July 18 21: Ann Arbor Street Art Fairs,
various locations. (800) 888-9487;
visitannarbor.org .

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July 19 21: Farmington Founders
Festival, downtown Farmington. (248)
477-1199; foundersfestival.com.

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July 25 29: Concours d'Elegance of
America, Inn at St. John's, Plymouth.
(248) 643-8645; concoursusa.org .

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July 26 28: Sterlingfest, Dodge Park,
Sterling Heights. (586) 446-2489;
sterling-heights.net .

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Jewelry artist ldelle Hammond Sass

will exhibit her work at the 31st annual

Art Birmingham during Memorial Day

weekend.

July 27 29: Orchard Lake Fine Art
Show, Powers and Daly roads, West
Bloomfield. (248) 684-2613; HotWorks.
org.

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Aug. 3 4: Allen Park Arts & Crafts
Street Fair, Allen Road between
Southfield and Roosevelt. (313) 928-0940;
allenparkstreetfair.org .

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Aug 17 19: Ypsilanti Heritage Festival,
Riverside Park, Depot Town and Frog
Island. ypsilantiheritagefestival.com .

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Featuring the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Steven Mercurio

Aug 18 Sept. 30: Michigan Renaissance
Festival, Holly. (800) 601-4848;
michrenfest.com.

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This classic story of the tragic clown who must mask his own grief

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Aug 4 5: Fine Art at the Village,
the Village of Rochester Hills,
Walton and Adams. (248) 689-8734;
fineartatthevillage.com .

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Aug 10 12: Milford Memories Summer
Festival, downtown Milford. (248) 685-
7129; milfordmemories.com .

Aug 31 Sept. 3: Arts, Beats & Eats,
downtown Royal Oak. (248) 334-4600;
artsbeatseats.com .

opera's most famous arias, "Vesti la Giubba" — made famous by the late

Luciano Pavarotti, and referenced throughout pop culture, including the

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Sept. 3: Art in the Village, Franklin. (248)
626-9666; fi-anklinartinthevillage.com .

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Sept. 7 9: Art & Apples Festival,
Rochester Park, Rochester. (248) 651-
4110; artandapples.com .

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Aug 11 12: Downtown Monroe Fine Art
Fair, downtown Monroe. (734) 242-0845;
monroefineartfair.com .

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Sept. 8: Dally in the Alley, north Cass
Corridor District, Midtown, Detroit.
dallyinthealley.com .

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Mother's Day gifts.

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Aug 11 12: Shelby Township Art
Fair, Shelby Township Municipal
Grounds. (586) 731-0300;
shelbyparksandrecreation.org.

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Performed in Italian with
English supertitles

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Aug 10 12: Great Lakes Folk Festival,
downtown East Lansing. (517) 432-4533;
greatlakesfolkfest.net.

Sat. May 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Wed. May 16, at 7:30 p.m.
Fri. May 18, at 7:30 p.m.
Sat. May 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Sun. May 20, at 2:30 p.m.

while making others laugh, Leoncavallo's masterwork features one of

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Aug 3 5: Brighton Fine Art & Acoustic
Music Festival, downtown Brighton.
(810) 227-5086; brightoncoc.org .

at the Detroit Opera House

Sept. 14 16: Funky Ferndale Art Fair
and DIY Street Fair, Nine Mile at
Woodward and Troy at Woodward. (248)
546-1632; downtownferndale com/D DA/
artfair.

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Chocolate and More

Sept. 22 23: Common Ground's 38th
Annual Birmingham Street Art Fair,
South Old Woodward between Maple and
Bowers. (734) 662-3382; theguild.org .

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and Guns 'N Roses, including original
drummer Steven Adler, 46 (he's
battled a serious drug problem for
decades).

Film/TV Notes

Based on Marvel Comics characters
created by Stan Lee, 89, and the late
Jack Kirby, The Avengers, opening
Friday, May 4, features famous heroes
— including Iron Man (Robert Downey
Jr., whose paternal grandfather
was Jewish) and the Black Widow

(Scarlett Johansson, 27)

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assembled

to fight a new enemy.
On the new HBO series Girls — in

addition to series creator/actress
Lena Dunham and
actress Zosia Mamet
— Jemima Kirke, 27,
has Jewish heritage.
Her mom is Lorraine
Dellal, 60, daughter
of Jack Dellal, 83,
a wealthy British
real estate devel-
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oper whose parents
were Iraqi Jews, and
Zehava Helmer, a former Israeli stew-
ardess. Kirke's non-Jewish father is
former Bad Company drummer Simon
Kirke.

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