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1 lir Check It Out!

ARTS c CULTURE

Meet novelists Debra Spark and
Susan Messer at their talk and book
sale/signing 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, March
19, at Shapiro Undergraduate Library
Screening Room, 2nd floor, 919 S.
University, Ann Arbor. University
of Michigan Press sponsors. Free;
includes tea. www.press.umich.edu or
(734) 615-6477.

View The Auschwitz Album: The Story
of a Transport," exhibit on loan from
Yad Vashem through April 18, at the
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills.
On same day American forces liber-
ated the Dora-Mittlebau German con-
centration camp, a prisoner discovered
photos of herself and other Hungarian
Jews in an album kept by the SS.
Hours: (248) 553-2400.

Go shopping at "Bloomfield Hills

Jewelry & Vintage Apparel" show 10
a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at

Birmingham Unitarian Church, 38651
Woodward. $5; kids under 12 free.
(248) 797-2112.

Appreciate mixed media artwork at
annual show of WSG Gallery (former
Washington Street Gallery), through
April 4, at 306 S. Main, Ann Arbor
48104. Opens at noon daily, except
Mondays. www.wsg-art.com , (734)
761-2287.

CINEMA & STAGE

Clap for Peter Pan, an award-win-
ning play for ages 6 and older, 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 18 and 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 21, at Hillel Day School, 32200
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills. Cast fea-
tures students in grades 5-8. Purchase
tickets ($12 adult, $7 child) at door or
via Robin: (248) 539-1318.

Travel From the Mountains of
Mourne to the Mines of Montana in
a Farmington Players production,
Friday through Sunday, March 19-21,
at the Barn Theatre, 32332 W.12 Mile,
Farmington Hills. Tickets/schedule:
(248) 553-2955.

Explore a dark side of American his-
tory, but laced with humor, in Stephen
Sondheim's Assassins, Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at
2 through March 28, at Village

Players Playhouse, 34660 Woodward,
Birmingham. (248) 644-2075 or www.
birminghamvillageplayers.com .

Revisit Cole Porter's divine comic
musical, Anything Goes, per-
formed by the Bloomfield Players
Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, March 19-20, and 2
p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Andover
High School Theater, 4200 Andover,
Bloomfield Township. Steve, Donna and
Julia Raphael are in the cast, along
with Susan Borin, Claudia Cooper, Bob
Hack and Susan Berke. $15 or $12; also
group rates. (248) 433-0885. www.
bloomfieldplayers.org .

Attend opening night of A Streetcar
Named Desire, presented by the
Stagecrafters, 8 p.m. Friday, March
26, at Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak. Shows, through
April 11: Thursdays through Saturdays
at 8, and Sundays at 2. Tickets:
$14 and $16. (248) 541-6430. Plus:
Interactive talkback: Stay to talk
about the play with Dr. Marc Rosen, a
psychologist and psychoanalyst prac-
ticing in Southfield, after performance
on Saturday, March 27.

Experience Sleeping Beauty, with the
Tchaikovsky Ballet of Russia perform-
ing original choreography from the
1890 classic, Friday through Sunday,
March 26-28, at Detroit Opera House,
1526 Broadway, Detroit. $29-$76.
Free ballet classes (intermediate and
advanced) for ticket holders and $25
for the general public at 11 a.m. March
27. Dinner-dance package ($89)
available for March 27 evening perfor-
mance. Schedule/tickets: (313) 237-
SING (7464). www.Michigan0pera.org .

See the Magenta Giraffe production
of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a
Teenage Blockhead! at 1515 Broadway,
Detroit. Frannie Shepherd-Bates is
company director. Tickets through
March 28, are $15-$18 (or pay what
you can). Schedule: (313) 408-7269 or
www.magentagiraffe.org .

Watch four bored English women,
including Leslie Ann Handelman,
come alive in the Italian seaside at
Enchanted April, through April 11, at
Oakland University's Meadow Brook
Theatre, 207 Wilson Hall, Rochester.
$24-$39. Box office: (248) 377-3300.

Mini-Series

Join the Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) for its 2010 Spring Mini-
Series on four consecutive Fridays at the West Bloomfield JCC. Free for IRP

members; $3 (cash) per session for guests. No RSVP required. Complete
schedule: (248) 967-4030, ext. 2018. March 19 speakers:

• Mandy Garver and Allen Wolf: Former human resource directors for
Ford Motor Company's Asia Pacific & Africa Region, on "Living Jewishly in
Thailand." (11 a.m.)

• Peter Sparling: Professor of dance at University of Michigan, on "Making
Video Dance: Capturing Motion for the Screen." (1:30 p.m.)

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March 18 2010

COMEDY & MUSIC

Tap your toes to Celtic music at five
performances of Cherish the Ladies
through March 21 at Orchestra
Hall, Max Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward, Detroit. Schedule-tickets:
www.detroitsymphony.com .

Appreciate Italian pianist Massimiliano
Valenti 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24,
at Kerrytown Concert House, 415
N. Fourth, Ann Arbor. Tickets: www.
kerrytownconcerthouse.com or (734)
769-2999.

Listen to the San Francisco
Symphony 8 p.m. Friday, March
19, and Saturday, March 20, at Hill
Auditorium, 825 North University,
Ann Arbor. University Musical Society:
(734) 764-2538 or www.ums.org .

Enjoy light refreshments and intimate
Nightnotes concert with two Detroit
Symphony Orchestra musicians,
presented by Detroit Chamber Winds
& Strings, 8:30 p.m. Friday, March
26, at Hagopian World of Rugs, 850
S. Woodward, Birmingham. Advance
tickets: $20, $10 students; $5 more at
door. www.detroitchamberwinds.org or
(248) 559-2095.

Applaud for piano soloist Christian
Zacharias making his conducting
debut with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday,
March 26, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March
28, at Orchestra Hall, Max Fisher
Music Center, 3711 Woodward, Detroit.
Tickets: www.detroitsymphony.com .

Let the Music in Homes Series
entrance you with a Middle Eastern
musical performance by the Dearborn
Traditional Ensemble 8 p.m. Saturday,
March 27, in Detroit's historic Palmer
Woods neighborhood. $30.99 admis-
sion includes themed food and masters
of flute, oud and tablas playing in an
architecturally historic home. Address
given with ticket order: http://palmer-
woodsmusicinhomes.eventbrite.com/
(313) 891-2514.

Purchase tickets for the 10 p.m. sec-
ond show of comedian Jerry Seinfeld
on Saturday, April 17, at the Fox
Theatre, 2211 Woodward, Detroit. The 7
p.m. show sold out. $49-$79. www.tick-
mastercom or (800) 745-3000.

Book Drop-Off

Don't miss your last chance to drop off used

media on Colossal Collection Day noon-2
p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Laurel Park Place,

37700 W. Six Mile, Livonia — location of the

annual Bookstock sale, April 18-25, and also

collecting 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 21, at JCC of
Greater Ann Arbor, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor. Proceeds support

literacy projects. Tax receipts provided.

• Volunteer to sort Bookstock donations 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, March

24 and 31, at Bloomfield Plaza, southwest corner of Maple and Telegraph,

Bloomfield Township. (248) 645-7840, ext. 365. www.bookstock.info.

to Sidra: sidra@thecorners.org .

Explore the "Roots of Israeli Folk
Dance" and learn steps 7:30-8:45
p.m. Thursdays, through March 25,
at Temple Emanu-El, 14450 W.10 Mile,
Oak Park. 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.

Participate in trips sponsored by
the Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit's Center Travel.
Upcoming choices: Good, a play exam-
ining Hitler's rise to power through a
professor's eyes, 2 p.m. Wednesday,
March 24, at Hilberry Theatre,
Detroit; DSO concert, 10:45 a.m.
Friday, March 26; Sleeping Beauty bal-
let, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at
Detroit Opera House. www.jccdet.org .

Discuss recent articles in The Forward
on status of a two-state solution for
Israel at Branch 11 meeting of Ameinu
Detroit (former Labor Zionist Alliance)
8 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at pri-
vate home in Huntington Woods. Get
address from the Schiffs: (248) 542-
0290.

Stock your shelves with Jewish and
secular books at "Spring into Summer
Used Book Sale," through March
26, at West Bloomfield JCC's Meyers

Library and Media Center. Hours:10
a.m. daily; closed Saturday. (248) 432-
5546 or fmenken@jccdet.org .

EVENTS THAT HELP

Let loose your inner "Americal Idol"
at a karaoke night sponsored by
Bloch Israel Unit of B'nai B'rith 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, at Thornberry
Apartments Clubhouse, 5460 Bentley,
West Bloomfield. Includes appetizers
and beverages; guests welcome. No
charge. RSVP to Marilyn: (248) 313-
9541.

Enjoy the music of Bo White and
the Bluezers at annual Blues Night
7:30-11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20,
at Temple Kol Ami, 5085 Walnut
Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Evening
includes appetizers, desserts and bev-
erages. WDIV meteorologist Paul Gross
hosts live auction. Proceeds will ben-
efit temple religious school and Mazon,
the Jewish Response to Hunger. Must
be age 21 or older. $15 advance admis-
sion for members, $20 for non-mem-
bers and at the door. (248) 661-0040
or Melanie@tkolami.org .

Bring your spouse or partner to social-
ize with new friends at a wine-tasting
party 8 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at
the Corners, 2075 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. Event of Temple Shir
Shalom's YAG (Young Adult Group),
for ages 25-40, includes strolling
appetizers. Cost: $18 per person. RSVP

Attend a joint community-wide
service created and led by Rabbi
Joseph Klein of Temple Emanu-El and
Rev. Kevin Turman of Second Baptist
Church of Detroit 6 p.m. (reception)
Wednesday, March 24, at the temple,
14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park. Service,
6:30-8 p.m., features combined syna-

EVENT HOTLINE

gogue and church choir. Free. www.
emanuel-mich.org . Rabbi Klein: rabbi@
rabbiklein.com or (248) 967-4020.

HEALTH / SUPPORT

Learn "When a Headache is More
Than Just a Headache" 6-8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24, at Henry

Ford Hospital, 6777 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Program features neurolo-
gist Dace Zvirbulis, M.D. No charge,
light refreshments provided. RSVP
required: (800) HENRYFORD (436-
7936) or henryford.com/hottopics.

Hear specific strategies for "Coping
With Stress" from Gordon MacKinnon,
Ph.D. 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24,

at Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center,
31995 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington
Hills. Presentation of Survivorship
University, a community-based edu-
cational program of Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Institute. RSVP
required: (313) 576-9282.

HELPING OUT

Contact the Jewish Community
Relations Council to volunteer for
the Detroit Public Schools Reading
Corps: (248) 642-2656 or www.
detroitjcrc.org .

Volunteer with Project Friendship, a
project of National Council of Jewish
Women Greater Detroit Section, and
assist at Sunday brunches and activi-
ties for clients of Kadima, the nonprof-
it mental health agency. Next event for
Passover:10:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday,
March 21, at Kadima activity center,
15999 W.12 Mile, Southfield. RSVP:
(248) 355-3300, ext. 0, or NCJWGDS.
org .

Get recruited by Preservation Wayne,
concerned with architectural preserva-
tion, 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, March
27, in Detroit. Details: (313) 577-3559
or kdallos@preservationwayne.org .

Lend a hand at "Wrapped In Love," a
drop-in mitzvah project, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Mondays at National Council of Jewish
Women, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306,
Southfield. Create blankets for abused
and neglected children. No sewing
involved. (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.

Interact with senior residents while
working in the stores, cafes and gift
shops of the Jewish Senior Life build-
ings in Oak Park and West Bloomfield.
Become a friendly visitor, help with