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something that can be exciting and an
opportunity for growth.

Q: As you meet with different
groups, are you finding that women
are discussing one problem more
than any other?
A: I think the problem facing most
women today is how to make choices
so they don't feel overwhelmed and
exhausted all the time. We've been
raised — at least in my generation —
to have the notion that you should
want it all and you can have it all.
Now that we have it all, we have to
figure out how to manage it.

Joan Lunden

MAKING CHOICES

If Joan Lunden had continued to
anchor "Good Morning America," she
would not be speaking at "Choices,"
the annual program of the Jewish Fed-
eration Women's Campaign and Edu-
cation Department. Her schedule
wouldn't have allowed it.
Since leaving "GMA" last year and
focusing on specials, Lunden has been
able to keep what she loves about
broadcasting while spending more time
with the people she loves — daughters
Jamie, 17; Lindsay, 14; and Sarah, 10,
as well as beau Jeff Konigsberg.
Among the people in the "Choices"
audience will be many she's met dur-
ing some 20- years of visits to Michi-
gan. Her former husband's family is
part of the local Jewish community.

Q: What will you be discussing at the
"Choices" program?
A: I'm going to talk about how to
call upon judgment, and not emo-
tions, when making choices, particu-
larly dealing with change. I think that
everybody knows I've gone through
some major changes over the past year.
I've been doing a number of motiva-
tional speeches around the country,
talking about how, with the right per-
spective, you can look at change as

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Q: What's your schedule like?
A: I'm on a five-day-a-week, but a
much more tolerable, schedule. I'm in
the middle of so many projects. I'm
shooting my specials for ABC, writing
my next book, traveling to do speech-
es and getting ready to shoot an
episode of "Home Improvement."
Most importantly, the biggest change
in my life is the amount of time I can
be at home.

Q: Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace
recently expressed some discomfort
about reporting sexually explicit alle-
gations concerning President Clinton
and a former White House intern.
How do you feel about using that
language on the airwaves?
A: I would be very uncomfortable,
particularly when you know children
are around home. (But) it's not like
they're choosing to explain these
details; it's almost like they're com-
pelled because of the facts of the story.
I really have my questions as to the
correctness about the way this whole
thing is being investigated, dealt with
and pursued.

Q: What has being a celebrity meant
to you?
A: Celebrity is one of those double-
edged swords. Unfortunately, there's a
sense of signing off on privacy by
virtue of a chosen career path. To keep
it wonderful, I use that (unique posi-
tion) to try to help others. To not do
that is a waste of a rare opportunity.
— Suzanne Chessler

"Choices") starts at 11 a.m. Viednes-
day, March 4, at Adat Shalom Syna-
gogue. The event is sold out (248)
642-4260, Ext. 181.

HANGING AROUND

Photos from ethnographic sources
are joined with Elaine Reichek's hand-
knitted replications in "Art on the
Edge of Fashion," the current exhibit
at Cranbrook Art Museum.
The exhibit, organized by the Ari-
zona State University Art Museum

purpose of expression.
Using other techniques, Reichek
presented an exploration of family val-
ues with "A Postcolonial Kinderhood:
Installation," shown in 1994 at New
York's Jewish Museum.
"People use decor to express ideas
about themselves," said the artist,
whose assemblage was a re-creation of
her childhood bedroom made up of
Colonial style furnishings and making
a statement about her family's denial
of Jewish roots.
A sampler — "I never think about

Elaine Reichek: 'Men of Aran Knit," wool, photograph, 1992.

and running through April 5, features
works by eight contemporary artists
using clothing and fashion to explore
issues of identity. Although the forms,
materials and processes are associated
with clothing, the work is not meant
to be wearable.
"The knitting points out the artifi-
cial construction in photography,
which often tells more about the view-
er than the subject," said Reichek,
who will discuss her pieces at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, March 5.
Selections from Reichek's Irish
series appear at Cranbrook.
Men of Aran Knit, for example, pairs
black and white photos of fishermen
carrying a canoe-like boat with black
and white knitted-to-scale likenesses.
Whitewash shows a picture of an
old, almost primitive cottage
matched up with a knitted cottage
shaped into a skirt, tying it to
women who constituted the cottage
industries and who bore the burden
of housework.
"There's a feminist subtext," said
the Yale graduate, who taught herself
knitting and sewing for the singular

being Jewish until I leave New York"
— puts the sentiments into words.
Reichek's current project — "When
This You See..." — involves samplers
that capture the history of knitting,
sewing and weaving. It will be shown
at the Project Room of the Museum
of Modern Art in New York.
— Suzanne Chessler

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A FULL CUP

Next month, Starbucks' customers
will be able to order up spirituality
with their double latte.
Copies of the paperback edition of
Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred
Stories of the Ordinary by Rabbi
Lawrence Kushner (Jewish Lights) will
be on sale in more than 400 Starbucks