To Do! 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 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. EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • MY ✓08 15 50 M/SERABLE, iy:)Ni-r KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO GO ON. C14 November 15 • 2007 @200 2 BY GO RFTE XT PRODUCTION S INC. ALL R IGHTS RES ERV E D. wwwjewishcartoon.corn A VERY DAY VHAT YOUR A4A5T.eli FILL-5 YOUR SUPPER I)/5H 15 A GAY VHA-r YOU -SHOULD CE44,BRATI 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, BECCA BETH("BERNIE The Altruist The Realist The Idealist WOW, ZAY.6.51 WHERE/1) YOU 1-EARN THAT FROM? .44-V/T/CUS? P6AL.M5 ?,./05? LOUIS latiV ZAYDS VAR. The Perplexed - NA'w The Rebel The Traditionalist BUBS The Bubbe 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 .