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THURSDAY, MAY 2

MICHIGAN INSTITUTE
RSVP due for May 20-21. NCJW-
MI’
s first Michigan Institute, a two-day
opportunity to develop and strengthen
advocacy skills, at the Radisson Hotel in
Lansing. RSVP: NCJW-MI, 26400 Lahser,
Suite 306, Southfield, MI 48033. $75
registration fee; with hotel, $135. Info at
248-355-3300, ext. 0 or NCJWMI.org.

ART TALK
11 am-noon, May 2. At West Bloomfield
JCC, art historian Wendy Evans will give
an introduction to Jewish artists. Cost: $5.
Info: 248-432-5467 or rchessler@jccdet.
org.

LUNCHTIME LEARNING
11:45 am, May 2, 9 &16. Rabbi Aaron
Bergman will present “The History of Anti-
Semitism” at Adat Shalom Synagogue.
The program is free and open to the
community. You may bring your own
dairy/parve lunch. Drinks and dessert will
be served. Reservations requested: Sheila
Lederman, 248-851-5100, ext. 246, or
slederman@adatshalom.org.

NIGHT OF LEARNING
7 pm, May 2. An adult education
experience at CSZ’
s Berman Center for
Jewish Education, 27375 Bell Road,
Southfield. “Dramatizing in Music: From
the World of Opera to the Broadway
Theater” with Martin Herman. Free. Info:
248-357-5544.

FILM PREMIERE
7 pm, May 2. Call Me Bill: The William
Davidson Story will premiere during the
Detroit Jewish Film Festival at the Berman
Center in West Bloomfield. A special free
kickoff event for Jewish Historical Society.
detroitjewishfilmfestival.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 3

SHAKE, RATTLE & TWIST
11:15 am, May 3. At Adat Shalom
Synagogue. Parents and grandparents
spend time with their babies/toddlers,
age 3 and younger. Older sibs are
welcome. The group will sing songs
and braid challah. Free for Adat Shalom
members and $3/family for non-members.
Reservations are required: Debi Banooni
at dbanooni@adatshalom.org or 248-626-
2153.

URBAN CRISIS DISCUSSED
1-3 pm, May 3. The Society of Active
Retirees presents a free special program,
a panel discussion on the “Detroit
Water Shutoffs: An Urban Crisis” at the
Birmingham Temple, 28711 W. 12 Mile
Road, Farmington Hills.

GRANDPARENT SHABBAT
5:30 pm, May 3. At Temple Israel. The
temple and PJ Library host a multi-
generational family Shabbat experience.
Celebrate with music and prayer and
family stories plus a Shabbat dinner. Cost:
$15/adult, $7/child (ages 4-12), children
under 4 are free.

FAMILY SYNERGY SHABBAT
6 pm, May 3. Adat Shalom will host
Shabbat Rocks, a lively musical Shabbat,
co-led by the youth of Adat Shalom. Free
and open to the community. Shabbat
dinner immediately following a talk by
Israeli journalist and IDF veteran Matti
Friedman, appropriate for sixth-graders
and up. Supervised activities are available
for kids. Dinner: $13, children 3-12; $25
adults; $56 for family. Registration at
adatshalom.org/synergy-shabbat. Info:
248-626-2153 or sshapiro@adatshalom.
org.

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Editor’s
Picks

MAY 3
ART RECEPTION
West Bloomfield native Alice Frank’
s
show titled “Fire and Water” opens
May 3 and runs through the end of
the month at Lawrence Street Gallery,
22620 Woodward, Ferndale. Frank has
taught and created art for more than 45
years. The show consists of fired metal,
some with silver, platinum and copper
fired into them. Frank uses an enamel-
ing process, which is achieved by firing
pieces at 2,000 degrees. Other pieces
are cut by hand or with various kinds of
torches. Her work runs the gamut from
whimsical to ethereal. Check lawren-
cestreetgallery.com for details.

MAY 3-19

GUYS AND DOLLS

Village Players in Birmingham will bring alive the clas-
sic musical, Guys and Dolls, complete with gangsters
and gamblers, missionary dolls and showgirls all set
against the backdrop of Broadway, with weekend dates
(Friday-Sunday) through May 19. The cast happens to
feature a fair number of Jewish actors, including Emily
Miller, Mitch Master, Tobie Scheibel, David Carroll,
Jeff Weiner, Ellie Haenick, Stephen Sussman and
Jillian Felch Frederick. Tickets are $21. Shows start
at 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays. Go to bit.
ly/2ZsPllp or order by phone at (248) 644-2075.

MAY 4
BEN PLATT
Ben Platt comes to the Fisher Theatre at 7:30 p.m. May 4 in
a concert promoting his new album “Sing To Me Instead,” in
which he chronicles his relationships as a young gay man.
Platt came out to his family at 12 years old and publicly in
2019, through the music video for his song “Ease My Mind.”
He created the role of Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen
(and won a Tony, a Grammy and an Emmy), starred in the
Pitch Perfect movies and blows everyone away with his
voice. Platt, a former camper at Camp Ramah in California,
told the Times of Israel he credits Conservative Judaism’
s
camping movement with helping him “decide for myself what
kind of Jew I would be.” His father is the producer Marc Platt. Tickets are $58 and up.

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