TO DOI Calendar Sponsored by
Con. re ation Shaarey Zedek
Cinema & Stage
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U pcoming vents
January 7
Sisterhood Presents:
The Return of
Mahj Madness
5:45 PM • CSZ Southfield
January 15, 22 & 29
Featuring Rabbi Aaron Starr
Of Isaac and Ishmael:
A Discussion of the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
7:30 PM
CSZ B'nai Israel Center
January 16
Featuring Professor
Howard Lupovitch
Jews of Greece
6:00 PM
CSZ B'nai Israel Center
Grecian Dinner:
per child
$18 per aduit • $9
For more information, please call the
synagogue office at 248/357-5544
www.shaareyzedek.org
See Frannie Shepherd-
"Dysfunctional Holiday Revue,"
through Dec. 28, at 42705 Grand
Bates' direction of
No Exit by Jean - Paul
River, Novi 48375. Tickets/sched-
ule: (248) 348-4448,
www.secondcity.com .
Sartre, presented by
Magenta Giraffe Theatre
Company, through Jan.
16, at Griffon Theatre
See actor Loren Bass in Tom
Stoppard's classic Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead
opening Jan. 8-Feb. 22, at
Performance Network Theatre,
120 E. Huron, Ann Arbor.
Schedule/tickets: (734) 663-0681,
www.performancenetwork.org .
in the Park Bar, 2040
Park, Detroit. Tickets:
Enjoy a restaging of Garson
Kanin's Broadway hit Born
Yesterday, through April 11, at
Wayne State University's Hilberry
Theatre, 4742 Cass, Detroit. The
play is a humorous, political love
story set in Washington, D.C., fol-
lowing World War II. Tickets: $10-
$30. Box office: (313) 577-2972,
www.wsushows.com .
Take the family to see Adam
Sandler's new adventure-com-
edy, Bedtime Stories, directed by
Adam Shankman for Walt Disney
Studios. Consult local listings for
show times. www.disney.com/
BedtimeStories.
Concerts
Check It Out!
EARLY HOLIDAY DEADLINE
• For the issue of Jan. 8, items must be received by noon
Tuesday, Dec. 30.
Arts & Culture
Enjoy the holiday collection,
"Objects of Wonder and Delight,"
through Saturday, Jan. 3, at
Pamela Primak's Detroit Gallery
of Contemporary Crafts, 104
Fisher Building, Detroit. Not open
Sundays. (313) 873-7888.
Attend the opening of Agnes
Miller's "Red Hot Art Show," 6-9
p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at Lawrence
Street Gallery, 22620 Woodward,
B18
December 25 2008
Ferndale. The show runs Jan. 7-31.
(248) 544-0394,
wwwlawrencestreetgallery.com .
Meet author Margery Krevsky
and get a signed copy of Sirens
of Chrome: The Enduring Allure
of Auto Show Models, named a
2009 Michigan Notable Book by
the Library of Michigan, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 10, at Barnes &
Noble Booksellers, 500 S. Main in
Royal Oak. (248) 346-9490.
No Exit
Giggle at Second City's
Hear the Randy Napoleon Sextet,
next performers in the KCH Jazz
in Concert Series, 8 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 2, at Kerrytown Concert
House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann Arbor.
(734) 769-2999,
www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
Sample some hot blues at the
15th Annual Anti-Freeze Blues
Festival, with the Siegel-Schwall
Band as headliners, 7 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 2, at the Magic Bag, 22920
Woodward, Ferndale. Benefit for
the Detroit Blues Society con-
tinues with the Thornetta Davis
Band 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3. $25
per night. (248) 544-3030, www.
themagicbag.com .
Lend an ear to the jazzy Alvin
Waddles Trio, presented by Detroit
Chamber Winds & Strings, 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 9, at Hagopian World
of Rugs, 850 S. Old Woodward,
Birmingham. Evening starts with
reception. Advance tickets: $20
$12-$15. (586) 876-1447,
noexit@magentagiraffe.
org .
Director Frannie Shepherd-Bates
regular, $10 student; $5 additional
at door. (248) 559-2095, www.
detroitchamberwinds.org .
Event Hotline
Show up for Chanukah movies
and family fun during Day at the
J 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 25, at the Oak Park JCC.
Kosher food donations will go to
Yad Ezra. Charge: $2 per family.
(248) 967-4030.
B'nai B'rith invites the entire com-
munity to ring in the new year
with a "Blast from the Past,"
8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, at
Farina's Banquet Center, 2483
Coolidge, Berkley, and dance to
the music of the '50s. The $59
per person cost includes hors
d'oeuvres, buffet, open bar and
sweet endings. RSVP: Nancy
Braun at (248) 553-7474.
Visit the Web site of the Social
Connection, a Metro-Detroit-based
lifestyle and event company, to
find major parties for New Year's
Eve 2009. www.NYEDetroit.com .
Try your luck at Sisterhood's mah-
jongg tournament, Wednesday,
Jan. 7, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, 27375 Bell Road,
Southfield. Check-in at 5:45 p.m.;
tournament play starts at 7. Win
cash prizes and 50/50 raffles.
Entry fees: $15 for reserved seat
at a competitive table, $10 for
a non-competitive table. RSVP:
sbkoffron@comcast.net.
Health
Learn to live with attention-
deficit disorder at separate
meetings of CHADD 7:30-9 p.m.
(sign-in at 7) Monday, Jan. 5,
at Way Elementary School, 765
W. Long Lake Road, Bloomfield
Hills. Oakland Community College
counselor Mary Jo Schuster, MA,
will facilitate a panel of college
students with AD/HD. A support
group for adults will be focused on
organizational systems. Donation:
$5 for non-member families only.
(248) 988-6716, www.chadd.
net/527.
Helping Out
Lead an hour-long Shabbat ser-
vice Friday afternoons at Lahser
Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,
Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)
354-3222, ext.130.
Sort donated used books, books
on tape, records, videos, CDs and
DVDs for this spring's Bookstock
sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays,
and selected Sundays, at
Bloomfield Plaza Shopping Center,
southwest corner of Maple and
Telegraph. www.bookstock.info,
(248) 645-7840, ext. 365.
Submit nominations now for the
2009 Eight Over Eighty event,
presented by Jewish Apartments
& Services. Details: www.jasmi.
org/8-over-80.html.
Tie and make cuddly fleece blan-
kets to comfort children in transi-
tion from abuse and neglect 10
a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays at National
Council of Jewish Women, 26400
Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield.
Materials are provided for the no-
sewing project, along with coffee,
sweets and camaraderie as you
work. (248) 355-3300.
Deliver meals to homebound cli-
ents in Oakland County through
National Council of Jewish