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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.
Become involved with the Art in the
Woods Art Fair 2006, July 1 2 at the
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Huntington Woods Lutheran Church, by
submitting art, auditioning to entertain
and/or volunteering. (248) 336-1961.
www.woodsgallery.org .
Arts & Culture
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
performances (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 postmarked no later
than March 1 with entry fees at $25 for
members and $35 for nonmembers.
(248) 548-5776.
Obtain and submit applications for Art
in the Park through March 3. The annu-
al event runs Sept.16-17 in Birmingham
to benefit Common Ground Sanctuary,
which offers a crisis phone line among
its services. (248) 456-8150.
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, includ-
ing 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.
Browse The Robinson Committee
Collects and the BBAC Student
Show will run 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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Discuss the book The German
Money at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6,
or 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at
the West Bloomfield JCC. Dr.
Sidney Bolkosky will facilitate.
Contact Francine Menken at
(248) 432-5546.
See Current Paintings: In Acrylic
and Watercolor by Adrienne
Kaplan Feb. 7-March 12 at the
• Washington Street Gallery, 120 E.
Liberty, Ann Arbor. The opening
reception runs 7-9 p.m. Friday,
Feb.10. Gallery hours are noon-5
p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, noon-9
p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and noon-
4 p.m. Sundays. (734) 761-2287.
Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah will celebrate
it's 90th birthday in Detroit with its third annual
Family FunFair for families with children ages 9
and under at 11-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb.12, at the
Costick Activity Center, 28600 11 Mile Road,
Farmington Hills.
Look for crafts, a magic show at noon
and 2, carnival games with prizes, moon-
walks, clowns, face-painting and bal-
loon animals — all included with
admission. Snacks will be avail-
able for purchase.
Admission is $20 for a family
fun pack (5 admission tickets);
$5 single ticket; children age 2
and under admitted free.
Advance ticket sales include
one raffle ticket. Become a
Hadassah member or life
member and receive one free family fun pack.
Children will be able to interact with exhibitors, including the Farmington
Hills Fire Department, Cranbrook Institute of Science, N'Shei Chabad
Lubavitch Women's Organization, Friendship Circle, Noodles & Co., West
Bloomfield Police Department, West Bloomfield Library and Young Judaea.
For details, call (248) 683-5030. Proceeds will benefit the Hadassah
Mother and Child Pavilion.
Join the Beth Ahm Sisterhood for a
luncheon book review featuring Rabbi
Steven Rubenstein discussing
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan
Safran Foer at noon Thursday, Feb. 9, at
the synagogue, 5075 Maple, West
Bloomfield. $10. RSVP by calling (248)
851-6880.
Cinema & Stage
Submit a short play for the New Works
Play Festival sponsored by Stage-
crafters 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 .
Watch the free film Young at Heart with
Frank Sinatra and Doris Day at 1 p.m.
Best of GrapeJewz
Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Oak Park JCC.
(248) 967-4030.
Recall Oscar Wilde's The Importance of
Being Earnest with the direction of
Yolanda Fleischer at 8 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays, Feb. 3 -11, and 2 p.m. Sundays,
Feb. 5 and 12, at the Marygrove College
Theatre, 8425 W. McNichols, Detroit. $9-
$15. (313) 993-3270.
See Promises, a documentary
about Israeli Arab and
Jewish chil-
dren, at noon
Monday, Feb.
6, at
Congregation
B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake,
West
Bloomfield. Call
Nancy Kaplan at (248)
737-1931.
View the Yiddish/Jewish video Mamele
with Molly Picon at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb.
6, at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.
Watch films with Jewish themes — Yidl
Mitn Fidl at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at
Teitel Apartments in Oak Park and The
New Klezmorim at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 8, at the Hechtman Apartments in
West Bloomfield and 6:30 p.m. Sunday,
Feb.12, at the Fleischman Residence-
Blumberg Plaza in West Bloomfield.
(248) 661-2999.
Concerts
Observe the University Dance
Company as performers highlight
choreography planned to the music of
University of Michigan composers at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2; 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 3 4; and 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 5. Jessica Fogel is one of
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