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ARTS & CULTURE
www.playersguildofdearborn.org .
Hear award-winning photographer
Marji Silk of Oak Park teach tech-
niques to turn snapshots into works of
art 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, at the
Oak Park Library, at 14200 Oak Park
Blvd. Marji will bring samples of her
own award-winning works and offer
helpful advice to improve your photo-
graphs. Free to Friends of the Oak Park
Library or $5 for others. (248) 691-
7480, ci.oak-park.mi.us/library.
Stagecrafters presents Shakespeare's
A Midsummer Night's Dream on
Sept. 17-Oct. 3 at the Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak.
Advance tickets are $16 and $18 at
www.stagecrafters.org or (248) 541-
6430. Tickets cost $2 more at door.
See the Womencenter at Oakland
Community College's Orchard Ridge
Campus' 20th annual national
women's art exhibition, "From Our
Perspectives" at its Smith Theatre
Gallery 10 a.m.-4p.m. Monday-Friday
through Oct. 8. The opening recep-
tion will be 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
16. Deborah Kashdan of Southfield
is featured in the exhibition with her
pieces Charles McGee at 85, Satori
Circus and Michael Stone Richards.
The campus 27055 Orchard Lake Road
in Farmington Hills.
Check out "The Green Show," through
Oct. 14, at Janice Charach Gallery
inside the West Bloomfield JCC.
Exhibit features sculpture, jewelry
and other works of art created from
recycled materials, as well as photos
by Joanne Scherf. www.charachgallery.
org or (248) 432-5579.
Marvel at "Synagogues In Germany:
A Virtual Reconstruction" of 14 Nazi-
destroyed temples using computer
aided design through Nov. 29 at
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills.
(248) 553-2400, ext. 23.
Enjoy The Waiting Room, the Fran
Aaron Players' humorous musical play
about patients waiting to see the doc-
tor at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the
Oak Park Community Center, 14300
Oak Park Blvd. Written and directed by
Fran Aaron. $3. Light refreshments.
See a film intertwining Jewish and
Polish history and culture, 100 Voices:
A Journey Home, a documentary fol-
lowing a group of cantors who return
to Poland. Shown only at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 21, at these theaters:
AMC Livonia 20,19500 Haggerty;
Commerce 14, 3033 Spring Vale
Road, Walled Lake; Quality 16, 3686
Jackson Road, Ann Arbor; Canton
Cinema 43555 Ford Road; Showcase
Ann Arbor 20, 4100 Carpenter Road,
Ypsilanti.
Let Harvey Ovshinsky demystify the
screenwriting process at his next six-
month workshop, "How to Complete
Your First Movie Script In Six Months,"
meeting on last Monday of each month
beginning 7-10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27,
at Community House of Birmingham,
380 S. Bates in Birmingham. Tuition:
$325. (248) 644-5832 www.hkomedia.
com or www.communityhouse.com .
COMEDY er CONCERTS
Laugh to comedian Elon Gold and sup-
port the mental health agency Kadima
at a performance 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 28, at the Max. M. Fisher Music
Center in Detroit. Tickets begin at
$100. www.kadimacenter.org or con-
tact Paula Schenberg at
CINEMA 6, STAGE
See the play Crossing Delancey week-
ends through Oct. 3 at the Players
Guild of Dearborn, 21730 Madison. $15
($13 students): (313) 561-TKTS or
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Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey
of Peter, Paul and Mary, will perform
a benefit concert in memory of Mary
Travers 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at
Ford Community & Performing Arts
Center, 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn.
The Light One Candle concert will ben-
efit the Be the Match Registry, which
matched Mary with her bone marrow
transplant donor. Get tickets at $30-
$150 at www.dearborntheater.com .
Information: (313) 943-2354.
Hear Brazilian pianist Flavio Varani
at opening concert of Vivace Music
Series 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at
Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.12 Mile
in Farmington Hills 48334. Claire
Levine chairs series. $20 or $23,
includes afterglow. (248) 788-0338
(Joyce) or (2480 661-1348 (Ann).
Attend Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield's First Schmier Chamber
Concert featuring the Carpe Diem
String Quartet playing gypsy, tango,
folk, rock and jazz-inspired music 7:30
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26. Contact Diana
Plopa: (248) 661-5700 or dplopa@
temple-israel.org .
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Adrienne Cooper
Marilyn Lerner
Yiddish Enchantment
Enjoy renowned vocalist Adrienne Cooper and pianist Marilyn Lerner
perform a Yiddish concert 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, at the Windsor Jewish
$15. (519) 973-1772.
Community Centre, 1641 Ouellette, Windsor.
Summer Get Together" dinner and
cash bar 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20,
at Rosie O'Grady's, 279 W. Nine Mile,
Ferndale. Free to members; $15 for
others. RSVP: Keith Sirlin, (248) 682-
6890 or sirlinlawman@aol.com .
The Annual Barn Dance and Dinner
will be 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, to
benefit restoration of the Kreger Farm,
known as Franklin Community Center.
Adults only. Tickets ($60) at Franklin
Village Hall or Market Basket, or from
John Pulker, (248) 538-0183.
Compete in the 15th Annual Hillel
Day School Golf Classic noon
Monday, Sept. 20, at Franklin Hills
Country Club in Farmington Hills. 5:30
p.m. cocktails and dinner. Contact
Cheryl Schanes, (248) 539-1488 or
cschanes@hilleiday.org .
Walk with Jewish Hikers of Michigan 1
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, at Dolph Park,
Wagner Road south of Jackson in Ann
Arbor. Contact Eli Avny, (734) 883-
9522; Rabbi Lisa Delson of Temple
Beth Emeth at (734) 665-4744; or
e-mail jewish.hikers@gmail.com .
Join the reunion of Women's
American ORT members from the
1960s-90s 5-7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20,
at the home of Rochelle Lieberman
in Bloomfield Hills. Wine and hors
d'oeuvres. Learn about ORT programs
and hear Chris Mack of Keep It Simple
Solutions speak about using Feng
Shui to simplify one's environment.
Sponsored by ORT America Michigan
Region. $18. (248) 723-8860.
EVENTS THAT HELP
Attend Yad Ezra kosher food pantry's
20th annual fundraising dinner honor-
ing Margot and Jerry Halperin, 6 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 11, at Cong. Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield. Contact www.
yadezra.org or (248) 548-3663.
HEALTH 6, SUPPORT
Find a shoulder at "Together We Stand
— Your Journey Through Cancer,"
with social worker facilitator Jodie
Jacobs, 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.
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each month), through Temple Israel's
Robert Sosnick Family Life Center,
5725 Walnut Lake Road in West
Bloomfield. Also: social worker Helen
Croll facilitates bereavement sup-
port group 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27
(second and fourth Mondays of each
month). Free, but must RSVP 24 hours
in advance: elaine@temple-israel.org
or (248) 661-5700.
Learn about the latest technologies
and treatment procedures related
to prostate cancer at the Barbara
Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, 31995
Northwestern Hwy, Farmington Hills,
at 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23.
Hear Karmanos experts including Dr.
Michael Cher, chief of Urology. Dr.
Jordan Maier, will address the latest
technology in radiation therapy. Free.
RSVP at 1-800-KARMANOS or e-mail
KarmanosFHevent@karmanos.org .
Attend the Michael Golds Memorial
AD/HD Conference 8 a.m.-4:15
p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at Oakland
Community College's Orchard Ridge
Campus, 27055 Orchard Lake Road
in Farmington Hills. Keynoter Sandra
Reif and 14 presenters. Educators and
social workers can earn CEU credits.
$75; $30 for students. RSVP: (248)
522-3645 or www.oaklandcc.edu/
MGMC or www.chadd.net/527.
Join Rainbows — a divorce support
group for parents and their children
through eighth grade offered by
National Council of Jewish Women,
SPACE for Changing Families. Meetings
will be 7-8 p.m. for seven Mondays
beginning Oct. 18 at the Birmingham
Temple in Farmington Hills. RSVP:
(248) 355-9936 or space@ncjwgds.
org . One-time $10 charge.
HELPING OUT
Meijer is including Yad Ezra in its
Simply Give Program through Sept.
25 at the Southfield store (12 mile and
Telegraph) only. Donate a $10 "Simply
Give" card at the check-out.
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