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November 15
Featuring Comedian Marc Weiner
CSZ Sisterhood Presents
An Adult Night Out
Kiddush: The Ultimate Battlefield
8:00 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
Featuring Rabbi Eric S. Yanoff
From Rikkud (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
Wine & Cheese Reception for
Unattached Adults ages 40 to 60
7:00 PM CSZ Southfield
December 13
Featuring Sam Glaser
Coffee House Adult Concert
8:00 PM • CSZ Southfield
For more information, please call the
synagogue office at 248/357-5544
www.shaareyzedek.org
VI Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Participate in the grand opening
of Birmingham Design Studio, a
one-stop interior decorating store,
5-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at 808
S. Old Woodward. Wine and hors
d'oeuvres. (248) 723-8888.
Attend an opening reception for
the 105th anniversary show of the
Detroit Society of Women Painters
and Sculptors 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov.
14, at Alfred Berkowitz Gallery of
University of Michigan-Dearborn,
4901 Evergreen. Gallery hours,
through Dec. 12: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
weekdays. (313) 593-3592.
Browse Bakelite and silver jew-
elry from Linda Soberman, mixed
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media artist and educator, 11 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov.
14-15, at Judy Frankel's Antiques
Centre of Troy, 2830 W. Maple at
Coolidge. (248) 649-4399.
Meet Dr. Stephen Rapp and other
artists at "Art in Bloom," a wine
and cheese open house, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15, at Orchard Lake
Framing & Gallery, 4301 Orchard
Lake Road, Suite 120, West
Bloomfield. Free. (248) 538-9021,
www.orchardlakeframing.com .
Stop by the Chanukah gift and
craft sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 16, at Congregation Kehillat
Israel, 2014 Forest, west of
University Club, Lansing 48910.
Sarah Kalt: sarakalt@gmail.com .
fabric postcards with the
Pomegranate Guild 1 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 16, at a member's home. The
group makes needlecrafts with
Judaic themes. Judy Galperin:
(248) 661-5337.
Read "The Writing is on the Wall,"
a collection of posters from Israel,
193O-1960s, through Nov. 16, at
Janice Charach Gallery, inside
West Bloomfield JCC. Free. (248)
432-5449.
Note the application deadline of
Monday, Nov. 17, for artisans and
vendors for the Gift Emporium,
scheduled 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday,
Dec.14, at Oak Park JCC. Details:
(248) 967-4030, ext. 2006.
Hear a discussion of the book
Golda by Elinor Burkett at a pot-
luck meeting of Rabin Branch 960
of Ameinu (formerly Labor Zionist
Alliance) 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21,
at a member's home in Oak Park.
No charge; bring a dish. RSVP:
(248) 399-1650.
Browse "Frame of Mind," art cre-
ated by Alice Frank of Bloomfield
Hills, through Nov. 29, at Lawrence
Street Gallery. Wednesdays-
Saturdays at 22620 Woodward,
Ferndale. (248) 544-0394, www-
lawrencestreetgallery.com .
Check out the new exhibit, "Out
of the World," extraordinary cos-
tumes from film and television,"
through Jan. 11, at Henry Ford
Museum in Dearborn.
www.thehenryford.org .
Cinema & Stage
Come for opening night of Tom
Stoppard's Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are Dead 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 14, at the Hilberry
Theatre, 4743 Cass, on campus of
Detroit's Wayne State University.
The play focused on minor charac-
ters from Hamlet is staged in rota-
tion with that famous Shakespeare
tragedy. Tickets/schedule: (313)
577-2972.
Applaud at theatrical productions
staged by local high schools:
• Anything Goes: Groves High
presents its fall musical 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15,
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at
Book Fairs
Find interesting books and hear
fascinating authors at the Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit's Jewish Book Fair continuing
through Nov. 16, at JCC locations in
West Bloomfield and Oak Park.
www.jccdet.org , Jewish Life and
Learning: (248) 432-5577, ext. 7.
• Jewish Book Festival: Lots of
books, and free author talks, through
Monday, Nov. 17, at the Washtenaw
County JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive
in Ann Arbor 48108. (734) 971-0990.
20500 W.13 Mile, Beverly Hills.
Tickets: $12 adult, $10 student.
(248) 203-3530.
• Children of Eden: Andover High
stages the story of Adam and
Eve, music and lyrics by Stephen
Schwartz, on the weekends of
Nov. 15-17 and 21-23, at 4200
Andover Road, Bloomfield Hills.
Cast members include Lindsay
Alexis, Bethany Friedman, Charlie
Frank, Ross Herner, Danny Hurvitz,
Michael Linden, Alexandra Osten,
Hope Peskin-Shepherd, Marlee
Rich and Leah Shepherd. FTickets/
schedule: (248) 341-5699.
• The Wedding Singer: The new
musical set in 1985, based on
the Adam Sandler movie, opens
Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Jean and
Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy,
inside the West Bloomfield JCC.
Performance schedule: 7 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov.
19-20; 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
22, and 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
23. Director Mitch Master's cast
includes lead actors C.J. Apel,
Molly Goldsmith, Rina Bergman,
Basil Williams, Alyssa Adler, Julie
Lowenthal, Alexandra Fox, Jeff
Karson, Daniel Hacker and Allie
Lichterman. $15. (248) 592-5263.
Take in "Living La Vida Jewish," a
sisterhood-sponsored show featur-
ing comedian Marc Weiner, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield,
B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut
Lake Road. $36 includes an after-
glow. (248) 681-4235.
Thrill to Puccini's Madame
Butterfly, staged Nov. 15-23,
at Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway. Schedule/tickets ($28-
$120): www.MichiganOpera.org ,
(313) 237-7464.
Join Temple Beth El's "Reel Israel
Film Club" for Beaufort, set dur-
ing the end of Israeli occupation of
Lebanon, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at
temple, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. Charles Greenberg leads
post-film discussion. Free. (248)
851-1100, ext. 3149.
Audition for WIT, presented by SRO
Productions and city of Southfield,
7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Nov.
17-18, at the Burgh Church, 26060
Berg, Southfield. Bring a resume
and head shot if possible. Shows
start Feb. 20. (248) 796-4645,
www.srotheater.org .
Buy a ticket to Nicky Silver's
funny play, Raised In Captivity:
A Bow of Paranoia, part of the
Breathe Art Theatre Project, Nov.
21-Dec. 7, at 4126 Third, Detroit.
Schedule/tickets: (313) 831-1939,
www.BreatheArtTheatre.com .
Enjoy Stagecrafters' musical Show
Boat, including Ed Berger, through
Nov. 23, at the Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak. 8
p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets: $16, $18. (248)
541-6430; www.stagecrafters.org .
Check out DeFace the Nation, a
political sketch show, through
Nov. 23, at Second City, 42705
Grand River, Novi. Ttickets: (248)
348-4448, www.secondcity.com .
Concerts
Listen to Dr. Richard Kogan play
works by Leonard Bernstein for
Pro Musica Detroit 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 14, in the Music Box
at Max Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward, Detroit. Ticket holders
can meet the guest artist at after-
concert reception. Purchase tick-