TO DO! Calendar Sponsored by Con re ation Shaarey Zedek Dec. 7, at 14450 W.10 Mile. Oak /own,/,/ ,;((//,/,' 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. B18 November 27 2008 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.