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GLOW PARTY SET
5:15-8:15 PM, DEC. 28 (SAT.)
Celebrate Chanukah with
Congregation Shaarey Zedek at a
Chanukah Havdalah Glow Party.
Everyone is welcome. A quick
dinner, lighting Havdalah candles,
welcoming a new week and
lighting the menorah. We’ll have
glow sticks, Chanukah songs,
dreidels and more. All ages are
welcome. Cost: $18 per family,
$8 for individuals. Info: jlive.app/
events 9592.
MUSIC AT THE MAIN
2-3 PM, DEC. 29 (SUN.)
Kitty Donohoe will perform at the
West Bloomfield Main Library in
the conference room. The concert
is free. Michigan Emmy award-
winning songwriter Donohoe
was born into a large, creative
family outside of Detroit and has
been making up songs for as
long as she can remember —
folky, bluesy, Irishy, American,
Canadianish.
PARTY TIME
4-5:30 PM, DEC. 31 (TUES.)
Celebrate Chanukah and New
Year’s Eve with Adat Shalom
Synagogue. Entertainment,
activities and a light dinner will
be available. We’ll light candles
and countdown to the new
year together. Info: jlive.app/
events/8817.
NEW YEAR’S EVE
8 PM, DEC. 31 (TUES.)
The Royal Park Hotel, 600 E.
University, Rochester, will host a
stylish New Year’s Eve Bash with
a party to ring in 2025. Highlights:
light-up dance floor, DJ services,
photo booth, cash bar, late-night
snacks, a balloon drop at midnight
and live stream of the ball drop
on the big screen. VIP Admission:
8 pm; cost per person is $159 +
tax and eventbrite fees: includes
early access with exclusive entry
to the Conservatory, appetizers,
tray-passed hors d’oeuvres and
a private cash bar from 8-10 pm,
two complimentary cocktails and
a champagne toast at midnight.
General admission: 9 pm cost per
person is $99 + tax and eventbrite
fees: includes 9 pm entry, one
complimentary cocktail and a
champagne toast at midnight.
Event concludes: 1 am. Tickets:
eventbrite.com/e/royal-park-
hotel-ultimate-nye-bash-tickets-
1087203959309?aff=NYEWEBSITE.
A FUNNY EVENING
8 PM, JAN. 2 (THURS.)
“50 First Jokes” at The Ark,
316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. Fifty of
the area’s up-and-coming and
veteran comics come together to
tell the first jokes they’ve written
for the new year, kicking off the
2025 comedy scene in the most
righteous way possible. $20.
Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial Assistant.
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