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« Thursday July 24, 2008 »
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Start: 9:30 am
End: 5:30 pm

Where: Henry Ford Museum, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn

Plunge into the history of chocolate (remember, dark chocolate’s loaded with antioxidants!), and while you’re there, take a hike down the fitness paths at the museum and Greenfield Village.

Cost: Exhibit free with museum admission: nonmembers 62 and older, $13; ages 13-61, $14; ages 5-12, $10; 4 and younger, free. Nonmember parking is $5 per vehicle.

Contact: 313.982.6001, www.thehenryford.com

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Where: Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Where: Detroit Institute of Arts,

5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Much of this exhibition is drawn from the DIA’s collection and contains prints by John Sloan, George Bellows, Glenn O. Coleman and Martin Lewis. Their images depict casual, daily life, featuring people at the circus, beach, boxing matches, reading, walking, dancing or relaxing, among other activities. Individual images by other artists will be displayed around these works, as well as colorful lithographs created by Edward Penfield and William Carqueville for magazines. The exhibition also features works from the late 1930s by artists who were employed through the Works Progress Administration, a federal economic relief program.

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

 Where: Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Kenro Izu: Sacred Places features more than 50 black-and-white photographs of spiritual sites around the world. The majority of the exhibition consists of images of Buddhist and Hindu sites in India, the Himalayas, Indonesia, Thailand and China, among other places. The exhibition also includes images of the pyramids of Giza in Egypt and the stone statues on Easter Island, as well as photos of sacred sites in Syria, Jordan and Scotland.

Cost: Adults, $8; ages 6-17, $4; seniors, $6; members, free

Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm

Where: Mariposa Beauty Boutique, 6814 N. Rochester Rd., Rochester Hills

10 percent of all brow shaping proceeds during this period will be donated to the Michigan Humane Society.

Cost: Brow shaping costs $25 at Mariposa. 

Contact: 248.656.3400, www.mariposabeautyboutique.biz

Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm

The Michigan Chapter of Women's Caucus for Art inaugural exhibition is an all media juried exhibition which examines the female's symbolic place "at the table." The artists investigate the places they sit or are barred from sitting at in society, politics and their own personal lives. Featuring artists Brenda Oelbaum, Patricia Izzo and Anne Sheill. Until August 10, open during gallery hours (Mondays-Thursdays & Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. -9 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)

Where: Ann Arbor Art Center, Exhibition Gallery, 117 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor 

Cost: Free 

Contact: 734.994.8004, www.annarborartcenter.org

Start: 11:00 am
End: 8:00 pm

Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit,

4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Considering Detroit, MOCAD’s latest exhibition, will explore contemporary art in the Detroit area. The exhibition, the first in a series, aims to document the recent history of the region’s art, according to MOCAD.

Cost: Free

Contact: 313.832.6622, www.mocadetroit.org

Start: 11:00 am
End: 3:00 pm

 Where: Holiday Inn Southgate,17201 Northline Rd., Southgate

Meet top employers from Detroit at this career fair. Industries include accounting and auditing, banking, hospitality, health care and sales.

Contact: 734.283.4400 or www.nationalcareerfairs.com/monster/ job_fairs/details/MI/Detroit/July/24/2008/

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

When: Show dates, July 2 - 25. Opening Reception (public invited) Fri., July 11, 6 - 9 p.m.; Regular gallery hours are Wed, Thurs & Sat, Noon - 5. Fri, Noon - 9 p.m. 

100 artists were given a 14x21 inch frame to fill as they desired.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

 Thursdays, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 1325 Champaign, Lincoln Park


Confidential and nonjudgmental self-help group led by counselor Terrence Shulman.

Cost: Free

Contact: 248.358.8508, www.shopliftersanonymous.com

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

 Where: REI, 970 W. Eisenhower Pkwy., Ann Arbor


Clinic for beginners and advanced racers will recap the biggest adventure race (hiking, biking, canoeing, orienteering) in Michigan, the Infiterra Sports Adventure Rage, and the biggest in the United States, Primal Quest. See results and hear from racers who participated in both.

Cost: Free

Contact: 810.287.5593, www.infiterrasports.com

Start: 9:00 pm

 Where: Luna, 1815 N. Main St., Royal Oak


Flashback with DJ Paul and the Luna ‘80s Dancers, and enjoy $2 drink specials until midnight.

Cost: No cover before 10 p.m.; $3 after 10 p.m.

Contact: 248.589.3344, www.lunaroyaloak.com