field Hills. $7 adults/$4 seniors and
children 3-17. Call (248) 645-3200
for more information.

The Art Scene

The Center for Creative Studies-
College of Art and Design in collabo-
ration with Henry Ford Museum and
Greenfield Village hosts Art and Arti-
fact, through July 5, illustrating the
journey from historic to contemporary
design, and Future History: An
Americana Furniture Project, through
Sept. 30, demonstrating the process
and continuing spirit of American
individualism and innovation in furni-
ture design. 201 E. Kirby, Detroit.
(313) 664-7667.
Bloomfield-Birmingham Art Center
presents its annual student and profes-
sional Spring Pottery Show 10 a.m. 5
p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the BBAC,
1516 Cranbrook Road in Birming-
ham. (248) 644-0886.
The 22nd annual Livonia Arts Fes-
tival, with over 200 booths, will be
held 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, June 13-14, at
Greenmead Historical Park, Eight
Mile and Newburgh Road.
Admission is free.

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The "peifect" couple? SS Officer Rein-
hard Spitzy with his wife (circa 1930)
in a scene from "Master Race."

The State Theatre, 2111 Woodward,
next to the Fox. $26.50/$17.50. (248)
645-6666.

Family
Fun

T

wo kinds of butterflies are
free at Israel Fest '98 —
the real ones and dancers.
As families celebrate
the 50th anniversary of Israel with a
walk to the Detroit Zoo, they can see
the butterfly exhibit and Parparim, a
dance troupe going by the Hebrew
word for butterflies and showcasing
the folk movements of Israel.
The event begins at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 14, with a Walk for
Israel from the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Jewish Community Center (JCC) in
Oak Park to the zoo, where there
will be singers and dancers, an art
exhibit, clowns, face painting and a
hands-on activity called the Biblical
Zoo.
A scavenger hunt will connect the
zoo animals with the same animals in
the Bible.

ent members. Once they learn the
group's choreography, they try to
pass some of it along to audiences,
who are invited to take part.
With programs that can include
20 New York-based dancers, depend-
ing on the show, Parparim has its
own trained performers as well as the
ones who are doing it as a supple-
ment to other work and studies. Just
about all of them have spent time in
Israel.
Other entertainers live in Israel —
the 20-member choir Pinah B'emek
of the Central Galilee and the folk
dance troupe Nazareth Irises.
The art also will be from Israel,
with the selection of pieces coordi-
nated by an Israeli. Both Israeli and
American food will be for sale.

— Suzanne Chessler

Whatnot

The Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra's
Six homes and five gardens
Young People's Series
will be featured on the His-
toric Indian Village Home
for 5-12-year-olds
and Garden Tour, 10 a.m. 5
presents Where in the
p.m. Saturday, June 13. For
World of Music is
ticket information, call the
Carmen Sandiego?
— The Case of the
hotline at (313) 922-0911.
The Southfield Center for
Missing Concert Hall.
the Arts hosts The Actor's
11 a.m. at Orchestra
Seminar, a panel
Hall. $7-$18. (313)
discussion that will
576-5111.
explore
everything
The grand opening
a professional actor
weekend of Cran-
needs to know. A
brook's newly
question-and-
expanded science
answer session is
museum includes
included. 7 p.m.
special laser shows,
Thursday, June 25.
outdoor activities,
$20 per person.
educational and musi- Bea Ann Reid's "Baked
While You Sleep," a dress
Register
cal programs. The
created with 100 Won-
by June
museum is open 10
derbread bags, from 'Art
22.24350
a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 10
th- Artifact," and
Southfield
a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays
Stephanie Dauble's "The
Road.
and Saturdays and
Red Chain" from "Future
(248)
noon-5 p.m. Sundays. History: An Americana
424-9022.
Cranbrook Institute
Furniture Project," both
of Science, 1221 N.
at Center for Creative
Woodward, Bloom-
Studies (CCS).

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The dance troupe Parparim will pelftrm at Israel Fest 98.

The free festivities are sponsored
by the Jewish Federation of Metro-
politan Detroit, the Michigan/Israel
Connection, Jewish Experiences for
Families and the Jewish Community
Center.
"We are bringing 12 dancers and
musicians to the show," said Fran
Amkraut, a member of the troupe
that includes Americans and Israelis.
"We combine classic Israeli styles
with a modern, expressive style, and
there's an educational aspect to all of
our dances. They convey stories, his-
tory, themes and moods that make
up the Israeli culture."
Since Parparim was formed in
1975, there have been many differ-

Israel Fest '98 starts at 4:30
p.m. with the walk from the
Oak Park JCC to the Detroit
Zoo, where special events are
planned between 6 and 9 p.m.
The walk will proceed
through north Oak Park, with
a midpoint at Lincoln and
Coolidge, through Hunting-
ton Woods to the Detroit Zoo
Woodward entrance. Shuttle
buses will be available to assist
tired walkers. Registration
starts at 4 p.m. at the JCC.
Transportation vans will be
available to return participants
to the JCC. (888) 481-5943.

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