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Arts & Culture
5, at Museum of New Art, 7 N.
Saginaw in Pontiac. The exhibit
continues through Aug. 9. Hours:
(248) 210-7560.
Shop Huntington Woods' Art in
the Woods fine art and craft fair
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11
a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, June 28-29,
at Berkley High School, Catalpa
east of Coolidge, Berkley.
Take in "Fresh Paint From Israel,"
an art show and sale through
Aug. 7 at Janice Charach Gallery
inside the West Bloomfield JCC.
Danielle Peleg Gallery is co-spon-
sor. Details: (248) 432-5579, www.
charachgallery.org .
Hear a review of The Book Thief
by Marcus Zusak with the Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
Book Discussion Group 10-
11:30 a.m. Monday, June 30,
at Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Road in West
Bloomfield. The plot centers on
a 9-year-old Jewish girl in Nazi
Germany. Guests are welcome at
no charge. Registration: (248)
683-5030.
Compare the results when
Lawrence Street Gallery pres-
ents the competitive exhibition,
"Fill the Frame," July 2-25, at
22620 Woodward in Ferndale.
The show offers the creations of
more than 1,000 artists who were
given an identically sized frame
to fill. Attend a reception, offer-
ing discount dining coupons, 6-9
p.m. Friday, July 11. Gallery hours:
(248) 544-0394, www.lawrences-
treetgallery.com .
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. A new show, "Fill
the Frame," opens on July 2.
Schedule: (248) 544-0394, www.
lawrencestreetgallery.com .
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.-3:30 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays
and until 12:30 p.m. Fridays. No
charge. (248) 553-2400.
Come to the opening reception
for "Changing Cities: Berlin,"
featuring artists from Galerie Eva
Bracke, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, July
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 is Linda Ross
of Huntington Woods. (313) 822-
0954, wwww.pewabic.org .
See 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.
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See the Michigan Water Color
Society 61st Annual Exhibition,
July 11-28, held in the Fountains
at Franklin Retirement
Community's Nomad Gallery,
28301 Franklin in Southfield. The
juried exhibition features 30 water
media paintings. Gallery hours:11
a.m.-4 p.m. daily except Sunday.
Details: (248) 353-2810, www.
mwcsart.com .
Take A Hike!
Get active this summer
with the Outdoors-Social
Club, for singles and
couples ages 45-60,
holding its first event
and planning meet-
ing Thursday, July 10.
Gather for a walk at 6 p.m.
outside the Village Place
Restaurant, 4170 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Dine
together afterward. In case of rain, meet in front of Tapper's
Jewelers at nearby Orchard Mall. Group will offer hiking,
canoeing, golfing, Thursday evening walks on nature trails and
monthly outings to parks and zoos. Dining will follow each
activity. RSVP to Pam: (248) 624-5094.
See photo exhibit "Masterworks of
the Male Figure," through July at
Book Beat, 26010 Greenfield, Oak
Park. (248) 968-1190.
Submit an original, five-minute
film about end-of-life issues for
a Hospice of Michigan contest,
A Fine Farewell. Cash prizes for
adults and high school students.
Deadline: June 30. (313) 578-5041.
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.
Reserve a place on the Jewish
Federation's Family Mission to
Israel Dec. 25-Jan. 4. Details:
(248) 642-8639 or skaufman®
jfmd.org .
Cinema & Stage
Attend an informational meet-
ing to participate in the Israeli
Dance Spectacular, a commu-
nity-wide performance scheduled
Aug. 21 at the Michigan State
Fairgrounds in Detroit. The JCC's
Festival Dancers will produce the
show. Children, teens and adults
will have dance workshops and
rehearsals Monday-Wednesday,
June 30-July 2, in the West
Bloomfield JCC's dance studio. A
fundraising workshop is Tuesday,
July 1. Schedule/details from
Harriet Berg: (313) 387-6354, or
Cheryl Felt: (248) 613-7526.
Watch Alvin and the Chipmunks,
the first outdoor movie of the
Comcast Summer Film Series,
starting at dusk (around 9 p.m.)
Saturday, June 28, in Campus
Martius Park on Woodward,
between Fort and Michigan, in
downtown Detroit. Live, family-
oriented entertainment begins at
8. Movies will be shown Saturday
nights through Aug. 9, weather
permitting. No charge. Schedule:
(313) 646-4329.
Audition for community the-
ater productions, all opening in
September:
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a comedy, 11 a.m. Sunday, June
29, at Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
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•The Village Players: How to
Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying, a musical-com-
edy, Sunday and Monday, June
29-30, at 34660 Woodward in
Birmingham. Susan Borin will cho-
reograph the show, Sept.12-28.
(248) 644-2075, www.
birminghamvillageplayers.com .
•Grosse Pointe Theatre: I Love
You, You're Perfect, Now Change,
a musical-comedy, 7 p.m. Monday
and Tuesday, July 7-8, at 312
Fisher, Grosse Pointe. Weekend
shows: Sept.14-27. (248) 250-
9083.
Concerts
Bring a 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, concerts will move to
Costick Center, 28600 W.11 Mile.
Schedule: folk music with Barbara
Bailey-Hutchinson, June 26.
Motor City Brass, July 10. (248)
473-1857.
Applaud for 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 for festival,
July 2-6. Details: (313) 872-0188
or www.comericacityfest.com .
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