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Arts & Culture
Merry Silber will speak to the
Pomegranate Guild on "Quilts
of the Kindertransport" 1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Farmington
Community Library, 32727 W.12
Mile in Farmington Hills. No charge.
Judy Galperin: (248) 661-5337.
Create a pottery art piece at the
Raku Party Saturday, Oct. 13, at
Pewabic Pottery,10125 E. Jefferson,
Detroit. $60. RSVP: (313) 822-0954,
ext.100; www.pewabicstore.org .
Appreciate the images of vet-
eran photographer Monte Nagler
Monday, Oct. 15-28, at Barnes &
Noble, 6800 Orchard Lake Rd. in
West Bloomfield. An artist recep-
tion is 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19,
with a photography lecture at 1
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. (248) 626-
6804; www.montenagler.com .
View photographs by Ralph
Scheer of Farmington Hills during
the "Our Town" all-media exhibit
and sale Thursday, Oct. 18-20, at
Birmingham Community House,
380 S. Bates. Exhibit hours are 10
a.m.-6 p.m. daily. (248) 644-5832.
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Check out vintage cameras and
postcards at the Photographica
show and sale 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at Novi
Community Center, 45175 W.10
Mile. Admission is $5. (248) 549-
6026.
Oct. 21, at the Historic Burgh,
26060 Berg in Southfield. Show
times are 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays;
2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $12,
but discounted $2 for ages 50
and older and 12 and younger.
Reservations: (248) 796-4645.
Find costume, designer and
fine jewelry as well as Victorian
through mid-century clothing
at the Bloomfield Hills Antique
Jewelry & Vintage Apparel Show
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at
the Birmingham Unitarian Church,
38651 Woodward. $5 adults; kids
under 12 free. (248) 988-0924 or
(248) 646-1047.
Respond to Wendy Wasserstein's
funny yet touching play Uncommon
Women and Others Fridays-
Sundays, Oct. 19-21 and 26-28,
Bonstelle Theatre, 3424 Woodward
in Detroit. Show times are 8 p.m.
Fridays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets are $15, with discounts
available. (313) 577-2960; www.
bonstelle.com .
Cinema & Stage
Concerts
Catch Stagecrafters' world pre-
miere of Working Stiffs, a comedy-
satire Oct. 12-21, at the Baldwin
Theater, 415 S. Lafayette in Royal
Oak. Tickets are $12, but half-price
for students with ID on Wednesday,
Oct.18. Schedule: (248) 541-6430;
www.stagecrafters.org .
Hear pianist Pauline Martin play
with other chamber musicians at a
Fair Lane Music Guild concert 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Henry
Ford Estate-Fairlane in Dearborn.
Admission is $15; discounts are
available. (313) 593-5330.
Watch 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 through
Do You Have To Love Your Family?
Attend Jewish Family Service's Reva Stocker
Memorial Lecture 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18,
at JFS, 6555 W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
The evening begins with a dessert reception,
followed by Rabbi Michael Gold's talk "Do You
Have to Love Your Family?" No admission
charge, but make a reservation: Lori Drucker,
Rabbi Gold
(248) 592-2339 or Ldrucker@jfsdetroit.org .
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Lend an ear to the Jam Society
8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at AJ's
Cafe, 240 W. Nine Mile in Ferndale.
Band members are guitarist Ari
Teitel and drummer Amir Edwards,
both 13; bassist Tony Lannen, 14;
and keyboardist Jimmy Fox, 15.
www.myspace.com/thejamsociety.
Join adult musicians in the
Orchard Lake Community
Orchestra, which rehearses 7-8:30
p.m. every Thursday at St. Mary's
Prep School, 3535 Indian Trail in
Orchard Lake. $50 per semester.
Details: www.OLPmusic.org .
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Double Entendre
Twin comics and University of Michigan grads Randy and Jason
Sklar will entertain at the Michigan Region Anti-Defamation
League's "Evening of Comedy" 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18,
at Knollwood Country Club, West Bloomfield. Cocktails and a
strolling dinner is included. A VIP reception will be held at 7
p.m. for upper-level donors. The brothers are known for their
ESPN TV show Cheap Seats and have a film coming out Oct.
19 called The Comebacks. Tickets are $200 per guest, or $118
for age 35 and under. Contact Sharone Bigelman, director of
development, at (248) 353-7553.
Education
Get an introduction to "The
Golden Age of Broadway" from
David Hoptman at a combined
luncheon meeting of Masada,
Sharon and Szold Hadassah
groups noon Wednesday, Oct. 17,
at Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. Admission is $12.
Reservations: (248) 683-5030.
Join Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg for
his series "Kabbalistic Teachings
on Maintaining Joy in Life" 10:30-
11:30 a.m. every Sunday through
Dec. 2, at Tugman Bais Chabad
Torah Center, 5595 W. Maple in
West Bloomfield. Students need
no prior knowledge of Kabbalah.
Registration: (248) 855-6170;
bctc770@aol.com.
Pursue learning opportunities this
fall at Congregation Beth Ahm,
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5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
Instructors for the free classes
are Rabbi Steven Rubinstein,
Prof. Howard Lupovitch and Amy
Appelman. A course on origins and
language of the Amidah is held at
7:30 p.m. Mondays and repeated
10:30 a.m. Tuesdays. Two other
classes, beginning in November,
will look at Talmud and at the Book
of Judges. Schedule and registra-
tion: (248) 851-6880; director@
cbahm.org .
Network with job-seekers and get
professional counselor Mildred
Pivoz' advice on resumes 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt in
Farmington Hills. No charge to
attend. (248)-851-5100.
Experience Jewish-American
stories 7:30-9:30 p.m. on three
Thursdays, Oct. 18-Nov. 1, in the
Congregation B'nai Moshe Library,
6800 Drake in West Bloomfield.
Series tuition is $30 for members;
$40 for others. Register with facili-
tator Barry Levine: barryvlevine@
aol.com ; (248) 626-1753.
Attend Colloquium 2007, whose
theme is "Jews and the Muslim
World: Solving the Puzzle"
Friday, Oct. 19-21. Sponsor is the
International Institute for Secular
Judaism at the Birmingham
Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile in
Farmington Hills. Schedule and reg-
istration: (248) 476-932; wwwiishj.
org.
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