E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication 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 . - 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. EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • www.Jewishcartoon.com L5EATH MAKE6 NO SENSE WHY AM ACCUMULATING A 1-1P. 11ME- OF /NFORMAT/ON AND PERIENC Ir 11-6 ONLY 60/NO TO BE 4057 To THE WORLD WHEN De? Enjoy Beth El Picnic! A4 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. - 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. - 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. corn. - - 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, BECCA BETH BERNIE YAEL The Altruist The Realist The Idealist The Perplexed 174 LOUIS ZAYDS BUBS The Rebel The Traditionalist The Bubbe , . 0 c2 call Adrienne Ronmark at (734) 788-3736 or visit the Web site www.newmusicdetroit.com . Educo tion . 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. • 5.2003 BY GORFTEXT \ PRODUCTIONS INC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO OFF1\15E, 135RNIF, BUT WHAT DO YOU P055E35 THAT'S 60 Calendar on page 60 ,,SPEC/AL THAT THE WORLZ WILL BE G./44/N1.5/e.G. BY YOUR PA55/Ne? August 30 • 2007 59