on re a io Shaarey Zedek TO DO! Calendar Sponsored by Met(ti:t r '?‘,e/('/' tvents U pcoming October 29 -Ionoring Judge Avern Cohn 5th Annual Tribute & Celebration 7:30 PM • CSZ Southfield November 7 Featuring Rabbi Daniel Gordis Kabbalat Shabbat Service & Dinner Welcoming New Members 6:00 PM • CSZ Southfield November 11 West Wing vs. Western Wall: Using Jewish Values To Make Political Decisions 7:30 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center November 21 Featuring Professor Howard Lupovitch Jews of Italy 6:00 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center December 4 From Rikud (Dance) to Rap: An In-Depth Look at What Israeli Music Reveals About the Soul of Israelis 7:30 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center For more information, please call the synagogue office at 248/357-5544 www.shaareyzedek.org Check It Out! Arts er Culture Choose old styles to become cool again at the Bloomfield Hills Antique Jewelry and Vintage Apparel Show 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Birmingham Unitarian Church, 38651 Woodward, north of Lone Pine. $5 for ages 11 and older. (248) 988-0924. Attend a free wine, cheese and dessert reception for artist Mordechai Rosenstein 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. He will offer works for sale. RSVP: C20 October 23 • 2008 Carol Ogusky, (248) 481-7512 or cogusky@comcast.net. Check out the photographica show/sale 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at Novi Community Center, 45175 W.10 Mile. $5. (248) 549-6026. Read "The Writing is on the Wall," a collection of 1930-1960s com- mercial and propaganda posters from Israel, at Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, inside the West Bloomfield JCC. Free. Through Nov. 16: (248) 432-5449. • Tikvah Group of Hadassah will tour the exhibit 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, with Rabbi iN Joshua Bennett's commentary following. The day also includes 12:15 p.m. lunch ($25) at Sposita's Ristorante, 33210 W.14 Mile in West Bloomfield. RSVP due by Oct. 31. Nancy Jonas: (248) 661- 2881. Browse gently used hardcover and paperback books, videos and DVD movies at Friends of Farmington Community Library's giant book sale 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1,and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at the library's Main Branch, 32737 W.12 Mile in Farmington Hills. (248) 553-6880. See a weaving demonstra- tion by Michael Daitch and Jim McCutchen 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward. Artists in resi- dence at synagogues, camps and the JCC, they also teach Judaic weaving to children. (313) 833- 7900, www.dia.org . View "Three Generations of Photography," featuring work by Leo Sheiner, his daughter Susan Sheiner and her son Daniel Epstein, through Nov. 1, at House on Main, 803 Main in Royal Oak. Free. Judy Weiner: (248) 541- 3069. Peruse abstract paintings by professional artist Prudence Bernstein of West Bloomfield through Nov. 5, at Birmingham Unitarian Church, 38651 Woodward in Bloomfield Hills. (248) 626-0852. Meet Bloomfield Hills artist Alice Frank at an opening reception for her exhibit, "Frame of Mind," 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at Lawrence Street Gallery, 22620 Woodward in Ferndale. The show is open Wednesdays-Saturdays, Nov. 5-29. (248) 544-0394, wwwlawrences- treetgallery.com . Appreciate the BBAC fac- ulty art show through Nov. 7, at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook in Birmingham. Admission is free. www.BBArtCenter.org , (248) 644- 0866. Sample "Weights & Measures," a show of Lauren Semivan's new photographs, through Nov. 8, at JET Preview See Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth, staged by Jewish Ensemble Theatre Tuesday, Oct. 28-Nov. 23, inside the West Bloomfield JCC. Laced with humor, the play takes many twists and turns telling about a mys- tery writer and his wife's lover. Preview performanc- es (reduced ticket prices): 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28-30 and 5 p.m. Oct. 31. Opening is 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Tickets/schedule from JET: (248) www.jettheatre.org , (248) 788-2900. David Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend in Birmingham. (248) 433-3700, www.dkgallery.com . Note the deadline of Monday, Nov. 17, for artisans and ven- dors to exhibit 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. Cinema & Stage Listen as Boston's Alloy Orchestra accompanies some rare silent films, including two by director Josef von Sternberg, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 24-26, at the Detroit Film Theater, John R entrance of Detroit Institute of Arts. Schedule/tickets: (313) 833- 4005, www.tickets.dia.org . Reserve your seat for High School Music 3, starring Zac Efron, at a theater party sponsored by Temple Israel Grandparents Club, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at Emagine Theater, 44425 W.12 Mile in Novi. $10 includes ticket, pop and popcorn. RSVP required: michelle@temple-israel.org , (248) 661-5700. Enjoy the contemporary dance troupe Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, making its Detroit Opera House debut Oct. 31-Nov. 2, at 1526 Broadway. All ages invited to a free master class with com- pany dancers 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1; must present ticket stub. Schedule/tickets: (313) 237-3416. Catch the Tony Award-winning, one-woman show, Elaine Stritch - At Liberty, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 31- Nov. 2, in Jazz Cafe at Music Hall, 350 Madison in Detroit. Tickets: $100. Show times: www.musichall. org , (313) 887-8500. Laugh remembering the routines popularized by comedy and life partners George Burns and Gracie Allen in the one-man show, Say Goodnight Gracie, through Nov. 16, at the Gem Theater, 333 Madison in Detroit. Show times: 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays. Tickets: (313) 963-9800, www. gemtheatre.com . Check out DeFace the Nation, an all-political review poking fun at presidential candidates, Democrats, Republicans and media pundits, through Nov. 23, at Second City, 42705 Grand River in Novi. Schedule/tickets: (248) 348-4448, www.secondcity.com . Concerts Indulge in jazz nostalgia with the Grammy-nominated group Spyro Gyra 6 and 8 p.m. Friday- Sunday, Oct. 24-26, at Arturo's Jazz Theatre, 25333 W.12 Mile in Southfield. Tickets: $35-$50. (248) 357-6009, arturosjazz.com . Experience the Beethoven Sonata Project Concerts 5 & 6 with pianist Andras Schiff 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at University of Michigan's Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Tickets: $24-$48. (734) 764-2538. Turn out for a "Harvest Festival" concert with the Oakland Brass Band 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at Berkley High School, 2325