Arts & Entertainment
Art For All
Our annual list of this year's best art fairs.
Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News
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Arts, Downtown Grand Rapids.
July 15-17:
(616) 459-1300; www.festivalgr.org.
Farmington
June 5 6: Art on the Grand, Downtown
Founders
Fiona Collins exhibits her paintings
Farmington. (248) 473-1856;
Festival,
Myles Stearn will show
May 22-23 at the Fine Art at the
www.downtownfarmington.org .
Downtown
his pottery May 15-16 at
Village, Village of Rochester Hills.
June 11 13: Clay, Glass and Metal
Farmington.
Art Birmingham.
Festival, Washington Street in Downtown
(248) 477-1199;
Royal Oak. (248) 547-4000;
www.foundersfestival.com .
Aug. 20 22: Ypsilanti Heritage Festival,
www.royaloakchamber.com .
July 21 24: Ann Arbor Street Art Fairs,
Riverside Park, Depot Town, Frog Island
June 12: Berkley Art Bash, 12 Mile
Ann Arbor. (800) 888-9487;
and Downtown. (734) 483-6071;
between Tyler and Wakefield. (248) 414-
www.visitannarobr.org.
www.ypsilantiheritagefestival.com .
7222; wwwberkleychamber.com.
July 23 25: Concours d'Elegance at
Aug. 21 Oct. 3: Michigan Renaissance
June 17 19: Liberty Fest Fine Art & Fine Meadow Brook, Meadow Brook Hall. (248)
Festival, Holly. (800) 601-4848;
Craft Show, Heritage Park, Canton.
643-8645; www.meadowbrookconcours.org . www.michrenfest.com .
(734) 394-5460; www.cantonfun.org .
July 30 Aug. 1: Orchard Lake Fine Art
Sept. 3 6: Arts, Beats & Eats, Downtown
June 25 27: Arts and Acts, Downtown
Show: Orchard Lake Road between 14 and
Royal Oak. (248) 334-4600;
Northville. (248) 349-7640;
15 Mile roads. (248) 684-3748;
www.artsbeatseats.com.
www.ci.northville.mi.us .
www.HotWorks.org .
Sept. 6: Art in the Village, Franklin.
June 26 27: Lathrup Village Art in the
Aug. 5 7: Sterlingfest, Dodge Park.
(248) 626-9666.
Park, Lathrup Village Municipal Park.
(586) 446-2489; wwwsterling-heights.net .
Sept. 10 12: Art & Apples Festival,
www.lathrupvillageartinthepark.com .
Aug. 6 7: Allen Park Street Fair,
Rochester Municipal Park. (248) 651-
June 26 27: Jazzin' on Jefferson,
Downtown District. (313) 928-1469;
4110; www.artandapples.com .
Downtown Detroit. (313) 331-7939;
www.cityofallenpark.org .
Sept. 17 19: Funky Ferndale Art
www.jazzinonjefferson.com .
Aug. 13 15: Milford Memories Summer Fair and DIY Street Fair, Nine Mile at
July 2 5: Stars and Stripes Festival,
Festival, Downtown Milford. (248) 685-
Woodward and Troy at Woodward. (248)
Downtown Mount Clemens.
7129; www.milfordmemories.com .
546-1632; www.downtownferndale.
(586) 493-4344; www.funfestin.com .
Aug. 14 15: Shelby Township Art Fair,
Sept. 25 26: Common Ground's 36th
July 7 10: Wyandotte Street Art Fair,
Shelby Township Municipal Grounds.
Annual Birmingham Street Art Fair,
Biddle between Oak and Eureka. (734)
(586) 731-0300;
South Old Woodward between Maple and
324-4502; www.wyandottestreetartfaitorg. www.shelbyparksandrecreation.org .
Daines. (734) 662-3382, ext. 105;
July 9 11: Art in the Park, Downtown
Aug. 14 15: Brighton Fine Arts Festival, www.theguild.org .
Plymouth. www.artinthepark.com .
Downtown Brighton. (810) 227-5086;
Oct. 14 16: Our Town, The Community
July 9 11: Trenton Mid-Summer Festival, www.brightoncoc.org .
House, Birmingham. (248) 644-5832;
Riverfront Business District. (734) 675-
Aug. 14 15: Downtown Monroe Fine
www.communityhouse.com.
7300; wwwtrentonmid-summer.com.
Art Fair, Loranger Square.
Oct. 15 17: Great Lakes Art Fair, Rock
July 10 11: Royal Oak Outdoor Art Fair, www.monroemainstreet.com.
Financial Showplace, Novi. (248) 348-
Royal Oak Memorial Park. (248) 246-3180.
Aug. 14 15: Great Lakes Folk Festival,
5600; www.greatlakesartfair.com.
July 10 11: Art in the Park, Halmich
Folk Arts Marketplace, Downtown East
Nov. 19 20: Ridge Fine Art and
Park, Warren. (586) 795-5471;
Lansing. (517) 432-4533;
Handmade Wares Show, Pleasant Ridge
www.warrenfinearts.com .
www.greatlakesfolkfest.net
Community Center. (248) 398-8107. ❑
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his year's art fairs include a
few new names and places.
The changes have come about
because of enhanced activities, varied
sponsorships or contract considerations.
Northville Art in the Sun, for instance,
has become part of the new Arts and Acts,
which launched to include a series of short
plays among the summer offerings. The
Birmingham Fine Art Festival has morphed
into Art Birmingham with some new orga-
nizational ties and a new location. Arts,
Beats & Eats has moved from Pontiac to
Royal Oak due to site opportunities.
At the time of publication, some dates of
familiar festivals, such as the annual Fourth
of July weekend Comerica Cityfest, had not
been confirmed (for updates, call (313)
872-0188 or go to www.newcenter.com ).
Since the list of fairs comes out before the
season, it is helpful to check the particulars
before heading to any of the following,
which are arranged in order of their dates:
May 1: Westacres Artist Market, West
Bloomfield. (248) 363-8936;
www.westacres1936.org .
May 15 16: Art Birmingham, South Old
Woodward between Maple and Daines.
(248) 644-0866; www.theguild.org .
May 22 23: Fine Art at the Village,
Village of Rochester Hills, Walton at
Adams. (248) 689-8734;
www.FineArtAttheVillage.com .
May 22 23: East Lansing Art Festival,
Downtown East Lansing. (517) 319-6804;
www.elartfest.com .
June 4 6: Grand Rapids Festival of the
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Jews
sorts.
It also is the 77th
birthday of country-
music legend Willie
Nelson. Virtuoso
harmonica player
Nate Bloom
Special to the Jewish News
Birthday Notes
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Tomorrow, April 30, is this writer's
birthday. Being a history-minded
guy, I've made a mental note of
notable events on 4-30 — and the
list includes: Washington's First
Inauguration (1789); the Louisiana
Purchase (1803); the fall of Saigon
(1975); and Hitler's suicide (1945).
During Hitler's lifetime, Jews told
this grim joke: Hitler visits a psychic,
who tells him that he will die on a
Jewish holiday. Hitler asks, "Which
one?" The psychic says, "Any day you
die will be a Jewish holiday."
So, tomorrow is a Jewish holiday of
April 29 • 2010
Mickey
Raphael
Mickey Raphael, 59,
has been in Nelson's
band since 1973.
Born and raised in
Dallas, Raphael's Jewish father fled
from Germany in 1936; his mother is
an American-born Jew.
Raphael is interviewed in Scott
Benarde's 2003 book on Jewish rock-
ers, Stars of David.
Raphael told Benarde that Willie
Nelson, a kind gentleman, has never
uttered an anti-Semitic remark and
that Willie knows a lot about Jews
and Judaism.
However, most country-music people,
Raphael says, are woefully ignorant
about Jews/Judaism and some even
use phrases like, "Jew 'em down" with-
out realizing how offensive it is.
Raphael will be in Detroit with
Nelson and his band when their current
tour stops at the Fillmore on May 9.
How To Succeed
Daniel Radcliffe, 20, the star of the
Harry Potter movies, is going to star in
a new Broadway revival of the musical
How To Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying. It is set to open some-
time next year.
How To opened in 1962 to glori-
ous reviews, ran
for four years and
won the Pulitzer
Prize for drama. The
songs were by Frank
Loesser (1910-1969),
with a story by Abe
Burrows (1910-1985).
Daniel
A 1995 revival,
Radcliffe
starring Matthew
Broderick, now 48, ran for about two
years. Like Broderick, Radcliffe is the
son of a Jewish mother and a non-
Jewish father. (Radcliffe identifies as
Jewish, but is secular.)
It looks like Radcliffe, like
Broderick, is going to make the dif-
ficult transition from an adolescent
star to a successful adult actor. ❑