metro >> calendar TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM T} Come Celebrate Our Silver Anniversary Monday, August 20, 2012 Starting at 6:30 PM Temple Shir Shalom's 9th Annual FOOD FUN AND FIREWORKS FESTIVAL begins with an evening loaded with family fun, food tastings and games, and ends with a spectacular fireworks display! Much To Do! FRIDAY, AUG. 17 ROCKIN' SHABBAT BIKES IN B'HAM 7:30 pm. Tweens, teens and others invited to a rockin' "Shabbat LIVE!" — an energetic, musical service at Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield. Also, Tots Together: Shabbat, filled with song and stories, for Tots, par- ents, etc., at 6 pm. RSVP: julie@tkolami.org or 248-661-0040. 8 am. Birmingham Bike Festival begins with Junior 10-14 bike race and concludes with the professional race, which will run from 3:40-5 pm. Entertainment in Shain Park. Information: www.birminghambikefestival. com. TRUCKS FOR KIDS TUESDAY, AUG. 21 OAK PARK MOVIE 1 pm. The film Bride Flight. $1. At Oak Park JCC. Information: 248-967-4030. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22 USED BOOK SALE TEMPLE To tempt your palate, so f the area's most poput 4staurants will b SHIR Baked Impressions • Little Daddy's Tony's Embers Deli • D'Pauli's Farmhouse Ice Cream & Coffee Rusty Bucket • Original Romano's California Pizza Kitchen • Goin' Postal Uptown Grille • Brooklyn Bagel Zoe's house of Pancakes • Hong Hua Bellacino's Sylvan Lake • The Lodge The Village Palace • Beau Jacks Cutting Edge Cuisine • Just Peachy Uptown Parthenon • Tomatoes aPizza George's honey Tree • Leo's Coney Island Quarton Catering • Bacco Ristorante Dairy Fresh Foods • Outback Steakhouse Maggie's Chocolate fountain • RJ's Achatz Catering & Soup • Bonefish Grill The Vineyards/Bloom Catering Good People Popcorn • La Marsa Harvard Row Kosher Meats • Eskimo Jacks Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory SHALOM Looking To Join Temple Shir Shalom? Bring The Whole Family 10...imummg Call Temple Shir Shalom's office to arrange for your complimentary tickets. Come get to know us! OG 2 Contact Temple Shir Shalom's Office at 248-737-8700 JP1 1:30 pm. Performance by baritone Dino Valle, accompanied by pianist Marty Mandelbaum in the Greenberg Suite at West Bloomfield JCC. $3. Information: 248-967- 4030. 11am-1pm. Cong. Shaarey Zedek presents an outdoor hands-on truck museum with an ambulance, fire truck, dump truck, police car and other vehicles. Dan Dan the Choo Choo Man will give rides. Lunch and ice cream for purchase. A refrigerated truck from Forgotten Harvest will collect food dona- tions. RSVPs appreciated: Tobye Bello, 248- 357-5544 or tbello@shaareyzedek.org . CINDERELLA'S BALL 5 pm. West Bloomfield JCC hosts "Cinderella's Ball," a dance for 30-plus couples and singles. Mix-and-mingle at 5 pm; dance lessons, 5:30-6:15; practice ses- sion, 6:15-7; dance exhibition, 7-7:30; open ballroom dancing, 7:30-9. Advance tickets by Aug. 23 are $8 for JCC members, $9 for others: call (248) 661-1000. Tickets at the door are $11 for JCC members, $12 for oth- ers. Information: www.jccdet.org . MONDAY, AUG. 27 COJAR MOVIE THURSDAY, AUG. 23 SINGER AND PIANIST 1 pm. Concert with singer Diana Turner and pianist Marty Mandelbaum. $1. Noon lunch is $3. Non-refundable paid reservations for lunch are due by Aug. 21. At Oak Park JCC. Information: 248-967-4030. GROW YOUR JUDAISM $20 per adult/$25 at the door • $10 per child/$15 at the door August 16 2012 BARITONE PERFORMS 6:30 pm. Detroit Harmonie and Colors Restaurant are hosting "Taste the World: Greek Isles." $20. Appetizers at 6:30, dinner at 7:30. RSVP by Aug. 22 on Facebook at colorsdetroit or detroitharmonie. t 248-737-8700 24 Noon-8 pm, Wednesday and Thursday. Paperbacks 25 cents, hardcovers 50 cents, various media $1 at Huntington Woods Library, 26415 Scotia. Information: www. huntington-woods.lib.mi.us or 248-543- 9720. TASTE THE WORLD !N\OfS ALIJ,Gli5r SUNDAY, AUG. 26 7:30 pm. Cong. Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield presents an informational meet- ing about Chai Mitzvah, which provides the structure to expand one's Judaism through five steps: Learning about heritage, new rituals, social action, monthly discussion and celebration of achievement. Information: Rabbi Steven Rubenstein, raysteven@cbahm. org or 248-851-6880, ext.17. SATURDAY, AUG. 25 WEIGHT LOSS IDEAS 8:30 a.m. DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital offers a free weight loss seminar at Edgewood Country Club, 8399 Commerce Road in Commerce Township. RSVP at www. dmc.org/peoplesmedicalcollege or 1-888- DMC-2500. 1 pm. Council of Orthodox Jewish Active Retirees will show They Came For Good, a history of the Jews in the U.S., 1820-1880. $1. At Oak Park JCC. Information: 248-967- 4030. TUESDAY, AUG. 28 GERSHWIN BIO 1 pm. The Judaica program facilitated by Joe Tazelaar shows the movie The Story of George Gershwin. $1. At Oak Park JCC. Information: 248-967-4030. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29 FILM ATJCC 1:30 pm. Movie Bride Flight in the Greenberg Suite at the West Bloomfield JCC. $1. Information: 248-967-4030. THURSDAY, AUG. 30 SINGER AND PIANIST 1 pm. Ciao Italia Concert with singer Vladimir Murkis and pianist Rachel Kis. $1. Noon lunch is $3. Non-refundable paid res- ervations for lunch are due by Aug. 28. At Oak Park JCC. Information: 248-967-4030. HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: Send listings by noon Tuesday, nine days prior to publication. Email listings and questions to calendar@thejewishnews. corn. For telephone inquiries, call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140.