Richard Stoltzman
Mitch Albom
MAGIC OF MUSIC A
STUNNING STOLTZMAN
Earl Klugh, Michael Bolton, JK
Simmons, Bruno Mars musical director
Phredley Brown and more will take the
stage for performances and storytelling
for Words & Music, an event hosted
by Mitch Albom to launch his newest
novel, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
— the story of a guitar player who
changes lives with his music. Proceeds
benefit S.A.Y. Detroit, which helps pro-
vide shelter, food, medical care and
education to Detroiters. 7 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 8. $50-$150. Fox Theatre, Detroit.
(800) 745-3000; olympiaentertainment.
com .
Grammy Award-winning clarinetist
Richard Stoltzman has performed with
Mel Torme, Woody Herman, Judy Collins
and more — his virtuosity, musicianship
and personal magnetism have made him
highly sought-after in the studio and
in concert. Presented by the Chamber
Music Society of Detroit, Stoltzman
performs, with pianist David Deveau,
pieces by Shubert, Bernstein, Brahms
and Sculthorpe 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8,
at Varner Recital Hall, on the campus of
Oakland University, Rochester. $15-$30.
(248) 855-6070; chambermusicdetroit.
org . *
Peet
films have been
influenced by the
outsider perspec-
tive of being a Jew and by the Jewish
intellectual tradition.
Just in time for Halloween comes
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.
Halston Sage, 22, has a co-starring
role as a "bad-ass cocktail waitress" who
teams up with three Boy Scouts to save
their peaceful town from a zombie inva-
sion.
PEET'S CHANUKAH BOOK
Amanda Peet, 44, (HBO's Togetherness)
has penned her first book, Dear Santa,
Love, Rachel Rosenstein. The title char-
acter is a little Jewish girl who wishes
to celebrate Christmas like most friends
and neighbors, but
finds out she may
have focused on the
wrong things.
The book was
inspired by questions
her own two older
children asked about
Santa and Christmas
(Peet and her hus-
band, David Benioff,
45, have two daugh-
ters, ages 8 and 5,
and a boy, 10 months). She told People:
"They felt left out, as I think most Jewish
children do, and I was exploring differ-
ent ways to make sense of it!'
Peet, the daughter of a Quaker
father and a Jewish mother, did cel-
ebrate both Christmas and Chanukah
as a child and once referred to herself
as a "little of both;' but called herself
a "Jewish mother" while speaking to
People. She told Time that she and
Benioff, the Emmy-winning creator of
Game of Thrones, have never "celebrat-
ed" Christmas, but they spend the day
with her family and her sister, her only
sibling, Dr. Alisa Peet, Alisa's kids and
Alisa's Jewish husband. *
6881 Orchard Lake Rd.
on the Boardwalk
(248) 851-5030
Monday, November 9, 2015 • 7:00 p.m.
THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS
Kristallnacht Commemoration
Remember the pogrom of November 9-10, 1938
with the worldwide debut of Daniel Cooper's short
documentary Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken
Glass. Listen to a survivor of that memorable
night. View our special exhibit, Synagogues
in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction,
which celebrates the beauty and
grandeur of synagogues that were
destroyed.
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Admission: requested $10 donation
Reception will follow
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER ZEKELMAN FAMILY CAMPUS
Questions? Lawrence 248.536.9604 • www.holocaustcenter.org
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