To Do!

CALENDAR

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Viva Spanish Jews!

Check It Out!

Be in the audience for panel discus-
sion on "How to Get in the Film/
Screenplay Industry in Michigan" 7
p.m. (register at 6:30) Thursday, Nov.
11, at the Community House, 380 S.
Bates in Birmingham. Authors partici-
pating will include Elmore Leonard and
Jim Burnstein. Free. Leonard's Fire in
the Hole film will be shown 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 12, followed by discussion.
Doors at 7. $10. RSVP advised. www.
elmoreleonardliteraryartsandfilmfesti-
val.com or (248) 644-5832.

Admire sabbatical exhibition by Wayne
State University professors Stanley
Rosenthal, a printmaker, and Adrian
Hatfield, a painter, Nov. 5 Dec. 10,
in WSU Art Dept. Gallery,150 Art
Building in Detroit 48202.10 a.m.-6
p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, and
until 7 on Fridays. (313) 577-0770.

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Acquire fabulous finds from Amy
Weinstein of AMW Design Studio,
Karen Egren Jewelry Collection
and Chi-Chi and the Greek Vintage
Clothing at special showing 11 a.m.-4
p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at Judy Frankel
Antiques Center, 2830 W. Maple, Troy.
AMW57@mac.com or (248) 321-0931.

CINEMA ad STAGE

Register for a Center Travel day trip
to see dress rehearsal of La Boheme
11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Detroit
Opera House (regular shows: Nov.
13 21). Bus departure/arrival 9 a.m.
and 3 p.m. from West Bloomfield
JCC, 9:30 and 2:30 from Oak Park
JCC. $68, $58 JCC member includes
boxed lunch. Future outings: Princess
Diana Exhibition at Grand Rapids Art
Museum, Tuesday, Nov. 16; Rock of
Ages, a play at Fisher Theatre, Nov.
21; Of Mice and Men, Hilberry Theatre
drama, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30.
Registration: (248) 432-5471.

Celebrate 10 local authors who will
talk about their works at a book-sign-
ing event 10 a.m.-noon Sunday, Nov.
7, in Janice Charach Gallery at West
Bloomfield JCC. Also, check for space
availability to attend author lun-
cheons held at West Bloomfield JCC:
• National Council of Jewish Women:
Hear authors Myra Goldberg (The False
Friend), Matthew Aaron Goodman
(Hold Love Strong) and Hesh Kestin
(The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats), noon
Wednesday, Nov. 10. $30; bring gently
used clothes or item for Council Thrift
Shops. RSVP: (248) 432-5692.
• Hadassah: Hear author Naomi
Ragen 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11.
$30, $48 with book, $22 book only.
RSVP to Eileen: (248) 683-5030.

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See the Spotlight Players perform in
Neil Simon comedy Proposals, set in
the Poconos in 1953, weekends of Nov.
12 14,19 21, at the Village Theater
at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill in
Canton 48187. Tickets: www.spotlight-
playersmi.org or (734) 484-3284.

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Attend lecture, 'Jewish-American
Dream Making in the Early Motion
Picture Industry," 4 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 8, in Room 2339 of Faculty
Administration Building on Wayne
State University campus in Detroit.
Speaking will be Professor Dennis
Klein, director of the Jewish stud-
ies program at Kean University in
New Jersey. Free, but RSVP required
to Cohn-Haddow Center for Jewish
Studies: (313) 577-2679.

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Catch Magenta Giraffe Theatre
Company's world premiere of The
Current by playwright Sean Paraventi
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at 1515
Broadway in Detroit 48226. Artistic
Director Frannie Shepherd-Bates, is
in the cast. Shows 8 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday and also 4 p.m. Saturday,
through Dec. 4. Half-price opening
night; otherwise, $15-$18, or by dona-
tion. Tickets: www.magentagiraffe.org .

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Ahm in West Bloomfield. Concert has guitarist

Scott Mateo Davies and his group, vocalist Rachel

ARTS & CULTURE

ADAM LIVED
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Celebrate "Viva Sefarad! Flamenco and Jews of
Spain" 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at Cong. Beth

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"La Mala" Milloy and dancer Andrea Plevan, plus

guest dancer Tessa Goldberg. Free; donations

appreciated. Information: director@cbahm.org or

(248) 851-6880.

or ( 313) 408-7269.

Nov. 6, at Walled Lake Central High,
1600 Oakley Park Road in Walled Lake
48390. $5 for 10 taste tickets. www.
LakesAreaChamber.com .

COMEDY & CONCERTS

Enjoy "Big Bands Through the
Decades," a dinner program featuring
band leader-trumpet player Johnny
Trudell, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6)
Friday, Nov. 5, at Andiamo Celebrity
Showroom, 7096 E.14 Mile in Warren
48092. $75, $100. Upcoming: The
Temptations, Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 12 13. www.AndiamoShowroom.
com or (586) 268-3200.

Take football fans to Detroit Lions
vs. New York Jets game Sunday, Nov.
7, at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.
Carpools will depart 11 a.m. from park-
ing lot of Congregation Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield. $25 per person for
Men's Club member and family, $30
for guest; includes ticket to game
and kosher lunch for group's tailgate
party near the stadium. RSVP to Ronn:
sidan@aol.com or (248) 865-3700,
daytime only.

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Don't miss performance by Israeli
singer-songwriter David Broza 7 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 8, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Tickets:
$5 student with ID, $18 general
admission, $50 patron (first 10 rows
reserved). RSVP to Martha: mgold
berg@shaareyzedek.org or (248) 357-
5544, ext. 46. Broza Web site: www.
davidbroza.net .

Increase your bottom line using
social media 8:30 10:30 a.m. Nov. 9,
at Southfield Public Library, 26300
Evergreen in Southfield. Leslie Guest
of Guest Virtual Management will pres-
ent marketing tips and Internet and
social media tools you must know. $30.
Register with Paul from JVS Business
Connections: plefkowitz@jvs.org or
(248) 559-5000.

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Hear Pacifica Quartet, with Anthony
McGill on clarinet, 8 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 13, at Seligman Performing
Arts Center on campus of Detroit
Country Day School, 22305 W.13
Mile in Beverly Hills. Tickets for this
Chamber Music Society concert start
at $43. Pre-concert dinner at 6 p.m. at
Bacco Ristorante in Southfield. www.
ComeHearCMSD.org or (248) 855-
6070.

Let the JCC's Center Travel escort
you on extended trips, including
"Israel@62" ($3,639, double occu-
pancy), Nov. 28 Dec. 12. Registration
also open for "Cuba" ($3,099), Nov.
10 18, Feb. 9 17 and April 20 28.
Details from Marilyn: mwolfe@jccdet.
org or (248) 432-5471.

EVENT HOTLINE

EVENTS THAT HELP

Sample food at business expo and
tastefest 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday,

Donate gently used winter coats and
other cold weather gear for Annual

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Coat Drive, in its 19th year, spon-
sored by Tapper's Diamonds and Fine
Jewelry. Drop off items, $19 cash
donations to purchase coats and
checks payable to "Tapper's Coat
Drive," through Nov. 20, to stores in
Orchard Mall, West Bloomfield; Twelve
Oaks, Novi; and Somerset Collection,
Troy, and also Tapper's Gold Exchange
locations. www.tappers.com or (248)
932-7700.

Sample food and beverages, enjoy
live music and shop at "In the Eat of
the Night" fundraising party for Gary
Burnstein Community Clinic 6:30-10
p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at Leon & Lulu, 96
W.14 Mile in Clawson. $50, $90 couple
at door. www.garyburnsteinclinic.org or
Lori Taylor: (248) 661-1647.

Find family clothing, jewelry, toys and
more Friday and Sunday, Nov. 5 and
7, final days of annual Rummage Sale
at Davidson Hadassah House, 5030
Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield.
Open 9 a.m. each day; closing 3 p.m.
Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday (also Bag
Day). Proceeds help fund Hadassah's
health, educational and social pro-
grams. (248) 683-5030.

Listen to blues music from Bo White
and the Bluezers 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 13, at Temple Kol Ami in West
Bloomfield. Blues Night will benefit the
temple's religious school and Mazon-
The Jewish Response to Hunger. Doors
open at 6:45 p.m. for a free 45-minute
swing dance lesson. Temple member
Paul Gross, WDIV-TV meteorologist,
will conduct live auction. Advance
ticket: $20, $15 for Kol Ami member;
$25 and $20 at door. Julie@ttkolami.
org or (248) 661-0040.

Fund multiple sclerosis research
and services by attending annual
Yoga Moves MS 2010 benefit 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 13, at Glen Oaks
Country Club, 30500 W.13 Mile in
Farmington Hills. $40 includes stroll-
ing dinner with wine, silent auction
and entertainment. Co-sponsor Mindy
Eisenberg teaches therapeutic yoga to
students with MS. Mindy@yogaspirit
wellness.com or (248) 417-5985.

Applaud for Ophelia and Leonard
Herman, Brandeis Award honorees at
77th Annual Balfour Celebration, 7
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Zionist
Organization of America-Michigan