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Around Town

Watch the Sportsmen's Dog
Training Club of
Detroit conduct
its 74th and
75th All-

Breed Dog
Obedience
Trials 8 a.m.-6

p.m. Saturday-
Sunday, Feb. 25
26, in the Community
Arts Building on the Michigan State
Fairgrounds, Woodward at Eight
Mile, Detroit. $1-$3. Call Jolie
Kaufmann-Laker at (248) 892-
9740.

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Arts &
Culture

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of
the Arnold Klein Gallery by brows-
ing 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.

Browse the Southfield Pavilion

Antiques Exposition Feb. 24-26 at

the Southfield Municipal Center,
26000 Evergreen. Show hours are
2-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
$5-$6, free for children 12 and
younger. (586) 469-1706.
www.antignet.com/M&M.

See Glass Expressions: College for

Creative Studies Centennial
Celebration, a collection of glass

created by students, alumni and
instructors, March 2- May 4 at the
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery in
the West Bloomfield JCC. Gallery
hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays
and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays. (248)
432-5579.

Cinema &
Stage

start at 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays
and 2:30 p.m. Sundays at 21730
Madison. $13. (313) 561-TKTS.

Watch the play Annie with music by
Charles Strouse and lyrics by
Martin Charnin through Feb. 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 prop-
erly designated. (313) 872-1000.

Education

View Jane Austen's Sense and
Sensibility produced through Feb.
26 by the Oakland Theatre Guild.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday
at the Starlight Theater in the
Summit Place Mall in Waterford.
$10-$14. (248) 335-1788.

See Brooklyn Boy produced
through March 12 by the Jewish
Ensemble Theatre at the West
Bloomfield JCC. $22-$37. (248)
788-2900. www.jettheatre.org .

Experience special visual effects in
Delirium, the new Cirque du Soleil
show scheduled at 8 p.m.
Thursday-Friday, Feb. 23 -24, at the
Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. $69.50-
$110. (313) 983-6606.

See the documentary film A Sacred
Noise The New Jewish Music at
noon Monday, Feb. 27, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. Call Nancy
Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

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See a ballet program planned by
three companies, including
Michigan Classic Ballet, at 8 p.m.
Friday, March 3, and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 4, at the Power
Center, 121 Fletcher, Ann Arbor. $17-
$21. (734) 763-8587.

Watch a production of Laura pre-
sented March 3 19 by the Players

Hear two different topics dis-
cussed in sessions sponsored by
the Council of Orthodox Jewish
Active Retirees (COJAR). Rabbi E.B.
Freedman discusses "Terminal
Illness and Our Community's
Response" at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
23, at the Oak Park JCC. CPA Jack
Zwick discusses "The Business of
Entertainment and Sports" at 2
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p.m. (248) 967-4030.

Visit the Cantor's Listening Room
and hear chazzan Earl G. Berris dis-
cuss music presented in recordings
from the Milken American Jewish
Music Archive at 11 a.m. Monday,
Feb. 27, at Congregation B'nai
Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. $5 non-members. Call
Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.

Learn about different religions in a
free program with Jennie Allan
7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 28-
April 11, at Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
RSVP by calling (248) 851-6880.

Participate in the free Yoga &
Yiddishkeit at 10 a.m. Wednesday,
March 1, at Adat Shalom

Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. Instructors are
Yogi Jason Hulshof and Rabbi
Rachel Shere. Call Eliana Loomer at
(248) 851-5100.

Tour the Holocaust Memorial
Center with Manny Mittelman in a
program sponsored by the Council
of Orthodox Jewish Active Retirees
(COJAR) Thursday, March 2. Meet
at 12:30 p.m. at the Oak Park JCC
or 12:50 p.m. at the Holocaust
Center. (248) 967-4030, ext. 2020.

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Attend a free session of the Parent
Tot Class at 11:45 a.m. Saturday,
March 4, at Congregation Beth

Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park.
Children 14 months-3 years are
engaged in play, music, movement
and arts activities. Call Susan
Gartenberg at (248) 547-7970, ext.
234.

Hear Howard Lupovitch discuss

"Sabato Morais and the Italian
Connection" as part of a series on

the origins of conservative
Judaism at 10 a.m. Sunday, March
5, at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple, West Bloomfield. RSVP
by calling (248) 851-6880.

Event Hotline

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

Have dinner with members of

Young Israel of Southfield at 5 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 26, at 27705 Lahser.

Honorees are Marty and Rita
Jerome and Elizabeth Goldmeir.
(248) 358-0154.

Meet Polish Ambassador Maciej
Kozlowski and Israeli Ambassador
David Peleg at noon Wednesday,
March 1, at the law firm of Miller

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Raise money for Yad
Ezra by attending the
Ante Up for Hunger
8:30-11:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 4, at
the organization's
Berkley warehouse. The
Texas Hold 'Em evening
features a strolling din-
ner and entertainment.
$50 admission, $50
buy-in for poker. (248) 548-FOOD.

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Canfield, Suite 2500, 150 W.
Jefferson, Detroit. The program,
sponsored by the American Jewish
Committee, includes a free lunch.
Reservations can be made by call-
ing (248) 646-7686.

Health

Participate in a Holocaust

Survivors Support Group with Dr.

Charles Silow 10-11:30 a.m.
Mondays at the Oak Park JCC.
(248) 661-2999.

Hear Dr. Melissa Stevens,
Beaumont Hospital cardiologist,
discuss "Women and Heart
Disease" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
28, at Hadassah House, 5030
Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
$10. Call (248) 683-5030 for reser-
vations.

Attend a parenting work-
shop "Helping Kids

Improve School
Performance (Grades 1-
4)" 6:30-8 p.m.
Thursday, March 2,

at the Orley Family
Building, 6555 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. RSVP to Leonard
Beigler at (248) 592-2669.

Helping Out

Assist JVS with clients and activi-
ties:
• To help older adults with memory
loss at the Brown Center, call
Dorothy Mantis at (248) 233-4392.
• To visit isolated elderly in Detroit,
contact Gloria Bender at (248) 233-
4431.
• To take care of mailings and pack-
aging for nonprofit agencies, reach
Barbara Peitz at (248) 233-4432.
• To join in recreational activities
for adults with developmentai dis-
abilities or chronic mental illness,
phone LuAnn Elwell at (248) 661-
8100, ext.12.
• To be a friend to an adult with a
developmental disability, call Karol
Friedman at (248) 233-4230.
• To lend a hand in a sheltered
workshop for adults with develop-
mental disabilities, phone Kirk Jude
Goddard at (248) 233-4310.

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