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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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