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GROSSE POINTE NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2006
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Optimist meet on Oct. 25
Christine Gaitley, director
of "My Father's Business" outreach
ministry, will visit and
speak at the next meeting of
the Lakeshore Optimist Club
from 7:30 to 8:30 a,m.,
Wednesday, Oct. 25, in the
Reception Room of the Grosse
Pointe w.rr Memorial.
My Father's Business is affiliated
with Grace Community
Church and coordinates donations
of goods and services and
their distribution to help families
in need throughout the
greater east side. The
Lakeshore Optimists' annual
"Coats for the Cold
Community Clothing
Collection"each December has
forwarded the majority of donated
clothing to Our Father's
Business the past fewyears.
Optimists invite the public to
attend free of charge to listen
to Gaitley and have a continental
breakfast.
For more information about
Optimist activities may cali the
club president Jeff
vonSchwarz at (313)882-5200.
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"Roberta's Pond" by Bette Prudden of Grosse Pointe Woods is one of the featured works of art at the Grosse Pointe Artists
Association's 68th Annual Member Show at the GPAAArt center through Oct. 27.
Artists hold annual show
The Grosse Pointe Artists
Association holds its 68th annual
member show at the
Grosse Pointe Artists
Association Art Center
through Oct. 27.
This annual exhibition fea-
One ef the mest beloved opere.
in the world returns to Detroit
for 8 dezzling performancesl
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Pre. Opera Talk With Dr. WaHac. Peace,
,1bout' prior to performance.
FOR TICKETS
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Parking Centet Call tbe Ticket Office or visit our website.
tures 64 pieces of the best work
by 38 of the association's members.
"The caliber of this show is
of a very high level. There is a
variety of media represented:
oil, ceramics, photography,
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prints, watercolor and pastel,"
said Roumen Boudev, show juror.
The Bulgarian-born artist,
now living in the Detroit area,
is best known for his mural in
the Townsend Lobby of the
Detroit Opera House. He also
teaches drawing and painting
at the College for Creative
Studies and the Birmingham
BloomfieldArt Center.
Featured artists in the show
include Lori Zurvalec of
Grosse Pointe, Rosemary Bay
and Shelley Schoenherr of
Grosse Pointe Farms,
Christiane Kemnitz of Grosse
Pointe Park, Arthur Krusz and
Bette Prudden of Grosse
Pointe Woods,¥.alt Kempski of
St. Clair Shores, James Brown
of Troy, and Lou Terry of
Woodhaven.
Other artists include Daren
Dundee of Clinton Township;
George Booth of Dearborn
Heights; Richie Campbell,
Cheryl English and Barbara
Reich of Detroit; Cherie Lucas
and David Mikesell of Grosse
Pointe; Hala Besmar,
Katharina Goebel, Carol
Hennessey, Margaret Rose,
Jacqueline Rybinski and
Colton Weatherston of Grosse
Pointe Farms; Effie Ambler,
Erica Chappuis, Birgit
Huttemann-Holz, Charmaine
Kaptur and Tom Szmreczanyi
of Grosse Pointe Park; Zena
Carnaghi of Grosse Pointe
Shores; Barbara Carr and
Beverly Zimmermann of
Grosse Pointe Woods; Laura
Reed, Juliet Sabit and Carolyn
Sieffert of Harper Woods;
Howard Dombrowski of
Livonia; Mike Gottschalk of
Roseville; Francine Kachman
and George Prentcie of St.
Clair Shores; and Elizabeth
Langon ofWarren.
The show is open
Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays from noon t05 p.m.,
and Thursdays from noon to 7
p.m.
Admission to the show and
the reception are free; donations
are accepted.
The GPAA Art Center is located
at 1005 Maryland in
Grosse Pointe Park.
For more information, cali
(313) 821-1848 or write
gpaal@sbCglobal.net.
Chamber music celebrates birthdays
Grosse Pointe Chamber
Music (GPCM) presents a 2:30
p.m. concert on Sunday, Oct.
29, in the Crystal Ba.llroom of
the Grosse Pointe War
Memorial.
The program will open with
Trio Pathetique by Glinka performed
by clarinetist Norma
Keil,cellist SylvelinBouwman,
and pianist Lana Shulman.
Then, celebrating the birthdays
of both composers, the Clef
Dwellers Quartet will perform
Mozart's F Major Quartet, K
168, and Shostakovich's
Quartet No.Iin C Major.
Members of the quartet are
violinists Michael McGillivray:
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PRINCESS CRUISES
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October 19th through
..... October 25th
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and Martha Windscheif,
Deborah Shuster, viola, and
Grace Brockett, cello.
The Grosse Pointe War
Memorial Association sponsors
the series of eight GPCM
concerts throughout the year. .
Tickets are available at the
door for $8 and $4 (ages 6-15).
An annual membership for
$22, also available at the door,
becomes an entire season's
ticket.
For more information, cali
(313) 885-4633.
Rell)aining concerts in the
series are Nov. 19, Jan. 7, Feb.
18,March 25, April 22 and May
20.
Docent training
Want to learn more about
your local history and share
your knowledge with others?
The Grosse Pointe Historical
Society is holding a training
day for docents for the
Provencal-Weir House and
One Room Schoolhouse at 10
a.m. Saturcliiy,Oct. 21; in the
Provencal-Weir Houke, 316
Kercheval.:
Learn ali about the history (If
the house, the different people
who lived there, and about its
Grosse Pointe locations
throughout the years. '
The Provenc8J.-WeirHouse is
one of the oldest houses In
Grosse Pointe and has been t:i'!stored
by .the Grosse Pointe
Historical Society. The 01le
Room Schoolhouse progrw;n
invites children in grades 2-5 t.o
experience a school day, cirfa
1900. .
For more information, call
the society at (313)884-7010. :
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