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Lend A Hand

Volunteers are needed for Jewish Family Service's
Fall Fix Up 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. Help
seniors with minor home repairs and cleanup. Call
Hilary Rothenberg, (248) 592-2336.

Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

Cinema & Stage

Visit artists at work 2-8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Pioneer
Building Open Artist Studio, 2679
E. Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
www.thepioneerbuilding.com .

See Selma Cohen of Oak Park
and other local actors in Over
the River and Through the
Woods, presented by the City
of Southfield P&R and SRO
Productions Friday, Oct. 5-21, at
the Historic Burgh, 26060 Berg
Rd. in Southfield. Show times are
8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays; 2 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets are $12, but dis-
counted $2 for ages 50 and older
and 12 and younger. Reservations:
(248) 796-4645.

Come to the exhibit opening of
Black & White (and a Little Red)
5-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at
David Klein Gallery,163 Townsend,
Birmingham. Alex Katz and Donald
Sultan are among the artists. (248)
433-3700; www.dkgallery.com .

Tour the Ellen Berkenblit exhibit
through Nov. 3, at the Susanne
Hilberry Gallery, 700 Livernois in
Ferndale. (248) 541-4700;
www.hilberrygallery.com .

Work on Judaic-themed
needlework projects with the
Pomegranate Guild. At this
month's program, quilt curator
Merry Silber will lecture on Quilts
of the Kindertransport 1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Farmington
Community Library, 32727 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. No charge.
Judy Galperin: (248) 661-5337.

Listen to guest readers at the
Stagecrafters community theater
group's first Baldwin Honor Role,
an evening of dramatic readings
from more than 15 short, classic
tales, poems and news articles in
the public domain 8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 6, at the Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette. Admission is
$10 for adults; $5 for ages 8-17.
Hors d'oeuvres are provided when
doors open at 7. (248) 541-6430;
stagecrafters@sbcglobal.net .

Watch, and discuss with Charles
Greenberg, Marc Levin's docu-

Poverty In Focus

The University of Michigan
Center for the Education of
Women's Mullin Welch Lecture
invites Zana Briski, Founder
of Kids with Cameras, screen-
ing and commenting on her
film Born into Brothels 2-5
Girl on a Roof by Kids with
p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the
Cameras
Michigan Theater screen-
ing room, 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. The film, shot in India,
documents the children of prostitutes who use photography
to explore their poverty. This event is free, but registration is
required at: www.cew.umich.edu or (734) 764-6005.

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mentary Protocols of Zion 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Alpert Room
at Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph
in Bloomfield Township. The Israel
Chai Committee welcomes the
community without charge. Joan
Halpern: (248) 737-0801.

Focus on the films of British direc-
tor Stanley Kubrick 7 p.m. every
Monday Oct. 8-Dec. 10, at the
Michigan Theater, 605 E. Liberty
in Ann Arbor. Regular movies
are $8, with discounts available.
For schedule, call the theater's
24-hour information line: (734)
668 TIME.

Take in Tennessee Williams' classic
play The Glass Menagerie through
Oct. 14, at Marygrove College
Theatre, 8425 W. McNichols
in Detroit. The UDM Theatre
Company has tickets starting at
$15. Performance times: (313)
993-3270.

Concerts

Enjoy touring Jewish rock singer-
songwriter Rick Recht at weekend
appearances, no charge, Oct. 5-7:
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
1924 Coolidge in East Lansing:
Recht offers a musical Shabbat
service 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5.
• Temple Beth El, 400 Telegraph
in Bloomfield Township: Recht will
join the clergy on the bimah for
services at 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
Oct. 6, and lead a concert at 12:30
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7. The concert
also will feature the TBE Religious
School students and Youth Choir.
Sponsored is the Loren B. Fischer
Cultural Arts Series for Children
and Their Families. Barbara Grant:
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.

Attend the Motor City Blues &

Boogie Woogie Festival Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 5-6, at the Music
Hall, 350 Madison in Detroit.
Headlining Friday night is Koko
Taylor & Her Blues Machine;
Marcia Ball performs on Saturday.
Tickets: Music Hall box office,
(313) 887-8501, and Ticketmaster.

Hear the Berlin Philharmonic
Wind Quintet perform with pianist
Jon Nakamatsu 8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 6, at Seligman Performing
Arts Center of Detroit Country
Day School, 22305 W.13 Mile in
Beverly Hills. (248) 855-6070.

Education

Join Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg
for his series Kabbalistic
Teachings on Maintaining Joy In
Life 10:30-11:30 a.m. every Sunday,
Oct. 7-Dec. 2, at Tugman Bais
Chabad Torah Center, 5595 W.
Maple in West Bloomfield. The
course is for men and women.
No prior knowledge of Kabbalah
is necessary. Registration: (248)
855-6170; bctc770@aol.com .

Delve into literature at morn-
ing and evening book clubs
held monthly on Mondays at
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township. The Oct. 8
selection is Crossing California
by Adam Langer. Bagels & Books
meets at 10 a.m. and Books &
Bites is 7 p.m. Sponsors are the
temple's Prentis Memorial Library
and sisterhood. Cost for the series
is $30, or a drop-in fee of $10 per
session. Librarian Eileen Polk:
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3138.

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Hear Betsy Winkelman discuss
Live Consciously, Buy Wisely
and Make a Difference noon
Tuesday, Oct. 9, at a private home.
Sponsor is Tikvah Hadassah
Group. Admission is $10, including
lunch. Linda: (248) 851-7757.

Digest some knowledge at Adat
Shalom Adult Study Commission's
lunch-and-learn series exploring
"20th Century Thinkers on God"
noon-1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at
the synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. Rabbi Herbert
Yoskowitz is the leader. $10 charge
includes lunch. RSVP to Charlotte
Fiszbein by Thursday before each
session. (248) 851-5100.

Sign up for adult Hebrew classes:
•Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills:
Become literate in Hebrew at
course sponsored by the Men's
Club beginning 7-8:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 8. Classes for all-
levels will continue through Dec.
10 and resume in January. There
is a materials' fee. Don Rudick is
program chair. (248) 851-5100.
• Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai
Center, 1578 Lakeside Dr. in
Birmingham: Learn to read
Hebrew from Rabbi Boruch Cohen
starting 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
11. Sponsored by the National
Jewish Outreach Program, the
course runs eight sessions
through Dec.13, excepting Nov. 8
and 22. No charge, but register
with Rabbi Cohen: (248) 203-6721;
chai-rabbi@sbcglobal.net .

Register for a 10-week series
of Yiddish classes starting
Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the Oak
Park JCC. Intermediate level will
meet 7-8:15 p.m. and beginners
from 8:30-9:45. Community part-
ners with sponsoring Workmen's
Circle-Arbeter Ring are the Broder
Yiddish Culture Fund and Driker
Fund for Yiddish Culture. Tuition
is $140, with a $30 discount for
members of WC/AR, the JCC,
Sholem Aleichem Institute and
Temple Emanu-El. Send check,
payable to Workmen's Circle-
Arbeter Ring, to 26341 Coolidge,
Oak Park, MI 48237. Ellen Bates-
Brackett: (248) 545-0985;
micirclel@aol.com .

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