To DO! Calendar Sponsored by on re ation Shaarey Zedek thaa - Upcoming 'Events Every Monday Adult Education with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff The Living Torah: The Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy 7:30 PM Hillel Day School September 16 Adult Education with Rabbi Aaron Starr The Meaning of Life 7:30 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center September 18 Young .Adults Tequila Gedola 8:30 PM • Sangria 401 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak September 21 Sheldon Low Family Concert 11:00 AM • CSZ Southfield September 21 Day of Remembrance 2:00 PM • Clover Hill Park Cemetery September 23 siow J e ffre Y aL fil Adult Education The Meaning of Life featuring Guest Speaker Jeffrey Zaslow 7:30 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center For more information, please call the synagogue office at 248/357-5544 Check It Out! Arts & Culture See the Seinfeld Campus Tour Bus noon-4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 at 5216 Gullen Mall on the Wayne State campus in Detroit. Canned food for the needy will be collected. Check out "Leader of the Pack: 2008 WSU Faculty Exhibition," at the opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, in Community Arts Gallery, 150 Community Arts Building, at Wayne State in Detroit. Through Oct. 17: (313) 577-0770. Meet Amanda Besl of New York at an artist's reception 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at Lemberg Gallery, 23241 Woodward in Ferndale. Her exhibit, "If the B18 September 11* 2008 Slipper Fits," are tiny paintings inspired by "the murky secrets of the adolescent world." Through Oct. 12: (248) 591-6623. Attend the opening night reception for Marie Woo's "A Clay Odyssey" 6-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at the BBAC, 1516 S. Cranbrook in Birmingham. Free. Through Oct. 10: (248) 644-0866. Come to a combined party and sale of art items up to $50, 6-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at Manoogian Visual Resource Center at College for Creative Studies, 301 Frederick Douglass in Detroit. Admission: $50 for two; includes food, cocktails and dancing to the Big Shorty Band. (313) 664-7464. Let Nada Jurisic explain about her "arf work" displayed in "It's Reigning Cats and Dogs" 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Ariana Gallery, 119 S. Main in Royal Oak. Open daily. (248) 546-8810, www. arianagallery.com . Explore the "Summer Select" exhibition, including artist Michael Goldberg, at David Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend in Birmingham. Through Sept. 13: (248) 433- 3700, info®dkgallery.com . Spend a dollar to see four new exhibits and old favorites at the Detroit Historical Museum 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at 5401 Woodward. (313) 833-1805, www.detroithistorical.org . Audition to sing with the Farmington Community Chorus 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 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 . Bring book titles, authors and ideas to an organizational meet- ing for a new Israeli book club 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in the Henry and Delia Meyers Library at the West Bloomfield JCC. Fran Menken: (248) 432-5546, fmen- ken@jccdet.org . Learn about books worth reading. Guests are welcome: •West Bloomfield JCC Book Club: The Attack by Yasmina Khadra noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the West Bloomfield JCC. Book tells the story of an Israeli- Arab surgeon who learns that his wife was a suicide bomber. Elisabeth Shubow of the West Bloomfield Public Library is the facilitator. Bring a lunch; refresh- ments and dessert provided. Registration required with librar- ian Fran Menken: (248) 432-5546, fmenken@jccdet.org . •JPM/JCC Book Club: A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25. (248) 967- 4030. Hear West Bloomfield resident Mania Salinger's experiences growing up in pre-war Poland and during the Holocaust, at events New Chapter Follow the story of two peo- ple who find love again in Neil Simon's romantic com- edy Chapter Two, staged through Sept. 28 at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre, lower level of the West Bloomfield JCC. Tickets: $29-$39 with discounts for seniors and students. Performance schedule: (248) 788-2900. associated with her new book, Looking Back: •Book signing: Salinger will sign copies of her book 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Barnes & Noble Bookseller, 6800 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield. •Hadassah luncheon: Sharon, Masada and Henrietta Szold Groups of Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah will present Salinger noon Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt in Farmington Hills. Charge: $10 for members, $12 for guests. RSVP required: (248) 683- 5030. Take a stroll of art galleries 6-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in Rochester. Mary Fortuna of Paint Creek Center for the Arts: (248) 651- 4110. Check out the always Funky Ferndale Art Fair 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21, in downtown Ferndale. Event has more than 100 juried artists and food vendors. www.michiganartshow.com . Browse the annual "Unfiltered" art show at Octane Gallery, 22750 Woodward, Suite B1, in Ferndale. Eclectic exhibition emphasizes works by self-trained artists. Through Sept. 21: (248) 399-2355, www.octanephotographic.com . Appreciate "Full Bloom: Flowers and Plants in Art," an art history lecture with Detroit Institute of Arts docent Linda Wells, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Oak Park Library, 14200 Oak Park Blvd. Free. (248) 691-7483. Watch as the "JCG Goes Pop!" a Janice Charach Epstein Gallery display highlighting the work of Romero Britto, inside the West Bloomfield JCC. Through Sept. 25: (248) 432-5448, www.jccdet. org/culturalarts/gallery. Enjoy the "Rhythms in Fabric and Time" exhibit, featuring fiber works and African drums, at Farmington Hills City Gallery, lobby of Costick Activities Center, 28600 W.11 Mile. Through Oct. 31: (248) 473-1856. Register by Nov. 17 to be an arti- san or vendor at this year's Gift Emporium 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Oak Park JCC. Details: (248) 967-4030, 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 . Cinema & Stage See neat freak Florence Unger coping with messy roommate Olive Madison in the female ver- sion of Neil Simon's comedy The Odd Couple. The Dearborn Players Guild production will be staged on the weekends of Sept. 12 -28, at 21730 Madison in Dearborn. Show times/tickets: (313) 561-TKTS, www.playersguildofdearborn.org . Learn from the program The Jewish people: A story of sur- vival, a historical overview of numerous civilizations over four millennia, 8-11 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, on WTVS Detroit Public Television (Channel 56). Tune in to these local cable channels: 6 for Comcast; 11 for Bright House Networks; 3 for WOW; 56 for AT&T U-verse. (248) 305-3780.