Arts ntertainment z • )' T -IE PARK Common Theme COMMON GROUND SANCTUARY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 10 AM - 6 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 10 AM - 5 PM Annual Art in the Park benefits Common Ground Sanctuary. ■ 190 ARTISTS EXHIBITING FINE ART & FINE CRAFT SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News ■ ONE OF THE TOP-RATED SHOWS IN THE NATION ■ SILENT AUCTION C • FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT • CHILDREN'S ART ACTIVITIES • FREE ADMISSION SHAIN PARK DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM INFORMATION 248-456-8150 SPONSORED BY: OBSERVER & ECCENTRIC NEWSPAPERS; SATURN OF CIARKSTON, SOUTHFIELD, TROY & SOUTHGATE; LOOMIS SAYLES & CO, LB; THE SHIRLEY K. SCHLAFER FOUNDATION; HOUR DETROIT; SBC; NORDSTROM; M-CARE; ASTREIN'S CREATIVE JEWELERS; BARRY D. & EDITH 5, BRISKIN; CORVUS INTERNATIONAL; HAP; ROCHESTER INSURANCE AGENCY; ARTMEMBERS C.' q., .CRANBROOK; TAUBMAN TO BENEFIT COMMON GROUND SANCTUARY: SERVING YOUTHS, ADULTS & FAMILIES IN CRISIS 1020610 .<• LEBANESE CUISINE Previously House of Hunan. Resturant-Lounge & Banquet Facility SUSHI BAR Welcomes You to Our New Location! still available. The I lealtk Lebanese Cuisine Outstanding rxcellence uperior II B Get l Appetizer forrKr r Expires 10/15105 Excludes Sushi Bar & Alcohol r . ....... . Ner . II L.1 et 2nd at 1/2 Inner Orr Expires 10/15/05 Excludes Sushi Bar & Alcohol %TN 918 2005 46 GOURMET • DINE-IN/CARRY-OUT PRIVATE PARTIES FOR EVERY CELEBRATION UP TO 350! 28565 Northwestern hwy. • Southfield 2+8.827.0077 • fax 2+8.827.0099 fax Li .5 !J our order 1013770 ommon Ground Sanctuary is not a Jewish organization, but it serves Jewish clients, has many Jewish volunteers and is headed by a Jewish chief executive officer. When the agency holds its main fund-raising event this year — Art in the Park scheduled Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17- 18, in Birmingham's Shain Park — there will be Jewish artists among the almost 200 from across the country. "This is the 31st year of the art fair, and this is my 15th anniversary with the organiza- tion," says Tony Rothschild, 57, who will be joining in as visitors view and buy original juried art in 18 categories, listen to live musical entertainment, sample specialty foods, participate in children's activities and bid in a silent auction. "I'm glad to have so many people coming together each year with usually great weather and all the volunteer par- ticipation," says Rothschild. "It's all for the cause of helping people, and I like the connection to art because we use art therapy as a healing tool." Last year's art fair netted $150,000, which went into the Oakland County- based agency's general fund. The event attracted 75,000 people. "About 90 percent of our fundrais- ing goes directly into programs," says Rothschild, who reminds fairgoers that they can purchase many different kinds of artwork, from paintings to glassware. "Our main function is to serve peo- ple in crisis, and we structure ourselves with two divisions. Our psychiatric services are for those with crisis mental illness problems. Our community Common Ground Sanctuary's Art in the Park runs 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, and 10 . a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, in Shain Park in downtown Birmingham. (248) 456-8137. services are for intervention programs for people in situational crisis." For those with psychiatric problems, Common Ground does emergency assessments around the clock and uses a mobile program to assist. There is a cri- sis residential home for adults _ , who can choose a voluntary short-term stay. For those experi- encing situational crisis, there is a crisis telephone line, which gets about 27,000 calls a year. The agency also offers a legal clinic, assistance for crime victims, youth shelters and a street outreach program for homeless young- sters. "We don't deal with the Jewish pop- ulation any differently from any other populations," says Rothschild, who reports that a group at Temple Beth El gives Easter baskets every year for the kids served by his agency. "We certainly work closely with Jewish Family Service. We try to make sure that our crisis line referrals are up to date with all the resources in the Jewish community. We've had a few cases where people wanted therapists in the same religion, and we would call Jewish Family Service." Rothschild, who grew up in California and moved to Michigan in 1970 on assignment from VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Irvine. He earned his master's degree in social work from the University of Michigan after his VISTA term was completed and went on to assign- ments as a community development specialist for the Neighborhood Serv- ice Organization in Detroit, instructor at Wayne State University and special assistant to the late U.S. Rep. George W. Crockett Jr., D-Detroit. "I've always been interested in poli- tics," Rothschild says. "I was involved in campaigns in Detroit, and that's