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Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

Look over a photography exhibi-
tion featuring Ralph Scheer dur-
ing library hours through Dec.
31 at the Farmington Community
Library, 32737 W.12 Mile in
Farmington Hills. (248) 855-8223.

Visit Janet Kelman's Glass Studio
for unique holiday gifts 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at 1205 E.
Lincoln in Royal Oak. (248) 547-
8332; glass@janetkelman.com

See seven printmakers in the
exhibit "Printer X 7" Wednesday-
Saturdays through Dec. 1, at
Lawrence Street Gallery, 22620
Woodward in Ferndale. Exhibit
hours: (248) 544-0394;
www.lawrencestreetgallery.com .

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: noon-6
p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; noon-9
p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon-4 p.m.
Sunday. (734) 997-7012;
www.thegalleryproject.com .

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.

Catch the exhibit "Kristin Beaver:
From the Top" through Dec.15 at

Genocide In Darfur

David Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend
in Birmingham. Hours are 11
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. (248) 433-3700;
www.dkgallery.com .

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. Go upstairs to see
how six local artists have depicted
secrets through various mediums.
They are: 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 .

Consider works by David X. Levine,
Suzanne Silver, Anna Kunz and
Judy Melissa Oresky, some of the
artists in the Thinking in Color
exhibit, through Jan. 5, at the
Lemberg Gallery, 23241 Woodward
in Ferndale.

Cinema & Stage

Revisit the classic Lerner and Lowe
musical Brigadoon on stage at the
Village Players Playhouse, 34660
Woodward in Birmingham. times
are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 23-24; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
25. $15. (248) 644-2075; www.
birminghamvillageplayers.com .

Follow the yellow brick road to
tryouts for the Bloomfield Players
Community Theatre's produc-

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Gather for Shabbat dinner and soul-
ful, Carlebach-style davening "in
the round" 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield B'nai Israel Center, 4200
Walnut Lake Rd. Ruth Messinger,
president of the American Jewish
World Service, will give her first-
hand account of the genocidal cam-
paign in Darfur, Sudan. Friday night
dinner charge: $15 for adults; $8 for
children. RSVP for dinner: (248) 357-
5544.
Messinger will also speak at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec.1.

tion of The Wizard of Oz Monday,
Nov. 26 and Wednesday, Nov. 28,
at Andover High School, 4200
Andover in Bloomfield Township.
Schedule: registration, 6 p.m.;
ages 8 years through teen audi-
tion, 6:30-8 p.m.; adults audition,
8-10 p.m. Come prepared to sing,
dance and read for a part and
bring a non-returnable recent
photo or $1 for a Polaroid photo.
Show dates are March 7-9 and 14-
16. www.bloomfieldplayers.org .

Socialize at Sisterhood Movie
Night 7:15 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.

Experience the Farmington
Players' production of Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams'
Pulitzer Prize-winning drama,
weekends through Dec. 8, at
Barn Theater, 32332 W.12 Mile in
Farmington Hills. $13-$15.
www.farmingtonplayers.org ; (248)
553-2955.

Get a healthy dose of seasonal
satire watching director Mark
Levenson's Dysfunctional Holiday
Revue, an interactive sketch com-
edy show performed Wednesdays-
Sundays at Second City, 42705
Grand River in Novi. Schedule/
tickets: (248) 348-4448; www.
secondcity.com .

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Enjoy a variety of music styles at
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N.
Fourth in Ann Arbor. Reservations
recommended: (734) 769-2999;
www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
• Today's Brass: A holiday music
program will be presented 11 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1. Musicians are
David Ammer, Joseph DeMarsh,
Jean Moorehead Libs, Brian
Robson and Alan Taplin. $10-$25,
including light refreshments.
• Paper Moon: Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning composer and pianist William
Bolcom and his wife, mezzo-
soprano Joan Morris, will give two
shows 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
1. Their program, "The Great Song
Jewelers," features American
popular songs by Irving Berlin and
other composers. $15-$30.
• Classical: Violinist Gabe
Bolkosky and pianist Michele
Cooker will play works by
Schumann, Brahms, Bloch,
Kreisler and Debussy 4 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2. $10-$25.
• Chamber: No charge to attend
concert 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3.

Go back a few million years at
Walking with Dinosaurs - the Live
Experience 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23,
and 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
24, at Cobo Arena in Detroit. The
award-winning BBC series has
been transformed into a theatri-
cal experience with recreations
of 15 life-sized dinosaurs. Details:
www.dinosaurlive.com . $38.50-
$72.50. Purchase tickets at
Olympiaentertainment.com ; (248)
645-6666.

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Hear scholar Robert Rockaway's
talk, "Callous Indifference: A
Holocaust Story," 4 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 25, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center, Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Rd.
in Farmington Hills. Rockaway will
speak of a Viennese Jewish refu-
gee in New York's unsuccessful,
four-year struggle to obtain a U.S.
visa for his parents. No charge.
(248) 553-2400, ext.12.

Spend an evening with Rabbi
Lee Buckman and ORT Moscow
student Danny Agukin, who is
spending this semester at Frankel
Jewish Academy, at a meet-
ing of Glennwood ORT 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Echo
Valley Condominiums Clubhouse in
Farmington Hills. Space is limited.
RSVP to Sylvia Marcus: (248)
642-2765.

Attend Detroit Mayor Kwame
Kilpatrick's talk, "Detroit's
Economy, Today and Tomorrow,"
7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at
the West Bloomfield JCC. The
Institute for Retired Professionals
invites the community to attend at
no charge. IRP office: (248) 967-
4030.

