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. mucn To Do! SATURDAY, JAN. 17 TOY SHOW 8 am 2 pm. At Royal Oak Farmers Market, 316 E.11 Mile. 50 dealers. $4; kids 12 and under free. - BLACKTHORN CONCERT 7:30 pm. Irish, bluegrass and American folk music in group's trademark, four-part harmony. Fundraiser for Groves High School Class of 2015 All-Night Party. At Groves' Little Theater, 20500 W.13 Mile, Beverly Hills. $20. Tickets/information: Carolyn Schweiss, blackthorntickets@gmail.com or school office, 248-203-3500. SUNDAY, JAN.18 AUDITIONS FOR MUSICAL 11 am. The Farmington Players seek actors for its upcoming show, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. At the Barn Theater, 32332 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills. Information: farmingtonplayers.org or 248- 506-2745. with an adult. At Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills. Winter series continues March 20. Spring dates are April 17-June 5. $150 charge per series for members and $180 for others. RSVP: www.adatshalom.org or 248-626-2153. BETH EL KIDS SHABBAT 6 pm. Half-hour Kabbalat Shabbat program is geared toward families with students in grades K-6, but siblings are welcome. Pizza and games will follow. At Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township. Admission: $5 per per- son. Information/registration: Julie, jrolnick@ tbeonline.org or 248-851-1100, ext. 3143. USY KABBALAT SHABBAT 6 pm. Cong. Beth Shalom of Oak Park will host Motor City USY, who will lead a spirit- filled Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by dinner. Dinner reservations are available for $15 a person or $50 per family. RSVP by Monday, Jan. 19: 248-547-7970. SATURDAY, JAN. 24 TUESDAY, JAN. 27 CROCK POT FAVORITES 6 7:30 pm. Prepare hot and healthy dinners in a slow cooker. At Henry Ford Hospital Demonstration Kitchen, 6773 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. $23. Registration required: dk@hfhs.org or 248-325-3890. - FILM TO REMEMBER Various times. The Sundance Festival award-winning film, Watchers of the Sky, will be shown as part of the Holocaust Memorial Center's (HMC) annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration. Film takes provoca- tive journey from criminality to justice, and from apathy to action. Schedule: 10 am noon, Berman Center at the West Bloomfield JCC; 7 9 pm, HMC, 28123 Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills; 7-9 pm, Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive. Free; donations welcome. 248-553- 2400. - - FAMILY HAVDALAH 5:30 6:30 pm. Children with parents, grand- parents and others can enjoy songs, stories and crafts at "Tots Together Havdalah." Pajamas welcome. At Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. RSVP: Ilene, 248-661- 0040. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28 - WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21 '2GS' SUPPORT GROUP 6 7:30 pm. Bi-weekly sessions will help participants explore issues of growing up as children of Holocaust survivors as well as coping with their family situation today. Facilitator is Dr. Charles Silow, director of the Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families at Jewish Senior Life. RSVP: 248- 661-2999, ext.1330. - COOK HEALTHIER 6:30 8 pm. "New Year, New You" program offers healthy tips and recipes. At Henry Ford Hospital Demonstration Kitchen, 6773 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Free. RSVP required: dk@hfhs.org or 248-325-3890. BBYO WINTER KICKOFF 8 10 pm. Jewish teens in grades 8-12 are invited to flashback to the 1980s at Bonaventure Skating Center in Farmington Hills. $8 for BBYO members; free for eighth- graders and non-members. Information: Katie Fried, kfried@bbyo.org or 248-432- 5685. - - SUNDAY, JAN. 25 YOUNG ADULT SKIING 3 10 pm. "Chill on the Hill" is a ski out- ing sponsored by Hillel of Metro Detroit. Schedule of campus and community pro- grams through April is on HMD website: www.hillel-detroit.org . RSVP: hillel@wayne. edu or 313-577-3459. MIA FARROW TO SPEAK 11:30 am. Circle of Friends Luncheon will raise funds for Care House, working to prevent the abuse and neglect of chil- dren. At Townsend Hote1,100 Townsend in Birmingham. $120 and higher. Information: carehouse.org or 248-332- 7173. 'WHO WROTE BIBLE?' Noon. Rabbi Jeffrey Falik of Birmingham Temple will address the topic following a dairy lunch. At National Council of Jewish Women/Greater Detroit Section office, 26400 Lahser, Suite 306, Southfield. $15; $10 for members. RSVP by Jan. 20: www. ncjwgds.org or 248-355-3300. MANAGE DIABETES - THURSDAY, JAN. 22 MEMOIR WRITING 10 am noon. Instructor Joy Gaines-Friedler will help participants capture their memories for posterity. New four-week series through Feb.12 is open to members of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. At Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Twp. $55. RSVP: 248- 432-5517. - WOMEN IN THE TALMUD 8 pm. Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies presents Professor Lynn Kaye of Ohio State University. She will lecture on "Women as Extra-Legal Role Models in the Talmud." At Akiva Hebrew Day School, 21100 W.12 Mile, Southfield. Free. Information: www.judaicstudies.wayne.edu or 313-577- 2679. FRIDAY, JAN. 23 PARENT-TODDLER CLASS 9:45 11:15 am. Early childhood educa- tors Julie Shiffman and Roz Bressler lead Friday morning series with diverse activities for children 16 months-3 years, attending - 26 January 15 • 2015 WORLD SABBATH 4 pm. The 16th annual World Sabbath of Religious Reconciliation is an interfaith expe- rience featuring music, dance and prayer. At Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Information: chair Gail Katz, gailkatz@ comcast.net or 248-978-6664. MONDAY, JAN. 26 6 7 pm. Program outlines 16-session course, "My Choice ... My Health," start- ing Feb.11. Both presented by National Kidney Foundation of Michigan. At Henry Ford Hospital, 6773 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. RSVP: NKFM, 800-482-1455 or preventdiabetes@nkfm.org . - WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28 COMMON GROUND 7 8:30 pm. Learn about Common Ground crisis-prevention organization at West Bloomfield Public Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Road. - LEARN QUICKBOOKS 9 am noon. Seven-week course starts for learning QuickBooks, the business account- ing software package. Evening time also available. At the David B. Hermelin ORT Resource Center, a division of JVS, inside the West Bloomfield JCC. Unemployed and under-employed persons may qualify for scholarships. Information: www.jvsdet.org/ quickbooks or 248-432-5411. THURSDAY, JAN. 29 - MAHJ TOURNEY 6 pm. Doors open for Sisterhood fun- draiser, with play starting at 6:45. Competitive and non-competitive tables available. At Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. $30, or $25 if pre-registered. Information: Ellen, ellenhec@hotmail.com or 248-345-9041. Tweens To Raise Funds For Friendship Circle The 300 sixth-graders in Joe Cornell Entertainment's dance program this fall have been learning etiquette, social graces and positive girl-boy interaction. To celebrate their new-found good manners, they will dance at a graduation fundraiser from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield. The event is open to the public. Students will raise money and awareness for Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield, an organization helping individuals with special needs and their families. Six years ago, Steve Jasgur and Rebecca Schlussel, the brother-sister owners of Joe Cornell Entertainment, added a philanthropic focus to their dance program's annual gradu- ation celebration. The goal was to teach kids the value of helping others while they're hav- ing fun with friends. Combined, the past four years raised more than $50,000 for worthy causes. "The Friendship Circle is a cause that so many local families already support, so our students readily got on board with it," says Schlussel, vice president. "Helping others, especially an organization like this, teaches compassion, patience and respect, all quali- ties that kids today aren't learning very often. Since our program sneaks in lessons on eti- quette and social graces, it makes sense to include a charity element." Students collect pledges from friends and family to sponsor their 75-minute dance-a- thon. Those who raise the most money qualify for raffle prizes. Yad Ezra Names Its New Officers Yad Ezra, Michigan's only kosher food pantry, recently held elec- tions for its executive com- mittee and board of directors for 2015. Executive Committee members are Sam Rozenberg, president; Jeb Belchinsky, Nicole Lester and Sam Alan Reiter, vice presidents; Rozenberg Jeffrey Supowit, treasurer; Yehudit Jubas, secretary; and Nancy Kleinfeldt, immediate past president. Board of Directors members: Michael Banks, Caroyln Bellinson, Elaine Beresh, Lisa Bronstein, Daniel Cherrin, Ari Dolgin, Helen Etkin, Marcy Morton Fikany, Jennie Gnesin, Sheila Guyer, Jeffrey Katz, Linda Z. Klein, Ruth Anne Lippitt, Julie Morganroth, Jeffrey Moss, Anita Naftaly, Michelle Rubin, Madison Sabbath, Amy Schlussel, Melvin Schwartz, David F. Sherman, Harriett Silverman, Jason Teshuba, Malka Torgow and Barbara Zaltz. Judy Allen and Dr. Gedaliah Cooper are board liaisons. Advisory Panel appointees include Susie Citrin, Margot Halperin, Sharon Hart, Joel E. Jacob, Diane Klein, Sally Krugel, Arthur Liss, Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper, Howard Tapper and Neal F. Zalenko.