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Lynne

Konstantin

Arts & Life
Editor

Friday, Downtown Street Eats from
favorite food trucks and local start-
ups, four great bands every Fourth
Friday (next up: June 26), Kidz Show
children's theater and puppet shows
(June 27 is Sound of Music), Dog Park
activities, a farmer's market every
Friday, Gelato Shoppe, jazz, blues and
more. Downtowndetroitparks.com .

GIRLS IN TROUBLE
Forming Girls in Trouble, singer, song-
writer, violinist and poet Alicia Jo
Rabins, joined by her husband, bass-
ist Aaron Hartman, is inspired by
everything from Appalachian ballads,
the music of Leonard Cohen — and
ancient Jewish texts. The New York

TRAIN
The members of Train may not be
Jewish, but lead singer Pat Monahan
does ask "How could you leave me
on Yom Kippur?" in "50 Ways to Say
Goodbye." The chart-toppers bring
their Picasso at the Wheel Summer
Tour 2015 to the DTE Energy Music
Theatre in Clarkston, along with open-
ing acts the Fray and Matt Nathanson
(whose father is Jewish). 7 p.m.
Wednesday, July 1. $29.50-$79.50.
Palacenet.com .

SUMMER IN THE CITY
Downtown Detroit's Quicken Loans
Summer in the Parks 2015 kicked off
this month (and runs through Sept. 2),
offering a revolving roster of awesome
entertainment and events, weekdays
and weekends. Some upcoming high-
lights include the sand-filled Beach
at Campus Martius Park (above) with
BBQ and live reggae bands every

Celebrity Jew:,

Nate Bloom

Special to the
Jewish News

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Forty years through the desert to
now — it's a long journey, but they
made it," said Peter Guber, 73, the
majority co-owner of the Golden State
Warriors, during the
presentation ceremo-
ny of the NBA cham-
pionship trophy on
June 16. The Warriors
last won the title
in 1975. Guber, the
son of a Boston-area
junkman, has been
Guber
a leading entertain-
ment-industry execu-
tive and film/TV
producer since the mid-'70s. He also
owns the Detroit Tigers' farm club in
Erie, Pa., and has a minority interest

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June 25 • 2015

Times said, "her tender version of
'Sivivon Soy Soy Soy' should be a
Chanukah standard. Her plucked violin
and gorgeous voice could be a Jewish
'Silent Night.— In a follow-up to her
highly acclaimed rock opera Kaddish
for Bernie Madoff, her new song
cycle, Girls in Trouble, is an explora-
tion of the stories of biblical women,
including Miriam, Hannah and Tamar,
making their struggles relatable to
modern audiences. Check out the
indie rocker with a twist one-night-
only, 8 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at the
N'Namdi Center for Contemporary
Art, 52 E. Forest Ave., Detroit. $5-$12.
Girlsintroubledetroit.yapsody.com .

in the Dodgers. His Warrior's co-own-
er, Joe Lacob, 59, also comes from a
poor Boston family. His college degree
in medical science led to a business
career as a venture capitalist, primar-
ily financing medical companies.

BIG AND SMALL SCREENS

Opening this week: Batkid Begins
is a documentary that records an
event many people will recall. In
November 2013, Miles Scott, then 5
years old, became the subject of an
amazing "Make-A-Wish" fulfillment
as thousands of people, alerted by
social media, combined to turn San
Francisco into Gotham City. Scott,
whose leukemia is in remission,
was diagnosed at just 18 months.
He was told he was going to San
Francisco just to pick up a Batman
costume, but was met by the city's
real chief of police who helped turn
Miles, dressed as Batman, into a
"true super-hero" while enormous
crowds of on-lookers cheered him on.
This feel-good story of the year was

captured by Dana
Nachman, 40, a
Northern California-
based award-winning
documentary pro-
ducer. Her film tries
to answer why so
many helped and why
Nachman
we were so touched.
Julia Roberts nar-
rates.
Big Game is a thriller that begins
with Air Force One being destroyed
by terrorists. The President (Samuel
L. Jackson) manages to eject in an
escape pod, which is found on the
ground by a 13-year-old Finnish boy
out hunting. Kidnappers are soon on
the trail of the duo. Victor Garber
(Alias), 66, co-stars as the vice presi-
dent, with Ted Levine (Monk), 59, in a
supporting role as an American army
general.
Max tells the story of an army mili-
tary dog who served in Afghanistan
and is traumatized by the death of
his handler. The dog is taken in by a

SALUTE TO AMERICA
Spend a blissful midsummer evening
at Greenfield Village: The DSO will be
joined by the U.S. Army Field Band
and Soldier's Chorus playing patriotic
favorites — plus a yummy picnic dinner
and drum and fife parade at a Salute
to America. Stick around for the grand
finale of a spectacular fireworks dis-
play featuring authentic cannon fire
and the DSO playing Tchaikovsky's
1812 Overture. 6 p.m. July 1-4. $13.25-
$25; children 4 and under/free. (800)
835-5237; thehenryford.org . ❑

young teen who has been heartsick
after the combat death of his brother,
an American Marine. Max was co-
written and directed by Boaz Yakin,
48, who was born in America, the son
of Israeli parents. His previous hits
include Now You See Me and Prince of
Persia: The Sands of Time.
Zoo premieres at 9 p.m. Tuesday,
June 30, on CBS. It stars James
Wolk, 30, as an American zoologist
who leads safaris in Africa — and
tries to find out
why violent animal
attacks on people
all over the world
are becoming more
frequent. Wolk, a
very handsome
fellow, grew up in
Farmington Hills and
worked as a local
bar/bat mitzvah
emcee. Wolk's blonde co-star, French
actress Nora Arnezeder, 26, is the
daughter an Egyptian-Jewish mother
and a non-Jewish father.

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