To Do!
Calendar from page C15
Catch the Detroit Chamber Winds
& Strings' performance, starting
with an 8 p.m. reception, Friday,
May 9, at Hagopian World of
Rugs, 850 S. Old Woodward in
Birmingham. Tickets: (248) 559-
2095 or the Web site
www.detroitchamberwinds.org .
Smile at the witty and silky har-
monies of the Chenille Sisters
trio, part of the Vivace Music
Series, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10,
at Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.
12 Mile in Farmington Hills. $21;
seniors/students get discount.
Joyce Cheresh: (248) 661-9338.
Event Hotline
Join the Center for New Thinking
for its final program, reflecting on
the group's history and sharing
refreshments, 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
May 3, at Center for New Thinking
Library, 725 S. Adams (lower level)
in Birmingham. Admission: $9
members, $10 for others. No reser-
vation needed. (248) 646-0416:
• Browse and purchase the
Center's books 12:30-3 p.m.
Saturday. Many volumes in the col-
lection contain notes and annota-
tions by the founder, the late Rabbi
Sherwin Wine.
Attend the community's annual
Holocaust commemoration
event 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at
the Holocaust Memorial Center,
Zekelman Family Campus, 28123
Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington
Hills. Details from Jeff Kahan, B'nai
B'rith Einstein Unit: (248) 362-
4666.
Attend a community celebra-
tion with lots of free family fun
for the City of Southfield's 50th
anniversary 2 p.m. Sunday, May
4, at Southfield Pavilion, 26000
Evergreen. Features include musi-
cal entertainment, Miss America
visit, ice skating in the Sports
Arena, 2-8; tethered hot air balloon
rides, 6:30-8:30, and fireworks dis-
play, 9. (248) 796-5130.
Do the hora at an Israeli dance
party 5-7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4,
at the Jewish Community Center
of Washtenaw County, 2935 Birch
Hollow in Ann Arbor. Tom Starks
will lead. Cost: $5 adult/$8 per
family. Details: (734) 971-0990; or
a2rikud@gmail.com .
Have fun and maybe win cash at a
mah jongg tournament 6:30-11 p.m.
Tuesday, May 6, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake in West
Bloomfield. Galilee Chapter of
Jewish Women International spon-
sors the event, which includes
raffle tickets and refreshments.
Admission: $20. Leigh: (248) 737-
8832.
Find collectible and popular books,
plus audio/visual items, at a used
book sale Tuesday-Saturday, May
6-10, at the Commerce Township
Community Library, 2869 N.
Pontiac Trail. Hours:10:30 a.m.-
8:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, and
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday. (248) 669-8108.
Health
Bring your family to a commu-
nity-wide open house noon-4 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, at Beaumont
Medical Center, 6900 Orchard Lake
Rd. in West Bloomfield. Features
include free health checks, sports
medicine and dermatology doctors,
nutritionist, puppet show, raffle
for a children's bike and helmet.
No charge. Carla Schwartz: (248)
551-9001.
Gain understanding about "Women
and ADD" at the next meet-
ing of CHADD, a support group
for Attention Deficit Disorder,
7:30-9 p.m. Monday, May 5, 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.
Find comfort at Living On, a grief
support group sponsored by
Hospice of Michigan, 2-3:30 p.m.
and also 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
May 6 and 20, at HOM, 43097
Woodward, Suite 102, in Bloomfield
Hills. No charge. Register with
Margie Martin: (248) 334-1323.
Watch actress Marcia Gay Harden
in Canvas, exploring the impact
of mental illness on a family,
7-9:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
B`nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut
Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield. The
Kadima-sponsored program also
features Elliot Luby, MD, to answer
audience questions following the
film. Donation: $10. RSVP to Paula:
(248) 559-8235, ext.122, or
Paulas@kadimacenter.org .
Call for a schedule of support
groups that meet mornings at
the Birmingham Area Seniors
Coordinating Council and Center,
2121 Midvale in Birmingham.
Groups include Alzheimer's, care-
givers and vision enrichment.
(248) 203-5270.
Helping Out
Get involved as a mentor to an
at-risk youth in Oakland County
through Mentor Connection, a
non-sectarian program of Jewish
Family Service. Learn more from
Katie Holden: (248) 592-2317,
kholden®jfsdetroit.org .
Encourage the growth of the
Museum of Contemporary Art
attending its "Be in Art" benefit
Saturday, May 3, at MOCAD, 4454
Woodward in Detroit. Donors of
A Day For Women
Join Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood for its annual Lois Linden Nelson
Woman's World 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd. in Southfield. The day includes conti-
nental breakfast, noon luncheon, boutique shopping and raffle. Sherry
Margolis, Fox2 News anchor, will interview keynote speaker Lauren
Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada. Tickets ($54) available
from Laynie Langnas: (248) 357-5544, ext. 48.
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$500 or more will dine amidst art-
work, including a gallery made into
an 18th Century Louis XIV barn-
yard, 6-8 p.m. The evening con-
tinues with a silent auction
and music for dancing until mid-
night. Party only ($125) includes
hors d'oeuvres and desserts. (313)
832-6622.
Join Glennwood ORT for a Chinese
auction 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at
Hoa Hoa Inn, 31162 Novi Rd. at 14
Mile. Bring a new or slightly used,
unwrapped item worth at least
$5 for the auction. Proceeds will
support ORT schools worldwide.
Dinner charge: $20. RSVP to
Debbie Warner: (248) 474-6945.
Hear from Kenneth Edelin, MD,
a national leader for healthcare
rights, at the Planned Parenthood
Mid and South's fund-raising
luncheon noon Thursday, May 8,
at the Troy Marriott, 200 W. Big
Beaver. Tickets: $85 in advance;
patron tickets also available: (734)
973-0710, or www.plannedparent-
hood.org/midsouthmi/
Support music education at
"Melody in Bloom," a silent auc-
tion sponsored by the Harrison
High School Music Boosters, 7
p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Costick
Center, 28600 W.11 Mile in
Farmington Hills. Tickets: $25; $8
for senior citizens, includes appe-
tizers and entertainment provided
by Harrison's jazz bands and cham-
ber ensembles. www.harrisonmu-
sicboosters.org .
Volunteer at stores operated by
Jewish Apartments & Services.
Work morning hours at choice of
JAS buildings in Oak Park and West
Bloomfield. Michal Ram: (248) 592-
1104; mram@jasmi.org .
,Write Your
Memoir
ell your story
for future generations
at a series of classes on
memoir writing for senior
adults 2-3 p.m. every
Thursday through May 22,
at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Tuition and writing
materials are provided at
no charge, but register first
with Noemi: (248) 432-
5486.
in Troy. Purchase tickets ($20)
through Michael Silverstein:
MSilver@comcast.net .
Join the Jewish community of
Windsor, Canada, for its obser-
vance of Yom YaShoah (Holocaust
Memorial Day, officially April 30)
7 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Shaar
Hashomayim Synagogue,115 Giles
Blvd. E. in Windsor. Jewish and
other organizations in Windsor
and Essex County are sponsors
of "Moral Courage in Time of
Darkness," an interfaith commemo-
ration. Features are Shoah survivor
Martin Maxwell's talk and a choral
performance. (519) 973-1772.
Remember the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising (April 19-May 16, 1943)
7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at
Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Rd. in West
Bloomfield. Workmen's Circle/
Arbeter Ring is sponsoring in col-
laboration with Sholem Aleichem
Institute. Commemoration includes
a candle-lighting ceremony, music
and readings. Guests may contrib-
ute poetry, prose, drama or music
- up to three minutes in length. No
charge. RSVP to Workmen's Circle:
(248) 432-5677.
Holidays & Shabbat
Observe the National Day of
Prayer at a service sponsored by
the Troy Interfaith Group, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 1, at Congregation
Shir Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Pkwy.
in Troy. (248) 649-4418.
• The following morning, CST
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg will be
the keynote speaker at the Troy
Community Coalition's annual
prayer breakfast 7-9 a.m. Friday,
May 2, at St. Nicholas Greek
Orthodox Church, 760 W. Wattles
Come to the monthly Women's
Rosh Chodesh lecture series,
"Prayers that Enhance Our Day,"
9:15-10 a.m. Thursday, May 8, at
the Oak Park JCC. Presenter Janet
Snider's topic will be "Havdala/
Motzei Shabbos Prayer," concern-
ing the prayer said at the conclu-
sion of Shabbat. Program sponsors
are the JCC and Machon L'Torah,
Jewish Learning Network of
Michigan. (248) 967-4030.
Stay after services for "Lunch