, ethnic food and wine

Sunday, April 21, 1991 from 4 to 7:30 p.m.
(Food served from 4 to 6 p.m.)
Southfield Civic Center Pavilion
26000 Evergreen Road (at 10 1/2 Mile Road)

S 13.50 per person in advance • S 15.00 per person at the door

Sponsored by the City of Southfield and
The International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit
Proceeds benefit the International Institute's ethnic enrichment programs

For ticket information
Southfield Community Relations Dept.
354-4854

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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1991

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WEEK

Hy Vogel's artistry has spanned several careers.

city's most prominent
residents, including politi-
cians and auto executives.
Mr. Vogel's sketches, under
the heading "Lines About •
Detroiters" and accom-
panied by brief poems about
the subjects, regularly grac-
ed the front pages of the
Detroit News.
From the News, Mr. Vogel
expanded to drawing
caricatures for papers in
Texas, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois
and throughout Michigan.
Then he entered the Den of
40 Thieves.
The Den was anything but
auspicious. Mr. Vogel still
remembers the draped
windows, the barrels on the
floor and the bar itself — a
dark room in a basement in
downtown Detroit.
A doctor friend invited his
pal Hy for a drink at the
Den. It was a rainy day. The
two men ordered beers, then
began chatting with a man
near the piano. Mr. Vogel
thought he was the
bartender; later he learned
it was Lester Gruber, co-
founder of the London Chop
House.
Mr. Gruber and Mr. Vogel
got along famously from the
start. After he returned from
a job in Cleveland, Mr. Vogel
agreed to come to work
drawing customers at the
Chop.
The Chop was the premier
eatery of the day. Celebrities
staying in town always
stopped by for a Chop House
steak. Long lines of people
waiting to get into the res-
taurant were common.

Mr. Vogel's career at the
Chop House spanned 50
years. Among the sports
stars he sketched were golfer
Arnold Palmer and Tiger
star Hank Greenberg. His
most frequent subjects,
however, were entertainers,
including Judy Garland,
Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy
Durante and Bob Hope,
whom he described as "the
nicest guy you ever want, to
meet, but he's got a nose
that tilts up like a hockey
stick."
Actor John Barrymore left
a tremendous impression on
the artist. As Hy Vogel
began drawing Barrymore's
portrait, a large tear fell
down the actor's cheek. He
told Mr. Vogel that he had
once been an artist of sorts,
that it had been the happiest
time of his life.
To this day, many of Mr.
Vogel's drawings hang on
the Chop House walls.
It didn't take long for Mr.
Vogel to learn that he could
pretty much size up his sub-
jects according to their
features.
"What do you see in my
face?" they would ask.
"What do you see in me?"
Mr. Vogel offers these ob-
servations: A large nose
means character. A nose
that tilts up usually belongs
to someone stubborn. A
large mouth with the lips
curled up on the sides
reflects a good nature, while
a thin mouth usually shows
strictness. Talkers have a
thick lower lip.
"There are so many things