Now 0 en metro >> calendar HOW TO SEND IN LISTINGS: 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. Much To Do! FRIDAY, AUG. 31 YEAR OF THE BAT 2 pm. Southfield Public Library will cele- brate the U.N.'s International Year of the Bat with a "Bats Around the World" program. Multimedia presentation and live bats from around the world. 26300 Evergreen. Visit www.southfieldlibrary.org or call 248-796- 4224. SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 $55.00 • Swedish & Thai Massage Cosmetic Acupuncture A Chinese Therapeutic Massage Chair Massages Available A&Walk-ins Welcome . • Open 7 days a week 10am-9pm A Massage and Acupuncture 40220 w 14 mile rd just east of M5 Commerce , Mi 48390 248-926-2916 • Ilk II You can't enjoy jewelry if it's sitting in your safe deposit box. Sell or borrow on it for immediate cash. We deal in jewelry, watches, diamonds and coins. 33700 Woodward Ave. 41 Between 14 Mile & Lincoln 248-644-8565 2013 Audi A4 2.0T quattro Premium $389 MO* 39 mo. lease 53,690 due at lease signing Audi Truth in Engineering ( r, . The A4 returns for 2013 with a fresh look, a revised interior and a new steering system. Stop in today for a test drive. Audi Sylvania Rick Zerner .dse3,60gamor4rtdudegrozassezz ,c, ucdrie4vagrao;:l c t Llepnledteer.dNelotliesv.ergenreewxpiiiirceisut1S2e. e 5570 Monroe 0 41 9-824-2514. , 26 August 23 - 2012 8 p.m. The A. Spencer Barefield Quartet performs in a Palmer Woods home. Tickets: $45 at www.barefieldjazz2012.eventbrite. com or call (313) 891-2514. MONDAY, SEPT. 3 SUNDAY, SEPT. 9 BETH EL PICNIC 11 am-1 pm. Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township free event features games, food and Joe Cornell Entertainment music. Information: 248-851-1100. FUN FOR TEENS SHOFAR FACTORY 2-4 pm. BBYO-Michigan Region's free "Color War Kickoff" for Jewish teens, grades 6-12, at Drakes Sports Park, West Bloomfield. Games, activities, kosher snacks. Register at the event, online at www.blinked. org (click on Michigan Region BBYO) or on Facebook under BBYO-Michigan Region. Information: Lindsey Rosenberg, 248-432- 5680 or Irosenberg@bbyo.org . 2-5 pm. Sherrill Berman free Shofar Factory and Pre-High Holiday Family Fun Program at West Bloomfield JCC sponsored by JCC, Bais Chabad Torah Center, Janice Charach Gallery and Shalom Street includes bee- keeper, petting zoo, snacks and more. Make a shofar for $10. RSVP to make shofar: Rabbi Shneur Silberberg, 248-865-1541, or www.baischabad.com/shofarfactory. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5 TUESDAY, SEPT. 11 VINE & DINE HADASSAH'S 100TH 6-9 p.m. Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber's 9th annual food and wine extravaganza at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center,1516 S. Cranbrook, will benefit Gleaners food bank. Tickets: 248-644-1700, ext. 21 or 24, or visit www.bbcc.com or www.vinendine.com . Noon. Greater Detroit Chapter celebrates Hadassah's centennial with a luncheon at Cong. Shaarey Zedek in Southfield honor- ing Jewish women in local media. Guest speaker at 1 pm is journalist Campbell Brown. Boutiques 10 am-3:30 pm. Hadassah members, $55. Others, $65. Speaker only, $36. RSVP for luncheon by Aug. 31: 248- 683-5030. 6 pm. St. Joseph Mercy Oakland free life- Contact Larry Allan HOLIDAY COOKING 7 pm. Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah Jewish holiday cooking class with Dorothy Barak at Specialties Showroom, 2800 W.11 Mile, Berkley. RSVP by Aug. 29. $20. Mail check payable to Hadassah to Marcia Bednarsh, 4980 Faircourt Drive, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. Include name, phone number and guests' names. Information: Marcia, 248- 661-2145, or Margie, 248-330-6335. JAZZ SOIREE WEIGHT LOSS TALK A Service to Private Owners, Banks & Estates style, weight management and bariatric seminar. RSVP: 248-858-2475 Free Video Lectures Offered At Beth Ahm For the past four years, Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield has invited lifelong learners to "Drop In & Learn: Judaica on DVD," featur- ing free video courses and lectures on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. The latest series features Professor Howard N. Lupovitch on a variety of topics. Lupovitch teaches Jewish history courses at the University of Western Ontario in London and is one of Metro Detroit's most popular and Howard engaging adult Lupovitch educators. On Aug. 29, he will speak on "Prague — The Junction of Tradition and Innovation." Other lectures include "Cracow and Vilna — Ashkenazic Judaism at its Zenith" on Sept. 5, "Pressburg — The Bastion of Orthodoxy" on Sept. 12, and "Jerusalem in the Zionist Imagination" on Sept. 19. For information, contact Nancy Kaplan at (248) 737-1931 or nancyellen879@att.net . High Holiday Talks At Adat Shalom Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills' Tekiah series during Elul begins with Rabbis Aaron Bergman and Rachel Shere discussing "Clearing Away the Barriers to Forgiveness" 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27. Hazzan Daniel Gross will speak on "The Days of Awe — What's So Awe-some About 'Em?" 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10. Both programs are free. To attend, call (248) 851-5100 or email slederman@adatshalom.org .