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FRIDAY, OCT. 5
FOOL FOR LOVE
8 pm, Oct. 5. Continues Thursday-Sunday
through Oct. 14. Written by acclaimed
playwright Sam Shepard, Fool for Love
was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and won an
Obie Award for Best New American Play.
In a rundown motel on the edge of the
Mojave Desert, former lovers May and
Eddie square off to make sense of their
intensely volatile relationship. A strang-
er’s visit unleashes long-hidden secrets.
Presented by Stagecrafters at Historic
Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal
Oak. $20. Tickets: stagecrafters.org or
248-541-6430.
SHABBAT ROCKS
6 pm, Oct. 5. A participatory, engaging
and spirited service for all ages with
instrumental accompaniment. At Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills; no
charge.
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. $60.
FedEd catalog: jccdet.org/FedEd. RSVP:
248-205-2557.
TUESDAY, OCT. 9
JUDAISM & DEBATE
9:30-10:30 am, Oct. 9. “Contemporary
Halachic Debates.” Rabbi Michele Faudem
explores the topic through text and lively
discussion. Offered for three, 10-week
series. The first runs through Dec. 18.
At the Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp. $120 per
series, or $340 for all three, including Jan.
8-March 12 and March 19-June 4. FedEd
catalog: jccdet.org/FedEd. RSVP: feded.
online or 248-205-2557.
INTRO TO HEBREW LANGUAGE
9:30-10:45 am or 7-8:15 pm, Oct. 9.
Choice of day or evening for first meeting
of a 10-week FedEd course. Instructor
Dorit Warfman’s adult students will learn
to read Hebrew letters, follow prayers
FALL MINI SERIES
11 AM-12:30 PM, Oct. 5. Hosted by Cong. and understand road signs while in Israel.
Beth Shalom, 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, At the Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph, Bloomfield Twp. $130, with
the IRP speaker series runs until Oct.
scholarships available. FedEd catalog:
26. Members free; general public $5 per
jccdet.org/FedEd. RSVP: 248-205-2557.
lecture/$18 for series. Info: irpjcc.org or
THE HOLOCAUST & DETROIT
248-432-5406.
2:30 pm, Oct. 9. “Detroit’s Pivotal
Connection to the Holocaust and Hitler’s
SATURDAY, OCT. 6
War Machine.” Lecturer is Edwin Black, a
TRANS WORKSHOP DAY
New York Times best-selling author. Cohn-
9 am-5 pm, Oct. 6. Stand with Trans
Haddow Center for Judaic Studies pres-
Empowerment Workshop provides edu-
ents. At Wayne State University, Faculty/
cation, skill-building and socialization for
Administration Building, Conference Room
transgender youth, parents/caregivers
2339, 656 W. Kirby, Detroit. Free. Info:
and young gender-expansive children.
judaicstudies.wayne.edu or 313-577-
At Orchard United Methodist Church,
30450 Farmington, Farmington Hills. RSVP 2679.
required: standwithtrans.org/
U-M FRANKEL CENTER LECTURE
upcoming-events/2018-workshop.
4-5:30 pm, Oct. 9. “The Concept of a
Info: roz@standwithtrans.org.
Universal Humanity, Social Justice and
National Individuality in Modern Jewish
Thought.” University of Michigan’s Frankel
MONDAY, OCT. 8
Center for Judaic Studies hosts Padnos
YAD EZRA FUNDRAISER
Visiting Professor Yossi Turner. At Frankel
6-8 pm Oct. 8. Annual fundraiser,
Center, 2111 S. Thayer Building, 202 S.
this year recognizing Ellen and David
Thayer, Ann Arbor. Free. Info:
Sherman. At Adat Shalom Synagogue.
judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-
Free. Info at yadezra.org.
9041.
STUDYING HOLOCAUST FILMS
7-8:15 pm, Oct. 8. “Filming the
Holocaust.” FedEd adult learning course
continues for four weeks, through Oct.
29. Movie to be discussed will be shown
before each meeting at 5:15, except
for 6:15 on Oct. 22. Instructor Martin
B. Schichtman, Ph.D, is director of the
Center for Jewish Studies and an Eastern
Michigan University professor of English
language and literature. At the co-spon-
soring Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
THROUGH OCT. 27:
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10
KEVER AVOT
8:30 am- 1pm, Oct. 7. Temple Israel, in
conjunction with its Robert Sosnick Family
Life Center and funded by the Ira Kaufman
Chapel, presents Kever Avot, giving older
adults in the community a chance to visit
the gravesides of their loved ones. For
more information or to volunteer, call 248-
661-7500.
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Lynne
Konstantine
Arts & Life Editor
KENNY SCHARF
There’s still time to visit the David Klein Gallery in Detroit to check out Kenny
Scharf, an exhibit of the Pop Surrealist’s paintings from 1999-2018 (including
the seminal Handy Andy from 2008, shown). Known for his pop culture murals,
paintings, sculptures and installations, Scharf was part of the East Village art
scene in the early 1980s, along with his friends Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith
Haring, Debbie Harry and Fab Five Freddy. Growing up in L.A., where he had a
bar mitzvah, went to Jewish camp and visited Israel (his grandparents made
aliyah but returned to the States), he took in mass-cultural visuals of the 1950s
and early ’60s (brown-and-orange color palettes, TV and billboards). “The imag-
es come from the unconscious,” he says, “except that my unconscious is filled
with Pop imagery. My unconscious is Pop, so, therefore, the art would be Pop
Surrealist.” Dkgallery.com.
OCT. 14:
TROYE SIVAN
OCT. 5-31:
SKELETONS ARE ALIVE
Things are starting to get spooky! More than
100 life-sized themed skeletons — construction
worker, a starlet and one proposing to his sweet-
heart, among them — will inhabit Downtown
Northville for Skeletons are Alive as part of the
city’s “vile events for the whole family to enjoy”
throughout the month. Check out the Launch
Party on Oct. 5 with a stilt walker, live music and
dancers, face painting and more while snacking
on kettle corn, cider and doughnuts, food trucks
from Slows To Go and Bigalora Wood Fired Food
Truck and more. Downtownnorthville.com.
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“Troye Sivan is a new
kind of pop star,” the New
York Times wrote. “Here,
queer and used to it. The
22-year-old [now 23] singer
is climbing the charts while
demonstrating how his sex-
ual orientation is both part
of his art and beside the
point.” Born in South Africa
before moving to Australia
with his family, Troye
Sivan (his father is Jewish;
his mother converted to
Judaism and he attended a
Modern Orthodox school),
who got his start as a
YouTube favorite, played the
younger version of the title
character in Wolverine, and
is now touring in support of
his newest album, Bloom.
$29.50 and up. Fox Theatre,
Detroit. 313presents.com.
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