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JARC's annual SpringElation
will be at Joe Dumars
Fieldhouse in Shelby Township
noon-4 p.m. Sunday, April 29.
JARC will offer basketball,
in-line skating, beach volleyball, carnival and arcade games,
a high ropes course, a climbing wall, miniature golf, a giant
slide, face painting and laser tag. Matt Prentice Restaurant
Group's Milk & Honey will cater.
Proceeds will support JARC's Harris Children and Family
Division, which provides services to 300 families.
Individual tickets, including all games and food, are $20;
call the JARC SpringElation Hotline, (248) 538-6610, ext.
418. Children 4 and younger are free. Corporate and individ-
ual sponsorships start at $250. For information, contact Eric
Adelman, (248) 538-6610, ext. 343; ericadelman®jarc.org .
Event chairs: David Friedman of West Bloomfield; Lindsay
Gross of Franklin; Barry Leshman of Huntington Woods; and
David Ungar of Oak Park.

Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

Attend a discussion and book
signing with author Berl Falbaum
as he presents information about
his book Shanghai Remembered:
Stories of Jews Who Escaped to
Shanghai from Nazi Europe at
7 p.m. Friday, April 20, at the
Downtown Ann Arbor Library, 343
South Fifth Ave. (734) 327-4560.

Visit with Janet Kelman as she
presents a demonstration of glass
mold making and casting at 1 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, at 1205 E.
Lincoln, Royal Oak. Her studio open
house, celebrating Michigan Glass
Month, runs noon-5 p.m. (248)
547-8332.

Take a Downtown Rochester
Gallery Stroll 6-9 p.m. Friday, April
27. Pick up an invitation card with
a map at any gallery. (248) 651-
4110.

Cinema & Stage

Play sleuth while
seeing the JET
production An
Inspector Calls,
running through
May 19 at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays (except May 9, when
there will be a matinee at 2 p.m.),
7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 5 and 8:30
p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
$17-$39. (248) 788-2900.

Submit an unpublished, short play
to Stagecrafters by April 30 for
consideration in its New Works
Play Festival. Send five copies to
Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette,
Royal Oak. www.stagecrafters.org .

Watch the musical Into the Woods
at 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturday, April
20-21 and 27-28, and 2 p.m.
Sundays, April 22 and 29,at the
Bonstelle Theatre, 4743 Cass,
Detroit. $14-18. (313) 577-2960.

Experience the opera Turandot
April 21-29 at the Detroit
Opera House, 1526 Broadway.
Performances are at 2:30 p.m.
Sundays, April 22 and 29, and 7:30
p.m. Saturday, April 21; Wednesday,
April 25; Friday, April 27; and
Saturday, April 28. $28-$120. (313)
237-SING.

Join a JCC group to see Camelot at
the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. The
bus leaves the West Bloomfield JCC
at 5:45 p.m. Sunday, April 22, and
returns at 11 p.m. The bus leaves
the Oak Park JCC at 6:15 p.m. and
returns at 10:30 p.m. (248) 432-
5577.

Step back into the time of the
Andrews Sisters for The Sisters
of Swing April 25-May 20 at the
Meadow Brook Theatre on the
campus of Oakland University in
Rochester. $22-$38. Get a schedule
by going to www.mbtheatre.com .

Catch the musical How to Succeed
in Business Without Really Trying
April 27-May 20 at the Players
Guild of Dearborn, 21730 Madison.
The show starts at 8 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays,
May 6,13 and 20. $18. (313) 561-
TKTS.

Concerts

Support the Michigan Association
for Children with Emotional
Disorders by attending the third
annual Rockin' for Justice concert

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and reception at 6 p.m. Friday, April
20, at the Baldwin Theater, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak. Larry McCray
is the headliner. $25-$50. (248)
433-2200.

Enter the coffee-
house atmosphere
with Josh White
Jr. at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April
21, at Temple Shir
Shalom, 3999
Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield. $20.
(248) 737-8700.

& Displacement of Yiddish spon-
sored by the Frankel Institute
for Advanced Judaic Studies at
the University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor Sunday-Monday, April
22-23. Sessions start at 3:30
p.m. Sunday in the Rackham
Amphitheatre, 915 E. Washington,
and resume at 6 p.m. with the
topic "Yiddish Literature: Texts
and Translations." Monday's ses-
sion, "The Backyards March: My
Father's Shtetl Has a Homepage
Now" begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday
at the Mendelssohn Theater, 911 N.
University. (734) 763-9047.

Listen to the Chaverim B'Shirim
Choir perform music by Irving
Berlin at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22,
at JCC of Washtenaw County, 2935
Birch Hollow Dr., Ann Arbor. $5.
(734) 971-0990.

Hear violinist Gabriel Bolkosky and
pianist Michele Cooker in concert
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25,
for the Fair Lane Music Guild at the
Henry Ford Estate - Fair Lane, 4901
Evergreen, Dearborn. $9-$15. (313)
593-5330.

Rock with the Jam Society Live
- featuring Ari Teitel, Amir Edwards
and Tony. Lannen - at 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 28, at CJ's Brewing
Company, 8115 Richardson Rd.,
Commerce Township. (248) 366-
7979.

Enroll in a five-week course on
Jewish history starting at 7:30
p.m. Monday, April 23, at 1578
Lakeside, Birmingham. The classes
are being taught by Rabbi Boruch
Cohen. (248) 203-6721.

Learn about major biblical figures
during a Lunch & Learn series with
Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz start-
ing at noon Tuesday, April 24, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. $10.
Call Charlotte Fiszbein at (248)
851-5100.

Education

Explore life cycle events with
Temple Israel's Gesharim at 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 19. Rabbi Harold
Loss will lead the session in a
private home. RSVP: Carol Lynn
Cooper, (248) 851-5545.

Participate with Tikvah Group
of the Greater Detroit Chapter

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of Hadassah in a tour of the
Friendship Circle facilities at 1
p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at 6890 W.
Maple, West Bloomfield. RSVP to
Sheri at (248) 333-7373 or Elaine
at (248) 338-3050.

Find out about the Beth Ahm
Religious School at open house
programs 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday,
April 28, and 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1, at 5075 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield. Call Jennie at
(248) 851-6880.

Event Hotline

Hear David Harris, national
executive director of the American
Jewish Committee, at Metropolitan
Detroit Chapter 8 p.m. Thursday,
April 19, at Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
$118. (248) 646 - 7686.

Celebrate Detroit Music Awards 7

p.m. Friday, April 20, at the State
Theatre, 2115 Woodward, Detroit.

$20-$25. (248) 360-2455.

See Florine Mark and William

Clay Ford Jr. get Boneh Kehillah
(Builder of the Community)
Awards at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April
24, at West Bloomfield JCC. The
dinner is the JCC's Second Annual
Gala. $180. (248) 432-5418.

Laugh with Rabbi Arnie
Sleutelberg and Eleanor Roosevelt
Hadassah at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April
24, at Hadassah House, 5060
Orchard Lake, West Bloomfield.
(248) 683-5030.

Dance with members of
Temple Israel and Joe Cornell
Entertainment at 7 p.m. Thursday,
April 26, at the temple, 5725
Orchard Lake, West Bloomfield.
Partners not required. $10. RSVP:
Elaine Bertsch at (248) 661-5700.

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