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Check It Out!

Hear Prof. Robert Schefman speak
on "The Language of Art" 2:30
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, at Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. Sponsored by
Sholem Aleichem Institute. Free.
(248) 423-4406.

Womencenter Book Group led

by Arlene Frank at Oakland
Community College Orchard Ridge
Campus' J building will discuss
The Unknown Errors of Our Lives
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni at
1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9. (248)

522-3642.

Get moving with Latin dance les-
sons starting Saturday, Jan. 12, at

the West Bloomfield JCC. Offered
by Mambo Marci Productions, the
eight-week courses do not require
a partner. Class times: beginners,
noon-1 p.m.; intermediate, 1-2 p.m.
$120 charge; $96 for JCC mem-
bers. (248) 432-5540.

Cinema 6, Stage

Watch the movie version of the
book Everything Is Illuminated
on Sisterhood Movie Night
7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield.
Admission is $2 for Sisterhood
members and $3 for others.
Refreshments. (248) 357-5544.

Explore the life of criminal
defense attorney Jacques

Verges in French director Barbet
Schroeder's documentary, Terror's
Advocate, Thursday-Saturday,
Jan. 10-12, at the Detroit Film
Theater, 5020 John R inside the

Detroit Institute of Arts. Verges'
despicable clients included
Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy
and Nazi butcher Klaus Barbie.
Show times: 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
and 9:30 Friday and Saturday.
Tickets: $5-$7.50. (313) 833-
4005, www.dia.org .

Friday, Jan. 11, at Hagopian World
of Rugs, 850 S. Old Woodward
in Birmingham. The evening will
feature Laurence Liberson on
clarinet, Karl Pituch on horn,
and Robert Conway at the piano.
Tickets: (248) 559-2095,
www.detroitchamberwinds.org .

See the Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan's rescheduled
showing of Unlikely Heroes, nar-
rated by Ben Kingsley, 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 13, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center, Zekelman Family
Campus, 28213 Orchard Lake Rd.
in Farmington Hills. Produced by
the Simon Wiesenthal Center,
the film tells stories of Jewish
resistance, courage and human
dignity during the Holocaust. $5
or free for JGS members; includes
refreshments. AlexandraAtGofP@
aol.com , (248) 496-1324.

Listen to folk music at "Return
to the Raven" 9 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 12, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd. in
Southfield. Under the ownership
of the late Herb Cohen, the Raven
Gallery in Southfield was one of
the country's longest running and
most successful coffeehouses.
Admission is $18. RSVP: (248)
357-5544.

Concerts

Enjoy a program of classic and
contemporary music from the
Emerson String Quartet 8
p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in Rackham
Auditorium, 915 E. Washington in
Ann Arbor. The University Musical
Society presents the eight-time
Grammy award winners. Tickets:
(734) 764-2538, www.ums.org .

Audition with adults 19 and up

for the Farmington Community
Chorus 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan.
8 and 15 at the Costick Center,
28600 W.11 Mile, Farmington Hills.
Kathy Hall, (248) 471-4516 or
www. farmingtonchorus.com .

Hear the Detroit Chamber Winds
& Strings in "Trios and More," part
of the Nightnotes Series, 8 p.m.

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Throw T he Book!

Give unwan ted
books and m edia to
Bookstock's C olossal

Collection Day Drive

11 a.m.-1 p.m. S unday,
Jan. 6, at Bloo mfield
Plaza Shopping
Center, southwest
corner of Maple
and Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township
Tax receipts will be p rovided
for donations of used books, books on tape, records, videos,
CDs and DVDs. (248) 6 45-7840, ext. 365.

Travel, (248) 432-5471.

Take in singing father-daughter
duo Steve and Caitlin Klaper at
Azamra, a family concert 1 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 13, at Congregation
Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield
Parkway in Troy. A light lunch of
pizza and salad may be purchased
at 12:15. Door admission is $7 and
no charge for under age 3. For
advance $5 tickets, a check pay-
able to CST Sisterhood is due to
the office by Jan. 4. (248) 649-
4418, cstsisterhood@yahoo.com .

Event Hotline

Register with JCC's Center
Travel to see Andrew Lloyd
Webber's Whistle Down the
Wind 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, at
Detroit's Fisher Theater. The bus
leaves 12:15 p.m. from the West
Bloomfield JCC and returns 5:30
p.m. Departure from the Oak Park
JCC is 12:45 and the return is 5
p.m. Cost: $85 prepaid for JCC
members; $95 others. Center

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Wear your favorite PJs to a fam-
ily bingo-pajama party 5 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 13, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middfebelt in
Farmington Hills. The Sisterhood
welcomes families of all ages.
The charge of $7.50 per person,
to a maximum of $30 per family,
includes dinner and bingo. Check
payable to Sisterhood of Adat
Shalom is due to the synagogue
office by Jan. 7. (248) 851-5100.

Consider joining a mission to
Israel under the auspices of the
Sara and Morris Tugman Bais
Chabad Torah Center in West
Bloomfield. The trip departs
in late March. Learn more at
bctc770@aol.com ; (248) 855-
6170, ext.1.

tion at 7) Monday, Jan. 7, at
Way Elementary School, 765 W.
Long Lake Rd. in Bloomfield Hills.
Presented by CHADD (Children
and Adults with Attention-Deficit
Disorder), teens and pre-teens
may attend with their parents. An
adult support group will take place
in another room. Admission is $5
donation per non-member family.
(248) 988-6716,
WW w.chadd.net/527.

Helping Out

Put in some time to assist Council
Thrift, a store run by National

Health

Council of Jewish Women in
Berkley. No experience is neces-
sary to straighten shelves and
racks, decorate, hang and tag
clothes and perform other duties.
The store also seeks display fix-
tures. Volunteer with Kelly: (248)
548-6664.

Listen to the experiences of

Sort items donated to the used

college students coping with
AD/HD 7:30-9 p.m. (registra-

media drive Bookstock 10 a.m.-2
p.m. every Wednesday and also
Thursday, Jan. 10, at Bloomfield
Plaza Shopping Center, southwest
corner of Maple and Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township. (248) 645-
7840, ext. 365.

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Have brunch and make do Its for
child hospital patients dun ng the
open board meeting of Elea nor
Roosevelt Group of Hadassa
9:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, at
the Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. No special skills are
required to help with the doll
project. The $12 brunch charge is
waived for those joining Hadassah
at this event. (248) 683-5030.

