COMMUNITY
HIGHLIGHTS
Monster Trucks and Scary Monsters
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ecember runs the gamut of good
, taste this month. Mind
you, our barometric
anchors are better
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trash-to-highbrow
than A-to-Z. You
know us, striving to
please all readers,
and without judg-
ment!
The holiday season is
firmly in place and nothing says "Decem-
ber" better than Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer — unless Rudolph
had a daughter reminiscent of Hannibal Lecter nemesis Clarice Starling. (Not our imagination,
folks — although we are impressed by the concept — see below.)
Whether it's a Wicked good time at the theater or cheap beer at a monster truck rally,
Red
Thread has capped the year off with some prized picks. So, raise your glass with whatever is
your pleasure — be it Meister Brau or Moet & Chandon — and toast to a rollicking end to '11.
And, in the immortal words of Sinatra's favorite Yid, composer Cy Coleman, "The best is yet to
come." Happy New Year, folks.
SILENT NIGHT OF THE LAMBS
Thriller Silence of the Lambs meets retro holiday favorite Rudolph the Red
Nosed Reindeer in Silent Night of the Lambs, Ryan Landry's twisted take on
the two classic tales. See Rudolph's daughter Clarice all grown up as she
challenges the mind of a fat, jolly madman to solve the biggest case of her
FBI-agent life — live on-stage by the ensemble cast of Who Wants Cake
at the Ringwald Theatre. Through Dec. 19. $10-$20.22742 Woodward,
Ferndale. (248) 545-5545; whowantscaketheatre.com .
BOOK YOUR PRIVATE EVENT TODAY!
PRESENTATION ROOMS
WEDDINGS / REHEARSAL
DINNERS
BAR / BAT MITZVAH
CORPORATE EVENTS
LUNCHEONS
MONSTER TRUCKS, TRUCKS, TRUCKS
If the biggest, baddest, loudest trucks on the planet get your engines going, motor over
to the Palace of Auburn Hills at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, for the return of Extreme Monster
Truck Nationals. Jimmy Creten and his truck Bounty Hunter,
along with his wife, Dawn, and her truck Scarlet Bandit will be
among those competing for a prize of $25,000 in events like
Wheelie contest, Donut contest and Freestyle.
Live the dream and get a chance to ride in a monster
truck, too. Plus, not to be missed: Pork Chop, the motors-
ports rodeo clown. $15-$80. (800) 745-3000; ticketmaster.
com or palacenet.com .
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SOMETHING WICKED
Join the unlikely girlhood friends, the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda
the Good Witch, before they became witches on their own journey down the
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road. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the record-breaking
j;•- Broadway blockbuster Wicked, set to
music by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pocahontas) and a book by Winnie
''.
Holzman (My So Called Life, thirtysomething), and directed by Tony-winner
Joe Mantello, is the untold story of the witches of Oz, before Dorothy came
into the picture. $39-$99. Tuesday, Dec. 7-Saturday, Dec. 31. Detroit Opera
1 - louse, 1526 Broadway St., Detroit. (800-982-2787; broadwayindetroit.com
or
7ti cketmaster.com/wicked).
A GHOSTLY GOOD TIME
It's hard not to get into the holiday spirit this time of year — we mean,
who doesn't love roasted chestnuts, street-corner carolers and horse-drawn carriage rides?
Even if you're the merriest motha out there, you'll feel at home among Scrooge and his
cronies, who come to life along with the rest of Charles Dickens' merry ole' England at the
annual Dickens Festival, a Holly tradition for more than 30 years.
Dec. 9-11. For details, visit
hollydickensfestival.com .
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No plans yet for Dec. 31 ? Ring in the New Year — vintage
style — at Cliff Bell's, a resurrected 1930s-era Detroit jazz
club originally designed by Charles N. Agree and housed
in an Albert Kahn-designed building.
Pull out your favorite Roaring '20s attire for a three-
course dinner (5-8:30 p.m.), then kick up your vintage heels
with 1920s and '30s New Orleans-style jazz with the End
Times Spasm Band (9:30 p.m.). $55 ($35 for prix-fixe dinner;
$20 entertainment cover). Reservations required. 2030 Park Ave.,
Detroit. (313) 961.2543; cliffbells.com .
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