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Two Campuses to Choose from to Meet Your Needs!
Religious School families will now have the choice of
attending Tuesday afternoon School in either our
Southfield or West Bloomfield synagogue buildings.
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 .
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.
www.mocadetroit.org , (313) 832-
6622.
Learn from "The Story of the Aliya
Bet and Machal" through July 31,
at Amster Gallery inside Jewish
Community Center of Washtenaw
County, 935 Birch Hollow, Ann
Arbor. Informative panels tell
about American and Canadian
men and women, Jews and
Christians, who risked their lives
between 1946-49, for the creation
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jccfed.org . (734) 971-0990.
See current art by Lynne Avadenka
and others at "Sculptures in Love
with Architecture" through Aug.
8, at Lemberg Gallery, 23241
Woodward, Ferndale. (248)591-
6623, lemberggallery.com .
Family Secret
Hear how Detroit native
Steve Luxenberg, an
associate editor at
the Washington Post,
researched his family's
history for his new book,
Annie's Ghosts: A Journey
Into a Family Secret, 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at
the Community House of
Birmingham, 380 S. Bates.
Sponsor is the Program for
Steve Luxenberg
Holocaust Survivors & the
Auxiliary for Jewish Home
& Aging Services. Free, and includes kosher refreshments.
RSVP by July 1: (248) 661-2999, ext. 328.
Reserve seats to next season's
Broadway shows coming to
Take a narrated, two-hour city bus
Wizard of Oz, Ethel Merman's
Broadway, Legally Blonde and
Young Frankenstein. Subscription
tour, "The Good, the Bad and the
Hopeful: You Be the Judge," 11:30
a.m. Saturday, June 27, leaving
prices start at $219. Details: www.
BroadwaylnDetroit.com , (313) 872-
1000.
from 2934 Russell at Wilkins in
Eastern Market. The tour leader
Concerts
Catch singer-songwriter-poet
Nathan Brown 8 p.m. Friday,
June 26, at Kerrytown Concert
House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann Arbor.
Reservations recommended:
www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com ,
(734) 769-2999.
Come to the D for jazz, blues,
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
Arts & Culture
Attend a reception for artist
Marlee Hoffman 7-10 p.m. Friday,
June 26, at Washington Street
Gallery, 306 S. Main, Ann Arbor.
Her show, "An Invitation to the
Moment" can be seen daily except
Mondays, through Aug. 2. (734)
761-2287, www.wsg-art.com .
Talk about Tatania DeRosnay's
Sarah's Key with the Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah Book
Discussion Group, 5030 Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield:10-
11:30 a.m. Monday, June 29. A
contemporary American journalist
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investigates what happens to a
little girl and her family during the
roundup of Jews in Paris in 1942.
(248) 661-5694.
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 Detroit Institute of
Arts, 5200 Woodward. (313) 833-
7900, www.dia.org .
Browse the exhibit "Opening
the Doors to Fulfill Our Mission"
through July 16, at Janice
Wednesday-Sunday. Admission:
$6 adult, $4 discount rate. Exhibit
information: (313) 833-1805, www.
michjewishhistory.org .
Cinema & Stage
Try out Sunday, June 28, for Little
Women -The Broadway Musical,
at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak. Register at
12:30; audition times start 1:30.
No previous theatrical experience
necessary. The Stagecrafters'
production will run Sept. 4-27.
Registration form:
www.stagecrafters.org . (248) 541-
8027.
Event Hotline
Detroit theaters. Scheduled are
Jersey Boys, Spring Awakening,
is Linda Yellin, owner of Feet on
the Street, $25. Next tour: July
11. Tickets: (248) 353-TOUR, www.
FeetOnTheStreetTours.com .
Gather with other young families
for "Imagine a Day at the Park,"
an outing hosted by Temple
Israel and its Brotherhood, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 28, at Kensington
Metropark's West Pavilion. Fishing,
biking, hiking, food and games will
be offered. Admission: $10 per
theater, poetry and more
through June 27 during the
inaugural "Midsummer Nights in
family. RSVP: (248) 661-5700,
michelle@temple-israel.org .
Midtown" series. Two free con-
certs/programs will take place at
two different venues each night,
Enjoy a community celebration
featuring the Israeli Scouts-
Thursday-Saturday, in midtown
Detroit. University Cultural
Center Association and Wayne
Sunday, June 28, at Rothstein
Park behind the Oak Park JCC.
State University co-sponsor.
Free. Schedule: www. (313) 577-
5088, midsummernightsinmid-
town.com , (313) 577-5088.
Tzofim Friendship Caravan 7 p.m.
Co-sponsors: Congregation
Beth Shalom, Temple Emanu-El,
Jewish Apartments & Services,
Congregation T'chiyah, the Active
Life, Federation's Shalom Family
and Alliance for Jewish Education.
If it rains, program will move to
Find an eclectic mix of music,
dance, comedy, film and family
activities through July 5, at the
gym inside JCC. (248) 967-4030.
Ann Arbor Summer Festival.
Prices vary for "Mainstage" shows
at indoor theaters; programs at
Ingalls Mall are free. Schedule:
Come along on Center Travel
excursions beyond Michigan,
including shows at Huron Country
Playhouse, July 16, Aug. 13 and
www.annarborsummerfestival.org ,
(734) 764-2538.
19; Niagara on the Lake, July
28-29; New York City in August;