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Arts & Culture

See the photo exhibit Traces of
a Jewish Presence in Poland

through Friday, April 7, at the
International Institute, 1080 S.
University St., Ann Arbor. (734)
615-1287.

Another Road kfome, a docu-

mentary about relations between
Israelis and Palestinians, premieres
9 p.m. Monday, April 10, on cable-
TV's Sundance Channel. It is
repeated at 10 a.m. Wednesday,
April 19, and 6:35 p.m. Thursday,
April 27.

Watch Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on
his new cable-TV series Shalom in the
Home premiering 10 p.m. Monday,
April 10, on the TLC network. Rabbi
Boteach works with families in crisis
to restore tranquility.

Meet Hope Edelman as she dis-
cusses her book Motherless
Mothers at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April
11, at Borders Birmingham, 34300
Woodward. (248) 203-0005.

View Unexpected Drawings

and Fiber Traditions/ Fiber
Transitions, two exhibits running

April 14 May 5 at the Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center,1516 S.
Cranbrook Rd., Birmingham. The
opening reception for both is 6-8
p.m. Friday, April 14. (248) 651-
4015.

bers and seniors, $21 nonmembers,
$12 students 18 and younger. (248)
788-9338 or (248) 661-1348.

Cinema & Stage

Watch high school theater depart-
ments present musicals. West
Bloomfield High performs Anything
Goes at 7: 30 p.m. Thursday, April
6, and 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
April 7 8. (248) 891-0917. Hair
is the show performed at 7:30
p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 7 8,
at North Farmington High School.
(248) 785-2005.

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View The Syrian Bride, a film
set in the Golan Heights which
presents a comedic approach to
shifting borders and timeless fam-
ily dynamics, at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, April 7 8, and 4
p.m. Sunday, April 9, at the Detroit
Film Theatre in the Detroit Institute
of Arts. An Israeli director and
Palestinian screenwriter collaborat-
ed on the project. (313) 833-3237.

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Bring the kids to see the pup-
pet show Turtle Island at 2
p.m. Saturdays, April 8 29, at
PuppetArt, 25 E. Grand River,
Detroit. $7 per adult, $5 per child.
(313) 961-7777.

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Concerts

Experience the music of duo-pia-
nists Yuki and Tomoko Mack at
8 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the
Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. $18 mem-

Observe the Play by Play
RetroFEST, a fund-raiser to
support the Michigan Theatre
Festival of New Works, at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11, at the Seligman
Performing Arts Center on the
campus of Detroit Country Day
School, 22305 W.13 Mile, Beverly
Hills. $15. (248) 988-1094.

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See Seussical the Musical by Lynn
Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Best of Grape-Jewz

'New Plays' at JET

Final performances of JET's Festival of New Plays in
Staged Readings will take place 2 p.m. Sunday, April 9,
at the Aaron DeRoy Theatre at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield and 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 10,
at JCC in Oak Park.
Included is Der Garten Im Schrank (The Garden In the
Closet) by Warren Rosenzweig, inspired by the author's
deeply personal experience with prejudice in rural folk
and the challenges of coming to terms with unresolved
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injustice. In the play, the skeletons in the closet of an
unhappy rural family spring to life when a guest from faraway becomes too familiar with the
hidden background of his hosts.
Appearing for discussion following the performances will be playwright Warren Rosenzweig,
artistic director of the Jewish Theater of Austria. He is an American who founded this theatre
in Vienna with a fascinating story to tell.
The Day Brando Died will be presented on the same bill, a short comedy by Lawrence
Dukore who will fly in from New York City for this performance as well. DuKore comes with a
rich history of both television and theatre play production.
Performances are followed by a discussion with an open discussion with audienCe, play-
wrights, actors and directors. A $5 donation is requested for admission for non JET subscribers.

Thursday-Sunday, April 13 16, at
the Power Center,121 Fletcher, Ann
Arbor. $9-$22. Call for times. (734)
764-2538.

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Watch the musical You're a Good
Man Charlie Brown April 19 May
14 at Meadow Brook Theatre on
the campus of Oakland University
in Rochester. (248) 377-3300. www.
mbttheatre.com .

Times" during six Monday evenings
starting April 17 at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. $65 members, $90
nonmembers. Call Nancy Kaplan at
(248) 737-1931.

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Education

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

Explore "Prophets for Profit - Their
Lives and Times/ Our Lives and

Events Hotline

Meet home accessories designer
Jay Strongwater at a benefit for
the Detroit Zoological Society
at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 6,
at the Saks Gift Gallery in Troy.
Reservations at $100 include a $50
donation and a $50 gift card for
Strongwater merchandise. (248)
541-5717, ext. 3721.

Bowl with Federation's Young
Adult Division and Temple Israel's
IMAGINE at 8 p.m. Thursday, April
6, at Bowlero Lanes and Lounge in

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Royal Oak. $20. Contact Jennifer at
(248) 203-1460.

Party with the Village Educational
Center at 7 p.m. Friday, April 7, at
the Radisson, 39475 Woodward,
Bloomfield Hills. The benefit event
supports the school working with
developmentally challenged young-
sters. Fitness and health expert
Peter Nielsen is celebrity host.
$100/ person; $900/ table of 10.
Call Sandra Charfoos Woolman,
(248) 563-8454.

Hear Judge Bernard A. Friedman
discuss current issues in the
federal courts during the Temple
Israel Brotherhood Breakfast at
9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 9, at the
temple, 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. $10. Contact Joyce at
(248) 661-5700 to RSVP.

Join the Pomegranate Guild of
Southeastern Michigan to stitch
and learn
needlec-
rafts with
Judaic
themes
at 1 p.m.
Sunday,
April 9,
at Adat
Shalom
Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. Call
Judy Galperin at (248) 661-5337.

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