Check out our picks for the best in visual art, music, family fun, theater, film and more this week, and then vote on the event that interests you most.

• Throughout the week Show your support: Celebrate the spirit of the season by contributing to a fundraiser, like Dine to Donate, benefiting Dexter Relay for Life on Thursday; a silent auction Thursday in Ann Arbor benefiting Ann Arbor Derby Dimes; Rock for Human Rights in Ann Arbor Saturday benefiting Neutral Zone; and Fiddlers ReStrung hometown concert in Saline on Sunday benefiting Toys for Tots, to name a few. | Benefit concerts, dinners and other fundraisers in AnnArbor.com calendar

• Throughout the week Festive fun: Get in the mood for the holidays with KindleFest Market in Ann Arbor on Friday; Boar's Head Festival on Friday through Sunday in Ann Arbor; Chelsea's 2010 Hometown Holiday on Friday through Sunday; Lounge and Exotica Pre-Holiday Party Special on Saturday in Ann Arbor. | Holiday concerts, festivals, shopping & more in AnnArbor.com calendar

• This weekend Get crafty: Looking for unique holiday gifts? Check out theCity Club Art and Craft Festival (featuring arts & crafts, plus greenery) on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Dexter Area Museum’s Holiday Bazaar (handmade crafts, housewares and decorations) on Saturday, and Whip Stitch Art & Craft Fair presented by the Ann Arbor Derby Dimes (benefiting A2D2 and FLY Children's Art Center, with a special Corner Brewery beer) on Sunday in Ypsilanti.

• Wednesday, December 1 Holiday Fun for the Family: Visit and take a picture with Santa, listen to a reading of "The Polar Express," and enjoy hot chocolate and goodies. At AnnArbor.com community space, 301 East Liberty Street, at 4 p.m. | More info

• Wednesday, December 1 Best of 2010 at Zingerman's Deli: Zingerman's co-founder Ari Weinzweig shares his favorite food discoveries of the year. At Zingerman's Deli, 422 Detroit Street, at 7 p.m. | More info

• Wednesday, December 1-Friday, December 3 (continues through 1/3) "Dragonflies": Twenty years of dragonfly photography by Jianming Xiang. At Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue. | More info

• Wednesday, ember 1 JJ Grey and MOFRO: The North Florida-based band plays a simmering, gritty mix of blues, swamp rock, and Memphis soul at The Ark, 316 South Main Street. | More info | AnnArbor.com story

• Thursday, December 2 Frontier Ruckus: The folk-Americana band with Ann Arbor roots plays the Blind Pig, 208 South First Street, at 9 p.m. | More info | Previous AnnArbor.com story

• Thursday, December 2 Ted Rall reading/signing: The controversial political cartoonist and author reads from and signs copies of his new book, "The Anti-American Manifesto." At Hatcher Graduate Library, 913 South University Avenue on the University of Michigan campus, at 7 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story

• Friday, December 3 Carolina Chocolate Drops: Trad string-band tunes, covers of both vintage and contemporary songs, and some original tunes by these rising stars of roots music. At the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, at 8 p.m. | More info

• Friday, December 3-Saturday, December 4 The Raw Weekend II: Michigan's first staged reading of "Double Falsehood,"; a play now believed — after years of debate — to have been written by Shakespeare; and on Saturday night, "Celebrity Autobiography" will feature local actors reading (unintentionally silly) passages from published celebrity memoirs. At SH\aut\ Cabaret and Gallery, 315 Braun Court. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story

• Friday, December 3-Saturday, December 4 Dance & Related Arts Show: An evening of experimental theater incorporating dance, video, text and sound by dance, PAT and composition majors. At Betty Pease Studio, 1310 North University Court on the U-M campus. | More info

• Saturday, December 4-Sunday, December 5 Handel's "Messiah": The traditional annual presentation of beloved classic returns to Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story