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ARTS 6, CULTURE

The Janice Charach Gallery at the
West Bloomfield JCC hosts "The Bra
Show" and "Towards the Threadbare"
through Dec. 17. "The Bra Show"
offers for purchase bras designed by
celebrities. Proceeds benefit Charach
Cancer Treatment Center at Huron
Valley-Sinai Hospital and the gallery.
"Towards the Threadbare" features
sculptures and other works of art, cre-
ated solely from ties, by Isaac Amala
and Liz Simpson. Hours are 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Monday-Wednesday; 10 a.m.-7
p.m. Thursday; and 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday. Information: Gallery Director
Terri Stearn, (248) 432-5579 or
tstearn@jccdet.org .

Join Greater Detroit Chapter of

Hadassah's Book Discussion Group

for The Three Cups of Tea: One Man's
Mission to Promote Peace, One School
at a Time by Greg Mortensen 10-11:30
a.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at Davidson
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road, West Bloomfield. (248) 661-
5694.

See Linda Ross Contemporary's exhibi-
tion "Global Warning" featuring five
artists with a provocative look envi-
ronmental challenges: Joyce Brienza,
Amy Chan, John Ganis, Michael
McGillis and Leah Wolff, through Nov.
21 at Arkitektura In-Situ, 2131 Cole.
Birmingham. (248) 892-2985; linda®
Irosscontemporary.com; or
www.lrosscontemporary.com .

Come to the Lawrence Street Gallery
during November to see a beaded jew-
elry show, and in December, an exhibi-
tion of small works by 75 local artists.
22620 Woodward, Ferndale. Visit www.
lawrencestreetgallery.com or (248)
544-0394.

CINEMA er STAGE

See The Music Man Jr. by the
Farmington Hills Youth Theatre 7 p.m.
Thursday-Friday, Nov. 19-20, and 1 and
5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 21-22,
at the Costick Center at 28600 W.11

Mile in Farmington Hills. But tickets at
Costick or call (734) 634-4678.

Enjoy the poignant and playful The
Cemetery Club, the story of three
aging Jewish widows' monthly visit
to their husbands' graves. Presented
Thursdays-Sundays, through Nov.
22, by Stagecrafters at the Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak.
(248) 541-6430, www.stagecrafters.
org .

See A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin
at the Ridgedale Players Theater, 205
W. Long Lake Road, Troy, through
Nov. 22. $14/adults; $13/students and
seniors. (248) 988-7049.

Take in the Village Players of
Birmingham's production of Hello Dolly
on Nov.13, 14, 20, 21 at 8 p.m.; Nov.14,
15, 21, 22 at 2 p.m. The playhouse is
at 34660 Woodward, Birmingham. $17.
www. birminghamvillageplayers.com or
(248) 644-2075.

Enjoy the Pultizer Prize-winning play
Crimes of the Heart running Nov. 13-
22, by the Spotlight Players at Village
Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry
Hill, Canton. (734) 484-3284 or www.
spotlightplayersmi.org .

See the adult musical comedy
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee running Nov.13-22 at
Marygrove College Theatre, 8425
W. McNichols, Detroit. Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2
p.m. Tickets: $20; $16 for seniors and
UDM/Marygrove staff and alumni; $13
for students; $9 for UDM/Marygrove
students. (313) 993-3270 or theatre.
udmercy.edu .

Laugh with Steve Solomon's My
Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish,
I'm Home for the Holidays 5 and 8
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Macomb
Center for the Performing Arts, 44575
Garfield at Hall, Clinton Township.
(586) 286-2222.

CONCERTS

Roll out the red carpet for classic

Old Books Piling Up?

Drive through and drop off donations
of used books, books on tape, records,
video, CDs and DVDs at Bookstock's
Colossal Collection Day 11 a.m.-1
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Bloomfield
Plaza, on the southwest corner of
Maple and Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. Tax receipts will be
provided. Also, volunteers are
needed for sorting 10 a.m.-2
p.m. Wednesdays through March
31. For information, call (248)
645-7840, ext. 365, or www.
bookstock.info.

comedienne Joan Rivers at Andiamo
Celebrity Showroom,14 Mile west of
Van Dyke in Warren, Saturday night,
Nov. 14. Her sharp wit in the show is
described as "uninhibited and uncen-
sored." Opening will be the Sicilian
Tenors with a repertoire ranging from
arias to show tunes. Tickets: (586)
268-3200, www.AndiamoShowroom.
corn or Ticketmaster, (800) 745-3000.

Hear Moscow-born classical pianist
Vladimir Feltsman 8 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 14, with the Chamber Music
Society of Detroit at the Seligman
Performing Arts Center at Detroit
Country Day School, 22305 W.13
Mile, Beverly Hills. In 1979, at age 27,
Feltsman applied to leave the Soviet
Union because of his discontent with
the government control of the arts. It
took him eight years of artistic exile
and fighting, but he arrived in the U.S.
in 1987 and performed soon thereafter
at the White House. Tickets: $43-$75;
students $25. (248) 855-6070 or
www.ComeHearCMSD.org .

Enjoy a free chamber music concert 2
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Oak Park
Library,14200 Oak Park Boulevard.
Performers from the Woodward
Corridor Musicians are Lillian Dean,
Leonard Kim, Molly Hughes, Susan
Lazar, Mimi Morris-Kim, Ann Lemke,
Susan Mutter and Roberta Zald. Teen
students of cellist Mimi Morris-Kim are
Elizabeth Mutter, Hanna Bogrow, Blaire
De wilde Kohler and Paul Mutter. (248)
691-7480.

Hear the Four Bitchin` Babes including
folksinger Sally Fingerett 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Ark, 316 S.
Main, Ann Arbor. $20. (734) 761-1451.
www.theark.org , (734) 763-8587.

Join women raising funds for the
2010 Annual Campaign and enjoy the
film Making Trouble — about six great
female comics, 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 18, at the Maple Art Theatre in
Bloomfield Township. $18.

Playhouse Theater returns to Orchard
Mall's Center Court 11 a.m. Nov. 21,
with Ron Coden and Friends, featur-
ing sing-along folk music geared to
children up to age 8 and their parents.
Maple and Orchard Lake Roads, West
Bloomfield.

Listen to the folk sounds of the
Pairadocs Trio at the BaseLine Folk
Society 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at
the JWH Center for the Arts, 774 N.
Sheldon Road, Plymouth. $5. The band
members include Tom Diskoff, Mike
Mullen and Jeff London.

Hear the Merling Trio perform works
by Haydn, Ravel and Dvorak as part
of the Vivace Music Series 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Birmingham
Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington
Hills. Tickets: Joyce Cheresh (248)
788-9338 or Ann Sipher (248) 661-
1348. Information: www.vivaceseries.
org .

Laugh with B'nai B'rith Great Lakes
Region at its Comedy Night, 8 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 30, at Joey's Comedy

Actresses Read
Women Playwrights

Hear three actresses reading

scenes from plays by women

authors featuring actresses

Shirley Benyas, Yolanda

Fleischer and Loretta Higgins

at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, in

the Janice Charach Gallery

at the West Bloomfield JCC.

Presented by the Sholem

Aleichem Institute. All are

welcome at no charge. (248)

Shirley Benyas and Yolanda
Fleischer, both of West Bloomfield

Club on Plymouth Road in Livonia. $10
per person; $15 per couple must be
prepaid. Dinner is on your own, but is
available for 25 percent off at Kickers
Restaurant downstairs for those
prepaid to see the show. Deadline for
RSVPs is Nov. 23 and seating is lim-
ited. Contact Terri Stearn, tntstearn®
comcast.net , (248) 672-3207; Steve
Rotenberg, rotenclan®sbcglobal.net ;
or B'nai
(248) 646-3100.

EVENT HOTLINE

Find a bargain at the Friends of
Farmington Community Library Giant
Book Sale 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
14, and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov.15,
at the Main Branch, 32737 W.12 Mile,
Farmington Hills. Information: (248)
553-6880 or www.farmlib.org/friends.

Enjoy West Bloomfield Temple Kol Ami
Family Religious School's Bingo day
12-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. Cards are
$5 and food can be purchased. Open
to all. Reservations appreciated: (248)
661-0040 or Melanie®tkolami.org . For
information: www.tkolami.org .

Learn about "Emotional Intelligence:
Does It Matter?" from Dr. Elana
Goell-Varkovitzky, guest speaker of
the Tikvah Group of Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah, at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Corners, 2075
Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield.
Coffee and dessert following. $10.
Guests welcome. RSVP: Ellen (248)
363-2771.

Enjoy Sisterhood Movie Night
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
Southfield. See Live and Become 7:15
p.m. Wednesday, Nov.18. $2/members;
$3/guests. (248) 357-5544.

Hear retail expert Mary Liz Curtin
talk about decorating and using
unique accent pieces in your home
at an event of the National Council of
Jewish Women/Greater Detroit Section
1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Leon &
Lulu's, 96 W.14 Mile, Clawson. Shop
at the store and 10 percent of sales
will go to the NCJW/GDS. Free for
members, $10 for others. RSVP: (248)
355-3300, ext. 0.

Show your wares as a vendor at the
Sisterhood Charity Gift Bazaar 10 a.m.-

423-4406.

4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield.
Contact Linda Mondrow, (248) 582-
0471 or Imondrow@aol.com .

EVENTS THAT HELP

On Monday, Nov. 16, two new dishes
will appear in the prepared foods cases
at all seven Hiller's grocery stores,
offering shoppers good food for good
causes. Janice Cherkasky's diabetic
apricot salad and Jeff Loeb's pasta will
support Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation and the Hiller ALS Center
at Wayne State University. The items
will be available through Nov. 30.

HEALTH / SUPPORT

The Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program
holds monthly caregiver support
group meetings. The daytime meet-
ings are for caregivers of individuals
with Alzheimer's Disease or a related
diagnosis. The evening meeting is open
to caregivers of all older adults. There
is no charge, but those interested in
attending are asked to call the facili-
tator to RSVP. The meetings are for
caregivers only; onsite respite during
the daytime meeting may be available
and must be arranged in advance.
• Jewish Senior Life, Fleischman
Residence (6710 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield): Thursday, Nov. 12, 2-4
p.m.; Monday, Nov. 16, 7-9 p.m. RSVP:
Fran Cook, (248) 592-5032.

Learn about "Mind, Body and
Nutrition" with DMC Huron Valley-
Sinai Hospital clinical dietitian Jennifer
Traub 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the
Jewish Book Fair Health Awareness
Day at the West Bloomfield JCC. She'll
focus on eating the right foods to ward
off illness, especially for those with
cancer. Free. (248) 661-1000.

Hear Dr. Michele Borba, Today show
parenting expert, the keynote speaker
at Building Better Families through
Action's Parenting & Wellness Fair 9
a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Bloomfield
Hills Lahser High School, 3456 Lahser,
Bloomfield Hills. Breakout sessions
begin at 10:45 a.m.; vendors available

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