To Do! E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication 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). EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel 54 February 22 2007 020 05 B Y GOR FTEXT PRODUC TIO NS INC. ALL R IGHTS RESERVED. gorf@jewishcartoon.com V/1-1Y ARE LeM5HCHARACTER5 IN POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT ALWAYS 1100K/Na UP WITH NON\JEW5? WHY CAN'T TWO J514.5 BE TOSETHER? 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. CONFLICT 15 GRAMA. GUESS PRODUCERS DON'T THINK -ri-fRE'-.5 ENOUGH CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO JEWS. 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. (T E eCCA r hE eTH Altruist Realist BERME A YAEL The The Idealist YOU VANT TO SNEAK COOK/F .5? YOU VANT YOUR BLOOI 506M 514001-1)R1,5?Y00 VANT YOU 5H001_ C. GO TO THE hrOP/TAL ANL>X 5HOUL-D END UP A V/G.OW ?' 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. LOUIS The Rebel roc ZAYDS The Traditionalist BU BS The Bubbe Event Hotline 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.