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Dec. 7, at 14450 W.10 Mile. Oak
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Upcomingtvents
December 1
Featuring Author Stephen Fried
Joint Sisterhod Dinner
with Adat Shalom
6:30 PM • CSZ Southfield
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 10
Shaarey Zedek Seniors Present
Pianist Ilya Kozadayev
1:00 PM • CSZ Southfield
December 13
Kesher Connection:
Wine & Cheese Reception for
Unattached Adults ages
40-ish to 60-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
synagogue office at 243/357-5544
www.shaoreyzedek.org
Check It Out!
• "Magic of Birmingham": Have
a fun night of shopping 6-8 p.m.
Thursdays, Dec. 4-18, downtown
Birmingham. Free gifts from local
retailers will be handed out ran-
domly on the streets, plus a grand
prize each night of the event.
Details: enjoybirmingham.com .
• Oak Park JCC: Find treasures,
treats and excellent buys from
artisans and vendors exhibiting at
the Center's annual gift emporium
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14. You
need not be present to win the
50/50 raffle, with tickets priced at
$5 each or $20 for five. Proceeds
will help support programming
for children. Reserve babysitting
by Dec. 1: (248) 967-4030, ext.
2006.
Participate in a phone dialogue
with Joanna Hershon, author of
German Bride, through the Lunch
& Literature Series facilitated
by Lis Shubow noon-1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 10, in the West
Bloomfield JCC's Meyers Library.
Bring a lunch; dessert and bever-
ages provided. RSVP to Francine
Menken: (248) 432-5546,
fmenken@jccdet.org .
Admire the miniature chairs,
unusual tables, textiles, ceramic
mosaics and collages, all from
the artistic mind of Ellen Stern,
continuing through Dec. 29, at
the Farmington Hills City Gallery
inside Costick Center, 28600 W.11
Mile. Cultural Arts Division: (248)
4731856.
Cinema 6' Stage
Arts & Culture
Browse Alice Frank's "Frame
of Mind," through Nov. 29, at
Lawrence Street Gallery, 22620
Woodward, Ferndale. (248) 544-
0394, wwwlawrencestreetgallery.
com .
Get ready for the season of gen-
erosity:
• "Shop and Champagne":
Select artistic gifts 6:30-9 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S.
Cranbrook, Birmingham. $70 ($60
in advance) includes gourmet
fare, champagne, wine, 10 percent
discount on artist-made items,
complimentary gift-wrapping.
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Proceeds benefit educational and
community programming. (248)
644-0866.
• Kulanu Group Hadassah: Browse
through items offered at a holiday
gift show 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4,
at Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield.
Hadassah will receive some pro-
ceeds. (248) 683-5030.
• Congregation B'nai Moshe: Visit
artisans and vendors at the syn-
agogue's holiday bazaar 11 a.m.-4
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield. Ruth:
(248) 626-8660.
• Temple Emanu-El: Find great
gifts at the sisterhood-sponsored
Chanukah bazaar 9 a.m. Sunday,
Gemini At Ark
Park. (248) 967-6380.
Come to opening night of Arthur
Miller's A View from the Bridge
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, in Wayne
State University's Studio Theatre,
downstairs from the Hilberry
Theatre, 4742 Cass, Detroit.
Additional performances: 2 and
8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, and 8
p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 4-6.
(313) 577-2972.
Watch the documentary Trumbo,
about blacklisted Hollywood
screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, 9:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28-
29, and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30,
at Detroit Film Theatre inside the
Detroit Institute of Arts, John R
entrance. (313) 833-4005, www.
Have fun at a family con-
cert 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
30, at the Ark, 316 S. Main,
Ann Arbor. The scheduled
performers include Gemini,
the acoustic duo of Sandor
and Laszlo Slomovits,
joined by San's 14-year-
old daughter, Emily Rose
San and Laz
Slomovits, playing fiddle.
$10 admission will assist
Mott Hospital in Ann Arbor. (734) 763-8587.
tickets.dia.org .
Broadway.
• JARC fall fundraiser: Purchase
Learn why Grease is the word
when Players Guild of Dearborn
stages the breezy 1959 teen musi-
cal, at 21730 Madison, Dearborn.
Show continues weekends through
Nov. 29. Tickets: $18; discounts
available. Details: (313) 561-TKTS or
www.playersguildofdearborn.org .
tickets (starting at $60) for per-
formance 7:30-11 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 11. Young adults (ages 21-40)
have pre-glow reception, 5-7 p.m.
Rena Friedberg: (248) 538-6610,
ext. 314; renafriedberg@jarc.org .
Attend the artists' reception for
"Think Small, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec.
5, at Lawrence Street Gallery,
22620 Woodward, Ferndale. Show
dates: Dec. 3-26. (248) 544-0394,
wwwlawrencestreetgallery.com .
Experience pianist Stephen Hough
and conductor Mark Wigglesworth
with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra for a three-concert
series 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28; 8:30
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29; and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 30 at Orchestra Hall.
Hough's solo includes Brahms
Piano Concerto No.1. (313) 576-
5111 or www.detroitsymphony.com .
Catch the Spotlight Players' pro-
duction of You Can't Take It With
You, the Kaufman and Hart clas-
sic comedy about an eccentric
family, weekends through Dec. 6,
at Village Theater at Cherry Hill,
50400 Cherry Hill, Canton 48176.
Schedule/tickets: (734) 394-5300,
www.spotlightplayers.net
Witness Tony 'n Tina's Wedding,
an audience participation comedy
staged by Detroit Actors Guild for
the last 10 years. Weekend dates:
Dec. 5, 13, 19 and 20, at San
Marino Club, 1685 E. Big Beaver,
Troy 48083. Schedule/tickets:
(313) 885-3032.
You've invited to Nicky Silver's
funny play Raised in Captivity: A
Bow of Paranoia, through Dec.
7, at 4126 Third, Detroit. Part of
the Breathe Art Theatre Project.
Schedule/tickets: (313) 831-1939,
www.BreatheArtTheatre.com .
See what happened before
Dorothy showed up in Wicked,
the acclaimed Broadway musical,
opening 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.
10, at Detroit Opera House, 1526
Concerts
Join folksinger Ryan Mintz lead-
ing two workshops Saturday, Nov.
29, at Affirmations, 290 W. Nine
Mile, Ferndale. His program at 6
p.m. is for men over age 18 and
8 p.m. targets youth ages 14-24.
Free. Details: (248) 397-7105, ext.
113; www.goaffirmations.org , www.
ryanmintz.com .
Hear lovely music from violinist
Yehonatan Berick, and Pauline
Martin, pianist, 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 9, at Christ Church Cranbrook,
470 Church, Bloomfield Hills. An
afterglow follows. The Cranbrook
Music Guild presents. $30; stu-
dents pay $20. (248) 645-0097,
www.cranbrookmusicguild.org .
Visit Congregation Shaarey Zedek
for Coffee House Concerts Live
starring Sam Glaser, a singer/song-
writer/performer from Los Angeles,
8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at 27375
Bell Road, Southfield. Moment
Magazine considers Glaser one of
the top 10 Jewish artists in the U.S.