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Around Town

Join the Bridge Club 1 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays
at the Oak Park JCC. Duplicate bridge players
are welcome. (248) 967-4030.

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Become involved with the
Art in the Woods Art Fair
2006, July 1-2 at the
Huntington Woods
Lutheran Church, by sub-
mitting art, auditioning to
entertain and/or volunteering.
(248) 336-1961. www.woodsgallery.org .

Join the Temple Israel Sisterhood Mah Jong
Tournament at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26,
at 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
Come alone or bring your group. $20 in
advance, $25 at the door. Call Renee at
(248) 661-1231.

ARTS &
CULTURE

Submit entries by 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28,
for The Body Eclectic '06 - Figure
Competition & Exhibition at the Lawrence
Street Gallery in Ferndale. The exhibit runs
Jan. 31 Feb. 24. $25 for 2 entries. (248)
544-0394.

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View the images of prize-winning photogra-
pher Marji Silk through Jan. 30 at Port City
Java Coffee House, 6931 Orchard Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. (248) 855-1725.

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.
Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-
Thursdays, noon-9 p.m. Saturdays and noon-
4 p.m. Sundays. (734) 761-2287.

Browse new works in the Oakland University
Faculty Exhibition through Feb.19 at the
Meadow Brook Art Gallery, 208 Wilson Hall,
Oakland University, Rochester. Gallery hours
are noon-5 p.m. Mondays-Sundays and
evenings during Meadow Brook Theatre per-
formances (248) 370-3005,

Enter slides to appear in the Michigan Water
Color Society's 59th Annual Exhibition May
19-June 25 in Bay City. Slides must be post-
marked no later than March 1 with entry fees
at $25 for members and $35 for nonmem-
bers. (248) 548-5776.

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.

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January 26 . 2006

See scanner-produced digital photos
and sculptures from the Nightcrawlerz
Collective (Barry Roth and. Cary
Loren) through March 20 at the Book
Beat, 26010 Greenfield, Oak Park.
The pieces are part of a group
exhibit. (248) 968-1190.

View Landscapes, Cityscapes and
Seascapes by a variety of artists,
including Judy Lipson and Staci
Hayman, through March 31, at the
Costick Center, 28600 W.11 Mile,
Farmington Hills. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-
9:30 p.m. except holidays. (248) 473-
1856.

Discuss the book Kavalier & Clay by
Michael Chabon with the JPM-JCC
Book Club at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at
the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.

Visit the Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives of
Temple Beth El 11 a.m.-1
p.m. SOnday, Jan. 29, /
at 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield
Township.
Archivist Jan
Durecki will introduce the pho-
tos, artifacts and materials. (248) 851-1100.

Browse The Robinson Committee Collects
and the BBAC Student Show Feb. 3 24 at
the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516
S. Cranbrook, Birmingham. The opening
reception runs 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3. (248)
644-0866. www.bbartcenter.org .

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Cinema & Stage

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.
Send pieces to the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak, MI 48067 by Feb. 28.
(248) 541-8027. www.stagecrafters.org .
View the musical fable Once on This Island
written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen

Barukh Binah
Men's Night Out

This year's Men's Club Inter-Congregational Dinner
will feature a keynote speech by Chicago-based
Israeli Consul General Barukh Binah. He will address
on the upcoming Israeli elections and the future of
the peace process.

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The annual Inter-Congregational Men's Club dinner is
an event that brings together all three branches of
Judaism, with the attendance of Men's Club and
Brotherhood members from various local syna-
gogues. It will take place 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
A kosher dinner will be served. Tickets are $50 and
can be purchased through each synagogue's men's
club or brotherhood or at the door. For information,
contact Laynie Langnas at (248) 357-5544.

Flaherty and performed by students at
Berkshire Middle School, 21707 14 Mile,
Beverly Hills. The play starts at 7 p.m. Jan.
26-28 and 2 p.m. Jan. 29. $6 in advance, $8
at door. (248) 203-4702.

See the music revue Let Freedom Ring/
A Celebration of America's Music pre-

/ rented by Avon Players at 8 p.m. Friday-
' Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday Jan. 27 28, at
1185 Washington, Rochester Hills. $14-$16.
(248) 608-9077.

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Laugh with the Players Guild of Dearborn,
21730 Madison, as they stage the comedy
Epic Proportions, which tells the story of two
brothers who go to Arizona to be extras in a
biblical film. The show starts at 8 p.m. week-
end evenings Jan.. 27 28 and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 29. $6-$12. (313) 277-5164.

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Get some young perspectives with The
Shape of Things performed by the new Fat
City Theatre Company at 8 p.m. Friday-
Sunday, Jan. 27 -29, at the Ann Arbor Art
Center, 117 Liberty. $5-$10. (847) 826-2489.

7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, at Temple Beth El,
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. $3.
Contact Joan Halpern at (248) 737-0801.

See the film Ushpizin, exploring the
Orthodox world, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
29, at the Rackham Amphitheater, 915 East
Washington, Ann Arbor. The program is
sponsored by the University of Michigan
Hillel and Chabad House of Ann Arbor. $2-
$5. (734) 769-0500 or (734) 99-LEARN.

See the Israeli film 17, about identifying a
suicide bomber, at noon Monday, Jan. 30,
at Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. Call Nancy
Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

View Yidl Mitn Fidl with Molly Picon at 1
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the Prentis
Apartments in Oak Park. (248) 661-
2999.

Recall Oscar Wilde's The Importance
of Being Earnestwith the direction of
Yolanda Fleischer at 8 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays, Feb. 3 11 and 2 p.m.
Sundays, Feb. 5 and12, at the Marygrove
College Theatre, 8425 W. McNichols, Detroit.
$9-$15. (313) 993-3270.

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Watch the puppet show A Banana for Turtle
at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at PuppetART, 25
E. Grand River, Detroit. $5-$7. (313) 961-7777.
Watch the film Unlikely Heroes, which chron-
icles the lives of seven resistance fighters, at

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