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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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