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Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Listen to a talk by featured art-
ist Anat Shiftan, 5-6 p.m. Friday,
March 14, followed by the exhibit's
opening 6-8 p.m., at Pewabic
Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson in
Detroit. Shiftan's "Recent Works
of Still Life" continues through
May 9. Hours: (313) 822-0954 or
www.pewabic.org .
Hear a gallery talk by artists Ted
Lee Hadfield and Janet Hamrick
11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 15, at
Lemberg Gallery, 23241 Woodward
in Ferndale. No charge. Their
multi-media exhibit, "Interwined,"
continues through April 19. (248)
591-6623; www.lemberggallery.
com
Experience the ballet classic
Giselle, performed by Joffrey
Ballet, Friday-Sunday, March 14-
16, at the Detroit Opera House,
1526 Broadway. Schedule/tick-
ets: (313) 237-7464 or www.
MichiganOpera.org .
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.
Peruse the "End of the Year
Spotlight" exhibit, artwork by
senior art students at North
Farmington High School, through
March 15, at City Gallery inside
Costick Center, Eleven Mile
between Middlebelt and Inkster in
Farmington Hills. Hours are 8:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. A sec-
ond exhibition, "Fish Bowl," has its
opening night reception at the gal-
lery 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, March
19, and runs through April 2. City
of Farmington Hills Cultural Arts
Division: (248) 473-1856.
Rare Haggadah
View the Prato Haggadah,
an outstanding medieval-
era Haggadah manuscript,
through May, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd.
in Southfield. This Haggadah,
produced in Spain, is an
unfinished work allowing the
viewer to see the process by
which medieval illuminated
manuscripts were created. The
traveling exhibit from the Rare
Book Collection of the Jewish
Theological Seminary in New York is sponsored by the
Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation. Call about museum
hours and docent-led tours: (248) 357-5544.
Cinema & Stage
Come to the opening of "From
Childer Street to E. Grand Blvd"
5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at
Birmingham Rail District, 2243
Cole Street in Detroit. Marcia
Freedman and Fraser Taylor cre-
ated the paintings and drawings
exhibited through April 12. Details
from Linda Ross: (248) 892-2985
or Linda@lrosscontemporary.com .
Attend the opening reception
for "Still Pulling: Traditional
Printmaking in the Digital Age"
5-8 p.m. Friday, March 21, at
Wayne State University's Elaine
Jacob Gallery and Community
Arts Gallery, 480 W. Hancock in
Detroit. The exhibition is through
May 16. Call for hours and related
public lectures: (313) 993-7813.
Enjoy Gary Grimshaw's 1960s-
era artwork for Detroit's Grande
Ballroom and the MC5 rock
group, through April 17, in the
Woods Gallery, 26415 Scotia in
Huntington Woods. Exhibit runs
daily, except Fridays.
woodsgallery48070@yahoo.com .
Call for details on nomina-
tions taken until April 2 for the
Farmington area's 2008 Artist
in Residence and Distinguished
Service to the Arts Awards.
Details: (248) 248-473-1856.
Answer an open call for avant-
garde artists and performers
to join the 2008 Detroit Fringe
Festival, April 5 in Detroit's Music
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See The Cemetery Club, a
play with humor about three
Jewish widows, 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, March 15-16, at
St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of
Cranbrook, 400 Lone Pine Rd. in
Bloomfield Hills. Tickets: $16; $14
for seniors and students: (248)
737-3687 or
www.stdunstanstheatre.com .
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 Saturday,
March 15, at the Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette in Royal Oak.
Details: www.stagecrafters.org ;
(248) 541-6430.
Follow the yellow brick road to
The Wizard of Oz, a play per-
formed 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. Friday and
Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $15, with discounts
and group rates available. (248)
433-0885.
Laugh with the comedy Ushpizin,
a Hebrew film featuring English
subtitles, 6:30 p.m. Monday,
March 17, at the Northville District
Library, 212 W. Cady in Northville.
No charge. Jewish and Israeli-
style treats will be served. (248)
349-3020.
Reserve a seat for Jewish
Ensemble Theatre's drama,
Women's Minyan, in previews 7:30
p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, March 18-
20, and 5 p.m. Saturday, March
22, at JET's Aaron DeRoy Theater
inside the West Bloomfield JCC.
Opening night is 8 p.m. March
22, with the run through April 13.
American-born, Israeli playwright
Naomi Ragen tells the story of a
mother denied her children when
she flees her abusive husband.
Tickets: $29-$39, with discounts
available. Box office: (248) 788-
2900.
Concerts
Welcome home New York violin-
ist Jannina Barefield, performing
an intimate classical concert
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with pianist Michelle Cook, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 15, at a private
home in Detroit's Palmer Woods
neighborhood. Barefield's appear-
ance is this month's "Music in
Homes" event, sponsored by
the Palmer Woods Music Series.
Barefield, a former student of
maestro Itzhak Perlman, has
soloed with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra and performed at
Carnegie Hall. $25. RSVP: www.
palmerwoods.org or (313) 920-
4864.
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 .
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Hall. A winner may get the chance
to perform with comedian-actress
Sandra Bernhard. Details: rickm@
musichall.org .
Answer "A Call to Wholeness,"
the annual women's con-
ference sponsored by
Oakland Community College
Womencenter 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, March 15, on OCC's
Orchard Ridge campus, 27055
Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington
Hills. $35 includes keynote pre-
sentation with psychotherapist
Bari Berkowitz, two workshops,
continental breakfast and lunch.
Advance registration advised:
(248) 522-3642.
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