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Arts & Culture
Put on your fancy loungewear
and chill out at Tiki Party night
7-9 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at
the Book Beat, 26010 Greenfield,
Oak Park. Michael Zadoorian will
read and sign copies of his latest
collection of short stories, The
Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit, from
Wayne State University Press.
(248) 968-1190.
Share your love of good books
with other readers:
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road, Southfield:
Sisterhood Book Club will discuss
A Thousand Splendid Suns by
Khaled Hosseini 1 p.m. Tuesday,
June 23. Sharon Berry will facili-
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tate discussion. Guests are wel-
come. (248) 357-5544.
• JCC/JPM Book Club at Oak Park
JCC: This month's selection is
German Bride by Joanna Hershon
1 p.m. Thursday, June 25. (248)
967-4030.
• Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road, West Bloomfield: Talk about
Tatania DeRosnay's Sarah's Key
with the Book Discussion Group
10-11:30 a.m. Monday, June 29. A
contemporary American journalist
investigates what happens to a
little girl and her family during the
roundup of Jews in Paris in 1942.
(248) 661-5694.
Hear Constance Harris read
excerpts from her illustrated
book, The Way Jews Lived: Five
Hundred Years of Printed Words
and Images, 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday,
June 25, in first-floor gallery of
U-M's Hatcher Graduate Library,
920 N. University, Ann Arbor. Free,
with light refreshments. www.lib.
urnich.edu/news.
Explore the world of "Art
Spiegelman: Portrait of the Artist
..." through July 26, at Museum
of Contemporary Art Detroit,
4454 Woodward. The Pulitzer
Prize-winning cartoonist created
the Holocaust memoir, Maus: A
Survivor's Tale. Open 11 a.m. daily
except Monday and Tuesday. Free.
(313) 832-6622, www.mocadetroit.
org.
Browse the exhibit "Opening
the Doors to Fulfill Our Mission"
through July 16, at Janice
Charach Gallery inside the West
Bloomfield JCC. Featured art-
ists include Steven Gamburd,
Lorraine Goldberg, Danny Gutman,
Marc Maddin, Jennifer Maiseloff,
Jonathan Nickovich and Marat
Paransky. Open Sunday and
Monday-Thursday. (248) 432-
5579, www.charachgallery.org .
View photographs taken in Poland
before and after World War II. The
exhibit Of Life & Loss" featur-
ing work by Roman Vishniac and
Jeffrey Gusky continues through
July 12, at the Detroit Institute of
Arts, 5200 Woodward. (313) 833-
7900, www.dia.org .
Take pride in the tribe at "From
Haven to Home: Jewish Life in
America" now through Aug. 30,
at the Detroit Historical Museum,
5401 Woodward at Kirby. Open
Wednesday-Sunday. Admission:
$6 adult, $4 discount rate. Exhibit
information: (313) 833-1805, www.
michjewishhistory.org .
Cinema & Stage
Look into seats for Lewis Black's
Detroit performances, both to
be filmed for his next comedy
special, Stark Raving Black, 6
and 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug, 2, at the
Fillmore Detroit, 2115 Woodward.
Tickets: $28.50, $38.50 and
$45. Purchase tickets through
Livenation.com .
Meet the enticing Miss Saigon at
Jannina Barefield and violist Jason Amos
Palmer Woods Home Concert
Listen to violinist Jannina Barefield and violist Jason Amos,
presented by the Palmer Woods Music in Homes concert
series, 8-10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at a private home in
Detroit's Palmer Woods neighborhood. $30 includes reception.
RSVP: www.palmerwoods.org , (313) 891-2514.
Stagecrafters' Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak. Shows
through June 21: 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets: $16 and $18. (248) 541-
6430, www.stagecrafters.org .
• Audition: No previous theatrical
experience is necessary to try out
for Little Women -The Broadway
Musical on Sunday, June 28.
Register at 12:30 p.m.; audition
times start at 1:30. Show dates:
Sept. 4-27. Registration form: www.
stagecrafters.org , (248) 541-8027.
Watch Laurel Chiten's award-win-
ning movie The Jew in the Lotus,
based on the Rodger Kamenetz
book, at a Beth Ahm Sisterhood
program 7:15 p.m. Thursday,
June 25, at 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. This tale of the Jewish
and Tibetan worlds is also a pro-
found discussion of religion, exile
and survival in our time. Talk about
the film and book with facilitators
Shelley Shindler and Joanne Bellet
of Sisterhood Book Club. Free, but
RSVP requested: (248) 661-8080,
jbe11314@gmail.com .
Meet Detroit native Mike Binder,
a Hollywood comedian-actor-
director, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
June 25, at the Townsend Hotel,
Birmingham. Hosted by ADL
Michigan Region, Binder will
speak and answer questions
about his film, Detroit to My Life
in Hollywood, Making it Reel. $25;
includes dessert bar. RSVP: (248)
353-7553, adl@adLorg.
Reserve seats to next season's
Broadway shows coming to
Detroit theaters. Scheduled are
Jersey Boys, Spring Awakening,
Wizard of Oz, Ethel Merman's
Broadway, Legally Blonde and
Young Frankenstein. Subscription
prices start at $219. Details: www.
BroadwaylnDetroit.com , (313) 872-
1000.
Concerts
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
and conductor Arnie Roth pres-
ents "Distant Worlds: Music from
Final Fantasy" 8 p.m. Thursday,
June 18, at Orchestra Hall in
Detroit. (313) 576-5111; www.
detroitsymphony.com .
Catch contemporary musicians at
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N.
Fourth, Ann Arbor. Reservations
recommended: (734) 769-2999,
www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
• Randy Napoleon Sextet: Group
leader plays jazz guitar, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 20.
• Nathan Brown: The singer-song-
writer-poet appears 8 p.m. Friday,
June 26.
Hear acclaimed musicians play-
ing at various venues through
June 21 at the Great Lakes
Chamber Music Festival. The
Harlem Quartet makes two festival
stops 8 p.m. Friday, June 19, at
Kerrytown Concert House, 415
N. Fourth, Ann Arbor, and 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 20, at Seligman
Performing Arts Center at Detroit
Country Day School, 22305 W.13
Mile, Beverly Hills. Details/tickets:
www.greatlakeschambermusic.
org ., (248) 559-2097.
Come to the D for jazz, blues,
theater, poetry and more through
June 27 during the inaugural