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ARTS & CULTURE

Continue work on Purim and Passover
projects, and discuss plans for upcom-
ing workshop in East Lansing at next
Pomegranate Guild meeting 1 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 9, at Prentis Jewish
Apartments, 15100 W.10 Mile in Oak
Park. Group studies and creates Judaic
needlework. Free. Details from Judy:
(248) 661-5337.

Check out avant-garde works of art
and also cool and funky wearable
items at "Not Your Grandma's Fiber
Show," opening 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
16 (patron event at noon), at Janice
Charach Gallery inside West Bloomfield
JCC. Fashioned by leading artists from
throughout the country, the exhibit
will include fiber art creations by stu-
dents, alumni and staff of the Eastern
Michigan University Art Department,
with guest curator Brooks Harris
Stevens. Show continues through
March 3. Hours:10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Wednesday, and until 7 p.m.
Thursday; also noon-4 p.m. Sunday.
www.jccdet.org or (248) 432-5579.

Discuss these novels at upcoming
programs:
• Workmen's Circle: Peter Manseau's
novel Songs for the Butcher's
Daughter at secular Shabbat potluck
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at a private
home in Huntington Woods. Details/
RSVP: micirclel@gmail.com or (248)
967-6380.
• Congregation Beth Ahm: Michael
Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's
Union will be reviewed by Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein following catered lunch
at noon Thursday, Jan. 20, at syna-
gogue in West Bloomfield. Sisterhood-
sponsored event also welcomes men.
$15, or $12 for Beth Ahm Sisterhood
member. Fee may be paid at door with
required advance RSVP to Shelley:
snslist@aol.com or (248) 661-8080.

Join a docent-led tour of "A Day in
the Warsaw Ghetto: A Birthday Trip in
Hell," noon Sundays at the Holocaust

Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake
Road, Farmington Hills. Though March
13, see 85 images from 1941 that
were hidden for more than 40 years.
Museum open daily except Saturday;
there is an admission charge. www.
holocaustcenter.org or (248) 553-
2400.

CINEMA & STAGE

Audition for the Mel Brooks' musical,
The Producers, spring show of the
Farmington Players, noon Sunday, Jan.
9, at Barn theater, 32332 W.12 Mile in
Farmington Hills. Registration begins
11:30 a.m. Cynthia: cynthiatupper.
email@gmail.com or (248) 553-4506.

View mid-week movie, Arranged,
presented by sisterhood on big
screen, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.12, at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
Refreshments follow. There is a
charge.sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org
or (248) 357-5544, ext. 48.

Find humor in Steve Solomon's My
Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish,
I'm in Therapy Wednesday through
Sunday nights, through Jan. 23, at
Andiamo Novi Theatre, 42705 Grand
River in Novi 48375. andiamonovithe-
atre.com or (248) 348-4448.

Come for Emerson String Quartet 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 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.

Drive through and drop off

donations of used books, books

on tape, records, video, CDs and

DVDs for Bookstock's Colossal
Collection Day 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 9, at Bloomfield

Plaza, southwest corner of Maple

See pianist Matthew Ball tickle the
ivories at "Boogie Night-notes" con-
cert, presented by Detroit Chamber
Winds & Strings, 8:30 p.m. (reception
at 8) Friday, Jan. 14, at Hagopian
World of Rugs, 850 S. Old Woodward
in Birmingham. Tickets start at $10 for
students. www.detroitchamberwinds.
org or (248) 559-2095.

Delight in Tchaikovsky's iconic Swan
Lake, performed by Russian National
Ballet Theatre of Moscow, 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 14, at Music Hall Center
for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison
in Detroit. $30-$50. www.ticketmaster.
com or (313) 887-8500.

Purchase tickets now for Rain, Beatles
tribute show from Las Vegas, 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21-22, at

Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward in Detroit.
$30-$75. www.fox-theatre-detroit.com
or (313) 396-7901.

EVENT HOTLINE

COMEDY 6, CONCERTS

Listen to Prof. Noah Galil speak on
"Resources More Valuable Than Oil"
-- an exploration of solutions to the
world's diminishing supply of water --
Thursday, Jan. 6, at Weight Watchers
headquarters, 2855 Orchard Lake
Road, north of 12 Mile, in Farmington
Hills. Presented by Detroit Chapter
of American Technion Society. Galli
of the Technion's Stephen and Nancy
Grand Water Research Institute will
speak at 8:30 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Free.
RSVP required to Barb: (248) barb@
ats.org or 737-1990.

Enjoy "An Evening of Broadway Flops:
Moments of Legendary Badness," a
light-hearted musical show, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 9, at Seva's, 216 S. State
in Ann Arbor. $13 at door, $10 advance;
additional for menu items. tickets@
thenewtheatreproject.org or (734)
645-9776.

Learn what your face reveals about
your personality from internationally
known face reader Lin Klaassen 6:30-
8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills.
Presented by B'nai WI-Rh/Bloch Israel
Speaker Series, evening includes des-
serts and beverages. Pay $6 member

Catch the Tony Award-winning farce 39
Steps, based on the Alfred Hitchcock
movie, through Jan. 30, at Meadow
Brook Theatre on Oakland University
campus, 207 Wilson Hall in Rochester.
www.mbtheatre.com or (248) 377-
3300.

Clear The Books!

and Telegraph Roads, Bloomfield

Township. Tax receipts provided.

Volunteer 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays,

at Bloomfield Plaza. (248) 645-7840,

ext. 365 or www.bookstock.info.

• Hadassah special hours: Sort items

with other volunteers 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 17. greaterdetroit@hadassah.

org or (248) 683-5030.

or $8 guest at door with RSVP by
Jan. 9. Marilyn: (248) 313-9541.

Oh, the places you'll go with the
Center Travel Dept. Get brochure from
Marilyn: mwolfe@jccdet.org or (248)
432-5471:
• Day trips: "Fakes, Forgeries and
Mysteries" exhibit Jan. 13, at Detroit
Institute of Arts; The 39 Steps Jan. 19
at Meadowbrook Theatre; Prokofiev's
Cinderella with Detroit Symphony
Orchestra Jan. 21 at Orchestra Hall;
Joffrey Ballet Jan. 30 at Detroit
Opera House; In the Heights Feb. 13 at
Fisher Theatre.
• Extended trips: Escorted adven-
tures on schedule include "Sarasota,
Fla.," Jan. 26-Feb. 8; "Scottsdale,
Ariz.," Feb. 8-21 or until Feb. 28;
"Cuba, A Jewish Mission," Feb. 9-17,
April 20-27 or April 27-May 5;
"Morocco, A Jewish Heritage Tour,"

March 2-April 1.

Get ideas for your next vacation at

Travel Extravaganza, co-sponsored by

the JCC and Cadillac Trave1,1-5 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 16, at West Bloomfield
JCC. Event will include representa-
tives from most cruise lines, Sandals
Resorts and Apple Vacations; also,
break-out sessions, giveaways, dis-
counts, snacks, beverages, clowns,
balloon animals and more. Free admis-
sion. Marilyn: mwolfe@jccdet.org or
(248) 432-5471.

Hear jokes at Rabbi Jason Miller's lec-
ture on why there are so many Jewish
comedians at "Jew So Funny," part of
the ASK (Adults Seeking Knowledge)
Lunch Series, noon-1:30 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 24, at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. $5 includes lunch. RSVP
by Jan. 17: cheryl@temple-israel.org
or (248) 661-5725.

EVENTS THAT HELP

Give a minimum $10 donation and
receive a complimentary battery watch
change during January at Tapper's
Diamonds and Fine Jewelry locations
in Orchard Mall in West Bloomfield,12
Oaks Mall in Novi and Somerset
Collection in Troy. Kids Kicking Cancer,
providing martial arts and guided med-
itation training, will be the first charity
to benefit from Tapper's new "Making
Time for a Good Cause" program. www.
tappers.com or (248) 932-7700.

If you are at least 70+, the new tax
law lets you accomplish your chari-
table goals by allowing you to direct a
tax-free distribution of up to $100,000
from your IRA to a charity of your
choice through Jan. 31, and have it
treated as a 2010 distribution. Contact
your IRA administrator or Jonathan
Lowe of Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit: (248) 203-1490.

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Oak Park JCC Benefit

Meet Reb Mimi

Applaud for honorees Marcy and Michael Feldman, and

Learn from Reb Mimi Feige, one of the

Janet and Ellsworth Levine, at gala benefit for JPM (Oak

most influential female rabbis in the U.S.,

Park) branch of JCC, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at Oak

when she appears as featured speaker for

Park JCC. "Celebrating Their Vision--Building Our Future"

will include strolling supper and performance by comedian

SYNergy Shabbat Weekend, Friday night
and Saturday daytime, Jan. 14-15, at Adat

Keith Barany. $100. RSVP by Jan.14: mciesla@jccdet.org

Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. For

or (248) 967-4030.

schedule, including Friday's 5 p.m. Shabbat

service followed by buffet dinner: info@

adatshalom.org or (248) 851-5100.

Comedian Keith Barany

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