metro >> calendar SPECIAL OFFER! DINNER & SHOW PACKAGE FOR TWO THURSDAY & SUNDAY $49 95 FRIDAY & SATURDAY S5995 Tax. drinks. and gratuity not included. based on availability Calendar from page 20 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 \-- 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! a The Last Five Years Contemporary musical Palmer Park Mar 2012 Relevant drama May 2012 staporaftersiorc, 22 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 . crafters RAWMP4 THEATRE+ ROYAL OAX, MI per couple 415 S. Lafayette Ave. Royal Oak ph 248-541-6430 JN's Calendar by Esther Allweiss Ingber. HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: 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.