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dimensions. The display will include
clothed and nude figures, portraiture,
abstractions and more. Media will
include sculpture, painting, photog-
raphy and printmaking. The gallery
expects to juror more than 100 works
from artists and students all over the
Metro Detroit area.
Dan Keller, who currently teaches at
Wayne State University, the College for
Creative Studies, Macomb Community
College and the Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center, is the juror for
this exhibit. Prizes will be awarded
at the exhibit's opening reception on
Friday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. The public is
invited to attend.
Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m.
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
and noon-9 p.m. Fridays. (248) 544-
0394 or www.lawrencestreetgallery.
com.

Have A Blast

Originally created as the backdrop for
Super Bowl XL, Winter Blast, Detroit's
celebration of winter experiences,
dining, music and family fun in down-
town Detroit's Campus Martius, will
be held this year 11 a.m.-midnight
Friday, 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday and
10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8-10.
For 2008, Winter Blast will have a
new, condensed layout and will bring
back all of its signature winter pro-
gramming — popular attractions

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The giant snow slide at Winter Blast

like the snow slide, skating, sled dogs
and snowboarding — plus a bunch
of new activities that will happen
inside heated buildings and tents. They
include a film festival celebrating local
filmmakers as well as movies about
Michigan (selections include Encore
on Woodward, a documentary about
the restoration of the Fox Theatre
by local filmmaker Sue Marx) and a
two-day preview of Movement '08,
Detroit's electronic music festival that
will feature the city's emerging DJs and
producers.
Three live entertainment stages
will showcase music from more than
60 bands (including teen band Jam
Society 1:30 p.m. Saturday on the
Michigan Lottery Stage). Another
stage will host comedy, karaoke, magic,
clowns and puppetry. All Winter Blast
concerts are free.
For additional information, includ-
ing a complete schedule of activities
and events and coupons for restaurants
and more, visit www.winterblast.com
or call (313) 963-8418. ❑

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studies educator whose books
include Jewish Moral Virtues and
Passage to Pesach. Dana's ex-hus-
band, lawyer David Bash, is the
son of a prominent rabbi.
Tony Award-winning musical
actress Idina Menzel, 36, will
appear on the ABC talk show
The View on Wednesday, Feb.13.
Menzel, who recently was seen
singing the national anthem at the
nationally televised New England
Patriots-New York Giants regular
season finale, has a new CD, I
Stand. It features nine songs writ-
ten by her.

Panning For Gold
Kate Hudson, 28, had a huge hit
when she was paired with Matthew

McConaughey in the 2003 roman-
tic comedy How to Lose a Guy in
10 Days. No doubt the studio is
hoping the duo will re-create their
box-office magic in the new flick
Fool's Gold, opening Friday, Feb. 8.
This time
they play a
couple whose
marriage floun-
ders because
McConaughey is
obsessed with
finding a sunken
treasure ship.
Kate leaves him
Debra Messing
and
takes a job
and Daniel
working
on a
Zelman
yacht owned by
a billionaire (Donald Sutherland).
However, McConaughey finds a
critical clue to the treasure's loca-
tion and persuades Sutherland to
let him use his yacht. Despite her-
self, Hudson gets caught up in her
husband's gold fever.
The film is co-written by Daniel
Zelman, the husband of actress
Debra Messing. ❑

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