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The Ann Arbor Art Fairs.
Caribou: The Blind Pig.
"Playing Around": Ann Arbor Civic Theatre.
 Friday
July, 2008
7 a.m.
Men's City Tournament:
Ann Arbor Parks Department. July 18-20. Three rounds of stroke play, with flights established after the first round. Open to all amateur men golfers.
Leslie Park Golf Course, 2120 Traver Rd. $150. Preregistration required by July 7. 994-1163.
 9 a.m.
"Huron River Bike Trail Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Friday. Slow-paced ride, 13 miles or more, along the Huron River from Bandemer Park to Parker Mill, along with some alternate routes.
meet at Gallup Park Canoe Livery, 3000 Fuller Rd. (west side of Huron Pkwy.). Free. 663-4498.
10 a.m.-9 p.m.
"Art in the Park":
Briarwood. July 16-19. An art show with 20 Michigan artists. Also, kids activities, a "speed pitch" game, a Detroit Tigers bouncy, prizes, food vendors, entertainment by Radio Disney, and more.
Briarwood, in the park on the south side of Sears. Free admission. 769-9610.
10 a.m.-9 p.m.
The Ann Arbor Art Fairs.:July 16-19. Our perennial white tent-city-within-a-city houses 1,000 artists, from Michigan and around the nation, in 4 separate fairs. For Art Fair entertainment schedules, see daily listings.
Free admission. (800) 888-9487.
10 a.m.-noon.
Writing Groups:
U-M Turner Geriatrics Center. Every Friday except July 4. All seniors invited to read and discuss the poetry, essays, reminiscences, and fiction they have written.
Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Rd. Free. 998-9353.
11 a.m.
"Storytime with Mr. James":
Arborland Borders. Every Friday. Borders staffer "Mr. James" reads stories and leads a craft project for toddlers. Also, raffle. Today: Amy Rosenthal's Little Hoot and Little Pea. Also this month: Louise Borden's Off to First Grade and Jan and Stan Berenstain's The Berenstain Bears Go Back to School (July 25).
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 449-9394.
11 a.m.
Kids Programs:
Waterloo Recreation Area. Every Wednesday-Saturday beginning June 18. Waterloo Recreation Area park interpreter Kathy Kavanagh presents a variety of nature programs and activities TBA for kids ages 7-12 (unless otherwise noted) accompanied by an adult. This month's topics: TBA (July 16-18), "Michigan Mammals" (July 19), "Plant Prints" (July 23), "Petoskey Stone Polishing" (July 24), "Insect Safari" (July 25), "Native American Sand Art" (July 26), "What's Your Favorite Habitat" (July 30), and "PB&J Geology" (July 31).
Eddy Discovery Center lower parking lot, Bush Rd. (west off Pierce Rd. from I-94 exit 157), Chelsea. Free. Space limited; preregistration required. Vehicle entrance fees: $6/day, $24/year ($6/year for seniors age 65 & over). 475-3170.
Noon-2 p.m.
"Music in the Park":
Herb David Guitar Studio. June 1-October 31. Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA.
Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.
"Dressage at Waterloo":
Waterloo Hunt Club. July 18-21. This competition of equine ballet by skilled regional horses and riders is highlighted by graceful freestyle routines set to music. Bring your own lawn chairs; no pets. Concessions and vendor area. On July 21, a "Dressage Sport Horse Breeding" show features mature horses judged for their breeding potential and young horses judged for their potential as future dressage horses. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Waterloo Hunt Club, Glenn at Katz (west off Mount Hope Rd. from I-94 exit 150),
Grass Lake. Free. 426-2088.
"Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day":
Michigan Theater Foundation. July 18 & 19. Bharat Nalluri's 2008 romantic comedy set in 1939 London about a poor, frumpy, middle-aged governess who stumbles into a job as social secretary for a ditzy young American actress. Frances McDormand, Amy Adams.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
Caribou:
The Blind Pig. Psychedelic folk-rock electronica quintet from Ontario led by singer-songwriter Daniel Snaith. All Music Guide critic John Rush says that the band's latest CD, Andorra, "sounds like it was recorded in 1966 by a British band that just missed the cut for the Nuggets, vol. 2 box set." Opening act is Mahoney, a local acoustic experimental rock duo. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. (doors open at 9:30 p.m.), The Blind Pig, 208 S. Ashley.
Tickets $15 in advance at the Michigan Union Ticket Office & all other Ticketmaster outlets, and at the door. To charge by phone, call (248) 645-6666.
12:30 & 2:30 p.m.
"The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather"/"Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity":
U-M Exhibit Museum Planetarium. Every Monday-Friday. The Zula Patrol (12:30 p.m.) is an animated audiovisual exploration of weather, both terrestrial and interplanetary. Black Holes (2:30 p.m.) is an animated audiovisual show that begins with the formation of the early universe and the birth and death of stars and concludes with a simulated flight to a supermassive black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way. Followed by a brief star talk.
U-M Exhibit Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. $4.75. 764-0478.
1 p.m.
Art Fair Entertainment.:Live music and other performances on three stages. Also, the Michigan Theater sponsors a beer garden during art fair hours and daily organ concerts at 1:30 p.m. Today: Ingalls Mall stage: Classical chamber music by the Emerson String Orchestra (1 p.m.), a group of Ann Arbor middle and high school musicians. Indie-pop by the Royal Oak trio Light in August (2 p.m.). Folk-rock by the local Bob Skon Trio (3 p.m.). Mind Tapped (4 p.m.), a mind-reading and magic show by local magician and mentalist George Tait. Middle Eastern dances by the Unveiled Bellydance Company (5 p.m.). Minimalist pop by the local indie trio Lightning Love! (6 p.m.). Hip-hop dance by the local troupe N.V.R. Flo (7 p.m.). Blues by the local band Gary Prince & the Royal Family (8 p.m.), with Diag harmonica man Tom Goss and fingerstyle guitarist Prince. Liberty at Ashley stage: Performer TBA (noon-1 p.m.). Indie-pop and bluegrass by the local band Mutual Kumquat (1:30-2:30 p.m.). Classic pop hits by the local band Test of Time (3-4 p.m.). Prog-rock and jazz by the Detroit band Timecube (4:30-5:30 p.m.). Alt-country by the Detroit band Band B (6-7 p.m.). World jazz by the Detroit band Pathe Jassi's World Experience (7:30-8:30 p.m.). Willard at Church stage: Pop-rock by the acclaimed young singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson (8-9 p.m.) Opening acts (3-7:30 p.m.) TBA.
Free.
1 p.m.
Bingo:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. Every Friday. All seniors age 50 & older invited to play a variety of styles of bingo.
Brookhaven Manor, 401 W. Oakbrook (off S. Main north of Eisenhower). Free. 769-5911.
1-5 p.m.
Guided Tours:
Waterloo Area Farm Museum. Every Friday-Sunday, June 1-August 31. Museum docents give tours of the artifact-filled historic farmhouse, which contains everything from feather trees to a wooden wheelchair in the attic.
Waterloo Area Farm Museum, 9998 Waterloo-Munith Rd. (left off Clear Lake Rd. 5 miles north from I-94 exit 153), Waterloo Recreation Area. $3 (seniors, $2.50; kids ages 5-17, $1). (517) 596-2254.
1-4 p.m.
Bridge:
U-M Turner Geriatrics Center. Every Monday & Friday except July 4. All seniors invited to play bridge. Refreshments.
Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Rd. Free. 998-9353.
1-3 p.m.
4th Annual Teen Graffiti Contest:
Ann Arbor District Library. Teens in grades 6-12 invited to spray-paint a canvas. Judged by a panel of teens and adults. Materials supplied. Prizes.
AADL staff parking lot, William St. just east of S. Fifth Ave. Free. 327-8301.
6 p.m.
Magic:
the Gathering Tournament: Get Your Game On. Every Friday except July 4. All invited to compete in a booster draft tournament of this popular collectible card game. Bring your own cards.
Get Your Game On, 709 Packard. $15 (includes cards). 786-3746.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Summer Concert Series:
Dexter Area Chamber of Commerce Summer Series. Every Friday (except July 4), June 13-August 29. Entertainment on 2 stages in downtown Dexter. Tonight: Flying Latini Brothers, a local country-flavored rock band fronted by singer-songwriter John Latini, and The Hummingbirds, the Detroit Music Award-winning duo of local singer-songwriters and acoustic guitarists S. G. Wood and Rachel Lynn, who play twang-filled country and American roots music.
Monument Park gazebo & in front of the clock tower, downtown Dexter. Free. 426-0887.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Charles Woodson:
The Chop House. This former U-M Heisman-winning cornerback unveils and offers taste samples of the wines from his Napa Valley winery Twenty Four. Hors d'oeuvres. A portion of the proceeds benefits U-M Mott Children's Hospital.
The Chop House, 322 S. Main. $75. 877-9581.
7-9 p.m.
"Peace Generator":
Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth. All invited to join a silent meditation on world peace, forgiveness, cooperation, and joy.
Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, 704 Airport Blvd. Free. 971-8576.
7 p.m.
Summer Theater Camp Productions:
Young Actors Guild. July 18 & 19 (different programs). Young local actors present 4 productions that culminate their summer theater camp. Tonight (tentatively): Emily Wilson-Tobin directs excerpts from Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton, Tennessee Williams's short play about competing cotton gin owners.
Greenhills School Campbell Center for the Performing Arts, 850 Greenhills Dr. (off Earhart). $3 suggested donation. 913-9800.
7-10 p.m.
Crossroads Summer Festival.:Every Friday, June 6-September 12. Weekly outdoor stage in downtown Ypsilanti with a variety of dance bands. (In case of rain, held in Club Devine, 25 North Washington.) Today: : Bugs Beddow Band, a versatile horn-driven R&B, boogie-rock, blues, and jazz ensemble led by veteran Detroit trombonist Beddow, and Paul Miles, a Detroit blues band led by singer-guitarist Miles.
Washington St. at Michigan Ave. Free. 717-7305.
7 p.m.
Free Concert Series:
First Congregational Church. July 16-18. Evening concerts by local musicians. Tonight: jazz standards by the local jazz ensemble Fourth Wish.
First Congregational Church, 608 E. William. Free. 662-4466.
7:30 p.m.
"VB on Broadway":
Saline Varsity Blues 24th Anniversary Concert. July 17-19. Pat Douglas directs this chorus of young singers in a program of Broadway favorites.
Saline High School Ellen Ewing Performing Arts Center, 1300 Campus Pkwy., Saline. $9. 994-3162.
8-9:30 p.m.
Advanced Study Group:
Rudolf Steiner Study Circle of Ann Arbor. July 4 & 18. All invited to join this ongoing study group to discuss Rudolf Steiner's book Lectures on Karmic Relationships, vol. 2. Familiarity with Steiner's basic ideas required.
33 Ridgeway East, 1 block east of the Arb entrance on Geddes. Free. 662-6398.
8 p.m.-midnight.
"Can't Stop the Lindy Hop":
Ann Arbor Council for Traditional Music and Dance and Ann Arbor Swing Dance Association. July 18 & 19 (different locations). Swing dancing to live and recorded music spread out over two days. Tonight: Lindy hop to recorded music. Followed at 12:30 a.m. by late-night swing dancing ($5) at the Dakota Building, 1785 West Stadium.
Michigan League Ballroom. $6 (AACTMAD members, $5; students, $4). 972-9141, 417-9857.
8 p.m.
15th Annual Art Fair Song Fest:
Ann Arbor Festival of Song. July 17 & 18 . Pianist Kevin Bylsma accompanies various local singers in performances of classical art songs and cabaret songs. Singers include Emily Benner, Monica Bebow, Michael Ryan, Allen Schrott, Sarah Flammer, Caroline Helton, Julie Cross, Jennifer Goltz, Tim Bruno, Libby Call, Sarah Emerson, Marlayna Maynard, Kerrytown Concert House owner Deanna Relyea, and Festival of Song codirector Jane Rodgers . Tonight: "Without Honor in Their Own Cities: The Music of Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim." Also, free art song recitals, noon, July 17-19.
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Free on July 17, $10 (students, $5) on July 18. 769-2999.
8 p.m.
"A Puppetry Spectacle":
Dreamland Theater. July 18-20 (different programs). Three days of puppet shows by local and area puppeteers. Also, sock & shadow puppet making for kids. Tonight: the Dreamland Puppet Troupe and Michigan puppet troupe Penguicon present A Shoggoth on the Roof, an anonymous H. P. Lovecraft Society member's parody of Fiddler on the Roof based on Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.
Dreamland Theater, 26 N. Washington St. Ypsilanti. $7. 657-2337.
8 p.m.
"The Little Dog Laughed":
Performance Network Professional Season. Every Thursday-Sunday, June 19-July 27. Ray Schultz directs Douglas Carter Beane's Tony-nominated 2006 comedy of manners about a Hollywood agent hot on getting the film rights to a new play for her client, a sexually confused up-and-coming actor afflicted with what she calls a "slight recurring case of homosexuality." The play has won praise for the subtlety and zing of its richly comic dialogue and for what New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley calls "an expressly theatrical energy that finds the verbal music and rhythm in Hollywood-style hypocrisy." Contains adult language and content, including male nudity. Stars Roxanne Wellington, Bart Bund, Jacob Hodgson, and Chelsea Sadler.
Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Tickets $25 (Thurs. & Sat. matinee), $30 (Fri. & Sun.), and $37 (Sat. eve.) available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over, $10 discounts available (except Sat. eve.) for students. Half-price student rush tickets & $10 tickets for age 16 & under available 1 hour before showtime. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.
8 p.m.
"Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid":
Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Wednesday-Sunday, June 19-August 30 (except August 6), and July 1 and August 5 & 26. Guy Sanville directs Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels's new comedy, the tale of a showdown between 2 Wild West archetypes - a singing cowboy a la Roy Rogers and a scoundrelly outlaw. Thrown together by unfortunate circumstances, they argue over the best way to be a cowboy, while 2 other actors portray their reminiscences. Cast: John Seibert, Tom Whalen, Phil Powers, and Jessica Garrett. 8 p.m., Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea.
Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed. & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.
8 p.m.
"Playing Around":
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre. July 11, 12, 18, & 19. Civic Theatre actors perform 2 plays from the theater's annual playwriting contest. Tonight: Almaza Ijaz-Black directs Elizabeth Wolf's The Strawberry & the Kaiser, a romantic comedy loosely based on the biographies of Sigmund Freud and his family. When a young American woman comes to Vienna for psychoanalysis, the Freuds are attracted to her in a way that threatens their family dynamic. Cast: Lyn Davidge, Susan Klein, Lisa White, Christine Hoberg, Gordon Barnett, and Kate Murphy.
AACT Studio, 322 W. Ann. Tickets $10 & $15 in advance and at the door. 971-2228.
8 p.m.
Alena Green:
University Lutheran Chapel Common Cup. Stand-up comedy by this local comedian and founder of the U-M student organization Crying Laughter Productions.
Common Cup (lower level), 1511 Washtenaw. Free. 971-0550.
8 p.m.
Alena Green:
University Lutheran Chapel Common Cup Stand-up comedy by this local comedian and founder of the U-M student
organization Crying Laughter Productions.
Common Cup (lower level), 1511 Washtenaw. Free. 971-0550.
9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Singles Dance:
Parents Without Partners. All singles invited for an evening of dancing and socializing. Recorded 70s to contemporary dance music played by DJ John Brown. Cash bar. Smoking allowed in designated areas. Preceded at 8 p.m. by free dance lessons.
Grotto Club, 2070 W. Stadium. $8 (PWP members, $6). 973-1933.
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