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Check It Out!
Arts 6, Culture
Discuss and hear a review of
Sarah Gruen's Water for Elephants
10-11:30 a.m. Monday, July 28,
at Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Road in West
Bloomfield. Sponsor is the Book
Discussion Group of Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah.
Details/RSVP: (248) 683-5030.
See the Eisenhower Dance
Ensemble Center for Dance
perform the romantic ballet, La
Bayadere, 4 p.m. Sunday, July 27,
in Varner Recital Hall at Oakland
University in Rochester. Tickets
($8) can be purchased at the door.
(248) 852-5850.
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.
Browse through displays of
more than 100 juried artists at
"Summer Fine Art in the Village"
Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2-
3, at the Village of Rochester
Hills Shopping Center, 104 N.
Adams at Walton. Hours:10 a.m.-
8 p.m. Saturday, noon-6 p.m.
Sunday. Free admission, parking
and children's activities. www.
FineArtAtTheVillage.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 .
Herr Schultz. Tickets: (248) 335-
1788.
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.
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 .
Take in Michelle A. Hegyi's art
show, "Gardens of Love and Fire,"
through Aug. 10, at WSG Gallery,
306 S. Main in Ann Arbor. One of
the gallery's visiting artists is Fran
Wolok. Open daily except Monday.
(734) 761-2287, www.wsg-art.com .
Get in the "Summer Mix" show
through August at Lemberg
Gallery, 23241 Woodward in
Ferndale. Hours:
www.lembergallery@mac.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.
Cinema er Stage
Come to the Cabaret (old chum)
for weekend performances of the
musical through July 27. Show
times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 4 and
7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, at Starlight Theater,
inside Summit Place Mall, 315 N.
Telegraph in Waterford. Stephen
Sussman of West Bloomfield plays
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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 .
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Attend a free student jazz per-
formance 11:30 a.m. Friday, July
25, Campus Martius on Woodward
in downtown Detroit. Performers
participated in Wayne State
University's "Jazz Week@Wayne."
Details: www.music.wayne.edu/
jazzweek.php.
Bring your voice to Ann Arbor for
"Summer Sings," a choral reading
session continuing 7 p.m. Monday,
July 28, in the Great Lakes Room
of University of Michigan Palmer
Commons. Details: (734) 647-
4020, www.uma.org .
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Meet film director Joel Gilbert
and watch his documentary
Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran and the
Revolt of Islam 7 p.m. Monday,
July 28, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center, Zekelman
Family Campus, 28123 Orchard
Lake Road in Farmington Hills.
Zionist Organization of America-
Michigan Region hosts the pro-
gram in commemoration of the
second anniversary of the Seattle
Filmmaker Joel Gilbert
Jewish Federation murder. Gilbert
is a graduate of the University of
London's School of Oriental and African Studies. No admission
charge; donations are welcome. Questions to Pamela Lippitt:
(248) 282-0088 or pam®mizoa.org .
Listen to outdoor music, free of
charge:
• Franklin: Music on the Green
Series presents Steve King and
the Dittilies, final concert, 7-8:30
p.m. Wednesday, July 30, next to
Franklin Village Hall, Franklin at
Carol.
• Huntington Woods: One Love,
final summer concert, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, July 29, Scotia Park,
Lincoln at Scotia.
• Lathrup Village: 6:30-8 p.m.
Wednesdays, Municipal Park,
27400 Southfield Road. Schedule:
GroovEssential, July 30;
Shepard's Folly, Aug. 6.
• Southfield: (1) Burgh Historical
Park Gazebo Series, 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, Civic Center Drive
at Berg. Schedule: Hot Club of
Detroit, July 30; Moose & Da
Sharks, Aug. 6. (2) Eat to the Beat
Series noon-2 p.m. Thursdays,
City Centre Plaza, Central Park
Blvd, one block west of Evergreen.
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• Birmingham: 7 p.m. Wednesdays
in Shain Park, downtown
Birmingham. Schedule: Motor City
Brass Band, July 30; the group
Sun209, Aug. 6.
• Oak Park: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 5, Shepherd Park, Oak Park
Blvd. and Church.
Event Hotline
Check out the selection of clean
and selective clothing, house
wares, electronics and more at
Congregation Beth Ahm's rum-
mage sale Sunday-Tuesday, Aug.
3-5, at 5075 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. Hours:10 a.m.-6 p.m.
each day, except ending 4 p.m.
Sunday. (248) 851-6880.
Get your tickets for the Jewish
Federation's A Fair to Remember,
held in honor of Israel's 60th
anniversary, 3-10 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 21, at the Michigan State
Fairgrounds in Detroit. The
community celebration will
offer Israel-focused activities,
kosher food, concert featur-
ing the Moshav Band and Peter
Himmelman, tree planting and
gefilte fishing. Details: (248) 205-
2538. Tickets: jewishdetroit.org/
israelsixty or (877) 772-5425.
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Audition for Angel Street, a
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. (248) 796-4645.
Concerts
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 .
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Enjoy a fruitful evening at "DSO
deCanted: A Wine Tasting and
Auction," raising funds for Detroit
Symphony Orchestra education
and outreach programs, 6-8:30