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Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Cinema & Stage
Admire the work of Lynne
Avadenka and other artists at the
"Signs Symbols Gestures" exhibit
through Dec. 2 at the Gallery
Project, 215 S. Fourth in Ann
Arbor Gallery hours: Tues.-Thurs.
noon-6 p.m., Fri.-Sat. noon-9 p.m.,
Sun. noon-4 p.m. (734) 997-7012;
www.thega I leryproject.com .
Hear published authors speaking
at daytime and evening programs
during the 56th annual Jewish
Book Fair at the West Bloomfield
and Oak Park JCCs. Continues
through Nov. 18. Schedule: (248)
432.5577, ext. 7; www.jccdet.org .
Browse the exhibition "Best of
the Best: Works by WSU Art
Achievement Award Recipients,
1975-2007" through Dec. 7
at Wayne State University's
Community Arts Gallery, 450
Reuther Mall in Detroit. Hours:
(313) 577-0770.
Attend "Steeped in Tradition," a
teapot exhibition featuring the
works of more than 30 artists,
through Dec.15 at Ariana Gallery,
119 S. Main in Royal Oak. The
annual exhibit explores decorative
and sculptural qualities of the tea-
pot form. Hours: (248) 546-8810.
Enjoy 200 original, artistic
postcards depicting secrets
anonymously contributed to the
"PostSecret Project" continuing
through Dec. 20, at the Janice
Charach Gallery inside the West
Bloomfield JCC. Upstairs, six local
artists have depicted secrets
through various mediums: Deanna
Dione, Bruce Finsilver, Hillary
Fisher, Lindsey Meyers, Betzi Pipis
and Robert Schefman. Exhibit
hours are noon-4 p.m. Sunday; 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday;
and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday. No
charge. (248) 432-5448;
www.postsecret.com .
Listen to and discuss Gimpel the
Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer
7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
15, in the Congregation B'nai
Moshe Library, 6800 Drake in
West Bloomfield. Instructor Barry
Levine focuses monthly on a dif-
ferent Jewish-American story.
Next on Dec.13: The Surveyor
by Henry Roth. Contact Levine
regarding tuition and texts.
barryvlevine@aol.com ;
(248) 788-0600.
Get a healthy dose of seasonal
satire at director Mark Levenson's
Dysfunctional Holiday Revue, a
fast-paced, interactive comedy
show performed Wednesdays-
Sundays at Second City, 42705
Grand River in Novi. Schedule/
tickets: (248) 348-4448;
www.secondcity.com .
Catch Rachel Sussman and
Alex Sherman in the musical
Thoroughly Modern Millie present-
ed Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17
and Sunday, Nov.18, at Groves
High School, 20500 W.13 Mile in
Beverly Hills. Show times are 7:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30
p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12 for
adults; $10 for grades K-12. (248)
203-3500.
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Visit the magical Scottish
town of Brigadoon in the clas-
sic Lerner and Lowe musical,
presented at Village Players
Playhouse, 34660 Woodward
in Birmingham. Show times are
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,
Nov. 16-17, 23-24; and 2 p.m.
Sundays, Nov. 18 and 25.
Tickets are $15. (248) 644-
2075; or log on to www.
birminghamvillageplayers.com .
Explore issues of social jus-
tice with the UDM Theatre
Company's production of Yussef
El Guindi's black comedy Back
of the Throat opening 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 16, through Dec. 2,
at Marygrove College Theatre,
8425 W. McNichols in Detroit.
Tickets: (313) 993-3270.
Sunflower Symphony by Marji Silk
Support Local Artists
Attend Temple Shir Shalom's Holiday Gift and Arts Sale 9:30
a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at West Bloomfield temple, 3999
Walnut Lake Rd. See and purchase the works of local artists and
meet photographer Marji Silk.
Experience the Farmington
Players production of Cat
on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee
Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning
drama, 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16,
at Barn Theater, 32332 W.12
Mile in Farmington Hills. $13-$15.
Performances weekends through
Dec. 8. (248) 553-2955;
www.farmingtonplayers.org .
1526 Broadway, Detroit. Adults,
$10; students, $5 at door. (248)
644-8747.
Support JET's
next produc-
tion, They're
Playing Our
Song, with
discounted
preview shows
starting Tuesday, Nov. 27, in
Aaron DeRoy Theatre of the West
Bloomfield JCC. The Neil Simon
musical is based on the real-life
relationship of composer Marvin
Hamlisch and lyricist Carole Bayer
Sager. The run is Dec. 2-31, includ-
ing Wednesday and Sunday mati-
nees. Performances/Tickets: (248)
788-2900; www.jettheatre.org .
Socialize at Shaarey Zedek
Sisterhood Movie Night 7:15
See actress Julie Yolles in
Crimes of the Heart, presented
by Stagecrafters through Nov.
18, at the Baldwin Theatre, 415
S. Lafayette in Royal Oak. The
show is suitable for middle-school
students through adult. Tickets:
(248) 541-6430.
Watch auditions for the
Metropolitan Opera at the
Michigan District Competition
beginning 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov.
17, at the Detroit Opera House,
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p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield.
Coffee, cookies and conversation
will follow Shall We Dance, a movie
starring Richard Gere and Jennifer
Lopez. $2 Sisterhood members;
$3 others. (248) 357-5544.
Concerts
Have some laughs with Joanie
Fagan of 3 Blonde Moms at 2 and
7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, and 7 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 19, at Mark Ridley's
Comedy Castle, 269 E. Fourth in
Royal Oak. The show is suitable
for all ages. Tickets: $15 for mati-
nee; $17.50 for evenings. (248)
542-9900.
Enjoy teenage musicians Ari Teitel
and the Jam Society, playing with
special guests, the Electric Roots
Band, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.
21, at AJ's Cafe, 240 W. Nine Mile
in Ferndale. (248) 399-3946.
Education
Dig the hip title of Cantor Frank
Lanzkron-Tamarazo's class,
Minchah & Maariv for Muggles,
concluding 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 15, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt in
Farmington Hills. Participants
need basic Hebrew-reading skills.
Caren Harwood: (248) 851-5100;
charwood@adatshalom.org .