To Do! E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication ir Check It Out! 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. EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • HOW COME THERE AREN'T MORE GeNIOCRAC/5 /5RAP 1_ IN THE - M1A1)45 BAST? 71-1E4R PEOPLE CONDt -riONC>AGA/NST PE.R5ONAL- f125-1)-0A4. - 46 June 28 • 2007 ©20 04 BY G ORFTEXT PRO DUCTIONS INC. ALL RIG HTS RESERVED. www.jewishcartoon.com 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 BECCA BETHOBERNIE YAEL The Altruist The Realist The Perplexed The Idealist :760 LOUIS ZAYDS BUBS The Rebel The Traditionalist The Bubbe Steven Rubenstein, will make 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.