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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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