TO DO 0 Calendar Sponsored by Congregation Shaare y Zed k q e/e/i , Upcoming t vents November 21 Featuring Professor Howard Lupovitch Jews of Italy 6:00 PM • C2 B'nai Israel Center December 1 Featuring Author Stephen Fried Joint Sisterhod Dinner with Adat Shalom 6:30 PM • CSZ Southfield December 4 Featuring Rabbi Frir 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 Kesher Connedion: Wine & Cheese Reception for Unattached Adults ages 40-ish to 6•ish 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 syn;i1; ► 11lie office at 248/3S7-S544 www..shaarcyzedek.orq Check It Out! EARLY HOLIDAY DEADLINE For the issues of Thursday, Dec. 4, items must be received by noon Monday, Nov. 24. Arts & Culture Get two reviews at one program when the Book Discussion Group of Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah talks about Scribblers on the Roof, contemporary Jewish fiction by Melvin Jules Bukiet, and Get a Life, a novel by Nadine Gordimer 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Free. (248) 683-5030. Appreciate the talent of local art- ists or showcase your own work C18 November 20 • 2008 at the next Pecha-Kucha Night Detroit 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Detroit Institute of Arts. Twelve creative people in vari- ous disciplines will present their work on PowerPoint. Co-hosts: American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Detroit Synergy. No RSVP. www.detroitsynergy.org . Get ready for the gift season: • Congregation B'nai Moshe: Artisans and gift vendors have until Nov. 24 to reserve a space at the holiday bazaar 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at 6800 Drake, West Bloomfield. Ruth: (248) 626-8660. • Kulanu Group Hadassah: Vendors will offer lots of variety at a holiday gift show 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Hadassah will get some proceeds. (248) 683-5030. • Oak Park JCC: Find a myriad of artisans and vendors at the annu- al gift emporium 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec.14. Details: (248) 967-4030, ext. 2006. Cinema & Stage Applaud at these high school the- atrical productions: • The Wedding Singer: The new musical set in 1985 and based on the Adam Sandler movie has performances through Nov. 23, at Frankel Jewish Academy, inside the West Bloomfield JCC. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20; 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, and 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23. $15. (248) 592-5263. •Children of Eden: Andover High stages the story of Adam and Eve, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, on the weekend of Nov. 21-23, at 4200 Andover Road, Bloomfield Hills. (248) 341-5699. Catch the Spotlight Players' production of the Kaufman and Hart comedy You Can't Take It With You, beginning 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill Road in Canton (48176). The show about an eccentric family will be staged weekends through Dec. 6. Schedule/tickets: (734) 394-5300, www.spotlightplayers.net Witness Tony 'n Tina's Wedding, Friday, Nov. 21, at Andiamo's Celebrity Showroom in Warren (586) 268-3200; and weekend dates of Dec. 5, 13, 19 and 20, at San Marino Club in Troy. (313) 885-3032. Enjoy Stagecrafters' produc- tion of the musical Show Boat, including cast member Ed Berger, through Nov. 23, at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, down- town Royal Oak. Show times: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $16, $18. www. stagecrafters.org , (248) 541-6430. Throw The Book Give unwant- ed media to Bookstock's Colossal Collection Drive 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at Bloomfield Plaza Shopping Center, southwest cor- ner of Maple and Telegraph. Tax receipts will be provided for donations of used books, books on tape, records, videos, CDs and DVDs. Also, volunteer to sort items 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, and select- ed Sundays. www.bookstock.info, (248) 645-7840, ext. 365. Catch must-see rebroadcasts on public television. Details: www. detroitpublictv : • The Jewish Americans: 2 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23. The three-part mini-series on the history of Jews in the United States was made by David Grubin, a speaker at this year's Jewish Book Fair. • Rape of Europa: 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24. Film addresses the looting, destruction and sur- vival of European art during Nazi Germany's reign of terror. - Wood Coffee House Series inside First United Methodist Church, 1001 Green at Glazier Way, Ann Arbor 48105. (734) 665-8558. Spend an evening with Jewish songwriter Dick Siegel from Michigan 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. His music incorporates modern folk, roots and jazz. $15. www. a2ark.org , (734) 763-8587. Check out the Young American Comedy Tour, including Jewish Watch the documentary Trumbo, about the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter, 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28-29, and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, at Detroit Film Theatre inside Detroit Institute of Arts, John R entrance. (313) 833- 4005, www.tickets.dia.org . Learn why Grease is the word when Players Guild of Dearborn stages the teen musical, at 21730 Madison, Dearborn. Show contin- ues weekends through Nov. 29. Tickets: $18, with discount avail- able. Schedule: www.playersguil- dofdearborn.org , (313) 561-TKTS. Buy a ticket to Nicky Silver's funny play, Raised in Captivity: A Bow of Paranoia, part of the Breathe Art Theatre Project, through Dec. 7, at 4126 Third, Detroit. Tickets: (313) 831-1939, www.BreatheArtTheatre.com . Concerts Sit back for the music of Chuck Brodsky, a Jewish singer-song- writer from North Carolina, 8-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at Green comics Mike Young and Jeff Dwoskin, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, at City Theatre, 2301 Woodward, Detroit. $31.50. (313) 471-6611. Welcome folk-singing newcomer Ryan Mintz at his homecoming concert after six months away 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Affirmations, 290 W. Nine Mile, Ferndale. Admission: $7, $3. He'll also lead two workshops on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m. (men over age 18) and 8 p.m. (youth ages 14-24). Free. Details: (248) 397-7105, ext.113; www.goaffirmations.org . Get $5 student tickets dur- ing November to most Detroit Symphony Orchestra concerts at the Max Fisher Music Center, 211 Woodward, Detroit. Offer is for students in elementary through grad school with valid ID. Limit 4 tickets per household. Purchase at box office or (313) 576-5111. Details: www.detroit.symphony.org .