To Do!
CALENDAR
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Set Your Seder
Get ready for Passover, starting at sundown on Monday,
Check It Out!
ARTS 6, CULTURE
Come for Art X Detroit: the Kresge
Arts Experience, a series of exhibi-
tions, dance, music and workshops,
through April 10, in the Detroit
Cultural Center area. For example,
artist Lynne Avadenka of Huntington
Woods will instruct teens in book arts
workshop 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April
9, at Wayne State University Art
Building, 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr.
Free. Schedule: www.artxdetroit.com .
Professional artists, apply now to be
part of ninth annual Orchard Lake
Fine Art Show, July 29-31, in West
Bloomfield. The juried, high-quality
fine art and fine craft event accepts
all forms of media. Submit applica-
tion online at Zapplication.org . www.
HotWorks.org or (248) 684-2613.
Work on a banner with Pomegranate
Guild of Southeastern Michigan, a
group that studies and creates Judaic
needlework, 1 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at
Prentis Jewish Apartments, 15100 W.
10 Mile Road in Oak Park. Also, bring
Passover recipes to exchange. Judy:
(248) 661-5337.
Come for author chat and book signing
featuring local resident Benno Levi, a
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
program, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10,
at Oak Park JCC. Levi will share his
emigration story from The Sweetness
of Freedom: Stories of Immigrants,
edited by historian Stephen Ostrander
and curator Martha Bloomfield. $8, $5
JHSM member; includes refreshments.
RSVP: info@michjewishhistory.org or
(248) 432-5517.
April 18:
• Jewish Community Relations Council in Bloomfield
Township: Add special one-page supplements to your seder
to increase awareness and advocacy around hunger. Sarah:
Celebrate the beautiful medium of
glass during April's Michigan Glass
Month:
• Alfred Berkowitz Gallery in
Mardigian Library, at UM-Dearborn,
4901Evergreen Road in Dearborn
48128-2406: See glassworks by
Sharon Frankel and other artists
through May 12, at exhibit, "Toledo
Studio Art Glass: New Generations."
Also, first floor lobby displays recent
acquisitions, including studio art
glass donated by Stuart and Deborah
Weisblatt for the permanent Alex and
Gittel Neshkes Art Collection. Walter
Lieberman is one of the featured art-
ists. (313) 593-3592.
• Janice Charach Gallery inside West
Bloomfield JCC: Browse glass art at
"Too Hot to Handle," showcasing cre-
ations of Benedetto Glassworks LLC
and students and alumni from Detroit-
based College for Creative Studies,
through April 28. Free admission;
many items for sale. Hours:10 a.m.-5
p.m. Monday-Wednesday and until 7
p.m. Thursday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday.
www.charachgallery.org or (248) 432-
5579.
Attend annual Dr. Coleman Mopper
Memorial Lecture, "Past, Present and
Future at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art," 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16,
at Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200
Woodward. Director Thomas Campbell
will look toward the Met's 150th anni-
versary in 2020. www.dia.or or (313)
833-7900.
Tour art installation, "Barsamian: 20
Years — Searching for the Answer,"
through July 10, at Holocaust
scrane@jfmd.org or (248) 642-2649.
• Cong. Shaarey Zedek in Southfield: Rabbi Joseph
Krakoff leads Passover-themed adult education
program, "When does Elijah Arrive?" following
Shabbat lunch Saturday, April 16. RSVP appreciated
to Karen: kdavis@shaareyzedek.org or (248) 357-
5544, ext. 60.
• Jewish Parents Institute at West Bloomfield
JCC: Sunday school's annual Model Passover Seder
will offer reading of the Haggadah, Passover foods and
group participation, 10 a.m. Sunday, April 17. Free, but
requires RSVP: (248) 432-5471. Sunday School: www.
jpisundayschool.com .
Memorial Center, Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Road
in Farmington Hills. Artist Robert
Barsamian is a child of survivors of the
Armenian genocide (1915-1917). Free
for HMC members or with paid muse-
urn admission. (248) 553-2400.
CINEMA & STAGE
Applaud for Loni Burkow of West
Bloomfield, appearing in the Spotlight
Players' production of Once Upon a
Mattress, a Tony award-winning musi-
cal comedy, weekends of April 8-17,
at Village Theater at Cherry Hill,
50400 Cherry Hill in Canton 48187.
www.spotlightplayersmi.org or (734)
484-3284.
Take in "Detroit Remember When: The
Jewish Community"1 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday, April 9-10, at Detroit
Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward
in Detroit. Sue Marx and Allyson
Rockwell produced documentary
about Detroit's Jewish community
for Detroit Public Television. Free with
museum admission. (313) 833-1805 or
www.detroithistorical.org .
Laugh at amusing, romantic farce,
Ding Dong, with most of the cast from
last year's hit Boeing Boeing, through
April 10, at Meadow Brook Theatre,
207 Wilson Hall on Oakland University
campus in Rochester 48309. www.
mbtheatre.com or (248) 377-3300.
See The Skyline!
Join Russian Jewish Life of the JCC for a Chicago Architecture Tour
Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15. $329 per person includes transportation,
hotel, walking and boat tours, one dinner and one breakfast. $50 application
due now: Masha: mashabar@yahoo.com or (248) 470-6241; or Ben:
bopengeym@jccdet.org or 248-967-4030.
See why winning isn't everything at
Stagecrafters' spring musical, 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
through April 10, at Baldwin Theatre,
415 S. Lafayette in Royal Oak. www.
stagecrafters.org or (248) 541-6430.
Learn about controversial Baruch de
Spinoza at Midwest premiere of Jewish
Ensemble Theatre's New Jerusalem
by David Ives, through April 20, at
West Bloomfield JCC. www.jettheatre
or (248) 788-2900.
CONCERTS
EVENT HOTLINE
Come for Vivace Series concert fea-
turing music by Russian and French
composers in folk and classical tradi-
tions 8 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at
Birmingham Temple in Farmington
Hills. Artists include internationally
renowned flutist Eugenia Zukerman,
Russian/American soprano Svetlana
Strezeva and her daughter, award-
winning pianist, Milana Strezeva. $23
adult, $20 senior/temple member; $12
student under age 18. Includes after-
glow with musicians. Joyce Cheresh:
(248) 788-9338 or www.vivaceseries.
org.
Attend multi-cultural, multi-disci-
plinary conference, "Walking the
Talk to Compassion and Harmony,"
promoting dialogue to explore the
challenges of extremism, intoler-
ance, scapegoating and Islamophobia,
Friday through Sunday, April 8-10,
at Henry Ford Community College in
Dearborn. Keynoters will include Rabbi
David Rosen, international director of
Interreligious Affairs of AJC. Sponsors
include Brenda Rosenberg's Pathways
to Peace Foundation and International
Humanistic Psychology Assn. Advance
registration: ww.cbiworld.org
Join host Jeff London for "Open Mic"
night, and performance by Pairadocs,
7 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at Plymouth
Community Arts Council, 774 N.
Sheldon in Plymouth. Acoustic, folk
and traditional musicians may sign
up to play 6:15-6:45 p.m. Part of the
Baseline Folk Society Concert Series.
$5. Details from Jeff: drjlon@aol.com
Meet cutting-edge animator Gary
Schwartz from College for Creative
Studies in Detroit, nominated for
an Academy Award, at Brotherhood
breakfast 9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 17,
at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
$18 advance, $20 at door. RSVP by
April 11 to temple: (248) 661-5700.
Listen to powerful, soulful voice of
singer-songwriter Todd Herzog 4 p.m.
Sunday, April 17, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. Presentation of
temple's Concert & Lecture Series.
Free, but RSVP to Brandi for ticket:
bhoughton@temple-israel.org . or (248)
661-5700.
Gather for a Birmingham Bloomfield
Symphony Orchestra concert, "From
the New World," under the baton of
BBSO music director and principal
conductor Charles Greenwell, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 17, at Groves High
School, 20500 W.13 Mile (enter off
Evergreen) in Beverly Hills. Silent
auction offered before concert and at
intermission. $27 for adult, free for
age 18 and younger. Available at door,
or purchase advance tickets: www.
bbso.org or (248) 352-BBSO.
Drop by for weekly mah jong game
12:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at
Cong. Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
Bring own mahj card and set if you
have them. $1. Gail: gellenbo@yahoo.
corn or (248) 626-4123.
Explore "The Impact of Creativity and
Innovation on Successful Businesses"
with author Josh Linkner 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12, at Cong. Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield. Free, but RSVP
needed: sisterhood@shaareyzedek.org
or (248) 357-5544, ext. 48.
Get practical tips for overcoming
the crime of identity theft 6:45
p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at Jewish
Federation building, 6735 Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township. Glennwood ORT
will present speaker Rick Trabulsy, offi-
cer with West Bloomfield Police Dept.
Free, but RSVP to Etta Bernard: (248)
553-3904.
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