To Do! CALENDAR E-mail items to calendar@thejewishnews.com Mail items to Calendar, the Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034 Fax items to (248) 304-8885 Deadline: noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. 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 46 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.