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Wed 7am. to 7 pot • Closed Su tt, Son In advance of Passover, Metro Detroiters will have the opportunity to mingle and admire more than 20 exotic Passover tablescapes innovated by local interior designers, home decor business owners and activists. The community is invited to take a firsthand look at more than 20 creative- ly inspired and Passover-themed tables on Thursday, Feb. 4, from 6-8:30 p.m., at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. The event will benefit Temple Beth El's Religious School programming. Guests will enjoy cocktails and small plates catered by Excellence Too Catering while viewing the unique tablescapes before the Passover holiday commences in late March. Would-be hosts can glean innovative table-set- ting strategies from more than 30 table designers from Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Franklin and West Bloomfield. Each table will also incorporate the traditional symbols of Passover. "This event is not necessarily just about using your most beautiful linens and finest china:' said co-chair Elyse Foltyn. "It's about incorporating those beautiful pieces into a tablescape that reflects your own special sentiment or makes a bold statement. It will provide guests a venue to gather table-setting ideas to apply to their own dining room tables — and not necessarily just for Passover." A special twist is that many of the tables feature the combined talents of teams —mother/daughters, aunts/ nieces, multi-generational friends, sis- ter-in-laws and even children — each of whom has found an added way to extend their family feeling or tradition into their design and holiday. Table designers include Jolie Schiller Altman, ArtLoft owner and designer, Rachael A-Woods, Karen Borenstein, Meredith Colburn, Carrie Doelle, Lillian Erdeljan, Amy Farbman, Nadine Farbman, Adrienne Fink, Gerych Graziella designer Jon Gerych, Kim Goodman, Laura Gorosh, Jill Gurwin, Habatat Galleries, Rose Handleman, Roz Jacobson, Helen Katz, Colorworks owner and designer Barbi Krass, Lee's Specialty designers Gloria Colton and owner Solange Messelian, Nicole London, Phyllis Loewenstein, Leslie Ann Pilling, Nanci Rands, Brenda Rosenberg, Marlo Scott, Melissa Shulman, Lila Silverman, Linda Sircus, the Sisterhood of Temple Beth El, Julie Taubman, Nicole Wagner, Amy Weinstein and Gwen Weiner. Co-chairs are Elyse Foltyn of Birmingham and Fair Radom of Bloomfield Hills. Host committee mem- bers are Karen and Jon Borenstein, Jody and Daniel Boorstein, Lillian and Alex Erdeljan, Kimberly and Gary Goodman, Laura and David Gorosh, Rose and David Handleman, Rozlyn and Scott Jacobson, Heidi and Jay Kreindler, Nicole and Steven London, Liz and "JJ" Modell, Louise and Edward Sable and Julie and Ron Yolles. Tickets are $75 per person or $125 per patron and $200 per patron couple. For tickets or information, call (248) 865-0617 and press 1. Cancer Thrivers Unite The Cancer Thrivers Network for Jewish Women will have an online social networking workshop 9:30- 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the David B. Hermelin ORT Resource Center in the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Participants will learn how to reach out to family and friends, find class- mates and share opinions and experi- ences using Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Linkedln and other Web sites. The workshop will be led by Shaindle Braunstein, who directs the Hermelin ORT Center. There is a charge; reserva- tions are limited to 20 people. Contact co-chairs Michelle Passon, (248) 895.2664, smp1543@comcast. net ; or Sandy Schwartz, (248) 851.4616, Sandyrschwartz@hotmail.com. The Network's mission is to enrich and empower Jewish women through activities, friendship, resources, educa- tion and humor. It welcomes women who have been diagnosed with any kind of cancer at any time in their lives. Manage Your Finances Ken Gross and David Einstandig, shareholders of the Bingham Farms law firm Thav Gross Steinway & Bennett, will present free financial crisis man- agement seminars. The two host the Financial Crisis Talk Center show that airs 8:30 a.m. Saturdays at on WDFN- 1130 AM. They will discuss what to do if one is in a financial crisis. Issues include: Is it better to walk away or try to stay in your home? Will a loan modification solve your problem? What is the best way to eliminate credit card debt? What is your best long-term financial strat- egy? RSVP: (248) 645-1700 or www. financialcrisistalkcenter.com/seminars. The seminars run 7-8:30 p.m Wednesdays: Feb. 3, Troy Community Center; Feb. 10, Livonia Public Library; Feb. 24: Royal Oak Public Library.