To Do!

CALENDAR

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Music Fest

Come out for JCC Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival continuing through
April 3, at Berman Center for the Performing Arts at West Bloomfield

Check it Out!

ARTS & CULTURE

Take in a Botanical Glass exhibition,
and learn health benefits of arts and
botanicals, opening 10 a.m. daily Friday
through Tuesday, March 25-29, at
Planterra Conservancy Greenhouse
on Drake Road in West Bloomfield.
Co-sponsored by Furnace Design
Studio. Also, roundtable discussion on
art and color therapy, 7 p.m. Tuesday.
www.planterra.com or (248) 661-1515.

Attend opening of "Too Hot to
Handle," exhibit featuring glass art
by Benedetto Glassworks LLC and
students and alumni of Detroit-based
College for Creative Studies, 1-4 p.m.
Sunday, March 27, at Janice Charach
Gallery inside West Bloomfield JCC.
Free admission; many glass items for
sale. Hours, through April 28:10 a.m.-
5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and until
7 p.m. Thursday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday.
(248) 432-5579. Patron preview: For
$100 minimum gift to the gallery,
come for special reception at noon:
www.jccdet.org .

Tour "Interpreting the Interior," an
exhibit highlighting work by Israeli
writer Etgar Keret through May 31,
at Michigan State University Main
Library, 3 West in East Lansing. Exhibit
includes full text of Keret's short story,
"Breaking the Pig," in English and
Hebrew. Details: http://libguides.lib.
msu.edu/keret .
• Keret to Lecture: 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 31, at East Lansing Hannah
Community Center, 819 Abbot in East
Lansing.

CINEMA & STAGE

See classic 1925 film The Battleship
Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein 4 p.m.
Saturday, March 26, at Detroit Film
Theatre, John R entrance of Detroit
Institute of Arts. $7.50, or $6.50

JCC and also at Oak Park JCC. Schedule/tickets: www.jccdet.org This

week's schedule at Berman, unless otherwise indicated:

• David Broza: Israeli music superstar, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26.
• Mark Bloom: Family concert 2 p.m. Sunday, March 27.
• Progressive Jewish Music: Featuring Y-Love & Diwon, Pitom and
Stereo Sinai, 6 p.m. Sunday, March 27.
• Elaine Serling: Singer/songwriter, 1 p.m. Monday, March 28; also, 1
p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in Oak Park.

seniors and students. tickets@dia.org
or (313) 833-4005.

Gather for Play It Again, Sam,
acclaimed Woody Allen comedy, on
final weekend, through March 27, at
Village Players Playhouse, 34660
Woodward in Birmingham. Schedule/
tickets: www.birminghamvillageplayers.
corn or (248) 644-2075.

Learn about controversial Baruch
de Spinoza at Midwest premiere of
Jewish Ensemble Theatre produc-
tion New Jerusalem by David Ives,
through April 20, downstairs at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Tickets/sched-
ule: www.jettheatre.org or (248) 788-
2900.
•The Diary of Anne Frank: JET's
touring production, part of JET/YES
(Youth Education Services), will be
staged 10 a.m. Thursday and Friday,
March 31-April 1 and Tuesday, April
5; also 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 4, at
Ford Community and Performing Arts
Center in Dearborn. $9. Contact Mary
to reserve a JET performance for your
school group: (248) 788-2900.

Laugh at I Love You, You're Perfect,
Now Change, Off-Broadway hit, run-
ning Wednesday-Sunday through April
10, at Andiamo Novi Theatre, 42705
Grand River in Novi 48375. Tickets:
(248) 348-4448.

Catch Last of the Boys, Magenta
Giraffe Theatre production about
legacy of the Vietnam War, through
April 2, at 1515 Broadway in Detroit.
$18, $15 student or pay what you can.
Schedule/tickets: www.magentagiraffe.
org or (313) 408-7269.
• Sign up for Magenta talent show:
Audience will select winners in several
categories, including impersonations,
martial arts, singing, playing musical
instruments, dancing, juggling, gym-
nastics, ventriloquism, dialects. Show

• Amy Yassinger: Jazz and R& B vocalist, 7 p.m. Monday, March 28,

in Oak Park.

• Klezmatics film: On Holy Ground, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29.
• Local Music Showcase: Featuring Heller, Steyer & Green; Maggid

Steve Klaper; David Nefesh, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31.

scheduled 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April
21, at above theater. $10 performer
fee. Send details about you and your
proposed act by April 1 to Magenta
Artistic Director Frannie Shepherd-
Bates: frannie@magentagiraffe.org .

Rock out with Frankel Jewish
Academy's spring comedy,
Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's
Dream ... With a Twist, 7 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, April 6-7,
at Berman Center for the Performing
Arts on West Bloomfield JCC campus.
$15. Purchase in advance at FJA inside
JCC or at door.

CONCERTS

Listen to Grammy Award-winning bass-
ist Robert Hurst and jazz guitarist A.
Spencer Barefield at next Music in
Homes Series concert 8 p.m. Saturday,
March 26, at a 1928 French eclectic
home in Detroit's historic Sherwood
Forest neighborhood. $35, or $30
for six or more; includes reception
with food. Address given with ticket
purchase: palmerwoods.org or (313)
891-2514.

Don't miss married Canadian pianists
Anne Louise-Turgeon and Edward
Turgeon, the Duo Turgeon, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 27, at Temple Israel

Learn benefits of a plant-based diet at
VegFest 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, March
27, at Suburban Collection Showplace,
46100 Grand River in Novi. $10 adult,
$5 child. www.vegmichigan.org or
(877) -778-3464.

Drop by for weekly mah jong game
12:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29,
at Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield. Bring own mahj card and
set if you have them. $1. Questions
to Gail: gellenbo@yahoo.com or (248)
626-4123.

Applaud for Jack Kahn, 2011 Man of
Year, at Men's Club-sponsored dinner
celebration 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10,
at Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak
Park. $36 per person. RSVP by April 1
to Rob: (248) 547-7970.

Oh, the places you could go with
Center Travel, offering day trips and
overseas vacations. Request brochure;
mwolfe@jccdet.org or (248) 432-5471.

Hear Dr. Philip Parker, an expert on Sherlock

Help Isaac Agree Downtown

Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, will

British 'Dreyfus Trial'

Synagogue celebrate a

speak on "The Oscar Slater Murder Case"

milestone at "Making Minyan:

— sometimes referred to as the British

90 Years in Detroit" 1-3 p.m.
Sunday, March 27, at Historic

Dreyfus trial. Slater was a German Jewish

immigrant who was accused of brutally

Gem Theatre, 333 Madison

murdering an elderly Protestant spinster

in Detroit. Noah Ovshinsky of

in 1908 in Glasgow, Scotland. Doyle took

WDET will host afternoon of

an interest in the case on behalf of Slater.

stories, noshing and dancing

The lecture will be 1 p.m. Sunday, April 10,

celebrating Jewish Detroit.

at Wayne State University's Student Center

RSVP by March 24 to pay

Building, Hilberry B, 5221 Gullen Mall. Free

$10, otherwise, $15. www.

and open to all. For more information, call

(313) 962-4047.

March 24 2011

EVENT HOTLINE

Downtown
Milestone

downtownsynagogue.org or

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in West Bloomfield. Next concert in
Schmier Chapel Chamber Series.
Free admission, but requires RSVP to
Brandi: bhoughton@temple-israelorg
or (248) 661-5700.

(313) 577-2705 or e-mail to dz9258@wayne.

Arthur Conan Doyle

edu or visit www.clas.wayne.edu/CRJ.

EVENTS THAT HELP

Play games with Bloch Israel Unit of
B'nai B'rith at "Nibbles & Noshes"
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at
Thornberry Clubhouse on Maple Road
between Farmington Road and Drake
in West Bloomfield. $5 plus donation
for Yad Ezra kosher food pantry in
Berkley. RSVP to Marsha: (248) 855-
5729.

Sample fine food from 15 premier
Metro Detroit restaurants at "Feed
Your Passion," 2 p.m. Sunday, March
27, at Motor City Casino in Detroit.
Tastefest proceeds will benefit Oak
Park-based Forgotten Harvest. Tickets
($35): www.forgottenharvest.org/
events or Cindy: (248) 967-1500, ext.
115.

HEALTH & SUPPORT

Share your feelings at next SPACE for
Changing Families' divorce support
group, six weeks starting 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 30, at National
Council of Jewish Women office,
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 306 in
Southfield. Free, but donations appre-
ciated. Registration required: SPACE®
ncjwgds.org or (248) 355-9936.

Investigate services of JFS Cancer
Connection, a mentoring program for
Jewish adults with cancer diagnosis.
Mentors and mentees both needed at
Jewish Family Service, 6555 W. Maple,
West Bloomfield. Shira: syechieli®jfs-
detroit.org or (248) 592-3963.

HELPING OUT

Attend a training workshop, con-
ducted by Food Bank Council of
Michigan, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday,
April 4, at Fisher Federation Building
in Bloomfield Township. Project
Paperwork, established by JCRC
Poverty Task Force, seeks volunteers
to assist low-income clients with filling
out the online applications required to
obtain state benefits. RSVP to Sarah:
scrane@jfmd.org or (248) 642-2649.

