To Do!
CALENDAR
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Check It Out!
ARTS a., CULTURE
Find items from 1920s-'80s at
Bloomfield Hills Jewelry and Vintage
Apparel Show 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 16, at Birmingham Unitarian
Church, 38651 Woodward in Bloomfield
Hills 48304. Eric: (248) 797-2112.
Attend reception for textile art-
ist Susan Aaron Taylor 5 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 16, at River Gallery
Fine Art, 120 S. Main in Chelsea 48118.
Show continues through Oct. 30.
www.chelsearivergallery.com or (734)
433-0826.
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Show up for native Detroiter Steve
Luxenberg's lecture on his notable
book, Annie's Ghosts, 1 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 17, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center, Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Road
in Farmington Hills. The Jewish
Genealogical Society of Michigan
hosts. Now in paperback, the book is
part memoir, part detective story, part
history. $5; free for Society member.
www.jgsmi.org or (248) 737-1366.
Hear from five authors of crime to
cookbooks, including novelist Ayelet
Waldman (Red Hook Road), at Metro
Detroit Book & Author Society's Fall
Book Luncheon noon Monday, Oct. 18,
at Burton Manor, 27777 Schoolcraft at
1-96 in Livonia. $30.
www.bookandauthor.org.
Discuss Thrity Umrigar's The Space
Between Us with facilitator Linda
Cohen and the CSZ Sisterhood
Book Club 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18,
in the Congregation Shaarey Zedek
library in Southfield. Free admission.
Sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org or
(248) 357-5544, ext. 48.
Bring your voice to the Circle Chorus,
a Yiddish social justice singing group,
7:30-9:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18,
and alternate Mondays at Oak Park
JCC. Sponsored by Workmen's Circle/
Arbeter Ring. No tryouts or prior
knowledge of Yiddish required. Tuition
through June 20: $130; $100 mem-
ber. Registration: www.circlemichigan.
org or (248) 432-5677.
Talk about Hadavar Hayah Kacha
(My Russian Grandmother and her
American Vacuum Cleaner) by Meir
Shalev at new Hebrew book club 6:30
p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. Dalia Shaham will
facilitate. $12. Register with Lauren:
Ijohnson@temple-israel.org or (248)
661-5700.
Henry & Delia Meyers Library and
Media Center hosts a book club ses-
sion noon Wednesday, Oct. 20, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Under discussion
is The Debba by Avner Mandelman, the
story of an expatriate who returns to
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Israel after his father is murdered only
to find that his father's will stipulates
that he produce a curious play. The
facilitator is Marilyn Schelberg. Bring
a lunch; dessert and coffee available.
Free. RSVP: (248) 432-5546 or fmen-
ken@jccdet.org .
Come to a media night sponsored
by Auxiliary for Jewish Senior Life
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at
Tam-O-Shanter Country Club, 5051
Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield.
Appearing will be TV news anchor
Sherry Margolis and her husband,
Jeff Zaslow, who wrote his new book,
Highest Duty, with Capt. Chesley
"Sully" Sullenberger. $18 includes des-
sert. RSVP: (248) 661-2969.
CINEMA & STAGE
Imagine a modern-day retelling of
the judgment of King Solomon in
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt
Brecht opening Friday, Oct. 15, at
Wayne State University's Bonstelle
Theater, 3424 Woodward in Detroit.
Shows Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.,
Sunday at 2 p.m., through Oct. 24.
$15, $12 with discount. www.bonstelle.
com or (313) 577-2960.
Have a hilarious night with CSZ
Sisterhood at Yisrael Campbell's
off Broadway hit, Circumcise Me,
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. $36 includes dessert/
wine reception. Tickets: sisterhood@
shaareyzedek.org or (248) 357-5544,
ext. 48.
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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-E1 in Oak
Park. $10 at door. cohnhaddowcenter@
wayne.edu or (313) 577-2679.
See Sonia Flew, a play inspired by the
true story of Operation Pedro Pan,
which transported 14,000 children
out of Cuba in 1960, at Performance
Network,120 E. Huron in Ann Arbor
48104. Coproduction with Jewish
Ensemble Theatre in West Bloomfield
has shows nightly through Oct. 17.
$10-$34. www.performancenetwork.
org or (734) 663-0681.
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.
Attend screening of The Woman of
Sarajevo, a documentary, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 21, at Congregation
Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield,
courtesy of Detroit-based Downtown
Synagogue. Film tells of a Muslim
family that saved a Jewish family in
World War II, and 50 years later was
rescued by the Jewish family during
the Bosnian war. Free. (313) 961-9328;
downtownsynagogue@gmail.com .
See vampires on stage in Dracula
through Oct. 31, at Meadow Brook
Theatre, 207 Wilson Hall in Rochester.
Tickets/show times: www.mbtheatre.
com or (248) 377-3300.
Go Into the Woods, musical by Stephen
Sondheim and James Lapine pre-
sented by University of Michigan Dept.
of Music Dept. through Oct. 24, at
U-M's Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, 911
N. University in Ann Arbor 48109.
www.music.umich.edu/performances or
(734) 763-8587.
COMEDY & CONCERTS
See Southfield homeboy Mike Posner
rock out 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
16, at the Filmore, 2115 Woodward in
Detroit. $25. (313) 961-5451.
Listen to child prodigy Anastasia
Rizikov, an 11-year-old piano soloist
from Toronto, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17,
at Oak Park JCC. $10. Ben: (248) 967-
4030, ext. 2007; bopengeym@jccdet.
org .
Hear songs by musician Arlo Guthrie
("Alice's Restaurant") at shows 8 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 18 19, at
the Ark Coffeehouse, 316 S. Main in
Ann Arbor 48104. $47.50. www.theark.
org or (734) 761-1800.
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Share an intimate night of music with
violinist Gabriel Bolkosky and pianist
Michele Cooker at season-opening
concert of Fair Lane Music Guild, 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at Henry
Ford Estate Fair Lane, 4901 Evergreen
in Dearborn. Season tickets: $45, with
discounts. Single tickets: $9, $14, $15.
www.umd.umich.edu/fairlane_music_
guild or (313) 593-5330.
Come for Schmier Chapel Chamber
Series featuring musicians Yehonatan
Berick and Laura Melton 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. Free. RSVP by Oct.
22 to Diana: dplopa@temple-israel.org
or (248) 661-5700.
EVENT HOTLINE
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 required: (248) 661-5700.
Go on a Cong. Beth Ahm-sponsored
family outing 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17,
at Parmenter's Cider Mill, 714 Baseline
Road in Northville 48167. Bring dairy
lunch; cider and doughnuts provided.
RSVP appreciated: charlotte@cbahm.
org or (248) 851-6880. Parmenter's:
http://northvillecider.com .
Yiddish Songs
Of His Shtetl
Hear the grand finale
performance of "Songs of
the Little Jewish Place" with
Efim Aleksandrov singing
in Yiddish the songs of the
Ukrainian shtetl Bershad
he loved in his childhood.
Colorful costumes and
decorations. 8 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 1, at the Millennium
Centre, 15600 J.L. Hudson
Drive, Southfield.
Tickets $30-$50.
Information: (248) 660-
4264.
Efim Aleksandrov
Jewish Hikers of Michigan will hike 1
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at Barton Park in
Ann Arbor. For information, contact Eli
Avny at (734) 883-9522, Rabbi Lisa
Delson at (734) 665-4744, or e-mail
jewish.hikers@gmail.com .
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, MI
48334. (248) 851-5100.
Let the JCC's Center Travel be your
guide on extended trips, including
"Israel@62" ($3,639, double occu-
pancy), Nov. 28 Dec. 12. Registration
also open for "Charleston & Savannah"
($1,599), Oct. 25 29; "Washington,
DC" ($1,625), Nov. 1 5; "Cuba"
($3,099), Nov. 10-18, Feb. 9-17 and
April 20-28, 2011. Details from
Marilyn: mwolfe@jccdet.org or (248)
432-5471.
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Find new and gently used baby items,
children's clothing and toys at Mom
2 Mom sale of the Jewish Parents
Institute of Michigan 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
(strollers allowed at 12:30) Sunday,
Oct. 24, at West Bloomfield JCC. $1
charge. Contact Gail for table rental:
slyonguth@aol.com or (248) 673-
6336.
Learn from Dr. Scott Cohen, who will
speak and sign copies of his best-sell-
er, Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense
Guide to Your Baby's First Year, 7
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at West
Bloomfield JCC. Jewish Family Service
sponsors this Reva Stocker Lecture,
including a dessert reception. Free.
Complimentary childcare with RSVP to
Lori: ldrucker@jfsdetroit.org or (248)
592-2339.
Tour Booth House and Gardens with
a docent during National Council of
Jewish Women lunch excursion 10:30
a.m. Monday, Oct. 25, at Cranbook
in Bloomfield Hills. $40, $30 member.
RSVP by Oct. 18: (248) 355-3300,
ext. 0.
Journey through a world of teas at
Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah Group
program 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26,
at Goldfish Tea Room, 117 W. Fourth
in Royal Oak. $10. Guests welcome.
Send check payable to Hadassah by
Oct. 21 to Sonja Kass,13120 Ludlow,
Huntington Woods, MI 48070. Bobbie:
(248) 546-4255.
Adat Shalom Synagogue Sisterhood
will hold a paid-up membership
"Michigan theme" dinner 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 28. Marla Drutz, vice
president and general manager of
Channel 4, will speak on "Take 4: An
Insider's Look at TV in Detroit." The
community is welcome at $25. Send a
check to Sisterhood of Adat Shalom,
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EVENTS THAT HELP
Attend Hollywood Nights, a 24-hour
movie marathon benefiting Troy-
based Children's Leukemia Foundation,
from 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15 10 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 16, at Emagine Theater
in Fountain Walk, 44425 W.12 Mile
in Novir48377. Register at www.leu-
kemiamichigan.org/Events or (800)
825-2536.
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Drop off gently used items for annual
Hadassah Rummage Sale Sunday-
Wednesday, Oct. 17 20, at Davidson
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road in West Bloomfield. Volunteers
requested for event, Nov. 2 5; bag
sale, Nov. 7. (248) 683-5030.
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Purchase items at monthly flea
market 8:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 20, in the Oak Park JCC gym.
Proceeds for developmentally disabled
individuals at JARC and JCC. (248)
967-4030.
Try The Success Team, a series of
informal yet structured sessions
9:30-11 a.m. Thursdays (except
Thanksgiving), through Dec. 9, at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. JVS
Employment Specialist Karen Gutman
provides accountability and focus for
job-seeking individuals. RSVP with
Elaine: elaine@temple-israel.org or
(248)-661-5700.
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