Calendar

HOLIDAY

• Virtual Sensitive Santa Visits: 5-7 p.m. Dec. 4, via Zoom, Kids In Motion Pediatric Therapy Services 248-684-9610, kimpediatrics.com/sensory-sensitivesanta248-755-0895.

• Holiday Magic at the Village: Dec.

4-6, The Village of Rochester Hills, 104 N. Adams Road, Rochester Hills. Activities include photos with Santa is 4-8 p.m. at Festival Park, free, advance registration required, TheVORH.com/Events.

• Canterbury Village Holiday Stroll: Friday through Sunday, Dec. 4-20, holiday displays with live characters, CanterburyHolidayStroll.com, adv. tickets, $10+, free for children under 2.

• Drive-By Santa Parade celebration: 3-7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, various locations in Berkley, facebook.com/cityofberkley. Residents encouraged to watch from the safety of yard or porch and watch Santa float by. Tune in at 7:30 p.m. to watch the mayor give Santa the key to the city on Channel 10 of Comcast and WOW; Youtube.com/CityofBerkley; berkleymich.org/ livestream and facebook.com/ cityofberkley.

• “A Charlie Brown Christmas”: Cyrus Chestnut Quartet 4 p.m. Dec. 6, livestreaming, DSO Digital Concerts, dso. org/watch/1181281, $12.

• Winter Wonder Lights: Interactive outdoor holiday light display, rescheduled to Dec. 11-Dec. 30, Meadow Brook Hall, on campus of Oakland University, Rochester. Optional tour main floor of the historic mansion with COVID-19 precautions. Timed tickets at meadowbrookholidays. com, $22 ages 13+, $12 youth, free for children 2 and younger, $18 for active military and veterans, parking free, shuttle available.

• Celtic Thunder-Christmas Concert: Streaming on demand for 48 hours beginning at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11, $35 per device, available at 313Presents.com.

• Trans-Siberian Orchestra: “Christmas Eve and Other Stories Live In Concert,” 8 p.m. Dec. 18, livestream, trans-siberian. com, family-friendly, $30. Video on demand Dec. 19-20.

• Cranbrook Christmas Jazz-Grace Out of Necessity: 7 p.m. Dec. 18, featuring Rodney Whitaker Sextet along with guest vocalist Vanessa Rubin and the Christ Church Cranbrook choir. Annual concert is virtual this year, cccathome.org.

• Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker”: livestream at 8 p.m. Dec. 19 and viewable on MarqueeTV through Jan. 1, 313Presents.com/Moscowballet, $24.99+.

• Outdoor Holiday Magic: Through Dec. 24, at The Village of Rochester Hills, at the corner of Adams and Walton Road, in Rochester Hills, featuring festive lights, reindeer, holiday carolers, horse-drawn carriage rides, reindeer, elves, live musical performances. Register for a Santa visit time slot, thevorh.com.

• Magic of Lights: drive-through display through Jan. 2 at DTE Energy Music Theatre, Independence Twp., 1.5-mile route of holiday lights, soundtrack played through FM car radio, 5-10 p.m. SundayThursday and 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Adv. tickets $25+, MagicofLights.com/ events/Clarkston.

• Wild Lights: Through Jan. 3, The

Detroit Zoo, 8450 W. 10 Mile, Royal Oak, detroitzoo.org, 248-541-5717.

• Taylor Winterfest-Blizzard of Oz: Through Jan. 10, 12111 Pardee Road,

Taylor, high-tech light shows, displays and characters, walk through of historic Coan Lake area, Taylorwinterfest.com, tickets are $25, $15 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and younger.

• Light Up Beacon Park: 5:30-8:30 p.m. through mid January, Beacon Park, 1903 Grand River Ave., Detroit, interactive lighting features, food trucks, live holiday music, empoweringmichigan.com/ beacon-park, 313-566-8250.

• Big Bright Light Show: 5 p.m.midnight, through Jan. 3, and weekends through Jan. 17, downtown Rochester, downtownrochestermi.com.

• Wayne County Lightfest: Drive thru light display of nearly 50 animated themed displays and more than 100,000 lights, Merriman Hollow Park, 7651 Merriman Road, Westland, waynecounty.com/departments/publicservices/parks/waynecounty$5+.

ART

• Michigan Holiday Art Fair: Dec. 3-Dec. 6 with art, jewelry, handmade fashions and more for sale. Benefits several nonprofits. Live content and artists’ visits, MArtFair.com.

• Annual Holiday Shop boutique: Dec. 3-Dec. 21, The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, BBArtCenter.org.

• Toledo Museum of Art: onsite and virtual classes for adults and children, mid-December through mid-January. Scholarships are available. Register by Dec. 12 at tickets.toledomuseum.org, or call 419-254-5080 or email classes@ toledomuseum.org.

• Anton Art Market: Exhibit through Dec. 22, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, shop virtual, curbside or have items shipped, theartcenter.org. Holiday silent auction through Dec. 11.

• “Gifts of Quarantine”: Artist Mary Lou Stropoli exhibit through Dec. 23, KickstART Gallery & Shop, 33304 Grand River Ave., Farmington.

• “Detroit Style-Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020”: Exhibit through June 27. Access Detroit Institute of Arts online to view collections, online resources for children and adults, dia.org/athome,dia.org/education/resources,dia.org/

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videos. The DIA open Wednesday-Sunday; timed entry tickets at dia.org.

• Draw Your Dream Car: Athome activity to design a car, share via social media using #CarsDIA. It may be displayed in the exhibition, bit.ly/2KlSFM7.

• Russ Marshall-Detroit Photographs, 1958-2008: Exhibit through June 27, Detroit Institute of Arts, dia.org.

• Rebel Nell: New pieces of jewelry and accessories from company employing disadvantaged women in Detroit, Belle Isle Aquarium Collection, rebelnell.com.

BEATS

• Chris Buhalis: 8 p.m. Dec. 5, The Ark, Ann Arbor, bit. ly/36v24td, free.

• Dan + Claudia Zanes: Dec. 7-March 6, streaming, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Twp., bit.ly/36x2UWB.

• George Bedard and the Kingpins: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16, livestream, Blue LLama Jazz Club, 314 S. Main St., Bluellama club.com, $20. Additional charge for curated carry-out dinner for two with wine pairing.

• Birmingham Musicale: “The Social Voices of American MusicStories for All People” virtual music concert via YouTube, recorded for later viewing, thebirminghammusicale.org.

BOOKS

• Blake Gopnik, “Warhol”: Gopnik discusses his biography of Andy Warhol with Clare Rogan, curator of Prints and Drawings at the Detroit Institute of Arts in partnership with the Jewish Community Center, 7-8 p.m. Dec. 7. Detroit Jewish Book Fair virtual through Dec. 9, culturalarts.jccdet.org/events/ blake-gopnik-warhol.

• “The Monsters Rule!”: Storytime and Kids Draw-Along 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10, Ferndale Library, via Zoom, geared to ages 2-4, register by email to jordan@ ferndalepubliclibrary.org.

• Virtual Young Writers Club: 6-7:30 p.m. Dec. 14, Lyon Township Public Library, via Zoom with games, writing prompts, tips, meets monthly, 5th-12th grade. Register at bit.ly/36yn2rg, 248-437-8800.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

• Teen Arts Council Film Fest 2021: Call for filmmakers through Dec. 23, for ages 13 - 20, https://bit.ly/33yAn0Q.

• The Anton Art Center Michigan Annual XLVIII artist competition: Michigan resident artists ages 18+ may submit up to two original visual art entries completed in recent years to the juried exhibition with $2,000 in cash prizes. Apply online until Jan. 6, entry fee is $25 members, $35 non-members, payable online at theartcenter.org/submit-apayment.

• 2021 Kresge Artist Fellowship: Online applications open through Jan. 14. Metro Detroit Artists invited to apply for $25,000 Kresge Fellowships and $5,000 Emerging Artist Awards. Application Q&A 5-6:30 p.m. Jan. 7, kresgeartsindetroit.org.

CLASSICAL

• Mozart Piano Concerto No.

23: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4, virtual, livestream, DSO Digital Concerts, dso.org, $12.

• Starburst and Straus: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10, virtual, livestream, DSO Digital Concerts, dso.org, $12.

• Candlelight-Tchaikovsky and Other Wintertime Favorites: Dec. 17, 19 and 22, The Masonic Temple Fountain Ballroom, 500 Temple Ave., Detroit, 313-8327100, tickets sold in groups, $160 for 4, themasonic.com/events. php.

DANCE

• Alvin Ailey, “Dance Dialogues”: Virtual discussion of “The Nutcracker,” 6 p.m. Dec. 15, michiganopera.org/dialoguesdance.

FILM

• “Koshien-Japan’s Field of

Dreams”: DFT @ Home through Dec. 17, online, Detroit Film Theatre, bit.ly/3qguNtT, $10.

• NYICFF Kid Flicks 2020-21: Through Dec. 31, short films in partnership with the New York International Children’s Film Festival, dia.org/events/nyicff-kidflicks-2020-21, free.

FUNDRAISERS

• The Christmas Gift Back toy drive: Hosted by Sponsor A Creative, of RAWDetroit, in partnership with nonprofit COTS Detroit, donations help purchase toys and supplies for children hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic, sponsoracreative.com/toy-drive.

MUSEUMS

• Ford House Grounds and Gardens: Historic estate of Edsel and Eleanor Ford, 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, open 8 a.m.-6 p.m., last entry at 4 p.m., $5, timed entry, COVID-19 precautions. Register at fordhouse. org, 313-884-4222. The Ford House, historical buildings, visitor center and museum store remain closed. Ford House mobile app at fordhouse.org.