Please join us for the first annual Len Thursday, June 10 Aaron DeRoy Theatre • D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building • Jewish Community Center Sunday, June 13-Wednesday, June 16 Star Theatre, Southfield See top international Jewish films: features, documentaries and short subjects. Experience Jewish culture around the world through film. Film topics Romance, the Holocaust, contemporary Israel, Jewish life in America, Jewish food, the Jewish Brigade and Jewish Hollywood Schedule of Screenings Thursday Sunday June 10 June 13 Noun DeRoy Theatre JCC West Bloomfield Free preview of New local documentary- 2 p.m. Gaperation to Generation Speakers* Sue Marx & David Techrier, Producers 5 p.m. Monday Tuesday Wednesday June 14 June 15 Star Theatre, Southfield 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 1. My Mother's First Olympics 2. Hitchhikers 1. Divine Food: All of It Speaker: 6 p.m. Rabbi Elimefech Silberberg 8 p.rn. In Our Own Hands 100 years in Kosher Deli Trade 2. Odessa Steps 3. Mahjongg: Jody Podolsky, Producer/Director The Tiles That Bind Patron reception 4. The Personals- Improvisations on Romance in the Oda? Years A Life Apart: Hasidism in America Speaker une 16 7:30 p.m. Soleil Speaker. Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press film critic 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 1. Human Remains H014400diSM: Jews, Movies Er the 2. A Letter American Dream Without Words Inbyductory Remarks: Speaker. Lisa Lewenz, director 8 p.m. Autumn Sun Speaker: Rabbi Leonardo Bitran Sandy Schreier, 7.1 personality/author Tickets $6 general admission, $5 seniors • Series general admission $45, series seniors $35 For ticket information, call the Jewish Center's Jewish Life and Learning Department, (248) 661-7649. Sponsored by a generous endowment from the Milton Marwil Family in memory of Lenore Marwil j c jest, Commc ity ante, of Metropolitan Detroit • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5/21 1999 88 Detroit Jewish News sionary, but I didn't plan that. I just play what makes me feel good. And I like to hear some chords and melodies," Kravitz said. "People talk about what's new and taking things far out, and I'm like, `Man, I haven't heard anybody take it further out than Miles or Jimi [Hendrix], and that was years ago.' But people don't understand that. "That was the time for that kind of exploration and freedom and soul, and this is not a soulful time we live -\ in. Look at the music in the 1950s and '60s; it was fresh and very young, and people were discovering there could be a freedom. The times really reflect the music. Right now, it's about quickness, instant gratification and technology. And that's what we have, musically. People don't take the time to learn to play an instrument anymore. Why bother? They can take a box, and make some sound." But mention the R-word in the same breath as his music, and Kravitz begins to seethe. "Am I retro? That's absolute B.S.," he bristled. "I live in the now. But why should I follow what's going on now? I get called retro because I use real instru- ments. My new album [5] has a touch of technology, because I wanted it. "But I ask people: 'If I hit a drum, or play a guitar or an organ, what is old about that?' And they can't answer. It's a fashion perception. There is nothing new "What's new about techno? That stuff was going on in the 1960s, it just evolved. What makes something new, or makes it someone's own thing, is the musical collage that you put together, and how. Nobody is invent- ing any new rhythms or chords, so they should shut up. "People calling me 'old-fashioned; that's nonsense. I don't believe that for a second, [but] they can say what they want. Saying that the old stuff doesn't hold up — like Mozart doesn't stand up? — give me a break. Music is music. It's expression. People take music too seriously, in a fashion sense. It's an expression; you bang on some [stuff_ and make some sounds. People have gone too far in labeling what's 'old' and what's not ... It's all experience." 17 Lenny Kravitz, with special guests the Black Crowes, pop/hip-hop eu performer Everlast and newcomer Cree Summer, performs 6 p.m. Saturday, May 22, at Pine Knob. $45 and $37.50 pavilion/$20 lawn. (248) 645-6666.