TEMPTING
BITS OF
INTEREST
AND INFO.

Make Your
Marc

COMPILED BY

ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM EDITOR

If your son or daughter would
like to follow in the footsteps of
Modigliani, Soutine, Pissarro or
perhaps the most famous Jew-
ish artist of all, Marc Chagall,
here's your chance to see your
child's talent in bloom.
The Kohl Children's Muse-
urn in Wilmette, Ill., just north
of Chicago, recently opened a
new "Chagall for Children"

encourage them to es-
tablish creative envi-
ronments for children
in their own homes."
Each of the 20 dis-
plays in the exhibit
has a hands-on activi-
ty and an audio de-
scription telling about
the featured painting.
These include:

• A display showing
Chagall's Self-Portrait
with Seven Fingers allows visi-
tors the chance to sit at an
easel and make their own self-
portrait

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• A station showing the artist's
The Green Violinist, where
guests may choose the music
they feel best describes the
scene.

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exhibit which
allows children
to take a magi-
cal journey into
the world of color,
composition, light and perspec-
tive.
"Chagall for Children is de-
signed to de-mystify the art ex-
perience and make fine art
accessible to young children
and their parents," said Mary
Sinker, the museum's director of
exhibits. "We want parents
to see the similarity to
Chagall's work in the
art of their chil-
dren and

• A circus stage, where chil-
dren, after decorating and wear-
ing costumes, will stand and see
themselves as part of the Cha-
gall painting, The Citrus.

The exhibit, which runs
through the end of 1997, is
free with regular museum ad-
mission ($4 for adults and chil-
dren, $3 for seniors, children 1
and under are free). The muse-
um is open every day of the
week except Monday, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, and from
noon - 5 p.m. Sundays. The
museum is located at 165
Green Bay Road., Wilmette, Ill.
(847) 256-6056.

Of Culture
And
Shabbat

The Workmen's Circle/Ar-
beter Ring has just published

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Shabbes: A Cul-
tural Jewish
Lifestyle Pro-
gram Guide.
The book, the first in a series
on Jewish holidays, incorpo-
rates background on the day,
ideas on how to prepare for
Shabbat, recommendations for
appropriate reading material
and a collection of Hebrew and
Yiddish songs. It was written
by Naomi Prawer Kadar, with
papercut illustrations by Tsirl
Waletzky.
Shabbes costs $6.95, plus
$1 for shipping and handling
for each copy. Discounts are
available to Workmen's Circle
members. For information
about discounts, contact Work-
men's Circle/Arbeter Ring, 45
E. 33 St, New York, N.Y.
10016, (800) 922-2558, Ext.
201.

Celebrating
Shabbat with
Workmen's
Circle.

Check It
Out At The
Library

In addition to offering a great
collection of books, the library
is home to many of the latest
children's videos — available
for rent at a fraction of the cost
of those in the store.
You can make a rainy day
bright and sunny for your tod-

dler by fixing him a bowl of
popcorn served up with a
video from your local library.
There, you're likely to find Poc-
ahontas, The Aristocats and
The Lion King, among others
(be forewarned, however, that
the latter contains scenes too
violent for small children).
Most can be checked out
overnight for $1.
Some libraries even have
videos featuring Clifford the
Big Red Dog and popular
singer Raffi, that can be rented
free for one week.
Good films for the younger
set include the Baby Songs se-
ries by Hap Palmer, anything
with "Spot," and Preschool
Power, which teaches children
how to make fruit salad, put on
a jacket by themselves and
make their own clay.
Parents who need a good
laugh should be on the lookout
for the video version of William
Steig's delightful book, Doctor
De Soto.

Hamburgers,
With
A Slice Of
Vanilla

If you're tired of the same old
burger week after week (of
course you tried grilled onions
once, which your young
daughter promptly proclaimed
the most repulsive thing she
had ever seen), here's a new
dish certain to please every lit-
tle palate.
But there's a catch: It's a
desserthamburger.
Dorene Finer of West
Bloomfield, a first-grade
teacher at Kenbrook Elemen-
tary School in Farmington
Hills, came up with this recipe,

