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WHY VOLUNTEER?
1-2:30 pm, June 14. Mind University’s next
Gray Matters Workshop on Brain Health
is “Volunteerism and Finding Purpose in
Our Lives.” Guest speakers are volunteer
coordinators Emily Croitori of Jewish Family
Service and Dorothy Moon of JVS. At JFS,
6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Free. RSVP:
Angela, apopoff@jfsdetroit.org or 248-592-
2671.

JUNE 14 Franklin Garden Walk

JUNE 20

BBQ Bootcamp

6:30-8 pm, June
20. For Men’s Health
Month, become a grill
master and also learn
some important men’s
health tips. In the
Demonstration Kitchen
at Henry Ford West
Bloomfield Hospital,
6777 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. $20, or $30
for two, if registering by
phone: dk@hfhs.org or
248-325-3890.

JCC MOVIE MATINEE
1:15 pm, June 14. The Active Life Program
will show Brooklyn. At the JCC, West
Bloomfield. Info: Rosa, rchessler@jccdet.org
or 248-432-5467.

JEWISH CENTER ANNUAL MEETING
7 pm, June 14. Richard Zussman is
JCC president and Florine Mark is chair.
Community is welcome as new and return-
ing officers are announced. At Janice
Charach Gallery in the JCC, West Bloomfield.
Includes complimentary cocktail hour recep-
tion. RSVP: annualmeeting@jccdet.org or
248-432-5418.

thursday, june 15

WALK WITH A DOC
Noon-1 pm, June 15. Beaumont Hospital-
Farmington Hills sponsors the physician-led
community event. Podiatric surgeon George
Gopopian, DPM, will speak about foot care
for those with diabetes. At Heritage Park
Nature Center, between 10 & 11 Mile,
Farmington Hills. Free; includes healthy
snacks. RSVP: Caroline, 248-441-1661.

STAGE READING AT JCC
7 pm, June 15. Is That What They Mean by
the Blues? is local playwright Myron Stein’s
musical comedy about a group of college
students in love with the blues era. Features
pianist Matthew Ball, known as “The Boogie
Woogie Kid.” At the West Bloomfield JCC’s
DeRoy Auditorium. $5; includes talk-back
and afterglow. RSVP: www.jccdet.org/blues.
Info: Francine, fmenken@jccdet.org or 248-
432-5546.

DSO IN WEST BLOOMFIELD
7:30 pm, June 15. Detroit Symphony
Orchestra plays selections by Bach, Haydn
and Boccherini. At Berman Center in the
JCC, West Bloomfield. Info: www.dso.org/
neighborhood or 313-576-5111.

friday, june 16

SIMPLE SUMMER RECIPES
10 am, June 16. Tikvah Hadassah Group
presents a cooking demo featuring hors
d’oeuvres, main course and dessert. In
Demonstration Kitchen at Henry Ford West
Bloomfield Hospital, 6777 W. Maple. $40, or
$35 Hadassah member; includes lunch and
recipes. RSVP by June 9 with check payable
to Hadassah. Mail to Barbara Charlip, 5035
Pheasant Cove, West Bloomfield, MI 48323.
Info: Karen, 248-481-8129, or Barbara, 248-
481-9580.

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10 am, June 14. Visit six private gardens
and an artisans’ market. At Franklin Gazebo
downtown. $15, or $12 in advance. Info:
franklingardenwalk@gmail.com or Cynthia,
248-851-3410.

JUNE 18 Tour Clover Hill

10 am-noon, June 18. Cong. Shaarey Zedek,
Clover Hill Park Cemetery and Jewish
Historical Society of Michigan co-sponsor
morning visit to mark the cemetery’s 100th
anniversary. Explore the historic sections and
family plots during continuous self-guided
tours or join docent-led walking tours at
10:30 and 11:30 am. Chapel talks will be
held every 30 minutes, 10-11:30 am. Dress
for the weather and wear comfortable shoes.
Limited accessibility for wheelchairs. Free.
RSVP for guided tours: 248-432-5517.

BIM BOM BABY
10-11:30 am, June 16. Moms, dads, grand-
parents, aunts and uncles can bring children
through age 4 to a celebration of Shabbat
with clergy. Program includes braiding
challah and singing songs. At Temple Shir
Shalom, West Bloomfield. Free. Info: 248-
406-4255 or marsha@shirshalom.org.

IRP GREAT THINKERS
2-3:30 pm, June 16-July 7. Institute for
Retired Professionals hosts the Farber Great
Jewish Thinkers Series on Fridays. DVDs will
be shown from Jewish Intellectual History:
16th to 20th Century, followed by a discus-
sion. Leader Natan Fuchs is a student in
the Society for Secular Humanistic Judaism
rabbinics program and also teaches “Jewish
History and the Hebrew Bible as Literature”
at Birmingham Temple. $18 series/$5
session/free for IRP member. No RSVP is
required. At the JCC, West Bloomfield. Info:
248-432-5406.

saturday, june 17

SOULFUL YOGA
10 am, June 17. Rabbi Rachel Shere and
yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg connect
body and soul at their twice-monthly class.
It applies the wisdom of Torah to the gentle
practice of yoga. At Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Farmington Hills. Free. Wear comfortable
clothes and bring a yoga mat if possible.
Info: 248-851-5100.

STRINGS & ‘RUSSIAN FANTASY’
8 pm, June 17. World premiere of
“Shostakovich and The Black Monk: A
Russian Fantasy.” Performed by Emerson
String Quartet as part of the Great Lakes
Chamber Festival. At Detroit Film Theater,
John R entrance of Detroit Institute of Arts.
$40 reserved/$20 general/$10 age 35 and
younger. $5 additional for each category at
door. Info: greatlakeschambermusic.org or
248-559-2095.

DETROIT IMPROV PROJECT
8 pm, June 17. A night of improvised com-
edy. At the Berman Center in the JCC, West
Bloomfield. $12, or $9 for JCC member.
RSVP: www.theberman.org or 248-661-1900.

tuesday, june 20

TOUR EASTERN MARKET
8:45 am, June 20. National Council of
Jewish Women will stroll, eat and hear
stories on field trip to Eastern Market in
Detroit. Leading the group is Linda Yellin
of Feet on the Street Tours. $45, or $35
member; carpooling is available from NCJW
office in Southfield. RSVP by June 12: www.
NCJWGDS.org or 248-355-3300, ext. 0.

CHAMBER MUSIC AT BETH EL
7:30 pm, June 20 & 21. Detroit Symphony
Orchestra collaborates with Great Lakes
Chamber Music Festival. June 20: Program
features Beethoven’s “Ghost Trio,” based on
Shakespeare’s Macbeth. June 21: A celebra-
tion of all things cello in a program high-
lighting the beauty and complexity of the
instrument. At Temple Beth El, Bloomfield
Twp. $40, or $10 for 35 and younger. RSVP:
greatlakeschambermusic.org, dso.org/
neighborhood or 313-576-5111.

sunday, june 25

2GS & 3GS REUNION
10 am-4:45 pm, June 25. Children of
Holocaust Survivors-Association in Michigan
will host a “Gathering of the Tribe” for chil-
dren and grandchildren of Holocaust survi-

vors. Includes Sandy Silver’s family trip to
Poland, kosher lunch, discussion group and
David Oliwek’s 1963 bar mitzvah film. The
day concludes with Dough, a warm-hearted
film about a struggling Jewish baker with
a Muslim apprentice. At the Holocaust
Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake
Road, Farmington Hills. $36 by June 14/$46
afterward; includes dinner-dance (below) at
6. Send check to CHAIM at 28395 Brooks
Lane, Southfield, MI 48034. RSVP: Rosa,
savtirosa@yahoo.com.

CHAIM SOCIAL NIGHT
6-8 pm, June 25. Children and grandchil-
dren of Holocaust survivors are invited
to kosher dinner, with klezmer, rock ’n’
roll music and dancing. At Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Farmington Hills. $36 by June
14, or $46 afterward; includes daytime
activities (above) starting at 10 am. Send
check to CHAIM at 28395 Brooks Lane,
Southfield, MI 48034. RSVP: Rosa,
savtirosa@yahoo.com.

saturday, july 1

YOUNG ARTISTS SOUGHT
Deadline, July 1. Cash awards in competi-
tion for original and personally handmade
art by youth ages 5-13 or in grades K-8.
Art will be displayed during the Orchard
Lake Fine Art Show, July 29-30, at West
Bloomfield High School. Contest rules: www.
hotworks.org/applications.

Esther Allweiss Ingber / Contributing Writer
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