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Check It Out!
ARTS & CULTURE
See artist Fran Wolok's exhibit "Beauty
Spots: Local Landscapes and Floral
Portraits" through Nov. 8 at the
Birmingham Unitarian Church, 38651
Woodward, Bloomfield Hills. Mondays-
Thursdays 9-5 and 9-1 on Sundays.
(248) 647-2380.
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.
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.
Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood Book Club
will discuss Deafening by Frances Rani
1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Southfield.
Free. Guests welcome. Facilitated by
Linda Cohen. (248) 357-5544.
CINEMA & STAGE
Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, through
Nov. 1. $20/$18 students. (248) 737-
3587.
CONCERTS
Enjoy pianist Kirin Gerstein and the
DSO Oct. 23-25 at Orchestra Hall,
Detroit. Friday at 10:45 a.m.; Saturday
at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
www.detroitsymphony.com .
Groove to the show tunes, jazz stan-
dards and original pieces as Jack and
Hannah Waterstone perform on the
piano and saxophone 8 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 25, at AJ's Music Cafe, 240 W.
Nine Mile, Ferndale, (248) 399-3946.
No admission charge; donations are
accepted.
Join the Pro Mozart Society of Greater
Detroit at a chamber recital featuring
Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians
8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Antioch
Lutheran Church,13 Mile & Farmington
Road, Farmington Hills. $ 25 (students
$5). Send checks payable to the Pro
Mozart Society to 37099 Sandalwood,
Farmington Hills, MI 48331. (248)
788-2479 or (248) 683-9626 or www.
promozartdetroit.org .
See the first offering of Jewish
Ensemble 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. Ticket informa-
tion: (248) 788-2900.
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings wel-
comes DSO horn players to a program
ranging from Bach to modern pieces
by Kerry Turner and Lowell Shaw
8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Hagopian
World of Rugs, 850 S. Old Woodward,
Birmingham. Advance tickets at $20
($10 for students) can be purchased at
www.detroitchamberwinds.org or (248)
559-2095. Price $5 more at door.
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.
Hook up with Phish's fall tour Nov. 18
at Detroit's Cobo Arena. Tickets go
on sale Oct. 23-24. Information: www.
phish.com/tourdates.
See Rent starring Dr. Gary LaKind
at St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of
EVENT HOTLINE
Browse the Bloomfield Hills Jewelry &
Vintage Apparel Show 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Birmingham
Unitarian Church, 38651 Woodward,
Bloomfield Hills. $5; under age 12 free.
Exotic Jewish India
Experience "Jewish Calcutta through
Music and Memory" — a program that
features award-winning journalist, singer,
speaker and educator Rahel Musleah at 4
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Congregation Beth
Ahm, West Bloomfield. The free program
is sponsored by the synagogue's Walter
Litt Family Jewish Music Fund. See her
Web site: rahelsjewishindia.com . Event
Information: Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931
Rahel Musleah
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or nancyellen879@att.net .
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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.
The Sisterhood of Adat Shalom will
hold its annual Paid-Up Membership
Dinner 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
28. Free, but open to non-members
at $25. Following dinner, author Terri
Orbuch, the "Love Doctor," will dis-
cuss her book 5 Simple Steps To Take
Your Marriage from Good to GREAT.
Send a check payable to Sisterhood
of Adat Shalom to: 29901 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills, MI 48334. (248)
851-5100.
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EVENTS THAT HELP
Help laud Dr. Marcy Borofsky and Dr.
Margo Yellin Woll, selected to receive
the Justice Louis Brandeis Award at
this year's Balfour Celebration 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 25, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road,
Southfield. Sponsored by the Zionist
Organization of America-Michigan
Region, the event will include musical
entertainment by Safam and a dessert
afterglow. Tickets, $50; students, $20.
Information: (248) 282-0088 or
balfour2009@mizoa.org .
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.
Attend the American Cancer Society
Cattle Baron's Ball Saturday, Nov. 7,
at the Shotwell-Gustafson Pavilion at
Oakland University, Rochester. Tickets
start at $175. (248) 663-3400.
HEALTH / SUPPORT
Browse the "Solutions for Family
Caregiver Expo," Saturday, Oct. 24,
at Rock Financial Showplace, Novi.
More than 120 exhibitors of products
and services to assist caregivers; and
Ask the Expert questions on Medicare,
Medicaid and referrals to local servic-
es. Free. Information: (800) 852-7795,
www.michigancaregiverexpo.com or
www.aaalb.com .
Attend Adat Shalom Men's Club's
Health Awareness Breakfast 9:30
a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. Dr. James
Gordon will discuss immunization for
both seasonal flu and swine flu, as
well as the pneumonia and shingles
vaccines. Dr. Scott Cooper is chair-
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This poster for the Nov. 6 concert was designed by famed
Grande Ballroom artist Carl Lundgren.
Have Guitar, Will Travel
Touring folk/Americana singer-songwriter Melissa Greener, the daughter of
Morry and Susan Greener of Farmington Hills, will open for Susan Werner 8
p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at the Ark in Ann Arbor. $17.50. (734) 761-1451. Greener
will also perform a solo concert 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Salon Pavlina,
32413 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington Hills. $15. Space is limited. (248) 207-
3668. MelissaGreener.com .
ing the health event. Free to paid-up
Adat Shalom Men's Club members;
$5 for others. Send a check payable
to the Men's Club to Adat Shalom,
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, MI
48334. (248) 851-5100.
Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education will provide a professional
conference for teachers and parents
of students with diverse learning and
behavioral challenges at the Anita
Naftaly Family Circle Conference at 1
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Sandra
Rief, M.A., will provide strategies to
help students with ADD and other
learning differences. $20 in advance;
$25 at door. (248) 642-4260, ext. 533
or www.jewishdetroit.org/familycircle.
SPACE for Changing Families announc-
es the formation of Rainbows, a peer
support group for children in divorce
(K through 8th grade) who are trying
to adjust. Each small, age - appropriate
group is lead by a facilitator. Parents
will meet separately. Meetings are 7
p.m. over twelve Mondays beginning
Nov. 9 at the Birmingham Temple,
28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
There will be an informational meet-
ing for parents and children 7 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 26. RSVP: (248) 355-
3300, ext. 0.
Families Anonymous, a 12-step, self-
help support group for family and
friends (adults and those over 15) affect-
ed by the substance abuse or behavioral
problems of a loved one, meets 2:30
p.m. Saturdays at Maplegrove Center,
Conference Room C, 6773 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield. No fees. Visitors are
welcome. (248) 790-7677 or www.
familesanonymous.org .
HELPING OUT
Interact with senior residents while
working in the Jewish Senior Life
(JSL) building's stores, cafes and