Calendar of Events

Films, Comedy and Performance Art

Thursday July 2009

"Comedy Jamm": Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase.

July 2 & 23. Performances by up to 12 aspiring area stand-up comics. Alcohol is served. old VFW Hall (below Seva restaurant), 314 E. Liberty. $5 in advance and at the door. 996-9080.

Friday July 2009

Movie Matinee: Ann Arbor Senior Center.

Every Fri. Screening of a film TBA. Lunch available ($2.50), 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. Free. 769-5911.

Nick Anthony: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase.

July 3 & 4. Ann Arbor debut of this young comic from Minnesota, a zany storyteller with a wry, edgy take on life. Preceded by 2 opening acts. Alcohol is served; all Fri. & Sat. early shows are nonsmoking. 314 E. Liberty (below Seva restaurant). $8 reserved seating in advance, $10 general admission at the door. 996-9080.

Saturday July 2009

The Capitol Steps: Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

In the Summer Festival's perennial July 4 tradition, this Washington, D.C.-based comedy troupe performs its trademark political and topical satire, fashioned by writing new lyrics, ranging from silly to bawdy, to familiar songs. The group also performs a few skits and "Lirty Dies" routines, a vaudeville-era comedic form that employs spoonerisms--the transposition of the initial letters of adjacent words--to create humorously garbled texts. The newest of its 29 CDs, Obama Mia!, includes songs such as "Ebony and Ovaries," "Little Plumber Boy," and others. Power Center. Tickets $30-$45 in advance at the Michigan League Ticket Office & annarborsummerfestival.org, and (if available) at the door. To charge by phone, call 764-2538. 994-5999.

Nick Anthony: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase.

July 3 & 4. Ann Arbor debut of this young comic from Minnesota, a zany storyteller with a wry, edgy take on life. Preceded by 2 opening acts. Alcohol is served; all Fri. & Sat. early shows are nonsmoking. 314 E. Liberty (below Seva restaurant). $8 reserved seating in advance, $10 general admission at the door. 996-9080.

Sunday July 2009

"The Continuing and Ongoing Adventures of Susie the Time-Traveling Sea Slug": Dreamland Theater.

July 5, 12, & 19. The Dreamland Puppet Troupe presents a kids puppet show about a sea slug and her rabbit friend who meet a 1920s cartoon character on their time-traveling adventures. Dreamland Theater, 26 N. Washington, Ypsilanti. $5 (kids age 3 & under, free). 657-2337.

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