(313) 247-5270.

Enjoy the comedy Moonlight and
Magnolias through April 13, at
Meadow Brook Theatre, campus of
Oakland University in Rochester.
The two main characters are David
0. Selznick and Ben Hecht who
wrote and produced the film Gone
With the Wind. Loren Bass plays
Selznick. $22-$38. Forum on Gone
With the Wind is 10 a.m. Friday,
March 28, for $10. Play tickets/
schedule: (248) 377-3300.

Join the Village Players of
Birmingham for Into the Woods,
the Tony Award-winning musi-
cal and adult fairytale romp at
the Village Players Playhouse,
34660 Woodward in Birmingham.
The Friday and Saturday perfor-
mances are 8 p.m. March 28-29,
with matinees at 2 p.m. Sundays,
April 6. Debi Bernstein-Siegel of
Bloomfield Twp. is the choreogra-
pher. Purchase tickets ($15): (248)
644-2075 or online at www.
birminghamvillageplayers.com .

Audition for Romeo and Juliet, a
Water Works Theatre Company
production, 2-8 p.m. Sunday, April
6, or 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, April 8,
at St. John's Episcopal Church,
29698 Woodward in Royal Oak.
The play will be performed out-
doors July 24-Aug.10, in Royal
Oak's Starr Park. Details: (248)
399-3727.

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.

Gather for Cast a Giant Shadow,
an epic film on the founding of
Israel starring Kirk Douglas, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 8, at Congregation
Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln in
Oak Park. The evening includes a
live, audio interview with Douglas.
$5 charge includes refreshments.
RSVP: (248) 547-7970.

Check for remaining tickets to
Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up com-
edy performances 7 and 10 p.m.
Friday, May 16, at the Fox Theatre

in Detroit. Tickets: $48-$78, via
(248) 433-1515 or Ticketmaster.
corn. Details: (313) 471-6611.

Concerts

Tap your feet to Neil Barlow's
Oakland Brass Band 8 p.m. Friday,
March 28, at Royal Oak High
School, 1500 Lexington Blvd. $12
and $9. Tickets: (248) 931-5169.

Take in the Detroit Woodwind
Quintet's chamber music concert
2 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at the
Oak Park Public Library, 14200
Oak Park Blvd. Founded by Sylvia
Starkman, this is the longest
continually existing wind chamber
ensemble in the Detroit area. No
admission charge. (248) 691-7483.

Catch the Detroit Chamber Winds
& Strings performance of "Horns
O'Plenty II," featuring the DSO
horn quartet, 8:30 p.m. Friday,
April 4, at Hagopian World of
Rugs, 850 S. Old Woodward in
Birmingham. A reception starts
at 8. Tickets: (248) 559-2095 or
www.detroitchamberwinds.org .

Attend upcoming musical pro-
grams at Kerrytown Concert
House, 415 N. Fourth in Ann Arbor.
Tickets: $5-$25, unless otherwise
indicated. Reservations/full sched-
ule: www.kerrytownconcerthouse.
com or (734) 769-2999.
• Saturday, April 5: Opus 21, 8
p.m. The contemporary musical
ensemble includes violinist Gabriel
Bolkosky.
• Sunday, April 6: KCH Classical
Series, 4 p.m. The Beethoven
program features violinist Aaron
Berofsky.
• Monday, April 7: Mad About
Chamber Music, 8 p.m. No charge.

Listen to the Verdehr Trio
- including violin, clarinet and
piano - 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6,
at Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.12
Mile in Farmington Hills. Tickets:
$18 and $21. (248) 788-9338.

Event Hotline

Consider "Jewish History Though
the Lens of Sports: Present-
Day Challenges to Jewish Group
Identity," presented by History
Prof. Jeffrey Gurock of Yeshiva
University, 1 p.m. Sunday, March
30, at Young Israel of Southfield,

27705 Lahser in Southfield. In
addition to YIS, co-sponsors are
the Jewish Forum and Cohn-
Haddow Center for Judaic Studies.
No charge, but RSVP by March 27:
(313) 577-2679.

Photo Exhibit
Meet photographer Ralph
Scheer noon-3 p.m.
Saturday, April 5, at Oak
Park Library, 14200 Oak
Park Blvd. His work will be
on display April 1-May 31.
(248) 855-8223.

Try Mambo Marci's Latin dance
classes for exercise and fun, held
Saturdays, through May 10, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Intermediate
level, noon-1 p.m. and beginners,
1-2 p.m. Tuition questions: (248)
432-5495 or www.jccdet.org .
Dance questions: (586) 506-8891
or marcimambo@yahoo.com .

See places of Jewish history
on the Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Men's Club and Sisterhood
bus tour of Old Detroit 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, leaving from
the synagogue, 27375 Bell Rd.
in Southfield. $15. RSVP to the
Sisterhood Office or call Ruthe
Goldstein: (248) 624-0739.

Join Tikvah Group, Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, at
MGM Grand Casino and Hotel,
Monday, April 14, at 1777 Third
in Detroit. Tour casino at 10 a.m.
and have lunch, observing dietary
laws, at 11:30 in the casino's
Wolfgang Puck Grille. Fee: $36,
or $54 if joining Hadassah at
this event. Parking is free in the
casino garage. RSVP by April 7 to
Pauline: (248) 593-9555.

Sample kosher wines from Israel
and around the world, and also
tour the Prato Haggadah travel-
ing exhibit, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 10, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd.
in Southfield. The tasting is led
by Eric Nachles of Regal Wine
Distributors. $18. RSVP to Tobye
Bello no later than April 4: (248)
357-5544 or tbello@shaareyze-
dek.org .

Attend the Institute for Retired
Professionals' spring miniseries,
concluding Friday, March 28, at
the West Bloomfield JCC. Morning
program, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., has
University of Detroit Mercy Law
Professor Larry Dubin on "A
Tale of Three African-American
Lawyers Who Have Changed
America: Virgil Hawkins, Fred Gray
and Barack Obama." Afternoon
session, 1:30-3 p.m., presents
David Magidson, director of

Photograph by Ralph Scheer

the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film
Festival, previewing the upcoming
series. Open to the community at
no charge. IRP: (248) 967-4030,
ext. 2018.

Get help from the free AARP Tax-
Aide program, by appointment
only, to prepare and file federal
tax returns Thursdays, March 27-
April 10, at Bloomfield Township
Senior Services, 7273 Wing Lake
Rd. If you received Social Security
or had earned income of $3,000
or more, you should qualify for
an economic stimulus rebate of
at least $300. The AARP service
is also available at other senior
centers. Appointments: (888) 227-
7699.

Learn the "ABCs of Remodeling"
6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April
1, at Doyle Center, 7275 Wing
Lake Rd., west of Telegraph, in
Bloomfield Hills. Event for hom-
eowners offers vendors for con-
struction and remodeling services.
A panel will discuss aspects of
remodeling projects. Sponsors
are Building Industry Association
of Southeastern Michigan and
NAHBR Professional Remodelers.
Free admission. (248) 862-1008.

Health

Become informed about inflam-
matory bowel disease at "Living
Healthy with Crohn's & Colitis,"
10:30 a.m.-4:3O p.m. Sunday,
March 30, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. The program features a panel
discussion with health profes-
sionals from Henry Ford Health
System and William Beaumont

Hospital. Lecturers will include
fitness expert Peter Nielsen,
author Jill Sklar, yoga and
meditation specialist Linda Kay,
psychologist Sammi Siegel and
Bernie Riker, executive director of
Michigan chapter, Crohn's & Colitis
Foundation of America. CCFA is
the presenter along with the JCC's
Healthy U initiative. Free admis-
sion, but advance registration is
required: stokowitz@jccdet.org or
(248) 432-5494.

Meet registered dietician Beverly
Price, signing copies of her new
yoga and eating disorder DVD,

Reconnect with Food...Unplugged,

7-9 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 500
S. Main in Royal Oak. Price has
a practice in Huntington Woods.
(248). 336-9490.

Attend the Nutritious Food
Series, seminars offering insights
to provide children with deli-
cious, nutritious meals, 7-8
p.m. Wednesdays, April 2-16, at
the Jewish Community Center
of Washtenaw County's Early
Childhood Center, 2935 Birch
Hollow in Ann Arbor. $20 each.
Noreen DeYoung: ndeyoung®
umich.edu . Next seminars:
• "Lunchbox - Not Peanut Butter
Sandwich Again," April 2.
• "Drink! Drink! Drink! But Not
Soda," April 9.

Give the gift of life at the semi-
annual blood drive sponsored by
Brotherhood of Temple Beth El,
in cooperation with the American

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