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Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
There will be an artist's lecture
at 3 p.m. Friday, March 9; an
opening reception 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, March 10; and an art-
ists' panel discussion at 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 11. Gallery hours
are noon-5 p.m. daily except
Mondays. (248) 370-3005.
Submit slides through April
4 for the Michigan Water
Color Society's 60th Annual
Exhibition. $25 members, $35
nonmembers. Details available
by calling (248) 548-5776.
Celebrate the 75th year of
the Detroit Artists Market
by looking through Detroit
Next, an exhibit featuring
the work of young artists
running through April 7 at
4719 Woodward. The works of
Richard Kozlow also will be on
view. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-
6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays.
(313) 832-8540.
Look through the Bagels &
Gifts Exhibit, which explores
Jewish life in the South,
with the Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan at 1 p.m.
Sunday, March 11, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. $5 nonmem-
bers. (248) 432-5517.
Discuss the book Golden
Country by Jennifer Gilmore
with Book Club 2007 at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday, March 14, or
7 p.m. Thursday, March 15, at
the Henry and Delia Meyers
Library at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Call Fran Menken at (248)
432-5546.
Experience the work of cur-
rently featured artists at the
Ariana Gallery, 119 S. Main,
Royal Oak. There is a reception
running 7-10 p.m. Friday, March
9, when there will be a musical
performance. (248) 546-8810.
Cinema & Stage
Browse the exhibit Terqloba
March 10-April 15 at the
See Dancing at Lughnasa
Oakland University Art Gallery,
staged by SRO Productions
208 Wilson Hall. The exhibit
through March 11 at Berg
presents many views on global- Rd. and Civic Center Dr.,
ization through photography,
Southfield. Curtain times are
video and Internet media.
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2
Recycle Books
Drop off donations for Bookstock
Colossal Collection Day 10:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the
Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. Books,
records, videos, CDs and DVDs are need-
ed in preparation for a sale. (248) 645-
7840, ext. 365.
Jewish Poland
p.m. Sunday. $10-$12. (248)
796-4645.
Get to know former Detroiter
Bob Shaye as he shows and
discusses his latest film, The
Last Mimsy, which he directed
for his own company, New
Line Cinema. The film will be
screened at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
March 16, at the Michigan
Theater, 603 E. Liberty, Ann
Arbor. Free. (734) 668-8397.
Shaye also will show and
discuss the film at 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, at the
Detroit Film Theatre at the
Detroit Institute of Arts. $10
adults, $5 for children with
a pizza reception. (313) 833-
4005.
Catch the Neil Simon com-
edy Chapter Two performed
through March 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.
Watch Breaking the Code,
about the man who cracked
the German Enigma Code of
World War II, running through
March 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.
View the Village Players as
they perform W;T, about
dealing with cancer, March
9-18 at 34660 Woodward,
Birmingham. The show starts
at 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays
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The Jewish
Genealogical Society
of Michigan will pres-
ent Cecile "Ceil" Wendt
Jensen speaking on "Visiting
Poland; Jewish Sites of
Interest" at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 11,
at the West Bloomfield Library, 4600 Walnut Lake
Road. Members, no charge. Guests welcome. Donations
accepted.
Altruist
Realist
and 2 p.m. Sundays. $15. (248)
644-2075.
Lend your voice and opinions
at the 2007 Seymour J. &
Ethel S. Frank Festival of New
Plays at 7:30 p.m. Mondays,
March 12 and April 23 and 30,
at the West Bloomfield JCC.
The program also is scheduled
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, March
13, April 24 and May 1, at the
Oak Park JCC. The series is
part of the JET season. (248)
788-2900.
See the ballet Swan Lake
performed by the American
Ballet Theatre March 15-18 at
the Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway. Performances start
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m.
Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday. $28-$100.
(313) 237-7464.
View The Bartered Bride
March 15-18 at the Power
Center for the Performing
Arts, 121 Fletcher, Ann Arbor.
The opera is arranged by the
University of Michigan Opera
Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday. $9-$22. (734)
764-2538.
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Concerts
Fill a week with special pro-
grams featured March 10-18
as part of MusicFest hosted at
the West Bloomfield and Oak
Park JCC locations. There will
be, consecutively, a Klezmer
Fest at 8 p.m. Saturday in Oak
Park, Broadway selections with
composer Charles Strouse
at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in West
Bloomfield, "A Bissel Yiddish"
with Elaine Serling at 1 p.m.
Wednesday in Oak Park, a
documentary about American-
inspired Jewish music at 7:30
p.m. Thursday in Oak Park,
Israeli singer Noa at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday in West Bloomfield
and a Family Passover Concert
with Peter and Ellen Allard
at 2 p.m. Sunday in West
Bloomfield. (248) 967-4030.
Take the kids to hear the Ann
Arbor Symphony Orchestra
and a performance of Fairy
Tales, which includes John
Williams' music from the
movie Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer's Stone and
Prokofiev's Cinderella, at 4
p.m. Sunday, March 11, at
the Michigan Theater, 603 E.
Liberty, Ann Arbor. $5-$12.
(734) 994-4801.
Experience Beloved Brahms!
performed by the Fair Lane
Music Guild at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14, at the
Henry Ford Estate on the
campus of the University of
Michigan-Dearborn, 4501
Evergreen. $9-$15. (313) 593-
5330.
Hear pianist Murray Perahia
at 8 p.m. Saturday, March
17, at Hill Auditorium, 105 S.
State, Ann Arbor, in a program
planned by the University
Musical Society. $10-$70. (734)
764-2538.