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…metro » c alend ar continued from page 26 PRESENTS S U N D A Y, J U N E 5 YIOP DINNER MEETING 5 pm, June 5. Mark (Moshe) and Badonna Berman are honorees and Rabbi David Shapero will receive an award at synagogue’s annual meeting held on Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day). Topic for speak- er Diane Buffalin Ph.D is “Achieving Shalom Bayit.” At Young Israel of Oak Park. $150. RSVP by May 25: 248-967-3655. T U E S D A Y, J U N E 7 JEWS OF IT...…
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…arts & life mus i c Friends Of Four Hands A local group celebrates playing piano in pairs. J ill Stone’s Bloomfield Hills living room regularly turns into a musical salon, during which some 50 guests take their seats around two Steinway grands for intimate concerts. Performers — longtime pianists whose lives have presented priori- ties beyond instrumental music — appear in pairs as members of Friends of Four Hands (FOFH), an organizatio...…
…arts & life ar t Being and Becoming, aluminum with cadmium acrylic Continuum, aluminum with white enamel Building Fascination Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer In a new exhibition, sculptor Lois Teicher uses powerful color and space as materials to express her own evolution of growth. details "Continuum" runs May 21-June 18 at the Robert Kidd Gallery in Birmingham. There will be an opening reception 5-8 p.m. Saturday, May 21...…
…interesting to me,” she says. “I started with metal envelopes and boxes. I like the idea of container as protection. An empty box is beautiful with different planes, and I like the way light hits the forms.” Being and Becoming, for example, was meant to capture the beauty of the shape itself, a functional reference transformed and implying change. Teicher, who lives in Dearborn with her partner and devotes time to seven grandchildren, has not ...…
…arts & life re v i e w Editor’s Picks Go To It’s a family affair at JET. Kalamazoo Ronelle Grier | Contributing Writer K alamazoo, which pairs real-life husband-and-wife Arthur J. Beer and Mary F. Bremer-Beer, is the charming story of two very different people finding love in their golden years. The two veteran actors give funny and touching portrayals of Irving, a feisty Jewish man with a sometimes-irreverent sense of humor, and Peg, ...…
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…arts & life at home Modern Love Our annual sneak peek at a fabulous home in the Temple Israel House Tour: This year, understated with shimmering hints of glam. Lynne Konstantin | Arts & Life Editor Brett Mountain | Photographer details Tour this Franklin home, along with five others in Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham featured in the 23rd annual Temple Israel House Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, June 1. $25 in advance; $30 on the day...…
…arts & life at home continued from page 43 ABOVE: “I’ve coined a new phrase — the dining lounge,” Ross says. “I try to cre- ate something people will use more often, a little more casual.” A tufted ban- quette wall, upholstered with Romo cut velvet in a crocodile pattern, dresses up the room while giving it the feeling of a hotel lounge; the banquette seat is covered in leather. Dining chairs by Bright were refinished in black and reuphol- ...…
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…arts & life at home continued from page 45 TOP: In the wood-paneled living room, wool-covered Ted Boerner chairs, a Niedermaier sofa (also wool) and a Holly Hunt leather club chair provide plenty of seating without being cramped. “I do a lot of custom lengths of pieces, like this sofa,” Ross says. “I don’t want to force it to work; it has to work together. I’m a little fanatical about scale.” BOTTOM LEFT: In the master bedroom, silvery-blu...…
…arts & life f re s s i n g wit h f i s h ma n A renovated guest room and classroom at the Townsend Hotel Changes At The Townsend L ast week, Birmingham’s the Corner served its last drink, as the Townsend begins work on the final- phase of a multi-year property renova- tion that began some four years ago. The 2,000-square-foot space will be redesigned for private group dining and used as a meeting room, available by reservation. The space ...…
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