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Maple and Orchard Lake Roads, West
Bloomfield.

Check It Out!

ARTS & CULTURE

Browse "Works On Paper IV," an
exhibition and sale Nov. 20-22 at the
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center,
1516 S. Cranbrook. Hours: 5-8 p.m.,
Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; and
1-4 p.m. Sunday. (248) 644.0866 or
www.bbartcenter.org .

Hear three actresses reading scenes
from plays by women authors fea-
turing 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 wel-
come at no charge. Information: (248)
423-4406.

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.

CINEMA 6, 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.

See Miracle on 34th Street running
Nov. 20-Dec. 13 at the Farmington
Players Barn Theater in Farmington
Hills. Tickets: farmingtonplayers.org or
at the box office, (248) 553-2955.

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. 20, 21 at 8 p.m.; Nov.
21, 22 at 2 p.m. The playhouse is at
34660 Woodward, Birmingham. $17.
www. birminghamvillageplayers.com or
(248) 644-2075.

See the adult musical comedy The

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee through Nov. 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.

COMEDY 6, MUSIC

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.

Take the kids to see Gemini and the
Good Mischief Band 1 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 29, at the Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann
Arbor. $10. (734) 761-1451. www.theark.
org, (734) 763-8587.

EVENT HOTLINE

Visit with Ramah Canada director
Michael Wolf to talk about attend-
ing his camp next summer 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 24, at Congregation
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Pizza will be served.
Open to all. For information, contact
Beth Ahm's education director Amy

Laugh with
B'nai B'rith
Great Lakes
Region at
its Comedy
Night, 8 p.m.
Monday, Nov.
30, at Joey's
Comedy Club on Plymouth Road in Livonia.
$10 per person; $15 per couple must be
prepaid. Dinner is on your own, but is avail-
able for 25 percent off at Kickers Restaurant
downstairs for those prepaid to see the
show. Deadline for RSVPs is Nov. 23 and
seating is limited. Contact Terri Stearn, tnt-
stearn@comcast.net , (248) 672-3207; Steve
Rotenberg, rotenclan@sbcglobal.net ; or B'nai
B'rith, (248) 646-3100.

Radical Anti-Zionist: Impact on

p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at Hillel

Day School, 32200 Middlebelt,

Farmington Hills. The program

reflects on the problem of

campus anti-Semitism among

radical Muslims as well as "well-

manicured circles." Co-sponsored

by Adat Shalom Synagogue's

Israel Advocacy Committee, StandWithUs/Michigan, and ATID: The

Alliance for Teens. Larry Buch of Farmington Hills is chair. Free. All are

welcome. RSVP: (248) 851-5100 or info@adatshalom.org .

November 19 • 2009

Hear pianist Joseph Kalichstein play
Mozart with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27; 8:30
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28; and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 29, at Orchestra Hall,
Detroit.

Hear MSU Professor Kenneth

Campuses and Communities" 7:30

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See Southfield-native comedian Mike
Young in the Young American Comedy
Tour 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, at
the City Theatre in Detroit. Tickets
$20. (313) 471-6611 or purchase.tick-
ets.com/buy/TicketPurchase.

B'nai
B'rith Fun

Contemporary Anti-Semite and

Kenneth Waltzer

Enjoy the music when Broadway
Comes to B'nai Moshe with Stephanie
Michaels & Friends 3:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 22. Stephanie, a Detroit native
and Juilliard graduate, has appeared
in many musical theater and oper-
atic roles in New York and elsewhere.
Joining her is her husband, Neil,
Temple Israel's cantorial soloist. The
group also features pianist Louise
Angermeier and several students.
Sponsored by the Nettie and Norman
Senior Fund. Free and open to all.
Congregation B'nai Moshe is at 6800
Drake Road in West Bloomfield.
Information: (248) 788-0600.

Focus: Campus
Anti-Semitism

Waltzer speak on "The

Birmingham
Temple Concert

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 .

The Merling Trio

Newman, (248) 851-8820, relschool®
cbahm.org .

EVENTS THAT HELP

Attend the Detroit Theatre Initiative's
"Thanks for Theatre" gala 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Liberal Arts
Gallery, 3361 Gratiot, Detroit. Tickets:
www.TheDetroitTheatrelnitiative.org or
call Liz Linkewitz, (313) 263-1631.

HEALTH / SUPPORT

Learn the facts about the current
health care reform proposals, and
ask your questions at a free com-
munity forum presented by Ameinu
Detroit and Temple Emanu-El 7-9
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the temple,
14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park. Following
presentations by David Green, D.O.,
and Jack McHugh, Valerie Przywara
will give an update on bills in Congress.
Information: Esther, (248) 967-6380.

Get fitted at a bra trunk show by
Bra World/LuLu's Lingerie 6:30-8:30
p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the West
Bloomfield JCC's Janice Charach
Gallery. View "The Bra Show" exhibit.
The event will fund breast screen-
ings for uninsured. Tickets begin at

$25. WomenForce supports women's
health initiatives at Huron Valley-
Sinai Hospital in Commerce. Co-chairs
include Sheryll Kollin, Elena Brand, Gail
Offen and Leslie Pardo. RSVP: (248)
937-3627, or sshapiro@dmc.org .

HELPING OUT

Donate new and used coats and
accoutrements through Nov. 21 at
Tapper's Diamonds and Fine Jewelry
and these other retailers at Orchard
Mall at Maple and Orchard Lake Road
in West Bloomfield: Maria's Bridal
Couture, Yoga Shelter, Frameable
Faces Photography, Eleganza Boutique,
Guys N Gals, Gotta Dance, Massage
Envy, the Beauty Lounge, Nancy's
Linens and Toys! Toys! Toys!

The National Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Section, and
Kadima, a nonprofit mental health
agency, present Project Friendship,
which holds Sunday brunches, activi-
ties and field trips for Kadima clients.
Volunteers are needed. Events are
alternate Sundays, Dec. 6 and Dec.
20 at Kadima Activity Center,15999
W.12 Mile, Southfield. RSVP: (248)
355-3300, Ext. 0. Chairs are Barbara
Berger and Bunny Cooper.

Learn At The Holocaust Center

Attend two educational programs on Sunday, Nov. 22,
at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills:

•1:30-3:30 p.m.: See the film Captain Laszlo Ocskay,
the Forgotten Hero, about the Royal Hungarian Army

captain whose bold rescue operation saved the lives
of 2,000 Jews. Afterward, John Kovacs will relate his

Capt. Ocskay

experiences surviving the Holocaust. Members of the

Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan and HMC

staff free. Guests $5.

•7 p.m.: Hear Jewish History Professor Howard N.

Lupovitch speak on "The Wonder of Jewish Survival."

Free; all are welcome. Sponsored by B'nai B'rith Albert

Einstein Lodge (consisting of Holocaust survivors,

their children and others with similar interests) and

CHAIM (Children of Holocaust Survivors in Michigan.

Howard

Information: Jeff Kahan, (248) 362-4666, or Charles

Lupovitch

Silow, (248) 210-4849.