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Theatre, 8425 W. McNichols, Detroit
48221. A UDM Theatre Company pro-
duction. Schedule/tickets: (313) 993-
3270, http://theatre.udmercy.edu .
ARTS & CULTURE
View "The Auschwitz Album—the
Story of a Transport," a just-opened
exhibit of images from a single
transport of 3,500 Jews arriving
from Hungary to the killing center
at Birkenau, Jan. 28-April 18, at
Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman
Family Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake
Road, Farmington Hills. Made avail-
able to the Detroit community by the
American Society for Yad Vashem.
No fee/public tours daily. Gail Cohen:
(248) 553-2400, ext. 23.
Hear Michigan-born actor Jimmy Wolk
speak about his role and see movie,
Front of the Class, 1:30 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 7, at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Farmington Hills. Film is based on the
story of Brad Cohen, a young man
diagnosed with Tourette syndrome who
became a teacher, author and motiva-
tional speaker. $5 per family. RSVP:
www.jewishdetroit.org/frontoftheclass,
(248) 642-4260, ext. 533.
See "The Sole of Birmingham: History
of Sherman Shoes" exhibit 1-4 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturdays, Feb. 3-June 5,
at the Birmingham Historical Museum
& Park, 556 W. Maple. Photos, memo-
rabilia and Piston Bob Lanier's size
23 shoes. $2; $1 seniors and students.
(248) 530-1928.
COMEDY c MUSIC
Welcome cellist Sol Gabetta, joining
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for
a "Brahms and Barber" program,
Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 4-6, at Max
Fisher Music Center's Orchestra Hall,
3711 Woodward, Detroit. Concerts 8
p.m. Thursday, 10:45 a.m. Friday, 8:30
p.m. Saturday. Tickets: (313) 576-5111.
Feel safe "Under the Watchful Eye: The
Chamsah Project," Janice Charach
Gallery's exhibit with artistic takes
on the good-luck symbol, through
March 7, at West Bloomfield JCC.
Gallery hours:10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-
Wednesday; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday;
noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Free. Terri Stearn:
(248) 432-5579, tstearn@jccdet.org .
CINEMA & STAGE
See the jazz documentary Chops,
a film by ex-Detroiter Bruce Broder
Thursday, Jan. 28, at Main Art Theatre
in Royal Oak and Friday, Feb. 12, at the
Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.
Check out The Full Monty, a
Stagecrafters production that con-
tains adult themes and brief nudity,
Thursdays-Saturdays, at Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak.
Evening performances at 8 p.m.
$16 Thursday, $18 Friday-Saturday,
through Feb. 7. (248) 541-6430, www.
stagecrafters.org .
Watch the Sundance-accepted feature
film Bilal's Stand 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
31, at the Michigan Theater, 603 E.
Liberty, Ann Arbor. Story tells of a
Detroit high school student's struggle
to pursue his dream of a higher educa-
tion. $15. Purchase: ticketweb.com ,
(734) 668-8397.
Hear acoustic guitarist Ben Hassenger,
also playing ukulele and singing funny
and sensitive songs, 8 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 6, at 400 Lone Pine Road,
Bloomfield Hills. First in the Full Circle
performance Series of St. Dunstan's
Theatre Guild of Cranbrook; other
concerts April 3 and May 15. $10 at
door or: www.StDunstansTheatre.com .
(248) 737-3587.
EVENT HOTLINE
Get an "Insider's View of Israel"
from Yoav Raban, community sha-
liach (emissary) from the Jewish
Federation's Partnership 2000 region
of the Central Galilee, at a potluck-
program 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at
a private home in Oak Park. Branch
960 of Ameinu Detroit (former Labor
Zionist Alliance) welcomes guests.
Join the Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah for the "Women Making a
Difference" education series 11:30
a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, at Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield. Speaking is Ruth Bergman,
an instructor at Florence Melton Adult
Mini-School and Federation's Alliance
for Jewish Education. On Tuesday,
March 2, hear Dr. Pamela Marcovitz,
medical director, Ministrelli Women's
Heart Center, Beaumont Hospital.
RSVP required. Mail check, $8 each
session, to Hadassah: 5030 Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323.
(248) 683-5030.
Come along with the JCC's Center
Travel Dept. for these day trips: DSO
Coffee Concert, Friday, Feb. 5, at Max
M. Fisher Music Center; Wizard of
Oz play, Thursday, Feb. 11, at Fisher
Theatre. RSVP: (248) 432-5471,
mwolfe@jccdet.org , www.jccdet.org .
Take part in the sixth annual "Cholent
Cookoff Luncheon," sponsored by
Young Israel of Southfield Sisterhood,
Saturday, Feb. 6, at 27705 Lahser,
Southfield. Meal by reservation only:
$18 adult, $12 ages 5-2.
www.yisouthfield.org . Details from
Linda: (248) 752-5150.
A Wife's Tale
See the Jewish Ensemble Theatre
perform The Tale of the Allergist's Wife,
a comedy about midlife malaise, Jan.
26-Feb. 21, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
Stars Kate Willinger Manfredi, Phil Powers,
Henrietta Hermelin Weinberg and Lynnae
Lehfeldt. $28-$36. Discounts for seniors
and students. (248) 788-2900.
Hear Oakland County Sheriff Michael
Bouchard speak at the 78th Annual
Inter-Congregational Men's Club
Dinner 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at
Congregation Beth Ahm. $54. RSVP
by Feb. 1 to your congregation's men's
club or brotherhood or mail a check
payable to Cong. Beth Ahm Men's Club
to: Beth Ahm (Attn: Ron Jedwab),
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, MI
48322. Details: Ron Jedwab: (248)
788-3068; Jerry Zabel (248) 851-7621;
e-mail dannysldad@comcast.net .
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Admire more than 20 exotic Passover
"tablescapes" created by local inte-
rior designers, home decor business
owners and area activists 6-8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 4, at Temple Beth El,
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
Benefit for Religious School. Event
includes cocktails and small plates
catered by Excellence Too Catering.
Tickets: $75 individual, $25 patron,
$200 patron couple. (248) 865-0617,
press 1.
Get your 2010 mah Jong cards from
National Council of Jewish Women/
Greater Detroit Section by Feb. 1 for
late March delivery. $7 regular size, $8
large print. Mail check to NCJW/GDS,
26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield,
MI 48033-2675. (248) 355-3300.
Applaud for honorees State Sen. Gilda
Jacobs and her husband, attorney
John Jacobs, at annual fundraiser for
and at the Oak Park JCC. Event start-
ing 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, will
feature an interactive murder-mys-
tery dinner-theater, The Two Faces of
EVENTS THAT HELP
Aid the homeless by attending an
"Evening With Mitch Albom to Benefit
New Orleans Notes
Enjoy the hot Mardi Gras jazz of
trumpeter Dwight Adams, a regular in
Stevie Wonder's touring band, 8 p.m.
of the late businessman-philanthro-
pist Meyer Prentis in Detroit's Palmer
Woods neighborhood. Organizer
is Barbara Weinberg Barefield, a
Dwight Adams
Workmen's Circle member, and her
musician husband, Spencer. $35 includes New Orleans-style food. Advance
purchase only: www.palmerwoods.org , (313) 891-2514.
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Tuesday, Feb. 2, at Art Van Furniture,
6500 E.14 Mile, Warren. $10. The first
350 guests to arrive will receive his
autographed book Have a Little Faith.
Tickets: www.760wjr.com .
Saturday Jan. 30, in the 1929 mansion
Climb aboard the USS Tikvah for a
Schmooze Cruise 6:30-10:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 6, at Cong. Shir Tikvah,
3900 Northfield Pky., Troy. 48084.
Dining at ports of call, silent auction
and Rick May and his band, Schmaltz,
featuring vocalist Rachael Gray. $25.
(248) 649-4418, www.shirtikvah.org .
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See parallels with feelings experienced
from failed airline bombing of Dec.
25 watching Sept. 11th-themed play,
Recent Tragic Events, running week-
ends Feb. 5-21, at Marygrove College
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Get lucky at Pisgah/Zeiger & Bloch/
Israel B'nai B'rith Units' Texas hold'em
Tournament 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
31, at the West Bloomfield JCC. Dinner
at 5:30 from Leo's Coney Island.
Tournament registration: $50 paid by
Jan. 28; $60 members/$70 non-mem-
bers afterward and at door. Dinner and
Tournament Gallery only: $15. Rick
Sherline: (248) 613-5400.
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See the movie The Minor Felonies 8
p.m., Friday, Feb. 5, at West Bloomfield
High School as part of the Orchard
Lake Student Film Festival on Friday
and on Saturday, Feb 6. $5 per day or
$8 for the event. (248) 865-6720.
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Free admission, bring non-dairy dish to
pass. Call for location/RSVP to Esther
Allweiss Ingber: (248) 967-6380.
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