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ARTS & CULTURE

Find interesting items to admire and
buy at upcoming art fairs:
• Fine Art at the Village: Saturday
and Sunday, May 22-23, at Village
of Rochester Hills, Walton at Adams.
www.fineartatthevillage.com or (248)
689-8734.
• East Lansing Art Festival: Saturday
and Sunday, May 22-23, at downtown
East Lansing. www.elartfest.com or
(517) 319-6804.
• Art on the Grand: Held Saturday
and Sunday, June 5-6, in downtown
Farmington, around W. Nine Mile and
Farmington Road. www.downtownfarm-
ington.org or (248) 4731856.

View treasures, including many histor-
ic items, through May 23, in Hatcher
Graduate Library on University of
Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. Free.
Hours: (734) 764-9377.

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.holocaustcenter.
org or (248) 553-2400.

Learn something new at these book
review or book author events:

• Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah: 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 Road in West Bloomfield.
(248) 683-5030.

• National Council of Jewish Women/

Greater Detroit Section: Guest speak-
ers at group's Nosh & Knowledge
Author Series program will be Martin
Levin, author of We Were Relentless:
A Family's Journey to Overcome

Disability, and his son, Jordan Levin 7
p.m. Thursday, May 27, at NCJW/GDS
office. 26400 Lahser, Suite 306 in
Southfield. RSVP by May 26 to NCJW
office: (248) 355-3300, ext. 0.

Admire and bring home colorful pencil
drawings by Diane Zogut, artist of the
month through May 31, at Birmingham
Community House, 380 S. Bates. (248)
644-5482.

See artist Alice Frank's "Frame of
Mind" at opening of her multi-media
exhibit 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 4, and
running through June 30, at Lawrence
Street Gallery, 22620 Woodward
in Ferndale 48220. Opens at noon
Wednesday-Saturday, closes at 5
p.m. except for 9 p.m. Saturday. www.
lawrencestreetglIery.com or (248)
544-0394.

Visit "All Media Exhibition, a juried
exhibition of contemporary art by 52
artists from Michigan and Ontario,
through June 5, at Detroit Artists
Market, 4719 Woodward in Detroit
48201. www.detroitartistsmarket.org
or (313) 832-8540.

Attend "Inside and Outside the Box,"
one-person exhibit by nationally known
sculptor Norma Penchansky-Glasser,
open daily except Mondays, through
June 27, at WSG Gallery, 306 S. Main
in Ann Arbor 48104. (734) 761-2287.

CINEMA & STAGE

Check your political correctness at
the door for Stagecrafters' musical,
The Producers, opening 8 p.m. Friday,
May 21, at Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette in Royal Oak. Presented
weekends, through June 13, at 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets ($12): www.stage-
crafters.org or (248) 541-6430.

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following Detroit's 1967 riots in Joanna
McClelland Glass' critically acclaimed
play Palmer Park, staged May 21-29,
at Hilberry Theatre, 4742 Cass on
Wayne State University campus in
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: Ride
with Linda Yellin's Feet on the Street
Tours to Palmer Park matinees on
Saturdays, May 22 and 29. Departs
11 a.m. from northwest corner of 12
Mile and Orchard Lake Road, near
Einstein's Bagels, in Farmington Hills.
$40 Includes tour of Palmer Park and
2:30 p.m. symposium, "Detroit Then
and Now." Reservation required: www.
feetonthestreettours.com or (248)
353-8687.

Toast Of The Town

Applaud leaders in our community at

Jewish Federation Awards Night

and reception 5:15 p.m. Wednesday,

May 26, at the West Bloomfield

JCC. Honorees: Dolores and

Leonard Farber, Professor

Howard Lupovitch, Josh Levine

Anessa Kramer and Lee Hurwitz.

Registration: www.thisisfederation.org .

Theatre, 120 E. Huron in Ann Arbor
48104. Tickets/schedule: www.perfor-
mancenetwork.org or (734) 663-0681.

COMEDY & MUSIC

Sample Puccini's Tosca 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, May 21-22; 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 23, at Detroit Opera
House,1426 Broadway. Sung in Italian
with English subtitles, plot offers
romance, suspense and political
intrigue. Tickets ($29-$121) at www.
michiganopera.com or (313) 237-7464.

Hear music of Jule Styne and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim at Gypsy, classic
Broadway musical about a show biz
family, through May 22, at Farmington
Players Barn Playhouse, 32332 W.12
Mile in Farmington Hills. $18 adult with
discounts available. Tickets/schedule:
www.farmingtonplayers.org or (248)
553-2955.

Celebrate spring at Music in Homes
Series concert featuring classical flute
and piano 8 p.m. Saturday, May 22,
at a private home in Detroit's historic
Palmer Woods neighborhood 48203.
Address given with registration: www.
palmerwoods.org or (313) 391-2514.

Purr for the return of Andrew Lloyd
Webber's Tony Award-winning Cats,
staged through May 23, at Fisher
Theatre, 3011 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
Members of the tribe are actor Aubrey
Elson and company manger Paul
David. Schedule/tickets: www.broad-
wayindetroit.com or (313) 872-1000.

Find out "Our Favorite Things" of
Motor City Brass Band at concert
3 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at Ford
Community and Performing Arts
Center, 15801 Michigan in Dearborn.
$12 adult, with discounts available.
www.dearbornfordcentercom or (248)
788-6618.

Let the sun shine in at Hair, the iconic
1960s rock musical, through May 24,
at Village Players Playhouse, 34660
Woodward in Birmingham. Tribe mem-
bers include director Deb Dworkin of
Clawson and actress Leora Ben-Ze'ev
of Berkley. $17. Call or check website
for show times: www.birminghamvil-
lageplayers.com or (248) 644-2075.

See strange goings-on at Little Shop of
Horrors, hit musical extended through
May 30, at Performance Network

Listen to "Music of the Night," five
pops concerts offering compositions
of Andrew Lloyd Webber, through
May 23, at Max Fisher Music Center
at Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward in
Detroit. Tickets/schedule, including for
2010-2011 season: www.detroitsym-
phony.com or (313) 576-5111:
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Downtown Synagogue for program
that includes selections by Mozart
and Liszt 3 p.m. Sunday, June 6.
$30 includes post-concert coffee and
conversation with Detroit Symphony
Orchestra musicians. Mail check to
Elizabeth Landers, 18530 Mack Ave.,
Suite 428, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
48236. (313) 961-9328.

Try a little "Jazzalot: Music for the
Soul" 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 25,
at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Performers are George (Saxman)
Benson and the Cliff Monear Trio.
Concert proceeds will go to help can-
cer patients and their families. $30.
jazzconcertlO®gmail.com or (248)
661-6344.
• Restaurant tie-in: On Wednesday
or Thursday, May 26-27, present
your concert ticket at one of the Matt
Prentice Restaurant Corp's Deli Unique
restaurants, including at 6724 Orchard
Lake Road in West Bloomfield, and 10
percent of your check will be donated
to Living for Music. The non-profit pro-
duces and markets music CDs for can-
cer patients, survivors and caregivers;
proceeds go to cancer-patient-focused
organizations.

Get seats for "Troubadour Reunion"
tour featuring iconic recording art-
ists Carole King and James Taylor
7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 27, at Palace
of Auburn Hills, 6 Championship
Drive 48326. Tickets ($125, $79.50,
$39.50) available at Palacenet.com ,
Livenation.com , Palace box office and
Ticketmaster locations. Palace: (248)
377-0100.

EVENT HOTLINE

Enjoy dinner and presentation by
best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow at
Sisterhood program 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
May 23, at Congregation Beth Ahm,
5075 W. Maple in West Bloomfield.
$36. Contact Gail Ellenbogen regard-
ing ticket availability: gellenbo@yahoo.
com or (248) 626-4123.

Gather for Detroit Free Press colum-
nist and author Mitch Albom at Jewish
Community Relations Council (JCRC)
annual meeting 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
May 25, at West Bloomfield JCC.
Roz Blanck will be honored as JCRC
Activist of the Year. RSVP required:

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