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Arts & Culture
er of the Museum of Contemporary
Art Detroit (MOCAD), 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 24, at Center
for New Thinking Library, 725 S.
Adams in Birmingham. $10 guests,
$1 less for members. No reserva-
tion needed. (248) 646-0416.
Browse more than 200 student
works at opening of the Elaine
L. Jacob and Community Arts
galleries' "Waynemania: 2008
WSU Undergraduate Exhibition,"
5-8 p.m. Friday, April 18, at 150
Community Arts Building, on the
Wayne State University campus in
Detroit. Exhibit continues Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays through May
23. Free admission. Hours: (313)
577-0770.
Discuss Amy Bloom's book Away
at the JPM/JCC Book Club 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 24, at the Oak Park
JCC. No charge. (248) 967-4030.
Enjoy a photography exhibit at
Lawrence Street Gallery, 22620
Woodward in Ferndale. Running
through April 25, the show hours
are noon-5 p.m. Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays; and
noon-9 p.m. Fridays. (248) 544-
0394. www.lawrencestreetgallery.
Find something special at Pewabic
Pottery's spring sale Friday-
Sunday, April 18-20,10125 E.
Jefferson in Detroit. Pewabic
Society members only may shop
April 18. Tile workshops offered
by reservation, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
weekends. Anat Shiftan's exhibit is
continuing. No charge. Hours: (313)
822-0954 or www.pewabic.org .
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View the work of artists Karen
Anne Klein and Susan Gold
through April 30, at Arnold Klein
Gallery, 32782 Woodward in Royal
Oak. Gallery hours:11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesdays-Saturdays. (248) 647-
7709.
Enjoy 20th century design,
including art deco pieces, at the
Michigan Modernism Exhibition
on the weekend of April 18-20, at
the Southfield Municipal Complex,
26000 Evergreen. Preview party
($50 admission): 7-10 p.m. Friday.
Regular hours ($8): 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
www.MichiganModernism.com .
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
Learn about contemporary art
from writer Marsha Miro, co-found-
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Ages. Museum hours, docent-led
tours: (248) 357-5544.
Cinema & Stage
See award-winning artists at the
Farmington Artists Club spring
exhibit and sale, Wednesday, April
23-27, at Costick Activities Center,
28660 W.11 Mile in Farmington
Hills. Enter through Gate 4. No
admission charge. Hours: (248)
455-9885.
Get out to Sugarloaf, a juried fine
art and craft fair, April 18-20 at
Rock Financial Showplace, 46100
Grand River in Novi. Open 10-a.m.
each day; closes 6 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday. $8; with
discount coupon available at www.
sugarloafartfair.com .
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Celebrate Earth Day with the Michigan Coalition on the
Environment and Jewish Life, Jewish Community Center
Healthy U and Whole Foods 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday,
April 23, outside the West Bloomfield JCC Fitness Club.
Watch a variety of multi-media presentations and pick
up facts and tips for healthy, sustainable living and being
guardians of planet Earth. (248) 642-5393, ext. 7.
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Take in a rare adult puppet perfor-
mance 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
April 25-26, at PuppetART
Theatre, 25 E. Grand River in
Detroit. The show is "Sing-a-
long with Uncle Nappy: Soothing
Melodies for Deranged Children."
Meet puppeteer Jim Napolitano
following. Purchase tickets ($10):
(313) 961-7777, or www.puppetart.
org .
Ponder the Tony Award-win-
ning drama Equus by Peter
Schaffer through April 26, at the
Zeitgeist, 2661 Michigan in Detroit.
Performed by Abreact Theater
Company. Tickets/schedule: reser-
vations@theabreact.com or (313)
247-5270.
See the classic ballet Swan Lake
1 and 5 p.m. Saturday, April 26,
at Mercy High School, 29300 W.
11 Mile in Farmington Hills. High
school students Shayna Simon of
West Bloomfield, Lila Weinstein of
Farmington Hills and Gabbi Stone
of Bloomfield Hills will perform
with the Michigan Classic Ballet
Company. $18, and discounts for
seniors and children. (248) 334-
6964.
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Laugh along with Sex and the
Second City, a sketch comedy
show running through April 27, at
the Second City inside Andiamo's,
42705 Grand River in Novi. $15-
$20. (248) 348-4448,
www.secondcity.com .
Bring a friend to see Menopause:
The Musical, whose run was
extended through Sunday, May
18, at the Gem Theater in Detroit.
Details: (313) 963-9800.
Concerts
Experience La Traviata, conclud-
ing the Ann Arbor Symphony
Orchestra's season 8 p.m. Friday,
April 18, at the Michigan Theatre,
603 E. Liberty in Ann Arbor. $10-
$45. Details/tickets: (734) 994-
4801 or a2so®a2so.com
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39, are invited to join the Dead
Composers Society for dinner
before the concert. $26. RSVP to
Glenn Bugala: glenn®a2so.com
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Enjoy the Oakland Theater Guild
production of Andrew Lloyd
Webber's musical Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
through April 27, at Starlight
Theater inside Summit Place Mall,
315 N. Telegraph. Schedule/tickets:
(248) 335-1788 or www.starlight-
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Appreciate the jazz-folk stylings of
singing guitarist Natalia Zukerman
8 p.m. Friday, April 18, at the Ark,
316 S. Main in Ann Arbor. Her
parents are classical musicians
Eugenia and Pinchas Zukerman.
$15. (734) 761-1415, www.theark.
org .
Listen to Detroit Chamber Winds
& Strings 3 p.m. Sunday, April 20,
at Grosse Pointe United Methodist
Church, 211 Moross in Grosse
Pointe Farms. Laurence Liberson
of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
is one of the musicians. A program
preview starts 2:15. Tickets at door:
$15-$30. (248) 559-2095,
www.detroitchamberwinds.org .
Hear the Birmingham-Bloomfield
Symphony Orchestra play at the
Oakland Choral Society's spring
choral concert 8 p.m. Saturday,
April 26, at St. Paul's United
Methodist Church, 620 Romeo in
Rochester. (248) 391-0184.
Celebrate Israel's 60 years at
an all-Israeli, orchestral concert
featuring four cantors 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd. in
Southfield. The performers are
Cantors Meir Finkelstein, Alberto
Mizhari, David Propis and Chayim
Frenkel. A reception will follow.
Sponsors are the Laker Family
and Alvin and Henrietta Weisberg.
Tickets are required. Tobye Bello:
(248) 357-5544 or tbello®shaar-
eyzedek.org .
Take in the Fair Lane Chamber
Players' final concert of the season
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at
the Henry Ford Estate - Fair Lane
in Dearborn. Café seating begins
at 7. $15, with discounts available:
(313) 593-5330.
Spend an evening with Israeli
singing star Noa and the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, an Israel@60
event, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7,
at the Max M. Fisher Center Music
Center, 3711 Woodward in Detroit.