To Do! CALENDAR E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 Deadline: noon, Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. ,)* Check It Out! ARTS & CULTURE See 50 works by artists during "July Invitational" at Lawrence Street Gallery, 22620 Woodward in Ferndale. www.lawrencestreetgllery.com or (248) 544-0394. Get "Cooking with Books," a collection of cookbooks and their history 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, through Oct. 10, at Birmingham Historical Museum & Park, 556 W. Maple. museum@ci.birmingham.mi.us or (248) 530-1928. Meet author Jason Turbow at talk and book signing for his work, The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing and Bench-Clearing Brawls — The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at Borders Birmingham, 34300 Woodward. (248) 203-0005. See the National Council of Jewish Women used art sale noon-5 p.m. Sunday, July 11, at its Berkley Council Thrift Shop, 3297 W.12 Mile. (248) 548-6664 or www.ncjwgds.org . Browse jewelry and ceramics created by dozens of artists at "Earth and Metal" exhibition through July 15, at Janice Charach Gallery inside West Bloomfield JCC. Hours:10 a.m-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday. www.charachgallery.org or (248) 432-5579. Travel by bus with Center Travel to see Canadian theater this summer. Schedule: Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 3-4, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 24- 25, at Stratford Festival. Details from Marilyn at JCC: mwolfe@jccdet.org or (248) 432-5471. to Congregation Beth Shalom when you turn in your receipt to the CBS office. Fundraisers repeats on first Wednesday of every month. (248) 967-5445. Bring usable rummage items to Cong. Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield before July 15. Details: (248) 851-6880. Sit with B'nai B'rith at Tigers game 1:05 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at Comerica Park. Purchase now for $25; ticket surcharge will treat invited guests from Jewish Family Service Mentor Program. Tickets from Jim: GreyCo@aol.com or (248) 540-9070. COMEDY & MUSIC Don't miss return of all-ages concert, "Tres Sopranos con La Zarzuela," the national music theater of Spain, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, at West Bloomfield JCC. (248) 661-1000. EVENT HOTLINE Turn to Southfield-based JVS for help with your job search if you are unem- ployed. Look online for work at www. ParnossahWorksDetroit.org or call (248) 233-4232: Play mah-jongg at Sisterhood program 6:45 p.m. (register at 6) Wednesday, July 7, at Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park. $20 advance or $25 at door, space permitting. Marilyn: markacz@ comcast.net or (248) 543-0305. Attend free lunchtime concerts: • Downtown:11:30 a.m. Fridays, in Campus Martius Park, (313) 962-0101. • Southfield: noon-2 p.m. Thursdays, in City Centre Plaza. (248) 796-5000. Gain insight into "Being Gay, Being Jewish, (in) a Conversation About Conservative Judaism" featuring Rabbi Steven Rubenstein and members of the Jewish community 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15, at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. Co- sponsored by Jewish Gay Network and executive director Judy Lewis. Audience questions will be taken. Rabbi Rubenstein: raysteven@cbahm. org or (248) 851-6880. CINEMA er STAGE EVENTS THAT HELP Go on a diverting Mideast road trip with Beetle, by Israeli filmmaker Yishai Orian, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, July 4, on WCMU, the Michigan Public Television station. (800) 727-9268. Eat in or carry out kosher meat dishes on Wednesday, July 7, at Dave's Gourmet Burgers (formerly Raimi's), 15280 Lincoln in Oak Park. Owner will donate 10 percent of purchase Judaism Cafe Wednesdays, July 7-28, at West Visit the Judaism Cafe, a summer Bloomfield JCC. $25 for series; learning series sponsored by refreshments served. Note that HEALTH & SUPPORT Partners in Torah. Registration: Oak Park-based COJAR will attend Share experiences with others at "Together We Stand: Your Journey Through Cancer" 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 5, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. Jodie Jacobs, LWS, facilitates bi-monthly cancer support group on second and fourth Wednesdays. Advance registration requested: elaine@temple-israel.org or (248) 661-5700. (800) JUDAISM: this particular lunch-and-learn HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT Worship outdoors at summer Shabbat services, weather permitting: lecture series on Wednesdays at West Bloomfield JCC. Call • Rabbi Avi Cohen: "Life After Death: An Examination of the concerning carpools: (248) 967- Nature of the Eternal Soul," noon-1 4030. p.m. Thursdays, through July 22, at 15751 W. Lincoln in Southfield. • Rabbi Tzvi Muller: "Why Do $36 for series; lunch served. Jews Eat Gefilte Fish and Other Fascinating Stories, Facts and • Rabbi Lieby Burnham: "A Stroll Insights About Our Religion and Through the Scrolls: An Exploration Culture," noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays, of the Megillot, the Mystical Corner July 7-28, at West Bloomfield of the Jewish Bible," 11:30 a.m. JCC. $36 for series; lunch served. • Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park: 7 p.m. Fridays, July 2-Aug. 27. (248) 967-4020. • Temple Israel in West Bloomfield: A Bluegrass Shabbat is planned 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 2; series continues through Aug. 27. Come at 6 for a picnic dinner, your own, or RSVP for temple's buffet: sandi@temple-israel. org or (248) 661-5700. HELPING OUT Make gifts for sick children at weekly Hadassah Doll Project sessions, 9- 11:30 a.m. Thursdays, at Davidson Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield. No special skills needed to participate. (248) 683-5030. Free Four-Week Lunchtime Text Study Explore with Rabbi Steven Rubenstein millennia-old rabbinic texts in "Back to the Sources," a free Shabbat lunch-and-learn series 12:30-2 p.m. four Saturdays, July 3-24, at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. The July 3 session will focus on the Mishnah. RSVP appreciated: (248) 851-6880. Rabbi Rubenstein: raysteven@cbahm.org . Calendar on page 38 Buy one ticket ($25 or $35) and get one free for Elvis Presley tribute play at Andiamo Novi Theater. Offer for Jewish News readers through July 3. www.andiamonovitheatre.com . EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • • Michigan ElvisFest: Get more of the king and his music at family-friendly event, including a car show, 4 p.m. Friday, July 9, and 11 a.m. Saturday, July 10, at Riverside Park along the Huron River in Ypsilanti. Advance tick- ets: www.mielvisfest.org A51-1 NE) WHEN Z 00 -F IT A5 A COUNSELOR 15 YEARS A60. www.jewishcartoon.com SILK 5CREEN1NG 13 AMAZ/NO. THIS SHIRT 1_000 A5 GREAT BECCA BETHOBERNIE The Altruist The Realist The Idealist YAEL The Perplexed ZAYDS RUBS The Traditionalist The Butte COBV/00,51-Y SHRUNK IN WA5H. Come to Midtown for Israeli crime drama Ajami, an Academy Award nom- inee, 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 2-3, at Detroit Film Theatre, John R entrance of Detroit Institute of Arts. Dialogue in Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. www.tickets.dia. org or (313) 833-4005. July 1 • 2010 37