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Arts t4 Culture
Browse the exhibit Focus Photo
on through June 22 at the Robert
Kidd Gallery, 107 Townsend,
Birmingham. Hours are 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. (248)
642-3909.
Listen to Dalia Shaham, a Temple
Israel teacher, discuss the book A
Woman in Jerusalem by Abraham
Yehoshua at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 30, and 7 p.m. Thursday, May
31, at the Henry and Delia Meyers
Library in the West Bloomfield
JCC. The sessions are part of
Book Club 2007. Call Frances
Menken at (248) 432-5546.
Cinema a- Stage
See the musical Oklahoma!
through June 9 at the Farmington
Players Barn Theater, 32332 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. The show
starts at 8 p.m. May 24-26, May
31-June 2 and June 7-9. Sunday
matinees and a Saturday matinee,
June 9, begin at 2 p.m. $16-18.
(248) 553-2955.
Laugh with comedian Dustin
Diamond at 8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday, May 31-June 2, in the
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase
at the Seva restaurant, 314 E.
Liberty. Diamond played Screech
in the Saved by the Bell films and
sitcom. $11-$16. (734) 996-9080.
Comedian Elon Gold who was a
regular on the TV sitcoms In-Laws
and Stacked performs stand-up
8 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at Mark
Ridley's Comedy Castle, 269 E.
Fourth, Royal Oak. A benefit for
Aish Detroit. Doors 7 p.m., light
Vets To Honor Jewish Fallen
The Department of Michigan Jewish War Veterans of the USA
and Ladies Auxiliary will be joined by Canadian and Russian
Jewish war veterans for an international Memorial Day ser-
vice 10 a.m. Sunday, May 27, at Machpelah Cemetery, 21103
Woodward, Ferndale.
A second service will be held at 12:30 p.m. at Hebrew
Memorial Cemetery, 21503 E.14 Mile at Gratiot, Clinton
Township.
JWV chaplain Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz of Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills will officiate. Taps will be
sounded by Ferndale High School students and Ben Duchan.
The event will be under the direction of State Commander
Jerry Order and State President Myra Gross with Izzy Sigal
heading up the Canadian contingent. The Russian veterans
are commanded by Anatoly Granovesky. Also included will be
Venturing Crew 18 with Allen Olender, adviser.
Services are open to the public. In case of rain, they will
move indoors.
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Kosher Gospel
Congregation Beth Shalom,
14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park,
will present a concert 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 3. Joshua Nelson
will inaugurate the new Cantor
Sam and Mona Greenbaum
Concert Fund.
Nelson, 25, grew up in a
black Jewish synagogue in
New Jersey. He has pioneered
"Kosher Gospel" music and
teaches Hebrew to middle
Joshua Nelson
school students.
Single tickets are $36 for
preferred seating; $18 adults in advance ($25 at the door);
$10 children 12 and younger. Group rates are available.
For information, call the synagogue, (248) 547-7970.
kosher snacks and cash bar. $36.
RSVP: (248) 327-3579 or www.
aishinthewoods.com .
Concerts
Party with The High Strung as
they release a new recording, Get
the Guests, Friday evening, May
25, at the Lager House,1254
Michigan, Detroit. (313) 961-4668.
Hear the sounds of the Jesse
Palter Quartet Saturday evening,
May 26, at the Musical Hall Jazz
Cafe, 350 Madison, Detroit. (313)
887-8501.
Meet Ami Greener, an energy spe-
cialist, as he discusses "Energy,
Economics and Politics: More
than a Michigan Story — a Global
Problem" at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
May 30, at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
The program is sponsored by the
Detroit Chapter of the American
Jewish Committee. (248) 646-
7686.
Catch the Almost Famous Band
at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 26,
at Mr. Joe's, 26077 W.12 Mile,
Southfield. (248) 356-7133.
Attend the second annual
Michigan
Steel Drum
Festival 2
p.m.-2 a.m.
Saturday,
June 2, at the
Hockeytown Café,
2301 Woodward,
Detroit. $10.
(313) 965-9500.
Hear Rabbi David Greenstein
deliver the keynote address at
graduation ceremonies of the
Florence Melton Adult Mini-School
of Metropolitan Detroit at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. The rabbi will
discuss "Rabbi Akiva — From
Illiterate Shepherd to Brilliant
Scholar." (248) 642-4260, ext.
372.
Event Hotline
Find items at the monthly Flea
Market held 8:30 a.m.-noon
Wednesday, May 30, at the Oak
Park JCC. Proceeds support the
center's special needs programs
and JARC. (248) 967-4030.
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Attend "Dry Clean Only: A
Charity Shirt and Tie Auction
of Wearable Art" at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 31, at the Janice
Charach Epstein Gallery at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Local artists
have decorated denim shirts and
silk ties to be modeled and sold to
benefit Kids Kicking Cancer and
the gallery. (248) 432-5579.
Get to know author Karenna Gore
Schiff, daughter of Al Gore, as she
discusses her book Lighting the
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Way: Nine Women Who Influenced
Modern America at noon
Thursday, May 31, at Knollwood
Country Club, 5050 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield. The program is
hosted by the Jewish Women's
Foundation. $100. Call Shoshana
Baruch at (248) 642-4260.
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Enter the 12th annual Golf
Marathon and support the
Michigan Chapter of the Crohn's
& Colitis Foundation of America
at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 4, at
the Oakhurst Golf & Country Club,
7000 Oakhurst Lane, Clarkston.
Participants collect a $500 mini-
mum in pledges to golf all day and
join a breakfast, lunch and evening
reception. Registration deadline is
June 1. Call Gilda Hauser at (248)
737-0900.
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