To Do! Check It Out! Arts & Culture Food For Thought Rebecca Kohn with the Henry & Delia Meyers Library Spring Book Hear Ellen S. Cannon, political science pro- fessor and vice president of the American Jewish Congress Midwest Region, discuss Club at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, or 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at the West Bloomfield- "The American Jewish Family: How to Build a Stronger Jewish Tomorrow at a luncheon JCC. (248) 432-5546. hosted by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit/Women's Campaign and Education Department at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Participate in a*guided tour of Glass Expressions with Tikvah March 6, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 7375 Bell Rd., Southfield. $25. RSVP by Group of the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 16. Luncheon fol- March 3 to Heidi Hirsch: (248) 203-1459 or e-mail hirsch@jfmd.org . Co-chairs of the pro- gram are Heidi Fischgrund and Jodie Krasnick; associate chairs are Gail Mayer and Roberta Madorsky. Sheri T. Schiff is adviser. lows at Johnny Carino's in Commerce Township. $15. RSVP by March 3 to Linda at (248) 851-7757 or Karen at (248) 661-4424. Ellen Cannon, coming to Shaarey Zedek Cinema & Stage View works by the Birmingham Society of Women Painters through April 20 at the Woods Gallery in the Huntington Woods 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 . Public Library, 26415 Scotia, Huntington Woods. Hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 10 See a ballet program planned by three companies, including Michigan Classic Ballet, at 8 p.m. a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Meet the artists 6:30- Friday, March 3, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Power 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2. (248) Center, 121 Fletcher, Ann Arbor. $17- 336-1961. $21. (734) 763-8587. See Glass Expressions: College Watch a production of Laura pre- sented March 3-19 by the Players 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 Guild of Dearborn. Performances start at 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays at 21730 Madison. $13. (313) 561-TKTS. View a tape of Howard Lupovitch discussing "Wheel of Fortune - Recurring Dilemmas in Communal Jewish Life - Cordoba, the Limits of Convivencia" at noon Monday, March 6, at Congregation B'nai (248) 357-5544. Listen to cellist Yehuda Hanani mix well-known pieces with a new com- position as he performs with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Concerts gram starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Michigan Theater, of Prayer and Jewish Meditation. Sessions start in March. (248) 737- 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. $17-$39. 8700. Join Congregation Beth Ahm for an evening of original music pre- sented by David Nefesh and his band. The folk rock concert bene- fits the Samantha Erin Rosen Nursery School and starts at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. $25. Tour the Holocaust Memorial Experience Twos, Threes & Fours Center with Manny Mittelman in a — Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings musicians in different com- binations of duos, trios and quar- program sponsored by the Council of Orthodox Jewish Active Retirees (COJAR) Thursday, March 2. Meet tets — at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 12, at the Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills. $10- at 12:30 p.m. at the Oak Park JCC or 12:50 p.m. at the Holocaust Center. (248) 967-4030, ext. 2020. a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays. (248) March 4-25, produced by 432-5579. PuppetART, 25 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit. $5 children, $7 adults. (313) Hear Russian pianist Kirill . Gerstein at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Education March 8, at Congregation Shaarey Learn about different religions in Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield. a free program with Jennie Allan $25. (248) 559-2095. Discuss hot topics within the con- servative movement with Rabbi Eric Yanoff and the Sisterhood of Congregation Shaarey Zedek at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at the B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. RSVP to Laynie at (248) 357-5544. by Mendel RA1361, WE'RE CONCERNED f3 THE LOSS OF VALUES IN AMERICA. THAT'S WI-19 WE WANT TO GIVE OUR CI-111.12 REKI A GREAT RELIGIOUS EXPERIEKJCE West Bloomfield. Choices include Introduction to Judaism, Evolution (734) 994-4801. 8820. Best of GrapeJewz Participate in any of a number of classes offered by Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Rd., (248) 737-1931. Call Cathy Rozenberg at (248) 851- 961-7777. April 11, at Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. RSVP by calling (248) 851-6880. Works by Del Aguila and Brahms - as well as one by a University of Michigan student - are on the pro- Moshe, 6800 Drake, West Bloomfield. Call Nancy Kaplan at Experience a Purim puppet show, Purim Shpiel, at 2 p.m. Saturdays, Discuss The Gilded Chamber by 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, through RIGHT I WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND JUDAISM AND ALL OF THE WISDOM AND ReAu-N IT ADDS TO LIFE THAT'S WomPURFUL! How mUct-1 OF youR FAmILg'.5 T ► \I ARE JOU Lbilbl-ING 7VoTE To TO CELEBRATING JuDA ISM? 7Y`' ? - 47.! REMEMBER WE WERE GOING To Do MORE RoLLEg BLARING -n415 EAR? Attend a free session of the Parent Tot Class at 10:30 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 52