net.
• The Importance of Being Ernest:
Oscar Wilde's comedy presented
through April 6.
• Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat: Andrew
Lloyd Webber's musical runs
Friday, April 11-27.
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.
Don't be discouraged by the title,
Urinetown. The Tony Award-win-
ning musical will be performed by
Stagecrafters community theater
through April 13, at Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette in
Royal Oak. Tickets: $16 or $18.
Schedule/box office: (248) 541-
6430.
Concerts
Catch the Detroit Chamber Winds
& Strings' performance of "Horns
O'Plenty II," featuring the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra horn quar-
tet, 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.detroit-
chamberwinds.org .
Take in dances "...From the Heart
of Rock and Roll" with Eisenhower
Dance Ensemble 8 p.m. Saturday,
April 5, at Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts, 44575 Garfield
Rd. in Clinton Township. (586)
286-2222, www.ede-dance.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.
• Friday, April 11: Jesse Palter
Quartet, 8 p.m.
Hear pianist Ingrid Fliter play
with the Chamber Music Society
of Detroit 8 p.m. Saturday, April
5, in Seligman Performing Arts
Center at Detroit Country Day
School, 22305 W.13 Mile in
Beverly Hills. Fliter is winner of
the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award.
The Opus 3 Series concludes with
Jean-Yves Thibaudet on April 12.
Tickets: $43-$75, and students,
$25. Purchase: (248) 855-6070
or www.ComeHearCMSD.org.
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.
Support teenager Ari Teitel
and his band mates when their
group Jam Society plays 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 12, at Small Plates
Restaurant, 310 S. Main in Royal
Oak. Reservations: (248) 543-
3300.
Come to a Michigan Jazz Festival
concert featuring the Cliff Monear
Quartet, with Barbara Ware on
vocals, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, April 13,
at Schoolcraft College, 18600
Haggerty in Livonia. $15. Midge
Ellis: (248) 474-2720.
Event Hotline
Decide by Friday, April 4, on
sampling international kosher
wines and also touring the Prato
Haggadah traveling exhibit,
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. Eric
Nachles of Regal Wine Distributors
leads the tasting. $18. RSVP to
Tobye Bello: (248) 357-5544 or
tbello@shaareyzedek.org .
Enjoy a spring fashion show mod-
eled by local cancer survivors,
ages 12-21, 5-7 p.m. Saturday,
April 5, at Gilda's Club Metro
Detroit, 3517 Rochester Rd. in
Royal Oak. Co-sponsor is the
Queen for a Day organization.
Details: (248) 577-0800, ext.16,
and www.gildasclubdetroit.org .
Take a trip down memory lane
during a bus tour of Old Detroit
1 p.m. Sunday, April 6, depart-
ing Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield.
Co-sponsors are the CSZ Men's
Club and Sisterhood. $15. RSVP to
Ruthe Goldstein: (248) 624-0739.
Attend a Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan program,
"History in the Making," 1:30
p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the West
Bloomfield Community Library,
4600 Walnut Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. The speaker will
be Valery Bazarov, director of
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society's
Location and Family History
Service. Free for JGSMI members;
$5 for guests; includes refresh-
ments. RSVP to Alexandra: (248)
Bookstock Bargains
Shop at Bookstock, the Jewish community's
annual used book and media sale held eight
days, April 6-13, at Laurel Park Place, 37700
Six Mile in Livonia. Schedule: 8:45-11:45 a.m.
(admission $10) and then noon-6 p.m. on first
Sunday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and
noon-6 p.m. on final Sunday, when items are
half-price. Proceeds benefit literacy projects.
National Council of Jewish Women's service
day is Wednesday, April 9. (248) 645-7840, ext.
365.
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Overcoming Abuse
Reserve a seat for Jewish Ensemble
Theatre's drama, Women's Minyan by Naomi
Ragen, presented through April 13, at
JET's Aaron DeRoy Theater inside the West
Bloomfield JCC. The drama about an Orthodox
wife and mother grappling with domestic abuse will resonate
with victimized women in any ethnic group. Schedule: 7:30
p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays; 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m.
Wednesdays. Tickets: $29-$39, with discounts available. Rush
tickets for $18 are offered an hour before show time, as avail-
able. Box office: (248) 788-2900.
496-1324. www.jgsmi.org .
Join Tikvah Group, Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah, for a casino
visit 10 a.m. Monday, April 14,
at MGM Grand Casino and Hotel,
1777 Third in Detroit. After a tour,
group will have lunch at 11:30,
observing dietary laws, in the
casino's Wolfgang Puck Grille.
$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.
Come to the first program in a
Women's Empowerment Series
7 p.m. Monday, April 7, at the
Fisher Jewish Federation build-
ing, 6375 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Hills. Participants will watch the
documentary, Abstinence Comes
to Albuquerque, about the con-
troversial efforts of a mother to
remove abstinence-only-until-mar-
riage sex education from her local
school. A representative from
Planned Parenthood will lead dis-
cussion following the film. Sponsor
is the National Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Section.
No charge. Reservations: (248)
355-3300.
Get help from the free AARP Tax-
Aide program, by appointment
only, to prepare and file federal
tax returns Thursday, 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.
sources of financial assistance
for college-bound students 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15, at the JVS Diem
Building, 29699 Southfield Rd. in
Southfield. Marvin Berman: (248)
233-4209 or mberman®jvsdet.
org .
Try Mambo Marci's Latin dance
classes for exercise and fun
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 .
Health
Give the gift of life at the
Brotherhood of Temple Beth El's
semi-annual blood drive, held in
cooperation with the American
Red Cross, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday,
April 6, in the temple's Handleman
Hall, 7400 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Appointments pre-
ferred. Schedule with Blood Drive
Chair Roy Goodman: (248) 626-
1841.
Gain understanding about
Attention Deficit Disorder,
affecting children and adults,
at a CHADD meeting 7:30-9
p.m. Monday, April 7, at Way
Elementary School, 765 W. Long
Lake Rd. in Bloomfield Hills.
Registration starts at 7 for
separate parent and adult group
lectures. $5 donation requested
for non-CHADD families. Details:
(248) 988-6716; www.chadd.
net/527.
Learn what women especially
need to know about heart
health 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8,
Obtain information about the Central Tower at the waterfall in
interest-free JELS loan and other
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