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To Do!
Cherk It Out!
Arts & Culture
See works by artists Prudence
Berstein of Bloomfield Hills,
Stanley Rosenthal of Huntington
Woods and Donald and Linda
Mendelson of Southfield dur-
ing the Michigan Water Color
Society's 60th Annual Exhibition
Travel Show Saturday, Sept. 4 27,
in Ford Gallery of Eastern Michigan
University in Ypsilanti. For details,
visit www.mwcsart.com .
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Appreciate the artistic talent
on display in four exhibits Sept.
7-Oct. 5, at the Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center, 1516
S. Cranbrook in Birmingham.
Represented are the Michigan
Hot Glass Workshop, Birmingham
Society of Women Painters, Donna
Engstrom's multi-media show
and Dan Keller's adult painting
students. Information is at www.
BBArtCenter.org or call (248)
644-0866.
Create a Judaic heirloom with
the Pomegranate Guild of
Southeastern Michigan 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at Spicer House
in Heritage Park, between 10 and
11 Mile roads in Farmington Hills.
Learn stitching and other needle-
crafts adapted to Judaic themes.
Members will complete a Hebrew
Name Challenge project in June.
New members and guests are
welcome on the second Sunday
each month. Judy Galperin is the
contact at (248) 661-5337.
Sign up for the new six-week class
Recipe for Creativity starting 7-
9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the
Oak Park JCC. Mixed-media artist
Edie Simons will show how to do
collage and make stitched recipe
cards. Students will finish a recipe
card box and have six recipe cards
to swap or keep. Bring personal
recipes and original photographs;
copies will be made. The class is
$75 for JCC members; $95 for
others. All ages are welcome.
(248) 967-4030, ext. 2028.
Try the Bel Canto Choral Society
if you're a woman who would enjoy
singing in a choir. Rehearsals
are Monday evenings at the Oak
Park JCC. Auditions are not
required. Under director Marty
Mandelbaum, the choir's reper-
toire includes show tunes and pop-
ular, seasonal, operetta, classics
and ethnic music. Performances
Get On Line
Get hands-on with computing at the
Computer Comfort Classes starting
Monday, Sept. 10, at the Oak Park JCC.
No experience is necessary for adults
to attend the eight Monday classes.
Beginners meet 10:30 a.m.-noon and
Advanced Beginners from 1-2:30 p.m.
There is a limit of four students per
session. Including materials, the charge is
$75 for JCC members; $95 for others. (248) 967-4030.
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Celebrate the start of a new
year at a picnic 11 a.m. 1
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, on the
grounds of Temple Beth El,
7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Twp. Besides food, features of the event are games, clowns
and music. There is no charge to attend. To learn more, call
Barbara Grant, (248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.
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are held at JCCs, senior residenc-
es, synagogues and other venues.
Contact Katy at (313) 640-0123 or
e-mail kparcells@aol.com .
Cinema er Stage
Experience Paradise Now, the last
in a film series focused on Jews
and the Middle Eastern world 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, in Pivnick
Center of the Birmingham Temple,
28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
Series sponsor is the International
Institute for Secular Humanistic
Judaism. Donations are accepted.
(248) 476-9532.
Take a mid-week break for
Hollywood: An Empire of Their Own
on Shaarey Zedek Movie Night
7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at
the synagogue, 27375 Bell Rd. in
Southfield. Admission is $3 for
members and $2 for others, includ-
ing refreshments. (248) 357-5544.
Come along for the high-spir-
ited, musical romp Thoroughly
Modern Millie presented by the
Stagecrafters Sept. 7 30 at the
Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette
in Royal Oak. Jeff Weiner of Troy
is in the cast. Performances are at
8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and
2 p.m. Sundays. For information
on tickets and a raffle, call (248)
541-8027.
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Laugh with Hello
Muddah! Hello
Fadduh!: The Allan
Sherman Musical,
through Sept. 16, in Aaron DeRoy
Theatre of the West Bloomfield
JCC. The Jewish Ensemble
Theatre (JET) has performances
at 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 5 and
12; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Aug. 30
and Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 9;
5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sept.
1, 8 and 15; and 2 p.m. Sundays,
Sept. 2, 9 and 16. Tickets are
$29-$39, with discounts for
seniors and students. When avail-
able, discounted rush tickets at
$18 may be purchased one hour
before performances. Call JET at
(248) 788-2900.
Attend The House of Blue
Leaves, a prize-winning com-
edy, starting Friday, Sept. 14, in
the Village Players Playhouse,
34660 Woodward in Birmingham.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Sept.
14 15, 21 22; and 2 p.m. Sept. 16
and 23. Marni Raitt of Royal Oak
is in the cast. Tickets are $15. For
more, call (248) 644-2075 or visit
www.birminghamvil lageplayers.
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Experience a merger of elec-
tronica and classical music dur-
ing New Music Detroit's 12-hour
marathon, Strange Beautiful
Music, starting 2 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 1, at Contemporary Art
Institute of Detroit, 5141 Rosa
Parks Blvd. in Detroit. Different
forms of contemporary music will
be represented. Tickets are $10
and available through CAID. VIP
after-party for ticket holders and
featured artists begins at 2 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2. For information,
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Register by Tuesday, Sept. 4, for
the next course in Jewish Family
Service's Continuing Professional
Education Series 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 7, at the JFS Orley
Family Building in West Bloomfield.
Open to Licensed Social Workers
only. Seminar charge includes
lunch and materials. Contact
Stephanie Appel, LMSW, (248)
592-2667 or Sappel@jfsdetroit.org
Hear highlights of the recent
International Association of
Jewish Genealogical Societies
Conference 12:30 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 9, at the Holocaust Memorial
Center, Zekelman Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington
Hills. The Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan panelists
attended the conference in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Admission is free
for members; $5 for others. RSVP
to Alexandra Goldberg at (248)
496-1324 or www.JGSMI.org .
Event Hotline
Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein at
the Ma Tovu Minyan for a relaxed,
song-filled service that includes
the melodies of Shlomo Carlebach,
Danny Maseng and Leonard
Cohen 9 a.m. every Sunday at
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075
W. Maple in West Bloomfield. For
information, call Nancy Kaplan,
Minyan Matters coordinator, at
(248) 737-1931 or e-mail
nancyellen879@comcast.net .
Meet the congregants and clergy
of Temple Shir Shalom at a new
member open house 10 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at 3999 Walnut
Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield. (248)
737-8700.
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