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KINDNESS
ART MENORAH
5:30-6:30 PM, DEC. 14
(THURS.)
This year’s Kindness Art
Menorah will be created
by hundreds of students
from local Jewish and
public schools. The
menorah will be made of
tzedakah boxes. Kindle all
eight candles in Franklin
Village, near the Franklin
Public Library, 32455
Franklin Road, Franklin.
Enjoy the traditional
Chanukah delicacies:
donuts, latkes and warm
soup plus an amazing
fire show. The event,
sponsored by Chabad of
Bingham Farms, is free.
BIM BOM BABY
10-11 AM, DEC. 15 (FRI.)
Bim Bom Baby is a
Shabbat celebration for
babies to 5-year-olds
at Temple Shir Shalom.
Welcome Shabbat with the
rabbis and cantor, play,
sing and braid challah to
take home. There is no
charge. All are welcome.
THEREMIN NOIR
7 PM, DEC. 15 (FRI.)
At the Detroit Film Theatre
in the DIA. The Theremin
Noir trio composes and
plays darkly evocative
chamber music using
the theremin, the early
electronic tone synthesizer
invented in 1920 and
used most famously in
Hitchcock film scores
and by the Beach Boys
in songs such as “Good
Vibrations.” The trio,
including Rob Schwimmer
on theremin, pianist Uri
Caine and violinist Sara
Caswell, will perform a
daring improvised score
for a compilation of
silent films by Parisian
avant-garde artists of the
era, including Man Ray,
Fernand Leger, Rene Clair
and Marcel Duchamp. This
live program complements
the DIA exhibition “After
Cubism: Modern Art in
Paris 1918-1948,” on view
through Jan. 7, 2024.
VILLAGE HAVDALAH
3-5 PM, DEC. 16 (SAT.)
At Congregation Shaarey
Zedek — a spirited
Havdalah featuring a drum
circle and fun Havdalah
craft project. Start the
week as a family. Free and
open to the community.
Register: tinyurl.com/
CSZvillagehavdalah.
KIDS’ NIGHT
5:30-8 PM, DEC. 16 (SAT.)
At Adat Shalom
Synagogue. Kids will enjoy
hanging out with their
friends, eating dinner,
doing Havdalah with
Rabbi Nosanwisch and
having fun. K through
fourth-graders will
enjoy watching a circus
performance by Cirque
Amongus and trying out
circus skills. Fourth- to
seventh-graders will enjoy
playing games at Marvin’s
Marvelous Mechanical
Museum. $12, members of
Adat Shalom/$18, guests.
Info: jlive.app/events/6103.
IRISH MUSIC
8 PM, DEC. 16 (SAT.)
At the Ark, 316 S. Main
St., Ann Arbor. Blackthorn
offers shows that involve
a musical ramble across
Ireland. Each of the
band’s five members plays
multiple instruments. Cost:
$20.
BABY & ME CLASS
10-11 AM, DEC. 17 (SUN.)
Village Tots is
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek’s Baby and Me
class for youngest
learners. Lindsay Mall will
direct songs, movement,
instruments, bubbles and
more. No registration
required; free and open to
the community. Perfect for
tots ages 0-2 years.
PROJECT MITZVAH:
NOON, DEC. 17 (SUN.)
“Hearts & Hands for
Detroit & Israel.” Our
hearts are with Israel, the
hostages, their families
and friends. Write cards of
love to our Israeli brothers
ON THE GO
PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS
IRISH MUSIC
DEC. 16, 8 PM
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