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Arts & Culture

Intermediate-level classes: noon-1
p.m. Beginners:1-2 p.m. No partner
required. Tuition: $120, or $96 for
JCC members. Marci Iwrey: (586)
506-8891 or marcimambo®yahoo.
com .

Watch "JCG Goes Pop!" highlight-
ing the work of Romero Britto
through Sept. 25, at the Janice
Charach Epstein Gallery in the
West Bloomfield JCC. (248) 432-
5448, www.jccdet.org/
culturalarts/gallery.

See tiny paintings inspired by "the
murky secrets of the adolescent
world" in the exhibition, "If the
Slipper Fits," Sept. 9-Oct. 12, at
Lemberg Gallery, 23241 Woodward
in Ferndale. Meet New York artist
Amanda Besl at a reception 5-8
p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. (248) 591-
6623.

Browse Southfield-based art-
ist Ruth Adler Schnee's exhibi-
tion, "Show the Colors: A Life
in Design," through Aug. 29,
at Birmingham Bloomfield Art

Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook. (248)

644-0866.

Check out "Leader of the Pack:
2008 WSU Faculty Exhibition,"
at the opening reception 5-8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12, in the Community
Arts Gallery, 150 Community
Arts Building, at Wayne State
University in Detroit. Show contin-
ues Tuesday-Friday through Oct.
17. (313) 577-0770.

Audition to sing with others:

• Farmington Community Chorus:

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

Explore the "Summer Select"
exhibition, including artist Michael
Goldberg, through Sept. 13, at

• UMS Choral Union: 6 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 8, in Auditorium

4, University of Michigan Modern
Languages Building. Jim Lieja:
(734) 647-4020.

David Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend
in Birmingham. (248) 433-3700,
info@dkgallery.com .

Discuss Legacy of Courage by
Dr. Frederick Kakis with the
Keter Torah Book Club 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 4, at the syna-
gogue, 5480 Orchard Lake Road
in West Bloomfield: Purchase book
($20) from Ricky Behar: (248)
705-1073.

Browse the annual "Unfiltered" art
show through Sept. 21, at Octane

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 .

For Women Only

Gather for another Women's
Day of Learning, a thought-
provoking afternoon including
lunch,12:15-3 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 14, at the Max M.
Fisher Federation Building,
6735 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. Toronto Rabbi Elyse
Goldstein, the keynote speaker,
will join Ruth Bergman, Bassie
Shemtov and Rebecca Starr
as workshop leaders. RSVP
by Sept. 7 with $25 payment
to: Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education, P.O. Box
2030, Bloomfield Hills, MI
48303-2030. Dale Rubin:
(248) 203-1520.

Cinema c ,w Stage

What experiences will you iden-
tify with in Jewsical! The Musical,
staged through Sept. 7, at
42705 Grand River in Novi? The
Second City comedy sketches
satirize American Jewish culture.
Admission: $15. Schedule: (248)
348-4448, www.secondcity.com .

Catch the local premiere of the
Hospice of Michigan-sponsored
documentary film Except for Six
6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at
Emagine Theater, 44425 W.12
Mile in Novi. For six months, film
cameras captured active older
adults experiencing the challenges
and beauty of their long lives. $50.
RSVP to Rae Anne: (313) 578-
6268.

Concerts

Bring a lunch to the city of
Southfield's free Eat to the Beat
concert series 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Thursdays, in City Centre Plaza,
Central Park Blvd., a block west
of Evergreen. Final date: Sept. 11.
(248) 796-4620.

Take in Gloomy Sunday, a
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Sisterhood Movie Night, 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 27375 Bell
Road in Southfield. Coffee, cookies
and conversation will follow. $3;
members pay $2. (248) 357-5544.

Attend a concert featuring Robert
de Maine, principal cellist of the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at the
Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.12
Mile in Farmington Hills. An after-
glow will follow this Vivace Music
Series performance. Tickets from
Joyce Cheresh: (248) 788-9338.
Web site: www.vivaceseries.org .

Gallery, 22750 Woodward, Suite

B1, in Ferndale. Eclectic exhibi-
tion emphasizes the work of self-
trained artists. (248) 399-2355,
www.octanephotographic.com .

Register by Nov. 17 to be an
artisan or vendor at the Gift
Emporium 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 14, at the Oak Park JCC.
Details: (248) 957-4030, ext.
2006.

Learn the basics of salsa, the
cha-cha and other Latin dances
at Mambo Marci's eight-week
course starting Saturday, Sept.
6, at the West Bloomfield JCC.

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Enjoy the Broadway show Say

Goodnight Grade, about comedy

and life partners George Allen and
Gracie Allen, in preview performanc-
es ($25) Tuesday through Thursday,
Sept. 9-11, at the Gem Theater,
333 Madison in Detroit. The Tony®-
nominee for Best Play will continue
Wednesdays-Sundays through Nov.
16. Schedule/tickets: (313) 963-
9800, www.gemtheatre.com .

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of Orchard Lake Road). In case
of rain, walk inside Orchard Mall
in West Bloomfield, meeting out-
side Tapper's Diamonds and Fine
Jewelry, 6337 Orchard Lake Road.
Pam: (248) 420-3784.

Have family fun on Labor Day:

• Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake

Road in West Bloomfield: Enjoy an
event featuring fire trucks, face
painting, petting farm, pony rides,
food, music and more 11:30 a.m.-3
p.m. Monday, Sept. 1.

• Franklin Community
Association: Bring all ages to the
Labor Day Round-Up Parade and
Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Sept.
1, on the Village Green, Franklin

Road between 13 and 14 Mile (next
to the Franklin Library). Take in
the games, petting zoo, classic
cars, family entertainment, music,
clowns, arts/crafts and Art on the
Green art fair. (248) 877-9373.

Applaud Marilyn Levine of West
Bloomfield, recipient of this
year's Josephine S. Weiner
Community Service Award, at
opening meeting of Southfield-
based National Council of Jewish

Women-Greater Detroit Section,

9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road in Southfield. The
keynote speaker at the 11:30 a.m.
luncheon is international human
rights activist Kerry Kennedy,
author of Speak Truth to Power:

Human Rights Defenders Who Are
Changing Our World. Admission is

$50; $25 for speaker only. Call for
availability: (248) 355-3300.

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