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Aid V.A. Patients
Join with members of
Department of Michigan,
Jewish War Veterans and
Ladies Auxiliary, at a picnic
arranged in Battle Creek for
about 200 patients at the
local Veterans Administration medical facility. The chartere
bus will leave at 8 a.m. Sunday, July 22, from the JWV build-
ing parking lot, 24900 Northwestern at 10 Mile, in Southfield.
For further details, contact event chairman Art Lipman at
(248) 352-8307.
Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Experience approximately 50
works in water media, including
those of artists Linda and Donald
Mendelson of Southfield and
Stanley Rosenthal of Huntington
Woods, at the Michigan Water
Color Society's 60th Exhibition,
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, July 19,
and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, July 20,
at the Community Arts Gallery
at Wayne State University, 5400
Cass in Gullen Mall, Detroit. (248)
352-3973.
See what's current in art at the
survived the Nazis in Poland.
The 36 colorful wall hangings by
the late Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
will be displayed through Aug.
9, at the Janice Charach Epstein
Gallery inside the West Bloomfield
JCC. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Monday-Thursday and noon-4
p.m. Sunday. (248) 432-5448.
Explore an exhibit of sculptures
and paintings by Kate Levant and
Michael Smith through Aug. 10
at the Susanne Hilberry Gallery,
700 Livernois in Ferndale. Gallery
hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday
though Saturday. (248) 541-4700.
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.-5:30 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. For information, call
(248) 433-3700 or visit www.
dkgallery.com .
View a tapestry exhibit, Through
the Eye of the Needle, depicting
the life of a Jewish woman who
Share your published work as
part of the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit's
Local Author Fair, a feature of
the Center's 56th Annual Jewish
Book Fair. Up to 20 authors will
be chosen to meet the public and
autograph copies of their book
10 a.m.-noon Sunday, Nov.11, at
the West Bloomfield JCC. Open to
local Jewish authors and/or those
whose book has Jewish content.
Books must be published between
October 2006 and November
Mystic Dialogue Between Faiths?
Explore Jewish and Islamic mysticism eight
centuries ago and its possible basis for a dia-
logue between Muslims and Jews currently
at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
Rabbi Aaron Bergman of the Frankel Jewish
Academy will speak on Rumi and the Sufi
School of Mysticism and read Rumi's poetry.
Sponsored by Beth Ahm and the Jewish
Forum. Open to all. Admission $10 (high
school and college students free). RSVPs
encouraged: Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931.
2007 to qualify. Interested
authors should contact Susan
Solarz by Friday, Aug. 10 at (248)
320-8641.
Cinema & Stage
Learn about Jewish resistance
during World War II in the docu-
mentary Partisans of Vilna 1 p.m.
Thursday, July 19, at the Oak
Park JCC. Interviews with former
partisans are interspersed with
rare film footage from 1939-1944.
(248) 967-4030.
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Watch the Yiddish/Jewish video
School Ties 1 p.m. Monday, Aug.
6, at the Oak Park JCC. Sponsor
is the Holocaust Survivors and
Families Support Group. There is
no charge to attend. (248) 967-
4030.
See The Wearing of the Greens,
a contemporary comedy written
and directed by sitcom veteran
Mark Rothman of Farmington Hills,
through July 22. Show times are
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2 p.m. Sunday at the Starlight
Theatre within the Summit
Place Mall, 315 N. Telegraph, in
Waterford. Tickets for the Oakland
Theatre Guild production are $10
and $14. For details, call (248)
661-0496 or go to www.starlight-
theater.net .
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Attend an investment lecture
series 7 p.m. Thursdays at the
Farmington Community Library,
32737 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
There is no admission charge, but
registration is required at (248)
553-6880. Information on all pro-
grams is at www.farmlib.org
•July 19: Prepare for the finan-
cial security of a child with a
disability. The presenter is Robin
Waldman, a financial advisor with
the Merrill Lynch Global Private
Client Group.
•July 26: Learn the differ-
ences between no-load and loaded
funds. The presenter is Mario
Lepore II, an executive with UBS
Financial Services.
•Aug. 2: More about no-load
mutual funds with Rick Bloom.
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•Aug. 9: Planning for long-term
insurance with Susan Poppert.
Listen to Golem, a contemporary
Eastern-European folk-rock band,
during the Concert of Colors
music festival. Golem, putting
modern beats to Jewish and
Slavic folk songs, performs 4-
5 p.m. Sunday, July 22, at the
Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward in Detroit. The festival
offers diverse musical experiences
free of charge through Sunday.
The complete schedule can be
found at www.concertofcolors.com .
Find enchantment with Wicked,
music and lyrics by Stephen
Schwartz, through July 22
at the Wharton Center for the
Performing Arts in East Lansing.
Tickets are $35-$95. Call for show
times: (800) WHARTON or online
at www.whartoncenter.com .
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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. There is a charge. Call
about openings in the remaining
classes. (248) 642-4260.
• 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. continuing
Thursdays through Aug. 9.
• Learn about Jews in America
with Dr. Howard Lupovitch 7-8:30
p.m. concluding Wednesday, July
25, at Max M. Fisher Federation
Building, 6735 Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township.
• Study The Laws of Being a
Mentsh with Rabbi Leiby Burnham
9:30-11 a.m. concluding Tuesday,
July 31, at the West Bloomfield
JCC.
Become informed about buying
and selling a home 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, July 28, and noon-5
p.m. Sunday, July 29, at Fairlane
Town Center, Lower Level, Center
Court, in Dearborn. Among the
real estate experts attending will
be professional home stagers,
real estate agents, mortgage bro-
kers and home insurance agents.
Admission is free. (313) 593-1370
or www.shopfairlane.com.
Enhance skills or try something
new at the 10th annual Learning
at the Opera House community
cultural series through Aug. 12,
at Michigan Opera Theatre, 1526
Broadway in Detroit. The educa-
tional experiences include pro-
grams in opera, musical theater,
music composition, performance
and movement, art and poetry.
The complete schedule is available
at www.MichiganOpera.org or call
(313) 237-3270.