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 6, Culture Take in "Fresh Paint From Israel," an art show and sale, in associa- tion with Danielle Peleg Gallery, through Aug. 7, at Janice Charach Gallery inside the West Bloomfield JCC. (248) 432-5579, www.charachgallery.org . Discuss The City of Falling Angels by author John Berendt with the JPM/JCC Book Club 1 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030. See the work of more than 50 art- ists from southeastern Michigan at Lawrence Street Gallery's 2008 Invitational, through June 28, at 22620 Woodward in Ferndale. Schedule: (248) 544- 0394, www.lawrencestreetgallery. com . Join the CSZ Sisterhood Book Club discussion of When the Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in Southfield. Guests are welcome. No charge. (248) 357-5544. Learn about the extensive, hospital-based art collection at Detroit Receiving Hospital when Huntington Woods resi- dent Irene Walt discusses her book The Healing Work of Art 7 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at the Huntington Woods Library, 26415 Scotia. Refreshments will be pro- vided. (248) 543-9720. Book Beat, 26010 Greenfield in Oak Park. Hours: (248) 968-1190: •Author-artist visit: Evening fea- tures the creativity of Jim Benton, Renata Palubinskas and Zachary Schafer 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26. •Masterworks of the Male Figure: Photography exhibition by Douglas of Detroit through July. 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. Industry insiders will judge. Deadline: June 30. Details: (313) 578-5041. Appreciate artist-writer Miriam Brysk's moving exhibit, "Children of the Holocaust," through June at the 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.-3:3O p.m. Sundays-Thursdays and until 12:30 p.m. Fridays. No charge. (248) 553-2400. Park, off Webster between Phillips and Bacon in Royal Oak. The Hillel-sponsored event for young adults will take place inside the park pavilion if it rains. Dinner charge: $7 payable in advance. Shabbat housing can be requested. RSVP by June 25 to Mitch: (313) 577-3459 or hillelpd@wayne.edu . Ross of Huntington Woods. (313) 822-0954, wwww.pewabic.org . Browse the show, "Considering Detroit," through July 28 at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward. The MOCAD show highlights the cre- ativity of Ellen Cantor and other artists, plus 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. Enjoy the art of Barry Roth and Gordon Newton through June at Susanne Hilberry Gallery, 700 Livernois in Ferndale. Hours: (248) 541-4700. Plan ahead to be an artisan or vendor at the Oak Park JCC Gift Emporium, scheduled for Sunday, Dec.14. Registration deadline: Nov.17. Details: (248) 957-4030, ext. 2006. Sign up for classes taught during June by award-winning photog- rapher Marji Silk. Locations are in Birmingham, downtown Detroit and elsewhere. Details: (248) 544- 1203. Reserve a place on the Jewish Federation's Family Mission to Israel departing this year on Dec. 25 through Jan. 4, 2009. Details: (248) 642-8639 or skaufman@ jfmd.org . Browse the Historic Pewabic Pottery's exhibit "Six Ceramic Artists: Pioneers of the German Studio Craft Movement," through July 6, at 10125 E. Jefferson in Detroit. The curator was Linda Cinema & Stage EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • www.Jewishcartoon.com THE 7-- oR/vg MANDAT E S NO ONE 15 PLANTING IN 45RA51 - T1-115 YEAR. - IT/6 A 51-f //14/-rA CIO June 19 • 2008 Stellar Shabbat Celebrate "Shabbat Under the Stars," and dine with new friends and old, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 27, at Jaycee rwc-r YEAR THE 1-AND 61-1001-D LAY fAi_i_OW. JN 7 p.m. Friday, June 20, until mid- night, and noon-5 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Stagecrafters 2nd Stage in Baldwin Theatre, S. Lafayette in Royal Oak. Details: (248) 541-6430, or www.stagecrafters.org . Attend an informational meet- ing about the Israeli Dance Spectacular, a community-wide performance scheduled Aug. 21 at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit. Those wanting to dance or work behind the scenes will meet 10 a.m.-noon Sunday, June 22, or 1-3 p.m. Sunday, June 29, in the West Bloomfield JCC's dance studio. Show producer is the JCC's Festival Dancers. Dance work- shops and rehearsals for children, teens and adults planned Monday- Wednesday, June 30-July 2. A fundraising workshop is Tuesday, July 1. Schedule/details from Harriet Berg: (313) 387-6354, or Cheryl Feit: (248) 613-7526. Audition for the Village Players' musical show How to Succeed in Sept.12-28. (248) 644-2075, www.birminghamvillageplayers. com . Concerts Treat your ears to "Eight Days in June," an eclectic array of themed concerts continuing through June 21, at the Max Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward in Detroit. General admission: $10-$40. Details: (313) 576-5111 or 8daysinjune.com . Bring a blanket or lawn chair and perhaps a picnic dinner to the Farmington Hills' summer concert series 7:30-9 p.m. most Thursdays through Aug. 28, in the new amphitheatre at Heritage Park, 24915 Farmington, south of 11 Mile, in Farmington Hills. In case of rain, come to Costick Center, 28600 W.11 Mile. Schedule: Farmington Community Band (instrumental), June 19; Barbara Bailey-Hutchinson (folk vocal/ instrumental), June 26. Details: (248) 473-1857/1870. Business Without Really Trying View 15 short, original plays by playwrights from across the coun- try at a community theater-spon- sored "New Works Play Festival" Sunday and Monday, June 29- 30, at 34660 Woodward in Birmingham. Susan Borin will choreograph the show, presented BECCA BETH (0 BERNIE YAEL The Altruist The Realist The Perplexed The Idealist :411.0 LOUIS I. IMO I The Rebel ,, ,a1 ■ •• ZAYDS The Traditionalist BUBS The Bubbe Cheer on Ari Teitel and Jam Society, a teenaged band playing 3 p.m. Thursday, July 3, on the Pure Detroit Stage at Comerica Cityfest 2008 (formerly Comerica Tastefest) in Detroit's New Center area. Free admission to festival, July 2-6. Details: (313) 872-0188 or www.comericacityfest.com . Thrill to the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, taking place at several venues in Metro Detroit through June 29. One upcoming event is the "Composers' Birthday Celebration Concert," featuring performing artists James Tocco, Jeremy Denk, Ida Kavafian and Edward Auer, 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 23, at Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield Township: A champagne recep-