50 | AUGUST 5 • 2021

BOOK BASH
11 AM-2 PM, AUG. 8
Join an in-person, out-
door celebration of Detroit
Jewish Book Fair and the
art of Jewish storytelling
at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield.
This expo-style event will
feature Michigan authors,
local artists, musicians
and family activities.
Featured event schedule:
11 am-12:30 pm – Klezmer
band Klezundheidt; 12:30
pm – Local celebrity author
Harvey Ovshinsky talks
about his new memoir,
Scratching the Surface;
1:15 pm – Meet Michigan
authors; 1:30 pm – Book
signing with Harvey
Ovshinsky. Info:
culturalarts.jccdetroit.org/
bookfair.


KICKBALL TOURNAMENT
AUG. 8
NEXTGen Detroit and
ComePlayDetroit pres-
ent Let’s Kick It!: A
Sunday Funday Kickball
Tournament. Take to
the field at Inglenook
Park, 20901 W. 12 Mile,

Southfield, for some seri-
ous fun. In between games,
spectators and kickballers
can stay competitive with
lawn games and the ice
cream truck. Cost $14. Info:
jlive.app/events/711/

GOLF CLASSIC
11 AM-8 PM, AUG. 9
At Franklin Hills Country
Club, 31675 Inkster Road,
Franklin, Kadima will host
the Lois Zussman Golf
Classic. Fundraiser. Info:
michellem@kadimacednter.
org; 248-663-4343.

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
4-5 PM, AUG. 10
American Friends of Rabin
Medical Center will pres-
ent “How 9-11 Changed
Us.” Robert Siegel (former
Senior Host of NPR’s All
Things Considered for 31
years) interviews Larry
Silverstein (chairman,
Silverstein Properties),
Alice Greenwald (pres-
ident/CEO, National

September 11 Memorial &
Museum of History), and
Evan Osnos (Pulitzer Prize
recipient; staff writer, The
New Yorker; senior fellow,
The Brookings Institution).
Free Registration at gcaug.
splashthat.com/Global
Connections. After the
initial program, it can be
viewed on JBS TV and
on AFRMC’s YouTube and
Facebook. Learn more at
afrmc.org.

AUTHOR SPEAKS AT HMC
7-8 PM, AUG. 12
The Holocaust Memorial
Center will make avail-
able this virtual event: The
Ghost Army with author &
filmmaker Rick Beyer. Info:
holocaustcenter.org; 248-
553-2400.


SPLISH SPLASH BASH
10-11:30 AM, AUG. 15
Sponsored by
Federations’s NEXTGen
Detroit and JFamily
Detroit. Join us for some
late summer fun at the
Heritage Park Splash Pad,
Playground and Pavilion,
24915 Farmington Road,
Farmington Hills. We’ll
have cooling (and kosher)
treats for the grown-ups
and kiddos. Perfect for
little ones ages 0 to 5. $10
per family. Please register
by Aug. 10. Information:
Contact Mimi at marcus@
jfmd.org.

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SPLISH SPLASH BASH
AUG. 15 10-11:30 AM

GLOBAL
CONNECTIONS
AUG. 10 4-5 PM

GOLF CLASSIC
AUG. 9 11 AM-8 PM

RICK BEYER AT HMC
AUG. 12 7-8 PM