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Try out for the Birmingham
Concert Band, which rehearses
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at
Groves High School, 13 at
Evergreen, Beverly Hills. Call
Grant Hoemke, musical director,
at (248) 474-4997.
Saturdays. (313) 832-8540.
Look through the photos of David
Maisel in the exhibit Imaging a
Arts & Culture
Shattering Earth through Dec.
18, at the Meadow Brook Art
Visit a studio sale featuring glass
landscape plates made by Janet
Kelman as well as pottery and
watercolor images by other
artists. The sale runs 10 a.m.-6
p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, and 9 a.m.-
5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at
1205 E. Lincoln, Royal Oak.
(248) 547-8332.
Visit the Festival of Trees to ben-
efit the Children's Hospital of
Michigan Nov. 25-Dec. 4 at the
Rock Financial Showplace,
46100 Grand River, Novi.
Attractions include gin-
gerbread houses, gift
stations and children's
rides. Hours are noon-9
p.m. Nov. 25; 10 a.m.-3
p.m. Nov. 26, 10 a.m.-
9 p.m. Nov. 27-Dec. 3
and 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Dec. 4. $8-$10. (313)
966-TREE.
Explore the functional and
decorative quali-
ties of teapots
in the
exhibit
Steeped
in Tradi-
tion
through
Dec. 11 at the
Ariana Gallery, 119 S. Main,
Royal Oak. Gallery hours are 11
a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-
Wednesdays and Fridays, 11
a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays and
Saturdays, and 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Sundays. (248) 546-8810.
Look through the Holiday Show
running through Dec. 23 at the
Detroit Artists Market, 4719
Woodward, Detroit. Jeweler Susan
Adelman is among the 50 artists
displaying their works. Hours are
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-
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Gallery, 208 Wilson Hall, Oakland
University, Rochester. The gallery
is open noon-5 p.m. every day
except Mondays. It also is open
evenings during Meadow Brook
Theatre performances. (248)
370-3005.
See the paintings of David
Deutsch and others through Jan.
14 at the Susanne Hilberry
Gallery, 700 Livernois, Ferndale.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesdays-Saturdays. (248) 541-
4700.
Exchange ideas about By a
Spider's Thread with the Book
Discussion Group
of the Greater
Detroit Chapter
of Hadassah at
10 a.m.
Monday, Nov.
28, at Hadassah
House, 5030
Orchard Lake
Rd., West
Bloomfield. (248)
683-5030.
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View small works of art first dis-
played as holiday gifts Dec. 2-
Jan. -28 at the Neal Davis Gallery,
314 W. Fourth, Royal Oak. The
opening reception runs 6-9 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 2. Gallery hours are
noon-6 p.m. Wednesdays-
Saturdays. (248) 296-0326.
Cinema & Stage
Experience Dale Wasserman's
musical Man of La Mancha per-
formed by the Players Guild of
Dearborn Fridays-Sundays,
through Dec. 4. The show starts
at 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and
2:30 p.m. Sundays. $16 with
reservations. (313) 277-5164.
Laugh with the Farmington
Players as they present Comic
Potential through Dec. 10 at the
Players Barn Theater, 32332 W.
12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Nov.
25 and 26 and Dec. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9
and 10 and 2 p.m. Nov. 27 and
Dec. 4. $10-$13. (248) 553-
2955.
Catch a local
premiere of
the movie
Yours, Mine
and Ours and
support the
Michigan
Chapter of the
Crohn's &
Colitis Foundation of
America Monday
evening, Nov. 28, at
the Uptown Palladium
Theater, 250 North Old
Woodward,
Birmingham. A pre-
glow begins at 6:30
p.m., and the movie
starts at 8 p.m. $75. (248) 737-
0900.
Audition for the Bloomfield
Players Community Theatre pro-
duction of Anne of Green Gables
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov.
30 and Dec. 1, at Andover High
School auditorium, 4200
Andover, Bloomfield Hills.
Children's auditions are 6:30-
7:30 p.m. Adult auditions are
7:30-9 p.m. Performances will be
March 3-13. (248) 737-9039.
See the race-relations production
Lay Your Comfort Down, written
by Ben Cohen and directed by
Jeff Kass, at 7 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 1, at the Birmingham
Community House, 380 S. Bates.
$5 adults, $2 students. (248)
644-5832.
Take the family to a performance
of The Secret Garden scheduled
7:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, Dec. 2-3 and 9-10,
at Berkley High School, 2325
Catalpa. (248) 837-8127.
Experience the funny
side of the holiday
season with "The
Chrisma-Hana-
Kwanzaa Holiday
_„.„: Spectacular" at the
Improv Inferno, 309
S. Main, Ann Arbor.
Showtime is at 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 2-
30. $10. (734) 214-7080.
Bring the family to the musical
Children's Letters to God per-
formed at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
3, at the Music Hall in Detroit.
$29-$39. (313) 887-8501.
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Listen to the Funkey Monkeys in a
concert for families with children 7
and younger at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center, 4200
Walnut Lake Road. $5 per person.
RSVP by calling Gail at (248) 357-
5544. Sponsored by the Morris and
Beverly Baker Foundation in associa
tion with Federation's Shalom Baby.
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