on the go people | places | events MONDAY, JULY 23 TALK IN YIDDISH 2 pm, July 23. Naomi Pinchuk leads the Charles & Frances Driker Yiddish Conversation Club. At the JCC, Room 204, West Bloomfield. $2. Info: theactivelife@jccdet.org or Rosa, 248-432-5467. JEWS FROM HISTORY 7:30 pm, July 24. “Sarah Schenirer and the Revolution in Jewish Education.” Title of the next self-contained lecture in a series, “Jewish Mount Rushmore: Four Figures Who Changed the Course of Jewish History.” The presenter is Prof. Howard Lupovitch, direc- tor of Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University. At Cong. Beth Ahm, West Bloomfield. $15, or free for Beth Ahm member. RSVP: ablau@ cbahm.org or 248-851-6880. editor's picks TUESDAY, JULY 24 LUNCH & LEARN 11:30 am, July 24. David Contorer of Hebrew Free Loan will talk about the Jewish agency that “provides loans and promises dignity.” At Davidson Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. $10; includes lunch. RSVP with check payable to Hadassah. Limited space; call office before sending or dropping off check: 248-683-5030. TALK IN YIDDISH 1 pm, July 24. Naomi Pinchuk leads the Charles & Frances Driker Yiddish Conversation Club. At the Prentis JSL Apartments, 15100 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park. Info: theactivelife@jccdet.org or Rosa, 248-432-5467. AARP SMART DRIVER 1-2:30 pm, July 24. Workshop focuses on vehicle safety features. At the JCC, West Bloomfield. $5. RSVP: Rosa, 248-432-5467. BOOK CLUB Noon, July 24. Olga Semenova leads discussion of Daring Greatly by Brene Brown. At Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. $10 advance deposit is required on the book but will be returned at program. RSVP: Megan, mpudlik@jfsdetroit.org or 248- 592-2269. Lynne Konstantin Arts & Life Editor WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 JULY 31-AUG. 5: TC FILM FEST BACKPACK PROJECT 10 am, July 25 & 26. Volunteers are needed on July 25 to set up items for assembly and on July 26 to pack 1,500 backpacks. Local children will receive them to take to school. National Council of Jewish Women/Michigan spon- sors in cooperation with Oakland Schools Homeless Student Education Program and Jewish Family Service. Student helpers can receive community service credit. No registration is required. At NCJW/MI office, 26400 Lahser, Southfield. Info: 248-355-3300, ext. 0. If you’re in or around Traverse City, check out the lineup for this year’s annual Traverse City Film Festival. Founded by Michael Moore, and with a board including Larry Charles and Michigan-native Jeff Daniels, the festival is committed to showing “just great movies,” including classics shown on the waterfront on a giant inflatable screen. Among the screenings of 200-plus films, events, music, food and parties will be the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to Jane Fonda, along with a screening of her powerful 1977 film Julia. Starring across Vanessa Redgrave in the title role, Fonda plays writer Lillian Hellman, who is recruited to smuggle funds into Germany to aid the anti-Nazi movement. Directed by Vienna-born Fred Zinneman, whose parents were killed in the Holocaust. Traversecityfilmfest.org. JULY 21: ALLURIUM FESTIVAL Classically trained violinist Jordan Allen Broder launched Nuclassica as a way to “bring together a lot of really amazing talent to fuse classical, pop and electronic styles while playing up the visual aspect of a show,” he says. Broder and Nuclassica join singer/songwriters Ali McManus & Tom Butwin, jazz saxophonist Kasan Belgrave and electro-pop violinist Leia Rose for Allurium 2018, a nonprofit music festival dedicated to showcasing diverse, emerging talent. $10-$75. Cranbrook’s Greek Theatre, Bloomfield Hills. Alluriumfestival.ocom. SAJE ADULT LEARNING 10-11:30 am, July 25. “Judaisms of the 21st Century.” Dr. Mitch Parker, rabbi of B’nai Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, will discuss what Judaism means to young adults and the outreach efforts that finds some shunning traditional religious orga- nizations for less conventional prac- tices. At the JCC, West Bloomfield. $10. RSVP: 248-432-5459. JULY 24-26: SUMMER SERENADE Experience three outdoor concerts at three different venues during Michigan Opera Theatre’s Summer Serenade, with art- ists including Clodagh Earls, Olivia Johnson, Sasha Noori and more: July 24 at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial’s Summerfest at the War Memorial; July 25 at the Detroit Zoo’s Wild Summer Nights; and July 26 at Grand Circus Park’s Summer in the Park. Michiganopera.org. 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