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ers are in mid-career and many are
emerging on the national and interna-
tional art scene.
Aaron has loaned art from his col-
lection to many national and interna-
tional venues, including some close
to home: the Cranbrook Art Museum
and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
"One of the most fascinating
aspects of the show is that it will
appeal to both young collectors and
artists:' says John Corbin, co-curator.
"The exhibit demonstrates that the
experimental and dynamic nature of
contemporary art can be mirrored
by the patterns of contemporary col-
lecting." According to Aaron, who has
been collecting for 16 years, he likes
work that crosses a lot of cultural and
physical borders. "I look for artists
who are risk takers, where I instinc-
tively feel they have a lot of potential.
It is important to me that I see things
happening in the world that are con-
tained by ideas in the work."
A series of lectures, panel discus-
sions, performances, musical events
and film screenings accompany the
show. MOCAD is located at 4454
Woodward Ave., in Detroit. Admission
is free.
Hours are noon-6 p.m. Wednesdays
and Sundays, noon-8 p.m. Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays. For more
information and a complete schedule
of events, go to www.mocadetroit.org
or call (313) 832-6622.

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Jewish Idol

Soon after American Idol crowns
a new Season 6 winner next week,
Metro Detroiters will have the chance
to see a strong competitor from last
year take a local stage.
Singer-songwriter Elliott Yamin,
28, the son of an Israeli father of Iraqi
descent and a Jewish American mother,
came in third — after a neck-and-neck
competition — on the fifth season of
the hugely popular show with his R&B
influenced performances. During one
weekly rehearsal, guest coach Stevie
Wonder told Yamin he should definitely
pursue a career in music. Simon Cowell
even stated that he thought Yamin was
"potentially the best male vocalist" ever
on American Idol.
The Virginia-raised Yamin con-
quered enormous odds to get there:
His parents divorced when he was
14, and his father moved back to Los
Angeles, where Yamin was born. He
dropped out of high school in his
sophomore year, but later earned a
G.E.D. while working in one of the
many jobs he held before auditioning
for American Idol. He is 90 percent
deaf in his right ear and was diagnosed
with Type I diabetes when he was 16.
Yamin, who released his debut
album, Elliott Yamin, this year, per-
forms Wednesday, May 30, at St.
Andrews Hall in Detroit. Doors at 7
p.m.; all ages welcome. Tickets: $20 in
advance. Call (248) 645-6666 or go to
www.ticketmaster.com .

The Patio
Is Open!

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380 S. Main Street
Plymouth

734.4 1 6.9340

www.fiammagrille.com Open for dinner Monday - Saturday

COHN-HAMM

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CENTER 1FOR
JUDAIC STUDIES

cordially invites you to

The Annual Pearl A. and George M. Zeltzer Lecture
on Women and Judaism

with

Pleshette told the funeral crowd
that Poston – even though he
wasn't Jewish – was "the best
Tevye." Poston
played Teyve in
a stage produc-
tion of Fiddler on
the Roof. Before
Poston, Pleshette
was married to
non-Jewish busi-
Suzanne
nessman Tommy
Pleshette
Gallagher.
During Poston's eulogy, Pleshette
made a little joke that she had
to change Gallagher's name to
"Goldberg" so she could bury him
at Hillside when he died in 2000.
(Actually, Hillside has always
allowed the burial of non-Jewish
spouses.)
Susanne Pleshette, sadly, is now
suffering from lung cancer.

Hasia R. Diner,

Still Divine
It was just announced that Bette

Midler will replace Celine Dion
as the headliner at the huge
Colosseum at Caesars Palace night-
club in Las Vegas.
While Dion did more 200 dates
a year, Midler will do about 100,
and that lighter schedule, she says,
encouraged her to
take the job.
Her first engage-
ment begins Feb. 8,
2008, and seats are
already going fast.
See Bettemidler.com
Bette
for ticket information.
Midler
Caesars Palace
made a great choice. Dion has a
great singing voice, but Midler has
more soul in her pupik (bellybut-
ton) than Celine has in her whole
body.

Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor
of American Jewish History, New York University

Putting the Jewish Woman
in Her (Work) Place:
Historical Observations
about the Role of
Jewish Women in
Twentieth-Century
American Economic Life

Sunday, May 20th, 2:30 p.m.

at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield

Free and open to the public.

WAYNE STATE
UNIVERSIly

1255990

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