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Attend opening reception for
nationally known sculptor Norma
Penchansky-Glasser 7-10 p.m. Friday,
May 21, at WSG Gallery, 306 S. Main
in Ann Arbor 48104. Her one-person
exhibit, "Inside and Outside the Box,"
can be viewed daily except Mondays,
May 18-June 27. (734) 761-2287.
Come to opening of "Icons of Loss:
The Art of Samuel Bak," featuring 60
works by the Vilna Ghetto survivor, 7
p.m. Sunday, May 23, at Holocaust
Memorial Center, Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Road
in Farmington Hills. Exhibit continues
through Aug. 15. www.holocaustcen-
ter.org or (248) 553-2400.
Drop in for a review of Norman
Lebrecht's The Game of Opposites,
hosted by Hadassah Book Discussion
Group, 10 a.m. Monday, May 24, at
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Rd., West Bloomfield. (248) 683-5030.
Join National Council of Jewish
Women/Greater Detroit Section for
Nosh & Knowledge Author Series
program 7 p.m. Thursday, May 27,
at NCJW/GDS office. 26400 Lahser,
Suite 306 in Southfield. Appearing
will be Martin Levin, author of We
Were Relentless: A Family's Journey
to Overcome Disability, and his son,
Jordan Levin. RSVP by May 26 to
NCJW office: (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.
CINEMA c STAGE
See Stagecrafters' musical, The
Producers, opening 8 p.m. Friday,
May 21, at Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette in Royal Oak. Through June
13, are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,
2 p.m. Sundays. $12: www.stagecraft-
ers.org or (248) 541-6430.
See Palmer Park, staged May 21-
29, at Hilberry Theatre, 4742 Cass,
Detroit. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. Fridays,
May 21 and 28 and Saturday, May
29; noon Saturday, May 22; and 2
p.m. Sunday, May 23 and Thursday,
May 27. $25-$35. Schedule/tickets:
www.wsushows.com or (313) 577-2972.
• Bus tour/transportation: Let Linda
Yellin's Feet on the Street Tours offers
Saturday matinee on May 22. Departs
11 a.m. from Farmington Hills. $40
Includes tour of Palmer Park and 2:30
p.m. symposium, "Detroit Then and
Now." www.feetonthestreettours.com
or (248) 353-8687.
Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield.
Free; open to all.
Don't miss season's final Vivace Music
Series concert with afterglow 7:30
p.m. Sunday, May 16, at Birmingham
Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile in Farmington
Hills. Featured are Detroit Symphony
Orchestra Concertmaster Emmanuelle
Boisvert, DSO principal horn player
Karl Pituch, assistant concertmaster
Hai-Xin Wu and pianist Zuihua Tang.
$23, $20 seniors/students, group rate
available. www.vivaceseries.org or
Joyce Cheresh: (248) 788-9338.
Come for Michigan premiere of TAGI
Ensemble 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 21,
at Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711
Woodward in Detroit. Eclectic quartet
presented by Pro Musica Society of
Detroit. $45; call (313) 576-5111. Pre-
concert dinner at 6 by reservation in
Paradise Cafe: (313) 576-5055.
Enjoy newly composed pieces per-
formed by Cantor Udi Spielman and
his wife Varda, accompanied by pia-
nist Scott Stein, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 26, at Cong. Shaarey Zedek,
Southfield. Also, hear Cantor Meir
Finkelstein. Free, but RSVP required to
Martha: mgoldberg@shaareyzedek.org
or (248) 357-5544, ext. 46.
EVENT HOTLINE
Pomegranate Guild of Southeastern
Michigan, a group that studies and cre-
ates needlework with judaic themes,
will meet 1 p.m. Sunday, May 16, at the
Prentis Apartments on the Oak Park
JCC campus. Linda Larsen will teach
photo transfer. Information: Judy
Galperin, (248) 661-5337.
Get outdoors with the Jewish Hikers
and co-sponsor Cong. Beth Emeth 1-
3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16, at County
Farm Park in Ann Arbor, 2230 Platt
Road. Driving westbound, make a left
Shred your old paper documents, up
to five boxes, at free event, sponsored
by B`nai B'rith, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday,
May 15, at Credit Union One, 6515 W.
Maple at Drake in West Bloomfield.
(248) 661-3375.
Listen to a discussion of "Project
Detroit," the 15-month assignment
launched by Time contributing editor
and native son Daniel Okrent, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 17, at Cong. Shaarey
Zedek, Southfield. $18 includes dessert
reception. Presented by Federation's
Women's Dept. RSVP: (248) 203-1519
or www.thisisfederation.org .
Ponder whether "Beauty is Only Skin
Deep..." 7 p.m. Monday, May 17, at
Plum Market, Maple at Orchard Lake
Road in West Bloomfield, with Dr. Emily
Levin of Northwest Dermatology and
from Plum Market, Jennifer Martin,
director of Apothecary and Gina Hart,
esthetician. $10, includes light fare,
wine and soft drinks. Space is limited.
Send check payable to Hadassah
to 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield, MI 48323, or pay with
credit card: (248) 683-5030.
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Enjoy the adult Zamir Chorale and
teenage Kidz Klez of Michigan in con-
cert together to celebrate Israel at 3
p.m., Sunday, May 16, at the Corners, a
Campus for Caring Communities, 2075
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Installation luncheon of National
Council of Jewish Women/Greater
Detroit Section 10:30 a.m. Monday,
May 17, at Townsend Hotel in
Birmingham. $45. RSVP required:
(248) 355-3300, ext. 0.
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Meet guest speaker Zev Bielski, son
of Zus Bielski, whose battle against
the Nazis was told in the movie
Defiance, at Sara and Morris Tugman
Bais Chabad Torah Center's 36th
anniversary dinner Sunday, May 16,
at Young Israel of Oak Park. Dr. Aaron
and Rochelle Lupovitch will receive the
Crown of Distinction Award and Yossel
(Joseph) Mermelstein will receive the
Defiance Award. Tickets: (248) 855-
6170 or www.baischabad.com .
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Happy Birthday, Sholem!
Help Lathrup Village-based Sholem
Aleichem Institute celebrate 150th birthday
of Sholem Aleichem at Yiddish-English
cultural program 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16,
at West Bloomfield JCC. Shirley Benyas and
Bill Premin will present songs and readings
as well as short scenes derived from works
by the birthday boy. Free. (248) 423-4406.
Attend a breakfast program, journalist
Lila Lazarus interviewing retailer/
fashionista Linda Dresner, 7:30 a.m.
Thursday, May 20, at Birmingham
Community House, 380 S. Bates. $18
or $15 in advance. www.community-
house.com or (248) 644-5832.
p.m. Wednesday, May 26, at West
Bloomfield JCC's Teen Center. Co-
sponsored by Cancer Thrivers Network
for Jewish Women & FORCE (Facing
Our Risk of Cancer Empowered). $5
minimum donation includes wine and
cheese reception. RSVP: (248) 790-
5854 or cancerthrivers@aol.com .
Enjoy dinner and presentation by
best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow at
Sisterhood program 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
May 23, at Cong. Beth Ahm, West
Bloomfield. Check ($36) due to Gail
Ellenbogen, 26795 Captains Lane,
Franklin, MI 48025. gellenbo@yahoo.
com" or (248) 626-4123.
EVENTS THAT HELP
Ruby's Balm boutique is hosting an
after-hours shopping party with 10
percent of proceeds benefiting the
JVS Women to Work Program 6-8 p.m.
Thursday, May 13, at 6917 Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Donate
a gently used outfit suitable for a job
interview and receive a 20 percent-
off coupon. Free; open to all. RSVP:
Sharon Snyder, (248) 233-4290 or
ssnyder@jvsdet.org .
Socialize at picnic organized by
David L. Bittker Unit of B'nai B'rith
for families of Holocaust survivors,
4-7 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at Beverly
Park, 18500 W.13 Mile in Beverly Hills.
Details from Laurie: (248) 788-2706.
Go "Dancing With Our Stars," spring
fundraiser honoring temple stalwarts
Terry and Marty Hollander, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 15, at Temple Kol Ami,
West Bloomfield. Evening includes
strolling dinner, auction, raffle and
dancing to music of the People's
Choice. $75-$250. melanie@tkolami.
org or (248) 661-0040.
Gather for author Mitch Albom at
Jewish Community Relations Council
(JCRC) annual meeting 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 25, at West Bloomfield
JCC. Roz Blanck is JCRC Activist of
the Year. RSVP by May 14. Details:
(248) 642-5393, ext. 9.
Join women and associates for
Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah Group
installation dinner 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
May 25, at Peking House, 215 S.
Washington in Royal Oak. $25. RSVP
by May 18 with check, payable to
Hadassah, to Gayle Bialick, 28795
Carmel Court, Southfield, MI 48076.
(248) 354-8808.
Witness induction ceremony of eight
distinguished senior adults at "Eight
Over Eighty" brunch 11 a.m. Sunday,
May 16, at West Bloomfield Jewish
JCC. Sherry Margolis of Fox 2 News
hosts. Tickets: $80 adult, $40 child;
benefits Jewish Senior Life Quality of
Life Fund. RSVP: (248) 592-1102.
Attend "In Our Genes," a jeans fashion
show and BRCA awareness event 7-9
Support B'nai B'rith Great Lakes
Region by dining 5-8 p.m. Wednesday,
May 19, at Big Boy restaurant, 800
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turn on South Huron Pkwy. (south),
then a right on Platt. Hike not physi-
cally demanding. Bring water and
munchies. Details: jewish.hikers@
gmail.com or from Eli: (734) 883-9522
or Rabbi Lisa: (734) 665-4744.
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