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Browse the exhibit Focus I +
Photo through June 22 at
the Robert Kidd Gallery, 107
Townsend, Birmingham. Hours are
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays.
(248) 642-3909.

See the exhibit Fe-Male featuring
works by photographers Elayne
Gross and Judy Eliyas through
July 9 at the River's Edge Gallery,
3024 Biddle, Wyandotte. There will
be a reception 6-10 p.m. Friday,
June 15. Gallery hours are 10
a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 10
a.m.-8 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Saturdays. (734) 246-9880.

Listen to Dalia Shaham, a Temple
Israel teacher, discuss the book A
Woman in Jerusalem by Abraham
Yehoshua at 7 p.m. Thursday, May
31, at the Henry and Delia Meyers
Library in the West Bloomfield
JCC. The sessions are part of
Book Club 2007. Call Frances
Menken at (248) 432-5546.

Look at the canvasses of
Russian expressionist artist Felix
Braslaysky in the exhibit Life Is
a Theatre June 1-30 at Sherrus
Gallery of Fine Art, 109 N. Center,
Northville. There will be an open-
ing reception 6-9 p.m. Friday,
June 1. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-7
p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-6
p.m. Saturdays and noon-4 p.m.
Sundays. (248) 380-0470.

Attend a review of the book
Londonistan by Melanie Phillips
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June
2, at the Center for New

Thinking Library, 725 S. Adams,
Birmingham. Rabbi Sherwin Wine
is making the presentation. $9-
$10. (248) 646-0416.

Hear a review of The Book
Thief by Markus Zusak in a
program planned by the Beth
Ahm Sisterhood Book Club at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at
the synagogue, 5075 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield. $5. Call Shelley
Shindler at (248) 661-8080 or
Joanne Bellet at (248) 851-8379.

See the musical Oklahoma!
through June 9 at the Farmington
Players Barn Theater, 32332 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. The show
starts at 8 p.m. May 31-June 2 and
June 7-9. Sunday matinees and a
Saturday matinee, June 9, begin
at 2 p.m. $16-18. (248) 553-2955.

Watch the play Lapses by Dan
Aibel performed May 31- June 24
at the Detroit Repertory Theatre,
13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit.
The comedy, exploring memory
and imagination, starts at 8:30
p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, 3 and
8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and
7:30 p.m. Sundays. $17-$20. (313)
868-1347.

Laugh with comedian Dustin
Diamond at 8 p.m. Thursday-

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Dinoma, Hanita and Sharona chapters of
Na'amat USA will hold their Spiritual
Adoption Luncheon 12:30 p.m. Thursday,
June 7, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills.
Rabbi Marla Hornsten of Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield will speak on "Women Who
Rabbi
Made a Difference'
Hornsten
Chairman of the day is Ruthe Stein. Evelyn
Noveck is council president.
There is a charge. Call Na'amat at (248) 967-4750.

Saturday, May 31-June 2, in the
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase
at the Seva restaurant, 314 E.
Liberty. Diamond played Screech
in the Saved by the Bell films and
sitcom. $11-$16. (734) 996-9080.
Comedian Elon Gold who was a
regular on the TV sitcoms In-Laws
and Stacked performs stand-up
8 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at Mark
Ridley's Comedy Castle, 269 E.
Fourth, Royal Oak. A benefit for
Aish Detroit. Doors 7 p.m., light
kosher snacks and cash bar. $36.
RSVP: (248) 327-3579 or
www.aishinthewoods.com .

Country Club, 5050 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield. The program is
hosted by the Jewish Women's
Foundation. $100. Call Shoshana
Baruch at (248) 642-4260.

Attend "Dry Clean Only: A
Charity Shirt and Tie Auction
of Wearable Art" at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 31, at the Janice
Charach Epstein Gallery at
the West Bloomfield
JCC. Local artists have
decorated denim shirts
and silk ties to be mod-
eled and sold to benefit
Kids Kicking Cancer and
the gallery. (248) 432-5579.

Attend the second annual
Michigan Steel Drum Festival
2 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday, June 2,
at the Hockeytown Cafe, 2301
Woodward, Detroit. $10. (313)
965-9500.

Listen to the music of Dick Siegel
at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at The
Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. $15.
(734) 761-1451.

Take part in the
Great Lakes Great
Wine Walk Around 6-
8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7, in
Tirrel Hall on the Orchard Ridge
Campus of Oakland Community
College, 27055 Orchard Lake Rd.,
Farmington Hills. Gourmet food
from popular restaurants will be
served. Proceeds fund scholar-
ships and competitions, reports
culinary instructor Darlene
Levinson. $45. (248) 522-3700.

Listen to Joshua Nelson and His
Kosher Gospel Singers at 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 3, at Congregation
Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln,
Oak Park. $10-$36. (248) 547-
7970.

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Get to know author Karenna Gore
Schiff, daughter of Al Gore, as she
discusses her book Lighting the
Way: Nine Women Who Influenced
Modern America at noon
Thursday, May 31, at Knollwood

Support Project Discovery while
having a petit buffet, discussion
with writer Jack Lessenberry and

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a look at a rare book collection
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9, in
the Bloomfield Hills home of Dr.
Stanley and Rita Levy. $125. (248)
593-6565.
Play golf to raise funds for
Variety, the Children's Charity
with morning, afternoon and
evening events Monday, June 18,
at Tam O'Shanter Country Club,
5051 Orchard Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield. Morning golfers start
at 7:45 a.m., and afternoon play-
ers begin at 12:30 p.m. Breakfast,
lunch and dinner are part of the
program $325. Non-golfers can
go to dinner at 7 p.m. $100. Make
reservations by June 7 by calling
(248) 258-5511.

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Enter the 12th annual Golf
Marathon and support the
Michigan Chapter of the Crohn's
& Colitis Foundation of America
at 7:30 a.m. Monday, June 4, at
the Oakhurst Golf & Country Club,
7000 Oakhurst Lane, Clarkston.
Participants collect a $500 mini-
mum in pledges to golf all day and
join a breakfast, lunch and evening
reception. Registration deadline is
June 1. Call Gilda Hauser at (248)
737-0900.

Listen to Dr. Stuart Segal speak-
ing about "Getting Services From
the College Disability Office"
or Dr. Arthur Robin addressing
"Cognitive Behavior Therapy" for
CHADD (Children and Adults with
Attention-Deficit Disorder) at 7
p.m. Monday, June 4, at the Way
Elementary School, 765 W. Long
Lake, Bloomfield Hills. $S'donation
for nonmember families. (248)
988-6716.

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