To Do!

CALENDAR

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Check It Out!

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ARTS & CULTURE

Attend 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: GoodmanBookLaunch@
gmail.com or (248) 432-5517.

See the acclaimed musical, West Side
Story through Oct. 16 at the Fisher
Theatre, Detroit. Score is by Leonard
Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.
www.broadwayindetroit.com , (313)
872-1000 or (800) 982-2787.

Get "A Taste of Book Fair" from
Cheri Victor, previewing the books and
authors at next month's event, 10:30
a.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at Oak Park JCC.
Free. (248) 967-3030.

Stop by Book Beat for discussion and
signing of MC5: Sonically Speaking
with author Brett Callwood and MC5
manager/poet/raconteur John Sinclair
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at 26010
Greenfield, Oak Park. (248) 968-1190.

Appreciate Gilbert and Sullivan's The
Mikado, sung in English, at perfor-
mances Saturday through Sunday, Oct.
16-24, at Detroit Opera House,1526
Broadway. $29-$121. Tickets: (313)
237-SING; www.MichiganOpera.org ,
Ticketmaster or box office.

Experience dancer/choreographer
Karen Goodman's multimedia pre-
sentation of women in Jewish dance
through the millennia 2 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 17, at Temple Emanu-El in Oak
Park. Advance ticket ($7) by Oct.11
with check payable to Cohn-Haddow
Center at Wayne State University, 2311
FAB, 656 W. Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202.
$10 at door. cohnhaddowcenter@
wayne.edu or (313) 577-2679.

Meet Susan B. Katz, who will read
and sign copies of her novel Tyler's
Hill, that was inspired by her childhood
in Oak Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14,
at Oak Park Library,14200 Oak Park
Blvd. Free admission. (248) 691-7480.

Relive the play, The Diary of Anne
Frank, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at
Macomb Community College. Buy one
ticket; get one free. $25-$30 adult;
$15 age 12 and younger; $5 discount
age 55 and older, military and stu-
dents. www.MacombCenter.com/Events
or (586) 286-2222.

CINEMA er STAGE

Don't miss Fiddler on the Roof con-
cluding 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at
Fox Theater, Detroit. $30.50-$60.50
at OlympiaEntertainment.com and Fox
Theatre and Joe Louis box offices.

COMEDY & CONCERTS

Contact Oren Goldenberg to book a
screening of his educational DVD, Our
School, presented and discussed 2
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at main Detroit
Public Library, 5201 Woodward. Free.
oren@ourschoolproductions.com or
(248) 224-9063.

Go Into the Woods, musical by Stephen
Sondheim and James Lapine Oct.
14-24 at Mendelssohn Theatre.
Presented by University of Michigan
Dept. of Musical Dept. Tickets: www.

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Hear mezzo-soprano Jean Morris with
composer/pianist William Balcom at
season-opening concert of Cranbrook
Music Guild 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12,
at Christ Church Cranbrook, Lone Pine
and Cranbrook Road in Bloomfield
Hills. $30. (248) 645-0097.

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

EVENT HOTLINE

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

Shop for housewares, toys, books,
decor, linens, clothing, furniture and
sporting goods at rummage sale
continuing 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Oct.
8 and 9-noon Saturday, Oct. 9, at
Birmingham Temple in Farmington
Hills. (248) 477-1410.

Take in show with songwriter/guitarist/

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Choose an evening with the Juilliard
String Quartet, performing music
of Haydn, Bartok and Brahms, 8
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Seligman
Performing Arts Center at Detroit
Country Day School, 22305 W.13 Mile
in Beverly Hills. Hosting Chamber
Music Society of Detroit offers 5 p.m.
pre-concert dinner at Bacco Ristorante
in Southfield and talk by Prof. Steven
Rings at 6:45. Concert tickets begin
at $43. www.ComeHearCMSD.org or
(248) 855-6070.

Purchase season tickets now for
Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony
Orchestra series, starting Sunday,
Oct. 24, at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield
Township. $88, four concerts; $69,
choice of three concerts; $27, indi-
vidual concert; free, students and age
18 and under. www.BBSO.org or (734)
525-7578.

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Isaac Opens At JET

Enjoy Jewish Ensemble Theatre's season-

opening comedy, The God of Isaac by
James Sherman, through Oct. 31, at West

Bloomfield JCC. Show times: 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays; 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays; 2
and 6 p.m. Sundays and 2 p.m. Wednesday,

Oct 27. $32-$41, with senior/student dis-

counts. (248) 788-2900.

Brian Ogden as Isaac

take on the Nov. 2 ballot following
9 a.m. breakfast Sunday, Oct. 10, at
Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township.
TBE Brotherhood is host. Nominal
harge for breakfast at door. Barbara
Grant: (248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.

Work on stuffing teddy bears for char-
ity, scarves for the Special Olympics,
butterflies for the Texas exhibition and
other projects at next Pomegranate
Guild meeting 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
10, at Historic Spicer House Visitor's
Center in Heritage Park, 11 Mile and
Farmington Road, in Farmington Hills.
Free. Judy Galperin: (248) 661-5337.

Ask Tom Wilson, president and CEO
of Olympia Entertainment, your ques-
tions about the Tigers and Red Wings
at Brotherhood Breakfast 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 17, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. $20, or $18 prepay.
RSVP by Oct. 11: (248) 661-5700.

Hear Arianna Huffington, author, syn-
dicated columnist and co-founder of
the online Huffington Post, speaking at
noon during "Women of Vision" event,
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. Benefit for National Council
of Jewish Women/Greater Detroit
Section includes honoree presenta-
tions and boutique shopping. $100
lunch/speaker, $40 speaker only, $20
per student for speaker only. www.
ncjwgds.org or (248) 355-3300.

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Remember FDR, Did He Do All He Could
to Help Jews During the Holocaust?"
noon Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Cong. Beth
Ahm in West Bloomfield. $18; RSVPs a
must. Men welcome. Mail check payable
to Hadassah to: Marilyn Skulsky, 6313
Eastbrooke, West Bloomfield, MI 48323.
(248) 683-5030.

RSVP by Oct. 13 for Glennwood
ORT's Annual Membership Tea 6:45
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at Echo
Valley Condominiums Clubhouse in
Farmington Hills. Includes fashion
show by Coldwater Creek. $6. Sandy
Collins: (248) 559-0733.

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. Tickets: www.
yadezra.org or (248) 548-3663.

HEALTH & SUPPORT

Attend United Health Organization's
Project Healthy Living 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 8, at West Bloomfield
JCC. Screenings and support: (313)
531-9108.

Show up for "Healthy U," a free com-
munity health fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 10, at Oak Park JCC.
Event will include diaper derby (by
advance registration), exhibitors,
screenings, spinning class, tai-chi,
karate presentations, info about
yoga and nutrition for children. Judy:
jfront@jccdet.org or (248) 432-5605.

Ward off childhood obesity at Family
Fitness Fest 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 10, at CrossFit Bloomfield, 2124
Franklin Road, Bloomfield Township.
CrossFit, yoga, zumba, Pilates, martial
arts and nutrition. $20 per person;
$45 per family. More co-sponsors:
Jewish News, B'nai B'rith Great Lakes
Region, IlluminArt Productions and
Jordan Levin Childhood Obesity
Foundation. Patty: (248) 661-1756.

Visit Temple Israel in West Bloomfield
for free, bi-monthly support groups,
offered through temple's Robert
Sosnick Family Life Center. RSVP 24
hours in advance: elaine@temple-
israel.org or (248) 661-5700:
• Bereavement: Find empathy 6:30
p.m. Mondays, Oct. 11 and Nov. 8.

