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Talking The Talk
Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Enjoy "PostSecret Project," a
display of 200 original, artistic
postcards depicting secrets anon-
ymously contributed through Dec.
20, at the Janice Charach Gallery
inside the West Bloomfield JCC.
Upstairs, 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.
corn.
Cinema & Stage
Let your voice be heard at an
open audition for Eve Ensler's
play, The Vagina Monologues 7-10
p.m. Tuesday, Dec.11, at National
Council of Jewish Women, Greater
Detroit Section, 26400 Lahser,
Suite 306, in Southfield. The
project is under the auspices of
V-Day, a global movement to stop
violence against women and girls.
NCJW/GDS will use proceeds from
the Feb.19 performance to fund
local anti-violence projects. Find
audition monologues at: www.
ncjwgds.org . Call for an audition
time: (248) 355-3300.
Concerts
Hear the Zamir Chorale open its
season with the Chanukah-themed
"Miracles in Song" featuring
songs in Hebrew, English and
Yiddish. Zamir is under the direc-
tion of David G. Appelman, with
Hannah Waterstone as accompa -
nist. Chaverim, the Hillel Middle
School Choir, will join Zamir for
several selections at the open-
ing event, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Southfield, 27375 Bell Road. No
charge. (248) 357-5544
Travel for the chance to hear
a Chanukah concert featuring
Visions, a Jewish singing trio,
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,1924
Coolidge in East Lansing. Winnie
Rome: (517) 351-3570.
Take in two area performances by
violinist Gabe Bolkosky and pianist
Michele Cooker:
• Kerrytown Concert House, 415
N. Fourth in Ann Arbor: Hear
works by Schumann, Brahms,
Bloch, Kreisler and Debussy 4
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. $10 - $25.
Reservations are recommended:
(734) 769-2999; www.kerrytown -
concerthouse.com .
• Fair Lane Music Guild, Henry
Ford Estate-Fair Lane, 4901
Evergreen, at University of
Michigan-Dearborn: 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 12. Admission is
$15 with discounts available. (313)
593-5330.
Hear violist Yizhak Schotten
and other musicians in Heroes,
a presentation of Ann Arbor
Symphony, 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
8, at the Michigan Theater, 603 E.
Liberty in downtown Ann Arbor.
Ticket holders may join Maestro
Lipsky at 7 for a pre-concert pre-
view. $10-$45. (734) 994-4801;
a2so®a2so.com .
Let the Eisenhower Dance
Ensemble show the Other Side
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Consider the topic of "Jews, Ethnicity
and Language" 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, in
the Janice Charach Gallery of the West
Bloomfield JCC. Lathrup Village-based
Sholem Aleichem Institute presents lecturer
Dr. Neil Jacobs, professor in the Yiddish and
Ashkenazic program at Ohio State University.
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No charge. In addition, attendees are invited
to group at noon and purchase lunch at the
JCC's Milk & Honey restaurant. (248) 423-4406.
of Winter 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 8, at Lake Orion Performing
Arts Center, 495 E. Scripps Rd. in
Lake Orion. $15; $10 for students.
Tickets: (248) 559-2095;
www.ede-dance.org .
Play percussion or brass instru-
ments with the new Motor City
Youth Brass Band rehearsing
6:10-8 p.m. every Thursday, at
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield: 9:30
a.m. Saturday.
• West Bloomfield JCC: 7:30 p.m.
John Page Middle School, 29615
Tawas in Madison Heights. No
charge. For ages 14-22; they get
instruction and performance
opportunities through April 18.
www.mcybb.org .
Saturday.
Join representatives from the
lobbying group AIPAC (American-
Israel Public Affairs Committee)
for a discussion of the current
situation in Israel 10 a.m. Sunday,
Dec. 2, at Congregation Shir
Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Pkwy. in
Troy. No charge. RSVP to Rabbi
Aaron Starr: (248) 649-4418.
Event Hotline
Attend Jonathan Schanzer's
lecture on American Mideast
Policy, a presentation of Zionist
Organization of America, 7
p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, at West
The Masada, Sharon and Szold
groups of Hadassah will host a
Chanuka program featuring Cantor
Frank Lanzkron-Tamarazo of Adat
Shalom in Farmington Hills at a
noon luncheon on Wednesday,
Dec. 5. The couvert is $12 and res-
ervations are required. Contact
Hadassah, (248) 683-5030 for
further information.
Bloomfield JCC. Schanzer is direc-
tor of policy for the Jewish Policy
Center and former U.S. Treasury
Dept. counter-terrorism analyst.
No charge. (248) 208-2773;
myalesegel@finsvcs.com .
Find an opportunity to hear
Ruth Messinger, president of the
American Jewish World Service,
during Social Justice Weekend,
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and
Health
Dec. 1. Messinger will give a first-
hand account of the ongoing geno-
cide in Darfur, Sudan, on Friday
night and Saturday morning. She
discusses Jews as global citizens
on Saturday night. No charge. Her
schedule:
• Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake
Rd. in West Bloomfield: 5:45 p.m.
Friday
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
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Gain understanding about ADD
from the group CHADD (Children
and Adults with Attention-Deficit
Disorder) 7:30-9 p.m. Monday,
Dec. 3, at Way Elementary
School, 765 W. Long Lake Rd.
in Bloomfield Hills. Registration
starts at 7. The Parent Group will
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Functions and AD/HD: Impact at
Home and in School." The Adult
Group presents Arthur Robin
addressing "Cognitive Behavior
Therapy for Treating Adults with
AD/HD." $5 donation for non-
member families. (248) 988-6716;
www.chadd.net .
Feel comforted at Hospice of
Michigan grief support groups 2-
3:30 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 4, at 43097 Woodward, Suite
#102, in Bloomfield Hills. Two
meetings held on first and third
Tuesdays of the month. No charge,
but requires registration. Margie
Martin: (248) 334-1323.
Find help and companionship at
the Time Travelers Stroke Support
Group 10 a.m. every Tuesday, at
Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut
Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield. (248)
737-8700.
Try poses helpful for those with
multiple sclerosis 9:30 a.m.-
noon Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Franklin
Athletic Club in Southfield. Yoga
therapist Mindy Eisenberg leads
the Yoga for MS class. Free. RSVP
by Nov. 30: yogaspiritmindy®aol.
corn; (248) 417-5985.
Helping Out
Members and friends of Sara &
Morris Tugman Bais Chabad Torah
Center will be sending kosher
Chanukah gift packages to Jewish
soldiers in Iraq. Drop off packages
as soon as possible to the office,
5595 West Maple Rd. Call (248)
855-6170 or bctc770@aol.com for
names of recipients to include a
personal message, for gift sugges-
tions and shipping dimensions.
Bring unwrapped and unused
socks, gloves, mittens, hats and
scarves for both adults and chil-
dren to the Project Warmth col-
lection 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays
through Dec. 7, at Birmingham
Area Seniors Coordinating Council