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Arts & Culture
Attend the official opening of
Lawrence Street Gallery's sum-
mer invitational exhibition 6-9
p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at 22620
Woodward, south of Nine Mile, in
Ferndale. The event also marks
the 20th anniversary for the local
artists' cooperative. Represented
in the show are artists Benjie
Pearlman of Bloomfield Hills, Harry
Velick of Oak Park, Alice Frank and
Ann Stein of West Bloomfield and
Linda Sterns of White Lake. Exhibit
hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesday,
July 31 through Aug. 24, and
closed Sunday and Monday. (248)
544-0394.
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.-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
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.
Share your published work at
the Jewish Community Center
of Metropolitan Detroit's Local
Author Fair, part of the Center's
56th Annual Jewish Book Fair.
Up to 20 authors will be chosen
to meet the public and auto-
graph 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.
Food And Fireworks
Attend Temple Shir Shalom's Food, Fun and
Fireworks Festival, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug.
13. More than 20 of Metro Detroit's most
popular restaurants and caterers will pro-
vide a wide array of their signature dishes.
Pop band Sunset Boulevard will perform.
Fun for kids includes bouncies, train rides,
face painting and remote control race cars. The evening will
end with a spectacular fireworks show. Temple Shir Shalom
is at 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Adults $20,
advance; $25, door; children 5-12, $10; children under 5, free.
Rain or shine. RSVP by Aug. 3 at (248) 737-8700.
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Find quality clothing, shoes,
housewares, toys and more
at the giant rummage sale at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple, West Bloomfield. The
sale runs Sunday-Wednesday,
Aug. 5-8 —10 a.m.-5 p.m. on
Sunday and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Wednesday. Proceeds will
help remodel Beth Ahm's sisterhood kitchen to be renamed
in memory of Ruth Mermelstein, a presence at the shul for
more than 50 years. (248) 851-6880.
Books must be published between
October 2006 and November
2007 to qualify. Interested authors
should contact Susan Solarz by
Friday, Aug. 10, at (248) 320-8641.
Consider submitting a special
secret in conjunction with the
PostSecret Project, opening in
October at the West Bloomfield
JCC's Janice Charach Epstein
Gallery. Inspired by Frank Warren's
community art project, your
anonymous secret can be regret,
a hope, a funny experience, a
fantasy, a belief, a fear, a betrayal,
a confession, an unseen kindness
— or something else. Reveal any-
thing, so long as it is true and has
never been shared with anyone.
Write legibly and include an image
on the blank side of a postcard.
Mail it to Janice Charach Epstein
Gallery, 6600 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield, MI 48322. Contact the
Gallery at (248) 432-5579 or e-
mail gallery®jccdet.org .
Cinema & Stage
See Neil Simon's play Barefoot in
the Park, presented outdoors by
Water Works Professional Theatre
Company, Sunday, July 26
through Aug. 12, in Starr Jaycee
Park, 1101 W.13 Mile, between
Crooks and Coolidge, in Royal Oak.
The production has unreserved
audience seating on risers, or
bring your own blanket or chair.
Admission is $18 for adults, $15
for seniors and $8 for children.
On Sunday, children are admitted
free. Tickets may be used another
night if rain cancels the perfor-
mance. Call (248) 399-3727 or
visit www.waterworkstheatre.com .
Be among the first viewers of 11
original plays solicited for the
New Works Play Festival noon-
5 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at
Stagecrafters 2nd Stage, Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette in Royal
Oak. A talkback with the directors
and actors follows each play. There
is no admission charge; stay for
as many plays as desired. Plays
include Watch Your Language by
Micahel Wolfson, Oy Yeh, Oy Veh
by Robert Boulrice, The Entrance-
or-Not Barroom by J.J. Steinfeld
and The Twenty Year Package
by Willliam Campbell. For the
complete schedule, call (248) 541-
6430 or visit www.stagecrafters.
org and click on Special Events.
The Jewish Gay Network of
Michigan's Twice Blessed Speakers
Series will screen the documen-
tary Lover Other: the Story of
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore,
about two Jewish stepsisters who
were surrealist artists and life
partners in 1920s Paris. During
the Nazi occupation, they became
resistance fighters and were con-
demned to death. The film will be
shown at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug.
1, at the West Bloomfield JCC. The
film's director Barbara Hammer
will speak. Tickets are $10 on the
JGN's Web site, jgnmi.org . For
information, call (248) 432-5661.
Also sponsored by the Lenore
Marwil Jewish Film Festival.
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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.
Education
Hear a review of Betraying
Spinoza by Rebecca Goldstein at
the Book Discussion Group of
the Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah 10-11:30 a.m. Monday,
July 30, at the Sarah & Ralph
Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. Discussion will focus
on the philosopher Baruch
Spinoza, the so-called "renegade
Jew who gave us modernity." For
information or registration, call
Hadassah House. (248) 683-5030.
Explore the rise of Jewish and
Islamic mysticism and possibili-
ties for genuine dialogue between
Muslims and Jews 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 5, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W, Maple in
West Bloomfield. Beth Ahm and
the Jewish Forum will present
lecture and poetry reading by
Rabbi Aaron Bergman titled When
Islam and Judaism Sang to Each
Other: Rumi and the Sufi School
of Mysticism. Admission is $10 at
the door; free for students. For
information, including the next
program with Rabbi Eric Grossman
on Thursday, Aug. 16, call Nancy
Kaplan. (248) 737-1931.
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 is at www.
farmlib.org:
• July 26: Learn the differ-
ences between no-load and loaded
funds. with Mario Lepore II.
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