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LUNCH & CONCERT
Five Course Love
November 3 - November 27 Tickets:
This fabulous Off-Broadway hit adds a delicious twist
to the tried-and-true dinner date. Five Course Love
serves up a fast-paced feast of clever lyrics, catchy
tunes and lots of laughs.
It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
December 1 - January 15
Tickets: $15, $20
Inspired by the classic American film, It's a Wonderful
Life, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is
performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of
a studio audience. Five actors perform the dozens of
characters in the radio play as well as produce the
sound effects.
"A well-loved tale told with style, charm and a heart so big it could burst the
ribcage of the harshest Grinch." — Kerry Reid, The Chicago Tribune
December Comedy Shows — Fridays at 11 pm & Saturdays at 9pm
Tickets just $15, Call for details
For more information, visit andiamonovitheatre,c - m
42705 Grand River Ave. Novi, Ml 48375 i 248-348-3838
Noon. Following lunch, Lee Lublinski
gives concert at 1 pm at Oak Park JCC.
Concert only: $1. Pre-pay lunch ($3) by
Dec. 6: 248-967-4030.
CAREGIVERS' SUPPORT
2-4 pm. Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program of
Jewish Senior Life holds monthly support
group for family caregivers of individu-
als with Alzheimer's disease or a related
diagnosis, held at Fleischman Residence/
Blumberg Plaza, 6710 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield. Free. Respite care by reserva-
tion only. RSVP: Fran, 248-592-5032.
JHSM THEATER OUTING
7 pm. Meet Steve Freedman, head of
school, and parents for coffee and conver-
sation about a Hillel Day School education
in a home in Farmington Hills. RSVP: Amy,
aschlussel@hillelday.org or 248-539-1484.
HELP YAD EZRA
FRIDAY, DEC. 9
INTERFAITH SERVICE
7:45 pm. Kabbalat Shabbat with Franciscan
minstrel Al Mascia and Jewish troubadour
Steve Klapper at Song and Spirit Institute
for Peace, 2599 Harvard, Berkley 48072.
Same schedule through Jan. 6. www.
SongandSpirit.org or 248-895-3011.
Titanic The Musical
Musical Apr/May 2012
The Bad Seed
Campy comedy June 2012
NCJW THEATER OUTING
TALK ABOUT DAY SCHOOL
FRANKEL'S WIZARD
8-10 pm. Hillel of Metro Detroit seeks
young adult volunteers at Yad Ezra kosher
food pantry, 2850 W.11 Mile, Berkley. RSVP
by Dec. 6: hilleled@wayne.edu or Neil, 313-
577-3459.
Musical drama Jan 2012
THURSDAY, DEC. 15
7 pm. Frankel Jewish Academy stages
The Wizard of Oz in Berman Center at
West Bloomfield JCC. Also presented 7 pm
Saturday and 2 pm Sunday. Tickets:
theberman.org or 248-661-1900.
WRITERS TO SPEAK
Kiss of the Spider Woman
BOOK & LUNCH
Noon. Talk about In the Garden of Beasts,
bestseller by Erik Larson, at West
Bloomfield JCC. Sharon Schwartz leads
discussion for JCC Book Club in Meyers
Library. Plot concerns Ambassador William
Dodd, first American envoy to Hitler's
Germany, and Dodd's daughter. Bring lunch;
dessert and coffee provided. Free. Francine,
248-432-5546, or fmenken@jccdet.org .
7:30 pm. RSVP by Monday to join National
Council of Jewish Women-Greater Detroit
Section at God of Carnage, a JET Theatre
production directed by David Magidson in
Berman Center for the Performing Arts at
West Bloomfield JCC. $25. Come at 6 for
dinner on your own at JCC's Jerusalem
Pizza restaurant. Details: 248-355-3300.
7 pm. Program with Richard Bak and Tim
Kiska, who will sign copies of their Detroit
history-related books, at Cary Loren's Book
Beat, 26010 Greenfield, Oak Park. 248-9
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TUESDAY, DEC. 14
SUNDAY, DEC. 11
2 pm. Join Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan at God of Carnage, a comedy per-
formed by JET Theatre in Berman Center
for the Performing Arts at West Bloomfield
JCC. Meet cast at afterglow that follows.
There is a charge, with discount for group
members. Details: 248-432-5517.
SWU CHANUKAH PARTY
5 pm. "Festival of Lights" at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Farmington Hills, celebrates
Chanukah and 10th anniversary of
StandWithUs, the Israel education and advo-
cacy nonprofit organization. Evening offers
speaker Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe,
dinner and musical entertainment by Avy
Schreiber. Supporters Miriam and Dr. Isaac
Barr will be honored. $72 minimum per per-
son. RSVP by Dec. 9: standwithusmichigan@
gmail.com or 248-325-5306.
CIRQUE DREAMS
5-9:30 pm. Departure/return times from
West Bloomfield JCC for Center Travel
Dept. trip to Detroit; also 5:30-9 pm from
Oak Park JCC. See original musical, Cirque
Dreams Holidaze, 6:30 pm at Fox Theatre.
Dinner precedes show, 4 pm at Jerusalem
Pizza, West Bloomfield JCC or 4:15 pm at
Sara's Deli, Oak Park JCC. $95/$85 JCC
member. Free admission for DIA member;
$10 for non-member. Marilyn, mwolfe@
jccdet.org or 248-432-5471.
AKIVA FUNDRAISER
Gift Certificates & Flex Passes Available!
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The Last Five Years
Contemporary musical
Palmer Park
Mar 2012
Relevant drama May 2012
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December 1 • 2011
Titanic -
6 pm. "Sowing the Seeds of Tomorrow's
Leaders Today: An Evening Benefiting Akiva
Hebrew Day School" will be held at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, Southfield. $36 per person
includes Chinese auction, elegant buffet and
bar. Details: www.akivaauction.org.
April 12, 2012 Baldwin Theatre
• MUSIC & Cnampagne • De cases from cilgri3
menus • Presentation by Titanic collector
•Final dress of Titanic - The Musical
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RAWMP4 THEATRE+ ROYAL OAX, MI
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415 S. Lafayette Ave. Royal Oak
ph 248-541-6430
JN's Calendar by Esther Allweiss Ingber.
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MONDAY, DEC. 12
HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING
Daytime. Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah seeks volunteers to distribute
holiday gifts to clients at Lighthouse of
Oakland County. Details: greaterdetroit@
hadassah.org or 248-683-5030.
Send listings by noon Tuesday,
nine days prior to publication.
Email listings and questions to
calendar@thejewishnews.com .
For telephone inquiries,
call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140.