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Check It Out!

Arts & Culture

Participate in a book discussion
group:

• Congregation Shaarey Zedek,

27375 Bell Road in Southfield:
Harry Bernstein's The Invisible Wall
1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. Sharon
Berry is the facilitator for the
Sisterhood Book Club. Guests are
welcome at no charge. (248) 357-
5544.

• Farmington Community Chorus:

Open auditions will be held 7:30
p.m. on three Tuesdays, Sept. 2-
16, at Costick Activities Center,
28600 W.11 Mile in Farmington
Hills. All voice parts are welcome.
Chorus gives a holiday concert in
December. (248) 471-4516, www.
farmingtonchorus.com .

The Gravedigger's Daughter 1 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 28. No charge.
(248) 967-4030.

Explore the "Summer Select"
exhibition, including artist Michael
Goldberg, through Sept. 13, at
David Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend
in Birmingham. (248) 433-3700,
info®dkgallery.com .

Visit the show, "Objects d'Art:
Illuminated Pleasures," through
Aug. 30, at Lawrence Street
Gallery, 22620 Woodward, south of
Nine Mile in Ferndale. (248) 544-
0394, www.lawrencestreetgallery.

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Check out the annual "Unfiltered"
art show through Sept. 21, at
Octane Gallery, 22750 Woodward,
Suite B1, in Ferndale. Eclectic exhi-
bition emphasizes the work of self-
trained artists. (248) 399-2355,
www.octanephotographic.com .

See the Michigan Water Color
Society Traveling Exhibition
through Aug. 28, at Alfred
Berkowitz Gallery in the Mardigian
Library, U-M-Dearborn campus,
4901 Evergreen. (313) 593-3592.

Audition to sing in a local chorus:

• Madrigal Chorale of Southfield:

Come prepared to sing a brief
solo and sight-read a piece of
music 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at
Rochester Church of Christ, 240
W. Avon in Rochester Hills. (248)
352-9527.

Apply by Tuesday, Aug. 19, to
sell your art creations in the
Birmingham-Bloomfield Art
Center's Holiday Shop, Dec.
5-20, at 1516 S. Cranbrook in
Birmingham. Download the applica-
tion at BBArtCenter.org . Details:
(2480 644-0866, ext 108.

Register by Nov. 17 to be an artisan
or vendor at the Gift Emporium
Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Oak Park
JCC. Details: (248) 957-4030, ext.
2006.

Reserve your place on the Jewish
Federation's Family Mission to
Israel. Dates are Dec. 25, 2008-
Jan. 4, 2009. Details: (248) 642-
8639 or skaufman@jfmd.org .

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315 N. Telegraph in Pontiac. Show
times/tickets: (248) 335-1788,
wwwstarlighttheater.net

Hillel On Deck
Don't miss the Aug. 20 deadline to go with Hillel of Metro
Detroit to the Detroit Tigers-Kansas City Royals baseball
game 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, at Comerica Park in Detroit. The

Eisenhower Dance Ensemble at its
open house noon Saturday, Aug.
16, at EDE Center for Dance, 103

outing is for ages 18-30. Mail a $15 check, payable to Hillel
of Metro Detroit, to 667 Grosberg Center, Detroit, MI 48202.
More details from Mitch: (313) 577-8888.

South in Rochester. Classes start
in September. Details: (248) 852-
5850.

all-ages show 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug.
15, at A.J.'s Cafe, 240 W. Nine Mile

Try out to be among 36 actors and
320 extras cast for the feature film,
Miss January, at an open casting
call 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at
220 S. Main in Ann Arbor. The film
starring Kim Cattrell and Brian
Dennehy begins production Sept. 2
in the Detroit area.
www.kathymckeecasting.com .

in Ferndale ($5). Tickets: (248)
425-1079.

Enjoy these free outdoor concerts:
• Farmington, Riley Park, downtown.
Klezmer-influenced roots music of
Kalamazoo's Red Sea Pedestrians
7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15.
•Birmingham, Shain Park in down-
town Birmingham: Remaining dates:
singer-songwriter Michael King and
Scott Wilkinson perform with Motor
City Horns, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
20; Paul Keller Orchestra plays
jazz, Aug. 27.
• Detroit Zoo, 10 Mile at Woodward
in Royal Oak: Evening series con-
tinues 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays
through Aug. 27 in the zoo's Picnic
Grove. Schedule: Straight Ahead
(jazz), Aug. 20; James Coffey
(children's), Aug. 27. Free with zoo

Enjoy the family-friendly movie,
Napoleon Dynamite, shown out-
doors at dusk Wednesday, Aug. 20,
on the Village Green of Franklin
Village, Franklin Road between 13
and 14 Mile, next to the Franklin
Library. Free. Rain date is Thursday.
(248) 877-9373.

See what you can identify with at
Jewsical! The Musical, a Second
City production at 42705 Grand
River in Novi. Sketches satirize
American Jewish culture, through
Sept. 7. $15. Schedule: (248) 348-
4448, www.secondcity.com .

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• Southfield, City Centre Plaza,

Central Park Blvd., a block west
of Evergreen: Skye Island Band
(pop, rock and jazz), noon-2 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 21. Eat to the Beat
Series continues through Sept. 11.

Concerts

Turn out for teenage band, Ari
Teitel and Jam Society, playing an

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Theater's next production staged
Aug. 15-24, at Summit Place Mall,

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Hear from Southfield-based artist
Ruth Adler Schnee 7 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 22, at Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook. Her
exhibition, "Show the Colors: A Life
in Design," continues through Aug.
29. (248) 644-0866.

• JPM/JCC Book Club at Oak
Park JCC: Joyce Carol Oates'

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Event Hotline

Get busy this summer with a new
Jewish singles group for ages
45-60. Schedule: dinner, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 17, at Ole Ole, 113 E.
Lake Road (at 14 Mile) in Novi; fol-
lowed by walk around Walled Lake
at sunset; walk, 10:30 a.m. Sunday,
Aug. 24, at West Bloomfield Trails,
Arrowhead off Pontiac Trail (west
of Orchard Lake Road). Pam has
details: (248) 420-3784.

Learn the latest trends in energy
efficiency and green building,
architecture, interior design, ame-
nities and materials at Parade of
Homes, an exhibition of 37 new
model homes, starting Friday,
Aug. 15-Sept.14. Sponsors are
Building Industry Association of
Southeastern Michigan and Bank
of America Mortgage. (248) 862-
1032, www.builders.org .

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(248) 796-4620.
• Waterford, Hess Hathaway Park,
825 S. Williams Lake Road: Final
concert in the summer series fea-
tures Blackthorn (Irish music), 7
p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21.

Step back in time at the Pine Grove
estate, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
17, at 405 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue
off Woodward Loop in Pontiac.
Tours, demonstrations of pioneer
living and crafts, music, cars and
antique appraisals. $10 includes
refreshments. (248) 338-6732.

Take the family to Temple Shir
Shalom's "Food, Fun & Fireworks
Celebration," held rain or shine,
6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, at
3999 Walnut Lake Road in West

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