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Check it Out!
Arts & Culture
1805, www.detroithistorical.org .
Learn about "Changing Cities:
Berlin," featuring artists from
Galerie Eva Bracke, through Aug.
9, at Museum of New Art, 7 N.
Saginaw in Pontiac. Hours: (248)
210-7560.
Hear a dialogue between iconic
cultural rebels John Sinclair and
James Semark and historians John
Cohassey and Roy Kotynek, all
of them authors, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 24, at Book Beat,
26010 Greenfield in Oak Park. No
charge. Cary Loren: (248) 978-1190.
Take in Michelle A. Hegyi's art
show, "Gardens of Love and Fire,"
Temple Camp Out
Laugh at Jewsical, a Second City
comedy show staged through
Sept. 7, at 42705 Grand River in
Novi. $15. Schedule: (248) 348-
4448, www.secondcity.com .
through August at Lemberg
Gallery, 23241 Woodward in
Thrill to Shakespeare's classic
Romeo and Juliet, presented
outdoors by Water Works Theatre
Company, July 24-Aug. 20, in
Starr Park, 13 Mile between Main
and Crooks, in Royal Oak. Show
times: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday;
7 p.m. Sunday. Go another night if
it rains. Each paying adult can get
a free child's ticket on selected
Sundays. Details: (248) 399-3727,
www.waterworkstheatre.com .
Catch the Michigan Water Color
Society's art show through
July 28, in the Fountains at
Ferndale. Hours:
www.lembergallery@mac.com .
Audition for Angel Street, a
Franklin Retirement Community's
Nomad Gallery, 28301 Franklin in
Southfield. The juried exhibition
includes 30 water media paintings.
Gallery hours:11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily
except Sunday. (248) 353-2810,
www.mwcsart.com.
Plan ahead to be an artisan or
vendor at the Gift Emporium
scheduled Sunday, Dec.14, at the
Oak Park JCC. Registration dead-
line: Nov.17. Details: (248) 957-
4030, ext. 2006.
through Aug. 10, at WSG Gallery,
See the results when more than
1,000 artists created a work to fill
an identically sized frame. "Fill the
Frame" continues through July
306 S. Main in Ann Arbor. Fran
Wolok, one of the gallery's visiting
artists, is also Jewish. Open daily
except Monday. (734) 761-2287,
www.wsg-art.com .
25, at Lawrence Street Gallery,
22620 Woodward in Ferndale.
Hours: (248) 544-0394, www.law-
rencestreetgallery.com .
Peruse "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 .
Appreciate the creativity of Ellen
Cantor and other featured art-
ists in "Considering Detroit,"
through July 28, at Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454
Woodward. 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.
Get in the "Summer Mix" show
Reserve a place on the Jewish
Federation's Family Mission to
Israel. Dates are Dec. 25, 2008-
Jan. 4, 2009. Details: (248) 642-
8639 or skaufman@jfmd.org .
Cinema & Stage
See Gary Glaser's documentary,
The Hudson's Building, during the
Detroit Historical Society's week-
end Summer Film Series, 1 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, July 19-20,
at the Detroit Historical Museum,
5401 Woodward in the city's
museum district. Free with regular
museum admission: $6 adults, $4
ages 5-18. Schedule: (313) 833-
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Spend the night at Camp
Imagine, a family camping
event, 4 p.m. Saturday, July
19, through Sunday, July
20, on the lawn at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake
Road in West Bloomfield.
Enjoy Havdalah together,
crafts and games. Charge:
$20 adult, $10 per child age
2 and older; includes din-
ner, breakfast and s'mores.
Call for space availability
to Michelle Lichtman: (248)
661-5700, michelle@temple-
israel.org .
You'll want to "Eat to the Beat,"
the name of Southfield's summer
lunchtime concert series, noon-2
p.m. Thursdays, in City Centre
Plaza on Central Park Blvd, one
block west of Evergreen, between
Civic Center Drive and the 1-696
Service Drive. Purchase food or
bring a bag lunch. Musical per-
formers will perform live through
Sept. 11. No charge. Schedule:
(248) 796-5000.
mystery thriller, 6 p.m. Sunday,
July 27, in the Historic Burgh
complex, 26060 Berg at 10 Mile
in Southfield. Three women and
four men will be cast for weekend
shows in October. Sponsors are
City of Southfield P&R & SRO
Productions. (248) 796-4645.
Concerts
Enjoy cool music at the Community
House's annual Jazzfest 11 a.m.-9
p.m. Saturday, July 19, and 1-9 p.m.
Sunday, July 20, in Shain Park, S.
Bates between Martin and Merrill,
in downtown Birmingham. Saturday
schedule begins with children's
performers Stephanie J and Mitch
Mann Band. Jewish singer/song-
writer Jesse Palter will play 2:30-
3:30 p.m. Sunday. No charge. A
kickoff fundraising party is 6-9 p.m.
Friday, July 18. Details: (248) 644-
5832, www.communityhouse.com .
Bring a lawn chair to the
Farmington Hills' summer concert
series 7:30-9 p.m. most Thursdays
through Aug. 28, in Heritage Park,
24915 Farmington, south of 11 Mile,
in Farmington Hills. Rain location:
Costick Activities Center, 28600
W.11 Mile in Farmington. (248)
473-1857.
Bring your voice to Ann Arbor for
"Summer Sings," a series of choral
reading sessions continuing 7 p.m.
Mondays, July 21 and 28, in the
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of Michigan Palmer Commons.
Details: (734) 647-4020, www.
uma.org .
Attend a free student jazz perfor-
mance 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 25,
at Campus Martius on Woodward
in downtown Detroit. The concert
is the culmination of "Jazz Week@
Wayne," July 21-25, at Wayne
State University. Forty local high
school students have received
scholarships to attend the edu-
cational workshop. Details: www.
music.wayne.edu/jazzweek.php.
Event Hotline
Join Jewish owner Daniel
Haberman at a party celebrating
the seventh anniversary of the
Bosco 10 p.m. Friday, July 18, at
22930 Woodward in Ferndale. The
hip lounge will feature DJ Michael
Geiger. (248) 541-8818, daniel@
thebosco.com .
Join the Out & Abouters group
of Birmingham Temple for a
two-hour narrated Detroit River
cruise 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19,
departing from Bishop Park Dock.
Dinner will follow at Gregorio's
Italian Restaurant in downtown
Wyandotte. Cost: $15, or $13 for
age 60 and older. Details from
Bev/Marty Zeldes: (248) 851-8111
or ZeldesMB@aol.com .
Events That Help
Enjoy a fruitful evening at "DSO
deCanted: A Wine Tasting and
Auction," raising funds for Detroit