I • •._ ■ • • • • • • , • $ • • G EVENT' INC L47 'SHAMMY ZENUI w - Ww.shaareyZedek — . a • • • • • • • feeling • • • • • • • • night Bruce Pandoff 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- B 1 0 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