EVERYTHING'S
RELATIVE
by Jordan B. Gorfinkel •
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Hear music with a South
American flair when the Vivace
Music Series presents the Alturas
Duo 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at
the Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.
12 Mile, Farmington Hills. Tickets:
$18-$21. Ann Sipher: (248) 661-
1348, www.vivaceseries.org .
Enjoy pianist David Syme in
"Music From the Heartland,"
a concert of musical master-
pieces from the Midwest, 8
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Ward
Presbyterian Church, 40000 Six
Mile in Northville (ZIP: 48168).
The Detroit native will appear
with the Plymouth Symphony
Orchestra. Tickets: $25 adult, $20
senior, $10 student. www.plym-
outhsymphony.org , (734) 451-2112.
Listen as Dr. Richard Kogan
explores works of composer
Leonard Bernstein at a Pro
Musica Detroit concert 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 14, in the Music Box
of Max Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward in Detroit. Ticket hold-
ers can meet the guest artist at
an after-concert reception in the
Atrium. Purchase tickets ($40)
through (313) 576-5111, www.
detroitsymphony.com . Details:
www.promusicadetroit.org .
Appreciate the Prazak Quartet,
a string quartet from the Czech
Republic, at a Chamber Music
Society of Detroit concert 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15, at Seligman
Performing Arts Center on the
Detroit Country Day School cam-
pus, 22305 W.13 Mile at Lahser in
Beverly Hills. www.comehearcmsd.
org .
Have "Brunch with Bach," featur-
ing chamber players Tom Wiebe
and Pauline Martin, 11 a.m. Sunday,
Nov. 16, at the Detroit Institute of
Arts, 5200 Woodward. $35, but
$15 concert only. Purchase: tick-
ets.dia.org , (313) 833-4005.
Event Hotline
Observe a mini pow wow, with
native Americans performing
traditional dances, Saturday
and Sunday, Nov. 8-9, at the
Southfield Civic Center Pavilion,
26000 Evergreen. Metro
Parenting Publishing Group spon-
sors. Admission: $7.50. www.
metroparentevents.com , Hours:
(248) 398-3400.
Listen to former U.N. Ambassador
John Bolton at the annual
Balfour Celebration fundraiser
for Michigan Region-Zionist
Organization of America 7 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 9, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell
Kristallnacht Witness
Learn about Kristallnacht, the
Nazi-instigated pogroms throughout
Germany and Austria on the night
of Nov. 9-10,1938, from eyewitness
Rabbi Ernst Conrad. The rabbi emeri-
tus of Temple Kol Ami will speak 11
a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at the syna-
gogue, 5085 Walnut Lake Road in
Rabbi Conrad
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West Bloomfield. Free, and no RSVP
needed. (248) 661-0040.
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Concerts
BECCA
Road in Southfield. Applaud for
CSZ members Ann and Leonard
Baruch, recipients of the Justice
Brandeis Award. RSVP: (248) 282-
0088 or lisa@mizoa.org .
Hear from Federation Forum
speaker Dave Bing, businessman
and Detroit mayoral candidate,
noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.
12, at the Townsend Hotel, 100
Townsend in Birmingham. $30.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit requests RSVP to: www.
jewishdetroit.org/forum.asp or
Michael Benghiat: (248) 203-1459.
Discover "Keys to Resolving
Challenging Behaviors," at home
or in the classroom, at the Anita
Naftaly Family Circle Conference
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road in Southfield.
Sponsors also include Federation's
Alliance for Jewish Education,
Henry Ford Health System Dept.
of Pediatrics, Learning Disabilities
Clinic Inc., Kaufman Children's
Center and others. Event offers an
informal session for parents, and
keynote speaker Dr. Ross Greene,
author of The Explosive Child.
Cost: $20, $25 at door. Space is
limited. Registration required:
www.jewishdetroit.org/familycircle,
(248) 642-4260, ext. 375.
Join the Jewish Community
Relations Council and modera-
tor Arthur Horwitz, Jewish News
publisher, at the program "After
the Election: Prospects for Real
Reform," 8 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18,
at the Fisher Federation Building,
6735 Telegraph in Bloomfield
Township. The conversation will
be with Phil Power, founder of the
Center for Michigan. A continental
breakfast served at no charge.
RSVP by Nov.17: (248) 642-5393.
Meet entrepreneurs at the kick-
off event for the B'nai B'rith
Business Network (BBBN), 7-9
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue, 22901
Middlebelt in Farmington Hills.
Presenters will be Terry Bean
and Charlie Wollberg, founders of
Motor City Connect
(www.motorcityconnect.com ), a
Web site for businesses in the
area. $5. Sandra Maurer: (248)
787-6623, sandramaurer@att.net .
Reserve your place on the Jewish
Federation's Family Mission to
Israel. Dec. 25-Jan. 4. (248) 642-
8639, skaufman®jfmd.org .
Events That Help
Come celebrate with the Anti-
Defamation League at "A Single
Night of Music" 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 6, at Knollwood
Country Club, 5050 W. Maple in
West Bloomfield. Entertainment:
performance by Elaine Serling
and featuring the Contours. $200
ticket also includes strolling din-
ner. (248) 353-7553.
See the work of Elizabeth Lurie
and other artists at the opening
of "Michigan Ceramics 2008"
5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the
Community Arts Gallery, 150
Community Arts Building, on the
Wayne State University campus
in Detroit. Co-sponsor is Elaine
Jacobs Gallery. The exhibition will
celebrate the Michigan Ceramic
Art Association's 50th anniver-
sary through Dec. 19. Open 10
a.m. Tuesdays-Fridays. Lisa Baylis
Gonzalez: (313) 577-0770.
Purchase a Shop4aCure Card and
receive a 20 percent discount on
regularly priced merchandise at
over 200 retail locations through
Nov. 9. $50; proceeds from card
will go to the Matthew Bittker
Foundation for research into pedi-
atric cancers. (248) 626-4800,
www.itswhatmatters.org .
Assist the 35,000 individuals in
Michigan with Parkinson's disease
attending the Michigan Parkinson
Foundation's "Night of a Thousand
Stars Gala" 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
9, at the Marriott Troy, 200 W.
Big Beaver. Tickets: $100. (248)
433-1011.
Come to a show starring Kevin
Lepine, comedian and certified
hynotherapist, 7 p.m. (doors open)
Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Mark
Ridley's Comedy Castle, 269 E.
Fourth in Royal Oak. Proceeds
will go to Birmingham Bloomfield
Families in Action. Tickets: www.
bbfaprevention.org , (248) 341-
6340.
Find gently used clothing, furs,
jewelry, toys, linens and household
items at Greater Detroit Chapter
of Hadassah's annual rummage
sale opening 9 a.m. Nov. 12-14 and
16, at 5030 Orchard Lake Road
in West Bloomfield. Closing times:
5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
3 p.m. Friday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Proceeds help fund Hadassah's
healthcare, educational and social
programs. Gail Katz: (248) 683-
5030, www.detroit.hadassah.org .