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Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Meet exhibiting artists Karen
Anne Klein and Susan Gold 6-8
pm. Friday, April 4, at Arnold
Klein Gallery, 32782 Woodward
in Royal Oak. They will discuss
their work 8 p.m. Thursday, April
17. Gallery hours for their show,
through April 30, are:11 a.m.-5
p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. (248)
647-7709.
See photographs by Ralph Scheer
through May 31, at Oak Park
Library, 14200 Oak Park Blvd.
(248) 855-8223.
Participate in Congregation
Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood Book
Club's discussion of The Book of
Names by Jill Gregory and Karen
Tintori 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield: The
facilitator is Sharon Berry. (248)
357-5544.
Applaud when juror Balthazar
Korab presents awards during
a public reception for Lawrence
Street Gallery's photography
exhibit 6-9 p.m. Friday, April 4,
at 22620 Woodward in Ferndale.
Gallery hours: noon-5 p.m.
Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays; noon-9 p.m. Fridays.
(248) 544-0394.
www.lawrencestreetgallery.com .
Meet artist Miriam Brysk at the
opening reception for her exhibit,
"Children of the Holocaust,"
3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the
Holocaust Memorial Center,
Zekelman Family Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington
Hills. Brysk will speak about her
personal Holocaust history as a
hidden child in Poland. She also
will sign copies of her memoir.
Exhibit runs through June during
museum hours: 9:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m. Sundays-Thursdays and until
12:30 p.m. Fridays. No charge.
(248) 553-2400.
View works of the Michigan
Fine Arts Competition finalists,
through April 11, at Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S.
Cranbrook in Birmingham. Artists
represented include Prudence
Bernstein of West Bloomfield,
Marilyn Blinder of Southfield and
Ann Arbor residents Miriam Brysk
(see item above) and Elizabeth
Schwartz. Free admission. (248)
644-0866.
Come to the show "From Childer
Street to E. Grand Blvd," through
April 12, at Birmingham Rail
District, 2243 Cole, Birmingham.
Marcia Freedman and Fraser
Taylor created the show's paint-
ings and drawings. Freedman will
appear 7 p.m. Wednesday, April
9. Linda Ross: (248) 892-2985 or
Linda@lrosscontemporary.com .
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 .
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 .
EVERYTHING'S
RELATIVE
by Jordan B. Gorfinkel •
View the Prato Haggadah
exhibit, a medieval-era Haggadah
manuscript from Spain on display
through May, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd.
in Southfield. See the process by
which medieval illuminated manu-
scripts were created in the Middle
Ages. Museum hours, docent-led
tours: (248) 357-5544.
• Take a bus trip to the exhibit
10:15 a.m. Monday, April 7, from
the Oak Park JCC. $10 charge
JCC members, $15 for others. JCC
Travel Dept.: (248) 432-5471.
Watch the animated movie
Monsters Inc. with members of
Temple Kol Ami 7 p.m. Saturday,
April 5, at 5085 Walnut Lake Rd.
in West Bloomfield. Charge: $4,
or $12 per family. Treats will be
available at a nominal cost. RSVP:
rssecretary@tkolami.org ; (248)
661-0040.
Cinema & Stage
Buy a ticket for Carousel, Rodgers
and Hammerstein's famous musi-
cal on stage Thursday-Sunday,
April 10-13, at Power Center for
the Performing Arts, 121 Fletcher
in Ann Arbor. This is a University
of Michigan Department of Musical
Theater production. (734) 764-
2538, www.music.umich.edu .
Laugh at Fools, a Neil Simon play,
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April
3-5, in Smith Theater at Oakland
Community College's Orchard
Ridge campus, 27055 Orchard
Lake Rd. in Farmington Hills. The
comic fable is about a Russian
town placed under a curse of stu-
pidity. (248) 341-2270.
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April 3 2008
Watch a political documentary,
Farewell Israel, concluding Temple
Beth El's 2007-2008 Reel Israel
Film series, 7 p.m. Sunday, April
13, in the temple's Alpert Room,
7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Refreshments and a
discussion, led by Dr. Charles
Greenberg, will follow the screen-
ing. No charge. Barbara Grant:
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.
Enjoy the comedy Moonlight and
Magnolias through April 13, at
Meadow Brook Theatre, campus of
Oakland University in Rochester.
The play is about creating the
film, Gone With the Wind. Loren
Bass plays producer David 0.
Selznick. $22-$38. Performance
schedule/tickets: (248) 377-3300.
Try the Shakespearean comedy
Come to opening night of Peter
Schaffer's Tony Award-winning
drama, Equus, 8 p.m. Friday,
April 4, at the Zeitgeist, 2661
Michigan in Detroit. Performed by
Abreact Theater Company, the run
is 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
through April 26, with one mati-
nee scheduled 4 p.m. Sunday,
April 20. Tickets: reservations@
theabreact.com or (313) 247-5270.
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As You Like It, performed by
the Andover Players, 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, April 11-12,
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13,
at Andover High School, 4200
Andover in Bloomfield Hills.
Tickets: $10 for main floor, $8 for
balcony. Some seats will be avail-
able an hour before show. (248)
341-5625.
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Maven Gallery
Slip into a '60s groove
at the "Maven Gallery
Coffeehouse" 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 12, at
Temple Shir Shalom, 3999
Walnut Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. Performers
include folk singer and
comedian Ron Coden,
Cantor Penny Steyer and the Folk All Stars. $25 advance, $20
at door; includes desserts. RSVP: (248) 737-8700.
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.
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The
Traditionalist
Join the Village Players of
Birmingham for Into the Woods,
the Tony Award-winning musical
and adult fairytale romp at the
Village Players Playhouse, 34660
Woodward in Birmingham. Matinee
at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6. Debi
Bernstein-Siegel of Bloomfield
Twp. is the choreographer.
Purchase tickets ($15): (248) 644-
2075 or www.
birminghamvillageplayers.com .
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The
Bubbe
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.
Try the Oakland Theater Guild for
two shows at Starlight Theater
inside Summit Place Mall, 315 N.
Telegraph. Schedule/tickets: (248)
335-1788 or www.starlighttheater.