SUMMER
PLEASURES

SUMMER. CALENDAR

The Best Events

June

) July

\- 1 Village Fair, Shain Park,
Birmingham.

2-6 Michigan TasteFest, De-
troit's New Center Area, (313)
872-0188.

1 The Garden Party, La
Fete Au Jardin '97, 1 p.m.,
benefits the St. Vincent and
Sarah Fisher Center pro-
grams, 27400 W. 12 Mile,
Farmington hills, (248) 626-
7527.

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1-Aug. 31 "Home Work: Michi-
i gan Artists Explore Domestic
Spaces," Cranbrook Academy of
Art Museum, (248) 645-3312.

\ 7-13 Ford Senior Players
Championship, Tourna-
ment Players Club of
M
g3a0no.Dearborn, (313)
441-

July 9-12 Wyandotte Street Art
Fair, downtown Wyandotte, (313)
246-4505.

2 B'nai B'rith 14th Annual Golf
Classic, Edgewood Country Club.

9 Michigan Jewish Sports
Hall of Fame Greenberg Golf
Outing, Tam-O-Shanter Coun-
try Club.

4 Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood,
House Tour.

13 Mary Chapin Carpenter, Fox
Theater, (313) 983-6611.

5 Detroit Medical Center's fifth
annual, "Won from the Heart"
benefit at the Detroit Yacht Club,
(313) 745-2428.

13-15 Free circus, Hart Plaza,
Detroit.

14-15 Motor Muster Antique Car
Show, Henry Ford Museum and
Greenfield Village, (313) 271-1620.

15 Eyes on Classic Design, Edsel
and Eleanor Ford House, (313)
824-3937.

15-Sept. 7 "Sol Lewitt Prints
1970-1995," Detroit Institute of
Arts, (313) 833-7900.

22 "Samantha's Ice Cream So-
cial," for fans of the American
Girls Doll Collection, the Com-
munity House, Birmingham,
(810) 644-5832.

6-8 Meadow Brook: Landscape
and Garden Show, Meadow
\_ Brook Hall, (248) 370-3140.
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6-8 Detroit Grand Prix, Detroit,
(313) 393-7749.

7 Detroit Symphony Orchestra
with Gemini, Detroit Symphony
Orchestra Hall, (313) 833-3700.

7-8 Art on the Pointe, Edsel and
Eleanor Ford House, Grosse
Pointe Shores, (313) 824-5699.

8 Fresh Air Society/Camp Tama-
rack Family Day and Open
House at Camp.

23 Women's American ORT sev-
enth annual Golf Classic,
Shenandoah Golf and
Country Club, (248) 855-
9820.
24 Haven's 10th Annual ,
Promenade of Hope, South- \
field, Star Theatres, (248)
334-2343.

25 Hudson's International
Freedom Festival Fireworks,
Detroit River.

29-30 Dearborn Food Festival,
Dearborn Civic
Center, Dearborn, (313) 584-
6100.

10 Concert in the Park, 7:30 p.m.
Shain Park, Birmingham.

17-20 A Taste of History,
Henry Ford Museum and
Greenfield Village, (313)
271-1620.

23-27 Michigan '50s Fes-
tival, Novi, (810) 349-1950.

24-26 Jazzfest, Birming-
ham, (810) 6445832.

25 Dancin' in the Street,
Rochester, (810) 656-0060.

30 Hudson's 28th annual
Fash Bash to benefit the
Detroit Institute of Arts,
(313) 833-6760.

10-27 New Voices '97, Museum
of African American History.
(313) 862-4386.

11-13 Latino World, Hart Plaza,
Detroit.

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15 Skylands Children's Festival,
Grosse Pointe Shores, (313) 884-
4222.

9-10 Annual Novi Art Festival,
Novi, (954) 472-3755.

14 Concert in the Park, Shain
Park, Birmingham.

15 Dancin' in the Street,
Rochester, Rochester, (810) 656-
0060.

16 Woodward Dream Cruise,
serval Oakland County com-
munities.

16-Jan. 4, 1998 "Splendors of
Ancient Egypt," Detroit Institute
of Arts, (313) 833-7900. .

16 Michigan Renaissance Fes-
tival, Holly, (800) 601-4848.

16-19 Ann Arbor Street Fair,
Ann Arbor, (313) 994-5260.

17 Contemporary and Antique
Tile Fair, Grosse Pointe War
Memorial, (313) 822-0954.

17 Concert in the Park, 7:30 p.m.,
Shain Park, Birmingham.

August

17-20 Aladdin and His Wonder-
ful Magical Lamp, Stagecrafters
Youth Theatre, Royal Oak, (810)
541-8027.

1 Dancin' in the Street,
Rochester, (810) 656-0060.

19-Sept. 1 Michigan State Fair,
Michigan Exposition Fair-
grounds, Detroit, (313) 369-8300.

1-3 Fiesta Mexican, Hart Plaza,
Detroit.

21 Concert in the Park, Shain
Park, Birmingham.

2-3 Ferndale Street Art Fair,
(810) 988-1074.

22-24 Ribs 'n Soul, Hart Plaza,
Detroit.

3 Concours d'Elegance, Mead-
ow Brook Hall, (810) 370-3140.

28 Concert in the Park, Shain
Park, Birmingham.

7 Concert in the Park, Shain
Park, Birmingham.

29-Sept. 1 Ford Montreaux Jazz
Festival, Hart Plaza, Detroit.

8 Dancin' in the Street,
Rochester, (810) 656-0060. ,,

8-10 Caribbean International,
Hart Plaza, Detroit.

9-10 Annual Detroit Blues Fes-
tival, the Magic Bag Blues Club,
(810) 544-3030.

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