To Do!
Check It Out!
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.
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.
Look through the Holiday Show
running through Dec. 23 at
the Detroit Artists Market,
'41
4719 Woodward, Detroit.
Jeweler Susan Adelman is among
the 50 artists displaying their
works. Hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesdays-Saturdays. (313) 832-
8540.
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.
Visit the Festival of Trees to ben-
efit the Children's Hospital of
Michigan through Dec. 4 at the
Rock Financial Showplace,
46100 Grand River, Novi.
Attractions include gingerbread
houses, gift stations and chil-
dren's rides. Hours are 10 a.m.-9
p.m. through Dec. 3 and 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 4. $8-$10.
(313) 966-TREE.
Browse the drawings of Barry
Avedon as part of the three-artist
show Kindred Spirits scheduled
Dec. 6-Feb. 5 at the Washington
Street Gallery, 120 E. Liberty, Ann
Arbor. Gallery hours are noon-5
p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, noon-9
p.m. Saturdays and noon-4 p.m.
Sundays. (734) 761-2287.
Get model train tips from Stuart
Shuster and Dan Machesky 1-3
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the
Birmingham Historical Museum
& Park, 556 W. Maple. $2
adults, $1 seniors and those 5-
18, free for kids under 5. (248)
642-2817.
Arts & Culture
Look through the photos of David
Maisel in the exhibit Imaging a
Shattering Earth through Dec.
18, at the Meadow Brook Art
Gallery, 208 Wilson Hall, Oakland
Participate in a "Members Write
Night" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec.
9, sponsored by the Sholem
Aleichem Institute. The evening
features the readings at the
National Council of Jewish
Women offices, 26400 Lahser,
Southfield. Call Bette Scheirrat
(248) 932-8320 or Naomi Siegel
at (248) 626-7707.
Attend a book review and discus-
sion of Prince of Fire by Daniel
Silva at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
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Dec. 14, and at 7 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 15, at the Henry and Delia
Meyers Library in the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield. It will be facilitated
by Elisabeth Shubow, adult librar-
ian at the West Bloomfield Public
Library. For information, contact
JCC librarian, Fran Menken,
(248) 432-5546 or e-mail
fmenken@jccdet.org .
and Families Support Group.
(248) 967-4030.
380 S. Bates. $5 adults, $2 stu-
dents. (248) 644-5832.
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. Dec.
1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 and 2 p.m.
Dec. 4. $10-$13. (248) 553-
2955.
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.
Cinema
& Stage
Audition for the Bloomfield
Players Community Theatre pro-
duction of Anne of Green Gables
Thursday, 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.
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.
See the Yiddish-Jewish video The
New Klezmorim at 1 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 5, at the Oak Park
JCC. The free program is spon-
sored by the Holocaust Survivors
See the race-relations produc-
tion 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,
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,
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B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region Cultural Arts Commission, B'nai
B'rith International's Disaster Relief Program and Detroit area syn-
agogues are co-sponsoring a "Save our Synagogues Concert" at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield, 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18.
The concert will benefit synagogues in the South harmed by the
recent hurricanes.
The concert will feature the New Orleans Klenner All Stars and
the Kidz Klez Band of Michigan. The New Orleans Klezmer Band
will also lead free Klezmer Klinic Workshops from 1 to 5 p.m. for
student musicians.
Tickets for the concert are $18 per person; patron tickets for
the concert and afterglow are $180 per couple.
For information, call John and Marsha Rofel, (248) 855-5729;
or Cantor Stephen and Christine Dubov, (248) 752-6668. For
reservations, call B'nai B'rith, (248) 646-3100.
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.
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