Facing Cancer With Hope

The keys to physical healing and joyful Hying will be revealed by doctor, author
and cancer survivor Wendy Schlessel Harpham, M.D., in her keynote address at
Survivorship University's second annual Celebration of Survivorship.
The free program will be presented 7:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, at
Shriners Auditorium and Conference Center, 24350 Southfield Road, Southfield
(the former B'nai David synagogue building).
Dr. Harpham, a survivor of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, will offer insight on how
to find happiness when one is seriously ill. She will be available afterward to sign
her book, Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy
Survivor.
Reservations: (800) KARMANOS or online at www.karmanos.org .

Check It Out!

Dr. Wendy Harpham

Arts & Culture

Browse Welcoming
Spring, an exhibit
and sale featur-
ing new work in
glass, clay, fiber
and metal, running
through June 17 at
the Detroit Gallery of
Contemporary Crafts, 104
Fisher Building, Detroit. Hours
are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays
and noon-4 p.m. Saturdays. (313)
873-7888.

Attend the opening reception for
an exhibit of two-dimensional
works by Ellen Phelan 6-8 p.m.
Friday, May 19, at the Susanne
Hilberry Gallery, 700 Livernois,
Ferndale. Phelan's works are being
shown through June 24. (248) 541-
4700.

See an "Evening of the Arts," a
showcase of Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit's perform-
ing and visual art electives, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23, at the JCC in
West Bloomfield. Free.

Submit works to be considered for
the annual Our Town Art Show
and Sale running Oct.19-20 at the
Birmingham Community House.
Submission deadline is July 28.
(248) 594-6403 or
www.communityhouse.com .

Experience Coming of Age through
May 27, performed by the Jewish
Ensemble Theatre at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Performances are
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays,
5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays. $22-$37. (248) 788-
2900. www.jettheatre.org .

Join the Book Discussion Group of
the Greater Detroit Chapter
of Hadassah at 10 a.m.
Monday, May 22, at
Hadassah House, 5030
Orchard Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. The
group reviews In Case
We're Separated by Alice
Mattison. (248) 683-5030.

Join the audience gathered for the
Village Players' presentation of
the musical 1776 running through
May 28 at the Village Players
Playhouse, 34660 Woodward,
Birmingham. Performances start at
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays, May 21 and 28. $15.
(248) 644-2075.

Cinema & Stage

Watch Barry Cutler portraying
Benny Southstreet in the produc-
tion of Guys and Dolls performed
through May 20 at the Farmington
Players Barn Theater, 32332 W.
12 Mile, Farmington Hills. The cur-
tain goes up at 8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday. $13-$15. (248) 553-2955.

See the musical Grease! performed
by the Oakland Theatre Guild
through May 28 at the Starlight
Theater at the Summit Place Mall
in Waterford. Performances are at
7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays. $13-$15. (248)
335-1788.

See Rossini's Cinderella (La
Cenerentola) directed by Mark
Streshinsky running through May
20 at the Detroit Opera House,
1526 Broadway. The show starts
at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $23-
$113. (313) 237-SING.

Concerts

Hear the Miro Quartet sponsored
by the Chamber Music Society of
Detroit at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 20,
at the Seligman Performing Arts
Center, 22305 W.13 Mile, Beverly
Hills. $23-$75. (248) 855-6070.

Observe the Mosaic Youth
Theatre of Detroit in the show
Hastings Street at 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday
through May 21 at the Detroit
Theatre in the Detroit Institute of
Arts. The show captures the neigh-
borhood in the 1940s. $12-$18. (313)
833-4005.

Attend the second annual Concert
of Friends featuring Wyn and

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Get with the second annual
Movement Fest, May 27-29
at Hart Plaza. $15 daily,
$40 for three-day pass.
www.demf.com .

Education

Listen to Keren Alpert
discuss the Book of
Ruth at noon Thursday,
May 18, in the last meeting
of this season's Lunch and Learn
at Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. Participants
are asked to bring lunch. (248)
865-0612.

Join the Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan for a program
on "Getting the Most From the
Yad Vashem Database" at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the
Temple Beth El Library, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
Bring laptops. $5 per guest. Call
Boomi Silverman at (248) 449-
6899.

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Hear Robert Sedler, Wayne State
University professor of law, discuss
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Arab-Israel Conflict" at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 21, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. The program is
sponsored by the Men's Club. $3
per guest. (248) 851-5100.

Harold Landis, Gennadiy Zut and
Ida Kogan at 7 p.m. Sunday, May
21, at Congregation Beth Shalom,
14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park. $10-
$15. (248) 547-7970.

Connect with the environ-
ment in ways planned
by the Mosaic
Outdoor Club of
Michigan. There
will be a planetar-
ium show and bar-
becue in Ann Arbor
on Saturday, May
20, and attendance at a
Tigers game Sunday, May 21.
(248) 345-3362.

Join the United Jewish Social
Club for first and second genera-
tion Holocaust survivors for its
Yizkor service at 1 p.m. Sunday,
May 21, at.the Oak Park JCC.
Cantor Nesannel Carmen sings
memorial prayers. Call Michael
Weiss at (248) 399-5388.

Participate in a Sports Barbecue
and Auction at 6 p.m. Sunday,
May 21, at Young Israel of
Southfield, 27705 Lahser. $25
adults, $15 kids younger than 13.
RSVP by calling (248) 358-0154.

Attend a healing service at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901

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College students from Hillel of
Metro Detroit have two upcoming
volunteer opportunities.
Students will help out at the
Friendship Circle in the Ferber
Kaufman LifeTown in West
Bloomfield 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday,
May 18.
At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25,
they will have a "senior prom:'
dancing with seniors at Prentis
Jewish Apartments in Oak Park.
For information or to volunteer,
contact Karen Adelman, hilleled@
wayne.edu or (313) 577-3459.

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