To Do!
CALENDAR
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at Detroit Institute of Arts. $7.50.
www.tickets.dia.org or (313) 833-4005
or 3237.
Check It Out!
ARTS & CULTURE
Participate in Community of Learners
discussion of Geraldine Brooks' People
of the Book, 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Jan.
30, at Temple Emanu-EI,144 W.10
Mile in Oak Park. Story concerns a
rare book expert and the famous
Sarajevo Haggadah. Free; bagels
served. (248) 967-4020.
See the work of a dozen art-
ists, include Mark Shapiro, at
"Contemporary Teapots, Ancient
Ancestors" 6-8 p.m. Friday, through
March 6, at Pewabic Pottery, 10125
E. Jefferson, Detroit. Free. (313) 822-
0954. www.pewabic.org .
Enjoy works by Joan Linder and
others at "Flora" exhibit through
Feb. 26, at David Klein Gallery,163
Townsend in Birmingham. www.
dkgallery.com or (248) 433-3700.
Check out avant-garde works of
art and also cool and funky wear-
able items at "Not Your Grandma's
Fiber Show" through March 3, at
Janice Charach Gallery inside West
Bloomfield JCC. The exhibit includes
fiber art creations by students, alumni
and staff of the Eastern Michigan
University Art Department, with guest
curator Brooks Harris Stevens. 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.
• Related class: Future artists, fiber
lovers or others interested in a great
afternoon, let Kathy Shanteau guide
you in making your own fiber work of
art 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2. Class
will last three hours, and there is a
small materials fee. RSVP required:
(248) 432-5448.
Take 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. Exhibit of 85
long-hidden images from 1941 contin-
ues through March 13. Museum open
daily except Saturday. There is an
admission charge. www.holocaustcen-
ter.org or (248) 553-2400.
CINEMA & STAGE
Prepare for scares in the
Stagecrafters' show, Wait Until Dark,
though Jan. 30, at Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette in Royal Oak. The
cat-and-mouse thriller is set in 1960s'
Greenwich Village. www.stagecrafters.
org or (248) 541-6430.
Shake off the blues at a One
Acts Festival, organized by TLC
Productions, 8-10 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Jan. 21-22, and 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 23, at Village Theater
at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill
in Canton 48187. Each show offers
six one-act plays, including Mark
Harvey Levine's The Rental and Lorin
Howard's Uncomfortable Sex, which
has Jewish characters. $10. ticprod.
wordpress.com/the-festival or (734)
394-5300.
Catch Client 9: The Rise and Fall of
Eliot Spitzer," documentary about
former governor of New York, 9:30
p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21-22,
and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at
Detroit Film Theatre, John R entrance
Name A Senior Hall Of Famer
Nominate someone for induction into Senior
Adult Jewish Hall of Fame. Presentation
of Tikun Olam Awards will take place at
annual Eight Over Eighty brunch. Send
nomination by Jan. 24 to jscott@jslmi.
org , www.jsl.org or Eight Over Eighty,
Jewish Senior Life of Metro Detroit,
6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI
48322.
Defending Israel And Zionism
Listen to Ben Cohen, editor of the American
Jewish Committee's blog, z-word.com , noon
Wednesday, Jan. 26, at West Bloomfield JCC.
Topic: "Truth, Lies and the Z-Word: Understanding
the Nuances of Support for and Criticism of
Israel." $15, or $10 for JCC member or Friend of
Florence Melton Adult Mini-School. www.jccdet.org
or (248) 432-5692.
Ben Cohen
Take Note Of Nate
Are you one of the special
See Magenta Giraffe Theatre
Company's premiere of Nicky Silver's
The Agony & the Agony through
Feb. 5, at 1515 Broadway in Detroit
48226. Director is Lisa Melinn;
Frannie Shepherd-Bates is artistic
director. $15-$18 or pay what you can.
Schedule: www.magentagiraffe.org
• Actors' workshops: Perfect your
craft on "Magenta Mondays," ses-
sions taught by the company's working
professionals, 7-10 p.m. Mondays, at
the theater. $15 per class or pay what
you can. Schedule: or (313) 408-7269.
Find humor in Steve Solomon's My
Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish,
I'm in Therapy playing through Jan.
23, at Andiamo Novi Theatre, 42705
Grand River. andiamonovitheatre.com
or (248) 348-4448. Running Jan.
26-30 is mind reader Marc Salem's
Mind Games.
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.
Schedule: www.mbtheatre.com or
(248) 377-3300.
Take a nostalgic musical look at old-
time radio in the Village Players
production of 1940s Radio Hour 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through
Feb. 5, and also 2 p.m. Sundays,
Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, at playhouse,
34660 Woodward, south of Maple, in
Birmingham. $17. (248) 644-2075 or
www.birminghamvillageplayers.com .
COMEDY & CONCERTS
Celebrate Mardi Gras, Detroit style, at
next Palmer Woods Music in Homes
concert 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29,
in a 1929 Tudor-revival mansion on
Detroit's west side. Listen to New
Orleans trombonist Ron Kischuk's
Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band.
$35 includes jambalaya, red beans and
rice and other Bourbon Street fare.
Limited seating. www.palmerwoods.org
or Barbara Barefield: (313) 891-2514.
EVENT HOTLINE
Drop by Cafe Israel to meet Gilad
Peled, a Zionist in the Israeli Air Force,
6:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road in West Bloomfield. Sponsored
by Ameinu Detroit, B'nai B'rith Great
Lakes Region, Hadassah, JCRC and
ZOA-Michigan, in cooperation with
American Zionist Movement (AZM).
Free; refreshments served. RSVP: don-
cohen@comcast.net or (248) 505-5189.
• Speaker in Ann Arbor: Peled also
addresses a lunch and learn program
noon Monday, Jan. 24, at Jewish
Community Center of Washtenaw
County, 935 Birch Hollow in Ann Arbor.
Free. Bring a lunch; drinks will be pro-
vided. (734) 971-0990.
Detroiters sought by The Nate
Berkus Show, hosted by Oprah's
favorite home designer? Chosen
local residents will "Take Nate"
along for a day on Monday, Jan.
31. Program airs 2 p.m. weekdays
on WDIV (Local 4). Details: www.
thenateshow.com/be-on-the-show
or nicoled@ferencomm.com
Nate Berkus
Play mah jongg 6:45 p.m. (register
at 6) Thursday, Jan. 27, at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield. Event offers
door prizes and munchies, chance to
buy raffle tickets. Advance payment
of $25 per person, payable to Temple
Israel Sisterhood, must be received by
Jan. 21 at: Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut
Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323.
Indicate on registration if you wish to
play competitive or non-competitive
mahj. If registering with others, list
names and indicate who will be EAST.
$30 at door, if space remains; limited
to first 200 to RSVP. Julie: (248) 960-
1624.
Dance to cure the winter blues at
Havdalah Hop 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
29, at Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy.
Adults-only party offers oldies music,
diner-style food, desserts, silent auc-
tion, prizes for best outfits from 1950s
and '60s. $25. Send check, payable to
CST, and your phone number to: 3900
Northfield Parkway, Troy, MI 48084.
Miriam: (248) 601-6760.
Oh, the places you'll go with the Center
Travel Dept. Get brochure from Marilyn:
mwolfe@jccdet.org or (248) 432-5471:
• Day trips: Joffrey Ballet Jan. 30
at Detroit Opera House; In the Heights
Feb. 13 at Fisher Theatre.
• Extended trips: Escorted adventures
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.
Laugh at Rabbi Jason Miller's jokes at
his "Jew So Funny" lecture noon-1:30
p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. Presented by ASK
(Adults Seeking Knowledge) Lunch
Series. $5 includes lunch. RSVP by
Jan. 17: cheryl@temple-israel.org or
(248) 661-5725.
See which sisterhood (Congregation
Shaarey Zedek or Adat Shalom
Synagogue) gets bragging rights
at gala "Kugel Cook-off" starting
10:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills.
Celebrity judges from the Jewish News
will be Danny Raskin and Annabel
Cohen. A buffet brunch follow, with
opportunities to sample kugels.
$18, with check payable by Jan. 31
Sisterhood of Adat Shalom, 29901
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, MI 48334.
(248) 851-5100.
EVENTS THAT HELP
Ages 21 and older, laugh at comedi-
ans Bob Phillips, Steve Lind and Jeff
Dwoskin 8 p.m. Saturday, Jae. 22,
at Laff Tracks Comedy Club inside
Breaktime Billiards, 30850 Beck in
Novi 48377. Fundraiser for American
Cancer Society's Relay for Life in
West Bloomfield. Purchase ticket
($20) from Jeff: jeffhkatz®comcast.
net or Laff Tracks: (248) 926-2530.
Join others pursuing a better Detroit
at CommunityNEXT town hall meeting
7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at Quicken
Loans headquarters, 1050 Woodward
in Detroit. Hors d'oeuvres at 6. RSVP
to Rachel at Jewish Federation: (248)
203-1485.
Jobseekers, find appropriate, low-
cost attire at "Dress for Success"
event sponsored by National Council
of Jewish Women-Greater Detroit
Section, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.
25, at Council Resale Shop, 1221 E.
Lincoln in Royal Oak. JVS employ-
ment specialist Karen Gutman will
provide tips on resume writing, net-
working and job search skills, and a
spokesperson from the ORT Hermelin
Resource Training Center has informa-
tion on computer skills. Free admis-
sion and no RSVP necessary. Royal
Oak Council Resale Shop: (248) 542-
2600.
Dine at El Nibble Nook on Wednesday,
Jan. 26, and the West Bloomfield-
based Mexican restaurant will
donate 10 percent of proceeds to
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Brotherhood-sponsored fundraiser
takes place at 2750 Haggerty. Visit
www.elnibblenook.com for menu.
Details from Art: countryart@com-
cast.net or (248) 737-8897.
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