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ComePlayDetroit's men's
basketball league had its spring
basketball championship, with team
Made in Detroit, captained by
Alex Simpson, defeating team
Greenberg in the finals.
Our co-ed tennis league
kicked off the first week of
June with 20 co-eds playing
mixed doubles tennis at
Birmingham Groves High
School on Monday nights.
Each week, a male and female
are randomly paired together
to play against another male
and female randomly paired
together. This allows everyone
to play with different partners
each week, and it's a great way to meet
others!
Our first official sand volleyball league
started up this month in Midtown at Z's
Villa. The venue is a great local dive bar
with an amazing outdoor sand volleyball

ComePlayDetroit kicks off
some summer fun.

court and lights so you can play all
night. Between the outdoor televisions,
delicious food, wide variety of beverages
and horseshoes, there is enough to keep
you busy all night long!
Our Sunday softball league
in Southfield has seven men's
teams and nine co-ed teams,
and more than 220 players
coming out each week at
Inglenook Park. You can bring
your family out to watch some
games (men's: 10 a.m.-noon;
co-ed: noon-1 p.m.) and enjoy
the beautiful park with a
jungle gym for the kids to play
on ... and the occasional ice
cream truck.
And don't forget, everyone
is welcome to join us on
Monday and Wednesday at Como's in
Ferndale, as our kickball teams go up for
food and drinks after their games. Ask
for the ComePlayDetroit special for two
pitchers of beer and an extra-large pizza
for only $28!

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June 28 2012

CPD Mazel Toys

Congratulations to David Herc and
Dr. Erica Lewis, who were married at
Knollwood Country Club on Saturday,
June 2. It was an honor and a privilege to
stand up for David and to share in their
celebration.
Adam Rubin and Natalie Kulbersh also
said their vows at Knollwood Country
Club a week later, on Saturday, June 9, in
a beautiful ceremony. Congrats!
Be sure to check out www.
comeplaydetroit.com , as we will be
opening registration for a variety of late
summer leagues soon. E

David Herc and Dr. Erica Lewis

Michael

Bassirpour

Filmmaker goes from Farmington Hills
to the Hollywood Hills.

yan Lewis, who grew up
in Farmington Hills, is the
}fit executive producer of the
recently released stoner
comedy, High School. And
that's not the only Michigan
link to this film, either — it
was filmed entirely in Howell
and Detroit in 2008.
It seems Lewis, 29, is a
good-luck charm for bringing
movies to Michigan; his
project before High School, a
film titled Demoted, planned
for release this summer, also
Ryan Lewis
was filmed in Michigan.
"Right after we finished
filming Demoted, the tax credits were
passed. So we went back to California,

We'd like to give a shout out to
ComePlayDetroiter Mike Bassirpour on
his newest career venture. Mike opened
up Advanced Recycling, the first metal
recycling center in Livonia. We wish Mike
a ton of success. For more information,
visit www.advrecycling.com or call (734)
266-2700.

figured out all the prices and Michigan
ended up being the place we picked [for
High School]," said Lewis.
The film, which was directed by John
Stalberg and stars Matt Bush,
Sean Marquette and Adrien
Brody, chronicles the trials of
the senior class' valedictorian
who smokes marijuana for
the first time, only to have the
principal announce that he will
be testing the entire school for
drugs. He decides that the only
way to escape punishment is to
get the entire school high.
Lewis' involvement in
the movie industry started
when he attended the University of
Michigan to study film, and "got lucky

enough to land an internship" between
his freshman and sophomore years in
Massachusetts, working on a movie
called Passionada.
"It was just doing production assistant-
type stuff, but I got to see everything that
was going on and see just what it meant
to make a movie," he explained.
Executive producing is much different
from that of the assistant role he filled as
an intern. Lewis said that, for High School,
he "found the script and took it through
the development process, and I was on
set for the entire production from casting
onward."
He added that Warren Zide, who hails
from Southfield, also was a producer for
the film.
Lewis emphasized the friendly
atmosphere on the set. "The director and
co-writer were really just the consummate
filmmakers. They were professional and
hilarious, and they brought a sense of
camaraderie to everybody on set that
made it a unique and fun experience."
High School screened at the Sundance
Film Festival in 2010 and had a "great
reception," according to Lewis.
On rottentomatoes.com , most critics
gave the film a "rotten" rating, but one
wrote, "It's exactly what it appears to be:
a funny-enough stoner comedy with a

Adam Rubin and
Natalie Kulbersh

likable cast." Nearly all audience members
on the site said the film is very funny.
Another of Lewis' recent projects was
co-producing Fat Kid Rules the World,
directed by Matthew Lillard. It screened at
the Seattle International Film Festival on
May 18.
He said he "loves bringing everybody
together to make the film, and producers
get to be a part of the whole process....
producing is where my heart lies."
Regarding Gov. Rick Snyder's removal
of the unlimited tax credits for filmmakers
in Michigan, Lewis' mother, Marsha Lewis
of Franklin, said, "It's terrible. There were
a lot of movies made here [between 2008
and 2009], and it had such a trickle-
down effect for offshoot companies like
caterers, restaurants and hotels. It's a real
blow to our economy not to have [the tax
credits]."
While Snyder has not reinstated former
Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 42 percent
rebate system, which lured production
companies like Flipzide — the company
that produced High School and Demoted
and for which Lewis is the head of
development — to Michigan, the governor
plans to double the current allotment,
from $25 million to $50 million, for 2013.
The Lewises are members of Temple
Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. E