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DON GIOVANNI
Michigan Opera Theatre’
s 2019-20 a season opens Oct. 19 with
Mozart’
s Don Giovanni, considered to be one of the best operas of
all time. The opera tells the famous Don Juan story and features
lavish costumes and beautiful music. Lorenzo Da Ponte, the
librettist of Don Giovanni, was born Jewish (and later converted.)
Set in 18th-century Spain, the opera follows the philandering
titular character on his relentless pursuit of women. When an
attempted conquest ends in murder, Giovanni receives a ghostly
visitor who delivers retribution. Sung in Italian with English
supertitles. MOT will offer a free opera talk an hour before the
performance. Ticket prices range from $39 to $160 and can be
purchased at MichiganOpera.org.
Editor’s
Picks
FRIDAY, OCT. 18
TOT/TORAH SHABBAT
5:45 pm, Oct. 18. At Temple
Emanu-El. Tot Shabbat followed
at 7 pm by Simchat Torah
celebration. Multi-generational
choir and musicians. Free and
open to the community.
JET MUSICAL
Oct. 18-Nov. 3. The JET Theatre
will wrap up the season at its
new location in Walled Lake,
1124 E. West Maple Road.
Audiences will be seated at
tables in an immersive setting
for Cabaret. Performances are at
8 pm on Fridays, 5 pm and 8:30
pm on Saturdays, and 2 pm on
Sundays. Tickets are available at
jettheatre.org or by calling 248-
788-2900. Ticket prices: $47
for adults, $44 for seniors and
military, and $16 for students
with a valid ID. Cabaret is
appropriate for age 13 and up.
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
KNITTING CIRCLE
9:30 am, Oct. 20. The Sisterhood
of Adat Shalom invites you to
join them as they continue to
make scarves, hats and afghans
for charity. At the synagogue. No
experience necessary. Info: 248-
851-5100.
PARENTING ADVICE
9:30-10:45 am, Oct. 20.
Navigate parenting through a
Jewish lens with Jackie Issner,
PhD, LP, and Rabbi Rachel Shere
at Adat Shalom. The series,
intended for anyone with a role
caring for children ages 7-12,
is co-sponsored by the Adat
Shalom-Beth Achim Learning
Community, Adult Learning
Department and Sisterhood.
Additional dates for the program
are 11/17, 12/8, 1/12, 2/9, 3/15
and 4/26. Each class is self-
contained. No charge for Adat
Shalom members; nonmembers
$5 per session. RSVP by the
Thursday before each session:
248-626-2153, sshapiro@
adatshalom.org.
PLARNING PARTY
10 am-noon, Oct. 20. At
Congregation B’
nai Moshe in
West Bloomfield. Everyone is
invited to help; no experience
necessary. Plarning is slicing
plastic shopping bags into
strips, knotting those strips into
“plarn” (plastic yarn) and knitting
or crocheting them into mats
(or baskets, hats, etc.) B’
nai
Moshe is plarning mats for the
homeless that will be donated to
the Washtenaw County Delonis
Center Homeless Shelter. For
info: 248-788-0600.
MONDAY, OCT. 21
HOLIDAY EVENT
5 pm, Oct. 21. At Adat Shalom.
Families of all ages are invited
to celebrate. Light dinner
(registration required, 248-851-
5100), followed by two learning
opportunities at 5:45: “PJs,
Stories and Song” with Rabbi
Bergman and Hazzan Gross for
younger families; “Torah Tidbits,”
learning for older students, teens
and adults with Dr. Melissa Ser.
At 6:30 pm., all are invited to
sing, celebrate and dance with
Torah scrolls during the Hakafot
and service.
TUESDAY, OCT. 22
LECTURE SERIES EVENT
7 pm, Oct. 22. At Temple Beth El
for the Jewish History Detective
Lecture Series. “Defending the
‘
Undesirables’
: Detroit Jews and
the Fight for Immigrants.” RSVP:
Laura Williams 248-851-5100 or
lwilliams@tbeonline. Suggested
donation: $5 to Leo M. Franklin
Archives.
AWARDS NIGHT
RSVP for Oct. 28. Kadima
Community Awards Night
will be held from 5:30-8 pm
at the Townsend Hotel in
Birmingham. Cocktail reception,
hors d’
oeuvres and awards.
Complimentary event. Register:
248-663-4330 or allison@
kadimacenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23
FOR JEWISH
GRANDPARENTS
10:30-11:45 am, Oct. 23. An
eight-week class at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield sponsored by JLearn.
“Beyond Being A Bubbie” will be
taught by Rabbi Michele Faudem.
Tuition: $120. Register at jlearn.
online or call 248-205-2557.
OCT. 22-23
ARLO GUTHRIE
Folk legend Arlo Guthrie
plays at the Ark in Ann Arbor
Oct. 22 and 23 at 8 p.m.
This year marks the 50th
anniversary of the movie
Alice’
s Restaurant, based on
his song. To commemorate
the occasion, Arlo has
arranged a special to revisit
the incredible events that
began on Thanksgiving in
1965. For this tour, Arlo will
be joined on stage by longtime collaborators Terry “A La Berry”
Hall (drums), Steve Ide (guitar, vocals) and Carol Ide (vocals,
percussion). “I didn’
t think I was gonna live long enough to
have to learn ‘
Alice’
s Restaurant’
again,” Arlo says with a smile.
“It was a quirky kinda thing to begin with. Nobody writes an
18-minute monologue expecting fame and fortune. The initial
success of the song really took me by surprise more than
anyone else … I’
m surely looking forward to it again being a
centerpiece of my live repertoire.” Tickets: $85 gold circle, $75
reserved, $50 general admission at theark.org.
OCT. 19-27
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