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Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

Peruse the "End of the Year
Spotlight" exhibit, artwork by
senior art students from North
Farmington High School, through
March 15, at the Costick Center's
City Gallery, 28600 Eleven Mile in
Farmington Hills. Hours are 8:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. City
of Farmington Hills Cultural Arts
Division: (248) 473-1856.

Discuss Naomi Alderman's
book, Disobedience, with
the Congregation Beth Ahm
Sisterhood 1:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 13, at 5075 W. Maple in
West Bloomfield. Joanne Bellet will
present a review. $5 at the door
includes light desserts. Non-mem-
bers are welcome. RSVP by March
7 to Shelley Shindler (248) 661-
8080 or e-mail snslist@aol.com .

Meet freelance writer Ellyce Field
signing copies of her new book,

Michigan Family Field Trips: Fun
Sites for Kids, 2 p.m. Saturday,
March 15, at Borders Books

& Music, 34300 Woodward in
Birmingham. (248) 203-0005.

Cinema & Stage

Submit unpublished works
of adult drama and comedy,
between 10-15 minutes' duration,
for Stagecrafters Community
Theater's upcoming New Works
Festival. Entries are due March
15. Meanwhile, Stagecrafters'
thriller-like drama, Frozen, con-
tinues through March 9, on 2nd
Stage at the Baldwin Theatre, 415
S. Lafayette in Royal Oak. Details:
www.stagecrafters.org ; (248) 541-
6430.

See two Neil Simon comedies:
• Chapter Two, presented by the
Farmington Players Community
Theater: through March 8, at the
Barn Theater, 32332 W.12 Mile in
Farmington Hills. 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets: $13-$15. (248) 553-2955
or www.farmingtonplayers.org .
• Biloxi Blues, presented by
Meadow Brook Theatre: through
March 9, at Oakland U. in
Rochester. Tickets: $22-$38. (248)
377-3300.

Perk up with a mid-week com-
edy, The Devil Wears Prada, on
Sisterhood Movie Night, 7:15
p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. $2
admission for Sisterhood mem-
bers, $3 for guests, includes
refreshments. (248) 357-5544.

Follow the yellow brick road to
The Wizard of Oz, performed
weekends through March 16,
at Andover High School, 4200
Andover in Bloomfield Hills. The
Bloomfield Players Community
Theatre, including Udi Kapen of
West Bloomfield as the Tin Man,
performs at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays.
$15, with discounts and group
rates available. (248) 433-0885.

Concerts

Hear songs-in-the round with Arlo
Guthrie and other folksingers 7:30
p.m. Friday, March 7, at the Ark,

316 S. Main in Ann Arbor. $35.
(734) 763-TKTS, www.theark.org .

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Shabbat Weekend at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt in
Farmington Hills. (248) 851-5100.
•"Havdalah Rocks": 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8. Cantor Frank
Lanzkron-Tamarazo will lead mem-
bers of the Adat Shalom band: Dan
Shere, Gary Graff, Marty Liebman
and Ricky Levine. An acoustic
folk group, Grievous Angel, also
performs.

Drop Off Books

Don't miss bring-
ing your gently used
books and media
to Bookstock's final

Colossal Collection
Day Drive 11 a.m.-1
p.m. Sunday, March

9, behind Bloomfield
Plaza Shopping
Center, southwest corner of Maple and Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Tax receipts are given for donations of books, tapes,
records, videos, CDs and DVDs. Proceeds from Bookstock,
scheduled April 6-13 in Livonia, will assist literacy and other
projects. (248) 645-7840, ext. 365.

• "Synagogue Music: From Past
to Present": 1 p.m. Sunday, March
9. David Appelman directs the

Zamir Chorale of Metropolitan
Detroit with accompanist Hannah
Waterstone. Featured soloists will
be Cantors Lanzkron-Tamarazo
and Pamela Schiffer of Cong.
Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing.

Take in the concert "Geniuses
and Wannabes," presented by
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings,
3 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at
Birmingham Unitarian Church,
38651 Woodward in Bloomfield
Hills. Steven Whiting presents a
concert preview at 2:15. Tickets:
(248) 559-2095 or detroitcham-
berwinds.org .

Event Hotline

Attend the Institute for Retired
Professionals' spring miniseries
every Friday, March 7-28, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Two pro-
grams are offered at 11 a.m.-12:30
p.m. and 1:30-3 p.m. March 7
schedule: morning has historian
Edward Portnoy, "Cartoons of the
Yiddish Press from Warsaw and
New York During the late 19th
and early 20th Centuries," and
the afternoon will feature Dr. Joe
Calarco, professor of theater at
Wayne State University, who will

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Hilberry Theater." March 14: attor-
ney Melanie Goldberg and cultural
anthropologist Beverly Fogelson.
Open to the community, no charge.
IRP: (248) 967-4030, ext. 2018.

Socialize at Kulanu Group of
Hadassah's euchre tournament
and dinner 6 p.m. Saturday,
March 8, at Davidson Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake Rd. in
West Bloomfield. A free refresher
course precedes tournament play
at 7. Cash prizes for the winners,
and raffle tickets are available.
$20 is entry fee. Registration
required: (248) 683-5030.

Catch Irwin Cohen, aka Mr.
Baseball, speaking about "The

Jewish Experience in Detroit"

1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at
the Holocaust Memorial Center,
Zekelman Family Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington
Hills. The Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan presents
native Detroiter Cohen, a writer

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and historian who formerly worked
for the Detroit Tigers. Free for
JGSMI members; $5 for guests.
Refreshements. RSVP: programs®
jgsmi.org or (248) 496-1324.

Meet photographers, deejays,
florists and more at Temple Beth
El Sisterhood's annual Party
Planning Showcase 9:30 a.m.-
3 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at the
synagogue, 7400 Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township. A Bridal
Expo and Trunk Show in the foyer
will feature gowns by local design-
ers. (248) 865-0617, ext. 2.

Join the Jewish Hikers of
Michigan for a hike and possibly
cross-country skiing 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, March 9, at Kensington
Metropark in Milford. Offered in
conjunction with Ann Arbor's
Temple Beth Emeth, the hikes
encourage a love of nature,
spirituality, social interaction and
physical activity. Participants
should dress for outdoor weather,
and bring backpacks, hot choco-
late, munchies and water. Eve
Avrin: (734) 546-9645.

See the future of invention at
"Salsa & Science" events sched-
uled Monday, March 10, on behalf
of Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology. Sponsor is the
Detroit Chapter Women's Task
Force, American Technion Society.
Advance reservations mandatory:
(248) 737-1990; jo®ats.org .

• "We're Dancing with the
Technion Stars" luncheon: Noon-

2 p.m. in Farmington Hills, with
hostess Florine Mark. Meet three

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