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Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets are $12, with a
$2 discount for age 50 and older
or age 12 and younger. Tickets:
(248) 796-4645.

See the art exhibit "Hiddur
Mitzvah," through March 6, at the
Janice Charach Gallery inside the
West Bloomfield JCC. Local artists
created the Jewish ritual objects
on display, and for sale. (248)
432-5448, www.jccdet.org .

between 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
(248) 203-5270 or plynchsenior-
programs@yahoo.com .

Service Honored

See the West Bloomfield
Optimist Club present its
community service award
to U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-
Mich., at the club's weekly
breakfast meeting 7:30-8:30
a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the
Fiddler Restaurant, 6676
Orchard Lake Road. Club
President Wesley Berry will
make the presentation at
an event open to the public.
RSVP to John Keeler: (248)
520-0095.

Leave the driving to the JCC's

Center Travel Dept., offering

Event Hotline

Attend a panel on altruism,
arranged by the Holocaust
Memorial Center's Institute of the
Righteous, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 15, on the Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Rd.
in Farmington Hills. Berkley High
School students will participate in
the workshop focused on spread-
ing the ideals of righteousness
and altruism throughout the
greater Detroit area and beyond.
Call to reserve a kosher lunch:
(248) 553-2400.

Attend "Gesture & Geometry,"
new paintings by Tom Berding
and Michelle Hinebrook, through
March 14, at David Klein Gallery,
163 Townsend in Birmingham.
(248) 433-3700.

Cinema & Stage

Laugh out loud watching Neil
Simon's Biloxi Blues, the last
play in his Eugene Jerome tril-
ogy, through Sunday, March 9, at
Oakland University's Meadowbrook
Theatre in Rochester. Tickets:
$22-$38 and available at the box
office: (248) 377-3300.

Get an in-depth analysis of
the situation in Haiti 10 a.m.
Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Center
for New Thinking Library,
lower level at 725 S. Adams
in Birmingham. The lecturer is
peace activist Rudy Simons, who
obtained his information by trav-
eling to the country. Admission
is $10; $9 for Center members.
Reservations are not required.
www.centerfornewthinking.com .

See Neil Simon's Chapter Two
at the Farmington Players
Community Theater Feb 15-March
8 at the Barn Theater, 32332 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. For times
and tickets, contact (248) 553-
2955 or www.farmingtonplayers.
org .

Celebrate Valentine's Day at an
"I Love Chocolate" presenta-
tion 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at
the Birmingham Area Seniors
Coordinating Council and Center,
2121 Midvale in Birmingham.
Confectioner Gwen Borders will
demonstrate chocolate-making
techniques and answer ques-
tions. $10 includes sampling some
chocolate. Pre-registration at
the center is required by Feb.19,

Check out the comedy Five Tellers
Dancing in the Rain by Mark
Dunn, from SRO Productions and
the City of Southfield P&R, playing
weekends starting Friday, Feb. 22
through March 10, at the theater
in the Historic Burgh, 26060 Berg
in Southfield. The plot involves
five women bank tellers figuring
out their lives (and the men in
them). Performances are 8 p.m.

EVERYTHING'S
RELATIVE
by Jordan B. Gorfinkel

• www.jewishcartoon.com

group bus trips to two upcoming
cultural events. (248) 432-5577,
ext. 7, or (248) 432-5471:
• Biloxi Blues: Head to Rochester
for the matinee performance
2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, and
have lunch before the play at
Alfoccino's Italian Restaurant.
Depart from the West Bloomfield
JCC at 10:15 a.m. and the Oak
Park JCC at 11:45 a.m. $57 charge
for Center members and $67 for
others.
• Grand Rapids Ballet: Enjoy the
final dress rehearsal of Peter
Pan 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 29, at
the Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway in Detroit. Depart from
the West Bloomfield JCC at 8:15
a.m. and the Oak Park JCC at 8:45
a.m. $40 for Center members and
$50 for non-members.

Sen. Levin

classes and activities. Free classes
—including yoga, Pilates and spin
—at the JCC's Center Fitness.
Class size is limited — first-come,
first-served. (248) 661-1000.

Share stories, advice, support and
understanding with other parents
at the "Tough Kid, Tired Parent"
support group led by psycholo-
gist, Dr. Daniel Klein, at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Rd. in
West Bloomfield. Upcoming meet-
ings are 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursday,
Feb. 21, March 6 and 20. RSVP to
Elaine Bertsch: (248) 661-5700 or
elaine@temple-israel.org .

Get help preparing tax returns
from the AARP Tax Assistance
program, for low or moderate
income taxpayers of any age,
through April 10. AARP will
visit senior centers in Southfield
and Royal Oak on Mondays, and
the greater Bloomfield area on
Thursdays. Appointment required:
(888) 227-7699.

Join panelists from the Jewish,
Hispanic, African-American, Asian
and Arab-American communities
for "Breaking Down Barriers,"
a discussion of minority mental
health issues, 6-8:30 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 25, at Oakland Schools, 2111
Pontiac Lake Rd. in Waterford.
Sponsors include Oakland County
Community Network Services'
Anti-Stigma Program. No charge.
Reservations are recommended.

Health

Find ways to live longer at the
free community health program
Healthy U at 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 17, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. The fair will
offer vendors, speakers, exercise

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Find support with the Time
Travelers, a group for those who

have had strokes and related ill-
nesses, 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday,
Feb. 26, at Temple Shir Shalom,
3999 Walnut Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. Shelly Newman: (248)
737-8700.

Call for the schedule of sup-
port groups that meet morn-

ings at the Birmingham Area
Seniors Coordinating Council and
Center (BASCC), 2121 Midvale
in Birmingham. Groups include
Alzheimer's, caregivers, hearing
loss and vision enrichment. (248)
203-5270.

Helping Out

Sort items donated to the used
media drive Bookstock 10 a.m.-
2 p.m. Wednesdays, and also
Thursdays, Feb. 21 and March 13,
behind Bloomfield Plaza Shopping
Center (to the left of Robert Mann
Furs), Maple and Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township. (248) 645-
7840, ext. 365.
• Volunteer to work during the
Bookstock sale, April 6-13, at
Laurel Park Place in Livonia. Help
on April 9, the National Council
of Jewish Women's service day,
by calling Fran Stern: (248) 355-
3300. Join members of Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah by
calling (248) 683-5030.

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