from WDET in
Schaefer, of the
Detroit to WEMU
"folkternative"
(89.1 FM) in Ypsilanti
acoustic Virginia
with several national
quartet Eddie
performers, including
from Ohio.
Lou and Peter
The Jewish
Berryman, Anne Hills,
musician has
Don White and some
released a solo
surprise guests. Tickets
effort, In The
are $20.
Flesh, which fea-
For tickets, call
tures him and his
(734) 763-TKTS. For
guitar on some
Robbie Schaefer performs in sup-
information, call (734)
original songs,
port of his new album at the Ark.
761-1451
or go to
Eddie from Ohio
vvww.theark.org .
favorites and a few
choice covers. On his Web site, he
quotes his ever-supportive mom:
SHINING DIAMOND
"My son rocks. Buy his record.
Please."
Neil Diamond — with a near four-
Schaefer takes the stage 8 p.m.
decade career — is set to return to
Saturday, July 30. Tickets are
the stage with the biggest show he
$13.50.
has ever presented. "Neil Diamond
Then, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July
Live — World Tour 2005" comes to
31, celebrate the return of southeast-
the Palace of Auburn Hills for two
ern Michigan's radio voice of folk
performances, 8 p.m. Thursday and
music in "A Celebration of 'Folks
Friday, Aug. 4-5.
Like Us.'" Local folksinger Matt
The Jewish musician's previous
Watroba celebrates his show's move

Summer Group Exhibition —
Martyn Bouskila, Tom Carey, John
Cynar, Lynn Galbreath, Alisa
Henriquez, Scott Hocking, Matthew
Moore, Michelle Stamler. District
Arts Gallery, 955 S. Eton,
Birmingham. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday, through Aug. 20.
(248)258-9300.

Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
2-Sept. 11; opening reception: 7-9
p.m. Friday, Aug. 5; round table
panel discussion: 2 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 21. (734) 761-2287 or
ww-w.wsg-art.com .

Goldie Tremblay — Photos of cars
and motorcycles. Ariana Gallery, 119
S. Main, Royal Oak. Aug. 1-30. (248)
546-8810.

Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular
— Dance-funk stage presentation.
Jerome Duncan Ford Theatre, 14900
Metropolitan Parkway, Sterling
Heights, 8 p.m. Friday, July 29,
$19.50429.50; Meadow Brook Music
Festival, 3554 Walton, Oakland
University, Rochester Hills, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 30, $16.50-$26.50.
(248) 645-6666 or
www.palacenet:com.

Emphasis on Digital — Exhibit
examines approaches being taken by
artist using the latest digital technol-
ogy: Barbara Brown, Michelle
Hegyi, Lynda Cole, Alvey Jones,
Martha Rock Keller. Washington
Street Gallery, 120 E'Liberty, Ann
Arbor. Noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-
Thursday, noon-9 p.m. Friday-

tour was the most successful of his
career, drawing nearly 2 million fans
in the United States, Canada and
Europe in 2001-2002. The current
tour kicked off in March with sold-
out concerts in Australia and New
Zealand, before heading to the U.K.
and Ireland and finally, this month,
back to the U.S.
The ever busy Diamond, who has
sold more than 120 albums world-
wide, has been working on another
one, to be released this summer, this
time with producer Rick Rubin, best
known for his work with hip-hop
and alternative rock acts. Diamond
will show his kitschy side in an
appearance in the upcoming film
Lucky 13, in which he plays himself
singing at a bar mitzvah at Dodger
Stadium.
Tickets for Diamond's Palace
appearances are $85 and $42.50.
(248) 645-6666. ❑

Kids Fest 2005 Meadow Brook Music
Festival, 3554 Walton, Oakland
University, Rochester Hills, 1 p.m.
Sunday, July 31, $10; Jerome Duncan
Ford Theatre, 14900 Metropolitan
Parkway, Sterling Heights, 1 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 1, $13. (248) 645-6666
or www.palacenet.com .

Lighting Up: How I Stopped
Smoking, Drinking and Everything
Else I Loved in Life Except Sex — A
reading by Susan Shapiro. Borders
Books, 34300 Woodward,
Birmingham. 7 p.m. (248) 203-0005.

— Compiled by Bobbi Charnas

CELEBRITY JEWS

NATE BLOOM

Special to the Jewish News

Caprice Gets Surreal

A couple of years ago, cable sta-
tion VH-1
had the
idea of
putting
together
five "has-
been"
celebrities
in a house
for about
six weeks
and
manipu-
lating the
situation
for dra-
matic
Caprice: Has been?
effect.
I, for
one; thought this new low in
"reality TV" would fail. Still, it
was fun to note that VH-1 had
dug out two Jewish "has-beens"
for the premiere series: former
child star/former drug addict
COREY FELDMAN and former
Beverly Hills 90210 star

GABRIELLE CARTERIS.
Well, this "new low" turned out
to be a VH-1 high: The Surreal
Life is the highest rated show on
the station, and the fifth install-
ment of the series, Surreal 5,
began on July 17. It features
CAPRICE, a pretty Jewish blonde
model who goes by a one-word
name.
Calling Caprice a has-been is
confusing to American audiences
who are largely unfamiliar with
her career — then or now
Caprice Bourret, 34, was born in
Los Angeles and is a former Miss
California. However, she had little
success as a model in the States
and moved to London in the mid-
1990s.
She became a very familiar face
in Britain — appearing on major
magazine covers and in the pages

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