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ARTS & CULTURE

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 .

Attend preview reception for exhibit
"Fabulous 5: Detroit's Beloved Sports
Coaches" 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 12,
at Detroit Historical Museum, 5401
Woodward. RSVP by March 9: (313)
833-7938.

See a photography show through
March 31, at Kerrytown Concert
House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann Arbor. Free.
Hours: www.kerrytownconcerthouse.
corn, (734) 769-2999.

CINEMA & STAGE

Come to the opening of the hilari-
ous yet poignant play Dog Sees God:
Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead!
8 p.m. Friday, March 5, at 1515
Broadway, Detroit 48226. Latest pro-
duction of Frannie Bates-Shepherd's
Magenta Giraffe Theatre company.
Tickets, through March 28: $15-$18
(or pay what you can). Schedule: (313)
408-7269 or www.magentagiraffe.org .

Laugh at the screwball comedy You
Can't Take It with You, performed by
the Farmington Players though March
6, at the Barn Theater, 32332 W.12
Mile, Farmington Hills. $15; student
discount available. (248) 553-2955 or
farmingtonplayers.org .

Exit 33, a horror film about a serial
killer that was filmed in South Lyon
and includes an appearance by Josh
Tobias of West Bloomfield, premieres 7
and 9 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at the
Emagine Theatre, 44425 W.12 Mile,
Novi. $12 Tickets: (734) 775-7400,
(248) 594-3322 or www.neptix.com .

Make it a movie night with two choic-
es at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11,
during the JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music
Festival. $10. www.jccdet.org:
• West Bloomfield JCC:
Documentary Making Trouble covers
a century of entertainment history,
including theater, film and television.
• Oak Park JCC: Film premiere of You
Never Know: Shlomo Carlebach tells
of the legendary musician, an obser-
vant Jew who wrote 4,000 melodies.

COMEDY & MUSIC

Appreciate music at Kerrytown
Concert House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann
Arbor. Tickets: www.kerrytownconcert-
house.com , (734) 769-2999:
• Trio La Vita: Award-winning clas-
sical group performs 8 p.m. Saturday,
March 6.
• Opera on Tap: Ann Arbor and
Ypsilanti singers provide contemporary
twist to traditional concert format 8
p.m. Thursday, March 11.

Have a blast when vocalist, composer
and bandleader Jesse Palter comes
home with her all-star quartet for
"A Swinging Affair" concert 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 7, at West Bloomfield
JCC. An event of the Stephen Gottlieb
Music Festival. Sponsors include
Pisgah/Zeiger B'nai B'rith Sports &
Entertainment Unit. Tickets: $15 for
B'nai B'rith or JCC members; $20 for
others. Karen Siegel: (248) 432-5692.

Learn "The Style and Symbolism in
the Operas of Mozart" from Michigan
Opera Theater Director Dr. David
DiChiera 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 8,
at the West Bloomfield JCC. Event
of the JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music
Festival will feature MOT performers.
Jewish Senior Life sponsors. $15, $12
for Center members. (248) 432-5470
or www.jccdet.org .

Spend "An Evening with DSO Maestro
Leonard Slatkin" 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
March 9, at the West Bloomfield JCC.
An event of the JCC Stephen Gottlieb
Music Festival, co-sponsored by the

Thinking Of Starting
Your Own Business?

Learn from experts from Oakland County

Business Center, U.S. Small Business

Administration and others on starting a

business 8:30-11 a.m. Thursday, March 11,

at Oak Park JCC. Doors open at 8. JVS-

sponsored program geared to those age

50 and up. RSVP to Mary Ellen Brayton:

(248) 233-4274 or mbrayton@jvsdet.org .

Jewish Historical Society of Michigan.
$12 for JCC members; $15 for others.
(248) 432-5470 or www.jccdet.org .

Get In Tune

Make plans to attend the

Catch the Chicago-based, Jewish a
capella vocal group Shircago! 8:30
p.m. Saturday, March 13, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. The co-ed ensemble
sings in languages of our people with a
repertoire that includes classical, pop
and contemporary. Workmen's Circle/
Arbeter Ring sponsors event for the
JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival.
$12 Center members, $15 others. (248)
432-5470 or www.jccdet.org .

Experience an "American Celebration"
with director-conductor Arie Lipsky
and the Ann Arbor Symphony
Orchestra 7 p.m. Saturday, March
13, at the Michigan Theater, 603 E.
Liberty, Ann Arbor. Gershwin's Piano
Concerto in F will feature Russian
pianist Arkadiy Figlin. Tickets: (734)
994-4801, wwwa2so.com .

Hear the stellar voices of cantors and
cantorial soloists at iHope concert
7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Congregation
B'nai Moshe and Temple Israel co-
sponsor program of JCC Stephen
Gottlieb Music Festival. $20; $15 for
Center members. www.jccdet.org .

View Matisyahu, performer of Hasidic,
reggae and hip-hop music, at a live
broadcast from the 97nd Street Y at
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the West
Bloomfield JCC. $5. www.jccdet.org .

EVENT HOTLINE

Two programs to dance the hora:
• Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W.10
Mile, Oak Park. Explore the "Roots of
Israeli Folk Dance" and learn steps
7:30-8:45 p.m. Thursdays, March 4-
25, at First class free, then $5 each
for members; $7.50 for others. RSVP
to instructor Susan Kirschner: (248)
967-4020, rabbi@rabbiklein.com or
www.emanuel-mich.org .
• West Bloomfield JCC: Experience
Israeli dance with expert instruc-
tors Cheryl Feit and Gordon Smith of
Israeli Folkdance Detroit and Laura
and Amnon Steiner of A2Rikud 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 14. Free, but requires
ticket. www.jccdet.org .

Get lucky at Eleanor Roosevelt
Hadassah's annual bingo, silent auction
and raffle, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 6,
at Hadassah House, West Bloomfield.
$20 in advance; $25 at door (space
permitting) includes hors d'oeuvres,
dessert and game cards. Send checks
with names of participants to Mandy
Garver, 4680 Pickering, Bloomfield
Hills, 48301. Fran: (248) 390-1024;
Mandy:(248) 687-9611.

"Ask Hazzan Gross," a Adat Shalom
Men's Club breakfast program intro-
ducing the congregation's newest cler-
gy member, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, March
7, at 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington
Hills. Free for Club members; $3 for
others. RSVP: (248) 851-5100.

Stephen Gottlieb Music

Festival, a potpourri of music

programs, March 6-16, at

JCC locations in Oak Park and

West Bloomfield. Actor-singer

Hal Linden appears at Patron

Event on opening night 8:30

p.m. Saturday, March 6, at

the West Bloomfield JCC. A

full schedule appeared in last

week's JN. Advance ticket

purchase encouraged: www.

jccdet.org or (248) 432-5692.

Let nurse Denise Jacob, experienced
in Healing Touch, show how to "Steer
Yourself Out of a Rut" at informal
Bagels and Basics program 11 a.m.-
noon Sunday, March 7, at Temple
Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. RSVP:
Melanie@tkolami.org or (248) 661-
0040.

Enter the Inter-Congregational
Bowling Challenge 1 p.m. Sunday,
March 7, at Country Lanes, 30250
W. Nine Mile, Farmington Hills 48336.
Open to individuals or four-person
team, men and women, no average
needed. $20 per person includes three
games, shoes and mystery game con-
test. RSVP: Steven Achtman: (248)
505-3939 or sssbrm@ameritech.
net; Phil Horowitz, (248) 202-8111 or
prh300@aol.com ; Dan Glass: (248)
860-1104 or glass1018@comcast.net ;
Jerry Isenberg: (248) 932-5259 or
jmisenberg@comcast.net; Richard
Jacobson: (248) 217-9577 or r9ja-
cobs@aol.com ; Jeff Hollander: (248)
821-0580 or hollanderlaw@comcast.
net.

EVENTS THAT HELP

Get moving at Kicks for the Cure, a
kickboxing class taught by Omar Aki of
Omar's Planet, 8-11 a.m. Sunday, March
7, at the Powerhouse Gym, 6750
Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield.
Donation: $50, $100 or $250 to
the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Institute. Donate $25 to try a one-hour
spinning class. The public can use the
Powerhouse Gym for free on March
7 from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Omar's Planet:
(248) 894-1286; Powerhouse: (248)
539-3370.

"Ante Up For Hunger" at Yad Ezra's
spring fundraiser, featuring poker and
Texas Hold 'Em tournament, 8-11 p.m.
Saturday, March 13 (new date), at
2850 W.11 Mile, Berkley. Proceeds pro-
vide lunches for kids in need at Jewish
day schools. $50 per person, plus $50
for poker buy-in. RSVP: www.yadezra.
org or (248) 548-FOOD.

HEALTH SUPPORT

Find "Jewish Healing Through Music,"
a workshop with Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg
of Cong. Shir Tikvah, 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 7, at West Bloomfield JCC. Free;
advance ticket needed: (248) 432-5692.

Learn about Relay for Life, American
Cancer Society fundraiser, at an open
house 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, at
the Oak Park Community Recreation
Center,14300 Oak Park Blvd., Room B,
Oak Park. RSVP encouraged to Deena
Gardner: (248) 663-3427.

Join with parents of seventh- and
eighth-graders for series "Please
Stop the Rollercoaster: Improving
Communication with Your Teen"
starting 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 8,
at Hillel Day School, 32200 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. Get expert informa-
tion and advice on parenting teens.
$50 per person, includes sessions
on March 15, 22; April 12, 19, 26;
May 3. Registration required. Megan
Rappaport, educator at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek: (248) 357-5544.

Find information and support through
CHADD (Children and Adults with
ADD) at separate meetings 7-9 p.m.
Monday, March 8, at Way Elementary
School, 765 W. Long Lake Road,
Bloomfield Township. Adult group
topic: "AD/HD and Addiction" with
Trudy Fink and Merrie Daniel. Parent
group topic: "Twice Exceptional: The
Gifted and AD/HD Child" with Cynthia
Martinovich-Lardner. $5 charge for
non-member families. Details: www.
chadd.net/527 (248) 988-6716.

Explore all aspects of dementia
and Alzheimer's disease 6-8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 10, at Henry Ford
West Bloomfield, 6777 W. Maple.
Presenter will be Kate Williams, a
social worker with the Alzheimer's
Association, who works closely with
the Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute.
Free. RSVP: (800) 436-7936 or
henryford.com/hottopics.

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