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Upcoming 'Events
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 1.-- ,rael Center
January 16
Featuring Professor
Howard Lupovitch
Jews of Greece
6:00 PM
CSZ B'nai Israel Center
Grecian Dinner:
SI.% per adult • $9 per child
For rnore information, please call the
iynagogue office at 204357-5544
,
www.chricireyzedek.orri
Check It Out!
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. (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,
Ferndale. The show runs Jan. 7-31.
(248) 544-0394 or
wwwlawrencestreetgallery.com .
Meet author Margery Krevsky and
get a signed copy of her Sirens
B12
January 1 • 2009
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.
Tune in to a Documentary Channel
program, Seeds of Summer, 9 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 12, and 5 p.m. Jan.
17, on Dish Network Channel 197.
Two young female Israeli military
recruits embark on a transfor-
mational journey to become
confident soldiers. Check local
guide. www.documentarychannel.
com/schedule.
Peruse an exhibition of more than
two dozen chess sets from the
extensive collection of Dr. George
and Vivian Dean, through March
22, at the Detroit Institute of
Arts. Some of the artists featured
are Man Ray and Salvador Dali.
(313) 833-7900.
Cinema & Stage
Watch actor Loren Bass in Tom
Stoppard's classic Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead Jan. 8-
Feb. 22, at Performance Network
Theatre, 120 E. Huron, Ann Arbor.
Schedule/tickets: (734) 663-0681,
www.performancenetwork.org .
See Frannie Shepherd-Bates'
direction of No Exit by Jean-Paul
Sartre, presented by Magenta
Giraffe Theatre Company, through
Jan. 16, at Griffon Theatre in the
Park Bar, 2040 Park, Detroit.
Tickets: $12-$15. (586) 876-1447,
noexit®magentagiraffe.org .
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
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 or
www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
Sample some hot blues at the 15th
Annual Anti-Freeze Blues Festival,
with headlining Siegel-Schwall
Band, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at
the Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward,
Ferndale. Benefit for the Detroit
Blues Society continues, featuring
the Thornetta Davis Band, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 3. Admission: $25
Floating Zoo
Catch the musi-
cal Two By Two,
through Jan. 11,
at the JET in the
West Bloomfield
JCC. Shows: 7:30
p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 8; 5 and 8
p.m. Jan. 3, 10;
2 p.m. Sundays,
Jan. 4 and 11. Two
shows on New Year's Eve. Tickets: (248) 788-2900 or
www.jettheatre.org .
per night. (248) 544-3030, www.
themagicbag.com .
Lend an ear to the jazzy Alvin
Waddles Trio, appearing with
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 regular, $10 student;
$5 additional at door. (248) 559-
2095, www.detroitchamberwinds.
org .
Applaud Leonard Slatkin, mae-
stro of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, as he's joined by
double bassist Edgar Meyer, banjo
virtuoso Bela Fleck and tabla
player Zakir Hussain - at a four-
performance series, "Americans
Here & Abroad," 8:30 p.m. Friday. _
and Saturday, Jan. 9-10, and 3
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, at Max Fisher
Music Center, 3711 Woodward,
Detroit. Program includes
world premiere of Rhapsody for
Orchestra by Margaret Brouwer,
the winner of the 2008 Elaine
Lebenbom Memorial Award for
Female Composers Competition.
Tickets: (313) 576-5111, www.
detroitsymphony.com .
Attend the farewell tour of the
renowned chamber music ensem-
ble Guarneri String Quartet, fea-
turing Arnold Steinhardt, 4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 11, in Ann Arbor's
Rackham Auditorium, 915 E.
Washington. Tickets: www.ums.org .
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 .
Please note that the Young Israel
of Southfield Cultural Odyssey,
featuring a French dinner and Dr.
Mitchell Cappell's presentation on
his important Jewish and Zionist
documents, was rescheduled
from the original November date
to Sunday, Jan. 11, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. Cookie Gonik
will continue to accept reserva-
tions at: momgon@comcast.net ,
(248) 357-1377. Payment of $100
due to: YIS, 27705 Lahser Road,
Southfield, MI 48034.
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
Event Hotline
Try your luck at the CSZ
Sisterhood's mah-jongg tourna-
ment, Wednesday, Jan. 7, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
Lead an hour-long Shabbat ser-
vice Friday afternoons at Lahser
Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,
Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)
354-3222, ext. 130.