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FRIDAY, JULY 12
OLD-FASHIONED FIELD DAY
5 pm, July 12. NEXTGen Detroit’
s old-
fashioned field day, for young adults
ages 21 to 45, will have a tug-of-war,
potato sack race and relays. Dress in
recess wear and get to Catalpa Oaks
in Southfield for kickball. Contact Info:
Aliza, newman@jfmd.org. Register:
jewishdetroit.org/events. Cost: $5 per
person.
SHABBAT PICNIC
6-8 pm, July 12. At JARC home in
Bloomfield Hills (address provided upon
RSVP). The Well and JARC will host this
picnic dinner. No charge but RSVP is a
must: meetyouatthewell.org.
SATURDAY, JULY 13
TOT SHABBAT
10:30-11:30 am, July 13. At Detroit
Institute for Music Education, 1265
Griswold, Detroit. Celebrate Shabbat
with stretching, singing and dancing
while learning about tzedakah. For young
families with children ages 0-4. Register:
meetyouatthewell.org.
SUNDAY, JULY 14
SURVIVORS GATHER
10 am, July 14. CHAIM, Children of
Holocaust Survivors Association In
Michigan, will host its fourth annual
“Gathering of the Tribe,” open to the
children and grandchildren of Holocaust
survivors at the Holocaust Memorial
Center in Farmington Hills. Cost: $25
for children of survivors; $10 for
grandchildren of survivors. The price
includes lunch programming with dietary
laws observed. Dinner at a local kosher
restaurant will be an option. To register,
contact Rosa Chessler at savtirosa@
yahoo.com.
ALLURIUM 2019
ALLURIUM, a community-supported, nonprofit music festival, presents an exciting eve-
ning of musical entertainment and debut performances of top, young Metro Detroit artists
at Cranbrook’
s Lerchen Hall Performing Arts Center (550 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield
Hills) Saturday, July 13, at 9 p.m. Featured ALLURIUM 2019 festival artists will include
vocalists Sean Hodges & Angela Theis, the Luke Sittard Jazz Quartet, flutist/composer
James Russell of the James Russell Project and ALLURIUM’
s ensemble-in-residence,
electro-pop violin + DJ band, NUCLASSICA, led by music director Jordan Allen Broder.
Tickets are $10-$75 and available at AlluriumFestival.com.
JULY 14
KITE FESTIVAL
The Detroit Kite Festival is returning to
Belle Isle for a third year from 10 a.m.-3
p.m. Sunday, July 14. This grassroots, non-
profit group brings together families and kite
enthusiasts from Detroit and across Southeast
Michigan for a blissful one-day-only kite flying
festival next to the James Scott Memorial
Fountain. Don’
t have a kite? No problem.
There will be dozens of kites available to bor-
row and purchase at the Kite Cart. Don’
t want
to pack a picnic basket? No problem. There
will be a handful of food, snack and beverage
vendors onsite all day long. The event is free.
PADDLE TO THE MUSIC
For more than 20 years, Kensington
Metropark in Milford has been the home
to Paddle to the Symphony. Once again,
the event returns to the park and to Kent
Lake for an evening of music and paddling.
The Michigan Philharmonic performs a free
concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 13,
at Maple Beach. Adding to the experience,
Paddle to the Symphony goers will meet on
the other side of the lake at the shoreline
of North Martindale Beach and “paddle to
the symphony” beginning at 6 p.m. Rent a
canoe there or bring your own. The concert
is free; there is a modest fee to participate
in the paddle event. Details and registration
are available at PaddletotheSymphony.com.
Deadline to sign up is July 12.
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