Check out our picks for the best in visual art, music, family fun, theater, film and more this week, and then vote on the event that interests you most.

• Continuing Monday, November 8-Sunday, November 14 Jewish Book Festival: Author talks, "Lunch and Learn" events, and books for sale, all featuring Jewish authors. At the Jewish Community Center, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story

• Tuesday, November 9 Compassionate Feast: This Huron Valley Humane Society benefit features a vegetarian dinner and a roast of Martin Bandyke. At Barton Hills Country Club, 730 Country Club Road, at 5:30 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story

• Tuesday, November 9 "Sonically Speaking" book discussion/signing: Brett Callwood reads from, discusses and signs copies of his new book about local rock legends the MC5 at the downtown Borders Books and Music, 612 East Liberty Street, at 7 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story

• Tuesday, November 9-Saturday, November 13 (continues through 12/31) "Thanks for Shopping Here!": This series of still life paintings by Jaye Schlesinger is focused on a collection of shopping bags. At River Gallery, 120 South Main Street in Chelsea. | Dates and times

• Wednesday, November 10 Vladimir Feltsman: The acclaimed pianist steps in for Murray Perahia, originally scheduled to perform but currently injured, with a recital of Mozart, Schubert and Chopin, under auspices. At Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, at 8 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story

• Thursday, November 11 "Capturing the News": Journalist and University of Michigan faculty member Tony Collings presents a lecture about his experiences and observations after over 30 years as a print and broadcast reporter. At the Hatcher Graduate Library, 913 South University Avenue on the U-M campus, at 7 p.m. | More info

• Thursday, November 11-Sunday, November 14 (continues through 12/26) "The Drowsy Chaperone": Performance Network presents the play about a charming, agoraphobic musical theater fan who listens to a cast recording of his favorite Jazz Age musical in his apartment and shares his experience of the show with the audience. At Performance Network, 120 East Huron Street. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story

• Friday, November 12 Chuck Brodsky: The folk singer-songwriter offers a mix of finely-detailed story songs, sometimes sardonic / sometimes funny social commentary and oft-poignant tales about the human condition (and baseball songs) as part of the Green Wood Coffee House series. At First United Methodist Church Green Wood, 1001 Green Road, at 8 p.m. | More info

• Friday, November 12 "Impossibly Funky" book discussion/signing: Mike White reads from, discusses and signs copies of "Impossibly Funky," a retrospective of Cashiers du Cinemart, the film zine he authored and edited, and shares some of his favorite B movie footage. At Vault of Midnight, 219 South Main Street, at 7 p.m. | More info

• Saturday, November 13 Cool concerts: There are live music performances to please every taste tonight, including Downbeat ranked "rising star jazz violinist" Christian Howes at Kerrytown Concert House; blues and zydeco at Frog Island Festival Revival at The Ark (AnnArbor.com story); classical "Strings on Fire" from Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (AnnArbor.com story); and emerging local singer-songwriter Alejandra O'Leary at Crazy Wisdom. | There are more great music events happening around town this week than this roundup can fit, so see the music section of the AnnArbor.com events calendar for everything.

• Saturday, November 13 (continues 11/20) "Art Adventures": This event for children invites participants to make art in a safe, hands-on learning environment and take a tour of the Riverside Arts Center Gallery. At Riverside Off Center, 64 North Huron Street in Ypsilanti, times varying by age group. | More info

• Saturday, November 13-Sunday, November 14 Tellabration: Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild presents a pair of concerts that celebrate storytelling and the shared human experience. Saturday's concert, at Genesis of Ann Arbor (2309 Packard Street) is focused on adults, while Sunday's, at the Pittsfield branch of the Ann Arbor District Library (2359 Oak Valley Drive) is for the whole family.

• Sunday, November 14 The Flatlanders: The iconic Texas roots rock band featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock and Joe Ely plays The Ark, 316 South Main Street, at 7:30 p.m. | More info