STAND WITH TRANS
7-9 pm, May 7. At Temple Beth El 
in Bloomfield Township. Learn from 
others who have walked this path 
with speakers and panelists. Coffee 
and dessert. Sponsored by the Jewish 
Women’
s Foundation. Register: 
standwithtrans.org/upcoming-
event/be-the-light. Info: Roz Gould 
Smith, 248-739-9254 or roz@
standwithtrans.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
CABARET TIME
1 pm, May 8. Shaarey Zedek 
Seniors will host a one-woman 
cabaret featuring Diana Turner at 
the synagogue. Refreshments will be 
served. For more information, contact 
Janet Pont at 248-357-5544 or 
jpont@shaareyzedek.org.

HISTORY LECTURE
1 pm, May 8. “The Jews of Italy.” At 
Beth Ahm, 5075 W. Maple Road, West 
Bloomfield. Videostreaming group 
presents the second in a series of 
Jewish history lectures featuring Prof. 
Henry Abramson of Touro College in 
Brooklyn, N.Y. Free and open to the 
community; no reservations needed. 
All welcome. Informal discussion 
follows. Info: Nancy Kaplan (248) 
737-1931 or email nancyellen879@
att.net.

THEATER OUTING
8 pm, May 8. Center Travel invites 
you to attend Waitress at the Fisher 
Theatre. JCC members $126/non-
members $136. RSVP: Marilyn Wolfe, 
248-432-5471 or mwolfe@jccdet.org. 

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MAY 8

COMEDY SHOW
8 pm. At Ridley’
s Comedy Castle in Royal 
Oak. Creators and stars of award-winning 
Yiddish-ish web series “YidLife Crisis.” 
Part of the JCC Lenore Marwil Jewish 
Film Festival. $25. Ages 21 and up only. 
Info: jccdet.org.

The Birmingham Farmers Market’
s 
17th season kicks off Sunday, May 
5, in Public Parking Lot 6 (660 N. 
Old Woodward). Spring flowers, 
fresh produce and live music will 
enhance the event. The market will 
be open from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. every 
Sunday, May through October.
Opening Day attendees will 
enjoy complimentary canvas 
Farmers Market bags (while sup-
plies last), balloons, live music and 
activities for children. Visitors can 
also enter a drawing at the infor-
mation booth to win Birmingham 
Shopping District gift certificates 
and tickets to see Waitress at the 
Fisher Theatre.
This season the Birmingham 
Farmers Market welcomes new 
vendors: Brightmoor Farms, 

Creative Loops Studio, Eight Plates 
Farm, First Bites, Jamu Juices, 
Motown Freedom Bakery, Nan’
s 
Butter Factory, Pasta E Pasta, The 
Rochester Fudge Company and 
more.
Birmingham Shopping District 
Operations and Events Manager 
Jaimi Brook recently complet-
ed the MIFMA Market Manager 
Certificate Program. Brook is 
one of 309 individuals who have 
been certified since the program 
began in 2011. “MIFMA’
s program 
offered an opportunity to network 
with other market managers from 
across the state and share ideas,” 
said Brook. “I look forward to 
using my training to enhance the 
Birmingham Farmers Market this 
season.”

Birmingham Farmers Market Opens for the Season

2019 
Spring 
Opera 

Season 
Sponsor

At the Detroit Opera House

“A 
strong 
reimagining 
of 
Grapes 
that 
packs 
a 
dramatic 
punch, 
and 
pleases 
harmonically!”
—St. 
Louis 
Post-Dispatch

Ricky 
Ian 
Gordon, 
 Michael 
Korie, 
librettist

The
 
Grape
s 
of 
Wrath

This 
project 
is 
supported 

in 
part 
by 
an 
award 
from

TICKETS: 
MichiganOpera.org