Events That Help EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • www.jewishcartoon.com Find a treasure at the monthly flea market 8:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 27, in the Oak Monday Night: Shabbos Leftovers Tuesday Night: Shabbos Leftovers BECCA BETH BERNIE YAEL The Altruist The Realist The Idealist The Perplexed Wednesday Night: Shabbos Leftovers Park JCC gym. Proceeds are for developmentally disabled indi- viduals at JARC and JCC. (248) 967-4030. LOUIS Lyl The Rebel ✓ ZAYDS BUBS n TrIaditionalist e The Bubbe rKNOW, BETH, WHEN THE LORD COMMANDED 1_13 TO K E EP THE SABBATH FOR ALL THE AGES, THINK HE MEANT FOOL). HE DID IF HE tA/A5 THE COOK IN HIS HOUSE. Laugh on opening night of Mel Brooks' romp, The Producers, a fundraiser for St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 29, at the outdoor Cranbrook Greek Theatre, 400 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Hills. Mitch Master stars as Max Bialystock and Marty Mandelbaum is music director. $75 includes ticket and pre- party. Show performed weekends through June 11-13. Tickets: People's Choice Awards dinner 6 p.m. Monday, June 1, at Bentley's Restaurant, West Bloomfield. JET Wellness Center and Boutique, 29231 Northwestern Highway, Southfield. Sample hors d'oeuvres and watch demonstrations of yoga, reiki, nia, qi-gong, intuitive to Michael: (248) 644-7389, www. thecorners.org . net; or 5591 Kingsfield Drive, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. Free, but donations will be accepted, check payable to "Berg Visiting Dance Artists Fund," and sent to Adina Pergament at the JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. Details: (248) 432- 5470. readings and more. Billie Tobin: Share feelings with others who have experienced the death of a spouse or partner dur- seniors. (248) 737-3587, www. StDunstansTheatre.com . Listen to saxophonist George Benson and the Cliff Monear Trio at cancer benefit concert "Jazzalot: (248) 350-1500, www.innerwisdomtoday.com . ing eight-week bereavement support groups facilitated by Raise funds for children, teens and adults with cancer through the golf outing sponsored by Music for the Soul" 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Temple Israel, Share your common experience at the Time Travelers stroke sup- port group 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Rhoda Medow. Both meet at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield. Choose 10 a.m.-noon Thursdays will announce its "volunteer of the year." (248) 788-2900. $20 adults, $18 students and Mak-A-Dream Michigan Chapter 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Rackham Golf Course, 10100 W. 10 Mile, Huntington Woods. $85 includes greens fee, lunch and chicken and rib dinner. (248) 723- 5575, www.campdreammich.org . Check out the used book sale, a benefit for Meyers Library, start- ing Sunday, May 31-June 7, in the West Bloomfield JCC. Titles include secular and Judaica, fiction, non-fiction, history and children's. Closed Saturday; open 10 a.m. on other days and until noon Friday. (248) 432-5546. Recognize the Jewish Ensemble Theatre actors and directors, and help support the JET, at 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Ticket: $30, and may be purchased at door. (248) 661- 6344, jazzconcert09@gmail.com . May 26, at Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. (248) 737-8700. Health / Support Get informed attending the "Hot Topics in Women's Health" Learn about improving health through acupuncture and tra- ditional Chinese medicine at series 6:30-8:30 p.m. on des- ignated evenings at Henry Ford "The Magic of Midlife" 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at Equilibrium Pilates Studio, 6405 Telegraph, West Bloomfield Hospital, 6777 W. Maple, between Drake and Halsted. Free, but must pre-regis- ter: (800) 436-7936, Bloomfield Township. Julie Silver, M.S.W., and Dr. Jen Green, N.D., will present workshop. RSVP: www.henryford.com/hottopics: • Achy Back: Tuesday, May 26. (248) 723-6500. Christopher Hulen, MD. • Bladder Health: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Explore alternative practices for good health at open house 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Thursday, May 28. Gynecologist Speaker will be spine surgeon Meet with other volunteers for "It's a Mitzvah Day" 10 a.m. Sunday, May 31, at the Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Bloomfield Township. Help out at various Jewish agencies following orientation. Online registration required: www. Jewishdetroit.org/itsamitzvah. 2. Free, but donations appreci- ated. Co-sponsor: Space for Changing Families, a program Oakland County children transi- tioning from lives of abuse and neglect, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays of Southfield-based National at National Council of Jewish Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield. Materials pro- Council of Jewish Women- Greater Detroit Section. RSVP required: (248) 355-9936. vided. Good choice for mitzvah or high school project. Bobbie: (248) 355-3300. Find help for children and adults with ADD at concurrent meetings Share informal outings with Jewish parents of young adopted of CHADD 7:30-9 p.m. Monday, June 1, at Way Elementary School, 765 W. Long Lake Road, children through Midwest Adoptive Families. Details: (248) Bloomfield Hills. Sign-in at 7. Adult Group will have a program on building strong support net- corn. 545-8665, justdoit0696@yahoo. David Richardson, M.D., will dis- cuss remedies for incontinence. works, while the Parent Group will get parenting tips. Non-member families asked for $5 donation. Contact Dr. Charles Silow if there's a Holocaust survivor who might benefit from Yad b'Yad (Hand In Hand), the friendly Socialize with the Temple Israel FUN (Flourish Unite & Nurture) group for physically challenged (248) 988-6716, www.chadd. net/527. visitor program of Jewish Family Service: (248) 661-2999. adults 7-9 p.m. Thursday, May 28, at Uptown Parthenon, Helping Out 4301 Orchard Lake Road, West Celebrate choreographer-dancer Deliver meals to homebound cli- ents in Oakland County through National Council of Jewish Bloomfield. RSVP to Michelle Chekan: (248) 342-2701. Harriet Berg's 50 year career with the Jewish Community Center at tribute 2:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at West May 23, at Inner Wisdom Land A Hand! starting May 28 or 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays starting June Create cuddly fleece blan- kets — no sewing needed — for Consider your journey through the second half of life with Elena Goell-Varkotivtzky, PhD, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28, at the Corners, 2075 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Free, but RSVP Women's Kosher Meals on Wheels program. Both regular drivers and subs are needed. (248) 967-0967. Bloomfield JCC. The Carolyn Dorfman dance troupe will per- form. Send Berg clippings and artifacts for an exhibit to Patty Ceresnie: pjceresnie@comcast. Calendar on page A66 May 21 • 2009 A65