-- mail items to calendar. i'thejewishnews.com ail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 ax items to (248) 304-8885 • Deadline: noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to publication 835-1103, mIclosson@aol.com . EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • www.jewishcartoon.com Chronicles of Detroit's Hip-Hop Mayor, extended by the Second City theater troupe through May 31, upstairs at Andiamors, 42705 Grand River, Novi. Schedule/tick- ets: (248) 348-4448. Concerts Stop by the music café for singer/songwriter David Nefesh 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Barnes & Noble, 6800 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. The JCC Meyers Library and Jewish Family Education present Nefesh, whose CDs include "Stripped" and "Pureheart." A portion of book sales will be donated to the library Cantors Assembly Gala Concert, featuring members of Great Lakes and Rivers Regional Chapter, if mentioned. (248) 432-5546, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, West Bloomfield. Michigan fmenkengjccdet.org . congregations represented include Relax at a Chamber Music Society of Detroit's Opus 3 Piano Series concert with Grammy winner Garrick Ohlsson 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Seligman Performing Arts Center on the Detroit Country Day School campus, 22305 W. 13 Mile, Beverly Hills. Tickets: (248) 855-6070. from the 1920s-'30s 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. Tickets: (734) 761-1818. www.a2ark.org . Hear some glorious voices at the t; The Realist BERNIE YAEL The Idealist The Perplexed ZAYDS The dance instruction, Israeli food and space for playing your own card and board games. $15 and $30 at door; discount ends March 19. RSVP to Beth Shalom: (248) 547- 7970. Detroit, including clients of JARC and Friendship Circle. Details: cialist in knee, hip and shoulder surgery, will discuss osteoporosis (248) 594-7000, and hip/knee replacements. $10 www.thebearhugfoundation.org . includes lunch. RSVP: (248) 355- 3300. Sort unwanted books, books on tape, records, videos, CDs and DVDs for the Bookstock used Helping Out B'nai Moshe, Shaarey Zedek (Southfield and East Lansing), Find photographers, party plan- ners, florists, calligraphers, dee- book and media sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Browse the gently used women's Beth Shalom and Temple Israel. Dinner with the cantors (by res- jays, video producers and more Wednesdays at Bloomfield Plaza, at Temple Beth El Sisterhood's Party Planning Showcase 9:30 southwest corner of Maple and and girls' finery at a dressy rum- mage sale noon-5 p.m. Sunday, March 22, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, March 29, in the temple's Handleman Hall, Sale dates: April 26-May 3, at Laurel Park Place, 37700 W. Six Mile, Livonia. (248) 645-7840, Monday and Tuesday, March 23-24, at Davidson Hadassah Free admission and food samples. (248) 865-0617, ext. 2. ext. 365. West Bloomfield. Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah: (248) 683- Be a vendor at SeniorLiving and 5030. Donate items through 3:30 Events That Help Services Expo09 Saturday, April 18, at the Southfield Civic Center. p.m. Friday, March 20. Join a charity pool tournament Details: (800) 350-0770, ext. 205; Create cuddly fleece blankets with trophies to benefit Common www.alternativesforseniors.com . — no sewing needed — for Oakland County children transitioning from W. Lincoln, Oak Park. Co-hosts Ground, a provider of crisis inter- vention services, 2 p.m. Saturday, Health /Support lives of abuse and neglect 10:30 Ameinu Detroit and Beth Shalom Cultural Commission will provide March 21, at Breaktime Billiards, 30850 Beck, Novi. $20 admis- sion includes burger or chicken Attend the Wayne County- sponsored Health Expo for a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays at National Council of Jewish Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield. sandwich, fries and pop. (248) 342-4072. the uninsured 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, March 23, at Cobo Hall's Materials provided. Participate for mitzvah or high school project. Riverview Ballroom, Detroit. Features include screenings, music Bobbie: (248) 355-3300. Purchase a mattress set from Art Van Furniture on Sunday, March 22, and the Michigan chain will and vendors. Free. (313) 833- 3438. Share informal outings with Jewish parents of young adopted Share your common experience at the stroke support group Time children through Midwest Adoptive Families. Details: (248) 545-8665, justdoit0696@yahoo. ervation only) begins 5:30 p.m. Concert tickets and afterglow: $36; VIP concert seating: $50. (248) 788-0600, cbminfo@bnai- moshe.org . Event Hotline Hear guitarist Jorma Kaukonen perform country-flavored songs The Altruist 0 0i BY GO RFTEXT PRO DUC TIO NS 11,1C AlL [ UC H TS RES E RV ED. Laugh at goings-on in the Motor City at Kwame a River: The ()BECCABETH Dance the hora at an all-ages Israeli folk dancing party 5- 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp. donate a mattress to shelters COTS, Salvation Army, Covenant House, CDC and Cass Community Social Services. (586) 983-2189. Listen to "Dueling Pianos" and participate in a silent auction at Networking No-Nos Gather with B'nai B'rith Business Network for session on "Dos and Don'ts of Networking" 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at George's Honey Tree, 33080 Northwestern Hwy., West Bloomfield. Presenter is certified business coach Barry Demp. $12 member, $17 guest; includes light dinner. RSVP to Nita: (248) 646-3100. Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, Travelers 10 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, March 24-31, at Temple Shir com . Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Road, Contact Dr. Charles Silow if there's West Bloomfield. (248) 737-8700. Hibernation Celebration, a fund- raiser for the nonprofit Bear Hug a Holocaust survivor who might benefit from Yad b'Yad (Hand In Pick up knowledge with your Foundation, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Reserve in Birmingham. Proceeds will pro- nosh at a lunch and learn series continuing noon Wednesday, March 25, at National Council of Hand), the friendly visitor program of Jewish Family Service: (248) vide summer camp experiences for underprivileged, at-risk and Jewish Women/Greater Detroit Section, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield. Dr. Eric Silberg, a spe- special needs children in metro 661-2999. 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