To Do!
CALENDAR
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Fax items to (248) 304-8885
Deadline: noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication.
Spirit Of Giving
• Donate gently used winter coats and other cold weather gear for Annual Coat
Drive, in its 19th year, sponsored by Tapper's Diamonds and Fine Jewelry. Drop
Check It Out!
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
ARTS & CULTURE
Check out trunk show for Italian-born
jewelry designer Ippolita 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at Tapper's Fine
Jewelry, 6337 Orchard Lake Road
(inside the Orchard Mall) in West
Bloomfield. www.tappers.com or (248)
865-6093.
Listen to Margery Krevsky, author of
Sirens of Chrome: The Enduring Allure
of Auto Show Models at Automotive
Authors Book Fair 2-5 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 20, at Skillman Branch of Detroit
Public Library,121 Gratiot Avenue.
Jennifer: (248) 855-6777, ext. 145.
Consider "Omens and Obstacles," new
works by artist Paula Zaks, continu-
ing through Nov. 20, at Cary Gallery,
226 Walnut Blvd. in Rochester. (248)
651-3656.
Talk about the best-seller, The Help,
at Hadassah Book Discussion group
10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 22, at Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road in
West Bloomfield. Author Kathryn
Stockett, who is white, writes in the
voices of black domestic workers in
1960s Mississippi. Free. (248) 683-
5030.
Admire works by Wayne State
University professors Stanley
Rosenthal, a printmaker, and Adrian
Hatfield, a painter, at their sabbatical
exhibition through Dec. 10, in WSU
Art Dept. Gallery,150 Art Building in
Detroit 48202. Hours:10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesdays through Thursdays, and until
7 on Fridays. (313) 577-0770.
Find more than 45 artworks by Linda
Sterns and Alice Frank open 9:30
a.m. daily through Dec. 31, upstairs
and in the cafe at Southfield Public
Library, 26300 Evergreen. (248) 796-
4200.
CINEMA & STAGE
Join Jennifer and Joseph Kowalsky
for The Philadelphia Story, starring
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and
Jimmy Stewart, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
20, at the classic Redford Theater,
17360 Lahser in Detroit 48219. Organ
overture at 7:30 and at intermission.
$4, or free if born in 1940 (the year of
the film). www.RedfordTheatre.com or
(313) 537-1133.
Enjoy watching a young couple fall in
love against backdrop of 1980s hits in
the musical, Rock of Ages, on stage
through Nov. 21, at Fisher Theatre
in Detroit. Tickets: (313) 872-1000 or
www.broadwayindetroit.com .
Take in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker
at five performances by the Grand
Rapids Ballet Company Friday through
Sunday, Nov. 26-28, at Detroit Opera
House.1526 Broadway in Detroit. www.
michiganopera.org or (313) 237-7464.
Catch Magenta Giraffe Theatre
Company Artistic Director Frannie
Shepherd-Bates in cast of Sean
Paraventi's play The Current, through
Dec. 4, at 1515 Broadway in Detroit
48226. Schedule/tickets: (313) 408-
7269 or www.magentagiraffe.org .
Return for musical, Plaid Tidings,
through Dec. 31, at Gem Theatre,
333 Madison in Detroit. (313) 963-
9800 or www.gemtheatre.com .
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Exchange locations. www.tappers.com or (248) 932-7700.
See courtroom drawings of Timothy
McVeigh, Manuel Noriega, Mike
Tyson, Kwame Kilpatrick and Geoffrey
Feiger, also landscapes and horses,
at one-woman exhibit by Emmy
Award-winning artist-journalist Carole
Kabrin, daily through Nov. 30, at the
Community House, 308 S. Bates in
Birmingham. Free. (248) 644-5832.
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• Donate new Chanukah gifts for needy families — store gift-cards, toys, games,
books, winter gear — at Aish in the Woods, 25725 Coolidge, Oak Park, through
Nov. 25. Do not gift-wrap donations. Items will be distributed by Jewish Family
Service. To adopt a specific family and its wish list, contact Lindsay Leder at
JFS at (248) 592-2309 or Ileder@jfsdetroit.org .
to Of Mice and Men, Hilberry Theatre
drama, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30;
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO),
Friday, Dec. 3; Best of Friends play
at Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea,
Wednesday, Dec. 8; "Hollywood
Pictures" concert with DSO, Friday,
Dec. 10; and Mary Poppins musical
Thursday, Dec. 16 and Wednesday,
Dec. 22, at Detroit Opera House.
COMEDY & CONCERTS
Listen to native Detroiter and violin-
ist Gabriel Bolkosky, with pianist
Michelle Cooker for the Vivace Music
Series 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, at
the Birmingham Temple in Farmington
Hills. $21, $18 seniors/students;
includes refreshments and meet the
musicians. www.vivaceseries.org or
Joyce: (248) 788-9338.
EVENTS THAT HELP
See Uriel Segal of Israel conduct four
musicians from the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, Mozart and Tchaikovsky
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, at Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield Twp. Advance
purchase advised: $20 or $50. www.
detroitsymphonymusicians.org .
Applaud for Harold and Mary Ellen
Gurewitz, honorees of Oak Park-based
Cong. T'chiyah 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov.
21, at Oak Park JCC. They will receive
the first Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan
Bonei Kehillah Award. Tickets/journal
information: www.tchiyah.org or Roz:
(248) 541-7218.
Bring a nonperishable food donation
for free admission to Take a Chance
Tuesday with singer-songwriter Theo
Katzman 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, at
the Ark Coffeehouse, 316 S. Main, Ann
Arbor 48104. www.theark.org or (734)
761-1800.
Help Building Better Families Through
Action, which receives a portion of
proceeds from premiere of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part 1,
7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at Birmingham
Palladium 12, 250 N. Old Woodward.
$15. www.BBFAPrevention.org or (248)
341-6340.
EVENT HOTLINE
Let the JCC's Center Travel escort
you on overseas vacations, including
"Israel@62" ($3,639, double occu-
pancy), Nov. 28-Dec. 12. Registration
also open for "Cuba" ($3,099), Feb.
9-17 and April 20-28. Details from
Marilyn: mwolfe@jccdet.org or (248)
432-5471.
• Daytime outings: Also register
above to take Center Travel bus trips
Enjoy the Motor City's musical legacy
at "Alto Reed's AllStar Thanksgiving
Celebration" 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 26,
at Fillmore Detroit, 2115 Woodward.
Lineup includes Mitch Ryder, Martha
Reeves and Howling Diablos. A por-
tion of proceeds will benefit Goodwill
Industries, whose programs help
unemployed Metro Detroiters earn
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jobs. $10. www.livenation.com .
Hear from psychologist-author
Dr. Sonya Friedman, addressing
annual meeting of Detroit Central
City Community Mental Health, 2
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at Westin
Book Cadillac in Detroit. Irva Faber-
Bermudez is agency's CEO. $50.
Tickets from Celeste: csears®dcccmh.
org or (313) 833-4610.
Purchase a 2011 mahj card. $7, or $8
for large print:
• Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah: Send check, payable to
Hadassah, to: Debbie Cohen, 5540 S.
Piccadilly, West Bloomfield, MI 48322.
Office: (248) 683-5030.
• National Council of Jewish Women:
Greater Detroit Section sells its cards
at 26400 Lahser, Southfield, MI
48034; (248) 355-3300.
HEALTH eb. SUPPORT
Visit Temple Israel in West Bloomfield
for free, bimonthly 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 among
others 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22.
Social worker Helene Croll facilitates
on second and fourth Mondays.
• Cancer: Inspiration and encourage-
ment at "Together We Stand —Your
Journey Through Cancer" 5-6:30
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24. Social work-
er Jodie Jacobs facilitates on second
and fourth Wednesdays. Group is for
recently diagnosed individuals in treat-
ment, age 18 and older.
Come for series of "Get A Job" work-
shops for job seekers, 9 a.m.-noon at
JVS' Diem Building, 29699 Southfield
Road in Southfield. Schedule:
Resumes, Tuesday, Nov. 23; Job
Search Strategies, Wednesday, Nov.
24; Networking Basics, Tuesday, Nov.
30; Interviewing, Wednesday, Dec. 1.
Register with Walt: wtarrow@jvsdet.
org or (248) 233-4245.
Celebrate a plant-based diet at
Thanksgiving Day celebration and
vegan potluck noon-2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 25, at Unity of Livonia,
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