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Food And A Flick

Adults in their 40s, 50s and
60s are invited to join the
Temple Israel Movie Mavens
for "Dinner and a Movie" 7
p.m. Saturday, May 12.
Couples and singles are
invited to attend this social
group. Featured is the movie Avalon, starring Aidan Quinn
and Elijah Wood, about a Russian-Jewish family in Baltimore.
Cost is $15. The temple is at 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. RSVP: Elaine Bertsch, (248) 661-5700.

v Check It Out!

_Arts 6- Culture

Browse the exhibit Celebrating
Artistic Expressions in Glass
on view through May 28 at the
Ariana Gallery, 119 S. Main, Royal
Oak. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and
Fridays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays
and Saturdays and 12:30-4:30
p.m. Sundays. (248) 546-8810

Meet Mitch Albom as he signs
books at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May
11, at Barnes & Noble, 2800
Rochester, Rochester Hills. (248)
853-9855.

Experience the College for
Creative Studies Annual Student
Exhibition May 11-25 in the gallery

at the corner of Frederick Douglas
and Brush in Detroit. Hours are 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays-Wednesdays
and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays-
Fridays. On opening day, there
are special events with the public
invited 7-10 p.m. $50 for opening
reception. (313) 664-7464.

Listen to Rabbi Sherwin Wine
review the book Infidel by Ayaan
Hirsi Ali, a Muslim feminist, at
10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12, at the
Center for New Thinking Library,
725 S. Adams, Birmingham. $9-
$10. (248) 646-0416.

See Marji Silk's photography exhibit
"Kaleidoscope" Saturday, May 12,
at Caribou Coffee, 3627 W. Maple,
Birmingham. (248) 544-1203.

Look at the inventories of three
art dealers - The Halstead Gallery,
Stewart & Stewart and Paramour
Fine Arts - Saturday-Sunday,

Performance Network Theatre,
120 E. Huron, Ann Arbor. $20-$37.
(734) 663-0681. www.performan-
cenetwork.org .

May 19-20, at the Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S.
Cranbrook, Birmingham. Hours are
5-8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4
p.m. Sunday. (248) 644-0866.

Watch the opera The Abduction
from the Seraglio May 12-19 at
the Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway, Detroit. $28-$120. (313)

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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 and Thursdays, 5
and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays. $17-$39. (248) 788-
2900.

and the Reality" at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 10, at the Oak Park
JCC. (248) 967-4030, ext. 2018.

237-7464.

Concerts

Attend the 27th annual spring
concert, Come to Your Senses,
performed by the Farmington
Community Chorus at 8 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, May 11-12, at

Clarenceville High School, 20155
Middlebelt, Livonia. $12-$15. (810)
632-4067.

Step back into the time of the
Andrews Sisters for The Sisters
of Swing through May 20 at the
Meadow Brook Theatre on the
campus of Oakland University in
Rochester. $22-$38. See schedule
at www.mbtheatre.com . $30-$50.

(248) 377-3300.

See the play Sweet Charity
through May 20 at the Fisher
Theatre in Detroit. Curtain times
are 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 2
and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and
7:30 p.m. Sundays. $38-$78. (313)
872-1000.

Catch the musical How to Succeed
in Business Without Really Trying
through 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.
$18. (313) 561-TKTS.

Experience the play Amadeus
performed through June 10 at the

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Listen to George Benson and
the Cliff Monear Trio in a jazz
concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 16, at Hammel! Music,
2700 E. West Maple, Commerce
Township. Proceeds go to the
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
of Eastern Michigan. $30 tax-
decutible donation. (248) 624-8111.

Hear pianist Yefim Bronfman at
8 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the
Seligman Performing Arts Center,
22305 W.13 Mile, Beverly Hills.
The program is hosted by the
Chamber Music Society of Detroit.
$25-$41. (248) 855-6070.

Event Hotline

Meet David Weinberg, director
of the Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies at Wayne State
University, as he discusses "Israel

Approaching 60: The Dream

Have lunch with David DiChiera,
founder and general director of
Michigan Opera Theatre, at noon
Thursday, May 17, at the Detroit
Opera House, 1526 Broadway. The
program, sponsored by the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra Volunteer
Council, benefits education and
outreach programs. $70-$150.
(313) 576-5154.

Honor Naomi Mendelson Siegel,
co-owner of Making It Happen-
Telespot Productions public
relations and marketing firm,
as she receives the Women in
Communications Headliner Award
at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at
the Detroit Yacht Club on Belle
Isle. $50-$65. (248) 582-8465.

Join a Holocaust Survivors
Support Group led by Dr. Charles
Silow meeting at 10 a.m. Mondays
at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 661-
2999.

Experience the music of dueling
pianos at the Temple Shir Shalom
spring fundraising event at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, May 19, at 3999
Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield.
$100.(248) 737-8700.

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Attend the installation-luncheon
of Tikvah Group of the Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah at
11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, at
Tam O'Shanter Country Club, 5051
Orchard Lake, West Bloomfield.
$25. RSVP by May 15 by calling
Ronda at (248) 737-2681.

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Listen to Hasia Diner, profes-
sor of American Jewish History
at New York University, discuss
"Putting the Jewish Woman
in Her (Work) Place: Historical
Observations About the Role of
Jewish Women in 20th Century
American Economic Life" at 2:30
p.m. Sunday, May 20, at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. The event is the
Annual Pearl A. and George M.
Zeltzer Lecture on Women and
Judaism. (313) 577-2679.

Learn about "Social Skills
Training for Children with AD/HD"
or "Self Sabotaging Behaviors"
at 7 p.m. Monday, May 14, at the
Way Elementary School, Long
Lake east of Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. The programs are
planned by CHADD (Children and
Adults with Attention-Deficit
Disorder). $5 donation for non-
members. (248) 988-6716.

Find out about the new cervi-
cal cancer vaccine from Brent
Davidson, service chief of
Women's Health at Henry Ford
West Bloomfield Hospital, 6:30-
8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at

the Henry Ford Facility & Design
Center, 2001 Dallavo Dr., Suite 102,
Commerce Township. To register
for the free session, call (800)
HENRYFORD.

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