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8:00 PM • Saturday
February 7 • 8:00 PM
CSZ B'nai Israel Center
Pre-order your tickets today
at $15 each or pay
$18 at the door!
6 PM. TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 10
CSZ B'NAI ISRAEL CENTER
PIZZA DINNER
I-POD GRAND PRIZE
RSVP \MTH KDAVIS@SHAAREYZEDEKORG
GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY THE
MARILYN (z11) SOVERJNSKY
YOUTH ACTIVIIES FUND
For more information, please call the synagogue office at 248.357.5544
Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Hear Rabbi Steven Rubenstein dis-
cuss the book A Tale of Love and
Darkness by Amos Oz at a lun-
cheon of the Beth Ahm Sisterhood
noon Thursday, Jan. 29. $14.
RSVP by Jan. 24: Joanne Bellet,
(248) 851-8379, or jbe11413@
gmail.com .
See "Works for Young Collectors:
A Changing Exhibition," through
Saturday, Jan. 24, at Lemberg
Gallery, 23241 Woodward,
Ferndale. (248) 591-6623, www.
lemberggallery.com .
Go to a talk and book-signing with
Greg Mortenson, best-selling co-
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January 22 2009
author of Three Cups of Tea: One
Man's Mission to Promote Peace...
One School at a Time 1-4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 25, in Berkley High
School Auditorium, 2325 Catalpa.
The sponsor is Cary Loren's Book
Beat of Oak Park. A portion from
book sales, including Mortenson's
latest two adapted for children,
will be donated to his Pennies for
Peace charity. Book Beat: (248)
968-1190, wwww.thebookbeat.com .
Hear storyteller Corrine Stavish's
"Stories of Hope, Opportunity
and Change" 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 25, at Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. Free. Sponsoring
Sholem Aleichem Institute invites
the public. (248) 423-4406.
Connect with your Jewish/Yiddish
roots and sense of social justice
singing in the Circle Chorus 7:30-
9:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26 (first
meeting), at the Oak Park JCC.
No Yiddish knowledge required.
Enrollment: $60 for 10 bi-weekly
rehearsals, $45 for Workmen's
Circle-Arbeter Ring members.
Ellen Bates-Brackett: (248) 432-
5677, miraclel©aol.com .
Meet Ferndale High graduates
Ophira and Tali Edut, formerly
of Oak Park, signing their book,
The Astrotwins' Love Zodiac,
2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at
Borders Books, 34300 Woodward,
Birmingham. The sisters read
astrology charts for Hollywood
celebrities and write monthly
horoscopes for several magazines.
www.astrostyle.com .
Attend an exhibit of work by the
Art Alchemists, a digital art-
ists' collective, through Feb. 15,
Tuesday-Sunday at WSG Gallery,
306 S. Main, Ann Arbor. Artists
include Adrienne Kaplan, Barbara
Brown, Miriam Brysk, Wendy
Chaiken, Lynda Cole, Beth Cowen,
Thomas Frank, Nina Hauser,
Michelle Hegyi, Laura Seligman,
Leslie Sobel and Linda Soberman.
Gallery opens at noon. (734) 761-
2287, www.wsg-art.com .
Read People of the Book by
Geraldine Brooks, in preparation
for a CSZ Sisterhood Book Club
discussion with facilitator Sharon
Berry 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
27375 Bell Road, Southfield.
Guests welcome at no charge.
(248) 357-5544.
Cinema & Stage
Prepare a one-minute monologue
for play audition 10 a.m. Saturday,
Jan. 24, at Baldwin Theater,
415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak.
Stagecrafters, the community
theater, will present Dr. Cook's
Garden by Ira Levin weekends:
April 3-19. Details: David Zublick,
director: (248) 288-9425, www.
stagecrafters.org .
Audition for Sweet Charity, an
April production of Farmington
New Voices
Enjoy the voices of
200 children per-
forming in a com-
munity-wide musi-
cal program, "New
Zimriyah! 2009,"
2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 25, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. The program will include the Kidz Klez Band
and Jewish youth choirs from Adat Shalom, Congregation
Beth Shalom, Hillel Day School and Temples Beth El, Emanu-
El and Shir Shalom. Sponsors are Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education and Michigan Board of Cantors. Free, with
support from Elaine and Michael Serling. For information, call
Dale Rubin: (248) 203-1520.
Players, 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25,
at Barn Theater, 32332 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. Register at
3:30. Details from director Nancy
Cooper: (248) 615-0432, www.
farmingtonplayers.org .
Experience the off-Broadway tale
Speech and Debate, about three
teens' quest for fame and free
speech, presented over three
weekends, Jan. 30-Feb. 15, at
Marygrove (College) Theatre,
8425 W. McNichols, Detroit.
Yolanda Fleischer directs produc-
tion of the Theatre Company
of University of Detroit Mercy.
Tickets/performances: (313) 993-
3270.
Go Beyond the Rainbow for a
play about Judy Garland, pre-
sented through Feb. 1, at Oakland
University's Meadow Brook
Theatre, Rochester. Tickets: $24-
$39. Schedule: (248) 370-3316.
Concerts
Take in A Chorus Line composer
Marvin Hamlisch, appearing with
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22; 8:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan.
23-24, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
25, at Max Fisher Music Center,
3711 Woodward, Detroit. Upcoming:
Peter Oundjian conducts
Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter,
making her Orchestra Hall debut,
10:45 a.m. Friday, Jan. 30; 8:30
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. Tickets:
(313) 576-5111, www.detroitsym-
phony.com .
Hear pianist Omri Shimron and
cellist David Peshlakai 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 22, and the Ellen
Rowe Quartet, 8 p.m. Friday, Jan.
23, both at Kerrytown Concert
House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann Arbor.
(734) 769-2999, www.kerrytown-
concerthouse.com .
Enjoy Michigan Opera Theatre
soloists 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 24, at Farmington Players
Barn Theatre, 32332 W.12 Mile,
Farmington Hills. Selections will
range from Broadway standards
to pop favorites. $19; discounts for
seniors and students. Purchase
advance tickets weekdays at
Costick Center, 28600 W.11 Mile,
Farmington Hills. Cultural Arts
Division: (248) 473-1848/1870.
Relax with the Palmer Woods
"Music in the Homes" series, this
time featuring Taslimah Bey's
Ragtime Mardi Gras Band and
trumpeter Dwight Adams, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jam 24, at a private
residence in Detroit. $30 admis-
sion includes a taste of red beans,
rice and other traditional treats,
plus beverages. Details/registra-
tion: www.palmerwoods.org .
Lend an ear to The Magic Flute,
performed by the Ann Arbor
Symphony Orchestra 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Michigan
Theater, 603 E. Liberty, Ann
Arbor. Details: (734) 994-4801.
Listen to the renowned Oboe
Trio 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at
Hagopian World of Rugs, 850 S.
Woodward, Birmingham. Detroit