Build a Strong Foundation of Jewish Education with Shaarey Zedek! FEEL THE LAVE CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK Exciting Nursery & Religious School Experience! 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 Call 248/357-5544 To Register Today & Secure Your Child's Future! www.shaareyzedek.org of the State of Israel. juliegales® 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 C10 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;