A o Do! Check It Out! Around Town Get performance experience at the Other Room at the Masonic, 500 Temple, Detroit. The venue has started having live bands and DJs Friday and Saturday nights. Call Look through small works of art first dis- played as holiday gifts through Jan. 28 at the Neal Davis Gallery, 314 W. Fourth, Royal Oak. Gallery hours are noon-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. (248) 296-0326. Amy Labert at (313) 832-7100, ext. 225. Celebrate New Year's Eve with a family pro- gram, Birmingham's First Night 2006, run- Browse the drawings of Barry Avedon as part of the three-artist show Kindred Spirits scheduled through Feb. 5 at the ning 4-10 p.m. at the First Baptist and First Christ Scientist churches, Baldwin Library and- the Birmingham Historical Museum. Washington Street Gallery, 120 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, noon-9 p.m. Saturdays The alcohol-free event' will have music, clowns, theater and crafts. $8, free for chil- and noon-4 p.m. Sundays. (734) 761-2287. dren 10 and younger. (248) 647-6407. Cinema & Stage Get involved with the Art in the Woods Art Fair 2006, July 1 2 at the Huntington Woods Lutheran Church, by submitting art, auditioning to entertain and/or volunteer- Experience the funny side of the holiday season with "The Chrisma -Hana Kwanzaa ing. (248) 336-1961. www.woodsgallery.org . Holiday Spectacular" at the Improv Inferno, - have the Detroit Jewish News delivered to your door every Thursday for about 8 dollar a week - 309 S. Main, Ann Arbor. Showtime is 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 30. Arts & Culture $10. (734) 214-7080. Submit artwork for the Michigan Fine Art Competition organized by the Celebrate New Year's Eve with the Jewish Ensemble Theatre and see Side by Side by Sondheim at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook, Birmingham, where the West Bloomfield JCC. A party package for the 5 p.m. show ($45) exhibition of works will be held March 10-April 7. Applications are due includes an afterglow with wine and hors Friday, Jan. 6. Call Lizbeth Catris at (248) 644-0866, ext. 103. subscribe today ! 1 year-- $56 ■ 2 years - $88 call 248.35.1.5171, visit www.jnonline.com (click the subscribe link) or fill out and mail the form below ❑ bill me L year@$56 12 years @$88 . payment enclosed charge my D VisaLl MasterCard card # exp date signature(required) name zip email address D I would like to be contacted about special offers and/or sending a gift subscription mail to: Detroit Jewish News • PO Box 2267 • Southfield MI 48034-2267 58 December 29 a 2905 ments and post-show champagne, light meal and dancing. (248) 788-2900. hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays- Saturdays. (248) 541-4700. Watch an independent film, The Passenger, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the Emagine Theatre, 44425 W.12 Mile, Novi. The movie View the paintings of Fay Kleinman through Jan.14 at the Ann Arbor District Library, 343 South Fifth Ave. The exhibit, Ordinary People, features portraits of Jewish people (R rating) showcases the underground art scene in Detroit. (313) 887-1862. at work, at play, in protest and with pets. After retiring at age 88, Kleinman began See the movie Singin' in the Rain for free at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030. painting and exhibiting again, starting new at 92. At 95, she is called "Bubble Kleinman," a takeoff on "Grandma Moses." (734) 327-4200. Submit a short play for the New Works Play Festival sponsored by Stagecrafters in Royal Oak. Scripts must allow for no longer than 10 or 15 minutes of adult drama or • Best of GrapeJewz state please allow 2-3 weeks to begin delivery Gallery, 700 Livernois, Ferndale. Gallery phone# street address city See the paintings of David Deutsch and oth- ers through Jan.14 at the Susanne Hilberry d'oeuvres. A party pack- age for the 8:30 p.m. show ($75) includes pre-show refresh- by Mendel I KtJoW 7NATJOU WERE STRUGGLING TO FIND A NAME. WHAT DID y0U PIMALL ail> UP CALL/AJC, HIM? vr 1AMA).51-)LoMO. WE CJANYT-EP somErciaNG MODERN TRADITIONAL_ COM