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 . C22 May 15 • 2008 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.