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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
Sunday December 09, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
For more info, visit website
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Midnight Madness on Main Street
It's party time in the Main Street area! The stores will be open late! There will be tons of Holiday Sales! Santa Claus and Miss Washtenaw County will be roaming the streets from 7:00 - 9:00 pm! Join local business owners as they welcome guests with extra special savings!
Also, don't forget to head to Kerrytown for a fun-filled evening of shopping and dining. You'll find great holiday sales throughout the stores, strolling carolers, treats, live music, and more!
*Entertainment runs from 7:00 - 9:00 pm, with participating stores staying open until Midnight.
Further Event Information
Friday November 30, 2012
Entertainment: 7:00-9:00 pm, participating stores open until Midnight
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Main Street Area, Kerrytown
Phone: (734) 668-7112
Email: maura@mainstreetannarbor.org
For more info, visit website
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Rails on Wheels’ Southeast Michigan Train Show
Rails on Wheels was formed in 1988 by a group of model railroaders interested in constructing, displaying and operating a high-performance HO scale model railroad. At the time, only one of the members had the space available for a permanent layout, so we each began to build small, portable sections that could be joined together, incorporating the specifications that would eventually become the Rails on Wheels Module Standards. To promote our goals of educating our members and the public about railroading and the hobby of model railroading, our activities have included monthly meetings and workshops, layout setups at over 75 train shows and the NMRA National Conventions in 1992 and 1997, private layout setups, railfanning outings and trips to train shows and swap meets.
Further Event Information
Nov. 24, 2012 - Nov. 25, 2012
Sunday, 10am - 4pm
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
For more info, visit website
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
Sunday November 18, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
For more info, visit website
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‘Crafting with Grace’ Arts & Crafts Show
'Crafting with Grace' is a juried arts & crafts show featuring 50+ artisans with their handcrafted unique items for sale. Your admissions fee entitles you to a free door prize entry (you do not need to be present to win). Concessions include home-made baked goods, and there will be a complimentary 'Kids Kraft Korner' and face painting. This event welcomes all ages and offers a great opportunity to get a great gift for the holidays. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Ann Arbor community.
*For artists interested in participating, visit http://www.craftingwithgrace.com.
Further Event Information
Saturday November 03, 2012
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: $2.00 per person, Children 12 & Under are free
Address: New Grace Apostolic Temple, 2898 Packard Rd., Ann Arbor
Phone: Patricia, (734) 368-8897
For more info, visit website
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
Oct. 20, 2012 - Oct. 21, 2012
To be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
For more info, visit website
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
Sep. 15, 2012 - Sep. 16, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: TBA
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
For more info, visit website
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Dawn Farm 39th Anniversary Jamboree
When people want to have a great time while supporting a great cause, they head for the annual Dawn Farm Jamboree. The Jamboree is a family event with free admission and free activities for all ages, including great live music all day by a popular band, hayrides, animals to pet, pony rides, lots of games and activities for children, a rock climbing wall, tours of the 74 acre farm, and live and silent auctions, including a gift table with a variety of donated goods and services - many at bargain prices! Food and beverages will be available. Our 'Fellow Traveler' award ceremony will honor one or more supporters for their contributions to Dawn Farm and the recovering community. Dawn Farm welcomes old friends and new friends to join us and share in celebrating our successes in helping people with alcohol and other drug additions become part of the recovering community, and to celebrate the tremendous power of hope, recovery and community in the lives of individuals, families, and our entire society. Funds raised from the sales and auctions will help defray treatment costs for individuals who need help and lack resources.
Further Event Information
Sunday September 09, 2012
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Dawn Farm, 6633 Stony Creek Rd., Ypsilanti
Phone: Megan Rodgers (734) 485-8725
Email: info@dawnfarm.org
For more info, visit website
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
Aug. 18, 2012 - Aug. 19, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
For more info, visit website
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5th Annual Pet Fest
We at The Pet Emporium are excited to announce our 5th annual Pet Festival, to be held August 11th & 12th, 2012! Pet Fest, a 2-day event this year, will be located at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds between Ann Arbor and Saline.
Our festival has enjoyed a great response, over the years, with thousands in attendance and hundreds of pets finding homes. Plus, our guests have discovered countless local products and services provided by a growing number of exhibitors each year.
Pet Fest is the largest pet festival in southeastern Michigan with an annual attendance of nearly 5,000 passionate pet owners. Our goal is to help local rescue groups and shelters find homes for foster pets and to offer a venue to artisans, service providers, and vendors where they may display to the public. We have enjoyed hosting over a 100 diverse and interesting booths each year and we are dedicated to making Pet Fest fun for all, exhibitors and attendees alike.
Further Event Information
Aug. 11, 2012 - Aug. 12, 2012
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. both days
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Washtenaw County Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd
Phone: (734) 929-6533
For more info, visit website
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Thunder Over Michigan Air Show
See demonstrations from the largest gathering of B-17s in the world. Meet legendary WWII veterans who flew and maintained them. See the U.S. Navy's top fighter and attack aircraft, the F/A-18F SuperHornet. Also witness a battlefield reenactment and much, much more!
Further Event Information
Aug. 04, 2012 - Aug. 05, 2012
9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $20-$25, $30 at the gate. Kids 15 yrs and under are free
Address: Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI
Phone: (734) 483-4030
For more info, visit website
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77th Annual Saline Community Fair
The Saline Community Fair is celebrating its 77th year! Carnival rides are always a favorite for families to enjoy along with events scheduled every day. Activities and admission prices will be decided soon. Go to the fair website for a complete daily schedule.
Further Event Information
Jul. 27, 2012 - Aug. 03, 2012
All day
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: Washtenaw County Farms Council, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd., Saline, MI 48176
Phone: 734-429-1131
Email: manager@salinefair.org
For more info, visit website
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Sounds & Sights Festival
The Sounds & Sights Festival is an annual summer festival in historic and culturally savvy Chelsea, Michigan. The event started over three decades ago as merchant sidewalk sales and has since burgeoned into a highlight of summer that draws visitors from all over the state and beyond. The two-day, three-night event features an open-air art market, live music, a food and social tent, children's entertainment and activities, a classic car show, and much more. The open-air art market is back for its 2nd year and expanding, after a successful debut in 2011 at this popular festival and the organizers are looking for artists and fine craftsmen and women to be a part of the event.
Further Event Information
Jul. 26, 2012 - Jul. 28, 2012
Thur. 6-8 p.m.; Fri & Sat 12 - 8 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Downtown Chelsea
Phone: (734) 433-2787
Email: artmarket@chelseafestivals.com
For more info, visit website
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Manchester Chicken Broil
The Chicken Broil provides a delicious chicken dinner complete with ½ chicken, roll with butter, fresh made cole slaw with secret local recipe, radishes, chips and beverage. Additional soft drinks, water and ice cream are available as extras. Entertainment and lots of camaraderie are provided for your enjoyment along with an antique car show.
Net proceeds from this event are used to benefit a variety of causes in the Manchester area, including the public schools, community parks, library and local civic organizations.
Further Event Information
Thursday July 19, 2012
4:00 - 8:00pm
Cost: $8 in advance, $9 at the gate
Address: Alumni Memorial Field, Manchester, MI
Phone: 734-657-3690
Email: karl@manchestermill.com
For more info, visit website
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53rd Annual Ann Arbor Art Fair
This event, which is composed of 4 independent fairs, draws more than 1,000 artists and, promoters claim, more than half a million visitors over 4 days. In addition to the fairs, there are free concerts and a variety of food and drink vendors.
The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original (734-994-5260, artfair.org), is at Ingalls Mall between North University and W. Washington.
The State Street Area Art Fair (734-663-6511, a2statestreetartfair.com) is in the shopping districts around State and Liberty.
The Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair (734-662-3382, theguild.org/art_fair_summer.html) has a downtown section on Main and Liberty and a campus section on S. State.
Ann Arbor's South University Art Fair (734-663-5300, a2southu.com) occupies most of the South University business district and adjoining East University and Church.
Further Event Information
Jul. 17, 2012 - Jul. 21, 2012
9am - 9pm each day
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Downtown Ann Arbor
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8th Annual Townie Street Party
Fund-raiser and kick-off event for the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original. Townie Street Party happens on East Washington Street, between Thayer and Fletcher. With live music; art activities; a kids’ art fair; food and drink vendors; and an enclosed, private bar for Townie Friends of the Fair, the event provides locals with the chance to gather and enjoy an evening of free outdoor entertainment.
Further Event Information
Jul. 15, 2012 - Jul. 16, 2012
Time of Event: To Be Announced
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: East Washington Street, between Thayer and Fletcher
For more info, visit website
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
Jul. 14, 2012 - Jul. 15, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
For more info, visit website
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Saline Celtic Festival
Everyone is welcome at the Saline Celtic Festival! Whether or not you have Celtic ancestry, you are invited to :
- Listen to live music from regional and international headliners under the tents
- Watch and participate in dancing: Highland, Scottish Country Dancing, Cape Breton, Irish sean nos, and more
- Witness amazing athletic events while you enjoy a beer or lemonade
- Shop the outdoor markets of crafts persons and specialty merchants
- See the dogs, cows, sheep, birds of prey, and Millie the mascot
- Watch costumed reenactors demonstrate their skills, see jousters and their horses in action
- Stroll the park, paint a shield with the kids, braid a maypole and listen to bagpipes
Further Event Information
Jul. 13, 2012 - Jul. 14, 2012
TBA
Cost: TBA
Address: Mill Pond Park, West Bennett Street, Saline, MI
Phone: (734) 944-2810
Email: info@salineceltic.org
For more info, visit website
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Rolling Sculpture Car Show on Main Street
More than 400 antique, classic, and concept cars on display downtown. July 13, 2012.
Further Event Information
Jul. 12, 2012 - Jul. 13, 2012
Time of Event: To Be Announced
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Main St. and Liberty St., downtown Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 668-7112
Email: maura@mainstreetannarbor.org
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Picnic at German Park
An Ann Arbor area summer tradition! German food and libations for sale, with special dance performances by the German Park Dancers. Dance band begins at 4 p.m.
NO ONE UNDER 21 ADMITTED without parent/guardian; photo ID required. No credit/debit cards or checks accepted; no ATM available.
Please: picnic baskets, coolers, food or beverages MAY NOT be brought into the park.
Event dates:
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Further Event Information
Jun. 29, 2012 - Jun. 30, 2012
Admission gate open 4–9 p.m.; park closes at 11 p.m.
Cost: $5 (12 and under free)
Address: German Park 5549 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 769-0048
For more info, visit website
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
Jun. 16, 2012 - Jun. 17, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
For more info, visit website
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Ann Arbor Summer Festival 2012
Stay tuned for the 2012 lineup!
Ticketed performances of music, dance, comedy, and theater by national and international artists at various campus and downtown venues. Also, Top of the Park, a nightly series of free outdoor concerts, movies, and family activities at Ingalls Mall on North University (except Mondays). Tickets: 764-2538. June 15-July 8, 2012.
Further Event Information
Jun. 14, 2012 - Jul. 08, 2012
Various showtimes and activities (TBA)
Cost: TBA
Address: Ingalls Mall on North University campus
Phone: (734) 994-5999
For more info, visit website
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The 12th Annual Mayor’s Green Fair on Main Street in Ann Arbor
During the annual Green Fair, Downtown Main Street will be open to pedestrians for free entertainment, food, and over 120 exhibits with environmental information, hands-on activities for youth, Clean Energy Expo, Green Commute Options, BikeFest, WasteKnot Business Partners, walking tours, and more. For more information, please call the Mayor's Office at 734.794-6161 x 41602. WILL BE HELD RAIN OR SHINE!
Further Event Information
Jun. 07, 2012 - Jun. 08, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Main Street, Ann Arbor MI
Phone: (734) 794-6161, ext. 41602.
Email: cschopieray@a2gov.org
For more info, visit website
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Taste of Ann Arbor, Main Street area
Enjoy a taste of Ann Arbor! This annual community event features local restaurants offering visitors bite size, and some not so bite size, tastes of what they do best. Live music and children's activities. Free Admission. Tickets for food tastes can be purchased at the event. All are welcome.
2011 Restaurant participants include:
• Arbor Brewing Company
• Blue Tractor
• Busch’s
• Cafe Habana
• Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub
• Gratzi
• Real Seafood Company
• La Dolce Vita
• Carson’s American Bistro
• Sabor Latino
• Miki Japanese Restaurant
• Black Pearl
• Blue Nile
• Cupcake Station
• Shalimar
• Parthenon
• The Melting Pot
• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
• More
Further Event Information
Jun. 02, 2012 - Jun. 03, 2012
Sunday, June 3rd. Time: TBA
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Downtown, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 668-7112
Email: maura@mainstreetannarbor.org
For more info, visit website
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Chelsea Painters 39th Annual Art Fair
From humble beginnings in 1973, the Annual Chelsea Painters Art Fair has gone on to become the area’s premier Fine Arts fair. Twenty-five to thirty highly accomplished artists exhibit work done in a variety of media: watercolor, encaustic, gouache, acrylic, oil, pastels, monotype and mixed media.
All pieces on display are original pieces of Fine Art.
Many of the artists also display hand-crafted note cards suitable for framing.
Come Light Rain or Shine (the Art Fair will close for high winds, hail, lightning, strong rain or flooding.
and re-open once the weather settles. The Art Fair will not re-open if a storm strikes late in the day).
Children’s activities sponsored by the Chelsea Center for the Arts.
A percentage of proceeds will be donated to the Chelsea Center for the Arts (CCA) and to the Chelsea Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Fund.
Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express Accepted
For More Information: 1-800-888-9487
****In the past, the setting for the Art Fair has been a comfortably shaded area on the Chelsea Community Hospital campus. However, because of construction, the 2012 Art Fair is expected to be held somewhere else. The announcement of the location will be in May.****
Further Event Information
Jun. 02, 2012 - Jun. 03, 2012
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: TBD
Phone: 1-800-888-9487
For more info, visit website
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17th Annual African American Downtown Festival
The AADF annually pays tribute to the Historic Black Business District of Ann Arbor through music, art, theatre, dance, poetry, crafts, merchandise, food, and kids' activities.
Further Event Information
Jun. 01, 2012 - Jun. 02, 2012
Saturday, June 2 from 9am-9pm.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Location- Downtown Ann Arbor on North Fourth Avenue & East Ann Street.
Phone: (734) 485-8889
Email: clpfestival@gmail.com
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The Ann Arbor Summer Festival Presents: Bonnie Raitt wsg. Marc Cohn
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival will present a pre-season concert with Grammy-Award winning artist Bonnie Raitt on Friday, May 25th at Hill Auditorium. The legendary singer/songwriter/guitarist returns to Ann Arbor in support of her newest album, Slipstream (release date: April 10). Special guest, Marc Cohn, will open the show.
Tickets will go on sale on Monday, April 9 at 9:00 am.
For info on tickets, go to http://a2sf.org.
Further Event Information
Friday May 25, 2012
8:00 pm
Cost: $35.50 - $65.50
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North Univeristy Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
Email: rwoulfe@umich.edu
For more info, visit website
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2nd Annual Chelsea Fine Art and Craft Fair
he Chelsea Fine Art & Craft Fair is a curated arts and craft event that features up to eighty artisans in two buildings.
The event is held at the Chelsea Fairgrounds. Chelsea is a prosperous suburb of Ann Arbor that leans towards traditional in taste and buying.
Integrity Shows has been coordinating art events in Chelsea since 1999. This is the second year that the show has been in this location with an emphasis on top quality work. Our audience was pleased with the new focus and showed their approval through strong buying. Integrity Shows uses a three year jury system. Those that have participated in the last two years are automatically accepted if they apply by deadline. We believe that artists should have an ability to plan their schedules.
The list of participating artists will be posted in April 2012
Further Event Information
May. 19, 2012 - May. 20, 2012
Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday NOON - 5:00 pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Chelsea Fairgrounds, 20501 Old US-12 Hwy., Chelsea
Phone: (734) 797-6496
Email: info@integrityshows.com
For more info, visit website
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Performance Network Theatre’s Saturday Series for Young Adults - Wolverine Will
'Wolverine Will' by Carla Milarch.
From Lumber Jacks to lug nuts, Wolverine William takes you on a whirlwind tour of Michigan History. Developed by a 1st grade teacher and theatre educator, this performance is specifically geared to augment your curriculum. It is a k-6 show that is 'Pure Michigan!'
The performance will take place on Saturday, May 19th at 1:00 pm.
Further Event Information
Saturday May 19, 2012
1:00 pm
Cost: $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for ages 16 & Under
Address: 120 East Huron Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 663-0581
Email: boxoffice@perfancenetworktheatre.org
For more info, visit website
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
May. 18, 2012 - May. 20, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
For more info, visit website
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Water Hill Music Festival
The Water Hill Music Festival is a one-of-a-kind music festival featuring residents of the Water Hill neighborhood of Ann Arbor, Michigan, performing on their front porches for other neighbors and visitors who stroll from house to house.
2012 Line-Up (so far) - The Vibrations, Jerry Hancock, Dan Mulholland, Brian Delaney, Andy Adamson, Rich Dishman, Tree Town Community Chorus (more announcements to come).
Sunday, May 6th, 2012, 2 to 6 pm Wear comfortable shoes, loose-fitting clothes and a hat, fill a water bottle and set off to wander Water Hill. You’ll find festival yard signs planted in front yards all over the neighborhood indicating sites where resident musicians will be performing on their own front porches, front yards, driveways, etc. (Some pianists will be inviting people inside to their piano rooms.) Chairs will be available on some lawns, but carrying a lightweight folding chair or camp stool might be a good idea.
Who, where and when? To know who is performing where and when you can print out the latest program from this site before you leave home or find it in printed form at locations around the neighborhood on the day of the event.
Parking: The best place to leave your car is parked in your driveway. But if you’re not lucky enough to bike or walk to the event don’t worry, there’s plenty of free parking available on streets throughout the neighborhood. Wherever you land please plan to park just once and experience the festival on foot, unless you have special needs.
Public facilities: Hunt Park, at the top of Spring Street, is a nice place for a lunch or dinner picnic, and has water and public restrooms. Belize Park is centrally located in the neighborhood at the corner of Fountain & Summit. It also boasts a drinking fountain, play structure, tree-shaded benches and a picnic table. Big City Bakery, at the corner of Miller and Spring, is a good source for coffee, muffins, scones, and on May 6th they’re offering a 2-for-1 special on their famous homemade dingdongs and extending their hours to 6 pm. Newly landscaped West Park, which borders the neighborhood to the south across Miller Avenue, features a playground and fields, and has a parking lot off Chapin Street.
Further Event Information
Sunday May 06, 2012
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Water Hill Neighborhood, Ann Arbor
Email: paul@waterhill.org
For more info, visit website
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2012 Ann Arbor Juggling Festival
Games
Lessons
Workshops
Prop Vendors
Open juggling for all!
Watch this space for more details!
Questions? Email juggling.festival@umich.edu or call Micah Tessler at (248) 990-8084.
Interested in organizing a workshop? Email Paul Wolberg (pswolberg, at comcast dot net).
You can also sign up for our juggling festival announcements email list
Further Event Information
May. 04, 2012 - May. 05, 2012
Saturday, 10am-5 p.m.
Cost: Adults: $2. Free admission for children under 12 years of age.
Address: Wide World Sports, 2140 Oak Valley Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phone: (248) 990-8084.
Email: juggling.festival@umich.edu
For more info, visit website
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The Dawn Farm 3rd Annual Ride for Recovery
The Ride for Recovery is a family fun and fitness event, and a fundraiser for Dawn Farm. There will be bike rides, runs and walks, with opportunities to participate at any fitness level. Registration includes a Ride for Recovery T-shirt and a 'Fun Day at the Farm' event for all riders/runners/walkers and their families - food, hayrides, tours of the working farm, kid's activities in the Dawn Farm Community Barn, and more! We'll have a 'Recovery Celebration' (with hot food) from 11:00 am - 1:30 pm. All Rides, jogs, and walks start and end at Dawn Farm in Ypsilanti. The event is supported by Team MANA, a cycling team of nurse anesthetists in Michigan who fundraise through biking. This event has been officially endorsed by the Michigan Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports!
In addition to a fun event that the entire family can enjoy, the Ride for Recovery provides and opportunity to support a critical community service. Founded in 1973, Dawn Farm provides effective, compassionate and hope-filled professional care to members of our community who struggle with alcohol/other drug problems. Dawn Farm's continuum of services includes residential treatment, detoxification services, outpatient treatment, transitional housing, and community outreach programs that meet people with addictions where they are, whether in the mainstream of society, on the streets, or in jail. Dawn Farm is committed to helping people find recovery, regardless of their ability to pay. Community support for events like the Ride for Recovery helps to keep these vital services available for those who need them most.
Bike Rides:
- 100 Metric Century “Serenity” ride starts at 8am
- 45 mile “Honesty” ride starts at 8am
- 25 mile “Openness” ride starts at 9am
- 10k “Willingness” ride starts at 10am
- 5k/10k rides start at 10am
NOTE – Helmets are MANDATORY for all riders!
NOTE – We are requesting that the road will be closed to traffic during the 5k/10k shuffle-we will announce the result on our website when we receive notification.
Runs/Jogs/Walks:
- 5k/10k “Stony Creek Shuffle” 10am to noon
NOTE - We are requesting that the road will be closed to traffic during the 5k/10k shuffle-we will announce the result on our website when we receive notification.
Registration:
- Register online at firstgiving.com/dawnfarm, with this form, or at the REGISTRATION AREA
- Registration Area will be open on April 29 starting at 7:30am
Further Event Information
Sunday April 29, 2012
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost: $25 registration fee until April 15, 2012; registration after April 15 will be $30
Address: Dawn Farm, 6633 Stony Creek Road, Ypsilanti
Phone: Anna Byberg, (734)485-8725
Email: RideForRecovery@dawnfarm.org
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32nd Annual Ann Arbor/Saline, Michigan Classic Bicycle Show and Swap Meet
This annual one day event held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds will host over 250 dealers from across the continent. At last year’s show more than 7,000 Classic, Vintage and Collectible bicycles were on site representing nearly every major bicycle maker in the last century.
Further Event Information
Apr. 28, 2012 - Apr. 29, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor/Saline Rd., Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 248-642-6639
Email: Bikeshow@aol.com
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Performance Network Theatre’s Saturday Series for Young Adults - Jamie and Jordan
'Jamie and Jordan,' with Book and Lyrics by Kim Carney, music by Gene Gaunt.
Born in the same hospital on the same day, neighbors Jamie and Jordan are lifelong best friends until a twist of fate (and ankle!) separates them. This hilarious musical tale teaches children about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and healthy friendship - both important for long lasting happiness.
This performance will take place on Saturday, April 28th at 1:00 pm.
Further Event Information
Saturday April 28, 2012
1:00 pm
Cost: $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for ages 16 & Under
Address: 120 East Huron Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 663-0681
Email: boxoffice@performancenetwork.org
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TORTOISE at Blind Pig
Tortoise revolutionized American indie rock in the mid-'90s by playing down tried-and-true punk and rock & roll influences, emphasizing instead the incorporation of a variety of left-field music genres from the past 20 years, including Krautrock, dub, avant-garde jazz, classical minimalism, ambient and space music, film music, and British electronica. At odds as well with the shambling framework of alternative rock's normal song structure, the group -- as large as a septet, with at times two vibes players -- relied on a crisp instrumental aesthetic, tied to cool jazz, which practically stood alone in American indie rock by actually focusing on instrumental prowess and group interaction.
Further Event Information
Friday April 27, 2012
Doors open at 9 pm
Cost: $18 Cover 18+
Address: 08 N. First St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734-996-8555
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UMS Presents: Academy of St. Martin in the Feilds Joshua Bell, leader and violin
Sir Neville Marriner says that the small ensemble he founded in 1958 “had no intention of giving any concerts or continuing forever.” Happily, whatever the initial intention, the Academy is firmly established more than 50 years later as one of the world’s leading chamber orchestras. Formed from a group of London musicians and working without a conductor, the Academy gave its first performance in its namesake church in November 1959. For its first UMS appearance in 11 years, the Academy brings its highly lauded sound to an exquisite all-Beethoven program. Superstar violinist Joshua Bell attacks the stunning Beethoven Concerto with his breathtaking virtuosity and sumptuous tone and leads the rest of the program from the concertmaster’s chair.
Joshua Bell and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields will receive the 2012 UMS Distinguished Artist Award in a brief ceremony as part of their season-ending concert. The day also includes a Gala event, including the presentation of the DTE Energy Foundation Educator and School of the Year Awards, to raise funds for UMS’s Education and Community Engagement Programs. Tickets for the concert are available now; information about purchasing tickets for the Gala will be available later this fall.
UMS will offer luxury coach transportation from Oakland County to Ann Arbor for this performance. Round-trip cost is only $10 per person! For tickets and information, call the UMS ticket office at (734) 764-2538.
Program
· Beethoven : Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807)
· Beethoven : Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (1806)
· Beethoven : Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (1811-12)
Further Event Information
Sunday April 22, 2012
4:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $10.00 - $100.00
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North Univeristy Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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Ann Arbor Orchid Festival, Matthaei Botanical Gardens
This exhibit will feature a number of exhibits with orchids in bloom and plants and supplies for sale. Also, free talks and demonstrations both days. Free admission. Hours: Sale area 10 am–4:30 pm Sat. & Sun.; show hours noon–4:30 pm Sat.; 10 am–4:30 pm Sun.; photographers’ hour 9–10 am Sun.
Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Orchid Society.
Further Event Information
Apr. 21, 2012 - Apr. 22, 2012
Sat.& Sun., April 21 - 22 (See event details for hours).
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N. Dixboro Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 647-7600
Email: AnnArborOrchids@aol.com.
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University Musical Society Presents: Ballet Preljocaj, Snow White
It’s been more than a decade since Ballet Preljocaj (pronounced prezh-oh-kahzh) made its UMS debut, but this production of Snow White, created in 2008, will be well worth the wait. Angelin Preljocaj has created a work for all 26 dancers of his contemporary ballet company, setting the Grimm brothers’ version of the fairytale to the most beautiful scores of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies. With costumes designed by Jean Paul Gaultier, this production ofSnow White is sure to shake up those who have grown up with only the Disney version at their disposal. “I was very keen to tell a story, offer something magical and enchanted,” says Preljocaj. At the same time, he approaches Snow White’s stepmother, the Queen, as the centerpiece of the story, representing the conflict of her own longing to be desirable and seductive while watching her daughter grow up.
Please note: Snow White is a grown-up retelling of Grimms' fairy tale. Due to brief nudity and mature themes, it is not appropriate for young audiences.
Thursday, April 19 | 7:30 pm
Friday, April 20 | 8 pm
Saturday, April 21 | 8 pm
The Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel will offer a special room rate of $129/night, based on availablility, for the nights of this performance. To make a reservation, visit www.sheratonannarbor.com, click the box for SET # and enter 226544.
Further Event Information
Apr. 19, 2012 - Apr. 21, 2012
Cost: Tickets range from $18.00 - $54.00
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)764-2538
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University Musical Society Presents: Pavel Haas Quartet
“The world’s most exciting string quartet? Well, they suit the tagline better than most. Their tone is large, quasi-orchestral. They take risks. Above all, they play with passion.”(The Times, London) Based in Prague, the Pavel Haas Quartet is named for Czech composer Pavel Haas, who was imprisoned at Theresienstadt and died at Auschwitz in 1944. While the Quartet is passionately committed to the Czech repertoire, and particularly the three wonderful string quartets that Haas composed (including the one on this program, scored for string quartet and percussion), all of their performances receive extraordinary acclaim. “In a class of their own…” (The Strad)
Program
· Tchaikovsky : Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 (1871)
· Pavel Haas : Quartet No. 2, Op. 7 (“From the Monkey Mountains”) (1925)
· Smetana : Quartet No. 1 in e minor (“From My Life”) (1876)
Further Event Information
Wednesday April 18, 2012
7:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $20.00 - $42.00
Address: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)764-2538
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Imagine/Align - Daffodil Display at Nichols Arboretum
Imagine/Align is a site-specific, community-based art installation by Susan Skarsgard at the University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum. This project, which bloomed for the first time in March 2004, is a one-half mile long line of 20,000 yellow daffodils traversing the environment, mapping thought and inspiring contemplation.
This is the fourth bloom for this community art project. Please visit Nichols Arboretum and walk the line to experience this project that involved the help of over 150 community volunteers. And especially, to witness the contemplative power of the mark of a single line.
Bloom time is late April through May.
Further Event Information
Apr. 16, 2012 - May. 31, 2012
Anytime
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Nichols Arboretum
Email: imagine-align@umich.edu
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University Musical Society Presents: Charles Lloyd New Quartet
Forty years ago, saxophonist Charles Lloyd was a pop star; his 1966 album, Forest Flower, sold a million copies. Four years ago, at 69, when most individuals are thinking of ways to slow down and kick back, Lloyd shifted to a higher gear and formed a new quartet. Lloyd has always led exceptional bands, and this is perhaps the best. With MacArthur fellow Jason Moran on piano, Reuben Rogers on bass, and Eric Harland on drums, the Quartet’s concerts are events of pristine beauty and elegance, full of intensely-felt emotion and passion that touches deep inside the heart. This is not entertainment, but the powerful uncorrupted expression of beauty through music. Lloyd’s latest release, Mirrors, “sees him attaining jazz nirvana, calling numbers that channel his love of Monk, eastern spiritualism, California, and traditional gospel music. Listening is like a meditation, and the sparse, taut accompaniment of the quartet keeps everything in focus.” (Jazz Choice)
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Apr. 14, 2012 - May. 14, 2012
8:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $18.00 - $44.00
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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Matthaei Botanical Garden’s Super Seedlings – A Little Green Thumbs Program
What a great way to celebrate Earth Day! Discover heirloom varieties seeds that have been passed down from grandparents to grandchildren. Explore how you can create a small garden at home. Plant seeds to take home and sprout and help plant seeds that will grow into seedlings for the Gaffield Children’s Garden. A great event for all including the little ones.
Further Event Information
Saturday April 14, 2012
10:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N. Dixboro Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 647-7600
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2012, the Ann Arbor Antiques Market will continue its tradition as a mainstay in the field of antiques and select collectibles. The Market offers the public a vast selection of quality antiques in the comfortable surroundings of seven buildings and numerous tent canopies.
For 44 years the Ann Arbor Antiques Market has offered a wide range of quality antiques and collectibles to buyers throughout the United States and Canada.
Exhibitors have sucessfully offered for sale every type of antique imaginable from early Americana to Art Deco. The large crowds at each show have provided dealers with knowledgeable customers and have given an economic boost to the entire field of diversified collecting throughout the years.
Further Event Information
Apr. 13, 2012 - Apr. 15, 2012
To Be Announced
Cost: To Be Announced
Address: 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734.662.0496 x 207
Email: annarborantiquesmarket@gmail.com
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Univeristy Musical Society Presents: Cheikh Lo
Cheikh Lô is one of the great mavericks of African music. A superb singer and songwriter, as well as a distinctive guitarist and drummer, he has personalized and distilled a variety of influences from West and Central Africa to create a style that is uniquely his own. Lô dedicates both his life and music to Baye Fall, a Senegalese form of Islam and part of the larger Islamic brotherhood of Mouridism, which emerged at the end of the19th century from opposition to French colonialism. Baye Fall is distinguished visually by patchwork clothing and long dreadlocks that lead some to confuse it with Rastafarianism. Born to Senegalese parents in Burkina Faso near the Malian border, Lô was interested in music from an early age, running away from school to teach himself guitar and percussion on borrowed instruments. As a teenager, he was influenced by Cuban music, which was all the rage in West Africa at the time. After emigrating to Paris and then returning to Senegal in the late 1980s, Lô attracted both the attention of and comparisons to Youssou N’Dour, who produced two of his early albums. His signature sound, based on the popular national mbalax style, was an instant success in Senegal and prompted rave reviews on his European tour: “a compelling performer with energy and personality to match that of the early Bob Marley.” (The Guardian, London) More recently, Lô has immersed himself in the Dakar scene, and his return home is reflected in his new album,Jamm. His blend of semi-acoustic flavors — West and Central African, funk, Cuban, flamenco — has been distilled into his most mature, focused, yet diverse statement today, with his husky, sensual voice sounding better than ever.
Further Event Information
Friday April 13, 2012
8:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $18.00 - $42.00
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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Univerity Musical Society Presents: Zakir Hussain & Master Musicians of India
The pre-eminent classical tabla virtuoso of our time, Zakir Hussain delivers brilliant performances that have established him as a national treasure in his native India and one of the world’s most esteemed and influential musicians, renowned for his genre-defying collaborations. His playing is marked by uncanny intuition and masterful improvisational dexterity, founded in formidable knowledge and study. Masters of Percussion, an outgrowth of Hussain’s memorable tours with his father, the legendary Ustad Allarakha, has enjoyed successful tours in the West since 1996. Joining the 2012 tour will be Fazal Qureshi, tabla& kanjira; Rakesh Chaurasia, bansuri (bamboo flute); T.H.V. Umashankar, ghatam; Dilshad Khan, sarangi; Navin Sharma, dholak; Abbos Kosimov, doyra; and the Meitei Pung Cholom (dancing drummer of Manipur).
Further Event Information
Thursday April 12, 2012
7:30 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $10.00 - $48.00
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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UMS and the Michigan Theater Present: National Theatre Live - She Stoops to Conquer
Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward yo acquainting his daughter with his old pal’s son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he’s mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he’s a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle’s indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle’s appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.
One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.
UMS and the Michigan Theater join forces to bring high-definition screenings of live theater broadcasts by the National Theatre, London. These broadcasts feature plays produced by the National Theatre on cinema screens worldwide. In the US, these “live” screenings are delayed to accommodate the time difference. Broadcasts feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors. Detailed running times are posted on the UMS website approximately 7-14 days before each screening. Tickets for each National Theatre Live event may be purchased at the UMS Ticket Office or online at www.ums.org. Tickets will be sold at the Michigan Theater beginning 90 minutes before each broadcast.
Further Event Information
Wednesday April 11, 2012
7:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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University Musical Society Presents: St. Lawrence String Quartet
One of the great finds of the 09/10 season was the St. Lawrence String Quartet, which made its UMS debut in a stellar program of Haydn, Ravel, and John Adams. Haydn returns to the program for this appearance, which is bookended with the composer’s quartets. In between, the ensemble performs a new work by Osvaldo Golijov, the Argentinean composer who has worked with the SLSQ since the early 1990s. The SLSQ appears twice with UMS in the 11/12 season; they also perform a new work by John Adams with the San Francisco Symphony as part of the American Mavericks concerts in March.
Please Note: The St. Lawrence String Quartet has postponed this concert from its originally scheduled date of Saturday, November 12.
Program
· Haydn : Quartet No. 57 in C Major, Op. 74, No. 1 (1793)
· R.M. Schafer : Quartet No. 3 (1981)
· Golijov : Kohelet (2011)
· Haydn : Quartet No. 61 in d minor, Op. 76, No. 2 (“Quinten”) (1796-97)
Further Event Information
Thursday April 05, 2012
7:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $22.00 - $46.00
Address: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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MAC MILLER LIVE AT EMU Convocation Center
Prime Social Group Presents MAC MILLER LIVE AT EMU wsg/ The Cool Kids and The Come Ups.
One of hip hop’s up and coming stars, Mac Miller, is set to return to the Detroit area on Wednesday, April 4 at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center. Miller started recording music in 2007 after getting noticed for his impressive freestyle skills. In 2010 this Pittsburgh native was offered a deal with Rostrum Records and released his debut K.I.D.S. that same year. After a handful of mixtapes, he followed up this release with 2011’s Blue Slide Park. Best known for the singles “Donald Trump” and “Nikes on my Feet”, Miller was named the iTunes 2011 Hip Hop Breakthrough Artist of the Year. In addition, DJBooth.net raved about Blue Slide Park saying, “after Blue Slide Park it’s going to become increasingly hard not to pay attention to Mac Miller.”
Further Event Information
Apr. 03, 2012 - Apr. 04, 2012
Wednesday, 7pm – 11pm
Cost: $28
Address: Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, 799 N Hewitt Rd., Ypsilanti Township, MI 48197
Phone: 734.487.5386
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Festifools
FestiFools is a non-profit production of the START Project, a University of Michigan Lloyd Hall Scholars Program initiative. FestiFools brings students and community volunteers together to create unique public art that is free and accessible to everyone. Specifically, they make huge-mongous paper-mâché puppets and march them around downtown Ann Arbor on April Fools day. It is a unique one-of-a-kind street party that you don't want to miss!
This year, there will also be a 'Foolmoon' festival the previous night, Saturday, March 31st from dusk - Midnight. More details to come..
Further Event Information
Sunday April 01, 2012
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Main Street - Between Washington and William, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)763-7550
Email: startproject@umich.edu
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UMMA Presents: ‘Curator’s Choice, Part II’
This is the second part of a two-part exhibition introducing exciting, recently acquired works from UMMA's collections gifted to the museum during the past five years. Associate Curator of Asian Art Natsu Oyobe selected works of Asian art, both historic and modern, such as pieces by leading Japanese ceramic artist Kôyama Kiyoko, as well as works by contemporary European and American artists, among them acclaimed Michigan artist Larry Cressman. The exhibition includes woodwork and basketry objects from Korea and China, contemporary wood sculpture and sculptural pottery, Hindu and Buddhist representations of religious icons, and a range of prints. The human form-whether a sacred icon or a highly personal portrait-is an enduring subject matter in the visual cultures of Asia and America. While Buddhism and Hinduism produced intricate and fascinating visual representations of religious icons, these contrast with the simple forms of human beings in the work of modern Japanese printmaker Saitô Kiyoshi and contemporary American artist Michele Oka Doner.
This exhibition is made possible in part by the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund.
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Mar. 31, 2012 - Aug. 05, 2012
Tuesday through Saturday 10 am—5 pm Sunday 12—5 pm Tuesday through Saturday 10 am—5 pm Sunday 12—5 pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-0395
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1st Annual Foolmoon
It's a street party filled with luminous sculptures and shadowy figures. It is the first annual, and is an extention of 'Festifools' party taking place on Sunday, April 1st.
More details to come..
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Friday March 30, 2012
Dusk - Midnight
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)763-7550
Email: startproject@umich.edu
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New Song & Holt Internatiol present WINTER JAM at EMU Convocation Center
The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular has featured many of the top names in Christian music, including TobyMac, Third Day, Newsboys, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Jeremy Camp, among others. The Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular outpaced attendance for all other tours in the first quarter, including Bon Jovi, U2 and Lady Gaga.
Show time: 7:00 PM
Door time: 6:00 PM
JAM NATION door time: 4:30 PM
Hosted by: Newsong
Speaker: Nick Hall
Illusionist: Brock Gil
Artists: Skillet, Sanctus Real, Peter Furler, Kari Jobe, Building 429, Group 1 Crew, Dara Maclean, For King and Country, We As Human Since its formation by NewSong in 1995.
Further Event Information
Mar. 28, 2012 - Mar. 29, 2012
Thursday, 6pm – 11pm
Cost: $10
Address: Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, 799 North Hewitt Road Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
Phone: 734.487.5386
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CURSIVE with CYMBAL EAT GUITARS and CONDUITS at Blind Pig
Cursive premiered “The Sun and Moon”, the first MP3 off their upcoming seventh album I Am Gemini, yesterday as a free download on RollingStone.com. The irresistibly catchy track can also be downloaded and shared via the Saddle Creek online store http://saddle-creek.com/store/515; to directly embed the “The Sun and Moon” MP3 widget, please see the code below. Singles of “The Sun and Moon” and feverish second album track “The Cat and Mouse” are now available via iTunes. You can also preview them both on Spotify!
***Tickets on sale Wed. 1/4 @ 10 a.m. ***
Further Event Information
Tuesday March 27, 2012
Doors open at 9:00 pm
Cost: $12 adv./ $14 day of 18+
Address: 208 N. First St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734-996-8555
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The 50th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America, established in 1963. Internationally recognized as a premiere forum for independent filmmakers and artists, each year's festival engages audiences with remarkable cinematic experiences. The six-day festival presents 40 programs, panels and parties with nearly 200 films from over 20 countries of all lengths and genres, including experimental, animation, documentary, narrative, hybrid and performance based works. Most filmakers are in attendance for an audience Q & A.
These hotels will be offering special room rates for the Ann Arbor Film Festival from March 27 through April 1, 2012, based on availablility:
- Weber's Inn - $92.00/night. Mention rate code AAF2012TH when booking. Call (800)443-3050 or CLICK HERE to book online.
- Campus Inn - $169.00/night - single, $192.00/night - double. Mention rate code #6559 when booking.Call (800) 666-8693 or (734) 769-2200 to book.
- Lamp Post Inn - $52.00/night - single, $57.00/night - double. Mention rate code AAFF50. Call (877) 971-8001 or CLICK HERE to book online.
Further Event Information
Mar. 27, 2012 - Apr. 01, 2012
Cost: Tickets and passes on sale March 1st
Address: Various locations.
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Saline Community Education Spring Craft Show
Over 135 creative craft persons, showcasing their most recent and exceptional work from throughout Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, will travel to this 17th annual show. Crafters' wares will include seasonal decorating decor, baskets, jewelry, tole painting, folk art, quilting, primitives, stained glass, floral, ceramics, clothing (children's and adult) wood, toys, silk and dried flowers, candles and furniture.
Further Event Information
Saturday March 24, 2012
8:00a.m.-3:30p.m.
Cost: $2-General Admission, Free-Children 5 and Under
Address: Saline Middle School, 7190 N. Maple Rd., Saline
Phone: (734) 429-5922
Email: dingmanj@saline.k12.mi.us
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University Musical Society Presents: The San Franscisco Symphony, American Mavericks
As part of its centennial season, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony will present the second American Mavericks Festival, which will tour in its entirety to only two US venues: Hill Auditorium and Carnegie Hall. The 2012 festival celebrates the creative pioneering spirit and the composers who created a new American musical voice for the 20th century and beyond. Aaron Copland’s Orchestral Variations were composed for piano before his prolific period that resulted in his most well-known works, and orchestrated nearly 20 years later. Mason Bates’ new work takes as its subject the first time technology bridged oceans. It sets radio transcripts to music in a work for chorus, organ, and electronics, revealing shimmering choral sonorities through a quivering static field. Henry Cowell’s threemovement Piano Concerto uses Cowell’s signature “tone clusters” expertly played by the edudite blogger and terrific pianist Jeremy Denk. And Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra shines a spotlight on the famous Hill Organ, as well as on an array of standard percussion instruments augmented by such items as oxygen tanks.
Watch: Michael Tilson Thomas on Ann Arbor's audiences.
Program
· Aaron Copland : Orchestral Variations (1930, orchestrated in 1957)
· Henry Cowell : Piano Concerto (1928)
· Mason Bates : Mass Transmission (2010)
· Lou Harrison : Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra (1973)
Thursday, March 22 | 7:30 pm
Friday, March 23 | 8 pm
Saturday, March 24 | 8 pm
Sunday, March 25 | 4 pm
The Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel will offer a special room rate of $129/night, based on availablility, for the nights of this performance. To make a reservation, visit www.sheratonannarbor.com, click the box for SET # and enter 226544.
Further Event Information
Mar. 22, 2012 - Mar. 25, 2012
Cost: Tickets range from $10.00 - $75.00
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)764-2538
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Henry Rollins at the Michigan Theater
Live Nation presents Henry Rollins' 'The Long March' tour on Thursday, March 22 at 8:00 PM at the Michigan Theater.
In 1980 Henry Rollins was a teenager living in Arlington, Virginia, and a huge fan of a Southern California punk rock band called Black Flag. One day he and his friend Ian MacKaye (who later formed Fugazi) drove to New York City to see Black Flag play at the Peppermint Lounge. They played later at a small club down the street, and Henry jumped on stage and took the mike for a song. A few days later he was called back to New York to audition for the band. Henry spent the next six years riding in vans, sleeping in the back of trucks, getting beaten and mauled on stage and fronting the baddest, most primal rock-and-roll band in the history of the world. Since 1986 Henry has enjoyed a more pleasant lifestyle and career as a singer. He is a published (and often lucid) poet. His band Rollins Band, was a highlight of the Woodstock '94 concert. His autobiography, "Get In The Van", is available in print and as a self-narrated compact disc. He has written several articles for Details, an American magazine.
Henry Rollins' Spoken Word performances are both hilarious and loaded with thought-provoking social commentary.
"Sounding like a profane camp counselor telling stories by the fireside, Rollins' naturally animated raspy voice is the perfect chaperone..." -Pitchfork.com.
Tickets on sale as of November 18th, 2011.
Further Event Information
Thursday March 22, 2012
8:00 pm
Cost: $25.00
Address: 603 East Liberty Street
Phone: (734) 668-8397
Email: info@michtheater.org
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The Ark Presents: Terri Clark
Medicine Hat, Alberta's Terri Clark has had a long and successful career that's consistently put her a cut above the common run of contemporary country stars. She's always had an ear for funny, sassy songs ("Girls Lie Too" is her latest U.S. number one), combining them with intelligently chosen covers -- with "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" she put Warren Zevon on the top of the charts where he always belonged. Terri is a CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year award nominee, the first female Canadian member of the Grand Ole Opry, and an eight-time winner of the Canadian Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year nod. And she's still making great new music—AllMusic.com listed Terri's "Roots & Wings" as one of the best albums of 2011. In short, she's an entertainer of the kind you almost never see in an intimate venue like The Ark. Tonight's show is an opportunity not to be missed!
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Wednesday March 21, 2012
Doors at 7:30 pm, Show starts at 8:00 pm
Cost: $35.00
Address: The Ark, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor
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UMS and the Michigan Theater Present: National Theater Live, The Comedy of Errors
UMS and the Michigan Theater join forces to bring high-definition screenings of live theater broadcasts by the National Theatre, London. These broadcasts feature plays produced by the National Theatre on cinema screens worldwide. In the US, these “live” screenings are delayed to accommodate the time difference. Broadcasts feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors. Detailed running times are posted on the UMS website approximately 7-14 days before each screening.
Dominic Cooke, director of the Royal Court Theatre in London, comes to the National for the first time to direct Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. UK comedian and actor Lenny Henry makes his National Theatre debut as Antipholus of Syracuse.
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Sunday March 18, 2012
7:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $12.00 - $22.00
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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UMMA Presents: Haroon Mirza
Haroon Mirza is a noted visual artist who wants us to listen, to train our ears on the incidental sounds that surround us, and to connect sound to the objects that create it. In his work Mirza explores and attempts to restore the relationships humans have with sound that occur through objects, actions, and forces, relationships largely screened behind the black boxes of electronic keyboards, digital music players, TV monitors, and the bits of information they play. In experiencing his work, we the audience are placed in an in-between position, vacillating between isolating the part and apprehending the whole. The installation itself performs for us as an "unfolding composition in time," and we the audience unfold too, though our acts of looking, listening, seeing, and hearing. His installations-which could also be considered unique time-based concerts-have captured the attention of the public and critics alike; he was awarded the prestigious Northern Art Prize in 2010 (he lives in Sheffield, England as well as London), and his work for the 2011 Venice Biennale garnered the Silver Lion Award as the most promising young artist. This exhibition, guest curated by Elizabeth Thomas, is Haroon Mirza's first solo museum exhibition in the United States.
This exhibition is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund, and the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.
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Mar. 17, 2012 - Jul. 22, 2012
Tuesday through Saturday 10 am—5 pm Sunday 12—5 pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-0395
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Performance Network Theatre’s Saturday Series for Young Adults - Fabliscious
Fabliscious, with Book and Lyrics by Kimberly Yost, Music by Patrick Farrell and Gene Gaunt.
Fast! Fun! Fabulous! This multicultural musical will have audiences in stitches. All of the classic fables are here, but with a modern flair! This delightfully entertaining performance humorously reminds children of the lessons and morals that have been taught for thousands of years.
The performance will take place on Saturday, March 17th at 1:00 pm.
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Saturday March 17, 2012
1:00 pm
Cost: $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for ages 16 & Under
Address: 120 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 663-0681
Email: boxoffice@performancenetwork.org
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The 39th Annual Dexter Pioneer Arts Fair
This juried show features over 50 artisans who demonstrate their traditional folk crafts and offer them for sale. Included are jewelry, stained glass, weaving, quilting, water colors, wood carving, spinning, toys, and lace making.
The Fair is sponsored by the Dexter Area Historical Society and proceeds support the work of the Society and maintenance of the Dexter Area Historical Museum.
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Saturday March 17, 2012
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $3 for adults, .50 students K-12
Address: Creekside Intermediate School, 2615 Baker Rd. Dexter
Phone: (734) 426-8114
Email: dextercofc@aol.com
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40th Annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow
The Dance for Mother Earth powwow attracts American Indian dancers, singers and drummers from throughout the nation. Dancers ranging in age from toddlers to elders compete in several styles of dance---fancy, traditional, grass and jingle dress---wearing traditional and contemporary regalia. Competing drum groups provide vocal and rhythmic accompaniment to the dancers as they themselves are judged. Cash prizes are presented to winners in all the competitions.
A variety of American Indian culture is expressed through vendor exhibits of arts, crafts, music, contemporary and traditional foods, and information on social and political issues that currently challenge local, regional and national American Indian communities.
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Mar. 16, 2012 - Mar. 18, 2012
Schedule: TBA
Cost: TBA
Address: Pioneer High School, 601 West Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor
Email: powwow_committee@yahoo.com
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University Musical Society Presents: The Anderson Project, Ex Machina
Filled to the brim with his trademark humor and visual and technological brilliance, this off-the-wall masterpiece by Canadian theater visionary Robert Lepage stars Yves Jacques (Far Side of the Moon) in a one-man tour-de-force about a Canadian writer from the rock-and-roll milieu who is unexpectedly commissioned by the Opera Garnier to write a libretto for a children’s opera. Arriving in Paris, he finds that his living quarters for the next three months, which he acquired through an apartment swap with a friend, are in a building that is also home to a peep show in the city’s red light district. Freely inspired by the timeless fables written by Hans Christian Andersen who, as it turns out, didn’t really like children, as well as anecdotes from his Parisian travel diaries, The Andersen Project keenly explores unraveling relationships, personal demons, the thirst for recognition, and compromise that comes too late. The piece was commissioned by the Danish government in 2005 to mark the bicentennial of the birth of that country’s most beloved writer. “A theatrical conjurer, whose dazzling shows have captivated audiences around the world with their mixture of storytelling and stunning imagery.” (Guardian, London, on Robert Lepage)
Robert Lepage’s The Andersen Project is approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes in duration and is performed without intermission.
Content appropriate for mature audiences only. Performed in English and French (with projected titles). A strobe light is used in this performance.
Watch the Pure Michigan Renegade trailer.
Thursday, March 15 | 7:30 pm
Friday, March 16 | 8 pm
Saturday, March 17 | 8 pm
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Mar. 15, 2012 - Mar. 17, 2012
Cost: Tickets range from $18.00 - $48.00
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764- 2538
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Keeping Honeybees: The Right Equipment
Tonight’s program introduces the types of honeybee hive equipment, demonstrates the proper method of assembly, and addresses questions pertinent to peculiarities with equipment.
Sponsored by Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers (A2B2
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Tuesday March 13, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 7 pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N. Dixboro Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 647-7600
Email: rimendel@sbcglobal.net
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Shamrocks & Shenanigans 5K Walk & Run
Save A Heart is an organization that raises funds to benefit patients and their families who come to the Michigan Congenital Heart Center at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Highly experienced cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, intensive care specialists, nurses, social workers, anesthesiologists and radiologists provide comprehensive care for infants, children and young adults with congenital heart disease.
Funds raised by Save A Heart support families with travel, lodging and other expenses. These funds also support clinical research. In a time when more medical costs are being shifted to the patient, one of the goals is to relieve the families’ financial burdens during a very stressful period in their lives.
Start Times: Kid's Dash - 8:45 AM, Kid's Kilometer - 9:00 AM, 5K Run/Walk - 9:30 AM
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Sunday March 11, 2012
Starts at 7:15 am
Cost: $10.00 - $40.00 - varies based on age and time of registration
Address: Downtown Ann Arbor
Email: steve@runningfit.com
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University Musical Society Presents: Max Raabe and Palast Orchester
“Max Raabe and his 12-piece Palast Orchester are re-creating the music of the Weimar era with verve and class.” (Time Out New York) A nostalgic homage to the legendary nocturnal flair of the Weimar era, Max Raabe and Palast Orchester embody the high style and music glory of the 1920s and 1930s. The debonair Raabe has a singular ability to capture the cunning rasp of the cabaret singer, the confident bel canto hero, the oily melodiousness of the revue beau, the carefree timbre of early jazz, and the falsetto of ragtime, all backed by his stellar 12-member band. His art lies in revealing the enigmatic intelligence, ambiguity, musical power and complexity of the “German chansons” from the turbulent Weimar Republic —and then shaking it up with a completely unexpected cover from the contemporary pop realm. In his amazing and simply fun performances, he keenly reminds us that between melancholy and irony, rebellion and resignation, elegy and slapstick, there is often only half a measure, sometimes just a single note, or a mere word. Max Raabe will surely “disarm and charm with impeccable glamour.” (The Boston Globe)“Fascinating. A born crooner.” (The Washington Post)
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Saturday March 10, 2012
8:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $10.00 - $48.00
Address: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)764-2538
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River Gallery Fine Art presents Larry Cressman “Working Title: Ground Cover” Exhibition in Chelsea
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Mar. 09, 2012 - Apr. 21, 2012
Exhibition on display March 10 through April 21, 2012. Gallery is open Tuesday - Friday, 11-5pm; Saturday, 11-8pm; Sunday, 12-4pm.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: River Gallery Fine Art, 120 S Main St., Chelsea, MI 48118
Phone: 734.433.0826
Email: info@chelsearivergallery.com
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University Musical Society Presents: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, the Chicago Symphony’s new music director, makes his first UMS appearance since 2006, conducting an all-Brahms program. Violinist Pinchas Zukerman, recognized as a phenomenon for nearly four decades, returns to UMS for a performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto. “Youth sticks with some people…Zukerman seems the forever-young virtuoso: expressively resourceful, infectiously musical, technically impeccable, effortless. As usual, it was a joy to be in his musical company.” (Los Angeles Times)
A Prelude Dinner precedes the performance, with talk by Mark Clague, U-M Associate Professor of Music.
UMS will offer luxury coach transportation from Oakland County to Ann Arbor for this performance. Round-trip cost is only $10 per person! For tickets and information, call the UMS ticket office at (734) 764-2538.
Program
· Brahms : Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
· Brahms : Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (1877)
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Friday March 09, 2012
8:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $10.00 - $120.00
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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The Blind Pig: Electric Six w/ Aficionado and Phantasmagoria
Electric Six is a six-piece metro Detroit-based band that plays what has been described as a brand of rock music infused with elements of 'Garage, disco, punk rock, New wage, and metal.'
The band is touring in support of their most recent effort, Heartbeats and Brainwaves, their 8th studio album that they released in October 2011.
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Thursday March 08, 2012
Doors at 9:00 pm
Cost: $12.00 in advance/$14.00 day of
Address: Blind Pig, 208 N. First Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 996-8555
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The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Presents: Grey Gardens
“Grey Gardens” is the hilarious and heartbreaking story of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, once bright names on the social register who became East Hampton’s most notorious recluses. Based in part on the cult-classic documentary “Grey Gardens”, “Grey Gardens – The Musical” focuses first on the pair in 1941, when they were the cream of East Hampton society. Behind the glittering and glamorous exterior of Grey Gardens and the family’s social whirl, we begin to see cracks in the foundations. Act II takes place in 1973, where the pair is living reclusively among cats and raccoons in the squalor that once was Grey Gardens.
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Mar. 08, 2012 - Mar. 11, 2012
8:00 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. 2:00 p.m. Sun.
Cost: $17-$22 for individual ticket prices, season tickets are available.
Address: Arthur Miller Theatre, Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 971-2228
Email: manager@a2ct.org
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Dead Man’s Shoes
WORLD PREMIERE
From the playwright of the smash hit It Came From Mars comes a dastardly comedy, based on fact, but steeped in the tone of a good old fashioned outlaw movie. Injun Bill Picote and Army deserter/ camp cook Froggy never were fast friends, and it doesn't look like they're gonna be as they wander the wild west in search of a man who done a truly despicable deed. Filled with true grit and dark humor exploring the real cost of revenge, it's a fast-paced and panoramic journey to the dark side of American history. Contains adult themes. Winner of the Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award. Starring Drew Parker, Aral Basil Gribble II, Paul Hopper and Maggie Meyer.
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Mar. 08, 2012 - Apr. 08, 2012
Only on: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
Cost: $27-41
Address: Performance Network Theater, 120 East Huron Street
Phone: (734) 663-0681
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The Ark Presents: Hot Tuna
From their days playing together as teenagers to their current acoustic and electric blues, probably no one has more consistently led American music for the last 50 years — yes! — than Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, the founders and continuing core members of Hot Tuna.
The pair began playing together while growing up in the Washington D.C. area, where Jack’s father was a dentist and Jorma’s father a State Department official. Along the way, Jorma became committed to the finger-picking guitar style exemplified by the Rev. Gary Davis. Jack, meanwhile, had taken an interest in the electric bass, at the time a controversial instrument in blues, jazz, and folk circles. In the mid-1960s, Jorma was asked to audition to play guitar for a new band that was forming in San Francisco, and the rest became Jefferson Airplane history. But the pair remained loyal to the blues, jazz, bluegrass, and folk influences of the small clubs and larger venues they had learned from years before. This led to an album and a record contract, all before they decided to name their band Hot Tuna. With that album they launched a project that has continued for more than 35 years, always finding new and interesting turns in its path forward. In an era in which old bands reunite for one last tour, Hot Tuna can’t, because Hot Tuna never broke up. They've turned increasingly toward acoustic roots in recent years, but two things have never changed: Jorma and Jack still enjoy playing together as much as they did as kids in Washington D.C., and there are still many, many exciting miles yet to travel on the group's musical odyssey. Hot Tuna recently released "Steady as She Goes," their first new studio album since 1990.
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Tuesday March 06, 2012
Doors at 7:30 pm, Show starts at 8:00 pm
Cost: $35.00
Address: The Ark, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor
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BLIND PIG presents: BLACK MILK
As the buzz of many of hip hop’s young leaders-to-be evolves from loud commotion into hushed whispers, Black Milk has stayed relevant by remaining focused on creating music that endures. He’s achieved recognition from fans, critics, and his peers as one of the best producers around, and when coupling that talent with his sharp lyricism and stylish delivery as an emcee, Black has proven to be one of the most vital hip hop artists of his generation.
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Tuesday March 06, 2012
Doors open at 9:00 pm
Cost: $15 Cover 18+
Address: Blind Pig 208 N. First St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734-996-8555
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The Ark Presents: Catie Curtis
The songwriting of Catie Curtis combines insightful lyrics with addictive melodies and high energy. Catie's recordings and impressive touring career in the U.S. and Europe have earned her rave reviews and wide recognition. Her songs have been featured on "Dawson's Creek," "Felicity," "Alias," "Chicago Hope," and "Grey's Anatomy," as well as in several independent films. She's toured extensively with Mary Chapin Carpenter and with the original Lilith Fair. Catie was named grand prize winner of the International Songwriting Competition for her song "People Look Around," co-written with Mark Erelli. In January 2009 she performed at the Human Rights Campaign's official Obama inaugural ball, and she's been back to the White House several times. Catie's new album, "Stretch Limousine on Fire," delivers some of the finest material of her career: ten original songs that push at her own musical boundaries and explore harsh realities that are tempered with moments of fleeting beauty. This temporary nature of life is a theme that pervades the album from the first notes. The opening song "Let It Last," which features folk powerhouse and former tour mate Mary Chapin Carpenter singing harmony, finds Curtis pleading "I know it can't last / And all I ask is let it last a little longer."
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Friday March 02, 2012
Doors open at 7:30 pm, Show starts at 8:00 pm
Cost: $20.00
Address: The Ark, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor
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The Blind Pig Presents: DIA FRAMPTON with ANDREW ALLEN
Crafting a sound halfway between alternative rock and confessional singer/songwriter pop, she cites as influences Rufus Wainwright, Steel Train, Joni Mitchell, The Mars Volta, Rocky Votolato, Ben Folds, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, The Cranberries, and Cursive. Dia Frampton's father was a DJ who exposed his daughters to a wide range of music while they were growing up in Draper, Utah. They were also encouraged to express themselves through the music medium: Dia sang at county fairs, while her sister, Meg, learned the guitar by playing along with the radio. Though the sisters played in several bands throughout their teens, they took a break from the music business when Meg relocated to Salt Lake City for college. By 2005, though, the Framptons were ready to try again, and Dia headed out to Salt Lake City to rejoin her sister.
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Thursday March 01, 2012
Doors open at 8:00pm
Cost: $15 cover All ages
Address: The Blind Pig, 208 N. First St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734-996-8555
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Matthaei Botanical Gardens - Celebrating 50 Years on Dixboro Road
The University of Michigan Mattaei Botanical Gardens is 50 this year! Come and celebrate a half century on Dixboro Road by travelling back in time to see images of the Botanical Gardens' buildings and conservatory as they were being built; discover historic plants in the conservatory, and experience the Botanical Gardens as one of the best places on campus for students, faculty, staff, and the public to discover, learn and connect with nature.
Matthaei Botanical Gardens is open 7 days a week, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday - Sunday, 10:00am - 8:00pm; Wednesday 10:00am - 8:00pm
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Feb. 25, 2012 - Apr. 08, 2012
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: 1800 N. Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 647-7600
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UMMA Presents: ‘Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life’
Fluxus emerged in the early 1960s as a loose, international network of artists, composers, and designers-"led" by Lithuanian-born American artist George Maciunas (1931-1978)- that was noted for blurring the boundaries between art and life. Fluxus artists like Maciunas, Nam June Paik, George Brecht, and Yoko Ono, among many others, challenged the notion of high art by creating unassuming, often humorous objects and performances that redefined the terms of artistic production by demonstrating the idea that "anything can be art and anyone can do it." Because of their disregard for traditional artistic media, many of the objects in the exhibition are-often by design-acutely resistant to conventional forms of museum display. Variously conceived as carriers of ideas, absurdist send-ups of consumer products, and invitations to direct, playful participation by the viewer, these works attempt to undermine the idea that art is separate from the activity of living one's life. Through 116 works, Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life will introduce visitors to the study and appreciation of art as an exciting and intellectually rewarding experience, and to the notion that art is something that can play an active role in their own approaches to life's essential questions.
This exhibition was organized by the Hood Museum of Art and was generously supported by Constance and Walter Burke, Dartmouth College Class of 1944, the Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund, and the Ray Winfield Smith 1918 Fund. UMMA's installation is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Health System, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Arts at Michigan, and the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.
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Feb. 25, 2012 - May. 20, 2012
Tuesday through Saturday 10 am—5 pm Sunday 12—5 pm
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)996-0400
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Vocal Arts Ensemble presents Pops Dinner Gala: Heroes and Villains
VAE's annual gala dinner concert and fundraiser looks at those extremes of human character -- heroism and villainy -- through music of the musical stage, pop, TV and movies, and a bit of classical. Between parts of a 3-course dinner, guests will be entertained by soloists, small groups and the entire ensemble. Complimentary glass of wine, cash bar, silent auction, coffee bar. Please note: ALL TICKETS ARE IN ADVANCE, NO SALES AT THE DOOR. Deadline for buying your ticket is Saturday, February 18 at 5pm.
IMPORTANT: If you buy your ticket online, in order to complete your reservation you will need to have seating assigned by Roxy Diederich, our event coordinator. After buying your ticket, contact Roxy at (734) 302-1555 or at roxymeggers [at] gmail.com to finalize your arrangements. Please tell her if there are others in your party with whom you would like to be seated. NOTE: Seats are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, so it is to your advantage to call early for best seating.
Parties of Ten or More: Discount tickets are available for parties of ten or more. In order to buy discount group tickets, do not purchase tickets online but rather contact Roxy Diederich directly, as noted above -- or work through a VAE member.
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Feb. 24, 2012 - Feb. 25, 2012
February 25th, 5:30pm
Cost: Ticket price: $55. Deadline for buying your ticket is Saturday, February 18 at 5pm.
Address: Kensington Court Hotel 610 Hilton Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: (734) 302-1555
Email: roxymeggers@gmail.com
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The Art of the Duo
Violinists Gabe Bolkosky and Rachel Noyes will explore the often surprisingly complex range of texture within the duo and solo violin repetoire. This performance is made possible with support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Program
- Prokofiev Solo and Duo sonatas
- Bartók Duo Sonatas
- Bach Solo Sonata
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Feb. 24, 2012 -
08:00 p.m.
Cost: $25 Assigned Rows 1-2, $15 Assigned Rows 3-5, $10 General Admission , $5 Student
Address: 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 769-2999
Email: kch@kerrytown.com
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The Ark Presents: BreakFEST 2012 to Benefit Breakfast at St. Andrew’s
A benefit for the St. Andrew's Episcopal breakfast program
Ann Arbor's Breakfast at St. Andrew's is an all-volunteer charity that has served a free meal to anyone in need every day for 30 years. Today, Breakfast at St. Andrew's serves as many as 150 meals each morning. All concert profits will go to buy food and supplies, and cover other operating costs for the program. This year's BreakFEST show, benefiting the breakfast program, includes some superb artists who are rarely seen in Michigan. The headliners are guitar flatpicker Dan Crary, whose arrangements paved the way for much of the newgrass movement in the 1970s and 1980s, the Small Ponds featuring Whiskeytown alumna Caitlin Cary and Matt Douglas, and a traditional Irish band featuring Mick Gavin. You could come for the music. Host and special musical guest is Lansing's Joel Mabus. You could come to support a worthwhile program that helps people. Put it all together, and how can you miss this evening? Reserved-seat tickets ($40) are available through TheArk.org, the Michigan Union Ticket Office, and Herb David Guitar Studio; general-admission seats are $30. Note special 7:30 p.m. start time!
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Feb. 24, 2012 -
07:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7 pm)
Cost: $30.00 - $40.00
Address: 316 South Main Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 761-1818
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Fairie Gardens an Troll Houses
Fairies and trolls are visiting! Welcome them by helping us construct fairie dwellings for the Conservatory and the Gaffield Children’s Garden. Also, build a fairie garden and a troll house to coax fairies and trolls into visiting your home. A Winter Adventure Saturday program at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. $5.00 per child includes activities and materials. Limited class size; preregistration requested
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Friday February 24, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $5.00 per Child
Address: 1800 North Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 647-7600
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The Gerald Ford Library Presents: The New Cold War: Hackers, Drones, and Cyber Spies
Shane Harris discusses the threats and challenges that will define America's national security in the 21st century in his talk - The New Cold War: Hackers, Drones, and Cyber Spies.
An author and journalist, Shane Harris has spent the last decade writing about national security and counterterrorism. He is the author of "The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State," voted one of 2010's Best Books by The Economist.
Shane Harris, winner of the 24th annual Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense, is Senior Writer for the Washingtonian, "the magazine that Washington lives by."
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Thursday February 23, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, 1000 Beal Ave., Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 205-0555
Email: kate.murray@nara.gov
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Univeristy Musical Society Presents: Hagen Quartet
“Their performance was filled with subtlety and wonder… the playing was breathtaking in its precision, dynamism, and agility…a thrilling encounter.” (The Independent) Regarded internationally as one of the foremost string quartets of the day, the Hagen Quartet consists of the two brothers Lukas (violin) and Clemens (cello) and their sister Veronika Hagen (viola), along with violinist Rainer Schmidt, who has been with the group for more than 20 years. For this return performance — they last appeared in Ann Arbor in 1998 — the Hagen Quartet presents a program of Beethoven quartets as part of Pure Michigan Renegade.
Watch the Pure Michigan Renegade trailer.
Program
· Beethoven : String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 (1801)
· Beethoven : String Quartet in f minor, Op. 95 (1810)
· Beethoven : String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74 (1809)
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Thursday February 23, 2012
7:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $22.00 - $46.00
Address: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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Papermaking and Nature Journals
Make beautiful paper from recycled newsprint and explore nature through writing and observations. $5.00 per child includes activities and materials. Limited class size; preregistration requested.
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Thursday February 23, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $5.00 per Child
Address: 1800 North Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 647-7600
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The Ark Presents: Playing For Change
Maybe you've seen the "Stand By Me" video on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM)—it's been viewed more than 37 million times. It has quite a story behind it! Grammy-winning producer/engineer/filmmaker Mark Johnson founded Playing For Change on the simple idea that the world can be connected through music. Starting in Santa Monica, California, Mark captured a performance of “Stand By Me” by legendary street blues singer Roger Ridley, then he took the show on the road. In New Orleans, he put headphones on Grandpa Elliott, who harmonized with Ridley’s soulful rendition of the song. And he didn’t stop there. Using innovative mobile technology and traveling the world, they filmed and recorded more than 100 musicians, largely outdoors, in parks, plazas and promenades, in doorways, on cobblestone streets and amid hilly pueblos. Each captured performance created a new mix in which essentially the artists are all performing together, even though they're hundreds or thousands of miles apart. The Playing for Change has continued and evolved through worldwide concert tours musicians from around the globe, many of whom have appeared in the project's more than 50 videos. The PFC Band has performed on NBC’s The Tonight Show twice, and the two-disc CD/DVD set "Playing for Change: Songs Around the World" has reached the top ten on Billboard magazine's pop chart. The project’s deep emotional resonance, combined with the muscle of the Internet and sheer word-of-mouth, has struck a profoundly enduring chord worldwide. Playing for Change is a musical story of hope, joy, and redemption.
Playing For Change brings its "Back to Our Roots" tour to The Ark this time around! The tour's goal is not only to bring musicians together of all backgrounds, but to inspire, educate, and empower them through the creation of music and art schools in developing communities.
The 2012 Playing For Change Band lineup will feature renowned and wildly diverse musicians from around the world, making stops in major cities across the USA and Canada including Chicago, New York, Boston, Toronto, and Pittsburgh. The lineup includes:
Grandpa Elliott (vocals/harmonica)—USA
Clarence Milton Bekker (vocals)—The Netherlands
Mermans Mosengo (vocals/guitar/percussion)—Congo
Reggie McBride (bass)—USA
Jason Tamba (vocals/guitar)—Congo
Peter Bunetta (drums)—USA
Titi Tsira (vocals)—South Africa
Tom Canning (keyboards)—USA
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Wednesday February 22, 2012
Doors at 7:30 pm, Show starts at 8:00 pm
Cost: $35.00
Address: The Ark, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor
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University Musical Society Presents: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Under Wynton Marsalis’ direction, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) performs a repertoire across the full jazz spectrum — from the music’s New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. By creating and performing an expansive range of brilliant new music for quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony orchestras, tap dance to ballet, Wynton has expanded the vocabulary for jazz and created a vital body of work that places him among the world’s finest musicians and composers. On this new tour and to celebrate Wynton’s 50th birthday, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will showcase a retrospective of Wynton’s music written for big band. The JLCO may also perform the unique repertoire for which it is renowned worldwide: modern jazz renditions of traditional favorites, including tunes by Thelonious Monk; classic Blue Note Records selections by Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, and Joe Henderson; and modern compositions and arrangements by jazz contemporaries. “The audience was weak from applauding and shouting and jumping up and down with the joy of the great music it had heard.” (El Universal/The Herald)
UMS will offer luxury coach transportation from Oakland County to Ann Arbor for this performance. Round-trip cost is only $10 per person! For tickets and information, call the UMS ticket office at (734) 764-2538.
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Wednesday February 22, 2012
7:30 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $10.00 - $54.00
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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Winter Trek
Come ready to spend a few nature packed hours at Matthaei as you create your own eco-treasure hunt. Explore the trails and look for signs of animals in winter.
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Wednesday February 22, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: 1800 North Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 647-7600
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The Ark Presents: Mike Doughty
Rich new solo music from the former leader of Soul Coughing
In 1992 Mike Doughty was working as a doorman at New York's legendary Knitting Factory club. With musicians he met there he formed Soul Coughing, a great 1990s band whose unclassifiable mix of rock, beat poetry, hip-hop, and electronica gained in passionate admiration what it lost in mainstream success. The reasons for Soul Coughing's 2000 breakup included Doughty's own drug addiction. His reinvention of himself as a solo singer-songwriter has brought new creativity, warmth, and, dare we say it, a bit of lightening up as he has sung, written, and blogged about a huge range of topics from the personal to the political to the whimsical. Mike comes to Michigan with a new release, "Yes and Also Yes," that includes one song in German and other accompanied by a Chinese zither.
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Tuesday February 21, 2012
Doors at 7:30 pm, Show starts at 8:00 pm
Cost: $22.50
Address: The Ark, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor
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Big Top Revue 3 to Benefit Top of the Park
The Roaring Twenties are back!
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival invites you back to the Big Top for a night of decadent food, music and entertainment. This year’s speakeasy theme offers an evening of music hall variety mixed with vintage jazz, electro-swing, and prohibition revelry all to support the 2012 season at Top of the Park.
Hosted by Gratzi in downtown Ann Arbor, the restaurant provides the perfect backdrop being housed in the former Orpheum Theater, a 1920’s movie palace. Glimpses of the venue’s former glory will be on display, along with plenty of hoofers, showgirls, and parlor tricks, as we support the festival’s admission-free concert and movie series at Top of the Park. Prepare to be razzled and dazzled with the grooves of days gone by with a neo twist.
A cocktail reception begins at 6:00 pm with passed hors d'oeuvres, followed by a seated dinner at 7:00 pm with a specially created three-course menu paired with fine wines along with strolling and stage entertainment. Following dessert, guests are invited to linger for coffee, conversation and more late-night follies.
ATTIRE: 1920's chic (flappers, fedoras, pinstripes, and pearls)
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Tuesday February 21, 2012
6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Cost: $150 per person. Proceeds benefit the Top of the Park series. A portion of your ticket purchase is tax deductible.
Address: Gratzi Ristorante, 326 S. Main St., Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 994-5999
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Folktales and Fantasy
Listen to a folktale and then create your own legend story collage, complete with items found in nature. $5.00 per child includes activities and materials. Limited class size; preregistration requested.
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Tuesday February 21, 2012
10:00a.m.-12:00p.m.
Cost: $5.00 per Child
Address: 1800 North Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 647-7600
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The Ark Presents: Gaelic Storm
"A whirlwind ruckus"—Village Voice ... come back soon for more information.
Gaelic Storm's last album, "Cabbage," held the number-one position on the Billboard World Music album chart for three consecutive weeks in 2010. As many hundreds of thousands of album buyers and live music lovers know, Gaelic Storm tours over two hundred days per year, playing high-energy, foot-stomping, feel-good music. This band combines influences from rock, bluegrass, Jamaican, African and Middle Eastern music that may surprise those expecting purely traditional Celtic music. They make new Celtic music for today's world! And they've been at work on new music, so come on down and join the ruckus!
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Monday February 20, 2012
Doors at 7:30 pm, Show starts at 8:00 pm
Cost: $22.50
Address: The Ark, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor
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The Ark Presents: Comedian Kate Clinton
All Fracked Up!
"Coming out as a lesbian has been great practice for saying dangerous things," says comedy veteran Kate Clinton. Kate has worked through economic booms and busts, Disneyfication and Walmartization, gay movements and gay markets, lesbian chic and queer eyes, and 11 presidential inaugurals. "Get off your troubled assets," Kate urges. "It's time for some comic relief." In the words of the New York Times: "Quick-witted, clear-spoken ... she has developed a bizarrely logical, seemingly free-associating style of delivery [and] had this critic in tears from laughing so hard." Kate comes to town with a brand new tour! She's never had her finger closer to the pulse of current events, and her new show is called "All Fracked Up."
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Sunday February 19, 2012
Doors at 7:00 pm, show starts at 7:30 pm
Cost: $30.00
Address: The Ark, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor
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UMS and the Michigan Theater Present: National Theatre Live, Traveling Light
In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father’s cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl – now a famed American film director – looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams.
How had a twenty-two-year–old pretentious layabout made a discovery that would elude every other cinematic pioneer for years to come?
Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher returns plays Jacob.
UMS and the Michigan Theater join forces to bring high-definition screenings of live theater broadcasts by the National Theatre, London. These broadcasts feature plays produced by the National Theatre on cinema screens worldwide. In the US, these “live” screenings are delayed to accommodate the time difference. Broadcasts feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors. Detailed running times are posted on the UMS website approximately 7-14 days before each screening. Tickets for each National Theatre Live event may be purchased at the UMS Ticket Office or online at www.ums.org. Tickets will be sold at the Michigan Theater beginning 90 minutes before each broadcast.
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Sunday February 19, 2012
7:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range between $12.00 - $22.00
Address: Michigan Theatre, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (743)764-2538
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Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra 2012 Concert Season
2012 Concert Season:
Feb. 19 - Friends in Song III, 3:30 pm at the WCC Towsley Auditorium
April 29 - Experience The Master, 3:30 pm at the EMU Pease Auditorium
May 26 - Annual Riverside Park Pops Concert, 2:00 pm at Ypsilanti's Riverside Park (This is a free event)
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Feb. 19, 2012 - May. 26, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Cost: $12 Adults; $6 Seniors 65+ and Students; $6 Children 12 and under; Family of 4 or more $30.
Address: WCC Towsley Auditorium, EMU Pease Auditorium and Ypsilanti's Riverside Park
Phone: (734) 507-1451
Email: info@ypsilantisymphony.org
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Cantata Singer’s Valentine’s Concert “Serenades and Nocturnes: Songs of Love Lost and Love Found”
The Ann Arbor Cantata Singers are dedicated to the presentation of great choral literature at the highest standards of artistic achievement. Our goal is to maintain growth, not only in musical excellence, but also in service to the community.
The Ann Arbor Cantata Singers were founded by Dr. Rosella Duerksen, who saw a need in the community for a small, independent, high quality chorus. The chorus was nurtured through the 1960's by directors Robert Pratt, Paul Foelber, Morris Risenhoover and Richard Crawford. Conductor Bradley Bloom, who retired in 1994, led the ensemble for twenty years and solidified its reputation as one of the finest choruses in the region.
Ann Arbor Cantata Singers
Valentine's Concert, "Serenades and Nocturnes: Songs of Love lost and Love Found"
Music of Brahms, Elgar, Vaughn Williams and others
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Feb. 18, 2012 - Feb. 19, 2012
Sunday, 4 p.m.
Cost: General Admission, $12; Students/Seniors, $10; 18 and under, free
Address: St. Paul Lutheran Church, 420 W. Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: (734) 996-8867
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The Ark’s 25th Annual Storytelling Festival
Each year The Ark revives the oldest of all the arts with our February Storytelling Festival, featuring talespinners from far and wide. This year's tellers are New Hampshire-born Willy Claflin, Hungary's Zalka Csenge Virág, Kalamazoo's Alison Downey, and a mystery guest. Sunday's program features kid-oriented stories from our 2012 Storytelling Festival artists. The Ark's 25th annual Storytelling Festival is a collaboration with the Ann Arbor Storytellers' Guild.
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Feb. 18, 2012 - Feb. 19, 2012
Saturday at 7 p.m., Sunday at 1 p.m.
Cost: $20/Sat. and $10/Sun
Address: The Ark, 316 Main St., Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 761-1800
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University Musical Society Presents: Wayne McGregor | Random Dance
“If any artist has defined the decade, it’s Wayne McGregor.” (The Times, London) Wayne McGregor | Random Dance was founded in 1992 and became the instrument upon which McGregor evolved his drastically fast and articulate choreographic style. The company became a byword for its radical approach to new technology, incorporating animation, digital film, 3-D architecture, electronic sound, and virtual dancers into the live choreography. McGregor, an award-winning British dancemaker who serves as resident choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, is renowned for his physically taxing movement style and ground-breaking collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, and science. Specifically, he researches the relationship between dance and the mind as artist-inresidence at the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge. In addition, he is organizing a dance for 2,000 people in Trafalgar Square in London as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Wayne McGregor is “doing some of the most exciting work in ballet on the planet.” (The New York Times)
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Saturday February 18, 2012
8:00 pm
Cost: Tickets range from $20.00 - $50.00
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 764-2538
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Mr. B’s Annual Birthday Bounce
Boogie Woogie with Mark Lincoln Braun and drawings by John Pappas
This year Mr. B and visual artist John Pappas have collaborated to provide an evening of boogie woogie and blues piano combined with visual art depicting some of the blues greats. During the evening Mr. B will play selections from the musicians Pappas has portrayed, and offer some stories and anecdotes relating to each (some of whom he knew personally).
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Feb. 18, 2012 -
Cost: $30 Assigned Rows 1-2; $20 Assigned Rows 3-5; $15 General Admission; $10 Student
Address: 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734) 769-2999
Email: kch@kerrytown.com
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