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"Brandywine Cemetery."
"Treat Parade": Main Street Area Association.
All-Saints Party: St. Luke Lutheran Church.
 Friday
October, 2008
 9:30-10 & 10:30-11 a.m.
"Halloween Party":
Ann Arbor District Library. All kids from babies through 3rd-graders (accompanied by an adult) invited for stories, songs, and trick-or-treats. Afterward, participants can join the Main Street Treat Parade (see listing below).
AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-8301.
10 a.m.
"Huron River Bike Trail Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Fri. 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.
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
"Treat Parade":
Main Street Area Association. Miniature SpongeBobs, Power Rangers, Voldemorts, and other costumed kids and their parents invited to stroll the downtown area and pick up treats from businesses displaying balloons.
Main, Liberty, Fourth, and Washington area. Free. 668-7112.
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Children's Halloween Party:
Arborland Borders. All kids invited for spooky stories, sing-alongs, a costume contest (11:30 a.m.), and trick-or-treating.
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 677-6948.
11 a.m.
"Storytime with Miss Annette":
Arborland Borders. Every Wed. & Fri. Borders staffer "Miss Annette" reads stories and leads a craft project for toddlers. Also, raffle.
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 449-9394.
Noon-2 p.m.
"Music in the Park":
Herb David Guitar Studio. June 1-Oct. 31. Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA.
Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.
Time TBA.
"Side Man":
U-M Basement Arts. Oct. 30-Nov. 2. U-M theater student Jane Deegan directs Warren Leight's poignant 1998 Tony-winning semiautobiographical drama. When a 30-year-old returns to New York to hear his estranged father play jazz trumpet, he is tortured by painful childhood memories of an alcoholic, unstable mother and a cold, absent father.
8 p.m., U-M Walgreen Drama Center Studio 1, 1226 Murfin, North Campus. Free. basement@umich.edu.
3 p.m.
U-M Field Hockey vs. Miami (Ohio).
Ocker Field on South Ferry Field, Hoover at S. State. Free. 763-2159.
4 p.m.
"Nature, Nationalism, and Public Intellectualism in India":
U-M Center for South Asian Studies. Talk by Yale University anthropology professor Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan.
1636 SSWB, 1080 South University. Free. 936-0996.
4:45-6:15 p.m.
Michigan Marching Band Practice. Every Mon.-Sat. except Oct. 18, 20, & 21. The U-M's highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field under the George R. Cavender Tower used by bandleaders for observation. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows.
Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582.
5-7 p.m.
All-Saints Party:
St. Luke Lutheran Church. Hundreds of people usually attend this night of creative Bible-based games in 16 different rooms of the church. The games include "Knock Down Jericho" (kids are given a kazoo to try and knock down a "wall" of cardboard "bricks"), "The Whale" (kids enter the stomach of a giant whale to find out what it ate and sift through the Treasure Box), "Get the Frogs on the Ark" (easier said than done!), and many more. Kids get take-home prizes and candy (from donated bags). Hot dogs, chips, veggies, fruit, and cupcakes available for a donation.
St. Luke, 4205 Washtenaw Ave. Admission fee is donation of 1 large bag of candy per family. 971-0550.
5:30 p.m.
Halloween Ride:
Ann Arbor Critical Mass. All invited to join members of this local group that promotes bikes for urban commuting for a leisurely round-trip downtown ride sprinkled with a few fervent probike chants. Participants are encouraged to dress in costumes appropriate for bike riding.
corner of North University & State. Free. 769-9136.
6-9:30 p.m.
Corn Maze:
Talladay Farms. Every Fri.-Sun. through Nov. 2. (See review.) Possibly Washtenaw County's most baffling corn maze, this vegetable labyrinth features over 10 miles of paths that form intricate transportation-themed designs, including a car, a boat, a semi truck, a school bus, and an airplane - all precision-cut with Farm Works software and a GPS unit. Take a flashlight if coming after dark. Adjacent to Wasem's Orchards.
6270 Judd Rd. (left off McCrone/Stoney Creek right off the US-23 Willis Rd. exit). $6 (kids ages 5-11, $5; age 4 & under, free). 439-2313.
6:30-8 p.m.
AXIS Coffeehouse:
Ann Arbor District Library. Every Fri. All kids in grades 6-12 invited to perform their own poetry or monologue, or a favorite by another writer, or just to sip a hot drink and listen. The October 31 coffeehouse is a Halloween special edition; participants are encouraged to come in costume and bring ghost stories.
AADL Malletts Creek Branch, 3090 E. Eisenhower (between Stone School & Packard). Free. 327-4200.
6:30-10 p.m.
"Diwali Dhamaka":
U-M Indian American Students Association. U-M students present an evening of old and new Indian culture to celebrate
India’s annual Festival of Lights.
Palmer Commons Great Lakes Room, 100 Washtenaw. Tickets $9 in advance at
the Michigan Union Ticket Office & all other Ticketmaster outlets, and (if
available) at the door. To charge by phone, call 763-TKTS.
7 p.m.
Team USA:
USA Hockey National Team Development Program. Oct. 17, 18, & 31. This Ann Arbor-based program features 46 of the best 16- and 17-year-old American ice hockey players under the guidance of U.S. National coach Jeff Jackson. The program fields 2 teams - the Under-17 Team and the Under-18 Team - that play full schedules, September-March, against teams from the top American junior leagues (players ages 18-21), American college teams, and comparable European national teams. Today: Team USA Under-17 vs. Motor City Machine (Brownstown, Michigan) of the U.S. Hockey League.
Ann Arbor Ice Cube, 2121 Oak Valley Dr. at Scio Church Rd. $6 (seniors, students, & children, $6; kids under 5, free). 327-9251.
7:30 p.m.
U-M Ice Hockey vs. Ohio State. Oct. 31 & Nov. 1.
Yost Ice Arena, 1016 S. State at McKinley. $12-$17. 764-0247.
7:30-9 p.m.
"Brandywine Cemetery." Oct. 30 & 31. An elaborate, chilling yard-size haunt filled with ghoulish creations, creepy creatures, and other entertainingly scary oddities.
2727 Brandywine (off Packard between Platt & Carpenter). Free, but donations accepted for the Ypsilanti High School Drama Club. 975-4093.
7:30-11 p.m.
"Night Terrors":
Wiard's Orchards. Every Fri.-Sun., Sept. 27-Nov. 1, and Oct. 30. Six different scary areas bristling with over 115 live monsters. New this year is an Alien Caged Clown. Also, the Old West Hayride through a haunted village, the revamped Asylum, the loopy Labyrinth, the horrifying Haunted Barn, and the maddening Mined Shaft. Scareoke. Refreshments available.
5565 Merritt Rd., Ypsilanti. $14 for access to one area; $35 for all areas. 482-7744.
8 p.m.
5th Friday Fusion Dance:
Ann Arbor Community of Traditional Music and Dance. Drake Meadow and friends call a wide variety of English, Scandinavian, Balkan, and contra dances to music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves. Beginners welcome. Wear cool, casual clothes, and bring flat, smooth-soled shoes for dancing.
Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. ( 1/2 mile south of I-94), Saline. $9 (AACTMAD members, $8; students, $5). 332-7964.
8 & 10:30 p.m.
Spike Tobin:
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. Oct. 30 & 31 and Nov. 1. An irreverent, nervously energetic jokester from Boston with a raspy voice, Tobin likes to talk about religion, gun control, and other touchy subjects. Preceded by 2 opening acts. All Friday & Saturday early shows are nonsmoking shows.
old VFW Hall (below Seva restaurant), 314 E. Liberty. $7 (Thurs.) & $10 (Fri. & Sat.) reserved seating in advance, $9 (Thurs.) & $12 (Fri. & Sat.) general admission at the door. 996-9080.
8 p.m.
"Apartment 3A":
Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Wed.-Sun. (except Nov. 27), Oct. 16-Dec. 20, and Nov. 25 & Dec. 16. Guy Sanville directs Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels's poignant, densely layered 1996 comedy. A public TV fund-raiser starts a new life in a new apartment after being dumped by her boyfriend. While she tries to sort out her feelings, she is preoccupied by the attentions of two very different men, the budget woes of public broadcasting, and the problem of evil in general. Cast: Matthew David, Michael Brian Ogden, Rhiannon Ragland, and Will David Young. 8 p.m., Purple Rose, 137 Park St., Chelsea.
Preview tickets $20 (Oct. 16, 22, & 23) & $25 (Oct. 17-19). After Oct. 23: 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.
"Jack Goes Boating":
Blackbird Theatre. Every Fri.-Sun. (except Nov. 2), Oct. 31-Nov. 22. NOTE: Postponed until Nov. 5. Michael Williams directs local actors in the Michigan premier of Bob Glaudini's offbeat romantic comedy about a New York limo driver and Rastafarian wannabe whose pal decides to set him up with an embalmer's assistant. According to New York Times critic Ben Brantley, Glaudini's characters exhibit "quirks and kinks that are a crucial hair's breadth short of preciousness or cartoonishness."
Blackbird Theatre, 1600 Pauline. Tickets $20 (seniors age 60 & over, $15; students, $10) in advance and at the door. Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 preview tickets $15 (students, $10). 332-3848.
8 p.m.
"Urban Flow: A Theater and Education Project on Cities and Lifeways in Asia":
U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies/Center for South Asian Studies. Oct. 31 & Nov. 1. Local actor Gulshirin Dubash and Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand) theater professor Pornrat Damrhung direct a multimedia program that includes theater, dance, and images.
(tentative), U-M Duderstadt Center Digital Media Commons, 2281 Bonisteel, North Campus. Free, but advance tickets required. 764-0532.
8 p.m.
Mark Kirschenmann, Thollem McDonas, & Joel Peterson:
Kerrytown Concert House. Avant-garde jazz by the trio of U-M Residential College music professor and trumpeter Kirschenmann, San Francisco composer-pianist McDonas, and bassist Peterson.
KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $10, $15, & $25 (students, $5). Reservations recommended. 769-2999.
8 p.m.
5th Friday Fusion Dance:
Ann Arbor Community of Traditional Music and Dance. Drake Meadow, Don Theyken, and Nancy Morrison call a wide variety of dances
to music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves. Beginners welcome. Wear cool,
casual clothes and bring flat, smooth-soled shoes for dancing. Costumes
encouraged.
Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. (1/2 mile south of I-94), Saline. $9
(AACTMAD members, $8). 332-7964.
8:45-11:45 p.m.
Friday Night Swing:
Ann Arbor Swing Dance Association. Every Fri. Swing dancing to prerecorded music. No partner needed. Bring hard-soled shoes. Preceded at 8 p.m. by beginning lessons.
Dakota Bldg., 1785 W. Stadium. $5 (includes lessons; students, $3). 972-9141, 417-9857.
9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Singles Dance:
Parents Without Partners. Oct. 3, 17, & 31. 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. All encouraged to come in costume on October 31.
Grotto Club, 2070 W. Stadium. $8 (PWP members, $6). 973-1933.
9 p.m.
"Mind Tapped" & "Spook Show":
Dreamland Theater. Mind Tapped is local magician and mentalist George Tait's entertaining, mind-bending show that blends psychology, mind reading, artful suggestion, trickiness, and humor. Followed by Spook Show, a Halloween variety show by Theater du Frolicke e Macabre featuring daredevilry, fortune telling, a seance, and a midnight black mass. Age 18 & older admitted.
Dreamland Theater, 26 N. Washington, Ypsilanti. $12. 657-2337.
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