• TO DO! Calendar Sponsored by 11111111111111111111111111111111111W Con re ation Shaare Zedek ihati :(1/ rit UpcomlitigIvents Every Monday Adult Education with Rabbi Joseph Krakoff The Living Torah: The Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy 7:30 PM • Hillel Day School October 4 Featuring Alan Morinis Community-Wide Mussar Shabbaton Featuring Alan Morinis Ethical Living Get acquainted with Mussar, a Jewish tradi- tion dating from the 10th century, at the JCC's Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE) weekend with anthropologist/filmmaker Alan Morinis, Oct. 3-5. Morinis wrote Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar. Details from Adina Pergament: (248) 432- 5470. His schedule: • "What Is Mussar and How Can it Change My Life?": 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. (248) 661-5700. • "The Parsha Through a Mussar Lens": 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel, 4200 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Free lunch-and-learn at noon will require RSVP by Oct. 2: (248) 357-5544. • "The Veils and Their Meaning":10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, in Charach Gallery of the West Bloomfield JCC. Free brunch program will require RSVP by Oct. 2: (248) 583-2476. 9:00 AM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center October 14 Sukkot Celebration followed by Sukkah Stroll 10:00 AM • CSZ Southfield October 21 Simchat Torah Family Program 5:30 PM • CSZ Southfield October 21 Simchat Torah Block Party 7:00 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center November 7 Featuring Rabbi Daniel Gordis Kabbalat Shabbat Service & Dinner Welcoming New Members 6:00 PM • CSZ Southfield For more information, please call the synagogue office at 248/357-5544 www.shaareyzedek.org Check It Out! EARLY CALENDAR SUBMISSION DEADLINES L'shanah tovah! Please note our holiday deadlines: Items for the Oct. 9 calendar must be here by noon Monday, Sept. 29. Arts & Culture Evergreen. $6-$8. www.antignet. com/M&M. Meet actress Jamie Lee Curtis introducing her new children's book, Big Words for Little People, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at Borders, 612 E. Liberty in Ann Arbor. (734) 668-7652. 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. Browse the Southfield Pavilion Antiques Exposition the weekend of Sept. 26-28 at the Southfield Municipal Complex, 26000 Reserve your place on the Jewish Federation's Family Mission to Israel. Dates are Dec. 25, 2008- Jan. 4, 2009. Details: (248) 642- B56 September 25 • 2008 8639 or skaufman@jfmd.org . Cinema & Stage Laugh at David Regal and Arthur Beer in Neil Simon's comedy The Sunshine Boys, opening 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, in the Marygrove College Theater, 8425 W. McNichols in Detroit. The Theatre Company of University of Detroit Mercy will present the show for three weekends, through Oct. 12. Tickets: (313) 993-3270, www.theatre.udmercy.edu . Ponder the Stagecrafters 2nd Stage production of Doubt: a Parable, opening 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette in downtown Royal Oak. The award-win- ning thriller has evening shows Thursday-Sunday, and Sunday matinees, through Oct. 12. Tickets: $12. (248) 541-6430. Concerts Experience a Opus 3 concert with pianist Christopher Taylor 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Seligman Performing Arts Center, 22305 W. 13 Mile on the campus of Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills. Chamber Music Society of Detroit presents series. Tickets: www.comehearcmsd.org . Hear violinist Anton Shelepov with the Andiamo String Quartet in the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Afternoon Delights Concert Series 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. $8. (734) 994-4801. 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. Event Hotline Embellish your needle skills Friday through Sunday, Sept. 26-28, dur- ing the American Sewing Expo at Rock Financial Showplace, 46100 Grand River in Novi. Details: www. AmericanSewingExpo.com or (248) 889-3111. Learn about publishing from new authors Max and Eli Sussman 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Commerce Township Community Library, 2869 N. Pontiac Trail. The Sussman brothers, formerly of Huntington Woods, will sign copies of Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef. Refreshments will be their recipes. (248) 669-8108. Look for color changes out- side with the Jewish Hikers of Michigan, 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at Argo Park in Ann Arbor. Singles, couples and all ages should meet at 201 Depot Street, east of Main. Free. Details: jewish.hikers@gmail.com or Ronnie Simon of co-sponsoring Temple Beth Emeth of Ann Arbor: (734) 665-4744. Sign up for trips, both near and far, through the JCC's Center Travel Dept. October's outings include Say Goodnight, Gracie, Oct. 16, at Gem Theater in Detroit and Margaret Garner, Oct. 17, at Detroit Opera House. Full sched- ule/fees: (248) 432-5471, www. jccdet.org . Play and socialize at Temple Shir Shalom's Mah Jongg Tournament 6 p.m. (registration) Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 3999 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. $25, or $20 pre-paid by Oct. 10. Details from Sheryl Fox: sjafox05@yahoo. com . Events That Help Return to Canada for the Windsor Jewish community's reunion Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Windsor Jewish Community Centre,1641 Ouellette. Starts with Havdalah service at 8:05 p.m. $75 includes kosher catering, dancing, comedian and auction. www.windsorgala.com . Find baby items, children's clothing and toys at the Jewish Parents Institute's Mom 2 Mom Sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at the West Bloomfield JCC. Admission: $1. Strollers allowed after 12:30. Shelley Wright: (248) 432-5472, swright@jccdet.org. Participate in Yad Ezra kosher food pantry's Yom Kippur Food Drive. Take grocery bags or dona- tion envelopes home from where you observe Rosh Hashanah and return them filled with food or money, respectively, on Yom Kippur. (248) 548-3663. "Walk for Lupus" 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Metro Beach, 31330 Metro Parkway in Harrison Twp. Details: (800) 705-6677, www. milupus.org . Assist Children's Leukemia Foundation attending its dinner