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Arts & Culture

Concerts

Look through the Michigan Water
Color Society's 60th Annual
Exhibition, through July 20, at
150 Community Arts Building on
the Wayne State University cam-
pus in Detroit. (313) 577-2423.

Listen to the sounds of
Shostakovich at two classi-
cal music programs scheduled
Thursday, June 28, on the final
day of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra's 8 Days in June fes-
tival. A DSO Chamber Concert
with strings and brass is sched-
uled for 6:30 p.m., and Peter
Oundjian will conduct the full DSO
at 8:30 p.m. Both concerts will
take place at the Max M. Fisher
Music Center, 3711 Woodward in
Detroit. For information, visit
www.8daysinjune.com or call (313)
576-5111.

See what's current in art at the
Fresh exhibit, through Aug. 4,
at the David Klein Gallery,163
Townsend in Birmingham. Featured
artists are Brian Barr, Ben Hall,
Dalton Jamieson, Ben Kiehl, Mary
Kim, Kelly Reemtsen and Lauren
Semivan. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through
Saturdays. (248) 433-3700 or
www.dkgallery.com

View a tapestry exhibit, Through
the Eye of the Needle, depicting
the life of a Polish woman who
survived the Nazis and came to
the United States. It can be seen
through Aug. 9, at the Janice
Charach Epstein Gallery in the
West Bloomfield JCC. The late
Esther Krinitz made the tapes-
tries, which will be discussed by
her daughters, Bernice Steinhardt
and Helen McQuade, during a gal-
lery tea starting at 2 p.m. Sunday,
July 15. Gallery hours are 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays
and noon-4 p.m. Sundays. (248)
432-5448.

Cinema & Stage

Laugh with comedian Dennis
Miller while assisting JVS, a
nonprofit human service organiza-
tion, 8 p.m. Thursday, June 28,
at the Detroit Opera House,1526
Broadway in Detroit. Tickets start
at $45. www.jvsdet.org .

Hear Mozart's music adapted
to Jewish prayer at a musical
Shabbat service 7:45 p.m. Friday,
June 29, at Congregation T'chiyah
in the David and Miriam Mondry
Building,15000 W.10 Mile, Oak
Park. Harry Shevitz will play his
keyboard, accompanied by his
wife, Susan, on flute. Members
Jane and Rick Miller will lead the
service. (248) 953-0317.

Sing for the fun of
it during the UMS
Choral Union's 14th
session of Summer
Sings. Singers from
_ southeast Michigan,
northern Ohio and Canada will
participate with choral conductors
and soloists at choral-reading ses-
sions held Mondays in July.

Participate in J.S. Bach's
Magnificat, conducted by Huw
Lewis, by registering 6:30 p.m.
Monday, July 9, in auditorium 4
of University of Michigan Modern
Languages Building, in Ann Arbor.

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Fun On The 4th

Celebrateournation's birthdayatthe
city of Oak Park's Fourth of July
Parade and Funday on Wednesday,
July 4. The day begins at 8 a.m.
with a run and pancake breakfast at
9 a.m. in Shepherd Park on Oak Park
Blvd. From 10 a.m.-4 p.m., the park
will have food, game booths, pony
rides, pettingfarm, inflatable structures, d u nktank,arts and crafts
projects for children and al p.m. performance bythe high-energy
group Persuasions. The parade starts 11 a.m. from the corner of
Nine Mile and Coolidge. Moredetails areavailablefrom Recreation
Director Roy Vultaggio. (248) 691-7555.

The $5 charge includes scores
and refreshments. Parking costs
another $5 in the nearby Thayer
Street structure. To learn more,
call (734) 763-0611.

Education

Register for Federation's
Summertime Torah series, co-
sponsored by Florence Melton
Adult Mini-School and Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Alliance for Jewish
Education. Call (248) 642-4260.
• Study The Laws of Being a
Mentsh with Rabbi Leiby Burnham
9:30-11 a.m. Tuesdays, July 3, 10,
17 and 31, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. $65 for remaining classes.
• Learn about Jews in America
with Dr. Howard Lupovitch 7-
8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July
11, 18 and July 25, at Max M.
Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph in Bloomfield Township.
$65 for remaining classes.
• Explore parent-child relation-
ships in the Bible with local
psychologist and Judaic stud-
ies instructor Dr. Mitch Parker
in What's the Matter With Kids
Today? 7-8:30 p.m. starting
Thursday, July 5. Class meets six
weeks for $75.

Event Hotline

Get an analysis of What Made
Hitler Tick? at a lecture that
seeks to dissect the personality
of Adolf Hitler 7 p.m. Thursday,
June 28, at the Zekelman Family
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington
Hills. Presenter Dr. Donald M.
Borsand, an optometrist and busi-
ness entrepreneur, has made a

lifelong study of Hitler. The event
is offered through the Center's
Continuing Education Committee.
There is no charge. The south
parking lot provides the easier
access to the lecture hall. For
information, call Selma Silverman,
(248) 553-2400, ext.12.

Take part in a golf outing fund-
raiser sponsored by Temple Shir
Shalom noon Monday, July 9, at
Plum Hollow Country Club, 21631
Lahser in Southfield. Call to regis-
ter for the day. (248) 737-8700.

Health

Have a free blood pressure read-
ing from a registered nurse from
Providence Hospital 1-2:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 5, at the Oak Park
JCC. No appointment is necessary.
(248) 967-4030.

Holidays/Shabbat

Take part in an interactive weekly
Torah portion discussion 9-
9:30 a.m. every Saturday, Cong.
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple in
West Bloomfield. The Parashat
HaShavua session, led by Rabbi

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reference to various Torah com-
mentators, including Talmudic,
medieval, and contemporary
sources. No knowledge of Hebrew
is needed for this weekly drop-in
learning opportunity. More infor-
mation is available from Rabbi
Rubenstein at (248) 851-6880 or
e-mail raysteven@cbahm.org .

Learn and daven at
the Summer Shabbat
Minchah held Saturdays
at Cong. Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. The sponsor is
Beth Ahm's Minyan Matters
Group. Come at 4 p.m. for light
refreshments and Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein's short study ses-
sion on Jewish ethics. Then stay,
or come only, for the 30-minute
Minchah service at 4:30. Shabbat
Minchah includes a Torah service
previewing the Torah portion for
the coming week, plus prayers
sung to a haunting melody that
is unique to Shabbat afternoon.
Contact Rabbi Rubenstein for
more details at (248) 851-6880 or
e-mail raysteven@cbahm.org.

Call to reserve exhibit space
at the Oak Park JCC's annual
Chanukah boutique scheduled
on Dec. 2. Vendors are needed to
sell hand-painted artwork, jewelry,
pottery, clothing, Judaica, chil-
dren's and other items appropriate
for holiday giving. Reservations
are due by Aug. 29. (248) 967-
4030.

