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GENERATIONS OF MICHIGAN MUSIC

The father-daughter duo of San and Emily Slomovits have been 
playing music together since Emily was a young child. San, along 
with his brother Laz, as the duo Gemini, have been a highly popular 
folk act throughout Michigan since 1973, and Emily began joining 
them on stage when she was just 7 years old. Now 23, Emily is an 
accomplished violinist, having studied classical violin for more than 
a decade, and has also developed a lovely and unique singing style. 
Their beautifully blended harmony vocals and exciting instrumental 
work breathe new life into a wide variety of American and inter-
national music, from folk to classical, klezmer to Broadway show 
tunes, traditional to contemporary. Special guests tonight at 7:30 
p.m. at the Ark in Ann Arbor are the duo of bassist Jacob Warren 
(who has often appeared with San and Emily) and pianist/composer 
Brian Brill. Tickets are $20; sanemilyandjacob.com.

DEC. 29

Editor’s 
Picks

FRIDAY, DEC. 27

CELEBRATE CHANUKAH

6 pm, Dec. 27. Join Temple Kol Ami 

for dinner followed by a Chanukah 

celebration and service at 7 pm. Bring a 

veggie side dish or salad to pass. There 

will be activities for all ages. There is a 

cost. RSVP: cspektor@tkolami.org or call 

(248) 661-0040.

SATURDAY, DEC. 28

CHANUKAH LIGHT PARADE

6 pm, Dec. 28. Join in a community 

menorah-lighting celebration complete 

with hayride from B’
nai Moshe 

through the Rolling Oaks subdivision 

in Farmington Hills. There will be a 

parade of lights, music and singing, 

sweet treats and beverages for all 

ages. Join with B’
nai Moshe. Free. Info: 

bnaimoshe.org.

CHANUKAH PARTY

7 pm, Dec. 28. Hosted by Congregation 

Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills at 

the Franklin Cider Mill. Giant menorah 

lighting, food by Chef Cari and 

entertainment by the Franklin Academy 

Jammers and Rogers Park. Info: 

miamicookie12@gmail.com.

MONDAY, DEC. 30

STUDY GROUP

10 am, Dec. 30. Adat Shalom Sisterhood 

invites women to welcome the new month 

of Tevet with a morning study session led 

by Rabbi Rachel Shere. At Adat Shalom. No 

charge. RSVP: Rochelle.r.lieberman@gmail.

com or 248-553-2498.

WEDNESDAY, JAN 8

DROP IN & LEARN

1 pm, Jan. 8. “The Many in the Hands 

of the Few — On Power, Morality and 

Nature” at Congregation Beth Ahm. 

Watch and discuss a Chanukah webinar 

led by Elana Stein Hain, director of 

faculty for the Shalom Hartman Institute; 

examine how one of the core themes 

of Chanukah reveals a divergence 

between rabbinic and Greco-Roman 

thought about power and ethics. No 

charge; no reservations needed. Info: 

Nancy Kaplan (248) 737-1931 or email 

nancyellen879@att.net.

SATURDAY, JAN. 11

HAVDALAPALOOZA

6:45 pm, Jan. 11. The community is 

invited to Hillel Day School, 32200 

Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, to 

celebrate Havdalah and welcome the 

new week together.

SUNDAY, JAN. 12

RAISING KIDS IN COMPLEX WORLD

9:30 am, Jan. 12. At Adat Shalom. 

Navigating parenting through a Jewish 

lens with Rabbi Rachel Shere and Jackie 

Issner, PhD, LP. Monthly series for 

anyone with a role in raising children 

ages 7 to 12. Each session is self 

contained. This program is supported 

by We Need to Talk, a community-wide 

youth mental health initiative.

WHY THE ‘
BLEEP’
 DO THEY HATE US?

10 am, Jan. 12. Mike Rott is a producer 

and a director for The Luft Gangster: 

Memoirs of a Second Class Hero, an 

award-winning documentary about the 

life and legacy of Tuskegee Airman (“Rad-

Tail”) fighter pilot, WWII Nazi P.O.W. and 

eyewitness to the atrocities of Dachau 

concentration camp, Lt. Col. Alexander 

Jefferson. Bagels and beverages 

included. At Temple Emanu-El. Free.

MONDAY, JAN. 13

KOSHERSOUL

7 pm, Jan. 13. At the JCC. James Beard 

award-winning culinary historian Michael 

Twitty explores the intersections of his 

identity as an African American and an 

American Jew using food as a lens. 

Co-sponsors: Coalition for Black and 

Jewish Unity, Hazon and the Jewish 

Historical Society of Michigan. Free.

TUESDAY, JAN. 14

TUESDAY WITH JANET

1:30 pm, Jan. 14. Get together in the 

Shaarey Zedek library. A docent from the 

DIA will show slides and talk about them. 

Cake and coffee will be served. Info: 

jpont@shaareyzedek.org.

THE ARK
JOAN MARCUS

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

Tickets are on sale now for the Thursday, Feb. 6, appearance 
of Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries, with Adam Ben-David 
on piano, at the Fisher Theater. Diaries is a marriage of many of 
Mandy’
s favorite Broadway and classic American tunes, along with 
selections from his newest recordings. From Randy Newman 
to Stephen Sondheim, from Harry Chapin to Rufus Wainwright, 
Mandy Patinkin takes you on a dazzling musical journey you’
ll 
never forget. Act now before the show is sold out. Tickets start at 
$55, available on Ticket Master.

FEB. 6