To Do!
Calendar from page C21
Submit an original, five-minute
film about end-of-life issues for
a Hospice of Michigan contest, A
Fine Farewell. Cash prizes in cat-
egories for adults and high school
students ages 14-18. Industry
insiders will judge. Deadline: June
30. Details: (313) 578-5041.
Concerts
Join the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra for Gustav Mahler's
Symphony No. 9, the Jewish
composer's intense and sorrowful
swan song, Friday-Sunday, May
16-18, at the Max Fisher Music
Center, 3711 Woodward in Detroit.
Schedule/tickets: (313) 576-5111.
Finish the Chamber Music
Society's Opus 9 Series with the
Jupiter String Quartet 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 17, at Seligman
Performing Arts Center, 22305
W.13 Mile in Beverly Hills, on the
campus of Detroit Country Day
School. Effi P. Weinberg and David
R. Weinberg are sponsoring this
Cleveland Quartet Award Concert.
Tickets: $43-75, and $25 for stu-
dents. (248) 855-6070.
Consider Verdi's tragic tale of
forbidden love, La Traviata,
weekends through May 18, at
the Detroit Opera House,1526
Broadway. Schedule: 7:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: (313) 237-7464 or www.
michiganopera.org .
See The Maker of Illusion, the
first full-length opera of Michigan
Opera Theatre Children's Chorus,
7:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, May 19,
at the Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway in Detroit. Set in a
fantasy land, the characters are
a wicked queen, a genie, a young
boy and his sister. Troupe mem-
bers are ages 10-16. Tickets ($13
students; $30 adults): (313) 237-
7464 or www.michiganopera.org .
Check out the concerts for
teenage Ari Teitel and the Jam
Society, including Sunday, May
25, at Clutch Cargo in Pontiac.
rob@hometownemortgage.com .
Event Hotline
Arie Lipsky
Songs Of Israel
Listen to "Songs of Israel
at her 60th," under the
direction of Maestro Arie
Lipsky, 7 p.m. Sunday, May
18, at the Michigan Theater,
603 E. Liberty Street, in
Ann Arbor. The Ann Arbor
Symphony and Kol Haley,
Temple Beth Emeth's adult
choir, will present beloved
Israeli songs by Zalmen
Mlotek, Paul Ben Haim and
Mark Lavry. Also perform-
ing is violinist Yehonatan
Berick, a professor at
University of Michigan, and
the temple's high school
ensemble, Shir Chadash.
Tickets: $12, or $72 for
premium seating and an
afterglow. Purchase through
Temple Beth Emeth: (734)
665-4744, or log on to
templebethemeth.org .
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Let Linda Cauthen Klein explain
how Holocaust-era records
can now be accessed from
Bad Arelson, Germany, 11 a.m.
Sunday, May 18, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center, Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Rd.
in Farmington Hills. Klein is direc-
tor of the American Red Cross
Holocaust and War Victims Tracing
Center. Trained volunteers will
assist with applications. Bring any
paperwork. Registration: (248)
553-2400, ext. 25.
Get details and make reservations
for upcoming Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan events: (248)
432-5517:
•Travel by chartered bus to down-
town Detroit for a tour of Ford
Field, home of the Detroit Lions,
and the Gem Theatre, departing 9
a.m. Sunday, May 18, from park-
ing lot at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in
Southfield. Return is approximate-
ly 2 p.m. $30 for JHS members,
$33 for others; $4 discount for
ages 6-12. Includes lunch at the
Century Grille inside the Gem.
•Hear from community leaders
A. Alfred Taubman and George
Zeltzer at the JHS annual meet-
ing 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, at
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph
in Bloomfield Township. $18 fee
includes dessert. RSVP by May 20.
Drop by for Israeli dancing, begin-
ners' level through advanced,
7:30-10 p.m. Thursdays, May 15
and 22, at the Jewish Community
Center of Washtenaw County,
2935 Birch Hollow in Ann Arbor.
Session charge: $6. Details: (734)
971-0990 or a2rikud@gmail.com .
Take your passion for flowers to "A
Blooming Good Time: Investigating
Michigan's Native Spring Flora,"
a rare tour of Cranbrook Institute
of Science's botany collection
9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 39221
Woodward in Bloomfield Hills.
Event includes a docent-led walk-
ing tour of Cranbrook's bog and
wildflower gardens. $35, discount
for members. Pre-registration
required: www.cranbrook.edu or
(248) 645-3142.
Enjoy "An Afternoon of Song"
3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills.
Performers are Cantor Frank
Lanzkron-Tamarazo and Lisa
Lanzkron-Tamarazo, accompanied
by Michigan Sinfonietta Orchestra,
and joined by Zamir Chorale and
the synagogue's choir and youth
choir. $10, or pay at higher level
($36 or $54) for special seat-
ing and invitation to a reception
at 2:30. Purchase at door or in
advance through Caren Harwood:
(248) 851-5100.
Oy!
Prepare for laughs at the Jewish
Ensemble Theatre's production
of OY!, through May 25, at JET's
Aaron DeRoy Theatre inside the West
Bloomfield JCC. Richard Orloff's col-
lection 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. Tickets: $39, with discounts available. Rush tick-
ets for $18 are offered an hour before show time, as available.
(248) 788-2900, wwwjettheatre.org .
Catch Saturday Night Fever, the
disco club theme for Barbara
Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute's
annual dinner 6 p.m.-midnight
Saturday, May 17, at Stonewood
Farms in Clarkston. Tickets begin
at $300, and include dinner recep-
tion, silent auction, raffle, enter-
tainment and dancing at a private
estate. Details: (313) 576-8112 or
heimerls@karmanos.org .
Have brunch with the 2008 Eight
Over Eighty honorees of Jewish
Apartments & Services (JAS),
entering the Tikkun Olam Award
Senior Adult Hall of Fame, 11 a.m.
Sunday, May 18, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Presiding will be
Sherry Margolis from Fox2 and
Alan Muskovitz from Purtan's
People on 104.3 WOMC. $75 for
brunch, but no charge to attend
induction ceremony at 12:30.
Brunch RSVP: (248) 592-1102.
Walk of Ages: Take the JAS'
3K/5K community walk to sup-
port older adults 9 a.m. Sunday,
May 18, on the Applebaum
Campus at Maple and Drake in
West Bloomfield. Registration/
details: (248) 661-2969,
www.auxiliaryjhas.org .
Events That Help
Support research and educa-
tion efforts through the "Take
Steps for Crohn's & Colitis Walk"
5:30 p.m. (registration starts at
4) Saturday, May 17, at Camp
Dearborn, 1700 General Motors
Dr. in Milford. Picnic dinner for
participants starts at 6, and any-
one raising $100 or more gets a
T-shirt. Walk choice of one or 3.1
miles (5K). Lila Lazarus of Fox 2 is
an honorary co-chair. Registration/
details: www.cctakesteps.org or
(248) 737-0900.
Attend a jazz concert, with pro-
ceeds to benefit cancer patients,
3 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Temple
Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road
in West Bloomfield. Performing
will be the Cliff Monear Trio with
Detroit-based saxophonist George
Benson. Lila Lazarus of Fox 2-
WJBK is honorary chairperson.
Tickets: $30 for age 16 and older,
$15 for others. jazzconcert08®
gmail.com or (248) 661-6344.
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of
Jewish Parents Institute, a secu-
lar Jewish Sunday school, along
with the State of Israel's 60th
birthday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday,
May 18, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. The evening includes live
and silent auctions, light supper,
dessert and dancing. Cost: $40
couple, $25 individual; discount
for advance purchase. Tickets:
(248) 432-5472.
Find treasures, from household
items to unusual artwork, at the
monthly flea market 8:30 a.m.-
noon Wednesday, May 21, at the
Oak Park JCC. Proceeds help sup-
port the special needs program
at the JCC and JARC. (248) 967-
4030.
Hear journalist Lynn Sherr speak
at a luncheon program, "Women
Lighting the Way," noon Thursday,
May 29, at Knollwood Country
Club, 5050 W. Maple in West
Bloomfield. The philanthropic
Jewish Women's Foundation is
hosting. $100; purchase through
www.jewishdetroit.org/jwf . Details:
(248) 642-4260.
Celebrate the anniversary of
Sarah and Morris Tugman Bais
Chabad Torah Center at a din-
ner and Chinese auction 5 p.m.
Tuesday, May 27, at Young Israel
of Oak Park, 15140 W.10 Mile.
Details: (248) 855-6170.
Enjoy a private evening at the zoo
during the JARC Spring Elation
Safari 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, May 27,
at the Detroit Zoo, Woodward at
10 Mile in Royal Oak. Tickets start
at $20, including kosher picnic
dinner, scavenger hunt, face paint-
ing, music and parking. Purchase:
www.jarc.org or (248) 538-6610,
ext. 343.