D F T 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 resemed b YJPIVIorganChase Deadline: noon, Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Hills. $17, $19. www.recreg.fhgov.com or Costick Center: (248) 473-1848. Check It Out! See vampires on stage in Dracula through Oct. 31, at Meadow Brook Theatre, 207 Wilson Hall in Rochester. Tickets/show times: www.mbthe- atre.com or (248) 377-3300. Hear jazz bassist Peter Seymour perform with the group Project Trio 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Ferndale First United Methodist Church, 22331 Woodward. $8-$24 online at www.semfa. org or at the door. Enjoy Jewish Ensemble Theatre's season- opening comedy The God of Isaac by James Sherman, the story of a writer's struggle to find his Jewish identity, through Oct. 31, at Follow a man and woman on a perilous jour- ney following a blind date at improvised Date Night 8 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 28 at Go Comedy!, 261 E. Nine Mile, Ferndale. $10. www. gocomedy.net or (248) 327-0575. 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 discounts. (248) 788-2900. Thrill to six chazzans — two local, three national and one from Toronto — 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Proceeds will benefit Cantor Larry and Gitta Vieder Memorial Chessed Fund. $25. Tickets, Caren: charwood@adatshalom.org or (248) 851-5100. Michael Brian Ogden as Isaac and Dana Dancho as his non-Jewish wife See new work by artist Paula Zaks at open- ing reception 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Cary Gallery, 226 Walnut Blvd. in Rochester. Her show, "Omens and Obstacles" continues through Nov. 20. (248) 651-3656. Meet luxury jewelry designer. Judith Ripka at her exclusive collection preview 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, at Tapper's Fine Jewelry, 6337 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield. www.tappers.com or (248) 932-7700. Attend Susan Aaron-Taylor's textile show through Oct. 30, at River Gallery Fine Art,120 S. Main in Chelsea 48118. (734) 433-0826 or www.chelsearivergallery.com . CINEMA & STAGE Enjoy TV fan-favorite acts at America's Got Talent Live, hosted by Jerry Springer, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Fox Theatre, in Detroit. Includes Season 5 winner, singer. $39.50-$125. (800) 745-3000 or (313) 471- 6611. See contemporary dancers with Eisenhower Dance Ensemble at programs 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 and 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Oakland University's Varner Recital Hall, 2200 N. Squirrel in Rochester 48309. $17 adult, $9 student. (248) 370-3013. Imagine a modern-day retelling of the judgment of King Solomon in The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht, through Oct. 24, at Wayne State University's Bonstelle Theater, 3424 Woodward in Detroit. Shows: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. $15, $12 with discount. www.bonstelle.com or (313) 577-2960. Watch The Radiant Sun, a documentary by Terri Sarris about renowned woven textile designer Ruth Adler Schnee, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State in Ann Arbor 48109. They will join Ronit Eisenbach at post-film discussion. Free. umma. umich.edu or (734) 764-0395. Go Into the Woods, musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 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. AT TORAH 7073, EVERY MOMENT 15 A TR E ASURED OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW. C200 5 BY GORFTEXT PRO DU CTIONS INC. ALL RIG HTS RESERVED. wwwjewishcartoon.com OUR CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT J5W/5H HOL/DAY5, 5IN6 15RAell 60N&S, AND ENJOY PLENTY OF AGE AP PROPRIATE PLAY 77M. Enjoy the Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra's "Beethoven's Eroica!" 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Township. $88, four concerts; $69, three con- certs; $27, individual concert; free, students and age 18 and under. www.BBSO.org or (734) 525-7578. Come for Schmier Chapel Chamber Series fea- turing 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. Listen to Venice Baroque Orchestra, a pre- sentation of University Musical Society, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University in Ann Arbor 48109. www.ums.org or (734) 764-2538. Tamakwa alumni, celebrate camp memories with old friends at 75th anniversary banquet 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Rock Financial Showplace, 46100 Grand River in Novi. $125 Calendar on page 54 BECCAtBETH ()BERNIE • 1 The Altruist fV The Realist "Though it runs an epic five hours. Carlos looks like no film since "Good- fellas." You will not be bored. ever." "Tremendously absorbing. As soon as it was over. I wanted to watch it again. - "Carlos is a movie that one can remem- ber vividly for months. Much of this power is due to the whiplash wide- screen cinematography and the hopped-up editing." EVENT HOTLINE Get a seat for Three Men and a Tenor, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22-23, at the Barn Theater, 32332 W.12 Mile in Farmington EVERYTHING'S RELATIVE by Jordan B. Gorfinkel • OCT. 11-23-24 COMEDY & CONCERTS Ironic Comedy At JET Theatre ARTS & CULTURE ONE WEEK ONLY! The Idealist aos YOUR DAUGHTER WILL HAVE 60 MUCH PJV, OHE WON'T WANT 1-0 00 HOMES YAEL The Perplexed 1* '4 ZAYDS LOUIS The Rebel VW' The Traditionalist RUBS The Bubbe "Hypnotic and sprawling five-hour-plus piece of cinematic genius." "Bravura narrative filmmaking on a hugely ambitious scale. Carlos is a spec- tacular achievement." "One of the high points of the Telluride Film Festival was spending 5, hours in a darkened theater-with one short break around the four-hour mark-to watch Assayas's shocking epic." www.dia.orgicift 313.833.3237 DMA DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS October 21 • 2010 53