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women on their role and
include:
influence in modern
• "A Tradition in
Jewish life;
Crisis," a look at how
• "Into the Mystic/The
Jewish people make their
Problem
of Evil," which
ancient religion mean-
looks
into
the life of
ingful today, and how
Jewish
mysticism
and
they understand and
Kabbalah and how Jews
relate to God;
deal with the existence of
• "People of the
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• "A Living Future," an
examining what is moral
examination
of the rela-
in human life;
tionship
between
the
idea
of a
• "The Chosen," an exploration
"Promised Land" and the State of
of how the Jewish people have
Israel's actual existence, including a
defined themselves as both a nation
look at how the different streams of
and a religion;
Judaism
prepare the generations to
- • "Time, Ritual and Sarah's
come
for
its living future.
Daughters," which includes an
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overview of Jewish practices and the

The 55th annual Franklin Village
Labor Day Roundup and Parade will
be held Monday, Sept. 6, from 9
a.m.-6 p.m. in the downtown
Franklin Village Green, on Franklin
Road just south of 14 Mile.
Organizers of this year's roundup,
titled "A Salute to the Century,"
encourage everyone to dress in a style
appropriate to his or her favorite
decade.
In addition to the noontime
parade, which boasts more than 40
acts and classic cars, the event
includes old-fashioned races, a horse
show, a 2-6 p.m. gazebo concert fea-
turing the Teen Angels and other
musicians, a midway with rides,
food and beverages, and a daylong
raffle for prizes sponsored by area
businesses.
Another favorite aspect of
the roundup returns this year.
The 19th annual "Art on the
Max Weinberg was in the right place at
Green," sponsored by the
Franklin Arts Council, features
the right time in 1993 when he recog-
nized Conan O'Brien on a street corner
80 artists from across the
country exhibiting original
on New York's Upper West Side and
works in all media. Included is
asked the comedian what he was doing
former Michigander Lynn Rae
for music on his planned late-night talk
Lowe, who will show her
show. It's been almost six years since the
works of Judaica.
New Jersey-born drummer — who
And while you're in the area,
squeezed in his own bar mitzvah between
be sure to stop at another
professional play dates — took the reins
favorite spot, the Franklin
as leader of the bandstand. But Conan's
Cider Mill, which reopens for
given Weinberg the summer off.
the season on Saturday, Sept. 4.
It all hearkens back to what amounted
Hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
to Weinberg's biggest break. As a college
senior at Seton Hall, he read an ad in the
Village Voice. Bruce Springsteen was
searching for a drummer. Sixty of them
answered the ad, but Weinberg was cho-
The cable channel Odyssey
sen. He went on to tour with Springsteen
celebrates the Jewish holidays
and the E-Street Band for 15 years, until
this September with the pre-
Springsteen decided it was time to go solo.
miere of a six-part documen-
Now, Springsteen is back on tour with
tary, Judaism: A Quest for
the
E-Street Band, stopping at the Palace of
as
part
of
its
"Jewish
Meaning,
Auburn Hills Wednesday and Thursday,
Chronicles" programming,
Sept. 8 and 9, at 7:30 p.m. In addition to
which airs every Friday at 1 1
Weinberg, Springsteen will be joined by
a.m. The original series, pre-
Ray Bittan, Clarence Clemons, Danny
miering Sept. 10, will look at
Federici, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Garry
Jewish life and identity in the
Tallent and Steve Van Zandt. A few tickets,
modern world.
priced at $67.50 and $37.50, are still avail-
Judaism.
The six episodes of
able. Call Ticketmaster at (248) 645-6666
written
A Quest for Meaning,
by David Sobelman and direct-

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CULTURE AT
CRANBROOK

Two new fall exhibitions open this
week at Cranbrook Art Museum.
"Disappearance at Sea," the first
solo museum show in the United
States by Tacita Dean, a young
British artist and recent nominee for
England's prestigious Turner Prize,
underscores film's evocative
power by focusing on the aes-
thetics of the filmed image with
rich panoramic views of the sea.
The exhibition "Backgrounds
for Modern Living: Furniture,
Textile and Fashion Design" fea-
tures the creations of Pipsan
Saarinnen Swanson (1905-
1978), daughter of Cranbrook's
first resident architect, Eliel
Saarinen, and his wife, Lija
Saarinen, a textile designer.
Pipsan's dress designs from
the early to mid-1930s; her
1947 affordable and modern
home furnishing line from the
Saarinen Swanson Group, in
collaboration with architect
husband J. Robert F. Swanson
and other Cranbrook artists;
and her printed textiles, rugs,
indoor/outdoor furniture and
free-form glass pieces from the
1950s and '60s define her posi-
Drummer Max Weinberg joins Bruce
tion as a pivotal mid-century
Springsteen and the E-Street Band
modernist.
at the Palace for two performances.
Both exhibits open Sept. 4
and
run through Oct. 31.
or visit the Web site at www.palacenet.com .
Cranbrook
Art Museum
Weinberg's favorite Springsteen song?
hours
are
11
a.m.-5
p.m.
"Darkness on the Edge of Town."
Tuesdays-Sundays/Thursdays
"It was a very exciting song that had a
until 8 p.m. $5 adults/$3 stu-
great drum part, and it was my wife Becky's
dents, children and seniors/age 7
favorite," he says.
and under admitted free. For
more information, call
(877) 462-7262.

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