I To Do! Fun For Families 1Check It Out! 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 - 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 . - 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 - Calendar on page 54 by Mendel RABBI, GREAT 5NABBAT _SERM0r0 ToDA! ONE OF ,YOUR 136S -r! 8ou 50, WHICH PART DID KE BEST? UH, WHICH PART?.. WELL — UM... 71-1AT FIRST PART, AND OF cooRsE THAT OTHER PART,„ e".5, AND 1,5 co THAT PART IN-BETIJFE&),.. February 2 - 2006 53