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Culture Coach

Arts & Culture

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 in Royal Oak. Details:
(248) 546-8810 or www.arianagal-
lery.com .

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 highlight the creativ-
ity of seven artists, including Ellen
Cantor, and the artist collective,
Time Stereo. Hours:11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday and Sunday; 11 a.m.-8
p.m. Thursday-Saturday. (313) 832-
6622.

Attend the opening reception
for works by Linda Ross and five
other ceramic artists 6-8 p.m.
Friday, May 16, at Pewabic Pottery,
10125 E. Jefferson in Detroit. The
exhibition continues through July
6. (313) 822-0954, wwww.pewabic.
org .

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.

Review "A Cabinet of Curiosities,"
a new show that includes art-
ists Susan Gold, and Elaine and

Eve Redmond, through May 31,
at Arnold Klein Gallery, 32782
Woodward in Royal Oak. Hours:
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
(248) 647-7709, kak@tir.com .

View the Prato Haggadah exhibit,
a medieval-era Haggadah manu-
script from Spain, through May,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road 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.

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 .

Appreciate artist-writer Miriam
Brysk's exhibit, "Children of the
Holocaust," exhibited through
June, at the Holocaust Memorial
Center, Zekelman Family Campus,
28123 Orchard Lake Road 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.

Cinema & Stage

Have a good laugh at Or, the
final Jewish Ensemble Theatre
production of the season, through
May 17, at JET's Aaron DeRoy
Theater inside the West Bloomfield
JCC. The collection of 13 short
comedies embraces the absurd.
Schedule: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-
Thursdays; 5 and 8:30 p.m.
Saturdays; 2 p.m. Wednesdays.

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Ride the bus to upcoming cultural outings with the Jewish
Community Center's Travel Dept. Each is a 7:30 p.m. perfor-
mance with bus departing at 5:45 from the West Bloomfield
JCC or 6:15 from the Oak Park JCC. Center Travel: (248) 432-
5577, ext. 7.
• La Traviata: Wednesday, May 14, at the
Detroit Opera House. JCC
members pay $64; $74
for others.

Tickets: $39, with discounts avail-
able. Rush tickets for $18 are
offered an hour before show time,
as available. (248) 788 2900.

Submit an original, five-minute
film about end-of-life issues
for the Hospice of Michigan
contest, A Fine Farewell. Cash
prizes in categories for adults
and high school students ages
14-18. Deadline: June 30. Details:
(313) 578-5041.

Take in the annual Ann Arbor
Book Festival, continuing through
May 18, at indoor and outdoor
locations. Meet six authors of
2008 Michigan Notable Books 7-
8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at
Border's, 612 E. Liberty. The street
fair, including writer talks, cul-
tural presentations and children's
events, runs 11 a.m.-midnight
Saturday, May 17. Festival details:
www.aabookfestival.com .

Support local theater attending
the Abreact's weekend production
of The Best of Me, by Michigan
playwright Lance Alan, at the
Zeitgeist in Detroit. Opening per-
formance 8 p.m. Friday, May 16,
through June 7. Details:
reservations®theabreact.com .

Enjoy cinematic gems as the
Lenore Marwil Jewish Film
Festival continues through
Thursday, May 15, at theaters
located in Commerce Township,
Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Flint and
Windsor, Ontario. Box office: (248)
788-2900. Schedule: www.djff.org .

• Jewish Gay Network of
Michigan: Attend the group's pre-
glow at 6:45 p.m. Monday, May 12,

• The Color Purple:
Tuesday, May 27, at the

downtown Fox Theatre.
JCC members pay $82;
$92 for others.

The program of Pigeon and The
Bubble begins 8 p.m. at the United
Artists Theatres, 14 Mile and
Haggerty in Commerce Township.
Order ticket ($18) with check or
money order payable to JGN, and
sent to 5300 Isle Royal Court,
West Bloomfield, MI 48323. Online
orders: www.jgnmi.org .

Have Dinner With Friends,
Donald Margulies' play about
marriage, weekends through
May 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 .

Learn from Rabbi Joseph Klein's
review of Open Closed Open,
a book by noted Israeli poet
Yehudah Amichai, 9:15 a.m.
Sunday, May 11, at Temple Emanu-
E1,14450 W.10 Mile in Oak Park.
Program is part of the temple's
Israel@60 celebration. No charge.
Purchase Amichai's book for $14
from the temple office: (248) 967-
4020 or rabbi@rabbiklein.com .

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Plan to hear Prof. liana Blumberg's
lecture 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 12,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut
Lake Road in West Bloomfield.
The program is presented by
the Education Committee of
Sisterhood. Blumberg, author
of Houses of Study - a Jewish
Woman among Books, was runner-
up for the 2007 National Jewish
Book Award in Women's Studies.
No charge, but requires RSVP:
(248) 357-5544, ext. 48.

See "A Tribute to Frank Sinatra"
on the 10th anniversary of his
death starring Mark Randisi
accompanied by Johnny Trude!l
and a 20-piece orchestra. The
show is 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 14,
at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom in
Warren. $49 and $39. (586) 268-
3200, www.Andiamoshowroom.
com or Ticketmaster, (248) 645-
6666.

See Cindy Williams (TV's Laverne
and Shirley) in her habit for

Nunsense, through May 18,

at Meadow Brook Theatre in
Rochester. Schedule/tickets: (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, run-
ning weekends through May 18, at
Players Guild of Dearborn Theater,
21730 Madison in Dearborn.
Show times: 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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