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Enjoy the Broadway show Say
Goodnight Grade about comedy
and life partners George Burns
and Gracie Allen, Wednesdays-
Sundays at the Gem Theater, 333
Madison in Detroit. Schedule/tick-
ets through Nov. 16: (313) 963-
9800, www.gemtheatre.com .
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Bring everyone to a musical pro-
gram featuring show tunes, jazz
Presidential
Election
standards and classical piano
selections 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
14, at the Oak Park Library, 14200
Oak Park Blvd. The Waterbrooks
Trio, including Oak Park residents
Hannah and Jack Waterstone and
vocalist Violet Brooks, will per-
form. Free. (248) 691-7483.
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. Get tickets
from Joyce Cheresh: (248) 788-
9338. Web site: www.vivaceseries.
org .
Feast on beautiful harp music,
along with dessert, at the
Afternoon Delights concert 1:30-
3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at
the Jewish Community Center of
Washtenaw County, 2935 Birch
Hollow in Ann Arbor. The program
features Ann Arbor Symphony
Orchestra Principal Harpist Amy
Ley, along with Emily Perryman on
flute. Admission: $8 at the door,
$35 for the symphony's series of
five concerts. (734) 971-0990,
www.a2so.com.
Attend "In Recital: Philip
Dikeman," a Detroit Chamber
Winds & Strings' presentation of
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
flutist, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19,
at Hagopian World of Rugs, 850
S. Old Woodward in Birmingham.
Come for a reception at 8. Tickets:
$25; $15 student, with pre-paid
discounts. (248) 559-2095, www.
detroitchamberwinds.org .
Seligman Performing Arts Center,
22305 W.13 Mile on the campus
of Detroit Country Day School in
Beverly Hills. The opening concert
features violinist James Ehnes
with pianist Andrew Armstrong.
Tickets: www.comehearcmsd.org .
Join the folks from Yiddish Alive
for a concert of Yiddish songs
7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. The musi-
cian-performers will be former
Detroiter Daniel Kahn and Michael
Winograd. Free. Details: (248) 557-
8599.
Event Hotline
Be in your "Hay Day," enjoying
costumed interpreters and activi-
ties meant to celebrate greater
Birmingham's agricultural heri-
tage, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
14, at the Birmingham Historical
Museum & Park, 556 W. Maple.
Details: (248) 642-2817.
Find something interesting to
read at the Henry & Delia Meyers
Library's used book sale 10 a.m.-1
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, and 10 a.m.-
3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Sept.
15-18, at the West Bloomfield
Spend an evening with Julie Silver,
board-certified in acupuncture, at
a Glennwood ORT program 6:45
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Room
202-203 at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Free. Anna Hyman: (248)
851-3034.
Encounter artists, handmade
crafters, locally grown food pro-
ducers, filmmakers, business
people and others at Ferndale's
first DIY Street Festival 11 a.m.-
midnight Saturday, Sept. 20, and
until 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, in
downtown Ferndale. Bands will
play. Carey Gustafson: (248) 752-
7627, diystreetfair@yahoo.com .
Sign up for trips, both near and
far, through the JCC's Center
Travel Dept. First up is a tour
of old and new Jewish Detroit,
Tuesday, Sept. 23, and October's
outings include Say Goodnight,
Gracie, Oct. 16, at the Gem
Theater in Detroit and Margaret
Garner, Oct. 17, at the Detroit
Opera House. Full schedule/fees:
(248) 432-5471, www.jccdet.org .
Tree Of Life
Experience a new season with the
Chamber Music Society of Detroit
8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at
JCC. The sale will include Judaica,
history, fiction and more. (248)
661-1000.
Gina and Arthur
Horwitz
Congratulate Jewish News Publisher
Arthur Horwitz and his wife, Gina,
this year's honorees, at the Jewish
National Fund's Tree of Life Dinner
6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.17, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake in West Bloomfield. Details/
Tickets: (248) 324-3080,
tgutkovitch@jnf.org .
Events That Help
Ride over to the Cattle Baron's
Ball, a western-themed fund-
raiser for the American Cancer
Society, 7 p.m.-midnight Saturday,
Sept. 13, at the Michigan State
Fairgrounds in Detroit. Features
include country music with
Lonestar, food, auctions and
games. VIP reception starts at 6.
Tickets: (248) 663-3400 or www.
cbbdetroit.com .
Assist the Holocaust Memorial
Center Zekelman Family Campus
by attending its annual fundraising
dinner 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills.
This year's honoree is Michael
Treblin, MD, the organization's
president. Tenor James Benjamin
and mezzo-soprano Rebecca Jo
Loeb will sing. Tickets: (248) 553-
2400, ext.12.
Hit the links for the Hillel Day
School Golf Classic 8:45 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 15, at Franklin
Hills Country Club, 31675 Inkster
in Franklin. Cost: $180 for nine
holes or $300 for 18; sponsor-
ship opportunities available.
Continental breakfast through
dinner provided. Cheryl Schanes:
(248) 539-1488.
Laugh at the satirical jabs of the
Capitol Steps, known for their
political song parodies, 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the
Max Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward in Detroit. Concert is a
benefit for Kadima, which assists
Jews with mental illness and their
families. Longtime supporter
Mary Must will be honored. $100
includes afterglow. Paula: (248)
559-8235, ext.122, or PaulaS@
KadimaCenter.org .
Fete Joyce Keller, longtime direc-
tor of JARC, at her retirement
celebration 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Sept. 18, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Contributions may be made
to the Joyce Keller Legacy Fund.
Details/RSVP: (248) 538-6611,
wwwjarc.org .
Take the Food Allergy and
Anaphylaxis Network's Walk for
Food Allergy, to help find a cure
for children with food allergies,
10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at
Kensington Metropark in Milford.
Check-in at 8:30. Registration:
www.foodallergywalk.org .
Participate in Comedy Walk,
a 10th anniversary fundraiser
for Gilda's Club Metro Detroit,
Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Detroit
Zoo in Royal Oak. Registration
starts 8 a.m. for the two-mile
walk. Entertainers will include
mimes, clowns, jugglers and other
street-style performers. Details:
(248) 475-9111.
Salute Israel's 60th anniversary
at the American Red Magen David
Adorn for Israel dinner dance
5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills.
Honorees are Eugene and Tamara
Friedman and Emmanuel and Zoya
Gauzer, leaders in the former
Soviet Union Jewish community.
Tickets: $90. RSVP requested by
Sept. 14: (248) 353-0434.
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