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Downtown Party

The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue is holding an Open
House Extravaganza 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov.19, featuring
kosher food, music and karaoke. There is no charge, and the
event is open to people of all faiths.
There will be an afterglow following the open house at 7
p.m.
The synagogue is located at 1457 Griswold at the corner
of Clifford, one block west of Woodward. (313) 961-9328.

Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

See the original paintings of
Thomas Stiltz and Viktor Shvaiko
t hrough Nov. 30 at Art Leaders
Gallery, 33030 Northwestern,
West Bloomfield. Gallery hours are
0 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays.
888) 264-4887.

Look through Words, Marks, &
Art: Calligraphic Exhibition shown
through Dec. 8 at the Alfred
Berkowitz Gallery in the Mardigian
Library on the University of
Michigan campus in Dearborn.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Mondays-Fridays. (313) 593-3592.

Birmingham. Gallery hours are
11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-
Saturdays. (248) 433-3700.

Enter into a discussion of the book
The Theocons by Damon Linker.
Rabbi Sherwin Wine starts the pro-
gram at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov.
18, at the Center for New Thinking
Library, 725 S. Adams, Birmingham.
$9-$10. (248) 646-0416.

Meet Israeli jewelry artist Shat
Lahover and see his latest work
4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18,
at the Yaw Gallery, 550 N. Old
Woodward, Birmingham. (248)
647-5470.

Downtown Synagogue members pose prior to February's
Super Bowl game.

Find works of glass during a
studio sale 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-
Saturday, Nov. 24-25, at Janet
Kelman's Glass Studio, 1205 E.
Lincoln, Royal Oak. (248) 547-
8332.

Cinema & Stage

Catch the annual teapot show,
Steeped in Tradition, running
through Dec. 10 at the Ariana
Gallery, 119 S. Main, Royal Oak.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Mondays-Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-7
p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and
12:30-4:30 p.m. Sundays. (248)
546-8810.

Browse New Works on Panel and
Paper by Robert Edwards through
Dec. 16 at the Arnold Klein
Gallery, 32782 Woodward, Royal
Oak. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5
p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. (248)
647-7709.

Scout holiday gifts at the
Detroit Artists Market Holiday
Show through Dec. 23 at 4719
Woodward. Hours are 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. (313)
832-8540.

View new paintings by Stephen
Magsig through Dec. 31 at the
David Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend,

Join the David L. Bittker Unit of
B'nai B'rith for a wine and cheese
tasting while viewing the comic
book exhibit at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 18, at the Janice Charach
Epstein Gallery at the West
Bloomfield JCC. (248) 661-5006.

Explore books 9:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, at
Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Parkway, Troy, as the
sisterhood holds a sale to support
its programs. There also will be
games, cassettes and CDs. Orders
will be taken with purchases avail-
able for pickup at the Chanukah
Spree, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dec. 3
and 10. (248) 649-4418, ext. 28.

Attend the free international
Film Festival arranged by the
College of Communication
Arts and Sciences at Michigan
State University. This year's
focus is Middle Eastern films
screened through Nov. 18 at the
Communication Arts and Sciences
Bldg. in East Lansing.www.elff.com .

Shop for Chanukah gifts 10:30
a.m.-12:3O p.m.
Sundays, Nov.
19-Dec. 10, at
Congregation
Beit Kodesh,
31840 W. Seven
Mile, Livonia. (248) 477-8974.

See a free performance of Harold
Pinter's The Dumb Waiter and Bo
Price's The Devil's Game at 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays through
Nov. 25 at The Abreact, 442 E.
Lafayette, Detroit. There also
will be a performance at 4 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 19. Reservations are

necessary by calling (313) 247-
5270 or e-mailing www.theabre-
act.com .

Farmington Players Barn Theater,
32332 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
www.farmingtonplayers.org .

Experience the ethnic diversity
play Polish Joke being performed
Nov. 17-Dec. 3 by the University of
Detroit Mercy's Theatre Company
at the Marygrove College Theatre,
8425 W. McNichols, Detroit.
Curtain times are 8 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
$13-$15. (313) 993-3270.

Laugh with humorist Jessica
Golden as she performs with
Mike Young and the Young
American Comedy Tour at 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 22, at the Royal
Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth,
Royal Oak. $20. (248) 399-2980.

Catch Warren Leight's Side Man,
Nov. 17-Feb. 3 at the Hilberry
Theatre on the campus of Wayne
State University in Detroit. The
personal memory play about a
professional musician is in rotat-
ing repertory with Private Lives,
Romeo and Juliet and Amadeus.
$10-$28. (313) 577-2972. Get
complete scheduling at www.hill-
berry.com .

Attend "Flutes, Friends and Fa-
La-La," the annual fundraiser
for Variety FAR conservatory of
Therapeutic and Performing Arts,
at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.16, at the
Seligman Performing Arts Center,
22305 W.13 Mile, Beverly Hills.
Alexander Zonjic and Josh White
Jr. will perform. $25 - $500. (248)
646-3347.

Watch the Detroit Dance
Collective at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
18, at the Birmingham Temple,
28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
$12-$21. (248) 788-9338, (248)
661-1348.

Audition for a production of Steel
Magnolias at 7:30 p.m. Monday-
Tuesday, Nov. 20-21, at the

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Concerts

Hear cellist Debra Fayroian and
pianist Maria Meirelles in recital
at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at
the Hagopian World of Rugs, 850
S. Old Woodward, Birmingham.
The program is sponsored by the
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings.
$10-$20. (248) 559-2095.

Listen to the Plymouth Symphony
Orchestra present "Music of

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