inside West Bloomfield JCC. Free.
(248) 432-5579,www.jccdet.org .
Ease Into Holidays
Feel more "at ease"
on Shabbat and the
High Holidays after
taking this three-
session course 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, Sept. 1 and
15, and Thursday, Sept.
10, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. Content will cover
essentials of the Torah
and Musaf services.
The sisterhood
sponsors under chair
Shula Fleischer. Free.
RSVP: (248) 851-5100.
Cinema & Stage
Applaud for the Still Got It
Players performing two short
plays, Any Body for Tea? and
Funeral Tea 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Aug. 28 and 29; 2 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 30, at the Village
Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400
Cherry Hill, Canton. $15, $13
seniors and under age 19. (734)
394-5460, www.canton-mi.org/
villagetheater.
Interested in
Membership?
Please ask to speak to Janet Pont,
Director of Membership Services,
for a free coupon to this event
Join Us For A Fun-Filled
Family Musical Shabbat
Enjoy a Bar-B-Q Dinner, Inflatables & Games
6 PM, Friday, September 4
CSZ Southfield
$36.00 per family I $12.00 per additional adult
Please RSVP no later than Tuesday, September 1
to Tobye Bello at 248/357-5544 x45 or email
tbello@shaareyzedek.org
Follow the adventures of the
March sisters in Little Women -
The Broadway Musical presented
by Stagecrafters community
theater on weekends of Sept. 4-
27, at the Baldwin Theatre, 415
S. Lafayette, Royal Oak. $16-$18.
Family package special: purchase
four tickets for $50 to 8 p.m.
Thursday performances on Sept.
10,17. (248) 541-6430, www.
stagecrafters.org .
See Rebecca Biber and her cast
mates in the Spotlight Players'
production of the musical Oliver!
Fridays-Sundays, Sept. 18-27,
at the Village Theater at Cherry
Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill, Canton.
Details: www.spotlightplayersmi.
org , (734) 484-3284.
Laugh at Kwame a River Part
2: The Wrath of Conyers, a new
Check It Out
Arts & Culture
Discuss the book The Chase
is the Game by Israeli pioneer
Saadia Gelb, 95, of Kfar Blum
at home-based potluck program
6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, in Oak
Park. Presented by Rabin Branch
960 of Ameinu, the former Labor
Zionist Alliance. No charge; bring
a non-meat dish. Purchase book:
(248) 967-6380. RSVP: (248)
399-1650.
Join Hadassah Book Discussion
Group to share views on the novel
Friendly Fire by A.B. Yehoshua
10-11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31,
at Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Road, West
48
August 27 200'7•)
Bloomfield. The author wrestles
with the complexities of Israeli
identity. The Greater Detroit
Chapter welcomes guests at no
charge. Next talk: Sept. 6. (248)
661-5694.
sketch show Thursdays-Sundays,
at Andiamo Novi Theatre, 42705
Grand River. The production picks
up with Kwame Kilpatrick, the
hip-hop mayor, out of jail and
living in exile in Texas. Monica
Conyers has become president
of Detroit City Council. Shows
through Dec. 31. Schedule/tick-
ets: www.ticketmaster.com , (248)
348-4448.
Concerts
Talk about The Awakening by
Kate Chopin with Birmingham
Bloomfield Great Books Group
6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2,
at Bloomfield Township Library,
1099 Lone Pine Road. Registration
required. Ed Chalom: (248) 644-
2692.
Attend photography exhibit Views
of Life 2 continuing through Sept.
17, at Janice Charach Gallery
Bring or buy lunch for "Eat to the
Beat" music series noon-2 p.m.
Thursdays, in City Centre Plaza,
Central Park Blvd., a block west
of Evergreen, Southfield. Next on
Sept. 3: Carl Cafagna & North Star
Jazz will play original and classic
jazz. (248) 796-4620.
See Donald Fagen and Walter
Becker in the Steely Dan "Rent
Party '09 Tour" at the Sound
Board at the MotorCity Casino
Hotel in Detroit at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 5. Tickets: $44.50, $78.50
or $82.50; (800) 745-3000.
Hear cellist Lynn Harrell's open-
ing performance for Chamber
Music Society 8 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 12, at Seligman Performing
Arts Center, 22305 W. 13 Mile on
Detroit Country Day School cam-
pus, Beverly Hills. Tickets: $25-
$43; Opus 9 and Opus 3 series
tickets still available: www.come-
hearcmsd.org , (248) 855-6070.
Event Hotline
Get an introduction to the World
of Martial Arts at namesake facil-
ity's open house for adults and
children noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
30, at 7355 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. Matt Sikora is
part owner and operator of the
center. (248) 706-0000.
Visit the Bloomfield Township
Library for Knitting Circle 10 a.m.
and movie Laura, 2 p.m., both on
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1099 Lone Pine
Road. Weekly schedule: (248)
642-5800, www.btpl.org .
Take trips with the JCC's Center
Travel Dept. Details/registration:
(248) 432-5471, www.jccdet.org .
Coming up:
• Michigan bus trips:
Architectural and art tour,
Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Detroit;
Mama Didn't Say
Attend a program on
sensuality/sexuality
for women
of all ages
at "Girl Talk:
What Your
Mama Didn't
Tell You" 7
pm. Tuesday,
Sept. 1, at
Davidson
Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Eleanor Roosevelt
Group, Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, will present Dr.
Laurel Sills, licensed psychologist and life coach. Send check
($10, payable to Hadassah) to: Gayle Bialick, 28795 Carmel
Ct., Southfield 48076.