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Yom HaShoah
• Attend a special Yizkor Yom HaShoah program at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 11,
Check It Out!
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 through
April 30, at Lawrence Street Gallery,
22620 Woodward, Ferndale. Reception
scheduled 6-9 p.m. Friday, April 9.
(248) 544-0394.
CINEMA & STAGE
See the Michigan premier of Henrietta
Hermaline's Fall from Great Heights,
the latest installment of the 2010
Late Night Series April 2-17 at Planet
Ant Theatre, 2357 Caniff Ave. in
Hamtramck, Fridays and Saturdays at
9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. To reserve
seats: (313) 365-4948 or email res-
ervations@planetant. corn. For more
information: www.planetant.com .
Revisit sultry New Orleans at A
Streetcar Named Desire, presented
by the Stagecrafters Thursdays-
Saturdays, through April 11, at
Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette,
Royal Oak. Tickets: $14 and $16.
Schedule: (248) 541-6430:
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 through 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 Theater, 120 E.
Huron, Ann Arbor 48104. Show has
book and lyrics by Howard Ashman
Lake Road in Farmington Hills. Program is presented by Shaarit Haplaytah in
cooperation with Hidden Children, Child Survivors Association of Michigan and
and music by Alan Menken. Tickets/
schedule: (734) 663-0681 or
www.performancenetwork.org .
C.H.A.I.M. (Children of Holocaust Survivors of Michigan. No charge.
• Commemorate Yom HaShoah at a program featuring scholar Susannah
Heschel, daughter of the late Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, at 7
COMEDY & MUSIC
Hear 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 Box. Tickets:
www.detroitsymphony.com .
p.m. April 11 at the JCC in West Bloomfield, 6600 W. Maple Road. Co-sponsored
by the Holocaust Memorial Center, the JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and the Michigan Board of Rabbis. Open to
the community. No charge.
• Observe Yom HaShoah with a learning and remembrance service on Monday,
April 12, at Temple Beth El at 7 p.m. Speaker Jerry Manko will talk about his experiences in pre-war Germany, followed
by a candlelighting ceremony. No charge, open to the community. 7400 Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills. Contact
Transcendence Theatre Company,
Broadway artists whose aim is to
integrate health and wellness into the
arts world, will perform show tunes
to benefit their program 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 7, at the Farmington
Civic Theatre, 33332 Grand River,
Farmington. $25 tax-deductable dona-
tion. Information: Randi Kaye, (917)
549-8466,
www.transcendencetheatre.org .
See comedian Chelsea Handler at
Detroit's Fox Theatre 8 p.m. Friday,
April 2. Tickets at the Fox box office
or TicketMaster.
Enjoy the "Festival of Flutes" fea-
turing Detroit Symphony Orchestra
flutists Philip Dikeman and Jeffrey
Zook with special guest Alice Dade
Del Campo on Friday, April 9, at
8:30 p.m., refreshments at 8 p.m.
Hagopian World of Rugs, 850 South
Old Woodward in Birmingham. Tickets
$20 for adults, $10 for students if in
advance: www.detroitchamberwinds.
org or (248) 559-2095. Tickets avail-
able at the door for an additional $5
per ticket.
Listen to pianist Richard Goode
perform works by Bach, Haydn and
Schumann, presented by the Chamber
Music Society of Detroit Saturday,
April 10, at 8 p.m. at the Seligman
Performing Arts Center on the campus
of Detroit Country Day School, 22305
West 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills.
A pre-concert dinner at Bacco
Raucous Rickles
Laugh along with veteran comedian Don
Rickles on Saturday, April 10, at 9 p.m.
at Caesar's Windsor Casino, 377 Riverside
Drive East in Windsor, Ontario. Ticket prices
start at $25. Tickets and information: (888)
345-5885 or www.caesarswindsor.com .
Don Rickles
at the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus, 28123 Orchard
Barbara Grant: (248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.
Ristorante on Northwestern Highway
in Southfield, with special reduced din-
ner price for CMSD ticket-holders, will
take place 5-6:15 p.m., followed by a
pre-concert talk by Goode at 6:45 p.m.
Single tickets are $43 - $75, students
$25. To order, please call 248-855-
6070 or visit www.ComeHearCMSD.
org .
EVENT HOTLINE
Join University of Michigan Hillel's
Association of Jewish Alumni for
a "Day at the Detroit Zoo" 10 a.m.
Sunday, April 4, at 8450 W.10 Mile,
Royal Oak. Free coloring, crafts proj-
ects, family photographs and kosher-
for-Passover treats for visitors at
alumni tent, located by the wolverine
exhibit in the southwest corner of the
Zoo. No cost to attend beyond regular
zoo admission. RSVP required. Alison
asheren@umaja.
Sheren at U-M
org or (734) 769-0500, ext. 209.
EVENTS THAT HELP
Donate your gently used clothing and
accessories to help women entering
the work force at a Career Dress
Donation Drive hosted by Metro You
magazine, April 10 - 18 at various
locations throughout Metro Detroit.
Clothing should be clean and on hang-
ers. Lotions, perfumes, hats, gloves,
purses, and jewelry also accepted.
Drop-off at Salon 59, Waterford; Time
Too Savor, Livonia; Barrels of Wine,
Walled Lake; PURE Salon and Day Spa,
Commerce Twp.; House of Bedrooms,
Bloomfield Hills; Lolly Ella Jewelry,
West Bloomfield; Time for Blinds,
White Lake; The Great Frame Up,
Birmingham; EmbroidMe, Farmington
Hills; Esprit Women's Health, Royal
Oak; Sayag Plastic Surgery Center,
Troy; and Uptown Body, Northville.
For specific drop-off hours or more
information: (248) 920-6100 ext. 2237
or www.lighthouseoakland.org/career -
dress.
HEALTH / SUPPORT
Join Congregation Beth Ahm's
Sisterhood at a meeting featuring Dr.
Amy Brode at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April
11,at 5075 West Maple Road in West
Bloomfield. Dr. Brode will speak about
"Overactive Bladder and Incontinence:
There is Help!" Free. Refreshments.
Information: (248) 851-6880 or www.
cbahm.org .
Attend a meeting of CHADD (Children
& Adults with ADD) on Monday, April
12, at Way Elementary School, 765 W
Long Lk Rd, just east of Telegraph in
Bloomfield Hills. Sign in 7 p.m., meet-
ing 7:30 - 9 p.m. The parent support
group will be led by Dr. Fran Parker,
who teaches CHADD's national par-
enting classes, and Dr. Arthur Robin,
author of a book on Adolescence and
ADD. The adult group will hear Dr. Phil
Parker speaking on "Fine Tuning AD/
HD Medication in Adults: An Updated
Approach to Giving a Better Response
to a Given Patient." Free to CHADD
members, $5 per non-member family.
No one will be turned away for lack of
donation. For information: (248) 988-
6716 or www.chadd.net/527.
Meet other caregivers at monthly
support meetings sponsored by the
Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program.
Tuesday, April 13,1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
and Tuesday, April 20, 5:30 p.m.
- 7 p.m. at JVS, 29699 Southfield
Road in Southfield. For information
or to RSVP call Dorothy Moon: (248)
233-4392. Thursday, April 8, 2 - 4
p.m. and Monday, April 19, 7 - 9 p.m.
at Fleischman Residence/Blumberg
Plaza, 6710 W. Maple Road in West
Bloomfield. For information or to RSVP
contact Fran Cook: (248) 592-5032.
Daytime meetings are for caregivers of
individuals with Alzheimer's Disease or
a related diagnosis. Evening meetings
open to caregivers of all older adults.
No charge. RSVP requested. Onsite
respite care may be available and must
be arranged in advance.
Attend a six-week, non-sectarian
divorce support group for adults
7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning
April 27, at the National Council of
Jewish Women/Space for Changing
Families office, 26400 Lahser, Suite
306, Southfield. No charge, but dona-
tions are appreciated. Co-facilitators:
Jennifer Lopatin and Cindy Goldman.
Pre-registration required: (248) 355-
9936 or e-mail SPACE@ncjwgds.org .
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
activities for clients of Kadima, the
nonprofit mental health agency. (248)
355-3300, ext. 0, or NCJWGDS.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
activities, field trips or games. Michal
Ram: (248) 592-1104, mram@jslmi.org .
Sort books for Bookstock on Friday,
April 2, Sunday, April 4, and
Wednesday, April 7, from 10:00 a.m.
- 2:00 p.m. at the Bookstock depot
at the Bloomfield Plaza at Maple
and Telegraph Roads. Earn Hadassah
hours.
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