To Do! CALENDAR E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 P fe'es t e'JPIVIorganChase Deadline: noon, Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. JEWISH LEARNING Check It Out! ARTS & CULTURE Northville. Experience "Art From the Heart," through Aug. 19, at Charach Gallery at West Bloomfield JCC. 10 a.m-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday. www. charachgallery.org or (248) 432- 5579. Cruise the Detroit River with the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, aboard the Diamond Queen. Hear a narrated tour highlighting sites of Jewish and local interest. $30; $25 for mem- bers. Transportation extra. (248) 432-5517 or jhsofmichigan®msn. com . CINEMA & STAGE See 70 students ages 6-18 stage Annie at Meadow Brook Theatre on the Oakland U. campus near Rochester. $15/adults; $12 stu- dents and seniors: (248) 885- 5126; www.peanutgalleryplayers. org or at the door. Times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, Aug. 5-6, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7. See 8th Wonder Theatre's Phantom (not the Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical) Fridays through Sundays, Aug. 6-14, at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill Road in Canton. $17; $13 seniors and youth. www.canton-mi.org/villag - etheater or (734) 394-5460. EVENT HOTLINE Browse 100 vendors and mer- chants at the Buy Michigan Now Festival 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 6-7; noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, in downtown Attend the Shul-Chabad Lubavitch's Family BBQ 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11 at the home of Howard and Robin Schwartz. $10/adult; $6/child; $25/family. Pay at door or reg- ister at TheShul.net . (248) 788- 4000. Play mah jongg at Sisterhood's weekly game 12:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays, at Cong. Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. $1. Bring a current card. RSVP to Gail: gellenbo@yahoo.com or (248) 626-4123. Make plans to attend the Ashkenaz Festival, the largest Jewish cultural event in Canada, Aug. 31-Sept. 6, in Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. Music, dance, film, theater and work- shops featured. www.ashkenaz- festival.com . Israel Advocacy Hear from Detroit native David Victor, national board chairman of AlPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. Victor will be hosted by the synagogue's Israel Advocacy Committee. Free. RSVP to Mike: mikeka- David Victor han@msn.com or (248) 854-0912 EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • www.Jewlshcartoon.com ALWAYS KNEW JOLVV5A4 INVOLVED 5ERIOU5 LEAPS OF FAITH.. OBSERVING THE SABBATH... K EEPING AFFORDING DAY 5CHOOL... Hear Prof. Howard Lupovitch speak on "Theodor Herzl as Coalition-Builder: the First Zionist Congress and Current Crisis in Israeli Politics" 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, at Cong. Beth Ahm, W. Bloomfield. $15 at door. Nancy: (248) 737-1931 or nancyellen879@att. Hear Rabbi Keren Alpert of Temple Beth El speak on "Ethics of Tzedakah" noon Wednesday, Aug. 18, for "Food for Thought" at Yad Ezra, 2850 W.11 Mile, Berkley. Kosher dairy lunch is $7. Tour Yad Ezra at 11:45. Bring a can of kosher food to donate. RSVP by Aug.16: (248) 548-3663 or Lea@ yadezra.org . Cong. Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield is offering adult learn- ing classes "KISS - Keep It Short and Simple" 10:30-11:15 a.m. Sundays, through Aug. 22, and 2:30-3:15 p.m. Wednesdays, through Sept. 1. (248) 737-1931 or nancyellen879@att.net . a one-act opera by Giacomo Puccini, 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, at West Bloomfield JCC. Joe Tazelaar facilitates. $3. (248) 967-4030. Dance to Sam Barnett at Glassman Party for seniors 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, at Oak Park JCC. $3. RSVP Rosa: (248) 967-4030. Participate in a COJAR lunch and learn noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Oak Park JCC. Speaker will be Rabbi Eliezer Cohen from Or Chadash syna- gogue in Oak Park and a teacher at Akiva Hebrew Day School. Bring a brown bag lunch. $3. (248) 967-4030. The Altruist The Realist bring her ex-husband, Jose, and the rest of their family leads Jose to reexamine their Talk about current events at group facilitated by David Weiner 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030. BECCACBETH Nora had a plan. It would Play cards with the Bridge Club 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Oak Park JCC. (248) 967-4030. SENIORS Enjoy 11 Tabarro (The Cloak), Best Picture of 2010 Best First Film Best Original Screenplay Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Score together for a magnificent COJAR will have a Brown Bag Lunch and Learn at the Oak Park JCC noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, with Rabbi Eliezer Cohen of Or Chadash synagogue in Oak Park and Akiva Hebrew Day School. $3. (248) 967-4030. Hear entertainer Galina Feldman at Cafe Europa 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9, at Oak Park JCC. Free. Sponsored by the Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families and the JCC. Information: Dr. Charles Silow, (248) 661-2999. )EivIY AWARDS) - Explore "The Tiger Within," part of Nature series, with facilitator Joe Tazelaar 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, Room 205 at West Bloomfield JCC. $3. (248) 967-4030. Drop in for DVD series "Jewish Intellectual History, 16th-20th Century," featuring lectures by University of Pennsylvania Prof. David B. Ruderman, 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesdays, at Cong. Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. Free. (248) 737-1931 or nancyellen879@att. net. Enjoy Senior Shabbat 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, at Temple Israel, West Bloomfield. Free luncheon but requires immediate RSVP to Michelle: michelle@tem- ple-israel.org or (248) 661-5700. WINNER OF SEVEN ARIEL AWARDS 2010 Have lunch at noon, concert fea- turing pianist Avy Schrieber at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at Oak Park JCC. $1 donation for con- cert. RSVP by Aug.10 for lunch ($2.75): (248) 967-4030. Passover feast. But there is a flaw in her plan- a mysterious photograph from the past. hidden under the bed, which relationship and rediscover their undying love. Mariana Chenillo NORA'S If WILL Play in an independent Mah Jongq Game 12:30 Friday, Aug. 13, at the West Bloomfield JCC. Calendar on page 48 AL GUST 6-7- BERNIE The Idealist BUT I NEVER /MAG/A/47) ONE OF- THOSE LEAPS MIGHT BE... ZIP IJA/01 Z/P1-/NO! Z /PIIN O ! www.dia.orgidft 313.833.3237 DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS e 2004 BY GORFTEXT PRODUCTIONS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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