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Arts & Culture

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 .

Meet horror movie host Wolfman
Mac (TV Channel 20) during
the "Midnight Madness Monster
Party and Book Sale" 9 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 1, until 12:30 a.m.
Saturday, Aug. 2, at Book Beat,
26010 Greenfield in Oak Park. Jam
band, Odd Clouds, performs at 11
p.m. Stephanie Meyer's book The
Breaking Dawn, will be released at
midnight. Also, Book Beat is cel-
ebrating its 25th anniversary with
a 25 percent discount on books
both days. (248) 968-1190.

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.

Enjoy Michelle A. Hegyi's art
show, "Gardens of Love and Fire,"
through Aug. 10, at WSG Gallery,
306 S. Main in Ann Arbor. Fran
Wolok is one of the gallery's vis-
iting artists. Open daily except
Monday. (734) 761-2287, www.wsg-
art.com .

Take in the opening reception
for "Objects d'Art: Illuminated
Pleasures," 6-9 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 2, at Lawrence Street
Gallery, 22620 Woodward south
of Nine Mile in Ferndale. Show
is through Aug. 30. (248) 544-
0394, www.lawrencestreetgallery.

Get in the "Summer Mix" show, a
mixed media group show through
Aug. 9, at Lemberg Gallery, 23241
Woodward in Ferndale. Hours:
www.lemberggallery®mac.com .

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Browse the 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. No charge for admission,
parking or children's activities.
www.FineArtAtTheVillage.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.

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 .

Reflect on the work of Southfield-
based artist Ruth Adler Schnee,
whose modernistic textile designs
make up her exhibition, "Show
the Colors: A Life in Design,"
through Aug. 29, at Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center,1516 S.
Cranbrook. Schnee will speak 7
p.m. Friday, Aug. 22. (248) 644-
0866.

Cinema & Stage

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Thrill to Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet staged outdoors Thursdays-

Sundays in Starr Park, 1101 W.13
Mile, between Main and Crooks,
in Royal Oak. The Water Works
Theatre Company production with
a "Godfather"-style vibe continues
through Aug. 10. Schedule: 8 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday.
Go another night if it rains. Get a
free child's ticket with every pay-
ing adult on remaining Sundays.
Details: (248) 399-3727, www.
waterworkstheatre.com .

Take Your Pick!
Check out the selection of clean and selective clothing,
housewares, electronics and more at Congregation Beth
Ahm's rummage sale Sunday-Tuesday, Aug. 3 5, at 5075 W.
Maple in West Bloomfield. Hours:10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Tuesday. (248) 851-6880.

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Concerts

Experience the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, under new conductor
Leonard Slatkin, as the orchestra's
summer season comes to a close
at Meadow Brook Music Festival in
Rochester. Choose pavilion or lawn
seating. Information: (248) 377-
0100. Tickets: (248) 645-6666:
• "Night at the Opera": Four
featured vocalists will sing classic
and modern arias, 8 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 1.
• "Russian Spectacular":
Program offers insight into the
maestro+s immigrant back-
ground with pieces by Borodin,
Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky, 8
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2.

Come to Jazz on the River, live
music with Jay Beckenstein and
his Grammy-nominated group
Spyro Gyra, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
2, at Elizabeth Park in Trenton.
Donation of $5 requested. Details:
www.jazzontheriver.org .

Listen to outdoor music, free of
charge:
•Oak Park: Music series contin-
ues 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, in
Shepherd Park, Oak Park Blvd. at
Church.
• Lathrup Village: Shepard's Folly,
6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6,
Municipal Park, 27400 Southfield
Road.
• Southfield: (1) Burgh Historical
Park Gazebo Series presents
Moose & Da Sharks, 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 6, Civic Center
Drive at Berg. (2) Eat to the Beat
Series presents Codishimo, noon-
2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, in City
Centre Plaza, Central Park Blvd,
one block west of Evergreen
• Birmingham: The group Sun209,
7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, in Shain
Park, downtown Birmingham.

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Event Hotline

See top-of-the line antique
and collector cars at the
annual Meadow Brook Concours
d'Elegance, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 3, on the grounds of Oakland
University in Rochester. Tickets:
(248) 643-8646, wwwwmeandow-
brookconcours.org .

Take a gander at the vehicles dis-
played at the Dream Cruise warm-
up car show and presentation 5
p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road in
West Bloomfield. Contact Cheryl
Weberman to register your vehicle
or for information: Cheryl®tem-
ple-israel.org or (248) 661-5725.

Get educator Jerry Gutman's take
on the fall elections at Glennwood
ORT's membership tea 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Fisher
Federation Bldg., 6735 Telegraph
in Bloomfield Township. No charge,
but requires RSVP to Silvia
Marcus: (248) 642-2765.

Bring a friend, or get ready
to make new ones, at Kulanu
Hadassah's "Girls Night Out
Bowling" 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
14, at Country Lanes, 30250 Nine
Mile in Farmington. $20 includes
dinner, three games, shoes and
bowling ball. Reservations by Aug.
11: (248) 683-5030.

Mark your calendar for the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's A Fair to Remember, a
community celebration in honor