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Arts & Culture

Arts Division: (248) 473-1856.

Hear author Rachel Dewoskin
discuss modern-day China and
her novel Foreign Babes in Beijing
7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27,
at the Ann Arbor District Library,
343 S. Fifth Ave., Ann Arbor, (734)
327-4200.

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.

Come to "From Childer Street
to E. Grand Blvd," exhibited
through April 12, at Birmingham
Rail District, 2243 Cole Street
in Detroit. Marcia Freedman and
Fraser Taylor created the show's
paintings and drawings. Linda
Ross: (248) 892-2985 or Linda®
Irosscontemporary.com .

Peruse the "Fish Bowl," artwork
by seniors at North Farmington
High School, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
weekdays, through April 2, at
City Gallery inside Costick Center,
Eleven Mile between Middlebelt
and Inkster in Farmington Hills.
City of Farmington Hills Cultural

Study the multi-media exhibit,
"Interwined," through April 19, at
Lemberg Gallery, 23241 Woodward
in Ferndale. Free admission. Hours:
(248) 591-6623;
www.lemberggallery.com .

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Reserve a seat for Jewish Ensemble
Theatre's drama Women's Minyan in
previews 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March
20, and 5 p.m. Saturday, March 22,
at JET's Aaron DeRoy Theater inside
the West Bloomfield JCC. Opening
night is 8:30 p.m. March 22, and the
run concludes April 13. In addition
to the times listed in last week's JN, there will be a matinee 2
p.m. this Sunday, March 23. 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.

Cinema & Stage

Concerts

Stay for the animated film The
Prince of Egypt following Kiddush
12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph
in Bloomfield Township. No charge
for members and guests, including
children. Lunch is available for $5.
RSVP: (248) 851-1000, ext. 3142.

Hear Vladimir Feltsman, a
Russian-born, American pianist,
play with the Chamber Music
Society of Detroit 8 p.m. Saturday,
March 22, in Seligman Performing
Arts Center at Detroit Country
Day School, 22305 W.13 Mile
in Beverly Hills. Two additional
concerts in the Opus 3 Series are
scheduled Saturdays, April 5 and
April 12. Subscriptions: $87-$210.
Individual concerts also avail-
able: (248) 855-6070 or www.
ComeHearCMSD.org .

Don't be discouraged by the title,

Urinetown. The sharp social satire

and Tony Award-winning Broadway
musical will be performed by
Stagecrafters community theater
starting 8 p.m. Friday, March 28-
April 13, at Baldwin Theatre, 415
S. Lafayette in Royal Oak. Tickets:
$16 or $18. Schedule/box office:
(248) 541-6430.

Check for remaining tickets to
Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up appear-
ance 7 p.m. Friday, May 16, at the
Fox Theatre in Detroit. Tickets:
$48-$78, via (248) 433-1515 or
Ticketmaster.com . Details: (313)
471-6611.

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Enjoy a concert featuring the
Amstel Quartet, Dutch saxophone
artists, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April
3, at the West Bloomfield JCC. No
charge or reservations to attend
this program of the JCC's Institute
for Retired Professionals. IRP:
(248) 967-4030, ext. 2018.

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Enjoy the adult but clean humor
of comedian Keith Barany 9
p.m. Thursday, March 20, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. Free
program sponsored by the Sidney
Katzman Memorial Purim Fund.
(248) 357-5544.

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Wax nostalgic at an exhibit featur-
ing weathercaster Sonny Eliot,
Ernie Harwell and four more
of Detroit's most notable radio
personalities of the past and
present, through Aug. 24, at
the Detroit Historical Museum,
5401 Woodward. The "Detroit's
Classic Radio Voices" exhibit fea-
tures artifacts, photos and audio.
Admission: $6, with discounts
available. (313) 833-1805 or www.
detroithistorical.org .

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View the Prato Haggadah exhibit,
an outstanding medieval-era
Haggadah manuscript writ-
ten in Spain, through May, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. See
the process by which medieval
illuminated manuscripts were
created in the Middle Ages. 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.
Museum hours/docent-led tours:
(248) 357-5544.

See the work of the Michigan
Fine Arts Competition finalists,
through April 11, at Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S.
Cranbrook in Birmingham. Jewish
artists represented are Prudence
Bernstein of West Bloomfield,
Marilyn Blinder of Southfield and
Ann Arbor residents Miriam Brysk
and Elizabeth Schwartz. Free
admission. (248) 644-0866.

See the Museum of Contemporary
Art Detroit (MOCAD) gleam at
Gold, a fundraiser featuring art,
music and fashion Saturday,
March 29, at MOCAD, 4454
Woodward in Detroit. The muse-
um's New Wave Committee hosts.
The exhibitions Holy Hip Hop! New
Paintings by Alex Melamid and
ReFusing Fashion can be viewed.
$75 VIP admission, starting at
7:30 p.m., includes fine-dining
cuisine, open bar and performance
artists Martha Colburn and Ian
Clark. $15, for admission at 9:30
p.m., includes a chance to hear 10
bands; cash bar. www.mocadetroit.
com/gold or (313) 832-6622.

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Appreciate the exhibit "Still
Pulling: Traditional Printmaking in
the Digital Age" through May 16,
at Wayne State University's Elaine
Jacob Gallery and Community
Arts Gallery, 480 W. Hancock in
Detroit. Hours: (313) 993-7813.

Answer an open call for avant-
garde artists and performers
to join the 2008 Detroit Fringe
Festival, scheduled April 5 in
Detroit's Music Hall. A winner may
get the chance to perform with
Jewish comedian-actress Sandra
Bernhard. Details: rickm®musi-
chall.org .

Attend the College for Creative
Studies' Woodward Lecture Series
featuring writer and painter Mira
Schor 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March
27 at the Wendell W. Anderson
Jr. Auditorium in the Walter B.
Ford II Building at John R. and
Frederick Douglass in Detroit.
(313) 664.7800; www.collegefor-
creativestudies.edu .

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Take in artist Anat Shiftan,
through May 9, at Pewabic
Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson in
Detroit. Shiftan works from histor-
ic representations of nature. Free
admission. Hours: (313) 822-0954
or www.pewabic.org .

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Attend the Institute for Retired
Professionals' spring miniseries
continuing Fridays, March 21 and
28, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Two programs are offered at 11
a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-3 p.m.
Schedule March 21: morning has
Detroit Free Press Editorial Page
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