p.m. Sunday, May 17. (734)
662-3382.
Paint Creek Center for the
Arts presents a fund-raising
exhibition titled Chainart, in
the Main Gallery through June
5. 407 Pine Street, Rochester.
(248) 651-4110.

Whatnot

Tone your body while com-

muning with nature at the
Cranbrook Run 9 a.m. Satur-
day, May 16, on the grounds
Temple Erni-tint-El presents an evening with the
of the world-renowned Cran-
Klezmer Fusion Band.
brook campus. Walkers are
Hall presents the performances 11
welcome. $20 entry fee includes T-
a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16,
shirt. 1221 N. Woodward Ave.,
and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17. For ages
Bloomfield Hills. (248) 645-3230.
7 and up. $7/advance, $8/at the door.
The Detroit Historical Society
350 Madison Ave., Detroit. (313)
kicks off its Sunday Stroll program
963-2366.
with a tour of the Boston-Edison His-
toric District 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17.
$10, $5/Society members. Meeting
place will be printed on the tickets.
(313) 833-1405.
The Michigan Classic Ballet Com-
Temple Beth El hosts two insightful
1998
Regional
Dance
pany hosts the
events. At 7 p.m. Sunday, May 17,
America Mid-States Festival on the
campus of the University of Michigan,
with performances at the Power Cen-
ter in Ann Arbor 8 p.m. Friday-Satur-
day; May 22-23. Guest artists are
Kimberly Glasco and Anthony Ran-
dazzo of the National Ballet of Cana-
da. $20/advance, $22/at the door.
(248) 661-4349.

ingle detail photos, fabric
dolls and custom-made fur-
niture are among the works
featured at this year's Emerg-
ing Artists Exhibition scheduled May
21-July 1 at the Janice Charach
Epstein Museum/Gallery.
Steve Tapper, known for his jewel-
ry designs, introduces reality camera
work resembling graphic designs. By
_focusing on segments of his surround-
ings, Tapper provides new ways of
viewing common sights, calling his
approach "painting with a camera."
"I've always enjoyed the relationship
of shape, color and form and the dif-
ference light can make," said Tapper.
Julie Langensiepen, working under
the name J.E.M.A. Dolls, transitioned

"This furniture becomes unique
through the carving," said Wolf.
While his favorite projects are
antique reproductions, Wolf crafts all
kinds of pieces to customer specifica-
tions and recently completed a cabi-
net that looks like a pagoda to
enhance a Chinese decor. -
Other artists in the show include
Efrat Tal (drawing), Joanne Goldberg
(beaded purses and jewelry), Sarah
Frank (ceramic tiles), Dean Victor

Dance Fever

The Art Scene

In an unusual two-part exhibition,
the Toledo Museum of Art and the
Detroit Institute of Arts celebrate the
invention of lithography with over
300 prints and books, half in each
museum. The exhibit, titled Two
Centuries of Lithography, runs
through July 26. Artists represented
include Robert Rauschenberg, Robert
Rosenquist and Helen Frankenthaler.
The Center for Creative Studies
(CCS) presents its Student Exhibition
Opening '98 6-9 p.m. Friday, May
15, at the Kresge-Ford Building, 201
E. Kirby, Detroit. $35/advance, $40/at
the door. The exhibition is open to
the public free of charge May 16-31.
(313) 664-7464.
The annual Greektown Arts
Festival, featuring the works of 135
artists and craftspeople on the streets of
historic Greektown, opens 5 p.m. Fri-
day, May 15, and continues through 6

"Young Tom Edison" illuminates the
Youtheatre stage at Music Hall.

columnist and author Ze'ev Chafets
presents a lecture titled "Orthodox
Power in Israel: What It Means for
World Jewry." Free of charge. (248)
851-1100. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, May
19, news correspondent Cokie
Roberts will explore the significant
issues confronting women today in a
lecture We Are Our Mothers' Daughters,
the title of her book. $15. (248) 352-
0990. Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph
Road, Bloomfield Hills.

to fine art after working
as an illustrator and rug
stylist.
"Wonderful fabrics
motivate me," said the
graduate of the Pratt
Institute in New York.
Langensiepen classi-
fies her dolls — adults
in elongated shapes —
as fiber art, each with a
name and number.
There also have been
dolls made on commis-
sion — a chef planned
for someone completing
cooking school and an
Italian greyhound for a
pet lover.
There are Jewish dolls, too, with
jewelry symbolizing ethnicity.
A mahogany blanket chest, a cher-
ry handkerchief table, a mahogany
and maple end table and a mahogany
jewelry box represent the artistry of
Ethan Wolf, who learned his craft
from furniture makers in Philadel-
phia.

Above le : Steve Tapper:
Painting with a camera.
Above: Julie Langensiepen
dolls.
Left: Ethan Wolf works in
wood.

(glass), Ronald Barris (paint-
ing), Lois Weinthal (drawing
and sculpture), Barbara Abel
(photography), Evelyn Dale
(jewelry), Erin Madorsky
(mixed media), Justin
Munter (photography) and
Leonid Tikh (painting).

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Suzanne Chessler

A reception honoring this
year's Emerging Artists opens the
show 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May
21. The exhibition continues 11
a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and
11 a.m. 8 p.m. Thursdays
through July 1 at the Kahn Jew-
ish Community Center in West
Bloomfield. (248) 661-7641.

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