TO DO! Calendar Sponsored by on:regation Shaarey Zedek Examine Meredith Goldberg's 64efairti (i - ,ef-/e/ Y UpcomirigIvents 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 B20 November 13 • 2008 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-