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Arts & Culture

Celebrate the 35th anniversary
of the Arnold Klein Gallery by
browsing the exhibit Urban
Views, which continues through
March. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-
5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays at
32782 Woodward, Royal Oak.
(248) 647-7709.

See Current Paintings: In
Acrylic and Watercolor by
Adrienne Kaplan through
March 12 at the Washington
Street Gallery, 120 E. Liberty,
Ann Arbor. Gallery hours are
noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-
Thursdays, noon-9 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays and noon-4 p.m.
Sundays. (734) 761-2287.

Cinema
& Stage

See the film To God's Ear —

Music and Song of the Jewish
Liturgy at noon Monday, Feb.
20, at Congregation B'nai

Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. Call Nancy Kaplan
at (248) 737-1931.

Watch the play Annie with
music by Charles Strouse and
lyrics by Martin Charnin Feb. 21-
26 at the Masonic Temple
Theatre in Detroit. $19.50-
$64.50. Each ticket sold for the
Feb. 24 performance will have .
$10 donated to the Michigan
Humane Society if properly des-
ignated. (313) 872-1000.

Experience special visual effects
in Delirium, the new Cirque du
Soleil show scheduled at 8 p.m.
Thursday-Friday, Feb. 23-24, at

It Out!

the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
$69.50-$110. (313) 983-6606.

Concerts

Attend the St. Ives Festival at 8
p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 17-18,
at Northside Community
Church, 929 Barton Dr., Ann
Arbor. Gabe Bolkosky is among
the coordinators celebrating
American composer Charles
Ives with live music and dance.
$15, $10 students. (734) 358-
2100 or (734) 747-8885.

Hear Avy Schreiber perform for
Cafe Europa at 1 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 20, at the Oak
Park JCC. The
concert is
part of the
Program
for
Holocaust
Survivors
and Families.
(248) 661-2999.

Education

Hear Rabbi Steven Rubenstein
discuss "The Ethics of
Consumption" in the Yad Ezra
Lunch and Learn Series at noon
Thursday, Feb. 16, at 2850 W.11
Mile, Berkley. $7. (248) 548-3663.

Join the Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Sisterhood to learn
about Conservative issues with
Rabbi Eric Yanoff at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16, at the B'nai
Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. RSVP to
Laynie at (248) 357-5544.

Explore "From the Sands?" Tel
Aviv and the Beginnings of

Finding Roots

Modern Hebrew
Culture" with
Barbara Mann,
associate profes-
sor of Jewish liter-
ature at the
Jewish
Theological
Seminary, at noon
Wednesday, Feb.
22, at the Kuenzal
Room in the
Michigan Union,
530 S. State, Ann
Arbor. The pro-
gram is sponsored
by the Frankel
Center for Judaic
Studies. (734)
763-9047.

The Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan's pro-
gram 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb.19,
will feature Dr. Mel and
Nena Chudnof speaking on
their recent three-week trip
seeking their family roots in
Ukraine and Russia,.
The Chudnofs visited Kiev,
Odessa, Lvov and Moscow
and found family roots in
Chodnov. They were also
able.to obtain family
records from the regional
archives in the Ukraine.
Members and guests are welcome to this free pro-
gram at the Farmington Hills Library, 12 Mile
between Orchard Lake and Farmington roads.

Event -
Hotline

7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
Rabbi Rachel Shere and Yogi
Jason Hulschof lead the ses-
sion. Call Eliana Loomer at
(248) 851-5100.

Listen to Dr. Mel and Nena
Chudnof discuss their recent
trip to Ukraine and Russia to
seek their family roots in a pro-
gram sponsored by the Jewish
Genealogical Society of
Michigan at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
19, at the Farmington Hills
Library,12 Mile west of Orchard
Lake Rd. (248) 645-8700, ext. 6.

Visit the "Cantor's Listening
Room" and learn about musical
settings for traditional Shabbat
Prayers with Hazzan Earl G.
Berris at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20,
at Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
CDs from the. Milken American
Jewish Music Archive are fea-
tured. $5 nonmembers. Call
Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

Hear Dr. Howard Lupovitch dis-
cuss "Cordoba and the Limits
of Convivencia" in the final lec-
ture of the series "Wheel of
Fortune - Recurring Dilemmas
in Jewish Communal Life" at
6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe,
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield.
$10 at door. Call Nancy Kaplan
at (248) 737-1931.

Join Mosaic Outdoor Club of
Michigan for cross country ski-
ing 1-3:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26,
at Kensington Metropark. $8
rental, $2 activity fee for non-
members. RSVP to (248) 320-
4831 by Feb. 24.

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Health

Participate in a Survivors Support
Group with Dr. Charles Silow 10-
11:30 a.m. Mondays at the Oak
Park JCC. (248) 661-2999.

Find out about the Medicare
prescription
drug pro-
gram during
a free town
hall meeting
of the B'nai
B'rith Great
Lakes
Region at
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 at Adat
Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
Erin Scharff, B'nai B'rith
International's assistant direc-
tor for grass roots advocacy, is
the speaker. Call B'nai B'rith at
(248). 646-3100.

Discuss entering marriage dur-
ing sessions with Rabbi Rachel
Shere and counselor Shirley
Cetner at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, through Feb. 22,
at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. The series is planned for
engaged couples and newly-
weds. $36 per couple. Call
Eliana Loomer at (248) 851-
5100, ext. 231.

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