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Grab & Go Planner: Sing Along with Kevin Devine, Enjoy Puppet Show About Esther

Pick and choose from this week's array of family events.

Need a way to keep the children entertained? Here are the best bets for families in the week ahead:

Why go: Start your Saturday with song! Kevin Devine has many of 'em – original, classics, Broadway and folk songs from around the world. He has a Trunk of Many Hats and gets children to put on a hat and participate with him.

Where: Playhouse Theater in the center of

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When: 11 a.m. Saturday

Cost: Free

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What else: For more information, visit orchardmallwb.com.

Why go: Dr. Lori Warner of Beaumont Hospital's Center for Children’s Rehabilitation will teach you how to recognize issues that may cause tantrums, how to prevent them and what to do if they occur.

Where: , Youth Services Room

When: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday

Cost: Free

What else: No RSVP needed. For more information, call the library at 248-682-2120.

Purim Costume Party & Great Grogger Grind

Why go: Dress up as one of the characters in the Esther story or dress as your favorite character.

Where: Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield

When: 9 a.m. Megillah reading, 11 a.m. costume review, 11:30 a.m. carnival games, airbrushing, inflatables, Star Trax, rock band, special young children’s area, kosher food for purchase

Cost: Free

What else: For more information, call Congregation Shaarey Zedek at 248-357-5544.

Hansel & Gretel

Why go: This is the spring play. The lobby is decorated with bunnies and will be filled with the aroma of popcorn. Sink down into red velvet seats, enjoy your popcorn and get ready to see the characters up close. Every play had one chase scene through the audience. This is a great first theater experience.

Where: , 135 East Main, Northville

When: 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through May 1; 2:30 p.m. April 19-22. No performances April 24 and 25.

Cost: $8.50. No children younger than 3.

What else: For more information, visit northvillemarquistheatre.com.

Purim Shpiel

Why go: This is classic puppetry at its best. The founders of the Detroit Puppet Theater trained in classical puppetry arts in the former Soviet Union. They’ve made their marionettes by hand, complete with colorful costumes, and the performance features lively music and Persian scenery. It’s the Book of Esther’s story about the poor Jewish girl Esther, who marries the powerful King Ahasveros and then, with the help of her uncle Mordechai, manages to overthrow the King’s evil, anti-Semitic minister Haman.

Where: Detroit Puppet Theater, 25 East Grand River, Detroit

When: 2 p.m. Saturdays through March 26

Cost: $10 adults, $5 children. Puppetry workshop after the performance, $8 per project

What else: For reservations, call the Puppet Theater at 313-961-7777. For more information, visit puppetart.org.

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