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Arts & Culture
Mini-Spa At Race
Breast cancer patients, survivors and caregivers that they can get free spa treatments at
the 17th Annual Susan G. Komen Detroit Race for the Cure, which starts 8 a.m. Saturday,
May 31, at Comerica Park in Detroit. While proceeds from the race are being designated for
breast cancer research, the free services are being offered in the Energizer ReTreat mini-
spa on wheels planned by volunteers from the Woodhouse Spa. Volunteers also are needed
to help with the race. Pick up entry forms at sponsoring Art Van furniture stores or regis-
ter at www.karmanos.org/detroitraceforthecure.
Attend an illustrated lecture by
noted artist John Torreano 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 29, at Purdy-Kresge
Library Auditorium, 5265 Cass,
Detroit, and an opening reception
for his exhibit, "Looking Close,
Looking Far," 5-8 p.m. Friday, May
30, at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery,
480 W. Hancock. (313) 577-0770
a.m. daily; closes 4 p.m. Saturday-
Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-
Friday. (313) 664-7464,
www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu .
Check out Paint Creek Center for
the Arts' student and faculty art
show, opening 6-8 p.m. Friday, May
30, at 405 Pine, Rochester. Call
for hours through June 21 and also
about summer camp/classes: (248)
651-4110.
View the Prato Haggadah, a medi-
eval-era Haggadah manuscript
from Spain, exhibited through May
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd., Southfield. See the
process by which medieval illumi-
nated manuscripts were created in
the Middle Ages. Museum hours,
docent-led tours: (248) 357-5544.
Sign up for classes taught dur-
ing June by photographer Marji
Silk. Locations are in Birmingham,
downtown Detroit and elsewhere.
Details: (248) 544-1203.
Attend the opening reception for
Lawrence Street Gallery's 2008
Invitational, showcasing more
than 50 artists from southeastern
Michigan, 6 p.m. Friday, June 6, at
22620 Woodward, Ferndale. Exhibit
dates: Wednesday, June 4-28.
Schedule: (248) 544-0394, www.
lawrencestreetgallery.com .
See what's in "A Cabinet of
Curiosities," featuring artists
Elaine and Eve Redmond, Susan
Gold and others through May 31
at Arnold Klein Gallery, 32782
Woodward, Royal Oak. Hours:11
a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
(248) 647-7709, kak@tir.com.
Drop by for Israeli dancing, begin-
ners through advanced, 7:30-10
p.m. Thursdays at the Jewish
Community Center of Washtenaw
County, 2935 Birch Hollow, Ann
Arbor. Session charge: $6. (734)
971-0990 or a2rikud@gmail.com .
Take a look at the Middle East
Peace Quilt, displayed through
May, at the Michigan State
University Museum on W. Circle
Drive in E. Lansing. The MSU
Jewish Studies Dept. is a sponsor.
$4 suggested donation. Exhibit
details from Kenneth Waltzer: (517)
432-3493.
Enjoy the College for Creative
Studies' Annual Student
Exhibition through May 30 at 201
E. Kirby, Detroit. Exhibit opens 10
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Streets" through June 7 at David
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Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend,
Woods curated the show. Hours:
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday,
noon-4 p.m. Sunday. (313) 822-
0954, wwww.pewabic.org .
Birmingham. Hours: (248) 433-
3700, info®dkgallery.com .
Spend some time with the water-
colors of Marge Hecht Simon
through June 12 in the Woods
Gallery, 26415 Scotia, Huntington
Woods. Open daily except Friday.
(248) 581-2696, woodsgal-
lery48070@yahoo.com .
Browse "Considering Detroit"
through July 28 at the Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454
Woodward. The MOCAD show high-
lights the creativity of Ellen Cantor,
six more artists and the Time
Stereo artist collective. Hours:
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and
Sunday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday. There is a charge. (313)
832-6622.
Appreciate artist-writer Miriam
Brysk's exhibit "Children of the
Holocaust through June at the
Holocaust Memorial Center,
Zekelman Family Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills.
Brysk was a hidden child in Poland.
Museum hours: 9:30 a.m.-3:3O p.m.
Sundays-Thursdays and until 12:30
p.m. Fridays. No charge. (248) 553-
2400.
Take in an exhibition by Barry Roth
and Gordon Newton at Susanne
Hilberry Gallery, 700 Livernois,
Ferndale. The show runs through
June. (248) 541-4700.
Pay attention to the exhibition "Six
Ceramic Artists: Pioneers of the
German Studio Craft Movement"
through July 6 at Pewabic
Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson,
Detroit. Linda Ross of Huntington
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Catch Lee Meriwether in the
musical Sister Amnesia's Country
Western Nunsense Jamboree
through June 8 at Meadow Brook
Theatre, Rochester. Schedule/tick-
ets: (248) 370-3316.
Laugh along with Songs of the
Second City, directed by Mark
Levinson through June 8 at
Andiamo's, 42705 Grand River, Novi.
Wednesday-Sunday evening shows.
Tickets ($15, $20) available at: (248)
348-4448, www.secondcity.com .
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at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak. Show times:
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m.
Sunday. Jewish cast members are
Jeff Weiner of Troy and Rob Grodin
of Huntington Woods. Tickets: $16
or $18. (248) 541-6430, www.
stagecrafters.org .
Submit an original, five-minute
film about end-of-life issues for
a Hospice of Michigan contest, A
Fine Farewell. Cash prizes in cat-
egories for adults and high school
students ages 14-18. Industry insid-
ers will judge. Deadline: June 30.
Details: (313) 578-5041.
Concerts
Listen to the UMS Choral Union
perform Beethoven's Symphony
No. 9 with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1,
at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. The
performance also features a new
work by U-M alumna Stacy Garrop.
$37-$47. (313) 576-5111.
Thrill to the Great Lakes Chamber
Music Festival presented June
14-29 at Temple Beth El, Kirk in
the Hills, St. Hugo of the Hills,
Seligman Performing Arts Center
and other venues. Musicians
include Joseph Silverstein and
Menahem Pressler. Seven-concert
series or single performances;
Tickets start at $10 for 25 and
under. (248) 559-2097 or
www.greatlakeschambermusic.org .
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Join the Birmingham Temple
Out and Abouters for a gourmet
brunch and bus trip starting 11
a.m. Sunday, June 1, at 28611 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. At noon, the
group will board a motor coach for
a tour of historic Jewish sites in
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