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the riverfront with free
Festival, featuring a wide
concerts (War, Chaka
variety of Michigan-made
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Khan, Macy Gray and
and Michigan-themed short
returns to Greenfield Village for its
more), activities on land
films, as well as two full-
annual Salute to America concerts, an
and water celebrating
length features, Saturday,
entire Fourth of July program of musical
Detroit's history and
June 25, at Genittis-Hole-
Americana topped off with Tchaikovsky's
Gail Zimmerman
culture, and good eats
in-the-Wall, 108 E. Main St.,
1812 Overture and a lavish fireworks fina-
4-11 p.m. Thursday, 11
in Northville. The films will
le, Wednesday-Sunday, June 29-July 3, with a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and
be shown in three groups at
pre-concert musical entertainment, kids
Saturday and 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday, June
noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. (films shown at 6
activities and food available for purchase
23-26 (followed on Monday, June 27, by
p.m. are for ages 17+ only). $5-$10. (248)
(or bring your own picnic). Gates open
the Parade Company's 53rd annual Target
344-0497. The film festival runs as part of
at 6 p.m. For detailed information and a
Fireworks). $3 admission/free for kids 3
Northville's 2011 Arts and Acts, with an
range of ticket prices, go to
and under and seniors 65 and older. Free
art fair in the center of historic Northville,
thehenryford.org or call (313) 982-6001.
to all 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday. Info and
musical entertainment and food and
schedule: (313) 566-8200; riverdays.com .
drink, running 4-9 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-8
POP/ROCK JAZZ
p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday,
THE BIG SCREEN
June 24-26. (248) 349-7640; ci.northville.
Detroiters Josh Epstein (the Jewish mem-
mi.us .
ber) and Daniel Zott (the gentile mem-
Four classic Shakespearean plays will be
ber) of the indie group Dale Earnhardt
shown in U.S. movie theaters nationwide
THE ART SCENE
Jr. Jr. are receiving great reviews for their
this summer and fall, filmed in 2010 at
newly released CD, It's a Corporate World
the renowned Globe Theatre in London.
— old fashioned pop (not music for
Shakespeare's Globe London Cinema
NASCAR). They'll play a CD release show
Series kicks off with The Merry Wives
8 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at St. Andrew's
of Windsor (Monday, June 27), followed
Hall, 431 E. Congress, in Detroit. $12. (313) by Henry IV Part 1 (Monday, Aug. 1),
961-8137; livenation.com .
Henry IV Part 2 (Thursday, Aug. 18) and
In support of his new album, Ukulele
Henry VIII (Thursday, Sept. 15). Each
Songs, a collection of original songs and
performance begins at 7 p.m. and will
covers performed on ukulele, Eddie
include a 20-minute historical perspective
Vedder takes the stage 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
on the Globe, its modern reconstruction
June 26, at Detroit's Fox Theatre, with spe-
(spearheaded by the late Jewish American
cial guest Glen Hansard (Oscar winner
actor and director Sam Wanamaker), the
for "Falling Slowly" from Once). $75. (313) work of the Globe today and a behind-
471-6611; olympiaentertainment.com .
Sidney Hurwitz: Twin Tanks, watercolor
the-scenes look at each production with
and aquatint on paper, 2002
interviews from the actors and directors.
EVENTS
$12.50-$15. For participating theaters and
tickets, go to fathomevents.com .
MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary
Presented by the Detroit Riverfront
The Northville Art House and its char-
Art Detroit) hosts Barely There: Part 1
Conservancy and marking its fifth anni-
ity partner, Forgotten Harvest, present
through July 31. The two-part group exhi-
versary, Detroit River Days returns to
the first annual Reel Michigan Film
bition deals in its first installment with
Jews
Nate Bloom
Special to the Jewish News
New Flicks
The following movies open on Friday,
June 24:
In Cars 2, the
sequel to the Pixar
mega-hit Cars
(2006), the lead
(car) characters com-
pete in a world Grand
Prix. British Jewish
actor Jason Isaacs,
Jason Isaacs
48, has a large
role as the voice of
Siddeley, a state-of-the-art British
twin-engine spy jet. The screenplay
was co-written by Dan Fogelman, 40,
who also co-wrote the original Cars.
Bad Teacher stars Cameron Diaz as
a foul-mouthed high school teacher
who couldn't care less about her job or
her students. She is just looking for a
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June 23
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rich husband who will allow her to quit
her job forever. She sets her sights on
a handsome substitute teacher (Justin
Timberlake) who happens to be heir
to a big fortune. The sub, however,
is somewhat smitten with another
teacher. Meanwhile, Diaz fends off the
advances of a sarcastic gym teacher,
played by Jason Segel, 31.
Segel, by the way, is now film-
ing the romantic comedy Five Year
Engagement, co-starring Emily Blunt
and directed by Nicholas Stoller, (Get
Him to the Greek), 35. Most of the
film is set in Ann Arbor, and location
filming in Ann Arbor
and Detroit (a scene
at the MGM Grand
Detroit) has been
going on since April.
Two weeks ago, Ann
Arbor residents were
surprised to see
Jason Segel
thousands of pounds
of fake snow on a city street; it was
used to film a winter scene.
Opening July 15 is A Better Life is
the poignant, but realistic, story of
an undocumented Mexican gardener
in L.A. who struggles to keep his son
from gangs and immigration agents
while he ekes out a living working for
the wealthy. The high-quality script led
Chris Weitz (Golden
Compass, About a
Boy), 42, to sign on
to direct and actress
Jami Gertz, (Still
Standing), 46, to
make the film the
first project of her
new production
Jami Gertz
company.
New On TV
Debuting 10 p.m. Thursday, June 23, is
the USA Network lawyer series Suits,
about a young stoner/college dropout
the mind, touching on abstract concepts
such as death, love, identity, imagination,
knowledge and the unintelligible. The
second part, to be presented in the fall of
2011, will feature work that focuses on the
body. Part I's multigenerational group of
artists, with work represented from the
late 1920s to the present, includes Luis
Camnitzer, a conceptual artist who was
born in Lubeck, Germany, in 1937 and
fled with his Jewish family to Uruguay in
1939. Camnitzer, whose art often deals
with the ambiguities of identity, language,
exile, imprisonment and the experience of
reality, has lived and worked in the United
States since 1964 and has written of the
alienation and familiarity he feels while
straddling two cultures imperfectly. Hours:
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday and
Sunday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday-Friday.
4454 Woodward Ave., in Detroit. (313)
832-6622; mocadetroit.org .
The Flint Institute of Arts presents an
exhibition showcasing the graphic works
of artist Sidney Hurwitz through July 3.
The Massachusetts native, who received
a B.A. at Brandeis University and an
M.F.A. at Boston University, is a professor
emeritus at B.U., where he taught for more
than 30 years. His hand-colored aquatints
focus on imagery from the steel industry
and related industrial and urban subjects.
Hours: noon-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday
and Friday, noon- 9 p.m. Thursday, 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
Free. (810) 810-234-1695; flintarts.org .
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(Patrick Adams) who
teams up with a top
corporate lawyer,
ill
played by Gabriel
Macht, 39.
Brad Garrett, 51,
stars in I Kid with
Brad Garrett, corn-
Gabriel Macht
ing to TLC 8 p.m.
Tuesday, June 28. The former Everyone
Loves Raymond actor does candid and
funny interviews with children.
At 10 p.m. Wednesday, June 29,
check out the new
USA Network series
Necessary Roughness,
about a female psy-
chotherapist (Callie
Thorne) who takes on
a football team and
celebrities as clients.
Scott Cohen
It co-stars Scott
Cohen (Kissing Jessica Stein), 49, as a
sports "fixer" for the team.