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SORED BY
CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK *
248.357.5544
Guild of Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills,
Oct. 16-Nov. 1. $20/$18 students.
(248) 737-3587.
Saturday, October 10
Meet at 7:00 PM • CSZ B'nai Israel Center
For more information and to RSVP, please contact Tobye Bello at
248/357-5544 x45 or e-mail tbello©shaareyzedek.org
Enjoy Frankel Jewish Academy's pro-
duction of Pippin 7 p.m. Wednesday-
Thursday, Oct. 28-29, and 2 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 1, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Tickets $10 for FJA students;
$15 for others. Information, Mitch
Master, (248) 592.5263, ext. 254.
Prospective students may attend for
free: Anne Van Prooyen, ext. 222.
CONCERTS
Check I* nilt:
Hear David Small, author of Stitches,
a novel with memoirs of growing up in
the Detroit area, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16
at Book Beat, Lincoln and Greenfield,
Oak Park. (248) 968-1190.
See "The Bra Show" Oct. 17-Dec.17
Janice Charach Gallery at the West
Bloomfield JCC featuring bras deco-
rated by celebrities — a fundraiser for
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital and the
gallery. Opening 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
17. Free. (248) 661-1000.
The JCC's Henry & Delia Meyers
Library will host the first in its Lunch
and Literature Book Club series noon-
1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. The
subject will be Norman Lebrecht's The
Game of Opposites, a novel exploring
the psychological and moral chal-
lenges of living in a post-Holocaust
world. Lebrecht will appear at Book
Club Night at the Jewish Book Fair on
Thursday, Nov. 5. Free and open to all.
Bring lunch; dessert and beverages
provided. RSVP: Francine Menken,
(248) 432-5546.
Enjoy the voice of singer -songwriter
Lucy Koplansky 8 p.m. Friday, Oct.
23, at the Ark in Ann Arbor. $17.50.
(734) 761-1451.
Listen to Susan Messer read from her
novel Grand River and Joy, in large
part about the Detroit Jewish com-
munity in the 1960s, at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 25, at Book Beat, Lincoln and
Greenfield, Oak Park. (248) 968-1190.
Reminisce with Phil Ochs Song Night
with several singers including Josh
White Jr. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25,
at the Ark in Ann Arbor. $17.50. (734)
761-1451.
Hear ex- Detroiter Scott Lasser talk on
his new novel The Year That Follows,
about the loss of a family member on
9-11. Free. Time: 7:30 p.m. Monday,
Oct. 26, at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield
Township. Information: Librarian
Eileen Polk, (248) 865-0627.
The Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood Book
Club will discuss Deafening by Frances
ltani 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the
Southfield synagogue. Free. Guests
welcome. Facilitated by Linda Cohen.
(248) 357-5544.
CINEMA & STAGE
See Rent at St. Dunstan's Theatre
Local History
with the Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan.
Learn how the Jewish
community was instru-
mental in the success of
Motown music. Also visit
the Reconstructionist
Congregation of Detroit
in Lafayette Park.
Wednesday, Oct. 21; bus departs 12:30 p.m. from Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, Southfield. JHS members $24; nonmembers $27. Information: (248)
432-5517; jhsofmichigan@msn.com . Web site: www.michjewishhistory.org .
October 15 • 2009
Hear native Detroiter Daniel Kahn's
radical Klezmer punk group the
Painted Bird 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20,
at the Ark in Ann Arbor. Free; bring
canned goods to donate. (734) 761-
1451.
Participate in JPM/JCC Book Club's
discussion of Those Who Saved Us by
Jenna Blum 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22,
at the Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030.
Tour the Motown Museum
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See the first offering of Jewish Ensemble
View the Magenta Giraffe Theatre
Company's production of Dutchman
by Amiri Baraka, Oct. 23-Nov. 22,
at the Furniture Factory, 4126 Third,
Detroit. $18/$15 students. Call for
times and reservations: (313) 408-
7269.
Come sing & dance in the streets
with the Torah at the intersection of
Orchard Lake & Walnut Lake Roads
ARTS 6, CULTURE
JET's Opening
EVENT HOTLINE
Find rummage sale bargains at the
Birmingham Temple in Farmington
Hills Oct. 15-17 at 5-8 p.m. Thursday,
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-noon
Saturday. Saturday is a bag sale,
when shoppers can fill as many paper
grocery bags as they want for $5 per
bag. Information: www.birmingham-
temple.org .
Hear former FBI counterterror-
ism expert Bill Kowalski speak on
"Terrorism in the U.S. and Michigan"
9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at the
Temple Israel Brotherhood Breakfast
at the West Bloomfield temple. $15.
RSVP: (248) 661-5700.
Attend the League of Women Voters-
Oakland Area's Fall Luncheon noon
Monday, Oct. 19, at the First Baptist
Church, 300 Willits, Birmingham. The
topic is "Why We Need a Free Press."
$20. Information: (248) 594-6602 or
www.LWVOA.org .
Join Masada, Sharon and Henrietta
Szold groups of Hadassah at a lun-
cheon featuring Cantor Daniel Gross
of Adat Shalom Synagogue noon
Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Farmington Hills. $15.
Guests welcome. RSVP by Oct. 16.
(248) 683-5050.
Attend the kickoff of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek's Business to Business
Speed Networking Opportunity 8 a.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Southfield
Theatre's season, penned by playwright-in-
residence Kitty Dubin: the world premiere of
The Blank Page. The play runs through Nov.
8 at the West Bloomfield JCC. Gillian Eaton
directs, and the cast includes Sarab Kamoo,
John Lepard, Naz Edwards and Leslie Ann
Handelman. Call for times and ticket informa-
tion. (248) 788-2900.
Kitty Dubin
synagogue. RSVPs are necessary: e-
mail Shelley Golsky at sgolsky©shaar-
eyzedek.org . Continental breakfast
available for $5 at the door. Bring at
least 30 business cards to exchange.
(248) 357-5544.
Temple Israel Sisterhood's donor
luncheon "A Recipe for Fashion"
is Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the West
Bloomfield temple. Boutiques are 10
a.m.-3:30 p.m. and are open to the
public at no charge. The luncheon
($50) is at noon followed by a fashion
show. RSVP for the luncheon: Carol
Borson, (248) 788-2147.
The Michigan Jewish War Veterans
and Ladies Auxiliary will unveil a
JWV Monument at the Great Lakes
National Cemetery in Holly at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 25. Chairs are Memorial
Home President Stan Eisenberg and
past Department President Shirlee
Marshall. Rabbi Karen Companez of
Temple Beth El in Flint will lead the
ceremony. All are welcome.
garyburnsteinclinic.org or from Pam
or Brian, (248) 758-1690.
Attend the Michigan Psychoanalytic
Foundation's 25th Annual Benefit,
honoring Dr. Marvin Margolis, 7
p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Henry Ford
Museum, Dearborn. Dinner plus enter-
tainment by Alvin Waddles' Fats Waller
Review. Tickets: (248) 851-3380.
Go incognito to Music Hall's Mystique
Masquerade to benefit the theater 7
p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at 350 Madison,
Detroit. Food and entertainment.
Tickets begin at $65: www.maskme.
org or ticketmaster.com . Information:
(313) 887-8501 or www.musichall.org .
Look for the phantom at Michigan
Opera Theatre's "Haunted in the
House" fundraiser 10 p.m.-1 a.m
Saturday, Oct. 31. Tickets, $35 and
$75: at the Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway; or (313) 237-SING; or www.
HauntedintheHouse.com .
HEALTH / SUPPORT
EVENTS THAT HELP
Join Children's Leukemia Foundation
of Michigan for "Hollywood Nights,"
a 24-hour movie-watching marathon
beginning 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at
the Emagine Theatre in Novi. A mini-
mum pledge of $105.10 is required.
Included are three meals, snacks and
the chance to win prizes. After 10 p.m.
Friday, children 13-17 must be accom-
panied by an adult. Online registration
required: visit www.leukemiamichigan.
org/Events and click on the Hollywood
Nights page.
Applaud for artist Gail Rosenbloom
Kaplan, honoree at 25th annual
Holocaust Memorial Center dinner, 5
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road,
Southfield. Keynote speaker is Irwin
Cotter, a Jewish-Canadian states-
man. Tickets start at $200. Includes
cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Reserve
ASAP: (248) 788-2900.
Attend a gourmet dinner fundraiser
for the Gary Burnstein Community
Health Clinic 6:30-10 p.m. Friday, Oct.
23, at the retailer Leon and Lulu, 96
W.14 Mile, Clawson. The shop will
donate 10 percent of the evening's
sales. A new Chevy Camaro will be
raffled. Doctor and humanitarian
Nathima Atchoo will attend. Discount
tickets available in advance: www.
Menstrual flow and pain can now be
more manageable for women who
have completed their family. Learn
from Ob/Gyn Jeff Obron how endo-
metrial ablation controls bleeding and
menstrual pain, and often prevents
hysterectomy. The free program is 7
p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, at Henry Ford
West Bloomfield Hospital, 6777 W.
Maple. Register at 6:30. Light dinner.
RSVP: (800) HENRY-FORD.
The Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program
support groups for caregivers of indi-
viduals with Alzheimer's disease or a
related diagnosis. No charge. Onsite
respite during the meeting must be
arranged in advance:
• 7-9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at Jewish
Senior Life, Fleischman Residence/
Blumberg Plaza, 6710 W. Maple Road,
West Bloomfield. RSVP: Fran Cook,
(248) 592-5032.
Hear domestic abuse survivor Susie
Feldman, Haven President-CEO Beth
Morrison, Jewish Family Service
Chief Community Outreach Officer
Ellen Yashinsky Chute and Judge
Bill Richards of Southfield District
Court discuss domestic abuse at 1
p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at' the National
Council of Jewish Women office,
26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield.
All are welcome at no charge. RSVP:
(248) 355-3300 ext., 0.