retrospective as well as 36 short films Chaplin made during his career accompany the documentary and air throughout March. Check your local cable listings. FAMILY FuN Cranbrook Institute of Science's 30th annual Maple Syrup Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 28-29. For more information, call (877) 462-7262. Disney on Ice's Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc. visits the Palace of Auburn Hills with nine performances Wednesday-Sunday, March 3-7. Call for show times. $15-$50; opening night: $10. (248) 645-6666. Under the musical direction of Marty Mandlebaum, Bloomfield Players presents Honk!, an intergener- ational musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling that celebrates diversity, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 5-14, at Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills. Opening night is a benefit for SCAMP, a camp for children with special needs. $12. (248) 433-0885. THE ART SCENE Using a combination of acrylic, water-based media and collage materi- als, artist Prudence Bernstein shows her work in an exhibit tiled "My Vision" through March 29 at the Woods Gallery (located in the lower level of the library) in Huntington Woods. (248) 543-9720. On Thursday, March 4, David Klein Gallery in Birmingham debuts First Thursday, in which the gallery will open its doors the- first Thursday of each month until 8 p.m. to showcase its exhibitions in a cocktail party atmos- phere. The premiere, tided "Introduction," features works by Lester Johnson, Alex Katz, Victor Rodriguez and Doug Wada. (248) 433-3700. Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center hosts the 23rd annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, which draws more than 300 up-and-coming Michigan artists as applicants, March 5-April 9. (248) 644-0866. Ferndale's Lawrence Street Gallery presents Abstract Oddysey, a two- person show featuring the work of Anita Boulan-Stromberg and Sri Guha, March 2-27. Artists' recep- tion: 7-10 p.m. Friday, March 5. (248) 544-0394. 0 Better equipment, better choices, better classes. And no better time to loin. Get two months free and pay $0 initiation.* Don't settle for ordinary workouts in an ordinary club. The Center Fitness Club offers 18,000 square feet of state-of-the-art health and fitness programs and equipment. 3 pools Childcare 115 cardio and strength machines More than 70 group exercise classes 2 full-court gyms Indoor tracks In-line hockey McEntire Pilates Yoga All this plus two months free with no initiation fee! What could be better? WERE FART OF THE TEAM "-J Federation For more information visit or call 248.432.5586. Some restrictions apply. Offer valid at both locations. Offer ends 3/31/04. THE CENTER FITNESS CLUE D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus Buy One Dinner, I I the 2nd of equal or greater value. MUST PRESENT COUPON TO WAITSTAFF WHEN ORDERING! I 1 Private rooms available for Parties I and Special Occasions I (We can accommodate Excludes Pizza, Daily Specials & Beef Entrees • 2 coupons per table Expires 3/31/04 20300 anywhere from. 20- 1 00 guests) ' Farmington Road Between 7 & 8 Mile on\Edisi Side • CaterintAvailable 248 474.24 2/27 2004 39