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ROJO
A young Argentine-Jewish filmmaker takes on his country’
s authoritarian past
in the movie Rojo (Spanish with English subtitles), playing this weekend at the
Detroit Film Theatre. Directed by Benjamin Naishtat and set in the mid-’
70s
Argentina, the film is about Claudio (Darío Grandinetti), a well-heeled lawyer
living with his wife and teenage daughter in a comfortable provincial suburb. But
after an innocuous dinner date is interrupted by an altercation with a stranger,
his placid lifestyle is disrupted and leads him on a path of no return. Researching
Rojo was easy, Naishtat said, because many of the stories are from his family. His
grandmother, a prominent union lawyer, disappeared into a secret prison and her
house was torched. His father escaped and lived 10 years in exile. Showings at 8
p.m. Oct 11; 4 and 7 p.m. Oct 12; and 4:30 p.m. Oct 13. $7.50-$9.50.
OCT. 11-13
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FRIDAY, OCT. 11
GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
11 am-12:15 pm, Oct. 11. A three-
week class sponsored by JLearn.
Taught by Robbie Terman, director
of the Leonard N. Simons Jewish
Community Archives. At Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Tuition: $35. Register at jlearn.online or
call 248-205-2557.
GALLERY HOSTS ARTIST
12 pm, Oct. 11. Runs to Oct. 13 at
5 pm at Danielle Peleg Gallery, 3295
Orchard Lake Road, Keego Harbor.
Ron Campbell, director of the 1960s
Saturday Morning Beatles Cartoon
series and one of the animators of the
Beatles film Yellow Submarine will
make a personal appearance. He will
showcase his original Beatles cartoon
paintings. The exhibit is free, and all
works are available for purchase.
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
CANCER SYMPOSIUM
7:30-am-2 pm, Oct. 12. At Motor City
Casino Hotel, 2901 Grand River, Detroit.
Karmanos Cancer Institute will host the
symposium on progress in cancer care,
advocacy and survivorship. Free event.
COMMUNITY WELLNESS
3-5 pm, Oct. 12. Windsor’
s Temple
Beth El will host its first program as
part of B’
riot Ha’
Kehilahl (Community
Wellness). The focus will be on suicide
— awareness, prevention, support and
resource identification. Hear from men-
tal health professionals and community
leaders. Info: barbara_michigan@
icloud.com.
SUNDAY, OCT. 13
SUKKAH HOP
10 am-2 pm, Oct. 13. Join the Isaac
Agree Downtown Synagogue for food,
drink and shaking the lulav at its Third
Annual Motor City Sukkah Hop. They’
ll
begin at the synagogue sukkah with
a family-friendly program to craft
decorations. Next, they travel to Rabbi
Silverman’
s home, and then Repair
The World’
s workshop sukkah, as
they learn about locally sourced lulav
and etrogs (programming courtesy of
Hazon Detroit and Temple Kol Ami).
For more information, email Nicole at
programcoordinator@
downtownsynagogue.org.
LULAV WORKSHOP
1-3 pm, Oct. 13. Royal Oak Moishe
House, Hazon Detroit, Temple Kol Ami,
and B’
nai Israel Synagogue are hosting
a lulav workshop using native plants.
At Temple Kol Ami, 5085 Walnut Lake
Road, West Bloomfield.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
1 pm, Oct. 16. Shaarey Zedek Seniors
will host “The Best is Yet to Come,”
an
encore performance by Gary Sacco. At
the synagogue. Refreshments will be
served. Info: Janet Pont at 248-357-
5544 or jpont@shaareyzedek.org. Free.
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OCT. 11
NICK KROLL
Comedian/actor
Nick Kroll (he
went to a Solomon
Schechter Day
School) takes
his Middle-
Aged Boy tour
to the Royal Oak
Music Theatre at 6 p.m. Kroll co-created, writes,
produces and performs more than 30 voices on
the hit Netflix animated series Big Mouth, which
is based on his childhood. Nominated for a 2019
Emmy for “Outstanding Animated Program,” it has
been heralded by the Hollywood Reporter as “sweet,
progressive and breathtakingly filthy” and was
recently picked up for three more seasons on Netflix.
He also has his own critically acclaimed sketch show,
Kroll Show on Comedy Central. Tickets are $29-$39
at royaloakmusictheatre.com.
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