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Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
See photos capturing the life and
times of East European Jews
at the end of the 19th century
and the beginning of the 20th
century. They are being shown
through May at the Oak Park
Public Library, 14200 Oak Park
Blvd. They were collected by Oleg
Karpenchuk, who immigrated to
the United States from Ukraine.
(248) 691-7483.
Browse the 12th annual
Sugarloaf Art Fair Friday-
Sunday, April 21-23, at Rock
Financial Showplace, 41600
Grand River, Novi. Hours are 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday and
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. $7, free
for children under 12.
(800) 210-9900.
Discuss Passport to Life by
Emanuel Tanay with the Book
Discussion Group of the Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah 10-
11:30 a.m. Monday, April 24, at
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. Call
(248) 683-5030 for information
and to register.
Farmington Community
Arts Council and the City of
Farmington Hills Cultural Arts
Division's Festival of the Arts
will be held Wednesday-Sunday,
April 26-30, at the Costick
Activities Center, 28600 W. 11
Mile. Framed artworks by the
Farmington Artist Club and
students will be on exhibit or for
sale. For information, call (248)
473-1856.
Cinema & Stage
Watch the musical You're a
Good Man Charlie Brown
through May 14 at Meadow
Brook Theatre on the campus of
Oakland University in Rochester.
(248) 377-3300.
www.mbttheatre.com .
Laugh with Jerry Seinfeld at 7
and 10 p.m. Friday, April 21, at
the Fox Theatre in Detroit. $48-
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April 20 • 2006
$78. (313) 471-6611
Join the Detroit Puppeteer's
Guild's Day of Puppetry 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April
22, at the Ford Cominunity
and Performing Arts Center -
at Michigan and Greenfield in
Dearborn. Enthusiasts, teach-
ers, parents and teens can learn
about puppetry. For $2, children
can make a puppet. For infor-
mation, call Diane Boatman,
(248) 357-2090, or visit www.
DetroitPuppeteersGuild.org .
Meet producer David Strohmaier
and director Randy Gitsch and
see Cinerama Adventure at 8
p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the
Redford Theatre, 17360 Lahser,
Detroit. The event, to raise funds
for the theater, recalls filmmak-
ing technology introduced in the
1950s. $10. (313) 531-4407.
See the documentary Out of
the Forest and take part in
Holocaust Memorial Day at
6:30 p.m. Monday, April 24,
at Congregation Beth Shalom,
14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park.
Contact Pam Feldman at (248)
547-7970, ext. 217.
Watch the film The Power of
Good: The Story of Nicholas
Winton at 7 p.m. Monday,
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April 24, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center 28123 Orchard
Lake Rd., Farmington Hills. Call
the National Council of Jewish
Women Greater Detroit Section
at (248) 355-3300.
Go out with women of all ages
for dinner and a songfest at 6
p.m. Thursday, April 27, at the
Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.
12 Mile, Farmington Hills. $28.
Contact the National Council of
Jewish Women Greater Detroit
Section at (248) 355-3300.
See Nancy Gurwin as the
queen in The Princess and
the Pea running April 28-
May 21 at the Players Guild
of Dearborn Theater, 21730
Beware Of Jihad
Robert Spencer will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue on "The Jihad Threat to the U.S. and Israel."
Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch, is a prolific writer, researcher and
lecturer.who has written five books, seven monographs and hundreds of
articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism.
The talk is sponsored by the Zionist Organization of America, Michigan
Region. Light refreshments and coffee will be served. Admission is free. For
information and reservations, call the ZOA office, (248) 282-0088, e-mail
zoa@estart.com before May 4. -
Madison, Dearborn.
Performances are
at 8 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays and 2:30
p.m. Sundays. $14.
(313) 277-5164.
www.playersguildofdearborn.org .
Join Congregation Beth Ahm
to see Live and Become at
the United Artists Commerce
Theatre at 8 p.m. Sunday, April
30. $7. Call Jennie Allan at (248)
851-6880, ext. 18 to RSVP.
Concerts
Experience the Kalichstein-
Laredo-Robinson Trio
with the Claremont Trio at
8 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at
the Seligman Performing Arts
Center, Lahser at 13 Mile, Beverly
Hills. $23-$75. (248) 855-6070.
Attend -a concert featuring
vocalist Avraham Meir and
pianist Hannah Waterstone
3 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at the
Oak Park Library, 14200 Oak
Pail Blvd. (248) 967-1015.
Hear violinist Ittai Shapira in
a concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday,
April 23, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell,
Southfield. $8. (248) 357-5544.
Listen to the St. Clair Trio
as part of the Schmier Chapel
Chamber Music Series at 7:30
p.m. Sunday, April 23, at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. For tickets, con-
tact Lillian at (248) 661-5700.
Education
Experience a free session of Yoga
& Yiddishkeit at 7 p.m. Sunday,
April 23, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. Instructors are
yogi Jason Hulshof and Rabbi
Rachel Shere. Call Eliana Loomer
at (248) 851-5100.
Attend the Rabbi's Lunch
& Learn at noon Wednesday,
April 26, at Congregation Beth
Shalom, 14601 W Lincoln, Oak
Park, $13. (248) 547-7970.
Participate in the Women's
Rosh Chodesh class at 9:15
a.m. Thursday, April 27, at the
Oak Park JCC. Miriam Moar
presents the topic "Humility"
from the teaching of Reb Yisroel
Salanter. (248) 967-4030.
Event Hotline
Join the Beth Ahm Men's Club-
and hear Rudi Paul Lindner,
University of Michigan history.
professor, discuss "An Islamic
Historian's View of Israel's
Dilemmas" at 10 a.m. Sunday,
April 23, at the synagogue, 5075
W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Free
admission includes continental
breakfast. RSVP by April 20 to
(248) 851-6880.
Meet with native Detroit authors
Bill and Gloria Broder as
they present their newly pub-
lished books Taking Care
of Cleo by him and Their
Magician and Other Stories by
her at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23,
in the Henry and Delia Meyers
Library at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Reservations required: (248)
432-5546.
Hear Israeli scholar Zohar
Raviv discuss issues relat-
ing to God's meaning at 4 and
7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. $10. Call
Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931.
Observe Yom HaShoah dur-
ing a program with Holocaust
survivor George Vine at 7 p.m.
Monday, April 24, at Temple
Beth El, 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. The
University of Michigan saxo
phone quartet also is part of the
observance. Call Barbara Grant at
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.
See the film The Power of
Good: The Story of Nicholas
Winton to observe Yom
HaShoah at 7:30 p.m. Monday,
April 24, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Discussion and
refreshments follow the film. Call
Jennie Allan at (248) 851-6880,
ext. 18 to RSVP.
Tour the Michigan Design
Center, 1700 Stutz Dr., Troy, in
a program to benefit Kadima at
10 a.m. Tuesday, April 25. Guest
speakers include Deborah Silver
of Detroit Garden Works dur-
ing the brunch session. $50, $40
each with groups. Reservations
are required by calling Paula
Schonberg at (248) 559-8235.
Participate in Yom HaShoah
observances with the Program
for Holocaust Survivors
and Families. There is a com-
memoration at 11 a.m. Tuesday,
April 25, at Fleischman
Residence-Blumberg Plaza in
West Bloomfield and another at
1 p.m. at the Oak Park JCC. There
are ceremonies in East Lansing
Wednesday, April 26, with buses
leaving at 10 a.m. from the Oak
Park JCC. RSVP: (248) 967-4030
or (248) 661-2999, ext. 299.
Join the Deborah, Evergreen
and Bloomfield Hills groups of
the Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah for lunch and a pro-
gram of ballroom dance by
the Fred Astaire Dance Studio at
noon Wednesday, April 26, at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple, West Bloomfield. $16.
(248) 683-5030.
Participate in the annual
Holocaust and Armenian
Genocide Commemoration