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Zingerman’s Bakehouse Pastry BAKE-cation
Come and spend a hands-on week baking with us and learn all of our "not-so-secret" secrets making tasty pastries. Whether it's pulling succulent strudel, laminating croissants, perfecting a pie crust, or scraping fresh vanilla beans for a flavorful angel food cake - we promise to show you many ways to ensure amazing results you can enjoy for years to come! We'll serve you a Bakehouse breakfast and a great lunch everyday too! You'll leave BAKE! with lots of recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, a full stomach and loads of things you made in class.
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Aug. 09, 2011 - Aug. 12, 2011
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost: $1000
Address: 3723 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)761-7255
Email: bake@zingermans.com
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Zingerman’s Bakehouse Bread BAKE-cation
Four full days of hands-on bread baking! Learn the theory and the practice behind different styles of breads - chemically leavened, straight doughs, liquid sponges, and sourdoughs, including brioche, sesame semolina, French baguettes, focaccia, pain de montagne, pecan raisin and more! We’ll also break bread together every day with a Bakehouse breakfast and lunch. You'll leave BAKE! with lots of recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, a full stomach and loads of bread you made in class.
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Jul. 26, 2011 - Jul. 29, 2011
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost: $1000
Address: 3723 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)761-7255
Email: bake@zingermans.com
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Zingerman’s Bakehouse World Tour BAKE-cation
This is sure to be an action-packed and fun-filled four days of hands-on baking pleasure- no passports necessary! The Tour will include over a dozen types of bread, pastry and cake from all over the world, like Hapanleipa from Finland, German soft pretzels, Mlaoui from Tunisia, Polish coffeecake, American Whoopie pies, Pan de Huevo from Mexico and so much more. Bakehouse breakfast and lunch included each day! You'll leave BAKE! with lots of recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, a full stomach and loads of things you made in class.
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Jul. 12, 2011 - Jul. 15, 2011
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost: $1000
Address: 3723 Plaza Dr., Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)761-7255
Email: bake@zingermans.com
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Zingerman’s Bakehouse Pastry BAKE-cation
Come and spend a hands-on week baking with us! Learn all of our "not-so-secret" secrets making tasty pastries. Whether it's pulling succulent strudel, laminating croissants, perfecting a pie crust, or scraping fresh vanilla beans for a flavorful angel food cake - we promise to show you many ways to ensure amazing results you can enjoy for years to come! We'll serve you a Bakehouse breakfast and a great lunch everyday too! You'll leave BAKE! with lots of recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, a full stomach and loads of things you made in class.
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Jun. 21, 2011 - Jun. 24, 2011
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost: $1000
Address: 3723 Plaza Dr., Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)761-7255
Email: bake@zingermans.com
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Saline Community Education Spring Craft Show
Over 135 creative craft persons, chowcasing their most recent and exceptional work. Crafters' wares will include seasonal decorating decor, baskets,jewelry, folk art, quilting, stained glass, floral, ceramics, wood, toys, silk and dried flowers, candles and furniture. All products are designed, made and displayed by the individual crafters and available at affordable prices. This show is much more than a great craft show! Other events and activities include: concessions, raffle, Manchester Bakery Cookie Sale, Silent Auction, Peter Cottontail Visit and Photos, and much more!
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Saturday April 09, 2011
8:00a.m.-3:30p.m.
Cost: $2-General Admission, Free-Children 5 and Under
Address: Saline Middle School, 7190 N. Maple Rd., Saline, MI, 48176
Phone: (734) 429-5922
Email: dingmanj@saline.k12.i.us
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Vijay Iyer Trio and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Apex (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
Vijay Iyer Trio and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Apex
Vijay Iyer Trio:
Vijay Iyer, piano
Stephan Crump, bass
Marcus Gilmore, drums
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Apex:
Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone
Bunky Green, alto saxophone
featuring
Craig Taborn, piano
François Moutin, bass
Damion Reid, drums
This double bill brings together two of today’s most interesting jazz combos.
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Saturday February 12, 2011
Saturday, February 12 at 8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $42 · $38 · $26 · $20, Balcony $38 · $34 · $26 · $16
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Rafal Blechacz, piano (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
Rafal Blechacz, piano
In October 2005, the then-20-year-old Rafal Blechacz, an unassuming young man from a small town in northern Poland, arrived in Warsaw for the 15th International Chopin Competition. His sensational performance won not only the competition, but also all four special prizes for the polonaise, mazurka, sonata, and concerto performances — in fact, one of the judges remarked that he “so outclassed the remaining finalists that no second prize could actually be awarded.” Blechacz was the first Pole to win the prize since Krystian Zimerman 30 years earlier. Notwithstanding his young age, his playing offers poetry, maturity, poise and concentration, as well as a phenomenal and luminous technique. “How reassuring it is to see one so young putting poetry first…we were all on another planet.” (Financial Times)
Program
· Mozart : Variations on “Lison dormait” in C Major, K. 264
· Debussy : L’isle joyeuse
· Szymanowski : Sonata No. 1 in c minor, Op. 8
· Chopin : Ballade in g minor, Op. 23 No. 1
· : Polonaises, Op. 26
· : Mazurkas, Op. 41
· : Ballade in F Major, Op. 38 No. 2
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Feb. 11, 2011 - Feb. 10, 2011
8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $50 · $44 · $36 · $22 Mezzanine $38 · $32 · $10 Balcony $26 · $22 · $18 · $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concert (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concert
featuring
Big Head Todd & The Monsters, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Hubert Sumlin, Cedric Burnside, and Lightnin’ Malcolm
Straight from the heart of the back country, Blues at the Crossroads has a direct connection back to Robert Johnson (1911-1938), among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. Johnson’s landmark recordings in the 1930s displayed a remarkable combination of singing, miraculous guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians, including Eric Clapton, who called him “the most important blues singer that ever lived.” This concert picks up the thread of Johnson’s legacy in Mississippi at the junction of US Highways 61 and 49, the very crossroads where, as legend has it, Robert Johnson made a deal with the devil, giving up his soul to write the most incredible blues the world had ever heard. The concert features Big Head Todd & The Monsters, as well as David “Honeyboy” Edwards, who at 94 is the only living person to have played with Robert Johnson before his untimely death at age 27 — believed to have been caused by poisoning from a bottle of whiskey that was laced with strychnine.
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Feb. 10, 2011 - Feb. 09, 2011
8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $44 · $38 · $34 · $24 Mezzanine $36 · $26 · $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin - New Century Chamber Orchestra (Presented by UMS)
Electrifying performances, fearless interpretations, and musical depth have established Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg as one of the leading violinists of our time. She was born in Rome and emigrated to the United States at the age of eight to study at The Curtis Institute of Music, beginning her professional career in 1981 when she became the youngest person ever to win the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition. For the past two years, she has served as music director of San Francisco’s New Century Chamber Orchestra, which makes its UMS debut with a program that includes Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, a tango-inspired version that complements the Vivaldi and Philip Glass “Four Seasons” on the Choral Union Series.
Program
Wolf/arr. Drew :
Italian Serenade (1887)
Bartók/Willner :
Romanian Folk Dances (1915/17)
Piazzolla :
Cuatro estaciónes porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) (1964-70)
Tchaikovsky :
Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48 (1880)
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Friday February 04, 2011
Friday, February 4 at 8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $24
Address: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (Presented by UMS)
Wynton Marsalis stands in a league all his own. A creative genius, compassionate humanitarian, legendary trumpeter, masterful composer, arts advocate, tireless educator, and cultural leader, he inspires and uplifts people through superb jazz concerts. His first trumpet came from Al Hirt at age 6, though it took a few years for interest in the instrument to stick. Now, some 44 years later, he is best known as the leader of the 15-member Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Despite one of the most aggressive touring schedules in the business, JALCO makes each concert fresh, drawing in audiences who are continually energized and amazed by the group’s depth of outrageous talent. “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)
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Wednesday February 02, 2011
Wednesday, February 2 at 8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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The Cleveland Orchestra (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. In a season celebrating the Americas, it only makes sense to include one of the great American orchestras that is also admired as one of the top ensembles in the world. Founded shortly after the end of World War I, the Cleveland Orchestra has been guided by seven music directors, each of whom has left his mark on the widely admired “Cleveland” sound: Nikolai Sokoloff, Artur Rodzinski, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Franz Welser-Möst, who leads the ensemble and the French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in this performance.
Program
- Bartók : Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste, Sz. 106, BB 114 (1936)
- Schumann : Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54 (1845)
- Wagner : Overture to Tannhäuser (1845)
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Feb. 01, 2011 - Jan. 31, 2011
8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor, $75 · $68 · $60 · $34, Mezzanine $60 · $50 · $10, Balcony $40 · $34 · $20 · $10
Address: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatrer, 911 North University, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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NT Live: FELA! (Presented by UMS)
Hamlet (Directed & Choreographed by Bill T. Jones)
FELA! is a new musical directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner
Bill T. Jones, in which audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk, and African rhythm and harmonies), FELA! explores Kuti's controversial life as an artist, political activist, and revolutionary musician. A three-time TONY Award winner in 2010, this production arrives at the National direct from Broadway.
NT Live Series (High-Definition Broadcasts from the National Theatre, London)
APartnership between UMS and the Michigan TheaterUMS and the Michigan Theater join forces again to bring highdefinition screenings of live theater broadcasts by the National Theatre, London. NT Live broadcasts plays produced by the National Theatre in London onto cinema screens worldwide. In the US, these "live" screenings are delayed to accommodate the time difference. Broadcasts will feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors.
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Sunday January 30, 2011
2 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $12
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Baby Loves Salsa One-Hour Family Performance! (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
Baby Loves Salsa: One-Hour Family Performance!
Just as Dan Zanes has revolutionized kids’ music, José Conde — leader of the New York-based band Ola Fresca — takes the Afro-Cuban form of salsa and turns it into something that kids and parents both love. Born in Chicago and raised in Miami by his Cuban-immirgrant parents, Conde earned a degree from Berklee College of Music in the late 1990s. After experimenting with jazz, rock, funk, blues, and Latin music, he realized his musical journey was leading him back to his Cuban roots. He formed Ola Fresca (Fresh Wave) in 2000 to present traditional, Cuban rhythms and style while still incorporating non-traditional elements. His music is featured on several Putamayo recordings of kids’ music, including Picnic Playground and Jazz Playground. Whatever you do, don’t be misled by the band’s name — kids who have outgrown their diapers are sure to enjoy this band’s dizzying range of Afro-Latin styles.
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Sunday January 30, 2011
1 p.m. & 4 p.m.
Cost: Adults $16, Children $8
Address: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatrer, 911 North University, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Sequentia: Voices from the Island Sanctuary: Paris (1170-1230) (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
Sequentia: Voices from the Island Sanctuary: Paris (1170-1230)
Benjamin Bagby, directorFor more than 30 years, Sequentia has set the standard for the performance of medieval music (from the period before 1300). After 25 years based in Cologne, Germany, the group has re-established its home in Paris, with a new program of vocal music from Notre Dame de Paris providing the impetus for this program. For centuries, Parisians and visitors to Paris have been thrilled by the imposing Cathedral of Notre Dame, whose massive towers and elegant flying buttresses dominate the Ile de la Cité. While today the area around the cathedral contains many of the trappings of a popular tourist site, in the 12th century the Cathedral of Notre Dame was situated within its own “campus” that enclosed nearly one-third of the island and housed an autonomous mini-state with its own laws and enforcement, free from the secular power wielded by the French king. Within this “city within a city” was the high altar, where the best young male vocalists in Europe were heard on important feast days and where the most innovative musical minds gave expression to new ideas in thrilling sonic structures that echoed the dynamic new architecture taking shape around them. This program draws from medieval vocal music from Paris in the 13th century.
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Jan. 27, 2011 - Jan. 26, 2011
8 p.m.
Cost: Reserved $45, General Admission $35
Address: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2250 East Stadium Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Joanne Shenandoah (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
Joanne Shenandoah
One of today’s most revered Native American singers and songwriters, Joanne Shenandoah is a Wolf Clan member of the Iroqois Confederacy, Oneida Nation whose Native name Deguiya whah-wa means “she sings.” The singer/songwriter has performed with such legendary entertainers as Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson and has won more Native American Music Awards (Nammies) than any other artist. The daughter of two talented musicians (her father, a jazz guitarist, played with Duke Ellington), Shenandoah was an architectural systems engineer before forging her successful career as a musician. “From my office window I saw a tree being cut down and knew that I, too, had been uprooted and needed to follow my natural gift,” she says. Shenandoah’s original composition, combined with a striking voice, enables her to embellish the ancient songs of the Iroquois using a blend of traditional and contemporary instrumentation.
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Jan. 23, 2011 - Jan. 22, 2011
4 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $35 · $25, Balcony $35 · $25
Address: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatrer, 911 North University, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Grupo Corpo (Presented by UMS)
Rodrigo and Paulo Pederneiras, artistic director and choreographer
This electrifying Brazilian dance company captivates with stunning, sexy physicality, dynamic ability, and rich visual flair. Grupo Corpo (literally “Body Group”) creates a vibrant and seamless blend of ballet’s grace, modern dance’s verve, and the hip-swiveling exuberance of Carnival sambas and their Afro-Brazilian roots. Founded in 1975, Grupo Corpo returns to Ann Arbor — the company appeared in 2002 as part of UMS’s focus on Brazilian artists — with two performances featuring Ímã (2009) and another work to be announced. Don’t miss this chance to experience Grupo Corpo’s “searing sensuality elegantly under control.” (Le Monde, Paris)
Program
Parabelo (1997)
Choreography: Rodrigo Pederneiras
Music: Tom Zé and Zé Miguel Wisnik
INTERMISSION
Ímã (2009)
Choreography: Rodrigo Pederneiras
Music by + 2 (Moreno, Domenico, Kassin)
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Jan. 21, 2011 - Jan. 22, 2011
Friday, January 21 at 8 p.m. Saturday, January 22 at 8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $18
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Renée Fleming, soprano Hartmut Höll, piano (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
Renée Fleming, soprano
Hartmut Höll, pianoOne of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. In addition to commanding the stages of the great opera houses of the world, she hosts the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD Series for movie theaters and television with behind-the-scenes interviews. In 2008, she became the first woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera to headline their opening night gala. Her fame is such that perfumes, desserts, and flowers have all been named after her, but those superficial accolades pale in comparison to her devoted following of opera lovers around the world. This great American soprano returns to UMS after her 1997 recital and her 2005 appearance in a concert version of Richard Strauss’s Daphne
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Sunday January 16, 2011
4 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor: $65 · $60 · $56 · $30 Mezzanine: $56 · $46 · $10 Balcony: $36 · $30 · $20 · $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Laurie Anderson’s Delusion (Presented by UMS)
A pioneering storyteller whose ever-intriguing convergence of technology, violin, visuals, and voice creates spellbinding tales, Laurie Anderson is “a singer-songwriter of crushing poignance — a minimalist painter of melancholy moods who addresses universal themes in the vernacular of the commonplace.” (Rolling Stone) At the heart of this new multimedia work, which was presented for the first time at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games, is the pleasure of language and a fear that the world is made entirely of words. Conceived as a series of short mystery plays, Delusion jump-cuts between the everyday and the mythic, evoking a world filled with nuns, elves, rotting forests, ghost ships, archaeologists, dead relatives, and unmanned tankers. Employing a series of altered voices and imaginary guests, Anderson combines her signature violin pieces, electronic puppetry, music, and visuals, with the poetic language that has become her trademark to tell a complex story about longing, memory, and identity.
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Jan. 14, 2011 - Jan. 15, 2011
Friday, January 14 at 8 p.m. Saturday, January 15 at 8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $18
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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NT Live: Hamlet (Presented by UMS)
Hamlet (Directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner)
National Theatre artistic director Sir Nicholas Hytner directs Shakespeare’s
classic play with a cast that includes Rory Kinnear in the title role, alongside
David Calder as Polonius, Clare Higgins as Gertrude, Patrick Malahide
as Claudius, and Ruth Negga as Ophelia.
NT Live Series (High-Definition Broadcasts from the National Theatre, London)
APartnership between UMS and the Michigan TheaterUMS and the Michigan Theater join forces again to bring highdefinition
screenings of live theater broadcasts by the National
Theatre, London. NT Live broadcasts plays produced by the
National Theatre in London onto cinema screens worldwide.
In the US, these "live" screenings are delayed to accommodate
the time difference. Broadcasts will feature behind-the-scenes
footage and interviews with actors.
Further Event Information
Sunday January 02, 2011
2 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $12
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Handel’s Messiah (Presented by UMS)
University Musical Society presents:
Handel’s Messiah
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
UMS Choral Union
Jerry Blackstone, conductor
The Grammy Award-winning UMS Choral Union (2006 Best Choral Performance for William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience) launches the holiday season with its signature work, Handel’s glorious oratorio, Messiah. An Ann Arbor tradition in the beautiful surroundings of Hill Auditorium, these performances are ultimately the heart and soul of UMS, connecting audiences with the talented people on stage, but also with the friends and family who attend each year. Those who have been coming for decades say that the chorus has never sounded better.
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Dec. 04, 2010 - Dec. 05, 2010
Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $32 · $26 · $22 · $16 Mezzanine $26 · $22 · $10 Balcony $20 · $16 · $12 · $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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2010 Saline Holiday Parade
The 2010 Saline Holiday Parade is starting at the corner of Michigan Ave. and Harris Street. Come and watch the 1,500 plus parade participants which include local bands, floats and vehicles. We usually have a variety of animals including reindeers, dogs, goats, burros, llamas, horses and other assorted animals.
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Saturday December 04, 2010
5:30p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Michigan Ave. from Harris to Lewis Street
Phone: (734) 429-4494
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Carolina Chocolate Drops (Presented by UMS)
“Tradition is a guide, not a jailer. We play in an older tradition but we are modern musicians,” says Justin Robinson, a member of the popular bluegrass band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The group’s name is a tip of the hat to the Tennessee Chocolate Drops, who lit up the music scene in the 1930s. Inspired by old-time fiddler Joe Thompson, at whose home they jammed every Thursday night during the summer and fall of 2005, the CCD started playing anywhere people would listen — town squares, farmers’ markets, and ultimately festivals and concert halls, where their foot-tapping music linked the deep tradition of the past with “dirt-floor-dance electricity.” (
Rolling Stone) Their sellout shows at the Ark last year reinforced how far they’ve come in a very short time. “This striking North Carolina trio brings a modern sizzle to the legacy of classic African-American stringbands…sparking an electrifying ruckus.” (
Spin)
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Dec. 03, 2010 - Dec. 02, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $42 · $38 · $22 · $18 Balcony $42 · $30 · $22 · $18
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Saline Community Education MOONLIGHT MADNESS Craft Show
Over 135 creative craft persons, chowcasing their most recent and exceptional work. Crafters' wares will include seasonal decorating decor, baskets,jewelry, folk art, quilting, stained glass, floral, ceramics, wood, toys, silk and dried flowers, candles and furniture. All products are designed, made and displayed by the individual crafters and available at affordable prices. This show is much more than a great craft show! Joan Roth of Saline visits the December show with great anticipation of the holidays. The December show offers a wonderful opportunity to see and enjoy unique items especially for the Holidays. It is a special time to visit the crafters to find stocking stuffers and enhance your spirits, especially around this Holiday season.
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Friday December 03, 2010
5:00p.m.-11;00p.m.
Cost: $2
Address: Saline Middle School, 7190 N. Maple Rd., Saline, MI
Phone: (734) 429-5922
Email: jchoeft@mich.com
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Stew & The Negro Problem (Presented by UMS)
“Stew’s endlessly inventive music draws on rock, gospel, soul, and blues…A winning tribute to the diversity of the black musical experience.” (Hollywood Reporter) Songwriter Stew’s career took an unexpected turn in 2006. After a successful career fronting his critically acclaimed band, The Negro Problem, Stew transformed his life story into the rock musical Passing Strange. The show, co-composed with Heidi Rodewald, earned him the 2008 Tony Award for “Best Book of a Musical” and attracted the attention of Spike Lee, who produced the film, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and airs on PBS’s “Great Performances.” Compared in the same breath with Kurt Weill, Burt Bacharach, and Jackie Gleason, Stew’s concert performances are coveted for their literate precision, sly humor, and deep emotional resonance, hovering between the divergent worlds of rock and theater. “Something hipper for the hipper…Stew is a very genial and lovable guide through the common travails of life. Like a lot of fine writers and musicians, he has the ability to layer reflexive self-doubt into his music and lyrics…very witty, very smart.” (Chicago Tribune)
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Nov. 18, 2010 - Nov. 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18 at 8 p.m. Friday, November 19 at 8 p.m. Saturday, November 20 at 7:30 pm and 10:30 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $45
Address: TBA
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Saline Craft Show
The 22nd annual Saline Craft Show is rated as one of the top 10 craft shows in Michigan! The event will include decorative painting, stoneware, rugs, birdhouses, holiday decorating ideas, ceramics, calligraphy and clothing. Crafters come from 14 states and 155 Michigan cities. Saline student organizations also will be working at the show's concession stand, bake sale and other activities. Pre-sale tickets available at Saline Community Education at Historic Union School, 200 N. Ann Arbor St.
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Saturday November 13, 2010
8:00a.m.-3:30p.m.
Cost: $3 -general admissions
Address: Saline Middle School, 7190 N. Maple Rd, Saline, MI
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Murray Perahia, Piano (Presented by UMS)
Anyone who has heard one of Murray Perahia’s previous 11 UMS appearances would have to agree with the assessment of
The Los Angeles Times: “Perahia is a marvel.” In the more than 35 years he has been performing on the concert stage, he has become one of the most cherished pianists of our time. “Perahia may be the closest thing to a pure conduit of music — one in which the imagination and skill of the player are entirely at the service of the composer, not the player’s ego…The soul of a poet, the mind of a thinker, the hands of a virtuoso: No wonder audiences love this guy.” (
The Seattle Times)
Mr. Perahia’s recital repertoire will include works of J. S. Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.
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Nov. 10, 2010 - Nov. 09, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $75 · $68 · $60 · $34 Mezzanine $60 · $50 · $10 Balcony $40 · $34 · $20 · $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Assi El Helani (presented by UMS)
UMS is delighted to announce the addition of Lebanese singer Assi El Helani to its 10/11 season. Born in 1970, Assi El Helani has been a major figure in the music scene of the Middle East since the 1990s. With participation in numerous important musical events, including the Carthage Festival, the Baalbeck International Festival, and concerts throughout Europe, the Arab World, and America, he is regarded as one of the true superstars to emerge from Lebanon. He is also actively involved in humanitarian issues, performing at fundraising concerts throughout the Middle East in support of many different charities, including the World Food Program of the United Nations and the Women’s Development Association Hayati. His music videos give a nod to his reputation as a talented actor who has received numerous offers for leading roles in Arab films and television series. With more than a dozen recordings to his name, Assi El Helani’s popstar status makes him an incredibly exciting addition to the UMS series.
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Nov. 06, 2010 - Nov. 05, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: TBA
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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The Power of Flour at Zingerman’s Bakehouse
Now using our new wood fired oven! What ingredient is common to almost everything we turn out from the Bakehouse? You’ve probably already guessed. In this class you’ll spend the day using all your senses to understand the effects of different flour varieties on the same bread recipe. Experience first hand the power of gluten and how whole grains change a dough. In this full day class you’ll make 4 batches of baguettes using several different combinations of flours. We'll even provide a Bakehouse breakfast and lunch.
You'll leave BAKE! with a full stomach, the knowledge to make these breads at home, 4 recipes and 8 baguettes you made in class.
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Saturday November 06, 2010
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $250.00
Address: 3723 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor
Phone: (734)761-7255
Email: bake@zingermans.com
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Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán (Presented by UMS)
With a history that dates back to the late 1890s, the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán was founded in a small city near Jalisco by Don Gaspar Vargas. This band basically invented the modern mariachi, and five generations later, are still playing today. The group spent its formative years defining their sound and experimenting with different instrumental lineups. Today the group is comprised of two harps, one vihuela, one guitar, one guitarron, two trumpets, and six violins. The songs they sing cross over from one generation to the next, making their performances appealing to both young and mature audiences. In 1987, the group was featured on Linda Rondstadt’s double-platinum Grammy Award-winning album Canciones de mi Padre (Songs of My Father), her first Spanish release. Recognized as “el major mariachi del mundo” (the greatest mariachi in the world), Mariachi Vargas are the masters at melding the old world style of mariachi music with new innovative pieces.
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Nov. 05, 2010 - Nov. 04, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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The Tallis Scholars (Presented by UMS)
The Tallis Scholars were founded in 1973 by Peter Phillips, who remains their director nearly 40 years later. Through recordings and concert performances, they have established themselves as the leading advocates of Renaissance sacred music throughout the world. Named after the composer Thomas Tallis, the ensemble is widely recognized for the purity and clarity of its sound, which beautifully serves the Renaissance repertoire, allowing every detail of the musical lines to be heard. For this return appearance, The Tallis Scholars juxtapose works of Renaissance England, including Allegri’s exquisite Miserere, with the contemporary Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, whose minimalist style finds inspiration in Gregorian chant. Program
Pärt :
Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen
Palestrina :
Magnificat for Double Choir
Tallis :
Miserere nostril
Allegri :
Miserere
Praetorius :
Magnificat II
Byrd :
Miserere Mei
Byrd :
Miserere mihi, Domine
Palestrina :
Nunc Dimittis for Double Choir
Pärt :
Nunc Dimittis
Pärt :
Magnificat
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Thursday November 04, 2010
Thursday, November 4 at 8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $35
Address: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2250 East Stadium Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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ONCE THEN: ONCE NOW. (Presented by UMS)
In 1960 a group of avant-garde composers came together in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to present the ONCE Festival, a modestly-scaled, artist-run event that would occur annually for several years and came to have an enormous impact on the American contemporary music scene. The festival’s founders were the superbly gifted composers Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, Roger Reynolds, Donald Scavarda, and the late George Cacioppo, all of whom interacted with Ross Lee Finney, the U-M School of Music’s then composer-in-residence, as well as visiting composer Roberto Gerhard. The ONCE Festival was hugely successful, as composers and performers embraced the opportunity to have their work heard by their peers as well as the general public. The Festival, which was hosted six times beginning in the early 1960s, had a significant impact on the American arts and contemporary music scene; one of the enduring outcomes was the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
On this 50th anniversary of the ONCE Festival, composers Ashley, Mumma, Reynolds, and Scavarda will reunite in Ann Arbor for the first time. This celebration of the ONCE Festival’s pioneering contributions to the American arts and contemporary music scene will include a concert of historic works selected by the composers themselves, and a second concert featuring their more recent creations. In addition to the concerts, the Institute for the Humanities will host an exhibition of historical artifacts from the ONCE Festival and a day-long symposium, providing a unique opportunity to explore Ann Arbor’s progressive role in the development of the American avant-garde. In a nod to the past, both concerts will feature 1961 ticket prices.
Program
· Robert Ashley : VAN CAO'S MEDITATION (1991) piano
· Gordon Mumma : THAN PARTICLE (1985) live percussion with synthesized percussion
· Donald Scavarda: CINEMATRIX, a FilmSCORE performed silently (2002)
· Scavarda : CINEMATRIX, a FilmSCORE performed with multiple instrumentalists (2002)
· Mumma : GAMBRELED TAPESTRY (2007) solo piano with internal electro-acoustics
· Scavarda : SOUNDS For seven (2010) small ensemble
· Roger Reynolds : ARIDANE'S THREAD (1994) string quartet, computer-synthesized and spatialized sound
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Thursday November 04, 2010
Saturday, November 4 at 8 p.m.
Cost: $2 per ticket
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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ONCE MORE: ONCE THEN (Presented by the University Musical Society)
University Musical Society presents:
Faculty from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Creative Arts Orchestrae
Digital Music Ensemblee
Ann Arbor Improvisation Collective
In 1960 a group of avant-garde composers came together in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to present the ONCE Festival, a modestly-scaled, artist-run event that would occur annually for several years and came to have an enormous impact on the American contemporary music scene. The festival’s founders were the superbly gifted composers Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, Roger Reynolds, Donald Scavarda, and the late George Cacioppo, all of whom interacted with Ross Lee Finney, the U-M School of Music’s then composer-in-residence, as well as visiting composer Roberto Gerhard. The ONCE Festival was hugely successful, as composers and performers embraced the opportunity to have their work heard by their peers as well as the general public. The Festival, which was hosted six times beginning in the early 1960s, had a significant impact on the American arts and contemporary music scene; one of the enduring outcomes was the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
On this 50th anniversary of the ONCE Festival, composers Ashley, Mumma, Reynolds, and Scavarda will reunite in Ann Arbor for the first time. This celebration of the ONCE Festival’s pioneering contributions to the American arts and contemporary music scene will include a concert of historic works selected by the composers themselves, and a second concert featuring their more recent creations. In addition to the concerts, the Institute for the Humanities will host an exhibition of historical artifacts from the ONCE Festival and a day-long symposium, providing a unique opportunity to explore Ann Arbor’s progressive role in the development of the American avant-garde. In a nod to the past, both concerts will feature 1961 ticket prices.
Program
- Roger Reynolds : Mosaic for Flute and Piano (1962)
- Robert Ashley : in memoriam…Crazy Horse (symphony) (1963)
- Gordon Mumma : Large Size Mograph (1962)
- Donald Scavarda : Groups for Piano (1959)
- Ashley : in memoriam…Esteban Gomez (quartet) (1963)
- Scavarda : FilmSCORE for Two Pianists (1962)
- Scavarda : GREYS, A FilmSCORE (silent version) (1963)
- Scavarda/Mumma : GREYS, A FilmSCORE (with sound) (1963)
- George Cacioppo : Cassiopeia (1962)
- Mumma : Sinfonia (1958-60)
- Scavarda : Matrix for Clarinetist (1962)
- Reynolds : A Portrait of Vanzetti (1962-63)
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Tuesday November 02, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: $2
Address: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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NT Live: Complicite’s A Disappearing Number (Presented by UMS)
A Disappearing Number (Directed by Simon McBurney):
UMS presented the U.S. premiere of this stunning work in 2008, and after repeated requests to “bring it back,” we’re delighted that we’re able to do so – on the live screen. This groundbreaking work embraces the universal relevance of math, which often permeates the most unlikely of scenarios. A Disappearing Number, which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play (2008), revolves around the mathematical and spiritual nature of infinity, which becomes the link between two mathematicians: one an established Cambridge professor and the other a young, autodidactic genius from India.
NT Live Series:
UMS and the Michigan Theater join forces again to bring high-definition screenings of live theater broadcasts by the National Theater, London. NT Live broadcasts plays produced by the National Theater in London onto cinema screens worldwide. In the US, these "live" screenings are delayed to accommodate the time difference. Broadcasts will feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the actors.
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Sunday October 31, 2010
2 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $12
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Django Reinhardt’s 100th: The Hot Club of San Francisco & The Hot Club of Detroit (Presented by UMS)
The Hot Club of San Francisco is an ensemble of accomplished and versatile musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli’s pioneering Quintette du Hot Club de France. Continuing this early French tradition, a similar scene plays out as the Hot Clubs of San Francisco and Detroit present Silent Surrealism, an evening of live Gypsy jazz with short silent films from the 1930s by Charlie Bowers, James Sibley Watson, and Harold Shaw, courtesy of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Django Reinhardt is rightly hailed as one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived, but many people praising his accomplishments as a guitarist tend to overlook his roots in Gypsy culture and the fertile, polyglot Paris of the 1920s. Reinhardt and his companions used all these elements, along with American jazz, to create this new music, but the Gypsy heritage seems to be the most important ingredient. The Hot Club of San Francisco and the Hot Club of Detroit join together for this celebration of Django Reinhardt’s 100th birthday.
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Oct. 29, 2010 - Oct. 28, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $18
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Dave Landau
Dave Landaus smart, edgy and fresh humor delivered with a unique laid back and clean style has made him one of the fastest rising comics in America. With a strong Improv background and sharp material, he is an act you're sure to enjoy.
Dave performs at top clubs and theatres around the country and has worked with comics including Steven Wright, Dave Chappelle, Ron White and Dennis Miller. Dave was the warm up comedian for the Comedy Central/Warner Brothers release "Henry Cho's: What's that Clickin' Noise?" and he recently appeared at HBO's Las Vegas Comedy Festival. In June of 2007 he appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and that same year he was featured on “Last Comic Standing”. He is also currently in rotation on Sirius/XM Radio. Dave is also a trained improviser from the nationally renowned Second City Comedy Theatre where he studied for two years and graduated from the Second City writing program. Dave Landau has a keen eye for humor and the ability to make hilarious observations about almost anything. He has a unique voice in comedy and is completely original and entertaining.
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Oct. 28, 2010 - Oct. 30, 2010
Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $5 before 6pm, $7 door
Address: 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Venice Baroque Orchestra (presented by UMS)
Robert McDuffie, violin
The Venice Baroque Orchestra was founded in 1997 by harpsichordist Andrea Marcon and is recognized as one of Europe’s premier ensembles devoted to period instrument performance. For this UMS debut, they perform music of their home city — Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons — paired with an “American Four Seasons” by Philip Glass featuring violinist Robert McDuffie, who has worked closely with Glass over the years and who last appeared with the Jerusalem Symphony in 2008. The VBO will perform the Vivaldi on period instruments, then switch to modern-day instruments for the Glass composition. “The first performance of [Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto No. 2, ‘The American Four Seasons,’] was so spectacularly played by the new piece’s muse, American violinist Robert McDuffie…that the event turned into one of the most exciting musical evenings of the year.” (The Toronto Star)
Program
Vivaldi :
The Four Seasons, Op. 8 (1723)
Glass :
Violin Concerto No. 2: “The American Four Seasons” (2009)
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Oct. 27, 2010 - Oct. 26, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $60 · $54 · $48 · $26 Mezzanine $48 · $38 · $10 Balcony $32 · $26 · $18 · $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Sankai Juku: Hibiki: Resonance from Far Away (presented by UMS)
Ushio Amagatsu, the founder and artistic director of Sankai Juku, trained in classical as well as modern dance before he devoted his life to butoh. Butoh first appeared in Japan after World War II and is often defined by its playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, and absurd environments. Traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow, hyper-controlled, mesmerizing motion, butoh represents to Amagatsu a “dialogue with gravity,” whereas most dance forms revel in the escape from gravity. It plays with the perception of time and space through slowing down the experience — the dance equivalent of haiku, only much longer. The company, whose name translates to “studio by the mountain and the sea” and implies the characteristic serenity of the work, last appeared in Ann Arbor in 1999. In 2002, the work that they will perform, Hibiki – Resonance From Far Away, received an Olivier Award for “Best New Dance Production.” “[Ushio Amagatsu] conveys the infinitely minute yet spellbinding transformations of a world in constant metamorphosis.” (Dance Magazine)
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Saturday October 23, 2010
Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $42 · $38 · $28 · $22, Balcony $38 · $34 · $28 · $18
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Jimmy Dore
Jimmy Dore is the star of several Comedy Central specials, a writer performer for the Off-Broadway hit “The Marijuana-Logues,” and the host of his own weekly radio show on KPFK Los Angeles. His latest effort “Citizen Jimmy” is the award winning one-hour Comedy Central special that was chosen Best Of 2008 by iTunes, and was named one of the top 5 comedy DVDs of the year by Punchline Magazine. Jimmy co-hosts the immensely popular podcast “Comedy and Everything Else” alongside Todd Glass and Stef Zamorano. It is Jimmy’s everyman style and razor-sharp material that draws people in and has made him one of fastest rising stars in comedy today.
Born into a Catholic family of 12 on Chicago’s south side, Jimmy’s parents forced him into comedy at an early age. Jimmy began stand-up in Chicago but quickly moved to Los Angeles to see if he could get on T.V., and it worked. He was quickly cast on NBC’s “Friday Night” where he became a fan favorite and a show regular. That experience started a string of late night talk show performances including ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” NBC’s “Late Friday,” and CBS’s “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”
No stranger to the international scene, Jimmy has been invited to perform at some of the most prestigious comedy Festivals around the world including “The Melbourne Comedy Festival” in Australia, “The Montreal International Comedy Festival”, and “The Amsterdam Comedy Festival,” where Jimmy performed high. Back in the states, he was singled out as one of the top five performers at HBO’s “The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival” in Aspen which thrilled Jimmy because he knew it would end up in his bio some day.
Jimmy continues to tour nationally and looks forward to his next comedy special. When in Los Angeles Jimmy performs his acclaimed “Pop & Politics,” a monthly video/sketch/talk show at the UCB Theatre.
If you miss the standup comedy of Jimmy Dore this week – you don’t care about yourself.
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Oct. 21, 2010 - Oct. 23, 2010
Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $9 before 6pm, $11 door
Address: 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Jerusalem Quartet (presented by UMS)
“Superlatives are in adequate in describing just how this playing was from one of the young, yet great, quartets of our time.” (The Strad) The Jerusalem Quartet was formed in 1993, when its members were still teenagers, within the framework of the Young Musicians’ Group under the auspices of the Jerusalem Music Centre and the America Israel Cultural Foundation. They return after their highly acclaimed UMS visit in 2007. “Musical electricity may be unfathomable, but one thing is for sure — they have it." (The Strad)
Program
Mendelssohn : Quartet in e minor, Op. 44, No. 2 (1837)
Kopytman : String Quartet No. 3 (1969)
Brahms : Quartet in c minor, Op. 51, No. 1 (1873)
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Thursday October 21, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $42 · $36 · $28 · $20
Address: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Takács Quartet: Schubert Cycle Concert 1
The always superlative Takács Quartet has become an Ann Arbor favorite over the past decade, consistently delivering performances that live well beyond the last note played in the concert hall. In the 10/11 season, they perform a three-concert cycle devoted primarily to Franz Schubert’s late chamber works. Commenting on their latest Schubert recording for Hyperion, Gramophone magazine noted, “The Takács have the ability to make you believe that there’s no other possible way the music should go, and the strength to overturn preconceptions that comes with only the greatest performers.”
Program
Schubert :
Quartettsatz in c minor, D. 703
Schubert :
Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960 (Op. Poth.) (1828)
Daniel Kellogg :
Soft Sleep Shall Contain You: A Meditation on Schubert's “Death and the Maiden” (2010)
Schubert :
String Quartet in d minor, D. 810 (“Death and the Maiden”) (1824)
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Oct. 14, 2010 - Oct. 13, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: Main Floor $48 · $42 · $32 · $24
Address: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Ladies Night Out!
Downtown Saline is rolling out the red carpet for ladies again! Gather up your mom, sister, daughter, best gal-pals, co-workers and cohorts and enjoy special treatment up and down the streets. Retail stores will have trinkets, specials and drawings for goodies and our restaurants will have food and drink specials. What more could a gal want: shopping, food, drinks, and friends!
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Thursday October 14, 2010
3:00p.m-9:00p.m. (retail stores) 3:00p.m.-TBA (restaurants)
Cost: TBA
Address: Downtown Saline, MI
Phone: (734)429-4494
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Comedy Jamm
Every Wednesday night it’s cut-loose comedy as we present the comedy of 12 of the current rising stars in the Detroit Metro area and beyond. You will see a variety of comedians from beginners trying their hand at comedy (sometimes they are the funniest) to established comics unveiling new material to the occasional comedian auditioning to perform at the Comedy Showcase. Anything can happen as we present this uncensored cacophony of comedy. …and a good time will be had by all!!
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Oct. 13, 2010 - Oct. 27, 2010
Only on: Wednesdays
Cost: $5
Address: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Mariinsky Orchestra (presented by UMS)
Valery Gergiev, music director and conductor
Denis Matsuev, piano
“[Valery] Gergiev carries a disproportionate share of the music world on his shoulders. He is something of a national hero in Russia for having kept alive the Mariinsky Theatre after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Under his leadership, the Mariinsky has become one of the most celebrated opera companies in the world.” (The New Yorker) Gergiev’s long association with the Mariinsky (formerly known as the Kirov) — including 10 previous UMS concerts, most recently the five-concert cycle of Shostakovich symphonies — has raised the ensemble’s profile to the point where it is now widely regarded as one of the most dynamic and exciting ensembles on the world stage today. This series-opening celebration features the fiery Russian pianist Denis Matsuev in Rachmaninoff’s third piano concerto. “His technique is phenomenal…Perhaps he is the new Horowitz.” (The London Times)
Program
Rachmaninoff :
Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30 (1900-91)
Mahler :
Symphony No. 5 (1901-02)
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Sunday October 10, 2010
4 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Paul Taylor Dance Company: Family Performance (presented by UMS)
Quite simply, Paul Taylor makes dances that people love. He has made some of the most astonishingly athletic and downright funniest dance pieces ever put on stage. This performance features his new work, Also Playing, a Vaudeville revue with acts ranging from an Apache dance to a tap-dancing horse and a toreador whose sissy bulls are frightened of her. The afternoon will also include a “chance to dance,” where children learn some of the company’s dance moves in a pre-concert hands-on — or shall we say feet-on? — workshop.
Program
Le Sacre du Printemps :
(The Rehearsal) (1980) [performed by U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance students]
Also Playing :
(Gaetano Donizetti) (2009)
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Saturday October 09, 2010
1 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $8
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Paul Taylor Dance Company (presented by UMS)
More than a half-century ago, after performing in the companies of Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, and George Balanchine, Paul Taylor became the youngest member of the pantheon that created American modern dance. Now 80 — an age when most artists’ best work is behind them — Taylor is acclaimed for the vibrancy, relevance, and power of his dances. As prolific as ever, he continues to offer cogent observations on life’s complexities while tackling some of society’s thorniest issues. He may propel his dancers through space for the sheer beauty of it, or use them to wordlessly illuminate war, spirituality, sexuality, morality, and mortality. While his work has largely been iconoclastic, since the very start of his career Taylor has also made some of the most purely romantic, most astonishingly athletic, and downright funniest dances ever put on a stage. UMS, in collaboration with the U-M Department of Dance, shine a light on Paul Taylor, with a day-long residency and three performances highlighting just a fraction of the more than 130 dances he has created, including the beloved Esplanade and a reconstruction of Orbs, his 1966 masterpiece. “What other artist today makes poetic drama of such variety and eloquence? A Taylor season is a journey through one of the most singular and searching imaginations of our time.” (The New York Times, 2/17/10)
Program (Thu 10/7)
Speaking in Tongues (Music by Matthew Patton) (1988)
Esplanade (J.S. Bach) (1975)
Program (Fri 10/8)
Orbs (Ludwig van Beethoven) (1966)
Also Playing (Gaetano Donizetti) (2009)
Program (Sat 10/9)
Black Tuesday (Songs of the Great Depression) (2001)
The Word (David Israel) (1998)
Piazzolla Caldera (Astor Piazzolla and Jerzy Peterburshsky) (1997)
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Oct. 07, 2010 - Oct. 08, 2010
Performance start at 8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $18
Address: Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Nick Gaza
Nick Gaza is a funny, lazy, twisted bastard . His act is a mixture of hysterical true stories and things we can only hope aren’t true. Nick makes fun of everyone, the audience, himself and anyone else that gets in his sights. His comedy knows no boundaries so be warned!!!!! But if you’re the kind of person who laughs at things you know you shouldn't then Nick's show is something you must see!
If Nick looks familiar to you it’s because you've seen him in one of his numerous television appearances, like “The Drew Carey Show,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Becker” or most recently on “The Biggest Loser” trying to put to rest the moniker “laziest comic in America.” Nick has not only entertained here in America but he has performed all over the world including England, Ireland, Germany and for our troops in Afghanistan. If you want to laugh your ass off then come on out for one of the funniest comedy shows you
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Oct. 07, 2010 - Oct. 09, 2010
Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $7 before 6pm, $9 door
Address: 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Dojo Graduation
Its the genesis of the next stars of comedy as we present the graduating class from Chili’s Comedy Dojo. Chili’s Comedy Dojo is a six week comedy class intended to teach the students the workings of comedy and how to write jokes. Students learn their “stage voice” as well as other aspects of the comedy business. They’ve worked hard learning the ins and outs of the comedy business and honing their jokes for this one spectacular night. Join us and support the next generation of comedians.
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Wednesday October 06, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: $5
Address: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Andy Hendrickson
Andy Hendrickson is a New York City based comedian and writer. In 2007, he was a showcase winner at HBO’s “U.S. Comedy Arts Festival” in Aspen where he earned a spot at TBS’ Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. He has performed at well over 100 colleges and is a favorite headliner at comedy clubs across the country. Internationally, Andy has performed at clubs and festivals throughout Canada, England, Holland and Ireland, as well as the Middle East to entertain the troops. He’s had multiple appearances on the nationally syndicated “Bob and Tom Show,” and his CD, “It’s Ready,” airs regularly on Sirius & XM Radio. Andy started his comedy career in 1998. He is the youngest of 3 sons in a military family that used comedy as a way to keep perspective while moving around the country and making new friends. His family finally settled near Washington, D.C. where he can trace his wry sense of humor to his East Coast roots. There is no "fluff" in Andy's act. His material is concise and efficient. He has a sarcastic and conversational style that is engaging and fun to watch. His material is uniquely original and based on real-life experiences and observations. Don’t miss this new face at the Comedy Showcase!
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Oct. 01, 2010 - Oct. 02, 2010
Friday & Saturday at 8p & 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $8 before 6pm, $10 door
Address: 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Ann Arbor Treasure Hunt
"All hands on deck Mateys" and get ready to set sail on a voyage through the streets of Ann Arbor. For the full month of October, there will be a quest for treasure unlike any other that Ann Arbor has seen. You'll find your game card at any of the participating downtown Ann Arbor shops, then just find the solutions to the clues provided, and 'capture' the solutions on film! Once you have captured all the solutions, send in your information to be eligible to win the widely sought after Pirate Booty! You and your pirate mateys could be the lucky winners of the Treasure Chest filled with Pirate Booty that has been collected from some of Ann Arbor's finest shops, galleries, and restaurants! So, prepare you sea legs, gather your mateys and get ready to ride the wild seas of Ann Arbor this October!
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Oct. 01, 2010 - Oct. 31, 2010
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: TBD
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La Capella Reial de Catalunya with Hesperion XXI and Tembembe Ensamble Continuo (presented by UMS)
"The term ‘early-music superstar’ is surely an oxymoron. But in the most understated of repertory, on the most subdued of instruments, and in the most self-effacing way, Jordi Savall comes close to being one.” (The New York Times) Jordi Savall is an exceptional figure in today’s music world. For more than 30 years, he has been devoted to the rediscovery and performance of neglected musical treasures as soloist and director of three ensembles, two of which join forces with Mexico’s Tembembe Ensamble Continuo for this concert. For the past 15 years, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo has explored the relationship between Mexican Baroque music and traditional Latin American instruments. This concert will trace the movement of music from Spain to the New World, bringing together ensembles from Spain and Mexico, and fusing Hispanic baroque and guitar music with contemporary jarocho and huasteco traditions.Further Event Information
Thursday September 30, 2010
8:00 p.m.
Cost: Reserved $45, General Admission $35
Address: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2250 East Stadium Boulevard, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Comedy Jamm
Every Thursday night it’s cut-loose comedy as we present the comedy of 12 of the current rising stars in the Detroit Metro area and beyond. You will see a variety of comedians from beginners trying their hand at comedy (sometimes they are the funniest) to established comics unveiling new material to the occasional comedian auditioning to perform at the Comedy Showcase. Anything can happen as we present this uncensored cacophony of comedy. …and a good time will be had by all!!
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Thursday September 30, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: $5
Address: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Rosanne Cash: The List (presented by UMS)
When Rosanne Cash was 18 and on the road with her father, the incomparable country music superstar Johnny Cash, he became alarmed at the number of songs that she didn’t know. As the tour progressed, he developed a list on a legal pad — “100 Essential Country Songs” — and gave it to her with a thinly veiled admonishment that she needed to do her homework. Now, more than 30 years later, Cash has selected a dozen songs from the syllabus presented to her by her father and has recorded her first album of covers, filtered through her own unique, sophisticated perspective. “I think he was alarmed that I might miss something essential about who he was and who I was. He had a deeply intuitive understanding and overview of every critical juncture in Southern music — Appalachian songs, early folk songs, Delta blues, Southern gospel, right up to modern country music,” says Cash. “These songs are as important as the Civil War to who we are as Americans.” The List presents Rosanne Cash like you’ve never heard her before, as she embraces her heritage and sings for the pure love of these songs that have shaped who she is as an artist.
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Sep. 25, 2010 - Sep. 24, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: Prices start at $10
Address: Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Night Terrors: Michigan’s Haunted Thrill Park
Night Terrors – Michigan’s Haunted Thrill Park, features SIX chilling attractions: The Ultimate Haunted Barn, The Asylum, The MindShaft, Alien Caged Clowns, The Labyrinth and Hayrides of the Lost. With over 115 live monsters, Night Terrors puts TERROR in your FACE. Single event admission is $15, or see all six for $29.99. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Night Terrors is open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through October; also on Saturday, September 25 and Thursday, October 28. Check website for more information on dates, times, and admission prices.
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Sep. 25, 2010 - Oct. 31, 2010
Only on: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
Cost: TBD
Address: Wiard's Orchard, 5565 Meritt Rd., Ypsilanti
Phone: (734) 482-7744
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Harvest of the Arts/Oktoberfest
Visitors to the 2010 Harvest of the Arts Oktoberfest in Downtown Saline can expect to find the best in art and entertainment. Join them for the all the fun - the finest in juried art show, traditional Oktoberfest with a Bier Garten and German food favorites, Fireman's Chili Challenge, Students of the South & West Consortium Culinary Program's Bake Sale, the Bixby Puppetry Festival, glorious Quilt Show, hands-on activities for children led by the Scrapbox of Ann Arbor, adult hands-on art led by the Two Twelve Arts Center, and live music.
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Saturday September 25, 2010
9:00a.m.-11:00p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Historical downtown Saline
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Smithsonian magazine: Museum Day
The Exhibit Museum is joining with over 1,200 museums and cultural institutions nationwide to celebrate Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day! Smithsonian members receive free admission to participating museums on that day; the Exhibit Museum is participating "in spirit" because individuals admissions to the museum is always fee to everyone.
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Saturday September 25, 2010
9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: University of Michigan Exhibit of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 764-0480
Email: ExMusFeedBack@umich.edu
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Zingerman’s Bakehouse Bread BAKE-cation
This Bake-Cation is a hands-on 2-day Bread Making Class: An intensive weekend of baking some of our favorite breads: hand-rolled french baguettes, paesano, french country bread made with flour from local Westwind Mill, porter rye, braided challah, German soft pretzels, flat bread, and our famous Jewish rye. Includes breakfast and lunch each day too! You'll leave BAKE! with several tested recipes, the knowledge to recreate them at home, a full stomach and loads of bread you made in class.
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Sep. 25, 2010 - Sep. 26, 2010
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost: $500
Address: 3723 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-761-7255
Email: bake@zingermans.com
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Comedy Jamm
Every Thursday night it’s cut-loose comedy as we present the comedy of 12 of the current rising stars in the Detroit Metro area and beyond. You will see a variety of comedians from beginners trying their hand at comedy (sometimes they are the funniest) to established comics unveiling new material to the occasional comedian auditioning to perform at the Comedy Showcase. Anything can happen as we present this uncensored cacophony of comedy. …and a good time will be had by all!!Further Event Information
Thursday September 23, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: $5
Address: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Brandi Carlile at the Michigan Theater
Brandi Carlile's third album, 'Give Up The Ghost', unveils her talents in their truest form. After two albums and non-stop touring, she has let her guard down and offers her most candid recording to date. If the phrase "give up the ghost" most often refers to death or dying, it can also be used to describe the passing of stages in life, of transformation.
The recording of Give Up The Ghost offered new experiences including working with the likes of Elton John, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers multi-instrumentalist Benmont Tench, drummer Chad Smith and Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls, all of whom contribute to the album
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Sunday September 19, 2010
7:30 p.m.
Cost: $20-35
Address: The Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: (800) 745-3000
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Wiard’s Orchards & Country Fair
Wiard's Orchard and Country Fair has it all for fall: Apple Orchards, U Pick Apples, U Pick Pumpkins, a cider mill with cider mill donuts, bakery, pony rides, a corn maze, petting farm, giant inflatables, Old West hayrides, and more!
Makes Wiard’s Country Fair a great place for fall adventure. The-hand dipped caramel apples have people talking all over Metro Detroit! Wiard's has been serving the community since 1853, growing beautiful farm fresh apples, baking awesome apple pies, and serving customers with a smile. Country Fair Hours 10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M./Dusk
Wiard's Special Events for 2010
Sept. 18 & 19 Grandparent’s Weekend
One free child with one paying grandparent
Teacher’s Appreciation Weekend
Sept. 25 & 26 Soccer Weekend – Children wearing Soccer uniform admitted at ½ Price
Oct. 2 & 3 Scout Weekend
Boy/Girl Scouts wear uniform scarf, hat, or vest and get a discount.
Oct. 9 & 10 Photo Contest Weekend
Go to www.wiards.com for details and entry form
Oct. 16 & 17 Community Awareness Days– Safety and Service Visitors
Ronald McDonald Sunday, October 18 @ 2:00
Oct. 23 & 24 Wiard’s Reunion and Pumpkin Festival
Former employees wear your old Wiard’s Shirt or Hat for Free Admission for yourself.
Oct.30 & Oct.31 Wiard’s Costume Party - go to www.wiards.com for Costume Contest Rules
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Sep. 18, 2010 - Oct. 29, 2010
Only on: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
Cost: Wednesday-Friday $8.50, Saturday-Sunday $11.99
Address: 5565 Meritt Rd., Ypsilanti
Phone: (734) 482-7744
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Ann Arbor Antiques Market
In 2010, 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. Seven large shows are held from April through October.n 2010, 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. Seven large shows are held from April through October.
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Sep. 18, 2010 - Sep. 19, 2010
8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Cost: $6
Address: Washtenaw County Farm Council, 5055 Ann Arbor Saline Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103
Phone: (734)662-0496 x 207
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Keerytown Concert House presents: Parisian Soiree
This annual gala season opener is fun, full of surprises, and features a program that focuses on repertoire with a connection to all things Parisian. Champagne included! Appearances by flutists Jeff Zook and Sharon Sparrow, cellist Robert deMaine (Saturday only), pianists Michele Cooker and Kevin Bylsma, sopranos Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers and Elizabeth Major, mezzo soprano Deanna Relyea, singer and pianist Alvin Waddles (Friday only), plus a French horn quartet. Accordion player Julien Labro will perform Piazzolla and related music with his quartet, featuring a cast of area favorites (Saturday only). Don’t wait to make reservations!
- Emily Benner, soprano
- Kevin Bylsma, piano
- Elizabeth Major, soprano
- Deanna Relyea, mezzo soprano
- Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, soprano
- Allen Schrott, bass-baritone
- Sharon Sparrow, flute
- Alvin Waddles, piano/vocals
- Jeff Zook, flute
- Sarah Nisbett, mezzo soprano
- Juan Pereira, tenor
- Michelle Mountain, actress
- UM French horn quartet
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Sep. 17, 2010 - Sep. 18, 2010
8:00p.m.
Cost: $15-general admissions, $20-$30-assigned rows
Address: 415 North 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: (734) 769-2999
Email: kch@kerrytown.com
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The Performance Network Presents: Sonia Flew
"Sonia Flew is a play for our age" says the Boston Globe. When Sonia learns of her son's decision to enlist in the military and fight in Afghanistan following 9/11, memories of being forced to leave Cuba in 1959 overwhelm her. She must come to terms with her past, her lost parents and country - or risk losing her own children. Set between post-revolutionary Cuba and post-9/11 America, Sonia Flew telescopes the political forces of each historic moment and their impact on the lives of ordinary people.
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Sep. 17, 2010 - Oct. 17, 2010
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Saturday matinees at 3 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cost: $25 - $41
Address: The Performance Network Theater, 120 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734.663.0681
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Felicia Michaels
Arriving in Hollywood with $40 dollars to her name, Felicia MIchaels quickly found herself honing her comedy skills at the Laugh Factory, Improv and Comedy Store. She was soon able to abandon her "day job" and support herself entirely via stand-up work, performing across the country on college campuses and "A-room" comedy clubs.
She has appeared with her comedy on such networks as MTV, A&E, Comedy Central, VH1 and SHOWTIME, not to mention NBC, ABC and FOX. She soon found herself becoming a “Comedy Grand Champion” on “Star Search.” Playing with and defying stereotypes, Michaels initially presented herself on stage as the quintessential "dumb blonde." After all, she has appeared in Playboy Magazine. But after several years of telling jokes in her high heels, she came to the conclusion that if she spent more time writing jokes then blow drying and maintaining her dried out blonde tresses, her new monologue would soon be filled with stronger more insightful reflections. Watching her onstage it becomes apparent that intellect and wit are alive and well in this soft spoken, but very racy talent.
Felicia was not only nominated for the prestigious American Comedy Award’s “Best Female Comic” two years in a row, she WON the award the third time she was nominated.
Along with doing comedy Felicia also wrote and directed the short film "In the Weeds," which received a Cine Eagle Award. This led her to work as an actor, assistant director and line producer on Mitch Hedberg's film "Los Enchiladas" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Felicia's comedy CD "Lewd Awakenings" is available on itunes, and landed Felicia on XM SATELLITE's list of top 100 jokes. Most recently , you’ve seen her on the SHOWTIMES series “I am Comic” and her new CD “Chew on This” is now on itunes.
All this while raising two young boys as a single mother.
"Ms. Michaels sensual explicitness is attempted by few other women and only the most adventurous males.”
-- Dallas Morning News
This show contains explicit sexual and offensive material.
You should not attend this show if you can be offended.
Because you probably will be.
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Sep. 16, 2010 - Sep. 18, 2010
Thursday at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $9 before 6pm / $11 door
Address: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Dawn Farm 37th 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 local 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 and a gift table with a variety of donated goods and services, many at bargain prices! Food and beverages will be available. Our annual Founder’s Day award ceremony will honor a local supporter for his/her contributions to Dawn Farm and the recovering community. Dawn Farm welcomes all to join us and share in celebrating our successes in helping addicts and alcoholics become part of the recovering community, and to celebrate the tremendous power of recovery in the lives of individuals, families, and our entire community. Dawn Farm is the only residential treatment program in the area, and funds raised from this event will help defray treatment costs for individuals who have no other resources.
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Sunday September 12, 2010
1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Dawn Farm, 6633 Stoney Creek Road, Ypsilanti
Phone: (734) 485-8725
Email: info@dawnfarm.org
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HomeGrown Festival 2010
The HomeGrown Festival celebrates the food, farmers and community of Southeast Michigan in a family-oriented atmosphere. This food-lover's festival takes place at the beautiful Ann Arbor Farmers Market pavilion in the historic Kerrytown district. Come on down and taste the delicious food grown on our beautiful farms, prepared by our most innovative chefs. Sample some excellent Michigan beer and wine while you're listening to the sounds of great local musicians.
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Saturday September 11, 2010
Cost: TBA
Address: Ann Arbor Farmers Market, 315 Detroit St., Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phone: 734.619.0429
Email: EatLocal@HomeGrownFestival.org
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Kerrtown Concert House presents: Chard & Holland
The Chard-Holland team returns to perform their annual KCH benefit, which they have been doing since 1985. Roger and Maurita’s artistry, together with the variety of music on the program, create a gala evening. Enjoy extraordinary music: intense, simple, philosophical, passionate, tender and silly. Art and parlor songs, as well as opera and theater selections highlight an exciting and captivating evening. Music by Verdi, Porter, Gershwin, Legrand, Rodgers, Grieg and Schubert. This year marks the grand finale of their benefit concerts for KCH, but expect to hear them again at future events.
- Roger Chard, baritone
- Maurita Peterson Holland, piano
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Sep. 10, 2010 - Sep. 11, 2010
8:00p.m.
Cost: $15-general admissions, $20-$30-assigned rows
Address: 415 North 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: (734) 769-2999
Email: kch@kerrytown.com
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Dave Dyer
David Dyer’s energy, writing, and hilarious physicality make him an exciting performer who’s in increasingly high demand. He’s worked with some of the best performers in the industry including Drew Carey, Lewis Black, and Kathleen Madigan, just to name a few. He’s appeared on the nationally syndicated “Bob and Tom Show” as well as their telecast on WGN America. He’s a contributing writer to NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and he’s also contributed to “ABC’s Politically Incorrect” and “The Zany Report” on “The Bob and Tom Show.” He performed several recurring characters on “The Kevin Matthew’s Morning Show” on 97 WLAV FM in Grand Rapids, MI. In the past, he won The Grand Rapids Magazine Comedy Joke Off; a competition that put him up against the best comedic talent in the state of Michigan. David’s interesting and sometimes twisted take on life’s quirky little situations means that he’s doing comedy different…..better…..quirkier.
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Sep. 10, 2010 - Sep. 12, 2010
Friday & Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $8 before 6pm / $10 door
Address: 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Comedy Jamm
Every Thursday night it’s cut-loose comedy as we present the comedy of 12 of the current rising stars in the Detroit Metro area and beyond. You will see a variety of comedians from beginners trying their hand at comedy (sometimes they are the funniest) to established comics unveiling new material to the occasional comedian auditioning to perform at the Comedy Showcase. Anything can happen as we present this uncensored cacophony of comedy. …and a good time will be had by all!!Further Event Information
Thursday September 09, 2010
8 p.m.
Cost: $5
Address: 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Susurrus: A Fire Exit Production (presented by UMS)
Susurrus is a play without actors, without a stage, and with only one person in the audience — YOU. It is part radio play, part avant-garde sonic art, part lesson in bird dissection, and part stroll through nature. Audiences follow a map around the Matthaei Botanical Gardens as they listen to the piece on an iPod with headphones. The listener hears snippets about opera, memorial benches, and botany, which fit together into a mournful and poignant story of love and loss that is loosely inspired by Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden’s collaboration on Britten’s opera, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Susurrus was presented to great acclaim and sellout audiences at Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens in 2006 and at the Ediburgh Fringe Festival in 2009, acclaimed by both The Guardian and The Scotsman as one of the top arts events of the year. Times will vary, with groups of four admitted every 15 minutes. The piece includes about a mile of walking on defined trails. Umbrellas provided in case of rain.
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Thursday September 09, 2010
Groups of four admitted every 15 minutes.
Cost: $30
Address: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N Dixboro Rd Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-764-2538
Email: umstix@umich.edu
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Saline Community Fair
The Saline Community Fair is a longstanding tradition to showcase local talents from livestock to quilting. Carnival rides are always a favorite for families to enjoy each year. Also enjoy tractor and truck pulls, and the state Demo Derby Championship on Saturday!
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Sep. 07, 2010 - Sep. 11, 2010
All day
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Washtenaw County Farms Council, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd., Ann Arbor, MI, 48103
Email: manager@salinefair.org
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Planetarium Show: Expanded View
Explore beautiful deep space objects through the eyes of Hubble, Spitzer, and Chandra space telescopes. Each of these space-based telescopes operate in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, helping to reveal the secrets of these vastly far away and beautiful objects.
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Sep. 04, 2010 - Sep. 26, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 11, 18, 25 at 2:30p.m. Suday, September 5, 12, 19, 26 at 2:30p.m.
Cost: $5-general admissions
Address: UM Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 764-0480
Email: ExMusFeedBack@umich.edu
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Planetarium Show: The Sky Tonight - Star Talk
Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky will be discussed in this live "star talk". Then leave Earth and "fly" out into space to examine the planets in the current sky.
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Sep. 04, 2010 - Sep. 26, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 11, 18, 25 at 1:30p.m. Sunday, September 5, 12, 19, 26 at 1:30p.m.
Cost: $5-general admissions
Address: University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 764-0480
Email: ExMusFeedBack@umich.edu
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Mark Knope
Mark’s love for performing was evident at a very early age - whether it was doing impressions of John Wayne, Maxwell Smart or Lurch for his aunts and uncles OR an impromptu puppet show for his cousins--Mark loved being in the spotlight! Most people fear speaking in front of crowds - Mark has ALWAYS relished in it! Whenever a teacher was looking for a volunteer to give an oral book-report (or any presentation, for that matter!) Mark’s hand was sure to shoot into the air for consideration…BUT WAIT! Exactly WHEN did Mark get started with this whole “comedy-thing?”
Mark got his start in professional comedy at an open-mic night at the New Chinatown restaurant in Albuquerque, NM; back in March of 1986! He honed his comedic skills in places like Houston and San Francisco - before he FINALLY ditched his “day-job” in September of 1988 and hit THE ROAD! Over the years he has had the pleasure of working with some of the biggest names in the stand-up business, like Brett Butler, Kevin James, Richard Lewis, Bobcat Goldthwaite and Tommy Chong. He has appeared on Comedy Central's "Stand-Up, Stand-Up," "Nightshift" on FOX, and "America's Funniest People." His style is high-energy with lots of sound effects and quirky facial expressions, and incorporates some of the best celebrity impersonations to be heard! Don't miss his return to the Comedy Showcase!
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Sep. 03, 2010 - Sep. 11, 2010
Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $8 in advance or $10 at the door
Address: 314 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-996-9080
Email: boxoffice@aacomedy.com
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Rentschler Farm Museum Tours
Tour this historic farmhouse museum ever Saturday through October 3. Groups of 10 or more should call for a reservation.
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Sep. 02, 2010 - Oct. 03, 2010
Saturdays from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: 1265 E. Michigan Ave., Saline
Phone: 734-944-0442
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Saline’s Mid-Week Farmer’s Market
Seasonal produce, baked goods, cheese, plants, flowers and hand crafted item are available. Mid –Week Market will run from June 1, 2010 – September 28. Free parking available at Saline Middle School.
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Aug. 30, 2010 - Sep. 28, 2010
Only on: Tuesdays
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Saline District Library, 555 N. Maple, Saline, MI
Phone: (734) 429-4907
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Saline’s Farmer’s Market
Starting on Saturday, May 1, 2010 until Saturday October 30, 2010 the Farmer's Market will be open. It is located on South Ann Arbor Street, downtown, one block south of Michigan Ave. Flowers, Jams, Jellies, Baked Goods and a chance to talk with a Master Gardener are all available at the Saline Farmer's Market.
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Aug. 28, 2010 - Oct. 30, 2010
Only on: Saturdays
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Downtown Saline, South Ann Arbor Street, 1/2 block South of Michigan Ave.
Phone: (734) 429-4907
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Performance Network Presents: Woman Before A Glass
Woman Before a Glass by Lanie Robertson is a play about the outspoken, convention-flaunting heiress Peggy Gugenheim and her collection of modern art . . . and modern artists. In this Obie-winner, Naz Edwards, as Peggy, tells it all: from her father's death on the Titanic, to saving art from the Nazi invasion of Paris, to her history of famous lovers, including Miro, Dali, and Picasso.
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Aug. 05, 2010 - Sep. 05, 2010
Only on: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
Cost: $10-$41, discounts for seniors, students and groups
Address: 120 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-663-0681
Email: boxoffice@performancenetwork.org
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Gallery Project Presents: Faux Real
Gallery Project presents Faux Real, a multimedia exhibit in which 26 artists play with the idea that things can be both fake and real simultaneously in terms of concept and materiality. The lines between real and artificial grow increasingly blurred, even to the point that one wonders what, if anything is still "real" in the 21st century.
The opening reception is Friday, July 30 from 6-9p.m.
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Jul. 28, 2010 - Sep. 05, 2010
During Gallery Business Hours Tues.-Sat. 12:00p.m.-9:00p.m. Sun. 12:00p.m.-4:00p.m.
Cost: TBA
Address: Gallery Project, 215 South Fourth St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: (734) 997-7012
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Purple Rose Theater Presents: Boeing-Boeing
"One up, one down and one pending!"
The English adaptation of this French farce features self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard juggling three fiancees, each beautiful airline hostesses with frequent layovers in Paris. Bernard's carefully constructed timetable runs like clockwork until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to his apartment at the same time, and his "ideal life" unravels all in one nonstop night.
Boeing-Boeing originally premiered in Paris in 1960. The English language adaptation, translated by Beverley Cross, was first staged in London in 1962. The play was first produced on Broadway in 1965. In 1991, the play was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most performed French play throughout the world. Boeing-Boeing was revived in London in 2007. It once again proved to be a hit with critics and audiences alike and received two Olivier Award nominations. The 2008 Broadway revival won both the Tony and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.
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Jun. 17, 2010 - Sep. 05, 2010
Cost: $25-$33
Address: 137 Park St., Chelsea, MI 48118
Phone: (734) 433-ROSE
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Summer Classic Film Series 2010 at The Michigan Theater
Sixteen classic films make up the 2010 Summer Classics Series roster at the Michigan Theater. Every film is the summer long series will be shown tiwce-one Sunday afternoon at 1:30p.m. and again the following Tuesday evening at 7:00p.m. (with the exception of Casablanca, shown on Labor Day only).
Kicking off the summer-long classic series will be The Treasure of the Sieera Madre, the 1948 Humphrey Bogart Classic. Other highlights include a special Sing-A-Long showing of The Wizard of Oz. Also, an early masterpiece from the silent era, Metropolis, will be accompanied with a live organ.
June 6, 8: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
June 13, 15: Dark Victory (1939)
June 20, 22: Rashomon (1950)
June 27, 29: The French Connection (1971) Rated R.
July 4, 6: Animal Cracker (1930)
July 11, 13: Gimme Shelter (1970) Rated R.
July 18, 20: M. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
July 25, 27: Harvey (1950)
Aug 1, 3: The Apartment (1960)
Aug 8, 10: On the Waterfront (1954)
Aug 15, 17: Sing-A-Long The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Aug 22, 24: The Graduate (1967) Rated PG.
Aug 29, 31: Network (1976) Rated R.
Sept 5, 7: Gone with the Wind (1939)
Sept 6: Casablanca (1942) Rated PG. FREE for students.
Sept 12, 14: Metropolis (1927)
Further Event Information
Jun. 06, 2010 - Sep. 14, 2010
Only on: Tuesdays, Sundays
Cost: $9-General Admissions, $7-Students, $6-Veterans & Seniors
Address: Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: (734) 668-8397
Email: info@michigantheater.org
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Ann Arbor Farmers’ Market
Located in the historic Kerrytown District in a lovely open-air marketplace, the Ann Arbor Farmers' Market features locally grown food, plants, handcrafts and prepared food items.
The Ann Arbor Farmers' Market is a producers-only market, which means that all items for sale are grown, baked or crafted by the vendors who sell them.
Further Event Information
May. 01, 2010 - Dec. 29, 2010
Only on: Wednesdays, Saturdays
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: Farmers' Market Pavillion, 315 Detroit St., Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-794-6244
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Sunday Artisan Market
Every Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., through December. The Sunday Artisan Market is an open-air market where you can find hand-made items of exceptional quality. The market offers glass, textiles, wood, fiber, tile, bead, painting, drawing, digital imagery, photography, recycled and mixed media, as well as jams/jellies, plants, greens, and cut flowers in season. Having artists and growers on-site ads to shoppers' enjoyment and knowledge about the unique items they purchase. Set-up begins at 9:30 a.m., so many early risers, runners, and weekenders visit the market on the way to breakfast or church; later shoppers meet friends for lunch at the famed Zingerman's Deli or quaint Braun Court eateries, or before a late-afternoon concert at nearby Kerrytown Concert House or Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan's campus.
Further Event Information
Apr. 25, 2010 - Dec. 19, 2010
Only on: Sundays
Cost: This is a free event.
Address: 315 Detroit St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48104
Phone: (734) 913-9622
Email: writeon@mail.iserv.net
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