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ART SALE +
COMMUNITY DAY
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART
SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2013
NOON - 5PM
ADMISSION INCLUDES:
• Access to more than 8o private artists' studios
• Free admission to the Art Museum, the Institute of Science
and a voucher for a tour of Cranbrook Gardens
Much To Do!
MONDAY, APRIL 8
LIFE ENHANCEMENT
7 pm. L'Chaim (To Life) returns to Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills with
life-enhancement learning workshops led
by Drs. Joel Kahn and Stacey Francis, and
Rabbis Aaron Bergman and Rachel Shere.
Continues April 8,15, 29 and May 6. $18.
RSVP: email charwood@adatshalom.org and
mail a check to Adat Shalom with L'Chaim in
the memo. Information: Lchaimadatshalom.
weebly.com .
• Group tours of the departments + youth tours of the Art Museum
• Family activities, demonstrations, displays, a mini food truck rally
and much more!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
Work from today's emerging artists will be available for purchase.
8 am 3:30 pm. The Michigan Psychoanalytic
Society symposium "Healing the Past in the
Present: Giving Voice to Pain through Film
and Psychoanalysis" at the Detroit Institute
of Arts. Speakers include Elliot Wilhelm, DIA
curator of film. Information: 248-851-3380.
For more information and to purchase tickets:
www.cranbrookart.edu/museum/CAMopenstudio.html
Or call Art Events at 248-645-3214
RAIN OR SHINE!
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STROKE SUPPORT
1 pm. St. Joseph Mercy Oakland support
group for stroke survivors and caregiv-
ers at Woodward Professional Building,
44428 Woodward, Pontiac. Topic is "Stroke
Assessment with Blood Pressure Evaluation
and Nutritional Needs." Bring your blood
pressure cuff for calibration. RSVP: Sue
Peshl, 248-858-3295 or peshls®
trinity-health.org .
Sponsored by:
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
Special thanks to the Cranbrook Academy of Art Alumni Circle
Summer
2013
PSYCHOANALYSIS & FILM
A PRIEST'S DILEMMA
&en 4,
on "Unpacking My Father's Bookstore," at
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore.114 S. Main, Ann
Arbor. Free. Information: 734-763-9047.
POLITICS OF EMPATHY'
4 pm. U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
presents Steven Aschheim of Hebrew
University on "The (Ambiguous) Politics of
Empathy" at 1636 International Institute,
1080 S. University, Ann Arbor. Free.
Information: 734-763-9047.
'COLORS OF KINDNESS'
Noon to 3 pm. Assist artist Daniel Cascardo
to paint a mural at the Oak Park JCC as part
of the Kindness Project. Suggested dona-
tion: $3 ($1 minimum). Entertainment by
Rennie Kaufman and munchies. RSVP: 248-
967-4030.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12-21
OKLAHOMA!
Various times. The Bloomfield Players
Community Theatre presents the musical
Oklahoma! April 12-14 and 19-21 at Lahser
High School, 3456 Lahser, Bloomfield
Twp. 7:30 pm Fridays and Saturdays; 2 pm
Sundays. $15 adults; $12 students. 248-
433-0885 or www.bloomfieldplayers.org .
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
MAMMOGRAM AID
9 am 1 pm. Free mammograms for unin-
sured or underinsured women over 40 who
meet criteria at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland,
Pontiac. Appointments: 800-372-6094.
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SHINING STAR
CAMP
at Wooden Acres
Adventure Programs
Offering programs
for children with
special needs 7-15 years old
Located in Lexington, MI (90 min. from Detroit, north of Port Huron, on Lake Huron)
We will provide
inclusive and
integrated
programs with
extra staff support.
1 and 2 week
programs
are available:
July 28-Aug. 4
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5 pm. See the film Torn, about a Polish
Catholic priest who discovers he was given
up by his Jewish parents to save him from
the Holocaust. At the Berman Center at
the West Bloomfield JCC. Dinner and panel
discussion at 6:15 pm with Rabbi Aaron
Bergman and Father Justin J. Kelly. $25.
Tickets: 248-661-1900; www.theberman.org .
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
7 pm. Professor Robert Melson, a geno-
cide scholar, will speak on "Two Survivors'
Perspectives: The Armenian Genocide
and the Holocaust" at the Holocaust
Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills. Information: www.
holocaustcenter.org , or call 248-553-2400.
TEACHING GENESIS
7 8:30 pm. Rabbi Joseph Klein of Temple
Emanu-El in Oak Park will be teaching
three sessions on the first four chapters
of the Book of Genesis at the Song &
Spirit Institute, 2599 Harvard, just west of
Coolidge, in Berkley, on Wednesday nights,
April 10,17 and 24. Free. RSVP: 248-291-
5417 or songandspirit®gmail.com.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 11
TEEN HEART CHECKS
10 am 4 pm. Beaumont Health System car-
diologists will perform Healthy Heart Checks
to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in active
teens at Novi High School, 24062 Taft
Road. Free. RSVP: 800-328-8542 or heart.
beaumont.edu/upcoming-student-heart-
screenings.
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BEAUMONT BABY FAIR
11 am 2 pm. Information and mini-classes on
comfort measures in labor, infant massage,
what to do if your child is choking, etc. At
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, South Tower
Concourse. (Also at Beaumont in Troy on
April 20.) Free. Information: Deanna Robb,
248-898-3235.
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MOTOWN MAVENS
8 pm. West Bloomfield Temple Shir Shalom
Brotherhood's Maven Gallery features
a Motown review band and guest singer
Cantor Penny Steyer. Coffee and desserts;
beer and wine at a cash bar. $20 in advance;
$25 at the door. Doors open 6:45 pm.
Tickets: 248-737-8700 for tickets.
GAME DAY AT CSZ
11 am 4 pm. At Congregation Shaarey
Zedek. Bring your players and games. RSVP
by April 8: Martha, 248-357-5544 or
mgoldberg@shaareyzedek.org .
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JCC GARAGE SALE
8 am 3 pm. Sale at Oak Park JCC includes
thousands of items from cookbooks to
clothing to sports equipment to electronics.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 14
Noon. U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
presents Laurence Roth, Frankel fellow,
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