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CALENDAR

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Check It Out!

ARTS & CULTURE

View "Gathering," a collaborative exhi-
bition of work by influential contempo-
rary artists using glass, Oct. 2-23,
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m.
Sun., Habatat Galleries, 4400 Fernlee,
Royal Oak. 22 goblets by 22 art-
ists. Reception 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
2. Includes "A Visual Melody: Glass
Instruments by Davide Salvadore."
(248) 554-0590, www.habatat.com .

Check out fine art by local artists,
including Robert Schefman and
Michele Oka Doner, at a reception for
"Our Town," 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
2, Robert Kidd Gallery, 107 Townsend,
Birmingham. (248) 642-3909.

Attend the book launch of The Color of
Law: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the
Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights,
by Steve Babson, Dave Riddle and
David Elsila 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14
at Birmingham Temple, Farmington
Hills. Free. RSVP by e-mailing your
name to GoodmanBookLaunch®gmail.
corn or calling (248) 432-5517.

See Ann Arbor artist Helen Gotlib's
Dahlia Year — inspired by seeing the
flowers at a farmers market — at the
DeVos Convention Center in Grand
Rapids where it is entered in ArtPrize.

Check out "The Green Show," through
Oct. 14, at Janice Charach Gallery
inside the West Bloomfield JCC featur-
ing art created from recycled materi-
als and photos by Joanne Scherf. www.
charachgallery.org or (248) 432-5579.

See dancer/choreographer Karen
Goodman give a multimedia presen-
tation on women in Jewish dance
through the millennia 2 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 17, at Temple Emanu-El in Oak
Park. The Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies' Pearl A. and George M.
Zeltzer Lecture on Women in Judaism.
For $7 advance tickets, send check to

Cohn-Haddow Center at Wayne State,
2311 FAB, 656 W. Kirby, Detroit, MI
48202. $10 at door. (313) 577-2679.

CINEMA er STAGE

Jewish Forum shows the film Heart of
Stone, a documentary on rebirth of a
gang-riddled Newark high school, 2:30
p.m., Sunday, Oct. 3, at Cong. Beth
Ahm, West Bloomfield. Free. Producer-
director Beth Toni Kruvant will
speak. Sponsored by Detroit College
Promise, Downtown Synagogue, Jewish
Community Relations Council, Detroit
Public TV, Beth Ahm. (248) 354-6415,
ext. 2, or www.thejewishforum.org .

See Leaving Iowa, a funny tribute to
the Midwest and the family road trip,
at Farmington Players Barn Oct. 1-17.
$13-$15. (248) 553-2955.

Catch boom by Breathe Art Theatre
Project, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays Oct.
1-17, at Furniture Factory, 4126 Third,
Detroit, and Oct. 22-23, Mackenzie
Hall, 3277 Sandwich St., Windsor.
$20/$15 (students and seniors) or
season tickets, $50/$40 (students
and seniors). RSVP: www.breatheart-
theatre.com , by e-mail at breatheart-
theatre@gmail.com or (248) 982-4121
(Detroit), (519) 255-7600 (Windsor).

See Fiddler on the Roof, Wednesday-
Thursday, Oct. 6-7, at the Fox Theatre
in Detroit. $30.50-$60.50. (800) 745-
3000. OlympiaEntertainment.com .

Cong. Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood
presents, fresh from Off-Broadway,
Circumcise Me by Yisrael Campbell
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16. $36
includes dessert and wine reception.
Information: sisterhood@shaareyze-
dek.org or (248) 357-5544, ext. 48.

COMEDY 6, CONCERTS

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson will perform an
all-Chopin program for the Chamber

Music Society 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
2, at the Seligman Performing Arts
Center at Detroit Country Day School,
22305 W.13 Mile, Beverly Hills. Tickets
start at $43. Pre-concert dinner
option at Bacco Ristorante. (248) 855-
6070 or www.ComeHearCMSD.org .

Hear violinist Yehonatan Berick and
pianist Pauline Martin Duo perform
chamber music for the Pro Mozart
Society of Greater Detroit 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Antioch Lutheran
Church, 33360 W.13 Mile, Farmington
Hills. $25. Students $5. Send checks
payable to: Pro Mozart Society, 37099
Sandalwood Drive, Farmington Hills, MI
48331, or visit www.promozartdetroit.
org . (248) 788-2479.

Kerrytown Concert House jazz club
series presents Paul Keller Trio with
a tribute to the Nat "King" Cole Trio
8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at 415 N. Fourth
Ave., Ann Arbor. $15-30. (734) 769-
2999 or www.kerrytownconcerthouse.

COM.

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit
presents the Juilliard String Quartet
performing Haydn, Bartok and Brahms
8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the
Seligman Performing Arts Center at
Detroit Country Day School, 22305 W.
13 Mile, Beverly Hills. Talk by Professor
Steven Rings at 6:45 p.m. Dinner at
Bacco Ristorante at 5 p.m. Concert
tickets begin at $43. (248) 855-6070
or www.ComeHearCMSD.org .

WALK IT OFF...

Jewish Ensemble Theatre opens its

season with a comedy, The God of

Isaac by James Sherman, Oct. 6-31,

at the West Bloomfield JCC. Times:

7:30 p.m. Thursdays; 5 and 8:30

p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 6 p.m. Sundays;

Wednesday matinee Oct 27. Tickets:

$32 $41; discounts for seniors and students.

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(248) 788-2900.

Ann Arbor. Tickets: $55, $45 and $35
on sale at www.livenation.com , U-M
Union ticket office and Ticketmaster.

EVENT HOTLINE

Attend an audience reading with medi-
um Lizzy Star 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
3, at Costick Center, 28600 11 Mile,
Farmington Hills, (248) 473-1800. $40
with portion to JARC. Tickets: (248)
318-6025 or (248) 224-1925 or at
Style the Salon, West Bloomfield.

Join an interactive satellite broadcast
with Israeli Knesset Member Tzipi
Livni speaking on "The State of World
Jewry" 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Sponsored by
SAJE. $5. RSVP: (248) 432-5692.

Cheryl Schanes, (248) 539-1488 or
cschanes@hillelday.org .

Learn about Detroit sports teams
from radio's Dennis Fithian, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 6, at Adat Shalom
Men's Club's Sports Night Dinner at
the Farmington Hills synagogue. $10.
RSVP by sending a check to the syna-
gogue or call (248) 851-5100.

Have fun at Game Day 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 7, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. Canasta, bridge,
mah jongg, pinochle and euchre. Free.
RSVP: Michelle Lichtman, (248) 661-
5700, or michelle@temple-israel.org .

Hear ETA3, a classical trio of piano,
flute and clarinet, at the Pro Musica
Society of Detroit 8:30 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 15, at Max M. Fisher Music
Center, Detroit. $45, $90 for the
three-concert series, (313) 576-
5111 or www.detroitsymphony.com .
Pre-concert dinner available in the
Paradise Cafe, Orchestra Hall, 6 p.m.,
RSVP suggested, (313) 576-5055.

Detroit SCORE Chapter 18 presents
"Could I, Should I Start My Own
Business?" 8:45-11 a.m., Tuesday,
Oct. 5, at 27700 Hoover, Warren, MI
48093. $10. RSVP (313) 226-7947.

Temple Israel IMAGINE and Rabbi
Jennifer Kaluzny present a pro-
gram for young families 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 7, at Franklin Cider
Mill, 14 Mile and Franklin in Bloomfield
Township. Free; open to all. RSVP:
Michelle Lichtman, (248) 661-5700 or
michelle@temple-israel.org .

Hear author Judith Viorst speak at
the opening meeting luncheon of the
Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah,
noon, Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, Southfield. Viorst
speaks at 1 p.m.; boutiques open from
10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For ticket cost and
reservations, (248) 683-5030.

Listen to Prof. Gideon S. Grader, direc-
tor of the Technion Energy Program
at the Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology in Haifa, 7:45 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 8, breakfast meeting at
the Weight Watchers office, 28555
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills.
Free. RSVP to Barb at (248) 737-1990.

See Bob Dylan 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
26, at Michigan State University
Concert Auditorium in East Lansing.
$45. MSU students, $25. Tickets: www.
whartoncenter.com , (517) 432-2000
or (800) WHARTON. Also, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 28, Hill Auditorium,

Shop for style at Hillel Day School's
"Ladies Night Out" fashion event
and boutique shopping beginning
at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, at
the school at 32200 Middlebelt,
Farmington Hills. Dinner and fashion
show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $80. RSVP:

Hear journalist Jack Lessenberry speak
on upcoming elections 9 a.m. Oct.
10, at Temple Beth El Brotherhood's
Sunday Breakfast. Free. Barbara Grant,
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.

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Browse Temple Israel Sisterhood's
Boutiques, Donor Luncheon and
Fashion Show 10 a.m.-3:3O p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 20. Luncheon at
noon. $36 for age 36 and under;
$50 for others. No charge to shop
boutiques. RSVP by Oct. 6 by check
made out to Temple Israel Sisterhood
and mailed to Risa Levinson, 6864
Trailview Court, West Bloomfield, MI
48322. Information: (248) 538-8448
or Levinson.Risa@gmail.com .

Attend Glennwood ORT's Annual
Membership Tea 6:45 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 20, at Echo Valley Condominium
Clubhouse. Fashion show by Coldwater
Creek. $6. RSVP by Oct.13: Sandy
Collins (248) 559-0733.

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