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…arts & life theate r Actors Celia Keenan-Bolger and Gavin Creel lead the pack in a recent musical theater department promo. Maize & Blue On Broadway Brent Wagner Alice Burdick Schweiger | Special to the Jewish News A host of talented and accomplished University of Michigan musical- theater grads will be honoring longtime department chair Brent Wagner on Broadway. The one- night benefit, marking Wagner’s retirement and celebrating his ...…
…arts & life f ai rs ’Tis The Season Outdoor art fairs kick off this month. Photographer Alanna St. Laurent focuses on abandoned photography, architecture and Detroit — like this image of the Fountain at Belle Isle Park. Visit her at the Belle Isle Art Fair, as well as many of the other fairs listed here. Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer A new event — the Belle Isle Art Fair — is being intro- duced Aug. 6-7 to add to the long list...…
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…arts & life Climb Every Mountain PHOTO BY MATTHEW MURPHY theate r Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer Sound of Music (coming to the Fisher) actress Kelly McCormick has made a point of following this advice. Kelly McCormick details The Sound of Music runs May 10-22 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. $39-$90. (313) 872-1000; broadwayindetroit.com. 52 May 5 • 2016 K elly McCormick has taken on many roles in the make- believe wo...…
…music Ending With A Crescendo Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer The CMSD wraps up its season with high-profile performers. details The Ariel Quartet and Alon Goldstein will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills. $16- $64. Goldstein will play at 8 p.m. Friday, May 13, at Schaver Recital Hall in Detroit. $15-$30. (248) 737-9980; cmsdetroit.org. M usicians raised and schooled in...…
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…arts & life fas h i on Gold At The End Of The Rainbow Suzanne Chessler | Contributing Writer Ashley Gold works hard for her clients — and for her happiness. A shley Gold built a fol- lowing as “Pawn Chick” to reflect her role in the family business, but there’s noth- ing secondhand about her latest venture — Pawn Chick Shopping, the jewelry enterprise she oper- Ashley Gold ates strictly online with a name familiar to longtime clie...…
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…arts & life fre s s i n g wi th f i s h man T here’s been a lot said (mostly nega- tive) about the recently announced name of the Red Wings’ new home — Little Caesars Arena. The project is the centerpiece of some $1.2 billion invested in the Cass Corridor by the Illitch fam- ily, and to say they’ve earned the right to celebrate their brand is — in my book — a total understatement. Little Caesars is a nationally recognized name with a story ...…
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…obituaries » ‘A True Renaissance Woman’ E velyn Hoffman Kasle, 89, of Franklin, died April 29, 2016. A true Renaissance woman, she spent her life involved in learning, in music, in travel, in Judaism and in giving to others. Born in 1926 in Detroit to Jewish immi- grants from Eastern Europe, Helen and Sol Kanat, she taught piano to neighbors as a teenager. A few years later, she and her husband, Walter, taught piano for Karl Haas. As a youn...…
…obituaries » Obituaries from page 69 MILTON AICHENBAUM, of Haverford, Pa., formerly of West Bloomfield, died April 29, 2016. He was a long-time jeweler and, upon retire- ment, docent at the Aichenbaum Holocaust Memorial Center. He was the devoted and beloved husband of 66 years to Lillian (Leiderman) Aichenbaum; loving father of Elaine (Rick) Aldridge, Michael (Ruth) Aichenbaum and Rabbi Yaakov (Tova) Aichenbaum; grandfather of Brent (Cather...…
…MAURRY A. GLUSMAN, 80, of Southfield, died April 28, 2016. He was known as “The Oak Park Ice Cream Man.” Glusman Mr. Glusman is survived by his sister, Clara Shpargel of West Bloomfield; sister-in-law, Elaine Glusman; nieces and nephews, Denise and Arthur Levenson, Joanne and Rick Adams, Michael and Michelle Glusman, Gary and Nancy Glusman, Paul Glusman; many devoted great-nieces, great- nephews, great-great-nieces, great-great-nephews, other ...…
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…metro » o n the cover Mission Possible! JFS to bring Sharansky to mark the 25th anniversary of Operation Exodus. Barbara Lewis | Contributing Writer Soviet Jewish immigrants settled in Detroit anxiously await the arrival of other family members at the airport. A lla Shapiro remembers the day she arrived in Detroit in June of 1991. She and her family — husband, Eugene, daughter, Zoya, her sister and her husband and their two daughters, pl...…
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…metro » Passion For Hebrew Barbara Lewis | Contributing Writer O ne name has become synonymous with adult Hebrew language edu- cation in Detroit: Nira Lev. She has been teaching her beloved native tongue here since the early 1970s — and some of her local students have been learn- ing with her nearly that long. According to her students, Lev possesses a unique combination of knowledge and spirit that makes her the ideal teacher. Lev is a sa...…
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…metro » Our Best To You! JN and Neighborhood SEEN take journalism honors. T he Detroit Jewish News was hon- ored with nine awards from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists covering writing, editing and design. The awards were presented on April 12 and were judged by journalists from other cities. Prizes were presented among publications of like circulation size. JN Contributing Writer Ronelle Grier won two awards ...…
…metro » aro u nd tow n Taste Of Klezmer Holocaust Memorial Center membership event plays to a big crowd. * Photos by Pam Herman O n April 6, 340 people filled the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills for “A Taste of Klezmer,” a membership event featuring Detroit native and klezmer violinist Yale Strom and his band, Hot Pstromi. Members filled the auditorium and over- flow room for the concert. The performance concluded with Holo...…
