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Deadline: noon, Tuesday, nine days prior to publication.
Cars on the Water through Sunday
and annual fireworks Monday night.
Register or volunteer now for many
events/get full details: wwwdetroi-
triverdays.com .
Check It Out!
Talk about books:
• Congregation Beth Ahm Sisterhood:
Learn more about history explored in
The Known World by Edward P. Jones at
book talk 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 24.
Presenter Bob Smith is from Wright
Museum of African American History in
Detroit. $5, including dessert, may be
paid at Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
RSVP to Joanne: jbe11413@gmail.com or
(248) 851-8379.
• Hadassah Book Discussion
Group: The search for his hidden
relative is told in Detroit native Steve
Luxenberg's book Annie's Ghosts 10
a.m. Monday, June 28, at Davidson
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road in West Bloomfield. Questions to
Gail: greaterdetroit@hadassah.org or
(248) 683-5030.
See "What's Jewish at the DIA," an
all-ages tour of cultural gems at Detroit
Institute of Arts (DIA) through Jewish
eyes 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 27,
leaving from Temple Emanu-El in Oak
Park. Admission: $12; additional charge
for lunch on your own. DIA education
staff can help with creating artwork at
hands-on studio session. Transportation
available upon request. RSVP: educa-
tor@emanuel-mich.org or 967-4023.
CINEMA & STAGE
Buy one ticket ($25 or $35) and get
another free for Elvis Presley tribute
play at Andiamo Novi Theater. Offer
for Jewish News readers continues
through July 3. Tickets: www.andi-
amonovitheatre.com .
Discover Ajami, gripping Israeli crime
drama that was an Academy Award
nominee for Best Foreign Language
Film, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June
25-26; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 27, and
9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July
2-3, at Detroit Film Theatre, John R
entrance of Detroit Institute of Arts.
www.tickets.dia.org or (313) 833-4005.
COMEDY O. MUSIC
Take a chance on "The Showoff Show:
Interactive Comedians" Jonathan
Burns and Evan Young appearing
through June 19, at Mark Ridley's
Comedy Castle, 269 E. Fourth in Royal
Oak. $10-$15. www.comedycastle.com
or (248) 542-9900.
Appreciate outstanding musicians per-
forming through June 20 at annual
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.
Venues will include Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township, Seligman Center
fin Beverly Hills, DIA and area church-
es. Schedule/tickets: (248) 559-2097.
• Minifest: Hear performers from the
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
in Residence 8 p.m. Friday, June 18,
Sample dessert buffet at Sisterhood
installation 7 p.m. Monday, June 21, at
Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park.
RSVP to Marcia: (248) 737-0644.
at Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N.
Fourth, Ann Arbor. Tickets: www.
kerrytownconcerthouse.com or (734)
769-2999:
• Andrew Sisters cabaret: Relive the
wartime trio's hits 8 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, June 26-27.
Travel by bus to Canada for theater:
Tap Dogs Wednesday, June 30,
at Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia;
Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 3-4, at
Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Tuesday and
Wednesday, Aug. 24-25, at Stratford
Festival. Details from Marilyn of the
JCC's Center Travel Dept.: mwolfe@
jccdet.org or (248) 432-5471.
Make plans for a three-day "Jazz Fest
in the Woods," featuring jazz guitarist
Spencer Barefield and friends, 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, June 25-26,
and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at Frank
Lloyd Wright-designed Turkel home in
Detroit's Palmer Woods neighborhood.
Programs will vary. Advance tickets
only: http://palmerwoods.org/music - in-
homes or (313) 891-2514.
• Center Travel option: Go by bus to
June 27 concert. Details from Marilyn:
mwolfe@jccdet.org or (248) 432-5471.
Hear from Orli Gil, consul general of
Israel to the Midwest, at annual meet-
ing of Jewish Community Relations
Council 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 22,
at Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield. Details: www.detroitjcrc.org
or (248) 642-5393, ext. 9.
Bring the kids to Kadima's Family Fun
Day noon-3 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at
Summer Impressions Day Camp, 4150
Middlebelt, West Bloomfield. $50 per
family. RSVP: Paula, (248) 559-8235,
ext.118, paulas@kadimacenter.org or
get an invitation at www.kadima.org .
EVENT HOTLINE
Celebrate Father's Day with your fam-
ily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, June 20,
at Camp Maas, 4361 Perryville in
Ortonville. Held rain or shine, features
include kosher lunch, canoeing, kayak-
ing, water-skiing, tubing, Tango Tower,
climbing wall, arts & crafts, horseback
riding, nature, campfires and song ses-
sions. $5 admission, or $20 for family.
Details/RSVP: alumni@tamarackcamps.
com or (248) 355-6830.
Understand "The Jewish Culture Wars:
Litvaks vs. Galitsianers" when Dr.
Zvi Gittelman lectures at the Jewish
Genealogical Society of Michigan 1
p.m. Sunday, June 27, at Holocaust
Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake
Road, Farmington Hills. He is profes-
sor of Judaic studies at University of
Michigan. RSVP: www.jgsmi.org .
Get outdoors with the Jewish Hikers
and co-sponsor Cong. Beth Emeth 11
a.m. Sunday, June 20, at Parker Mills,
4650 Geddes in Ann Arbor Township.
Hike is scenic and not physically
demanding. Leaders suggest bringing
water and munchies. Details: jewish.hik-
ers@gmail.com or from Eli: (734) 883-
9522 or Rabbi Lisa: (734) 665-4744.
EVENTS THAT HELP
Raise funds for prostate cancer
research at Michigan Institute of
Urology's Run for the Ribbon 8 a.m.
Sunday, June 20, at Detroit Zoo in
Royal Oak. $30 adult/$20 child or
$25/$15 in advance. www.miurunforth-
eribbon.org or (586) 443-4272.
Find fun in downtown Detroit dur-
ing River Days, through June 21.
Highlights will include 5K walk and
run 9 a.m. Saturday, boating Parade
of Lights 10:05 p.m. Saturday, Pooch-
a-Palooza Pet Walk 9:30 a.m. Sunday,
Hit the links at annual Hank Greenberg
Memorial Golf Invitational Monday,
EVERYTHING'S
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Day At The Park
Bring your young family to Temple Israel-sponsored "Imagine: A Day at the
Park" 11 a.m. Sunday, June 27, at West Pavilion of Kensington Metropark
in Milford. Enjoy barbecue, petting farm, bike trail and swimming. $10 per
family, plus $4 for daily Metropark pass. RSVP by June 23 to Michelle:
(248) 661-5700.
June 21, at Oakland Hills Country
Club. Mingle with celebrities and see
Al Kaline and Ray Lane honored. Full
ticket includes three meals and open
bar. Proceeds, including from online
auction, will benefit the JCC and can-
cer and children's charities. RSVP:
www.michiganjewishsports.org or David
Blatt: (248) 592-9323.
HEALTH / SUPPORT
Talk to others who have a lost a life
partner at facilitator-led bereavement
support group 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays,
June 22-July 27, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Co-spon-
sored by National Council of Jewish
Women/Greater Detroit Section. Free,
but donations welcome. Registration
required: space@ncjwgds.org or (248)
355-9936.
Share with others at "Together We
Stand: Your Journey Through Cancer"
5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. Jodie
Jacobs, LWS, facilitates bi-monthly
support group on second and fourth
Wednesdays. Register in advance:
elaine@temple-israel.org or (248) 661-
5700.
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HELPING OUT
Help assemble bikes 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, June 19, at Orchards
Children's Services, 30215 Southfield
Road in Southfield. Bike give away and
Olympics fun at adoption/foster care
agency will be noon-3 p.m. Friday, June
25. Details from Pamela: payres®
orchards.org or (248) 593-1576.
HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT
Enjoy a free kiddush lunch following
Shabbat services 9 a.m. Saturdays,
at Downtown Synagogue in Detroit
48226. downtownsynagogue@gmail.
com or (313) 961-9328.
Learn to lift and dress the Torah
scroll 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 26,
in Tauber Chapel following Shabbat
morning services and Kiddush at
Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield. Ritual assistant Nancy
Kaplan and b'nei mitzvah tutor Jeff
Weinfeld will teach. Free and open
to the community. Drop-in, no RSVP
needed. (248) 851-6880.
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