April 25 • 2019 49 jn FRIDAY, APRIL 26 PJS & STORIES 10 am, April 26. Rabbi Aaron Bergman will be the guest reader with Pesach stories for young children. The event will include a holiday craft and a snack. Children may come in their PJs. The community is welcome. Those who plan to attend should contact Adat Shalom Jewish Family Educator Debi Banooni, dbanooni@ adatshalom.org or 248-626-2153. SATURDAY, APRIL 27 POST-PESACH PARTY 6:30 pm, April 27. Temple Emanu- El’ s Brotherhood will host a Post Pasta Passover Party & Havdalah. Cost: $5 individual; $13 family; late registration $9 per person. RSVP: TempleFamily@ emanuel-mich.org or 248-967-4020. SUNDAY, APRIL 28 MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS 9:30 am, April 28. Adults are invited to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman at Adat Shalom Synagogue. The class is designed to help individuals find their internal spirituality and realize that Judaism can make them happier. Free and open to the community. Info: call 248-851-5100. READ WITH THE RABBI 10 am, April 28. Rabbi Aaron Starr will discuss Deborah E. Lipstadt’ s book Anti- Semitism Here and Now. Free and open to the community. At Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. RSVP: Elise at egechter@ shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544. BAGELS & BASICS 10:30 am, April 28. At Temple Kol Ami. “Asylum Seekers, the Law and a Jewish Response” is a panel discussion with Rachel Goldberg, Wendy Lawrence, Ruby Robinson and Rabbi Gutmann followed by a Q&A. Bagels and coffee will be served. RSVP: cspektor@tkolami.org or 248-661- 0400. TEEN TALK 11 am, April 28. At Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield. “Drugs, Alcohol and Tattoos: What’ s the Jewish Perspective?” with Rabbi Aaron Starr. For students in grades 8-12. Refreshments served. No charge. RSVP to rabbistarr@ shaareyzedek.org or 248-357-5544. SOOTHING SUNDAY 1-2:30 pm, April 28. At JFS, 6555 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. Learn about mental health and the services that JFS provides; create cards and notes with encouraging words and homemade stress-relieving kits to present to teen clients. Info: Erin Thackray, 248-880- 3787 or elederman@jfsdetroit.org. JARC’ S 50TH BIRTHDAY BASH 2- 4 pm, April 28. At Franklin Athletic Club. A carnival of fun with activities provided by Star Trax. Music, dancing, balloon animals, treats, games and more will be provided. Admission is $10 per person or $25 per family. Info: 248- 538-6611 or jennykabert@jarc.org. CONCERT SPECIAL 3 pm, April 28. At Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward, Detroit. Shostakovitch’ s 13th Symphony paired with selections from Charles Davidson’ s I Never Saw a Butterfly, based on poems by children who perished in the Holocaust. Tickets are $18 available at dso.org. The preview lecture is at 2, followed by the concert at 3. Limited transportation is available leaving from the JCC and the Prentis Apartments in Oak Park. Tickets for survivors are $5, which includes transportation. For transportation, RSVP to Marilyn Wolfe at 248-432-5471 or mwolfe@jccdet.org. MONDAY, APRIL 29 BLOOD DRIVE 2-8 pm, April 29. At Temple Kol Ami. David Henig Memorial Blood Drive. Appointments can be made through the American Red Cross at redcrossblood. org, sponsor code: tka13. SAJE PROGRAM 7 pm, April 29. At JCC in West Bloomfield. Documentary: How Hitler Was Made. Free. Light refreshments will be served. YOM HASHOAH FILM 7:30 pm, April 29. At the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. The new documentary Who Will Write Our History will have a community screening. A panel discussion will follow. No charge. TUESDAY, APRIL 30 JEWISH ARCHITECTURE 7-8:30 pm, April 30. Also on May 7,14, 21. Join Michael Hodges, fine arts writer for the Detroit News and author of Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit. Tuition: $75. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan and the JCC’ s SAJE (Seminars BEETHOVEN’ S 9TH Join the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the University of Michigan’ s University Musical Society Choral Union at 8 p.m. in Ann Arbor’ s Hill Auditorium for a season finale performance of Beethoven’ s monumental Symphony No. 9. The A²SO will be joined by four critically acclaimed vocal soloists for the Beethoven: soprano Jacqueline Echols, mezzo-soprano Freda Herseth, tenor Scott Piper and bass-baritone Stephen West. The orchestra will also perform Shostakovich’ s playful and succinct Symphony No. 9. Guest conductor Timothy Muffitt joins the A²SO for this performance. A pre-concert talk open to all ticket holders begins at 7 p.m. More information is available at a2so.com/ beethoven9 or by calling (734) 994-4801. Tickets are $20-$72. APRIL 27-28 THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE All aboard! Thomas the Tank Engine invites little engineers to go full steam ahead for a day of engaging activities and fun adven- tures at Day Out With Thomas: The Steam Team Tour 2019. Children are invited to spend a day with their friend Thomas when the No. 1 Engine pulls into Greenfield Village on April 27-28, from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. This fun-filled event offers children and their families the opportunity to take a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine. In addition, they will meet Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of the Railway, and enjoy a day of Thomas-themed activities including toy play, photo ops and more. Tickets are available by calling 866-468-7630 or by visiting dayoutwiththomas. com. Tickets are $11.75 plus tax for members of The Henry Ford and $32.75- $39.75 for non-members. APRIL 28 ART EXHIBIT Sholem Aleichem Institute presents the work of artist/ calligrapher Eleanor Winters, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield in an exhibit titled “To the Memory of the Deported Children.” Winters’ series of calligraphic paintings was inspired by the hundreds of memorial plaques installed in Paris in memory of nearly 7,000 Jewish children who were deported and murdered during the Holocaust. Using the words from the plaques, she has created moving and evocative works of art that have been shown on both sides of the Atlantic. Winters will discuss the evolution of the project and present a power-point slide show of many of her paintings. No charge to attend. continued on page 50 people | places | events on the go Editor’s Picks APRIL 27