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Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

Look at "Urban Landscapes-City
Streets," through June 7, at David
Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend in
Birmingham. (248) 433-3700;
info@dkgallery.com .

Meet the art world's rising stars
at a collectors' preview/private
reception for the College for
Creative Studies' Annual Student
Exhibition 5:30 p.m. Friday, May
16, at 201 E. Kirby in Detroit.
$350 ticket includes the opening
party with music and food, 7-10
p.m. Opening party only: $50.
Public viewing and sales continue
through May 30. Exhibit open 10
a.m. daily. Closes 4 p.m. Saturday-
Wednesday, and 8 p.m. Thursday
and Friday. May 16 reception tick-
ets: (313) 664-7464 or
www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu .

Browse "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.

Sign up for a class in June with
award-winning photographer Marji
Silk, held at several locations.
Details: (248) 544-1203.

Get to the opening of an exhibit
by Barry Roth and Gordon Newton
6-8 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, 700
Livernois in Ferndale. Show runs
through June. (248) 541-4700.

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
illuminated manuscripts were cre-
ated. Museum hours, docent-led
tours: (248) 357-5544.

See what's in "A Cabinet of
Curiosities," a show featuring
artists Elaine and Eve Redmond,
Susan Gold and others, 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

Spend some time with 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 .

Peruse the exhibit, "Considering
Detroit," through July 28, at
the Museum of Contemporary
Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward in
Detroit. The MOCAD show will
highlight the creativity 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.

Appreciate artist-writer Miriam
Brysk's exhibit, "Children of the
Holocaust," 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

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and until 12:30 p.m. Fridays. No
charge. (248) 553-2400.

Travel Tips

Enjoy works by six ceramic art-
ists May 16-July 6 at Pewabic
Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson in
Detroit. Linda Ross curated the
exhibition. Free opening reception
6-8 p.m. Friday, May 16. (313) 822-
0954, www.pewabic.org .

Plan a vacation with tips from Today
Show Travel Editor Peter Greenberg
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, in the
West Bloomfield JCC's Meyers Library.
A book sale and light refreshments are
part of the evening, sponsored by the
library's Special Speakers Fund. No
charge, but RSVP to Francine Menken:
(248) 432-5546, or fmenken@jccdet.org .

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

tion. Admission starts at $25-$40
for show only. (313) 967-1500.

Hear Jewish author Sandy Tolan's

lecture on Lemon Tree: An Arab,
A Jew and the Heart of the Middle
East 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17,

at the Arab American National
Museum, 13624 Michigan in
Dearborn. Tolan also is a teacher
and public radio producer. No
charge. RSVP: (313) 624-0200.

Enjoy Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up
act 7 and 10 p.m. Friday, May 16,
at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.
Purchase tickets ($48-$78)
through OlympiaEntertainment.
corn or (248) 433-1515.

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. (248) 796-4645
or www.srotheater.org .

Take in a street fair during the
Ann Arbor Book Festival, 11 a.m.-
midnight Saturday, May 17, in
downtown Ann Arbor. Features
include writer talks, cultural pre-
sentations, children's events. The
festival continues through May
18, at indoor and outdoor locales.
Details: www.aabookfestival.com .

Take in a night of comedy with
Jeff Allen to benefit the hunger
relief organization Forgotten
Harvest 7 p.m. Saturday, May
17, at Music Hall Center for the
Performing Arts, 350 Madison
in Detroit. Also features live and
silent auctions and sponsor/patron
afterglow hors d'oeuvres recep-

Get a load of Cindy Williams (TV's
Laverne and Shirley) in her habit
for the musical Nunsense, through
May 18, at Meadow Brook Theatre

in Rochester. (248) 370-3316.

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musical, Children of Eden, 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.

Hear a review of Emma Lazarus:
The Great Colossus by Esther
Schor 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, May
19, at the Davidson Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road
in West Bloomfield. The Book
Discussion Group of the Greater
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
meets monthly on third Monday.
Registration: (248) 683-5030.

Catch the mid-week Sisterhood
Movie Night, a screening of Left
Luggage, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday,
May 21, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in
Southfield. Following will be cof-
fee, cookies and conversation. CSZ
Sisterhood members pay $2; $3
for guests. (248) 357-5544.

Read Richard North Patterson's
book, Exile, and then discuss with
the JPM/JCC Book Club 1 p.m.
Thursday, May 22, at the Oak
Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.

Ride the bus with the Jewish
Community Center's Travel Dept.
to see the play The Color Purple
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, at
the Fox Theatre in Detroit. The
bus departs 5:45 from the West
Bloomfield JCC or 6:15 from the
Oak Park JCC. Center Travel:
(248) 432-5577, ext. 7.

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