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Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Come to the opening reception for
"Changing Cities: Berlin," featuring
artists from Galerie Eva Bracke,
6-9 p.m. Saturday, July 5, at
Museum of New Art, 7 N. Saginaw
in Pontiac. The exhibit continues
through Aug. 9. Hours: (248) 210-
7560.
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. Linda Ross of Huntington
Woods curated the show. (313)
822-0954, wwww.pewabic.org .
See the creativity of Ellen Cantor
and other artists in "Considering
Detroit," through July 28, at
Museum of Contemporary Art
Detroit, 4454 Woodward. The
MOCAD show also highlights 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.
Attend the opening of the
Michigan Water Color Society 61st
Annual Exhibition, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 11, in the Fountains at
Franklin Retirement Community's
Nomad Gallery, 28301 Franklin
in Southfield. The juried exhibi-
tion through July 28 features 30
water media paintings. Gallery
hours:11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily except
Sunday. Details: (248) 353-2810,
www.mwcsart.com .
Appreciate "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-
sponsor. Details: (248) 432-5579,
www.charachgallery.org .
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 departing on Dec. 25.
Return date is Jan. 4, 2009.
Details: (248) 642-8639 or
skaufman@jfmd.org .
Cinema & Stage
Audition for these community the-
ater productions:
•Grosse Pointe Theatre: / Love
You, You're Perfect, Now Change,
a musical-comedy, 7 p.m. Monday
and Tuesday, July 7-8, at 312
Fisher in Grosse Pointe. Weekend
shows: Sept. 14-27. (248) 250-
9083.
•Farmington Players: Barefoot
in the Park, a romantic comedy,
7 p.m. July 15, at Farmington
Players Barn Theater, 32332
W.12 Mile in Farmington Hills.
Registration starts 6:30. Weekend
shows: Sept. 26-Oct. 18. Details:
(734) 546-5341, evenings only.
Take in "A Little Night Music," a
free summer concert series, 7:15
p.m. Tuesdays, July 8-Aug.12, at
the Oakland Community College
Highland Lakes campus, 7350
Cooley Lake Road in Waterford.
Details: (248) 942-3241.
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ies watching Cinerama Adventure,
first film in the Detroit Historical
Society's weekend Summer
Film Series, 1 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, July 12-13, at the
Detroit Historical Museum, 5401
Woodward in the city's museum
district. Shows are free with regu-
lar museum admission: $6 adults,
$4 ages 5-18. Full schedule: (313)
833-1805, www.detroithistorical.
org .
Israel Scouts will entertain at Rothstein Park in Oak Park.
Feel The Spirit!
Concerts
Celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary with the highly talented
Israeli Scouts-Tzofim Friendship Caravan at a free concert 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at Charlotte Rothstein Park, behind
the Oak Park JCC. The 10-member troupe of 17-year-old boys
and girls has spread a message of peace, brotherhood and
friendship throughout North America for more than 30 years.
Through song, dance, conversation and activities, the enter-
tainers warm hearts and bring a slice of Israel to the audience.
The concert is sponsored by Jewish Apartment & Services,
Congregations Beth Shalom and T'chiyah, Temple Emanu-El,
Workmen's Circle, the Active Life and the JCC. For informa-
tion, call (248) 967-4030, ext. 2020.
The Scouts will appear at two West Bloomfield venues: at a
6 p.m. picnic before 7:30 p.m. Shabbat services Friday, July 11,
at Temple Israel, (248) 626-5700; and at a paid concert 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 13, at Congregation Beth Ahm, (248) 851-6880.
Show patriotism attending a
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
"Salute to America" concert,
complete with fireworks, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, July 3-5, at
Greenfield Village in Dearborn.
Gates open at 6 for a summer
stroll. Range of ticket prices avail-
able; early ticket purchase advised.
Details: (313) 576-5111, www.
detroitsymphony.com .
Applaud for the musicians playing
during Comerica Cityfest 2008
(formerly Comerica Tastefest)
through July 6 in Detroit's New
Center area. Free admission.
Details: (313) 872-0188 or www.
comericacityfest.com .
Experience Bon Jovi's "Lost
Highway World Tour" concert 7:30
p.m. Monday, July 7, at the Palace
of Auburn Hills. The group's key-
boardist, David Bryan, is Jewish.
$39.50-$132, purchase through
palacenet.com . (248) 377-8024.
Bring a lawn chair 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. (248)
473-1857.
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Join other singles, ages 40-60,
for dinner and group viewing of
the Huntington Woods fireworks,
Friday, July 4. Evening starts 6:30
p.m. at the Golden Bowl, 22120
Coolidge southeast of Nine Mile, in
Oak Park. Sponsor is the Singles
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RSVP to Marji: (248) 544-1203.
Come to the city of Oak Park for
its Independence Day celebra-
tion Friday, July 4, in Shepherd
Park. Schedule: three-mile run, 8
a.m.; pancake breakfast, 9 a.m.;
"Funday" family activities and
food booths, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., includ-
ing an afternoon concert with
Groove Party at 1. Also, the annual
city parade including marching
bands begins 11 a.m. at Nine Mile
and Coolidge. Details from Roy
Vultaggio: (248) 691-7555.
Catch up with other Yeshivat
Akiva students, from 1964 to the
present, at a reunion noon-4 p.m.
Sunday, July 6, at the school,
21199 W.12 Mile in Southfield.
(248) 386-1625.
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
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