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December 26, 2014
Calendar of events
Special service announced
Pastor Billy J. Hales has
announced a special service at
Grace Community Church at 11
a.m. Sunday at Comfort Inn,
South I-94 Service Drive,
Belleville.
For more information, call
(734) 740-4230
County Lightfest open
The 21st annual Lightfest is
now open. This year, several new
displays have been added and
the entire light show has been
converted to energy efficient
LED lights. The largest drive
through light show in the
Midwest, the Lightfest features
more than 55 giant, animated
holiday-themeddisplays.
The Lightshow will continue
throughDec. 31.
Poet to be speaker
The Northville District
Library is hosting a program
"Poems for Michigan with Joyce
Benvenuto" at 7 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 8
Poet and storyteller Joyce
Benvenuto brings alive the gen-
erations of people who have
lived along Grand River, both the
river and the road, for the past
160 years in this presentation of
beautiful Michigan poetry. Her
collection of poems, "A Grand
River: Poems for Michigan"
crosses the state form shore to
shore.
To register, call (248) 320-3020
or
register
online
at
www.northvillelibrary.org/Events
Calendar.
Love &Logic classes offered
Northville Youth Assistance is
sponsoring Love & Logic parent-
ing classes in January, February
andMarch.
Love & Logic is a philosophy
of raising and teaching children
which allows adults to be happi-
er, empowered and more skilled
interactions with children,
according to organizers.
Class fee is $20 and can be
paid to Northville Youth
Assistance, 303 W. Main St.
Northville, MI 48167.
Classes will take place from
9:30-11 a.m. Thursday mornings
Jan. 8-29 at the Northville
Community Center, 303 W. Main
St. in Northville; from 2-3:30 p.m.
Wednesdays Feb. 4-25 at Silver
Springs Elementary School,
19801 Silver Springs Dr. in
Northville and from 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesdays March 4-25 at Silver
SpringsElementary School.
More information and regis-
tration is available at (248) 344-
1618.
Clothing give away planned
Middlebelt Baptist Church
will host another in a series of
Clothing Give Aways from 9 a.m.
until 2 p.m. onSaturday, Jan. 10.
Organizers said there will be
items for all ages available.
The church is located at 943
Middlebelt Road in Inkster.
For more information, phone
(734) 728-3838.
Jazz concert set
The PlymouthDistrict Library
will host nationally-known
recording artist Cynthia Kaay
Bennett in a free Jazz perform-
ance at 3 p.m. Saturday Jan. 10
during thePlymouth IceFestival.
Also featured in the perform-
ance will be Kevin Korecki on
keyboard and Will Kinsey on
drums. The event is sponsored by
the Friends of the Plymouth
District Library.
The library is located at 223 S.
Main St. in downtown Plymouth.
The concert is free but reserva-
tions are requested and can be
made at (734) 453-0750 or online
at plymouthlibrary.org.
Library offerswarmups
The PlymouthDistrict Library
will offer visitors to the Ice
Festival warm cider and a
Disney sing-along from 1-4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 11 during the
Plymouth IceFestival.
The family-friendly event is
free and open to the public. No
registration is required.
The PlymouthDistrict Library
is located at 223 S Main St. in
Plymouth. For more information,
call (734) 453-0750.
Drugs 101 class set
Educators from Saint Joseph
Mercy Health System will travel
to Hillside Middle School to edu-
cate parents, grandparents,
coaches, teachers and adminis-
trators about the various forms of
drugs and the peer pressures fac-
ing students to use them. The
presentation is titled Drugs
101:What Parents Want to Know
and is sponsored by the
NorthvillePublic Schools.
The two-hour presentation
starts at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21, when
participants will enter a mock
bedroom of a teenager that has
been set up to resemble a
teenage drug user's room.
Participants are asked to identify
drug and alcohol related para-
phernalia that have been placed
within the room.
Throughout the presentation,
more than 70 trendy drug and
alcohol indicators will be
unveiled to show how some ado-
lescents hide drug and alcohol
use.
The goal of this program is to
empower participants with the
knowledge they need to spot
warning signs of drug abuse in
time to intervene and/or prevent
it.
Any adult can register for the
program by contacting (734) 398-
7518
or
online
at
www.stjoeshealth.org/classes.
Any group interested in host-
ing a "Drugs 101: What Parents
Want to Know" program for the
parents of their school, district or
community, can call (734) 398-
7518 or email healthed@trinity-
health.org
Drama club to perform
The Northville High School
Drama Club will present Almost,
Maine, a play by John Cariani at
7 p.m. Jan. 30 and 31 and at 1 p.m.
Feb. 1.
The play is broken into nine
simultaneous stories that explore
the pursuit of love and the haz-
ards of loss in a remote, mythical
almost-town called Almost,
Maine.
All tickets will be sold at the
general admission price of $10
and will be available at the box
office one hour prior to each per-
formance. Tickets are also avail-
able by contacting Denise Stacer
at
(248)
924-2324
or
drstacer@dsemail.com.
Groups of eight or more may
have reserve seating and are
advance purchase only before
Jan. 29. The show is appropriate
for ages 10 and older.
For more information on the
Northville High School Drama
Club and the 2014-2015 season,
visit www.nhstheatre.com.
WildGameDinner planned
The Wayne County Fair
Association will host a Wild
Game benefit dinner at 6:15 p.m.
Jan. 17 at the Wayne County
Fairgrounds.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
for the event. All proceeds will be
used for the upkeep of theWayne
County Fairgrounds, a nonprofit
organization.
Dinner tickets are $30 if pur-
chased in advance and $35 if pur-
chased at the door. The event
will take place at the Wayne
County Fairgrounds, 10871 Quirk
Road, Belleville.
For more information or tick-
ets, contact Mary Zellner at (734)
942-1684 or Tom Busenbark at
(734) 799-3692.
The collected works of the
Ann Arbor Fiberarts Guild will
be on display in the
Gallery@VT in Canton
Township through Jan. 7.
The Fiberarts Guild
includes artists who champion
the enjoyment of fiber arts
through information and
demonstration. Works on dis-
play include a wide variety of
fiber art, such as: tapestries,
wearable art, textiles, fiber
paper, baskets, sculpture and
surface design. Techniques uti-
lized in the creation of some of
these works made of natural
and synthetic fibers include:
weaving, spinning, dyeing,
quilting, knitting, felting, and
beading, according to a
spokesman.
"These one-of-a-kind textile
creations contain unique color,
pattern and textural details
and can provide warmth and
texture to enhance any envi-
ronment," the spokesman con-
tinued.
Originally founded in 1956
as a club for weavers, the Ann
Arbor Fiberarts Guild (AAFG)
provides opportunities for fiber
artists to meet and exchange
ideas, and to learn about fiber
art through lectures and work-
shops. This group also partici-
pates in the Ann Arbor State
Street Area Art Fair. For addi-
tional information about the
Ann Arbor Fiberarts Guild,
visit
www.annarborfiber
arts.org.
The art exhibit at The
Village Theater at Cherry Hill
is free and open to the public
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Monday through Friday, during
public performances at the the-
ater; and by appointment by
calling (734) 394-5300. The
Gallery is closed onholidays.
The Village Theater at
Cherry Hill, located at 50400
Cherry Hill Road, is a regional
center for the arts. For more
information about this latest
exhibition, call (734) 394-5300 or
visit Cantonvillagetheater.org.
Fiber art exhibited
"Desert Flowers"
by artist Anne Flora