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Arts c Culture

Take part in a stimulating book
discussion of the Jewish-themed
The Gravediggers by Joyce Carol
Oates 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, April
28, at Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. No charge. (248) 683-
5030.

View the Prato Haggadah exhibit,
a medieval-era Haggadah manu-
script from Spain, through May,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. See
the process by which medieval
illuminated manuscripts were cre-
ated in the Middle Ages. Museum
hours, docent-led tours: (248)
357-5544.

Appreciate artist-writer Miriam
Brysk's exhibit, "Children of the
Holocaust," through June, at
the Holocaust Memorial Center,
Zekelman Family Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington
Hills. Brysk was a hidden child
in Poland. Museum hours: 9:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays
and until 12:30 p.m. Fridays. No
charge. (248) 553-2400.

Enjoy the beauty of art glass dur-
ing April, which is Michigan Glass
Month:
• Janet Kelman Studio,1205 E.
Lincoln in Royal Oak: Featured
are artists in glass, Kelman and
Martha Croasdale, as well as print-
maker Claudia Hershman. Hours:
(248) 547-8332,
www.janetkelman.com .
• Ariana Gallery,119 S. Main in
Royal Oak: Anne Kuffler's gallery
is exhibiting works of more than
20 artists in her show, "For the

Love of Glass." Hours: (248) 546-
8810, www.arianagallery.com .

Browse the photographic works
on display through April 25, at
Lawrence Street Gallery, 22620
Woodward in Ferndale. Hours:
(248) 544-0394.
www.lawrencestreetga I lery.com .

View the exhibit by artists Karen
Anne Klein and Susan Gold
through April 30, at Arnold Klein
Gallery, 32782 Woodward in Royal
Oak. Hours: (248) 647-7709.

Browse more than 200 student
works at "Waynemania: 2008
WSU Undergraduate Exhibition,"
presented by Elaine L. Jacob
and Community Arts galler-
ies, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays through May 23, at 150
Community Arts Building, on the
Wayne State University campus
in Detroit. No admission charge.
Hours: (313) 577-0770.

Cinema 6, Stage

Catch a performance by Jewish
comic Gary Gulman 8:30 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, April 24-
26, at the Ann Arbor Comedy
Showcase, at 314 E. Liberty in Ann
Arbor. Tickets: $13-$18, includes
two opening acts. (734) 996-
9080.

Have some hearty belly laughs
at a Three Stooges Festival,
six short films starring the old-
time Jewish funny men, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 25, and 2 and 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, at the 80-
year-old Redford Theater,17360
Lahser in Detroit. Come by 7:30
or 1:30 p.m. (matinee) to hear

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the Motor City Theater Organ
Society's organ overture. $5. (313)
258-5806.

Vibrant
Watercolors

Enjoy the paintings
of Marge Hecht
Simon on exhibit
April 21-June 12 at
the Woods Gallery,
26415 Scotia (in the
Huntington Woods
Library). Hours:
10 a.m.- 9 p.m.
A Bold Creation
Monday-Thursday;
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Fridays. Attend the meet-
the-artist reception 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24.

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
afterward. Purchase tickets ($10):
(313) 961-7777, or www.puppetart.
org .

Brace yourself for the salty humor
of Jewish comedian Andrew
"Dice" Clay 7 p.m. Saturday, April
26, at Royal Oak Music Theater,
318 W. Fourth. Tickets: $39.50 and
$55. (248) 399-2980, www.royalo-
akmusictheatre.com .

Webber's musical Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

through April 27, at Starlight
Theater inside Summit Place Mall,
315 N. Telegraph. Schedule/tick-
ets: (248) 335-1788 or www.star-
lighttheater.net .

Ponder the Tony Award-winning
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.

Laugh at the sketch comedy show,
Sex and the Second City, through
April 27, at the Second City,
upstairs from Andiamo's restau-
rant, 42705 Grand River in Novi.
$15-$20. (248) 348-4448, www.
secondcity.com .

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.

Submit entries postmarked by
Thursday, May 1, for Planet Ant
Theatre's sixth annual Film Video
Festival, scheduled June 18-21 in
Hamtramck and Detroit. Details:
www.planetant.com/festival or
(313) 365-4948.

Find joy and humor in the age-old
conflict between parents and chil-
dren (freely based on the Book of
Genesis) in the Stephen Schwartz
musical, Children of Eden, run-
ning weekends April 25-May 18,

Enjoy the Oakland Theater Guild
production of Andrew Lloyd

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at 21730 Madison in Dearborn.
Show times for the Players Guild
of Dearborn: 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets: (313) 561-TKTS, www.play-
ersguildofdearborn.org .

Enter the magical world of Willy
Wonka Junior, a musical per-
formed Thursday-Sunday, May 8-
11, in the Berkshire Middle School
Gymnasium, 21707 W.14 Mile,
east of Lahser, in Beverly Hills.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. nightly,
except for 3 p.m. matinee Sunday.
Tickets: $9, or $7 in advance from
school office, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. week-
days. (248) 203-4700.

Have Dinner With Friends, Donald
Margulies' play about mar-
riage, staged weekends May
2-18, in Southfield's Historic
Burgh theater, 26060 Berg. The
City of Southfield P&R and SRO
Productions offer shows 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets: $12, with dis-
counts available. Reservations:
(248) 796-4645 or
www.srotheater.org .

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Invite a friend to Menopause: The
Musical, through May 18, at the
Gem Theater in Detroit. Details:
(313) 963-9800.

Concerts

Hear the Birmingham-Bloomfield
Symphony Orchestra play dur-
ing 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.

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