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Every Monday
Adult Education
with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff
The Living Torah: The Books of
Numbers and Deuteronomy
7:30 PM • Hillel Day School
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
Adult Educatin , :
The Meaning of Life featuring
Guest Speaker Jeffrey Zaslow
7:30 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center
October 4
Community-Wide Mussar Shabbaton
Featuring Alan Morinis
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9:00 AM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center
For more information, please call the
synagogue office at 248/357-5544
www.shaareyzedek.org
"Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
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 .
Watch as the "JCG Goes Pop!"
highlighting the work of Romero
Britto, through Sept. 25, at
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery,
inside the West Bloomfield JCC.
(248) 432-5448, www.jccdet.org/
culturalarts/gallery.
Take in Marie Woo's "A Clay
Odyssey," through Oct. 10, at
the BBAC, 1516 S. Cranbrook in
Birmingham. Free. (248) 644-
0866.
©POP Gallery holds an art inven-
tory sale noon-9 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 20, and 1-6 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 21. 4160 Woodward, Detroit.
(313) 833-9901.
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 .
Hear West Bloomfield resident
Mania Salinger's experiences
growing up in pre-war Poland and
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during the Holocaust, at events
associated with her new book,
Broadway On Film
Catch the last Broadway perfor-
mance of Rent, produced by Oak
Park native Jeffrey Seller, cap-
tured on film for showing 7 p.m.
Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 24-
25, and 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday,
Sept. 27-28, at the Emagine
Theater, 44425 W.12 Mile in
Novi. $15-$20. (248) 703-0997.
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.
Learn about books worth reading.
Guests are welcome:
• Book Discussion Group of
the Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah: The Kite Runner by
Khaled Hosseini 10-11:30 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 22, at Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake Rd.,
West Bloomfield. (248) 683-5030
• JPM/JCC Book Club: A Pigeon
and a Boy by Meir Shalev 1 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 25. (248) 967-
4030.
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.
Meet actress Jamie Lee Curtis
as she introduces her new chil-
dren's book, Big Words for Little
People," 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26,
at Borders, 612 E. Liberty in Ann
Arbor. (734) 668-7652.
Browse the Southfield Pavilion
Antiques Exposition Sept. 26-
28 at the Southfield Municipal
Complex, 26000 Evergreen. Hours
are 2-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6
p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday. $6-$8. www.antiqnet.
com/M&M
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
weekends through Sept. 28, at
21730 Madison in Dearborn. Show
times/tickets: (313) 561-TKTS,
www.playersguildofdearborn.org .
Enjoy the Broadway show Say
Goodnight Gracie about comedy
and life partners George Burns
and Gracie Allen, Wednesdays-
Sundays through Nov. 16, at the
Gem Theater, 333 Madison in
Detroit. Schedule/tickets: (313)
963-9800, www.gemtheatre.com .
Concerts
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 .
Experience a new season with the
Chamber Music Society of Detroit
8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at
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 West Bloomfield JCC. The
musician-performers will be ex-
Detroiter Daniel Kahn and Michael
Winograd. Free. Details: (248)
557-8599.
Celebrate Detroit musical heritage
at the annual Motor City Blues &
Boogie Woogie Festival Friday-
Saturday, Oct. 3-4, at the Music
Hall Center for the Performing
Arts, 350 Madison in Detroit. $35
nightly; $75 VIP ticket includes
mezzanine seating, complimentary
buffet and a cash bar. Schedule/
box office: (313) 887-8500.
Education
Earn continuing education units
at a conference on "Compulsive
Theft and Spending" 7:30 a.m.-
5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at
Embassy Suites, 8600 Wickham,
Romulus. $150 if reserved by
Sept. 22. The presenter is
Terrence Shulman, JD, MSW. (248)
358-8508.Terrenceshulman@
theshulmancenter.com .
Attend a discussion of Great
Architecture from Michigan, the
title of a book recently published
by Wayne State University Press,
2-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at
the Book Beat, 26010 Greenfield
in Oak Park. Presenters John
Gallagher, Detroit Free Press
architecture critic, and photog-
rapher Balthazar Korab, will also
sign copies of their keepsake art
book. (248) 968-1190.
Event Hotline
Sample tastes of Europe on a
two-hour walking tour of Detroit's
Eastern Market 11 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 20. A fundraiser for Yad Ezra
and Gleaners. Suggested donation:
$20. RSVP: FeetOnTheStreetD@
aol.com or (248) 353-TOUR.
Fete Anna and Leonard Baruch at
the Justice Brandeis Award trib-
ute luncheon noon Sunday, Sept.
21, at Tam O'Shanter Country
Club, 5051 Orchard Lake Road
in West Bloomfield. Michigan
Region of Zionist Organization of
America will host. Pamela Lippitt:
(248) 282-0088.
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