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PEOPLE | PLACES | EVENTS EVENING OF COMEDY 8 PM, MARCH 21

IRISH MUSIC 8 PM, MARCH 17

BENEFIT CONCERT 7:30-10:30 PM, MARCH 17

Jewish Ferndale, 1725 Pinecrest Drive in Ferndale, will stage a benefit concert for Ukrainian refugees. Ethan Davidson will headline local musicians playing various genres of music. Cost for admission is a donation to Ukrainian refugees at jewishferndale.com.

A ’60S PURIM 5 PM, MARCH 17

At the Windsor Jewish Community Centre. Cost: $25 per adult; $18 kids 12 and older; under 12 free. Reserve: windsorchabad. com.

IRISH MUSIC 8 PM, MARCH 17

At The Ark in Ann Arbor: Hannah O’Brien & Grant Flick, an Irish-AmericanSwedish-Folk-Jazz duo in an evening of Irish music for St. Pat’s Day. Tickets: $20. Info: theark.org.

PURIM CARNIVAL 9:30 AM-NOON, MARCH 20

Congregation Shir Tikvah invites you to join its annual Purim carnival. Megillah reading at 9:30 am and the

Suzanne Westenhoefer

carnival runs from 10 am to noon. Enjoy bouncy houses, sports and carnival games, prizes, a cake walk, make mishloach manot. Entrance fee is $5 per individual, max $20 per family. A pizza lunch is available for a small fee in outdoor tents.

BOOKSTOCK COLLECTION NOON-2 PM, MARCH 20

Drive up and drop off your gently used books and audiobooks, records, CDs and DVDs at Laurel Park Place, Six Mile Road between I-275 and Newburgh Road, on the north side of Dunham’s. For further information, visit www.bookstockmi.org.

CHARLOTTESVILLE TRIAL 1 & 4 PM, MARCH 20

At the Zekelman Holocaust Center. Featuring Integrity First for America Executive Director Amy Spitalnick. There will be two seatings of “Defeating Nazis in Court – The Charlottesville Trial,” and a conversation with Spitalnick regarding the landmark court case and the broader fight against violent white supremacy. The event will be moderated by Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School. There will be a presentation by Amy Spitalnick, followed by a dessert reception at each seating. Membership begins at $50, includes a year of free museum admission per household and is tax-deductible. To become a member and register for the program, call 248-5369605. If you are already a member, you can register at holocaustcenter.org/thankyou.

FREE CONE DAY 11 AM- 9 PM,

MARCH 21

Sponsor: Beaumont Health Foundation. Participating Dairy Queen restaurants are celebrating the first day of spring by giving customers a free, small vanilla, soft-serve cone.

Participating locations are also hosting a Dip

It for Kids campaign, which gives guests the opportunity to add a dip

to their DQ cones for just $1. The additional dollar Grant Flick & Hannah O’Brien will be donated to benefit programs and services at Beaumont Children’s, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, as well as any other donations collected that day, at participating Southeast Michigan Dairy Queen locations. To find a participating DQ location, visit DQ.com. More about Children’s Miracle Network at Beaumont Children’s: Beaumont.org/CMN.

LUNCHTIME LEARNING NOON, MARCH 21 & 28

Adat Shalom Synagogue invites you to join Rabbi Aaron Bergman when he presents “Dreams and Shadows.” He will be looking at Jewish texts on dreams and their dreamers from the Torah to today. The program is on Zoom. RSVP to Kellie Yost: kyost@ adatshalom.org. Info: adatshalom.org.

HOW TO PREPARE 7:30 PM, MARCH 21

Adat Shalom Synagogue invites you to join Rabbi Blair Nosanwisch, director of spiritual care, as she teaches on Zoom. She will consider how the practice of mikvah can be a means of preparing the self for both important ritual moments, as well as life’s