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Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. See
the process by which medieval illu-
minated manuscripts were created
in the Middle Ages. Museum hours,
docent-led tours: (248) 357-5544.
Find something beautiful at the
40th annual Westacres Artist
Market, a juried fine art show
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 3,
at Westacres Clubhouse, 3700
Westacres in the Commerce-Union
Lake roads area of West Bloomfield.
$2 donation helps Care House of
Oakland County. (248) 360-5323.
See the watercolors of Marge
Hecht Simon, through June 12, in
the Woods Gallery, 26415 Scotia
in Huntington Woods. Open daily
except Friday. (248) 581-2696,
woodsgallery48070@yahoo.com .
It's all "For the Love of Glass," a
show celebrating Anne Kuffler's
21st year of exhibiting art glass,
through May 10, at Ariana Gallery,
119 S. Main, Royal Oak. (248) 546-
8810 or www.arianagallery.com .
Appreciate artist-writer Miriam
Brysk's exhibit, "Children of the
Holocaust," exhibited through
June, at the Holocaust Memorial
Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Rd. in
Farmington Hills. Museum hours:
9:30 a.m.-3:3O p.m. Sundays-
Thursdays and until 12:30 p.m.
Fridays. Free. (248) 553-2400.
Come to the opening of a new
exhibit, "Considering Detroit,"
7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the
Museum of Contemporary Art
Detroit, 4454 Woodward in Detroit.
The MOCAD show, through July 28,
will feature the creativity of seven
artists, including Ellen Cantor, and
the artist collective Time Stereo.
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and
Sunday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday. (313) 832-6622.
Have Dinner With Friends, Donald
Margulies' play about marriage,
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 discounts avail-
able. Reservations: (248) 796-
4645 or www.srotheater.org .
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.
Become informed when Ann Arbor
author Nancy Goldstein presents
a slide program on her new book,
Jackie Ormes: The First African
American Woman Cartoonist, 7
p.m. Monday, May 5, at the Oak
Park Public Library, 14200 Oak
Park Blvd. Free. (248) 691-7483.
See the David-Horodoker
Organization's sponsored film,
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Enter the magical world of Willy
Wonka Junior, a musical performed
Thursday-Sunday, May 8-11, at
Berkshire Middle School, 21707 W.
14 Mile, east of Lahser, in Beverly
Hills. Jewish cast members include
Zach Kozlow as Wonka and also
Corey Shanbom, Sarah Knoll,
Meredith Starkman, Emily Elconin
and Alicia Lerner. Performances:
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 3
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $9, or $7 in
advance: (248) 203-4700.
Cinema & Stage
Browse more than 200 student
works at "Waynemania: 2008
View the Prato Haggadah exhibit,
a medieval-era Haggadah manu-
script from Spain, through May,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
Brother's Shadow, 8 p.m. Thursday,
May 8, at United Artists Theater,
14 Mile and Haggerty. The genera-
tional story about a family in the
Bronx is part of the Lenore Marwil
Jewish Film Festival, and the
screening follows the organization's
annual meeting at 6:45. $10. Arlene
Gendelman: (248) 646-2094.
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Attend Rabbi Joseph Klein's
review and discussion of Yehudah
Amichai's 1998 poetry book, Open
Closed Open, 9:15 a.m. Sunday,
May 11, at Temple Emanu-El, 14450
W.10 Mile in Oak Park. Program is
part of the temple's Israel®60 cel-
ebration. Amichai has been called
Israel's poet laureate. No charge.
Purchase his book for $14 from the
temple office: (248) 967-4020 or
rabbi@rabbiklein.com .
Plan on hearing Prof. liana
Blumberg, author of Houses of
Study - A Jewish Woman Among
Books 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 12,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut
Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield. The
Education Committee of Sisterhood
is presenting Blumberg, runner-up
for the 2007 National Jewish Book
Award in Women's Studies. No
Gifts For Mom
Find gifts for Mother's Day
and other occasions at Art
for Life, sponsored by the
Brown Jewish Community
Adult Day Program, 10 a.m.-
6 p.m. Thursday, May 8, and
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, May
9, in the lobby of the West
Bloomfield JCC. Browse
through jewelry, quilts,
fabric items, Judaica and
pottery by Israeli and local
artists, as well as affordable
treasures made by Brown
program participants. (248)
661-6390.
charge, but requires RSVP by May
7. (248) 357-5544, ext. 48.
See Cindy Williams (TV's Laverne
and Shirley) in Nunsense, through
May 18, at Meadow Brook Theatre
in Rochester. (248) 370-3316.
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, week-
ends through May 18, at Players
Guild of Dearborn Theater, 21730
Madison in Dearborn. 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets: (313) 561-TKTS,
www.playersguildofdearborn.org.
Invite a friend to see Menopause:
The Musical, through May 18, at
the Gem Theater in Detroit. Details:
(313) 963-9800.
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Witness the Michigan debut of Ilya
Yakushev, a prize-winning pianist
from St. Petersburg, Russia, at the
final Pro Musica concert of the sea-
son 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at the
Music Box in the Max Fisher Music
Center, 3711 Woodward in Detroit.
($40): www.detroitsymphony.com
or (313) 576-5111.
Listen to Cuban jazz played by
Ann Arbor's Tumbao Bravo 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 4, at the Oak Park
Public Library, 14200 Oak Park
Blvd. No charge. (248) 691-7483.
Concerts
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Energy Foundation Pop Series,
Thursday-Sunday, May 1-4, at
Max Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward in Detroit. Dave Bennett
and his sextet will perform.
Schedule:10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. (313) 576-
5111, www.detroitsymphony.com .
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Strike up the Birmingham Concert
Band, when former members
playing alongside current musi-
cians, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4,
at Groves High School, 20500 W.
13 Mile in Beverly Hills. The band's
scholarship fund will accept dona-
tions. (248) 647-7586. or www.
birminghamconcertband.com
Spend an evening with Israeli sing-
er Noa and the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 7, at the Max Fisher Music
Center, 3711 Woodward, Detroit,
plus a short film by Oscar-winner
Sue Marx. Tickets, starting at $18,
are available: (313) 576-5111, www.
detroitsymphony.com .
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