To Do!
CALENDAR
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ARTS & CULTURE
View "The Auschwitz Album: The
Story of a Transport," an exhibit from
Yad Vashem, through April 18, at the
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills.
A woman prisoner discovered photos
of herself and other Hungarian Jews
in an album kept by the SS on same
day American forces liberated Dora-
Mittlebau German concentration camp.
Museum hours: (248) 553-2400.
Enjoy a photography show March 30-
April 30, at Lawrence Street Gallery,
22620 Woodward, Ferndale. Reception
scheduled 6-9 p.m. Friday, April 9.
(248) 544-0394.
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
Take in the hilarious yet poignant
play Dog Sees God: Confessions
of a Teenage Blockhead! Thursday
through Sunday, March 25-28, at
1515 Broadway, Detroit. Production
of Frannie Shepherd-Bates' Magenta
Giraffe Theatre Company. $15-$18,
or pay what you can. Schedule: (313)
408-7269 or www.magentagiraffe.org .
Revisit sultry New Orleans at A
Streetcar Named Desire, presented
by the Stagecrafters Thursdays
through Saturdays, March 25-April 11,
at Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette,
Royal Oak. Tickets: $14 and $16.
Schedule: (248) 541-6430:
• 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.
See Udi Kapan as Leo Bloom, in a cast
that includes Shayna Lax and Mike
Brody, as Pontiac Theatre IV presents
The Producers by Mel Brooks 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, March 26-27,
at Pontiac High School, 1051 Arlene,
Pontiac. Tickets: (248) 499-2360.
Explore a dark side of American his-
tory, but laced with humor, in Stephen
Sondheim's Assassins, 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, March 26-27, and 2
p.m. Sunday, March 28, at Village
Players Playhouse, 34660 Woodward,
Birmingham. Tickets: www.birming-
hamvillageplayers.com or (248) 644-
2075.
Experience Sleeping Beauty, per-
formed by the Tchaikovsky Ballet of
Russia, 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)
for March 27 evening performance.
Schedule/tickets: (313) 237-SING
(7464). www.Michigan0pera.org .
•Center Travel: Join bus trip to bal-
let performance, 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 27. www.jccdet.org .
Watch Leslie Ann Handelman as
one of the four bored Englishwomen
who come alive at the Italian sea-
side in Enchanted April at Oakland
University's Meadow Brook Theatre,
207 Wilson Hall, Rochester. Weekend
shows, March 26-April 11. $24-$39.
Box office: (248) 377-3300.
Take in the zany comedy, Little
Shop of Horrors, April 1-May 9, at
Performance Network, 120 E. Huron,
Ann Arbor 48104. Show has book and
lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by
Alan Menken. Tickets: (734) 663-0681
or www.performancenetwork.org .
Kids' Magical Passover
Explore "The Magic of Passover,"
a free community-wide program
for families with preschoolers
during spring break, 10-11:30 a.m.
Monday, April 5, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake, West
Bloomfield. Morning includes a
magic show by Steve Zieman,
stories, songs, crafts and Passover
snacks. RSVP by Monday, March
29: cmboffice@bnaimoshe.org or
248) 788-0600.
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Community Seders
Find additional Passover listings
under "Youth" and "Shul Food":
• Jewish Parents Institute, inside
West Bloomfield JCC: Decide soon
about attending free pre-seder
10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 28. The
JCC's Jewish Family Education
sponsors public event, but requires
reservation: (248) 432-5472.
• Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800
Drake, West Bloomfield: Reserve now
for Passover seder 6 p.m. Tuesday,
March 30. $37 adult, $20 ages 4-12.
Check payable to B'nai Moshe due in
office. (248) 788-0600.
• Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Parkway, Troy 48084:
Bring a dish to Passover potluck
seder 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 30.
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg will lead and
Schmaltz, the klezmer and Yiddish
band, will provide music. Contact
Joyce May for space availability:
(248) 756-3883 or Joyceandrick@
comcast.net .
• Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue, 1457 Griswold,
Detroit, MI 48226: Enjoy a second
seder with the congregation
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30.
RSVP with your $20/per person
check sent to address above.
COMEDY & MUSIC
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N.
Fourth, Ann Arbor: Upcoming are
Italian pianist Massimiliano Valenti, 8
p.m. Wednesday, March 24, and com-
poser-saxophonist Bobby Streng and
his group, 7 p.m. Sunday, March 28.
Tickets: www.kerrytownconcerthouse.
com or (734) 769-2999.
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.
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. Get
address with ticket order: http://palm-
erwoodsmusicinhomes.eventbrite.com/
(313) 891-2514.
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,
downtownsynagogue@gmail.com or
(313) 962-4047.
• Temple Emanu-EI,14450 W.10
Mile, Oak Park: Rabbi Joseph Klein
will lead Passover seder catered
by Annabel & Company 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 30. $36 adult,
$16 ages 4-12. Contact temple for
space availability: (248) 967-4020
or info@emanuel-mich.org .
• Congregation Shir Tikvah, 3900
Northfield Parkway, Troy: Gather
here with other local Reform
congregations for Isaac Meyer Wise
Shabbat service/Passover potluck,
Friday, April 2. Potluck, 6:30 p.m.;
service, 7:45. Metropolitan Detroit
Federation of Reform Synagogues
providing chicken and beverages;
participants should bring a Passover
non-dairy side dish in a disposable
container. Contact Dave Henig
for space availability: dahenig®
comcast.net or (248) 682-4992.
March 28, at Orchestra Hall, Max
Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward,
Detroit. Music of Bach and Beethoven.
Tickets: www.detroitsymphony.com .
develop a Middle East peace agree-
ment over five sessions. Israeli Dr.
Sapir Handelman is one of the modera-
tors. Free. www.mindsofpeace.org .
Stay up late to see Hannah and Jack
Waterstone perform show tunes and
more 1-2 a.m. Sunday, March 28 dur-
ing the Assembly Line Concert, a
nonstop musical marathon through 5
p.m. Thursday, April 1, at A.J.'s Cafe,
240 W. Nine Mile, Ferndale. Come in
or follow at assemblylineconcert.com .
(248) 399-3946.
Get informed as the Institute for
Retired Professionals (IRP) concludes
its annual Spring Mini-Series Friday,
March 26, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Morning: Steve Croley, University
of Michigan professor of law, "Two
Images of Civil Litigation," 11 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. Afternoon: Shirley Benyas
and Bill Premin, singers and actors,
"A Tribute to Sholem Aleichem on his
150th Birthday," 1-3 p.m. Free for IRP
members; $3 (cash) per session for
guests. No RSVP required. www.jccdet.
org/specialtyprograms (248) 967-
4030, ext. 2018.
Come for the solo debut of American
jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins
8 p.m. April 6, at Orchestra Hall, Max
Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward,
Detroit. A pre-concert with the DSO's
Civic Jazz Orchestra is 6:30 p.m. in
the Music BoxTickets: www.detroit-
symphony.com .
Purchase tickets now for 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-
master.com or (800) 745-3000.
EVENT HOTLINE
Participate from the audience at
Minds of Peace Experiment (MOPE)
continuing 10 a.m. Friday, March 26,
at University of Michigan League, 911
N. University, Ann Arbor. The ongoing
MOPE negotiating series invites small
groups of Israelis and Palestinians to
Stock your shelves with Jewish and
secular books at "Spring into Summer
Used Book Sale," through March 26,
at West Bloomfield JCC's library and
media center. Hours:10 a.m. daily;
closed Saturday. (248) 432-5546 or
fmenken@jccdet.org .
EVENTS THAT HELP
Celebrate fourth anniversary of the
eclectic store Leon & Lulu's at celebra-
tion noon-4 p.m. Sunday, March 28,
at 96 W.14 Mile, Clawson. Event offers
contests, raffles, auction, music by
Motor City Side Striders. Gilda's Club,
the cancer support group in Royal Oak,
will get 10 percent of proceeds. (248)
577-0800 or gildasclubdetroit.org .