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Upcoming Events
November 7
"cawing Rabbi Daniel Gordis
Kabbalat Shabbat Service & Dinner
Wt,koittittg New Members
6:00 PM CSZ Southfield
November 11
West Wing vs, Western Wall:
Using Jewish Values
To it lake Political Decisions
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.
7:30 PM CSZI3'nai Israel Center
November 21
Featuring Professor
Howard Lupovitch
Jews of Italy
6:00 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center
December 4
Front 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
December 13
Sam Glaser in Concert
8:00 PM • CSZ Southfield
For more information, please call the
synagogue office A 248/357-5544
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Arts & Culture
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:
RSVP by Oct. 31 to join group's
tour of the exhibit 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 4. Rabbi Joshua
Bennett's commentary follows.
Afterward, have lunch ($25)
approximately 12:15 p.m. at
Sposita's Ristorante, 33210 W.14
Mile in West Bloomfield. Nancy
Jonas: (248) 661-2881.
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October 30 • 2008
Watch 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 .
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.
Sort through Anthony
Shaffer's Sleuth, staged
by JET through Nov.
23, inside the West
Bloomfield JCC. Laced
with humor, the play
takes many twists and
turns telling about a
mystery writer and his
wife's lover. The official
opening is 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 31. Tickets/sched-
ule from JET: (248)
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.
Speak with artist Alice Frank of
Bloomfield Hills at the 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
runs Wednesdays-Saturdays, Nov.
5-29. (248) 544-0394,
wwwlawrencestreetgallery.com .
Sample "Weights & Measures,"
a show of Lauren Semivan's new
photographs, through Nov. 8, at
David Klein Gallery,163 Townsend
in Birmingham. (248) 433-3700,
www.dkgallery.com .
Celebrate the local authors who
will talk about their works at a
book-signing event during the
Jewish Book Fair 10 a.m. Sunday,
Nov. 9, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Full book fair schedule: (248)
432-5467.
Sign up for lunch with speaker
Chris Bohjalian, author of
Skeletons at the Feast, on
Hadassah Day at the Jewish Book
Fair 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.11, at
the West Bloomfield JCC. $45 also
includes book; $30 without book;
$21.20 for book only and no lunch.
(248) 683-5030.
Note the deadline of Monday,
Nov. 17, for artisans and vendors
wanting 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
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:
Mark Rademacher and Kevin T.
Young in Sleuth
www.jettheatre.org , (248) 788-2900.
BONUS: Savvy sleuths can earn two-for-one tickets to
select performances by answering any of these questions:
1.Who starred in the 1971 film Sleuth?
2. What does the acronym JET stand for?
3. JET, formed in 1988, is celebrating what anniversary?
Simply call the JET box office with your answer to reserve
tickets.
$100. Show times: www.musichall.
org , (313) 887-8500.
See Stagecrafters' production of
the classic musical Show Boat,
including cast member Ed Berger,
Oct. 31-Nov. 23, at the Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette in down-
town Royal Oak. Show times: 8
p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets: $16 or $18. www.
stagecrafters.org , (248) 541-6430.
Enjoy the contemporary 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 opening night, Thursday,
Nov. 6, of John Patrick Shanley's
play Defiance, directed by Bruce
Milan, at Detroit Repertory
Theatre, 13103 Woodrow Wilson in
Detroit. Shows through Dec. 28
and New Year's Eve. Admission:
$20, $17 in advance. www.detroi-
treptheatre.com , (313) 868-1347.
Attend the world premiere of
Kim Carney's Geoffrey & Jeffrey
Nov. 6-Dec. 28, at Performance
Network Theatre, 120 E. Huron in
Ann Arbor. Schedule/tickets: (734)
663-0681,
www.performancenetwork.org .
Join the screening of The
Counterfeiters, winner of the
2008 Academy Award for Best
Foreign Film, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
9, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Presented by the Lenore Marwil
Jewish Film Festival and Jewish
Book Fair, the film is based on
Leonard Malkin's book concern-
ing Operation Bernhard, a secret
Nazi plan to destabilize the British
economy. Malkin will also speak.
Advance purchase of tickets ($10)
recommended: (248) 432-5461.
Gather for Black Book, set during
the Holocaust, at a Sisterhood
Movie Night 7:15 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 12, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Road in
Southfield. $3, or $2 for CSZ
members. (248) 357-5544.
Laugh hearing lines from routines
popularized by comedy 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.
corn.
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 .