To Do!

CALENDAR

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Deadline: noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication.

Check It Out!

ARTS & CULTURE

Explore hundreds of new volumes at
book fair Sunday through Thursday,
Dec. 5-9, at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. Details: Lauren@temple-
israel.org .
• Book talks: Start-up Nation by Dan
Senor, with facilitator Jacqueline Fox,
9:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6, and 6:30-
8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7 (dinner),
both require RSVP by Dec. 1 to Judy@
temple-israel.org or (248) 661-5700;
Sexism in America by Barbara Berg,
noon Monday, Dec. 6 (lunch), with
RSVP by Nov. 29 to Norinne: (248)
553-8883.

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.

Celebrate Bob Dylan, Carly Simon
and other musical icons in tribute
show, "Jews Who Rock," featuring
pictures by celebrity photographer
and former Detroiter Lynn Goldsmith,
through Dec. 23, at Janice Charach
Gallery inside West Bloomfield JCC.
Free. Includes sale of vintage posters,
records, photos and books. (248) www.
charachgallery.org or (248) 432-5579.

Get advance tickets now for Broadway
hits In the Heights, Feb. 1-13, and
Chicago, March 8-13, both at the
Fisher Theatre in Detroit. www.
BroadwayinDetroit.

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.

Find more than 45 artworks by Linda
Sterns and Alice Frank 9:30 a.m.
daily through Dec. 31, upstairs and in
the cafe at Southfield Public Library,
26300 Evergreen. (248) 796-4200.

CINEMA & STAGE

Experience 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. Tickets: www.magentagiraffe.
org . or (313) 408-7269.

Audition for the comedy, Red White
and Tuna, 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, at
Barn Theater, 32332 W.12 Mile in
Farmington Hills. Farmington Players
seeks two actors to play 20 characters
of both sexes. farmingtonplayers.org
or (248) 553-2955.

See preview week performances of
Sonia Flew, a play inspired by the true
story of Operation Pedro Pan, which
transported 14,000 children to the U.S.
from Communist Cuba in 1960, 7:30
p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Dec.
8-9, and 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at
Jewish Ensemble Theatre inside West
Bloomfield JCC. Opening night: 8:30
p.m. Dec. 11. Will be staged Thursdays
through Sundays, including matinees,
through Jan. 2. Tickets: www.
jettheatre.org or (248) 788-2900.

Return for musical, Plaid Tidings,
through Dec. 31, at Gem Theatre,
333 Madison in Detroit. www.
gemtheatre.com or (313) 963-9800.

COMEDY & CONCERTS

Laugh at local comedians Nate
Fridson and Jeff Dwoskin opening
Laugh-A-Palooza, a festival featuring
stand-up and improvisational comedy,
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, at the
Palace of Auburn Hills. Tickets start at
$15. (800) 745-3000.

Chuckle at stand-up comedy show
by TV host Howie Mandel 8 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 2, at the Palace of
Auburn Hills. $15-$55. (800) 745-
3000.

Hear Sara Davis Buechner in concert
8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at Music
Box at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.
Performance hosted by Pro Musica
Society of Detroit. $45. Afterglow with
artists included. (313) 576-5111.

Listen to pianist Simone Dinnerstein
performing Bach's "Goldberg
Variations" 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, 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
of Detroit start at $43. Pre-concert
dinner 5 p.m. at Bacco Ristorante in
Southfield and pre-concert talk by
Professor Steven Rings at 6:45. www.
ComeHearCMSD.org or (248) 855-
6070.

1-2,10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Dec.

EVENT HOTLINE

house, olive oil demonstration,

R.J. King, editor of DBusiness, will
speak Dec. 5, at Bloomfield Township
Temple Beth El Brotherhood's Sunday
Breakfast. His topic will be "The
Winners in a Changing Economy or
Yes, Virginia! There Are Innovative,
Growing Companies in the Detroit
Area." Breakfast at 9 a.m.; the speaker
at 9:40. All are welcome. Charge for
breakfast, payable at door. No charge
for program. Barbara Grant, (248) 851-
1100, ext. 3149.

Women, have free coffee and dough-
nuts at "Caffeine for the Soul," 11 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 5, at Beaumont Medical
Center, 6900 Orchard Lake Road
in West Bloomfield. Sponsors: Sara
Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center
in West Bloomfield and Federation's
Alliance for Jewish Education. www.
baischabad.com or (248) 207-5513.

Hear author SuEllen Fried's lecture on
bullying at annual Alicia Joy Techner
Memorial Parenting Conference 7:30
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. RSVP to Kari@
temple-israel.org or (248) 661-5700.

Let the JCC's Center Travel escort
you on overseas vacations, including
"Cuba" ($3,099), Feb. 9-17 and April
20-28. Details from Marilyn: mwolfe®
jccdet.org or (248) 432-5471.
• Daytime outings: Also register (see
above) to take Center Travel bus trips.
Upcoming: Of Mice and Men, Hilberry
Theatre drama, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.
30; Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
concerts on Fridays, Dec. 3 and 10
(if DSO strike settled); Best of Friends
at Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea,
Wednesday, Dec. 8; and Mary Poppins

Chanukah Wonderland

Celebrate the holiday at a free

Chanukah Wonderland 10 a.m.-6:30

p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, Dec.

3, and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

5, at Beaumont Medical Center,

6900 Orchard Lake Road in West

Bloomfield. There will also be a PJ

Library event 6:30-8 p.m. Dec. 2.

Features include, giant dreidel

"stuff your doughnut," arts and

crafts, theater, edible menorahs, Chanukah Lego Land, superstore and kosher

cafe. See entries from Jewish News Chanukah Art Contest and take your

picture with Judah the Maccabee. www.baischabad.com or (248) 207-5513.

The will be a Grand menorah lighting outside 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7.

Event includes latkes, a children's choir and flashing menorah necklaces.

Sponsors are Sara & Morris Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center of West

Bloomfield and Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education.

Thursday, Dec. 16 and Wednesday,
Dec. 22, at Detroit Opera House.

EVENTS THAT HELP

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. Some
proceeds will benefit Goodwill
Industries of Greater Detroit, whose
programs help the unemployed. $10.
www.livenation.com .

Hear from psychologist 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.

Hear the Web and politics editor of
the Onion speak at annual fundraising
dinner of American Civil Liberties
Union of Michigan 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 4, at Henry Ford Museum, 20900
Oakwood Blvd. in Dearborn. Evening's
theme: "Building Michigan: The Next
Generation for Social Justice." Tickets:
www.aclumich.org or (313) 578-6827.

HEALTH & SUPPORT

Hear inspirational talk by Eric Paskel,
licensed therapist and founder of West
Bloomfield's Yoga Sanctuary, at lun-
cheon program noon Wednesday, Dec.
8, at Detroit Athletic Club in Detroit.
Purchase ticket ($15) from www.
detroitrotary.org or (313) 438-2355.

HELPING OUT

Drop off new children's clothing for
Pontiac School District students, pre-
school-12th grade, through Dec. 10, at
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road, West Bloomfield. Specifications:
dark-colored dress pants, slacks, and
knee-length dresses, jumpers acid
skirts; long or short sleeved blouses,
turtlenecks or collared shirts in white,
navy or light blue. (248) 683-5030.

Sort donations of books, records and
videos for Bookstock used media
sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, at
Bloomfield Plaza, southwest corner
of Maple and Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. Sale dates: May 15-22, at
Laurel Park Place, 37700 W. Six Mile,
Livonia. www.bookstockinfo.com or
(248) 645-7840, ext. 365.

Calendar on page 56

Choral Chanukah

Yiddish Book Rescuer

Enjoy two Chanukah concerts

Meet Aaron Lansky — who as a grad

offered by the Zamir Chorale of

student 30 years ago, led the drive

Metropolitan Detroit on Sunday,

to save more than a half million

Dec. 5. Sponsored by the JCC,

Yiddish books from destruction —

Zamir performs Jewish choral

when he speaks 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,

music under the direction of

Dec. 7, at the Student Center

Temple Shir Shalom's Cantor

auditorium at Eastern Michigan

Penny Steyer, with Ted Wyman

University in Ypsilanti. Free. He'll

as accompanist. Schedule:1:30

sign his book Gevalt!: The Last

p.m. at Cong. Beth Shalom in

Minute Rescue of Modern Jewish

Oak Park, and 4 p.m. at Cong.

Culture. For information, contact

Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.

martin.shichtman®emicah.edu .

Free. Dan: (248) 543-0984.

Aaron Lansky

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