Arts & Entertainment
Summertime Fun
From Detroit to Ann Arbor, annual
festivals offer entertainment for
the whole family.
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yra Klarman's tangible
memories of last year's
Ann Arbor Summer
Festival have become part of this
year's festival.
Klarman, 43, a portrait photogra-
pher based in Ann Arbor, took a series
of pictures at the free events featured
as Top of the Park.
She configured them into triptychs
and is placing them on exhibit in the
lobby of the Power Center, to be seen
throughout the annual event, June 13-
July 6.
The photo artist has titled the series
"outside.IN" to point out that the out-
side entertainers and audiences are
being showcased inside the building
during the festival's 25th anniversary
season.
"I made the pictures into triptychs
to give a cubist effect:' says Klarman,
who was asked to create the display by
a festival board member familiar with
her talents.
"I did them all in color to capture
all kinds of acts — from salsa danc-
ers to people on poles. I looked for the
energy and excitement in the enter-
tainment."
The festival's Mainstage Series,
presented at the Power Center, 121
Fletcher, and Hill Auditorium, 825
N. University, includes well-known
Jewish entertainers, including mem-
bers of the jazz group Manhattan
Transfer — 8 p.m. Saturday, June
21, and the comedy troupe Capitol
Steps — 8 p.m. Friday, July 4, as well
as singer Mandy Patinkin — 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 28.
The Top of the Park takes place
outside the performance venues at the
Ingalls Mall in front of the Rackham
School of Graduate Studies and fea-
tures local bands, popular movies and
a variety of food vendors.
A slightly younger event, the 22nd
annual Detroit Festival of the Arts,
precedes Ann Arbor's, running June
6-8 in Midtown Detroit. There will
be 10 stages of entertainers along
Hanan Ingel: 14k gold pendant on
a sterling silver chain with bronze
Jewish coin depicting a seven-
branched palm tree with dates.
20 square blocks filled with art and
many activities 4-11 p.m. Friday,
noon-11 p.m. Saturday and noon-9
p.m. Sunday.
There will be a variety of groups,
including Steppin' in It, featuring
Josh Davis, who has written a song
about visiting Israel. The group can be
seen 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Bank of
America Literary & Music Lounge and
3 p.m. Saturday at the National City
Music Cafe.
An important highlight of the
Detroit event is the Chrysler Children's
Fair, where there will be Spanish-
speaking puppets, make-and-take
activities and grand processions.
Among the special attractions are
Sandscapes along Cass, where there
will be sand sculptures and interactive
opportunities.
Among artists selling their wares
is Israeli-born, Berkeley, Calif.-based
Hanan Ingel, who creates handmade
silver jewelry, often ornamented with
gold and semi-precious stones, which
incorporates genuine ancient coins
that have been excavated in the Holy
Land. ❑
For complete performance and
activity schedules, go to www.
annarborsummerfestival.com
and www.detroitfestival.com .