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Metalsmith brings Judaica and
more to annual Ann Arbor fairs.
Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News
The Royal Jammers, circa 1965, performing at a bar mitzvah at the Raleigh
House in Southfield during orchestra breaks. Left to right: Drew Wachler on
guitar, Sammy Gunn on piano, Don (Fagenson) Was on guitar, Link Wachler on
drums and Ricky Fishman on guitar.
Henry Baskin that won a local Emmy
Award in the category of Public/
Current/Community Affairs program.
"Getting together with the people
who were in the bands will be a great
joy," Jacobs says. "I know that the
memories will come back as we play.
"I played on and off through college
at Michigan State University, and I did
a bit of guitar work in coffeehouses.
Although I came close to becoming a
professional musician, I decided to take
another path, but I've always stayed in
touch with the people in the bands."
Was — married and the father
of three with the oldest, Anthony
Fagenson, a drummer in the band
Eve 6 — is counting on a night of
rehearsal before the reunion. He will
be returning from Italy, where he was
scheduled to work on an album with
Zucchero, a hit European rocker.
"I want to connect with everybody
and just have that exchange of famil-
iarity and comfort," Was says. "At this
age, I don't think anyone is trying to
prove anything. We're just looking for a
little lover
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L
isa Ben-Zeev started making Judaica
jewelry when bat mitzvah was the
focus of her daughter's group of
friends. The Illinois mom, with a master's
degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, decid-
ed that one-of-a-kind Star of David necklaces
would make for meaningful gifts.
The well-received necklaces inspired Ben-
Zeev to expand her Judaica work, and she
brings many pieces to this year's Ann Arbor
Art Fairs. She also will show secular projects,
including new approaches to strands of pearls.
Ben-Zeev, in Booth B214 at the State Street
Area Art Fair, will be among 1,000 diverse art-
ists appearing July 21-24, when there will be
entertainment, children's activities and special
offerings by restaurants and shops.
"I treat sterling silver to get interesting
colors, and I use small found and recyded
electronic parts for some projects, [freshwater
pearls or opals for others]; says Ben-Zeev, 47,
who works out of a home studio and whose
work also appears in boutiques. "I use materi-
The Concert of Colors will be held Friday-Sunday, July 16-18, in and
around the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit and at the Detroit
Institute of Arts. The complete schedule for the free programming is
available at www.concertofcolors.com .
als that harmonize
together, includ-
ing guitar strings
wrapped in gold.
"My pieces are Lisa Ben-Zeev wears her
very unusual,
heat-treated sterling
earthy and organ- earrings and Star of David
ic, planned with
on a keishi pearl strand.
a heating process
that is strictly my
own. I don't feel I'm competing with other
jewelers because my work is so different."
Ben-Zeev, who has shown her jewelry at reli-
gious events in the Detroit area, enjoys outdoor
fairs because she gets to talk with customers.
Her interest in crafting jewelry precedes high
school, where she attended a special program
because of her advanced skills.
After traveling to Israel seven times, most
recently to celebrate her son's bar mitzvah,
Ben-Zeev is helped on the weekend road by her
husband, Matthew, who works in advertising.
"I wanted to go to Cranbrook because ifs
not a classroom situation:' says the artist, who
earned her bachelor's degree at Skidmore
College. "Everyone is a studio artist."
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The Ann Arbor Art Fairs run 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, July 21-23, and 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, July 24. (800) 888-8487. www.a2artfairs.org . Information
about Lisa Ben-Zeev can be found at www.lbzjewelry.com .
Jews
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Special to the Jewish News
New Flicks
do- Inception is a sci-fi thriller, directed
4:14 by Christopher Nolan, with great
wok advance buzz as a thinking person's
action spectacular – like Nolan's
4 67. Batman movies, Batman Begins and
Ihof The Dark Knight.
Leonardo Dicaprio stars as the lead
er of a group of industrial-espionage
thieves who specialize in the extract-
ing of secrets from the brains of cor-
porate bigwigs while they are asleep.
DiCaprio's character's skills have
made him a fugitive
– but he's promised
his life back by a
powerful client who
wants DiCaprio's
character to reverse
the process and
implant an idea in
the brain of a rival
Joseph
bigwig.
Gordon-Levitt
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July 15 • 2010
The film, opening Friday, July 16,
co-stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 29,
and Ellen Page (Juno).
Opening
Wednesday, July 14,
is The Sorcerer's
Apprentice, an epic
comedy-fantasy that
has a lot in common
with the National
Treasure mov-
Jon
ies, including the
Turteltaub
same director, Jon
Turteltaub, 46, and
star, Nicolas Cage.
Cage plays a good-guy master
sorcerer in modern Manhattan who is
trying to defend the city from his evil
archenemy (Alfred Molina). Cage's
character needs help so he recruits
a reluctant average Joe, played by
Jay Baruchel, as his apprentice and
quickly schools him in the skills of
a sorcerer. The apprentice displays
hidden talents and, along the way, he
gets the pretty girl.
Baruchel has been described as
"half-Jewish" in many sources, and
he's often played Jewish characters.
However, a very recent profile clari-
fied matters: Jay's paternal grandfa-
ther was a Sephardic Jew. His other
three grandparents weren't Jewish.
New Spidey
Andrew
Garfield
On July 1, it was
announced that
Andrew Garfield, 26,
has been selected to
play the title role in a
new Spiderman movie,
set to open in 2012.
Directed by Marc
Webb (500 Days of
Summer), the new
film is described as a
"reboot" of the series,
following the departure
from the franchise by
Detroit-area native
Sam Raimi, 50, who
directed the three
hugely successful Spiderman flicks
starring Tobey Maguire.
Garfield was born in California,
the son of an American-Jewish
father and a British-Jewish mother.
He moved to the U.K. when he was
a toddler and grew up in England.
He's been acting since age 15 and
has appeared in a few film roles,
including a large supporting part in
Lion for Lambs (2007), starring Tom
Cruise.
Garfield's casting was a surprise,
and his fame has already gone
up exponentially. However, as the
almost-forgotten star of the most
recent Superman flick (Brandon
Routh) learned, a big acting career
is not assured just by just playing an
iconic comic-book character.
Garfield will only have a big-time
career if the new movie is good
and if he can, like Tobey Maguire,
bring to the part a mix of boy-next-
door charm with a dollop of likable
nerdiness. ❑