To Do!
CALENDAR
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Palmer Park JET-Set
Visit Palmer Park, Joanna McClelland Glass' critically
acclaimed play, through May 9, at the Jewish
VI Check It Out!
ARTS er CULTURE
Head over to Livonia to shop
Bookstock, the annual used book and
media sale, Sunday through Sunday,
April 18-25, at Laurel Park Place,
37700 W. Six Mile. Browse thousands
of books, books on tape, records, vid-
eos, CDs and DVDs. Proceeds benefit
literacy projects. www.bookstock.info
or (248) 645-7840, ext. 365.
Be at opening reception, includ-
ing demos, of Michigan Hot Glass
Workshop 7-11 p.m. Friday, April 23,
at Russell Industrial Center,1604 Clay
in Detroit 48211. Exhibit through May
23 has paintings and sculptures. www.
michiganhotglass.com or (313) 871-
1798.
Hear mystical and inspiring Chasidic
tales at storyteller concert featuring
master storyteller Yitzhak Buxbaum
and Steve Klaper 7 p.m. Saturday,
April 24, at Temple Emanu-El, in Oak
Park. $10. www.emanuel-mich.org or
(248) 967-4020.
Admire a contemporary glass exhibit
and award-winning work April 24-May
23, at Farina's Banquet Hall, 2485
Coolidge, in Berkley. Habatat Galleries
will auction 40 masterworks from
1960s-'80s starting 8 p.m. April 22;
preview at 6:30. www.habatat.com or
(248) 554-0590.
See works by Kathy Kosins and Fran
Seikaly at "A Two Women Art Show,"
through May 14, at the Paramount
Gallery, 22635 Woodward in Ferndale.
Hours: www.theParamountGallery.com .
CINEMA & STAGE
Take in Michigan premiere of Henrietta
Hermaline's Fall From Great Heights
9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April
16-17, at Planet Ant Theatre, 2357
Caniff in Hamtramck. Purchase tickets
($10): www.planetant.com, (313) 365-
4948.
View 2008 drama about a Holocaust
Ensemble Theatre inside the West Bloomfield JCC.
Two professional couples, one black and the other
survivor, Adam Resurrected, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 17, at Movie Night
with members of Congregation Shir
Tikvah, 3900 Northfield Parkway
in Troy. Film was directed by Paul
Schrader and stars Jeff Goldblum
and Willem Dafoe. Free. Soft drinks
provided, bring a snack to share. (248)
649-4418, www.shirtikvah.org .
See "Spring Dances" by MoreDances
Contemporary Dance Company 8
p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Azar's
Oriental Rug Gallery, 670 S. Woodward,
Birmingham. $14-$16 at door. (586)
899-2629.
Learn what it took for Detroit-area
playwright-composer Cindi Rosner
Kelly to stage her own musical in The
Key: The Documentary 3 p.m. Sunday,
April 18, at the Farmington Civic
Theater, 3332 Grand River, Farmington.
Tickets ($15): www.thekeythemusical.
com or (248) 683-3637.
Attend a free screening of The Band's
Visit on Foreign Film Night 6:30 p.m.
Monday, April 19, at Northville District
Library, 212 W. Cady. Humor and
empathy combine when an Egyptian
ceremonial band is accidentally
dropped off at a remote Israeli village.
In Hebrew and Arabic with English sub-
titles. (248) 349-3020.
Come to the opening of A Delicate
Balance Friday, April 23, on 2nd
Stage of Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak. $12. Performed 8
p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Thursday,
April 29, with 2 p.m. matinee Sundays.
Presented through May 2, show has
adult content and language. Tickets:
www.stagecrafters.org or (248) 541-
6430.
Enjoy the music of Rent Student
Edition 7:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, April 22-24, and 2 p.m.
Sunday, April 25, at Andover High
School on Andover Road, west of
Telegraph and south of Long Lake
Road, in Bloomfield Hills. Actors
Yom HaZikaron
Remember Israel's fallen
soldiers and victims of terror
at community observance
of Yom HaZikaron 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, April 18, at Hillel Day
School, 32200 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. Sponsored
white, strive to maintain the racial integration of their
neighborhood and children's school following the
1967 Detroit riots. Different facilitators will facilitate
discussions following Thursday performances. JET
schedule-tickets: (248) 788-2900, www.jettheatre.
org .
• Congregation T'chyiah-sponsored matinee:
Join members and guests 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25.
Includes a Q&A with the director and an afterglow.
Tickets from Sid Simon: sidneysimon@sbcglobal.net .
The Parkside Street house that inspired the play.
include Michael Linden, Daniel Hurvitz,
Ross Herner, Marlee Rich, Charlie
Frank and Alex Scharg. Tickets: (248)
341-5625.
See Lauren London as Laurey in
Oklahoma! at Spotlight Players
Production staged weekends April
23-May 2, at Village Theater at
Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill, Canton.
Tickets: www.spotlightplayersmi.org ,
(734) 484-3284.
Come to pre-glow at 7 p.m. and get
food, beverages and "goodie bag" and
ticket to movie The Brothers Warner
at 8 p.m. Monday, April 26, at United
Artists, 3033 Spring Vale Road in
Commerce Township. $18, includes $8
for sponsoring Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan. www.jgsmi.org .
Volunteer yourself to be in the local
author fair during the JCC's annual
Jewish Book Fair, Nov. 3-14. Current
and former Michigan residents are
eligible to participate; must have pub-
lished a book on any subject this year
or in 2009. More details from Sarah
Gottlieb: bubesarah@aol.com .
COMEDY & MUSIC
Laugh at two shows featuring come-
dian-television host Howie Mandel
7 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 16, at
Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096
E.14 Mile, Warren. Tickets: (586) 268-
3200, www.AndiamoShowroom.com or
(800) 745-3000.
Appreciate compositions by Franz
Schubert performed by local pia-
nist Martin Katz and baritone Jesse
Blumberg Friday through Sunday, April
16-18, at Kerrytown Concert House,
415 N. Fourth, Ann Arbor. Tickets:
(734) 769-2999 or
www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
by Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit: (248)
642-4260.
Hold onto your seats as the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra and conductor
Michael Krajewski present signature
tunes from the famous James Bond
film franchise, as well as the DSO pre-
miere of the "Cell Phone Concerto,"
8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April
16-17, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 18,
at Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward in
Detroit. Tickets: www.detroitsymphony.
com .
Listen as pianist Ralph Votapek plays
music of Copland, Schubert, Ravel and
Albeniz at Vivace Series concert 8
p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Birmingham
Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile in Farmington
Hills. $20-$23, also group rate. Tickets
from Joyce: (248) 788-0338.
Enjoy a free concert featuring Israeli-
born soprano Yael Handelman 2-3 p.m.
Sunday, April 18, at Oak Park Public
Library,14200 Oak Park Blvd. www.
yaelhandelman.com or (248) 691-7483.
Catch Eugene Hutz, the memorable
Ukrainian guide in the Holocaust film
Everything Is Illuminated, when he
sings lead with his gypsy-punk band
Gogol Bordello, 7 p.m. Wednesday,
April 21, at the Royal Oak Music
Theatre, 318 W. Fourth. His band mate,
Israeli beat master Oren Kaplan, also
is in Hutz' side project, the Jewish
Ukranian Freundschaft (JUF). Jesse
Malin opens. $25.
www.royaloakmusictheatre.com .
Laugh at local Jewish comedians 7:30
p.m. Thursday, April 22, at Downtown
Synagogue, 1457 Griswold, Detroit
48226. Details: downtownsynagogue@
gmail.com or (313) 961-9328.
Perk up at Music in Homes Series
concert by Latin band Orquesta La
Inspiracion, featuring director-pianist
Bill Meyer, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 24,
at a private home in Detroit's historic
Palmer Woods neighborhood. $35.
Address given with ticket order:
palmerwoodsmusicinhomes.eventbrite.
com . Details: (313) 891-2514 or
concertseries@palmerwoods.org , .
• Concert-transportation pack-
age: Linda Yellin's Feet on the Street
Tours offers roundtrip transportation
on April 24. Schedule: reception at
6 p.m. inside Claymoor Apartments,
29260 Franklin in Southfield; 6:45 bus
departs for Palmer Park tour and con-
cert; returns at 11 p.m. Purchase ($55)
by April 23: www.feetonthestreettours.
com or (248) 353-8687.
Attend a lecture and performance
featuring youth choir creator Walt
Whitman and his world-class Soul
Children of Chicago at annual Laker
Concert 4 p.m. Sunday, April 25, at
Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road
in West Bloomfield. Get complimentary
tickets: linda@temple-israel.org or
(248) 661-5700.
EVENT HOTLINE
Go outdoors with the Jewish Hikers of
Michigan, in association with Temple
Beth Emeth, 1 p.m. Sunday, April
18, at U-M Saginaw Forest Natural
Reservation, about 10 minutes from
downtown Ann Arbor. Hike takes up
to two hours, for all levels. Rabbi Lisa
Delson: (734) 665-4744 or
jewish.hikers®gmail.com .
Have fun learning about lkibana: the
Art of Japanese Flower Arranging
during a workshop 1-3 p.m. Tuesday,
April 20, at Hadassah House in West
Bloomfield, hosted by Tikvah Group
of the Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah. $10 Guests are welcome.
RSVP by April 15 to Barbara: (248)
353-0072.
Listen up when Rabbi Marla Hornsten
of Temple Israel discusses "Jewish
Women in Leadership Roles," a
Glennwood ORT program, 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday, April 21, at Echo Valley
Clubhouse, 27511 Echo Valley in
Farmington Hills. Guests welcome. $3
includes refreshments. RSVP to Anna:
(248) 851-3034.
Learn about charitable programs of
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation
from executive director David Blatt
and hear previously inducted ath-
letes discuss their careers 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 21, at Temple Beth
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