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To Educate Voters \.

Check It Out!

"What You Need to Know At
The Ballot Box" will be the
focus of two forums 7-9 p.m.
16,
Monday, Sept.18, and Tuesday,
Oct. 3, at Adat Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills. The local forums are
sponsored by the Jewish Community Council
and the National Council of Jewish Women
and others.
Detroit News Columnist Laura Berman
will moderate the Sept.18 Candidates
Forum. Candidates for governor, U.S. Senate
and House have been invited, along with
Michigan's 13th District Senate and 39th
District House races.

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Arts & Culture

Explore Stillness Obscured, an
exhibit by Lynda Cole running
through Oct. 15 at the Washington

at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at
the Orchard Mall Center Court. Art
in Bloom is sponsored by the West

Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce.

$20. (248) 626-3636.

Street Gallery, 120 E. Liberty, Ann

Arbor. The artist will talk about
her work at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
24. Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m.

Experience ThE Secret LaNd of
IF: A Night of Art & Poetry at
7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at the

Tuesdays-Thursdays, noon-9 p.m.
Fridays-Saturdays and noon-4 p.m.

Sundays. (734) 761-2287.

Book Beat, 26010 Greenfield, Oak
Park. The art of Jamie Easter
and James Hart III will continue

Meet David Margolick, author of

through Oct. 30. Local poets Hart,
Pete Markus and Robert Fanning

Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max

will present readings. (248) 968-

Schmeling and a World on the
Brink, at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15,

1190.

at the Main Branch of the Detroit
Public Library, 5201 Woodward.

Browse the work of 190 artists
participating in Art in the Park
to support Common Ground
Sanctuary 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday,

(313) 833-9768.

Iday, Sept. 16-17, at Civic Center
Dr. and Evergreen. Get a schedule

of authors and activities at www.
southfieldbooksandbeyond.org .

Talk with Brad Meltzer, author of
the political thriller The Book of
Fate, Tuesday evening, Sept. 19,

See the work of painter Nancy
Thayer and sculptor Russell
Thayer Sept. 14-Oct. 31 at

Sept. 16, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 17, at Shain Park
in downtown Birmingham. There

the Posner Gallery, 2253 Cole,
Birmingham. The opening

also will be musical entertainment,
children's activities and food.

day reception runs 6-8 p.m.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesdays-Fridays and noon-4 p.m.

(248) 456-8150.

Saturdays. (248) 258-9977.

Participate in the Southfield
Public Library's second annual

Bid for art and attend a reception

Southfield Books & Beyond
Festival 1-5 p.m. Saturday-II1Sun-

Best of GrapeJewz

with Emotional Disorders. $100-
$500. (248) 433-2200.

Concerts

Watch the puppet show Turtle
Island at 2 p.m. Saturdays,

Listen to the Chicago Chamber
Musicians at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 16, at the Seligman

through Sept. 30, at PuppetArt,
25 E. Grand River, Detroit. $5 per

child, $7 per adult. (313) 961-7777.

Performing Arts Center, 22305 W.
13 Mile, Beverly Hills. The program
is sponsored by the Chamber

Birmingham. (248) 203-0005.

Experience the play Quilters per-

(248) 855-6070.

Cinema & Stage

formed by the Village Players of
Birmingham Sept. 15, 16, 17, 22,
23 and 24 at 34660 Woodward.

at Borders, 34300 Woodward,

Laugh through Hello Muddah,
Hello Fadduh! based on the musi-
cal letter from camp and many
other songs
of
the late
Cl i:1)

comedic
folksinger

Allan
Sherman,
presented

Time To Remember

Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham and
Congregation Shaarey Zedek of Oakland
County will hold a Time of Remembrance
service and program Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. in
the chapel at the cemetery, 2425 E. 14 Mile.
Rabbis Joseph Krakoff, Jonathan Berkun, Eric
Yanoff and Cantor Meir Finkelstein will conduct a
brief memorial service. Families and friends
then willproceed to gravesites. Prayer books
will be available. (248) 357-5544.

Becca Rothschild,
Detroit Free Press
associate edito-
rial page editor, will
moderate the Oct.
3 Ballot Initiatives
Forum. It will feature
speakers on the Michigan Civil
Rights Initiative (to ban all state-
sponsored affirmative action programs); the
Stop Overspending Initiative (to cap state
spending at the rate of inflation); and the K-16
Proposal (to require annual funding increases
equal to inflation for public schools, commu-
nity colleges and universities).
Call the JCCouncil, (248) 642-5393, ext. 0,
or NCJW, (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.

through

Sept. 20 by the
Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET)

at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m.
Monday-Thursday, 5 and 8:30 p.m.

Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $17-

$39. (248) 788-2900. A perfor-
mance and reception, starting at

7 p.m. Sept. 17, is a benefit for the
Michigan Association for Children

Music Society of Detroit. $25-$75.

The show starts at 8 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.

$15. (248) 644-2075.

View the musical They're Playing
Our Song performed by the Avon
Players Sept. 15-17, 22-24 and
28-30 at 1185 Washington Rd.,

Rochester Hills. The show starts
at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and

Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
$16. (248) 608-9077.

Audition for the play Proof at 7
p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at 1185

Washington Rd., Rochester Hills.

The play is being presented by
Avon Players in October and
November. www.avonplayers.org

Join Arie Lipsky as he introduces
the first program of the new sea-
son of the Ann Arbor Symphony

Orchestra at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 16, at Hill Auditorium. The
orchestra will perform Verdi

Requiem. $10-$43. (734) 994-

4801.

Find out about Moses' Kid Brother
in a musical narrative produc-

tion presented by the Fran Aaron
Players at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17,

at the Oak Park JCC. $3 member,
$5 nonmember. (248) 967-4030.

Hear the klezmer band Yiddishe
Cup at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at
the Windsor Jewish Community

Center, 1641 Ouellette. $10. (519)

973-1772.

Calendar on page 68

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