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'Shalom Y'aII'
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 Amy
Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-
Thursdays, noon-9 p.m. Saturdays and noon-
4 p.m. Sundays. (734) 761-2287.
View the images of prize-
winning photographer
Labert at (313) 832-7100, ext. 225.
Marji Silk through
Jan. 30 at Port
Become 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 volunteering.
City Java Coffee
House, 6931
(248) 336-1961. www.woodsgallery.org .
Attend a free college and career night for all
high school students and
their parents to meet
with representatives
from colleges, uni-
versities and other
organizations that
offer special
To help raise funds for the New
Orleans Jewish community, the film
Shalom Y'all will be presented 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan.14, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield,
B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut
Lake Road. The documentary about
Jewish life in the South is sponsored
by the SZ Men's Club.
The director of the film, Brian
Bain, will be on hand to answer
questions and to provide an update
on rebuilding the New Orleans
Orchard Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield.
(248) 855-1725.
Jewish community after the devas-
tation from Hurricane Katrina.
Get and send in applications for Art in the
Park through March 3. The annual event
runs Sept.16-17 in Birmingham to benefit
Common Ground Sanctuary, which offers a
crisis phone line among its services. (248)
456-8150.
The cost is $10 in advance or $15 at the door.
For information, call Laynie Langnas, (248) 357-5544, ext. 48.
Gate, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.17, at the
Oak Park Library, 14200 Oak Park Blvd.
(248) 691-7483.
resources for students
See scanner-produced digital photos and
sculptures from The Nightcrawlerz
Join a discussion of the book Prince of Fire
by Daniel Silva led by Liz Shubow at 7 p.m.
who have learning chal-
lenges. The event is scheduled
Collective (Barry Rath and Cary Loren)
through March 20 at the Book Beat, 26010
Thursday, Jan. 19, at the West Bloomfield
6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Eton
Academy, 1755 Melton, Birmingham. Call
(248) 642-1150 for advance information.
Greenfield, Oak Park. The pieces are part of
a group exhibit. (248) 968-1190.
Arts & Culture
See the paintings of David Deutsch and oth-
ers through Jan. 14 at the Susanne Hilberry
JCC. For information, call Fran Menken,
(248) 432-5546.
Hear historian and poet Jennifer Michael
Hecht discuss Doubt: A History, contemplat-
Cinema & Stage
ing how philosophical skepticism and reli-
gious faith intertwine, at 1:30 p.m. Friday,
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 comedy.
Jan. 13, at the Cranbrook Art Museum, 1221
Gallery, 700 Livernois, Ferndale. Gallery
N. Woodward, Bloomfield Hills. $4-$6. (877)
462-7262.
hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays.
(248) 541-4700.
See new works in the Oakland University
Send pieces to the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak, MI 48067 by Feb. 28.
(248) 541-8027. www.stagecrafters.org .
Faculty Exhibition Jan. 14 -Feb.19 at the
Look through the paintings of Fay Kleinman
through Jan.14 at the Ann Arbor District
Library, 343 South Fifth. The exhibit,
Meadow Brook Art Gallery, 208 Wilson Hall,
Oakland University, Rochester. Gallery hours
are noon-5 p.m. Mondays-Sundays and
Ordinary People, features portraits of
evenings during Meadow Brook Theatre per-
Jewish people at work, at play, in protest
and with pets. After retiring at age 88,
formances. The opening reception runs 6-8
p.m. Saturday, Jan.14. A panel discussion
Kleinman began painting and exhibiting
with artists starts 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22.
(248) 370-3005.
again, starting new at 92. At 95, she is called
"Bubble Kleinman," a takeoff on "Grandma
Moses." (734) 327-4200.
Meet Jonathan Stroud, author of Ptolomy's
See the music revue Let Freedom Ring! A
to Arizona to be extras in a biblical film. The
show starts at 8 p.m. weekend evenings Jan.
13-28-and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 22 and
29. $6-$12. (313) 277-5164.
Watch the puppet show A Banana for Turtle
at 2 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 14, 21 and 28, at
PuppetART, 25 E. Grand River, Detroit. $5-$7.
(313) 961-7777.
Try out for Love, Sex and the I.R.S., the next
production of the Avon Players. Tryouts
begin at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, and 6:30
p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at 1185 Washington,
Rochester Hills. (586) 468-7282.
Concerts
Have lunch and hear a concert by vocalist
Gina Marie and pianist Martin Mandelbaum
at noon Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Oak Park
Celebration of America's Music presented by
JCC. $2.75 for lunch, $1 program for non-
members. (248) 967-4030.
Avon Players at 8 p.m. Fridays Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays Jan. 13-15, 20 22 and 27-
28, at 1185 Washington, Rochester Hills. $14-
$16. (248) 608-9077.
Listen to the sounds of SoulFarm, a vocal-
guitar duo formed in Israel, and have a
dessert buffet at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14,
Laugh with the Players Guild of Dearborn as
they stage the comedy Epic Proportions,
which tells the story of two brothers who go
at Young Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W. 10
Mile. $25. Call (248) 352-6550 for reserva-
tions.
Watch Ilya Kozadayev entertain at 1 p.m.
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Submit entries by 5 p.m. Jan. 28 for The
Body Eclectic '06 Figure Competition &
Exhibition at the Lawrence Street Gallery in
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Best of GrapeJewz
Ferndale. The exhibit runs Jan. 31 Feb. 24.
$25 for 2 entries. (248) 544-0394.
by Mendel
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Experience small works of art first displayed
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.
Browse the drawings of Barry Avedon as
part of the three-artist show Kindred Spirits
scheduled through Feb. 5 at the Washington
Street Gallery, 120 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor.
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