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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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