etro li COME WONDER AROUND. JTS Gala Dinner to honor local Conservative leaders. Friday Night Live! Brazilian jazz pianist Heloisa Fernandes performs original compositions with delicacy, driving rhythm, elements of dance and playfulness. Rivera Court, 7 & 8:30 p.m. Family Sundays Puppeter Tom Lee demonstrates the history of Japanese puppetry styles bunraku and kuruma ningyo and their influence on western culture. Lecture Hall, 2 p.m. Dr. Michael and Norma Dorman Barry Levine Sunday Music Bar Michael Chikuzen Gould performs on the shakuhachi, a Japanese flute made of bamboo. Kresge Court, 1-4 p.m. 1' 4 Now On View Samurai: Beyond the Sword, through June 1. Tickets at dia.org Herb and Janet Pont Bobbie and Joe Lewis FINAL DAYS! 77th Annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition, through June 8. Let Me Show You What I Saw: American Views on City and Country, 1912-1963, through June 2g. General museum admission is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. r Mark and Ruth Webber DETROIT INSTITUT OF ARTS 5200 Woodward Ave. 313-833-7900 Brain Balance- AcHIF1/EmFNT CENTERS Is your child struggling Academically, Socially, Behaviorally, or Developmentally? Many children are intelligent, yet struggle in school for social or behavioral reasons. Others struggle with academics and never seem to catch up. These struggles don't have to be life-long. Brain Balance is a short-term program with lasting results because we address the cause, not the symptom ... 33535 Woodward Ave. Birmingham - 248-BALANCE 248-225-2623 brainbalancecenters.com - Find Us On Facebook 22 May 8 • 2014 @ Brain Balance Birmingham T Sara and Tim Zivian Zwickl Beverly Baker he Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) will honor leaders from Metro Detroit Conservative congregations at a gala dinner at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. A preeminent institution of Jewish higher education, JTS integrates rigor- ous academic scholarship and teaching with a commitment to strengthening Jewish lives and communities through- out the world. Some 41 JTS alumni currently live in Michigan and serve as rabbis, can- tors, Jewish educators and lay leaders. An additional 11 local educators have received advanced training in using new curriculum and work at Hillel Day School, the Frankel Jewish Academy and area afternoon religious schools. Funds raised from the event will go for scholarships for students in JTS's five schools. The Shin honor will be awarded to outstanding individuals who embody commitment to Jewish education and synagogue life. This year's recipients are Dr. Michael and Norma Dorman from Adat Shalom, Barry Levine from Congregation B'nai Moshe, Joe and Bobbie Lewis from Congregation Beth Shalom, Herb and Janet Pont from Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Mark and Ruth Webber from B'nai Israel Synagogue, and Tim and Sara Zivian Zwickl from Congregation Beth Ahm. In addition, Beverly Baker will receive JTS's Kotel HaKavod honor on behalf of the Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation for the foundation's lifetime achievement. The guest speaker at the dinner will be Marc Gary, executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer of JTS. Beth Shalom and B'nai Moshe will honor the Lewises and Levine respec- tively during Shabbat services on May 10. Beth Ahm will honor the Zwickls on Saturday, May 17, and Adat Shalom will pay tribute to the Dormans on May 24. For information or reservations for the award dinner, call the Detroit JTS office at (248) 258-0055 or go to www. jtsa.edu/Detroit2014 . ❑