To Do! E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication Check It Out! Arts & Culture through July at the Book Beat, an independent bookstore, 26010 Attend the opening reception for Lawrence Street Gallery's 2008 Greenfield in Oak Park. Hours: (248) 968-1190. Invitational, showcasing more than 50 artists from southeastern Michigan, 6 p.m. Friday, June 6, Spend some time with the watercolors of Marge Hecht Take in an exhibition by Barry Roth and Gordon Newton through June at Susanne Hilberry Gallery, 700 Livernois in Ferndale. Hours: (248) 541- 4700. Shavuot Journey Observe Shavuot with the program, "Camping Out: From Egypt to Mt. Sinai," 5 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield, 27375 Bell Road. In this biblical adventure, family teams will complete challenges along a journey from Egypt to Mt. Sinai. Cost: $18 per family. RSVP to Megan Rappaport: (248) 357-5544, ext. 43, or mrappaport®shaareyzedek.org . at 22620 Woodward in Ferndale. Exhibit through June 28. Simon through June 12 in the Schedule: (248) 544-0394, www. Huntington Woods. Open daily except Friday. (248) 581-2696, woodsgallery48070@yahoo.com . Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward. The Check out Paint Creek Center for the Arts' student and faculty art show through June 21 at 405 ativity of Ellen Cantor and other artists, plus the Time Stereo artist collective. Hours:11 a.m.-5 p.m. Pine in Rochester. Call for hours and also about summer camp/ classes: (248) 651-4110. Wednesday and Sunday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. There is a charge. (313) 832-6622. Sign up for classes taught during June by award-winning photog- vendor at the Oak Park JCC Gift Woods Gallery, 26415 Scotia in lawrencestreetgallery.com . Browse "Urban Landscapes-City Streets" through June 7 at David MOCAD show highlights the cre- Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend in Birmingham. Hours: (248) 433- 3700, info®dkgallery.com . Experience a world of creativity at the Detroit Festival of the Arts, focused around the institutions in Midtown Detroit's Cultural District and Wayne State University cam- pus. Features include artwork, rapher Marji Silk. Locations are entertainment for all ages and food in an area covering 20 city blocks. Hours: 4-11 p.m. Friday, June 6; noon-11 p.m. Saturday, June 7, and noon-7 p.m. Sunday, June 8. Schedule: www.detroitfes- and sale, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8, at 10125 E. - Read When the Crocodile Eats Cinema & Stage Jefferson in Detroit. Continuing Appreciate artist-writer Miriam Brysk's exhibit, "Children of the Holocaust, through June at the through July 6 is "Six Ceramic Artists: Pioneers of the German Studio Craft Movement," curated by Linda Ross of Huntington Woods. (313) 822-0954, wwww. pewabic.org . Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills. Brysk was a hidden child in Poland. Museum hours: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays and until 12:30 p.m. Fridays. No charge. (248) 553-2400. Check out "Douglas of Detroit: Masterworks of the Male Figure," an exhibition of rare works by a master Detroit photographer, EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • [vs CIO June 5 • 2008 ©1998 BY GORFTEXT PRODUCTIONS INC. AL L R I GHTS RESERVED. www.jewishcartoon.com Of TO AT 771/5 HOUR, BERNIE? AI-MOST" A4/ZW/GH77 Emporium, scheduled 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14. Deadline: Nov.17. Details: (248) 957-4030, ext. 2006. Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in Southfield. Sharon Berry is the facilitator. Guests are welcome. No charge. (248) 357-5544. Browse the Historic Pewabic Pottery's House & Garden show Plan ahead to be an artisan or in Birmingham, downtown Detroit and elsewhere. Details: (248) 544- 1203. the Sun by Peter Godwin before the Sisterhood Book Club discus- sion 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, at tival.com . WH E RE ARC YOU Browse the show, "Considering Detroit," through July 28 at AN AU. N/6111,5TUDY1/411 -5,5/0N, YAEL__. IT'S 7NAD/7704/AL ON THE- fac:57- N/6111 or - 11-1 HOLIDAY OF 6WAVUOTH TO Ge. ARN UNTIL_ THE ,SAWN. collection of humorous essays, Indefinite Leave to Remain, 7 p.m. Monday, June 9, at Borders Downtown Ann Arbor, 612 E. Liberty. Purchase Sedaris' book to receive one of 400 wristbands for the book signing. Distribution starts 9 a.m. (734) 668-7652. See Disney's Beauty and the Beast performed by Stagecrafters com- munity theater through June 15 at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 Laugh along with Songs of the Second City, directed by Mark Levinson through June 8, at Andiamo's, 42705 Grand River in Novi. Wednesday-Sunday evening shows available. Purchase tickets ($15, $20): (248) 348-4448, www. secondcity.com . S. Lafayette in Royal Oak. Show times: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Jewish cast mem- bers are Jeff Weiner of Troy and Rob Grodin of Huntington Woods. Tickets: $16 or $18. (248) 541- 6430, www.stagecrafters.org . Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree through June 8 at Meadow Brook Theatre in 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 insiders will judge. Deadline: June 30. Details: (313) 578-5041. Rochester. Schedule/tickets: (248) 370-3316. Concerts Hear best-selling author David Sedaris read from his latest Enjoy Broadway tunes performed by Zamir Chorale of Metropolitan Catch former Miss America Lee Meriwether in the musical Sister BECCA BETH BERNIE The Altruist The Realist The Idealist 1.81 YAEL LOUIS The Perplexed The Rebel Ye-P, THER'5 NOTHING L-IKE . SPENDING THE LON6 HOLIDAY N/6111 ONA STACK OF SCR/1'721RO: ZAYDS The ‘rtiti Traditionalist BUGS The Bubbe Detroit 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at the Oak Park JCC. The con- cert celebrates the music of Jewish composers, including Gershwin, Berlin and Bernstein. David G. Appelman directs the choir, Hannah Waterstone is accompanist. Sharing the bill are the Finnish-American Singers of Michigan. No charge. (248) 478- 0631. Thrill to the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, held Saturday, June 14-29, at several venues in Metro Detroit. Choose a seven- concert series or single perfor- mances. Tickets start at $10 for ages 25 and younger. Schedule: www.greatlakeschambermusic.org or (248) 559-2097. One concert choice follows: • Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield Township: 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 23. A "Composers' Birthday Celebration Concert" will feature the music of William Bolcom, John Corigliano, John Harbison and Joan Tower, per- formed by world-class artists James Tocco, Jeremy Denk, Ida Kavafian and Edward Auer. A champagne reception with the four composers will follow. Advance tickets: $32 ($10 for ages 25 and younger). Hear interpretations of Jewish and Israeli music at the Anat Cohen Quartet jazz concert 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at Temple Israel, 5720 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. The program's sponsor is Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies. $25 at door, with discounted tickets available if ordered by June 13: (313) 577- 2679.