To Do! e' 4 g 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 60 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.