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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. The pictures were
collected by Oleg Karpenchuk, who
immigrated to the United States
from Ukraine. (248) 691-7483.

Browse the Farmington Community
Arts Council and the City of
Farmington Hills Cultural Arts
Division's Festival of the Arts
through Sunday, April 30, at the
Costick Activities Center, 28600
W. 11 Mile. Framed artworks by the
Farmington Artist Club and students
are on exhibit or for sale. For infor-
mation, call (248) 473-1856..

Hear artist Robert Schefman speak-
ing on "Censorship and the Arts"
8 p.m. Friday, May 5, at the offices
of the National Council of Jewish
Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306,
Southfield. Sponsored by the Sholem
Aleichem Institute. Free. RSVP: (248)
423-4406.

Hear Ann Pearlman, local psycho-
therapist and author, discuss her
new book Inside the Grips: Life
Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang at
2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Malletts
Creek Branch of the Ann Arbor
District Library, 3090 E. Eisenhower
Parkway, Ann Arbor. (734) 327-4200.

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

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 Madison,
Dearborn. Performances are at 8
p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2:30 p.m.
Sundays. $14. (313) 277-5164. Web
site: 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.

View the film Live & Become at
the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film
Festival 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at
the Palladium Theatre, Birmingham.
Preglow at 7 p.m. to benefit Jewish
Home & Aging Services' Program for
Holocaust Survivors and Families.
Co-chairs: Ruth Aaronson, Rose
Fenster. Information: (248) 661-2999.

See the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film
Festival movies Keep Not Silent and
Hineni: Coming Out in a Jewish
High School. 5 p.m. Wednesday, May
3, at the United Artists Commerce
Theatre. Sponsored by the Jewish
Gay Network of Michigan. $18
includes afterglow. Information:
infor@jgnmi.org .

Concerts

Hear Popular Favorites from Russia
when the Birmingham-Bloomfield
Symphony Orchestra performs at
7 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Temple
Beth EI,14 Mile at Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. $25 adults,
free for those 18 and younger. A

student mini-concert, Strings and
Friends, begins at 6:15 p.m. in the
lobby. (248) 645-2276.

Listen to singer-songwriter Debbie
Friedman in a dinner program for
Women's American ORT at 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 7, at the Music Box at
the Max, 3711 Woodward, Detroit.
$200.
(248) 723-8860.

Education

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.

Learn about "Prophets for Profit
— Their Lives and Times — Our Lives
and Times" 7:30-9 p.m. Mondays
through May 22 in a private
home. The series is sponsored by
Congregation B'nai Moshe. $45
members, $70 others. Call Nancy
Kaplan at 248) 737-1931.

Sample the public speaking program
of the . Bloomfield Toastmasters at 7
p.m. Thursday, May 4, in Room 212 of
West Bloomfield High School, 4925
Orchard Lake Rd. Call David Shevrin
at (248) 788-9611 to RSVP.

Find out how to do a "chicken
scratch" project with the
Pomegranate Guild of Southeastern
Michigan on Sunday, May 7, at the
Huntington Woods Public Library,
26415 Scotia.. For specifics on the
session, which covers Judaica sew-
ing, call Judy Galperin at (248) 661-
5337.

April 30. Adele Staller is guide. $20.
(248) 851-5100.

Event Hotline

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.
Participate in the annual
Holocaust and Armenian Genocide
Commemoration 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Friday, April 28, at the McGregor
Memorial Conference Center, 495
Ferry Mall, Detroit. Prof. Lawrence
Baron of San Diego State University
will cover "Genres of Genocide:
Cinematic Conventions in Feature
Films About the Armenian, Jewish
and Rwandan Genocides." (313) 577-
2679.

Attend workshops explaining ways
of tracing family trees 12:45-5 p.m.
Sunday, April 30, at Temple Beth
El, 14 Mile at Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. The program is organized
by the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Michigan. Free for members, $5
per guest. Call Pam Gordon at (248)
738-6655 to reserve a place.

Take part in sports and raise funds
for JARC family programs noon-4
p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Joe Dumars
Fieldhouse in Shelby Township. The
SpringElation includes basketball,
beach volleyball, high ropes course
and arcade games. $20, free for chil-
dren 4 and younger. (248) 538-6610,
ext. 418.

"Ask the Lawyer" starting at 10
a.m. Sunday, April 30, during
Congregation Beth Shalom's Men's
Club Law Day program. Serving
on the panel are Ted Friedman,
Glen Pickover, Richard Polk, Randy
Davidson and David Wolock. 14601 W.
Lincoln, Oak Park. Call Friedman at
(248) 358-0137.

Observe Yom HaZikoran, Israel's
Day of Remembrance, at 7:30
p.m. Monday, May 1, at the West
Bloomfield Jewish Community
Center. The program includes a
candle-lighting ceremony and hon-
ors those who have given their lives
to keep Israel independent. (248)
203-1480.

Attend the Congregation Shaarey
Zedek 145th annual meeting 10
a.m. Sunday, April 30, at 27375 Bell,
Southfield. (248) 357-5544.

Listen to Brian Abrahams, Midwest
regional director of the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee, at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at Temple
Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. (248) 737-8700.

Find clothes, jewelry and home
accessories at the Temple Israel
Sisterhood Spring Boutiques 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at 5725
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
$3. (248) 661-5700.

Take a bus tour of old Jewish Detroit
with the Men's Club of Adat Shalom
Synagogue 12:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday,

Attend a Home Improvement
Workshop at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 2,
at the Oak Park JCC. Meet with an
interior designer, landscaper, carpen-
ter and electrical contractor. (248)
967-4030.

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