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ALS AUCTION 8 AM-10 PM, THROUGH JUNE 17 ALS Auction Mania is an online auction where you can bid on over 125 items all from the comfort of home to support people in Michigan who have Lou Gehrig’s disease. Visit the auction site to view all the great items at great prices, including a luxurious Mexican vacation, golf packages, wine tastings, overnight stays, restaurant and entertainment certificates, collectibles, household items. Visit alsofmichigan.org for information. SHABBAT ROCKS 5-7 PM, JUNE 2 At Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Join an evening filled with friends, food and Adat Shalom’s Shabbat Rocks band. Doors open at 5 pm for dinner/ kiddo activities, followed by a Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6. Cost: $18/ family includes hot dogs (vegetarian option available), salad, sides and a special treat. If you’d like to bring your own picnic basket for your family because BBQ isn’t your thing, that’s totally cool, too; kindly make sure that all food you bring is pareve and nut-free. Also bring a blanket for you and your family to sit on. Registration: adatshalom.org/ picnic. Questions contact: Sammi Shapiro at sshapiro@ adatshalom.org or 248-6262153. GLOBAL VOICES 5: 30 PM, JUNE 3 At Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. The free in-person event will
GLOBAL VOICES JUNE 3, 5:30 PM Nefesh Mountain
feature a BBQ dinner by Platinum Dish Catering, Cool Jacks handcrafted cookies + ice cream, lawn games and more. At 7 pm (in-person and virtual) hear Global Voices Shabbat featuring Nefesh Mountain, an eclectic mix of American Bluegrass, old-time music and Jewish tradition. Info: jlive.app/events/2303. TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT 7 PM, JUNE 4 At B’nai Israel in West Bloomfield. Its first in-person all-night Tikkun Leil Shavuot since 2019 will be focused on community. Learn from rabbis, physicians, lawyers and university professors. See the debut of the Bnai Israel Actors Guild, directed by Udi Kapen. Most sessions will be live-streamed. Please RSVP to info@bnaiisraelwb. org to attend in person. SHAVUOT SHAKE UP 10:30 AM-NOON, JUNE 5 At Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Everyone loves ice cream so why not make it yourself for Shavuot at this free event. Families with kids ages 0-11 will sing songs and hear a story with clergy, while teens ages 12
and up will learn with Dr. Melissa Ser. Info: jlive.app/ events/2293. BRASS BAND 3 PM, JUNE 5 Motor City Brass Band is hard at work on its season finale “The Music of John Williams” in the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center (Dearborn). Tickets are available from the box office, MCBB musicians, via MCBB.org or by calling the MCBB Hotline at 248-788-6618. John Williams has composed music for 110 films, 30 TV shows, four Olympic Games and 46 other special occasions, including music
from Stars Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and Harry Potter. Emcee for the concert will be Jack Goggin, host of WRCJ’s Film Classics. NELSON LEGACY EVENT 7:30 PM, JUNE 8 At Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park. Speaker: Harry Nelson, health care attorney. Subject: “Exploring the Opioid Crisis — Overdoses, Addiction, Chronic Pain;” also during a lunch and learn, Thursday, June 9, 12:30 p.m. Drawing from the research for his book, The United States of Opioids, Nelson will address the roots of the overlapping crises continued on page 52
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