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World Wide Wrap
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Arts & Culture
Cinema & Stage
View Elaine Treisman's lat-
est paintings in the exhibit A
Passionate Palate shown through
Jan. 27 at the Creative Arts
Center, 47 Williams St., Pontiac.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesdays-Fridays and 2-5 p.m.
Saturdays. (248) 333-7849.
Attend the Rodgers and Hart
musical Pal Joey performed
by the Village Players through
Jan. 28 at 34660 Woodward,
Birmingham. Performances start
at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday. $15. (248) 644-2075.
See the play Same Time, Next
Year through Feb. 4 at Meadow
Brook Theatre on the campus of
Oakland University in Rochester.
$22-$38. Get a full schedule by
going to www.mbtheatre.com .
Browse the exhibit Focus on
Faculty: Sabbatical Exhibition
through Feb. 24 at Center
Galleries, 301 Frederick Douglass,
Detroit. There will be a gallery talk
at noon Thursday, Jan. 25. Gallery
hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-
Saturdays. (313) 664-7800.
Take in the Lynn Ahrens-Stephen
Flaherty production Once on
This Island - A Musical per-
formed by Stagecrafters through
Feb. 4 at the Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak.
Performances are at 8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays. $16-$18. (248) 541-6430.
Hear Rabbi Sherwin Wine discuss
the book Letter to a Christian
Nation by Sam Harris at 10:30
a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at the
Center for New Thinking Library,
725 S. Adams, Birmingham. $9-
$10. (248) 646-0416.
See the play
It Should Be
performed
through
Feb. 18 by
JET at the
West Bloomfield
Jewish Community Center.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays-Thursdays, 5 and
8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays. The play also can be
seen at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.14.
The Beth Ahm Men's Club will host
a group at 8:30 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 27. $24-$39, $39 for Beth
Ahm. Call (248) 788-2900 for
general admission or (248) 788-
3068 for Beth Ahm.
Join the Tikvah Group of the
Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah to view the exhibit
Mazel Toy: The Art of Marriage
at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30,
at the Janice Charach Epstein
Gallery at the West Bloomfield
JCC. The group will go to lunch at
the Milk & Honey restaurant. $15.
RSVP by Jan. 26 to (248) 851-
7757 or (248) 353-0072.
Discuss the book Garlic and
Sapphires by Ruth Reichl with
Book Club 2007 at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 31, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Call Francine
Menken at (248) 432-5546.
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The "World Wide Wrap: Learning About
Tefillin" is an event that will be taking place
this year on Sunday, Feb. 4, for the seventh
year in Conservative congregations around
world as part of an international event orga-
nized by the movement's Federation of Jewish
Men's Clubs.
Congregation Beth Ahm's program, begins
at 9 a.m. at the West Bloomfield synagogue.
Women as well as men are welcome to come
and learn about this meaningful mitzvah asso-
ciated with weekday morning prayer. Contact
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein at (248) 851-6880
or e-mail raysteven®cbahm.org
Congregation Beth Shalom's program begins
at 9 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, at the in Oak Park
synagogue. A complimentary breakfast will be
served. Contact Ted Friedman at (248) 358-
0137.
Watch The Great Warming, a new
documentary about global warm-
ing, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
25, at Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield.
The program is co-sponsored by
the Michigan Coalition on the
Environment and Jewish Life. $2
per adult. (248) 851-6880, ext. 17.
Audition for The Miracle Worker,
a Stagecrafters production, at 11
a.m., Saturday, Jan. 27, at the
Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette,
Royal Oak. www.stagecrafters.org .
Laugh with Jerry Seinfeld appear-
ing at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at the
Wharton Center for the Performing
Arts on the campus of Michigan
State University in East Lansing.
$45-$75. (800) WHARTON.
See four short films and raise
funds for children's programming
at the Oak Park JCC, where The
Tribe, West Bank Story, Matisyahu
and Jack the Mench will be shown
at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Wine,
desserts and a silent auction are
part of the event. $25 in advance,
$30 at door. (248) 967-4030.
Catch Man of La Mancha Jan. 26-
27 at the Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts, 44575 Garfield,
Clinton Township. Performances
are at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8
p.m. Saturday. $40-$50. (586)
286-2222.
Catch the 2007 WB Film Festival,
featuring student projects, at
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at the
West Bloomfield High School,
4925 Orchard Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. $5-$7. (248) 865-
6720.
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Watch Yiddish Music in Israel,
a video presentation by Mike
Burshtein, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday,
Feb. 4, at Congregation Beth
Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak
Park. Call Julie Grodin at (248)
300-3147.
Concerts
Observe Cirque du Soleil perform
Delirium at 8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday, Jan. 25-27, at the
Palace of Auburn Hills. $39.50-
$112.50. (248) 377-0100.
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ing in the World Wide Wrap on Feb. 4 are
Congregation B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield
at 9 a.m., (248) 788-0600, and Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills also at 9 a.m.,
(248) 851-5100.
For more information on this year's World
Wide Wrap go to www.worldwidewrap.org .
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Experience the violin style of
Barnabas Kelemen perform-
ing for Pro Musica of Detroit at
8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at the
Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward, Detroit. $40. (313)
576-5111.
Listen to Beethoven Trios featur-
ing Louis Nagel on piano at 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 2, at the Kerrytown
Concert House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann
Arbor. $5-$25. (734) 769-2999.
Education
Learn about "Guidelines for
Jewish Decision Making: Reform
and Biomedical Issues" at 11 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 28, at the Laker
Center, 2075 W. Walnut Lake, West
Bloomfield. The program is part
of the Temple Kol Ami Bagels &
Basics series. (248) 344-0928.
Listen to the final lecture on
"Moreshet Sepharad — The
History and Legacy of Sephardic
Jews" at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
4, at Keter Torah Synagogue,
5480 Orchard Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. (248) 681-3665.