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Visit the classrooms, meet the staff,
talk to parents and participate
in our children's Shabbat service.
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Rena Cohen: 248/357-5544
West Bloomfield
Dolly Simon: 248/681-4235
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For more information, please call the synagogue office at 248.357.5544
432-5579.
• Current exhibit: "The
Fifth Question: Why so Many
Haggadot?" through March 15.
• Passover photos requested:
E-mail the best photos from your
family's Passover celebration for
possible display. Send contact
information and photo in jpg.
formst to: gallery@jccdet.org .
Submit your short, unpublished
play to Stagecrafters Community
Theatre for consideration in the
Fifth Annual New Works Festival.
Adult drama and comedy pieces
of 10-15 minutes will be accepted
through March 16 at Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal
Oak. Local actors will perform
selected scripts in June. Details:
www.stagecrafters.org , (248) 541
6430.
Bring your laptop for a screen-
writing seminar with Bonnie
Garvin, a former Detroiter who
teaches writing at University
of Southern California, 9 a.m.-5
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March
21-22, at Southfield Marriott
Hotel, 27033 Northwestern Hwy.
$375, $325 students; includes
Continental breakfast daily.
Optional $30 for Marriott-pro-
vided "working" lunch. Get $25
discount if pre-paid by Feb. 21.
Details/registration:
bonniesworkout@sbcglobal.net .
Cinema & Stage
Check It Out!
Arts & Culture
Discuss The Zookeeper's Wife
by Diane Ackerman with the
JCC-JPM Book Club noon-1 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Oak
Park JCC. Free. (248) 967-4030.
Experience "The Body Eclectic"
through Feb. 28, at Lawrence
Street Gallery, 22620 Woodward,
Ferndale. The award winners
include Helen Gotlib of Ann Arbor.
(248) 544-0394,
www.lawrencestreetgallery.com .
See historic chess sets from
the collection of Dr. George and
Vivian Dean through March 22,
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at the Detroit Institute of Arts,
5200 Woodward. Free with muse-
um admission. (313) 833-7900.
Browse the new paintings in
"Personal Territory" through
March 28, at David Klein Gallery,
163 Townsend, Birmingham. (248)
433-3700 or www.dkgallery.com .
Visit the Janice Charach Gallery,
offering exhibits of fine art cre-
ated by Jewish artists or art with
Jewish themes, as well as travel-
ing historical and documentary
exhibits curated by other cultural
institutions. Located inside the
West Bloomfield JCC. Details:
www.charachgallery.org , (248)
Watch the Farmington Players'
production of The Musical
Comedy Murders of 1940, a farce
poking fun at the theater busi-
ness, Friday, Feb. 20-March 7, at
the Barn Theater, 32332 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. Tickets/
schedule: (248) 553-2955.
See a documentary about native
Detroiter Ralph Bunche, winner
of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize,
6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at the
Detroit Historical Museum, 5401
Woodward. Cost: $20, includes
film discussion. (313) 833-1805,
www.detroithistorical.org .
Holocaust Exposed
Father Desbois
Hear Father Patrick Desbois discuss
his book, The Holocaust by Bullets:
A Priest's Journey to Uncover the
Truth Behind the Murders of 1.5
Million Jews, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
24, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Sponsor is Seminars for Adult Jewish
Enrichment (SAJE). Advance tickets:
$10, $8 JCC members. Charge ticket
by phone: (248) 432-5692. $15 at
door. Details: (248) 432-5470,
apergament@jccdet.org .
Hancock; Bonstelle Theater: 3424
Woodward. Tickets/schedule:
(313) 577-2972/60; www.hilberry.
com ; www.bonstelle.com . The
plays are:
•All My Children: Arthur Miller's
drama in repertory, Feb. 20-May
16 (Hilberry).
•One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest: Dale Wasserman's drama
in repertory, April 3-May 8
(Hilberry).
•Ragtime: Musical includes
story about a Jewish immigrant
who tries to give a new life to
his daughter, April 17-19, 24-26
(Bonstelle).
See what's happening with
Stagecrafters community the-
ater, based at Historic Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal
Oak. (248) 541-6430,
www.stagecrafters.org:
•Rocky Horror Picture Show:
The cult classic musical opens
Friday, Feb. 27, and continues
weekends through March 15.
• Audition: Be part of the com-
pelling musical Miss Saigon, with
tryouts scheduled Saturday-
Monday, Feb. 28-March 2. Show
dates: May 29-June 2.
See Cindy Williams and Eddie
Mekkla of TV's Laverne &
Shirley in a new comedy, Kong's
Night Out, through March 8, at
Oakland University's Meadow
Brook Theatre, 207 Wilson Hall,
Rochester. Tickets/schedule:
(248) 370-3316.
teenaged violinist Caroline Gould
is special guest. Free. (248) 357-
5544, www.shaareyzedek.org .
Event Hotline
Come to free introductory
self-defense sessions 7 p.m.
Tuesdays, Feb. 24 and March 3,
at Congregation Beth Shalom,
14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park. The
Men's Club welcomes males and
females, teenage and older. If
enough interest, class will con-
tinue. (248) 547-7970.
Get a face reading from Lin
Klaassen, a noted practitioner of
the ancient art, at a B'nai B'rith
Business Network social evening
for business owners and entre-
preneurs 7-9 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 25, at the Fisher Federation
Building, 6735 Telegraph,
Bloomfield Twp. Prepaid: $5
members, $8 guests; or $10 and
$13 at door. RSVP to Nita: (248)
646-3100.
Events That Help
Learn secrets of the fashion trade
from Linda Dresner and enjoy din-
ner at the JVS fundraiser Trade
Secrets 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
25, at the Townsend Hotel, 100
Townsend, Birmingham. Tickets:
$100-$500. Details: www.jvsdet.
org/majoreventsl.htm.
Play co-ed bingo for prizes with
Concerts
Purchase an "American Classics
Package" for $58 - a $22 dis-
count - and see three theatri-
cal productions on the Wayne
State University campus.
Hilberry Theatre: 4743 Cass at
Cantor Vadim Tunitsky performing
Yiddish and Russian art songs;
Enjoy "From Russia to America
- L'chayim!" 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 24, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road,
Southfield. Evening features
Hadassah's Eleanor Roosevelt
Group 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
28, at Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. Hors d'oeuvres, des-
sert, raffle included. (248) 683-
5030, mbednarsh®yahoo.com .