llej • ' 4166011711" ass E VES Ur AT SHAMMY ZEDNI • "We* w'ish -a -areyzecteko . rg -r Talk about People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 1 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at the Oak Park JCC. JPM/JCC Book Club welcomes guests. Details: (248) 967-4030. Attend opening night of the annu- al glass show 7 p.m. Saturday, u r March 28, at Janice Charach Gallery, inside the West Bloomfield Off ZT) fi at) , , ors, 22a gethy FEATURING PROFESSOR HOWARD LUPOVITCH AND A APP hilgiil THEMED SHABBAT DINNER JCC. Exhibit featuring artist Janet Kelman and students from the College for Creative Studies continues through May 17. Also, Friday, March 20 • 6:00 PM CSZ B'nai Israel Center COMMUNITY DINNER COST: $18.00 PER ADULT $9.00 PER CHILD (12 AND UNDER) e-mail a photo from your family's Jewish Hikers Passover for possible inclusion in an exhibit. (248) 432-5579, www. charachgallery.org . Take a scenic spring hike with the Jewish Hikers of Michigan 1-3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Lilley Park in Pittsfield Township, about 10 minutes from Ann Arbor. Temple Beth Emeth of Ann Arbor co-sponsors hikes for all ages, married or single. Bring backpack, munchies and water. Next date: April 26. Directions: www.templebethemeth.org . Take a look at "Pots" by Warren Professor Howard Lupovitch's appearance is generously sponsored by MacKenzie, the current show through April 11, at Susanne Hilberry Gallery, 700 Livernois, The Sandra Davis Memorial Fund Ciciiiiingio a synagosii-- Ferndale. (248) 541-4700. Appreciate Nikolai Jacobs' exhibit "Menagerie" through April 12, at the Woods Gallery, 26415 Scotia, CHO USIC Huntington Woods. (248) 581- 2696, www.woodsgallery.org . penseful drama at Village Players Playhouse, 34660 Woodward, Theatre veteran Marcia Kahn of Birmingham. $15. Weekend per- formances are March 27 April 5. Farmington Hills coached the actors on Jewish ritual and tradi- Schedule: (248) 644-2075, www. birminghamvillageplayers.com . tion. Tickets: (248) 737-3587, www.stdunstanstheatre.com . See the lovely prints and book- PM - Sunday, a CSZ Southfield ‘ Generously sponsored by the Sidney J. (z1) and - iMelba Winer Creative Arts For Children F Ai i March 21, at St. Dunstan's Theatre, 400 Lone Pine, Bloomfield Hills. Jewish Ensemble und For more information, please call the synagogue office at 248.357-5544 work of Judaica artist Lynne Find amusement in the fam- Avadenka at her show "Then and Now" through April 18, at ily musical Seussical, staged by Lemberg Gallery, 23241 Woodward, Ferndale. (248) 591-6623, www. lemberggallery.com . Cinema & Stage /Check It Out! Take in The Threepenny Opera by the Jewish composer Kurt Weill, opening Friday, March 20, Bloomfield Players Community Theatre on weekends of March Catch The Elixir of Love, a comedic opera, playing March 27-April 4, at the Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway. Tickets/ schedule: (313) 237-7464, www. MichiganOpera.org . 20-22 and 27-29, at Lahser High School, 3456 Lahser, Bloomfield Enjoy North Farmington High Hills. Show times: 7:30 p.m. Friday School's production of the and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 seniors/ Stephen Schwartz musical, Children of Eden, 7:30 p.m. students; group rates available. (248) 433-0885. Thursday and Friday, March 26- 27 and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 28, at 32900 W.13 Mile, Become engrossed with Un Secret, Farmington Hills. Tickets: $15, $12 and running weekends through April 5, at Marygrove College, Detroit. Producers are University a drama about a Jewish boy in post-World War II Paris, 7 p.m. senior adults and children/stu- dents. (248) 426-5202. Woodward: Hear Sima's stories of Detroit Mercy Theatre Company and Marygrove College Music El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp. Dr. Charles Greenberg leads about Jewish American families Department. Schedule/tickets: (313) 993-3270, theatre.udmercy. edu . Lake Road, West Bloomfield. The in fact, fiction and folklore dur- ing a celebration of the Norman Rockwell "American Chronicles" post-film discussion for the tem- ple's Reel Israel Film Series. Free. JCC Meyers Library and Jewish Family Education present Gregory and Tintori, whose book The exhibit 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22. Free with museum admission. www.DlA.org . Illumination tells of a mysterious • Congregation Beth Shalom, amulet rumored to have super- Arts & Culture www.JudySima.com . • Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Meet best-selling local authors Jill Gregory and Karen Tintori 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Barnes & Noble, 6800 Orchard natural powers. A portion of book 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park: In keynote address for Sisterhood sales will be donated to the library if mentioned. (248) 432-5546, Education Day, Sima will talk about storytelling and how to tell fmenken@jccdet.org . a story yourself 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, March 29. $18 includes Learn from professional story- teller Judy Sima at two programs. C32 lunch. Fran: (248) 661-4179. Sunday, March 22, at Temple Beth Audition for the Water Works Theatre Company's July 23-Aug. 9 production of Shakespeare's (248) 851-1100, ext. 3149. Macbeth Sunday and Monday, March 22-23, at two locations Catch HMS Pinafore, an Oakland Theater Guild production, March 20-22, at Starlight Theater Prepare for The Band's Visit, a charming Israeli movie about 3727; www.waterworkstheatre. corn. in Summit Place Mall, 315 N. Telegraph, Waterford. Tickets: www.starlighttheater.net , (248) overnight in an Israeli desert town, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March Get caught up in Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow's sweeping musical 25, at the Oak Park JCC. This focused on early 20th-century 335-1788. is a Lenore Marwil Film Festival presentation. $10 at door, but Follow the saga of a German- advance purchase advised: (248) 967-4030. America and featuring a Jewish immigrant character. Park Players of North Rosedale Park presents in Royal Oak. Details: (248) 399- Jewish family in 1939 Atlanta in the dramedy Last Night at Ballyhoo 8 p.m. nightly through Egyptian musicians stranded Deal with Pack of Lies, a sus- show on weekends of March 20-April 4, at 18445 Scarsdale, Detroit. Tickets: $14-$28. (313)