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Fun For Purim
Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Take in the exhibit Detroit: The
"Reel" Story, reviewing a century
of going to the movies in metro
Detroit, continuing through Feb.
3, 2008, at the Detroit Historical
Museum, 5401 Woodward. Viewers
will get an idea of the network
of theaters and the ethnic and
specialty venues. Hours are 9:30
a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays,
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and
noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Exhibit free
with museum admission of $4-$6.
(313) 833-1805.
Look through the exhibit Mazel
Toy! The Art of Marriage through
March 8 at the Janice Charach
Epstein Gallery at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Gallery hours are
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and 10
a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays.
(248) 432-5579.
Meet artist and educator Lynn
Edwards Newman 3:30-9 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 23, at Art-is-in-Market
at Laurel Park Place in Livonia.
Work by her students at Keller
Middle School in Royal Oak will be
featured through March 14. (734)
432-9177.
Catch the Southfield Pavilion
Antiques Exposition Feb. 23-
25 at the Southfield Municipal
Complex, 26000 Evergreen Rd.
Hours are 2-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-
6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday. $5-$6. (586) 469-1706.
Celebrate the 75th year of the
Detroit Artists Market by looking
through Detroit Next, an exhibit
featuring the work of young art-
ists running March 2-April 7 at
4719 Woodward. The works of
Richard Kozlow also will be on
view. The public opening and
reception goes 6-10 p.m. Friday,
March 2. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-
6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. (313)
832-8540.
Cinema er Stage
Take the family to the play Super
Grover! Ready for Action through
Feb. 25 at the Fox Theatre in
Detroit. Times vary. $12-$32. (313)
471-6611.
Catch the Oakland Theatre Guild's
production of Pride and Prejudice
performed through Feb. 25 at the
Starlight Theater at the Summit
Place Mall, 315 N. Telegraph,
Waterford. Show times are 7:30
p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 4 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $10-
$14. (248) 335-1788.
See Dancing at Lughnasa staged
by SRO Productions Feb. 23-
March 11 at Berg Road and Civic
Center Drive, Southfield. Curtain
times are 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays. $10-$12.
(248) 796-4645.
Watch the film Ushpizin at 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 25, at Temple Beth
El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. Call Joan Halpern at
(248) 737-0801.
Tune in to Movin' Out, which pairs
the music of Billy Joel with the
choreography of Twyla Tharp, at 9
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, on PBS
(Channel 56).
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Experience the skating of Disney
on Ice in Princess Wishes, Feb.
28-March 4 at the Palace of
Auburn Hills, 5 Championship Dr.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28-
March 4. Performances also can
be seen at 11 a.m. March 2,11:30
a.m. and 3:30 p.m. March 3 and
11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. March 4.
(248) 377-0100.
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Try to take a humor break with the
Second City and its 29th revue,
Michigan Impossible: All Laid Off
& No Place to Go, debuting at 8
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 42705
Grand River, Novi. The revue is
performed 8 p.m. Wednesdays-
Thursdays, 8 and 10 p.m. Fridays,
7 and 9 p.m. Saturdays and 8 p.m.
Sundays. $15-$20. (248) 348-
4448.
Catch the Neil Simon comedy
Chapter Two performed March
2-17 by the Avon Players, 1185
Washington Rd., Rochester Hills.
Performances start at 8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays. $12-$14. (248) 608-9077.
See Breaking the Code, about
the man who cracked the German
Enigma code of World War II, run-
ning March 2-18, at the Players
Guild of Dearborn, 21730 Madison.
Performances start at 8 p.m.
Fridays-Saturdays and 2:30 p.m.
Sundays. $15. (313) 277-5164.
Concerts
Hear Josh Groban in performance
of Awake - Tour 2007 at 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 23, at the Palace of
Auburn Hills, 5 Championship Dr.
$49.50-$99.50. (248) 377-0100.
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Bring the youngsters to
Purim celebrations at
Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. The reading
of the Megillah starts at 7
p.m. Saturday, March 3, and
9:30 a.m. Sunday, March 4,
when there will be Purim
activities for children 2-5
at 10:30 a.m. and a carnival
for all ages at 11:30 a.m. Call Tessa Goldberg at (248) 851-
6880.
For other Purim events, see Holidays/Shabbat below.
Catch up with Peter, Paul & Mary
at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. $50-$500.
(248) 865-0617.
Listen to Joshua Shriman Davis
and his band, Steppin' in It, at 8
p.m. Saturday, March 3, at Trinity
House, 38840 W. Six Mile, Livonia.
Reservations are required. $15.
(734) 464-6302.
Education
Learn the meaning of key prayers
with Beth Ahm education director
Jennie Allan. Beginners meet at
2:30 p.m. Mondays, and advanced
students meet at 3:30 p.m.
Mondays at the synagogue, 5075
W. Maple, West Bloomfield. (248)
851-6880.
Meet with psychotherapist Phyllis
Levitt as she discusses "When
Children and Grandchildren Live
Out of Town: I Wanted Them
Out of the Nest But Not Out of
State!" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
27, at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut
Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. (248)
661-5700.
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Hear Cecile Wendt Jensen discuss
"Visiting Poland, Jewish Sites
of Interest" before the Jewish
Genealogical Society of Michigan
at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at the
West Bloomfield Library, 4600
Walnut Lake Rd. (248) 851-3937.
Tune in to "Chassidic Music - Old
and New" discussed by Cantor
Earl Berris in a private home at
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. (248)
788-0600.
Listen to Mark Weitzman, direc-
tor of the Task Force Against Hate
and Terrorism for New York's
Simon Wiesenthal Center, speak
at the annual Intercongregational
Men's Club Dinner at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. He will dis-
cuss the rise of anti-Semitism in
Europe. $50. (248) 851-1100.
Party with the Founders Junior
Council of the Detroit Institute
of Arts as the group hosts Cirque
2007, a masked ball, 7 p.m.-mid-
night Saturday, March 3, at 1001
Woodward, Detroit. $100 includes
pre-party, $75 includes festivities
starting at 8:30 p.m. (313) 833-
6954.
Learn about DuMouchelle Art
Gallery with Tikvah Group of
the Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah at 10:30 a.m. Thursday,
March 8. Lunch will follow at
Sweet Lorraine's in Detroit. $25.
Reservations required by March 2
by calling (248) 737-2681 or (248)
593-9555.