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"Growing Pretty": Purple Rose Theatre Company.
"The Counterfeiters": Michigan Theater Foundation
Agility Trials: Ann Arbor Dog Training Club.
 Friday
April, 2008
 7 a.m.-afternoon time TBA.
Agility Trials:
Ann Arbor Dog Training Club. April 18-20. Local dogs zip though a tricky obstacle course that includes tires, tunnels, a balance beam, jumps, an A-frame, and a slalom course of poles. Spectators are welcome - it's tremendous fun to watch the dogs enjoying the race. Rain or shine.
Ann Arbor Dog Training Club, 1575 E. North Territorial Rd. (11/2 miles east of US-23). Free. 995-2801.
9:30-11 a.m.
"Tiny Tot Time":
Leslie Science & Nature Center. April 4 & 18. A program of hikes, storytelling, songs, puppets, and crafts for kids ages 1-3 (accompanied by a caregiver). Snacks provided; dress for the outdoors.
Leslie Science Center, 1831 Traver Rd. $6. 997-1553.
10 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.-noon.
Writing Groups:
U-M Turner Geriatrics Center. Every Friday. 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.
10-10:30 a.m.
Preschool Storytimes:
Ann Arbor District Library. Stories and songs for kids age 2 & up (accompanied by an adult).
AADL Pittsfield Branch, 2359 Oak Valley Dr. Free. 327-4200.
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
"Coffee Club Skates":
Ann Arbor Parks Department. Every Friday. All adults invited to skate to soothing music. Coffee & pastries.
Veterans Ice Arena, 2150 Jackson Rd. $5 (seniors age 60 & over, $4). Skate rentals available ($3). 761-7240.
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: Judi Barrett's Never Take a Shark to the Dentist and Jan Thomas's What Will Fat Cat Sit On?
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 449-9394.
p.m.-1 a.m.
Rebecca Kilgore:
The Firefly Club. This veteran jazz singer from Portland is widely recognized as one of the finest interpreters of vocal jazz of the 1930s and 1940s. "Becky sings with a beautiful clear sound, a great sense of time and swing, and a heartfelt unpretentiousness," says composer Dave Frishberg. 9
Firefly Club, 207 S. Ashley. Tickets $15 in advance and at the door. 665-9090.
"The Counterfeiters":
Michigan Theater Foundation . (Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2007.) April 18-24. Oscar-winning drama about a moral dilemma of a German Jew, an expert counterfeiter, who is enlisted by the Nazis to counterfeit foreign currency to undermine the Allied economies. German, subtitles.
Time TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
"Growing Pretty":
Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Wednesday-Sunday, March 27-May 31. Michelle Mountain directs the world premiere of Carey Crim's coming-of-age tale about a girl who dreams of becoming a supermodel. When her mom steals the love of her life, the girl has to navigate, alone, the difficult path of becoming an artist. The cast features Stacie Hadgikosti, Brian Ogden, Grant Krause, Rhiannon Ragland, Matt Gwynn, and Hugh Maguire. 8 p.m., Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea.
$25 (Wed. & Thurs.), $30 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $35 (Fri. & Sat. eves.). Tickets available in advance and at the door. 433-7673.
Bingo:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. Every Friday.
All seniors age 50 & older invited to play a variety of styles of bingo.
12:30 p.m.
Robin Miller:
Waters Place Borders. This host of the Food Network's Quick Fix Meals discusses her new cookbook Robin to the Rescue, a collection of 200 new recipes designed for maximum speed and minimum fuss.
Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.
1-4 p.m.
Bridge:
U-M Turner Geriatrics Center. Every Monday & Friday. All seniors invited to play bridge. Refreshments.
Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Rd. Free. 998-9353.
5:30-9 p.m.
4th Annual Fun Night and Silent Auction:
King Elementary School. Silent auction of donated items ranging from vacation trips to ethnic cooking and language classes. Entertainment by magician Jim Carmody (6:15 & 7:05 p.m.) and balloon artist Joshua Kamradt. Also, display of science posters and projects from students who plan to participate in the May Science Olympiad. Raffles. Dinner ($7.50) available, with reservations required by April 15.
King School, 3800 Waldenwood Lane. Free admission. 994-1940.
6 p.m.
"Dexter DQ Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Friday. Slow-paced 26-mile ride to the Dexter Dairy Queen for a snack.
Abbot School, 2670 Sequoia Pkwy. (off Maple 1 block south of Miller). Free. 662-0205.
6:30 p.m.
13th Annual Spring Banquet:
Hope Clinic. Dinner and a ceremony honoring local radiologist John Freitas. Also, a performance by local gospel singer Eddie Hughes.
Travis Pointe Country Club, 2829 Travis Pointe Rd. Tickets $50 in advance only. 484-2989. 485-5595.
6:30 p.m.
U-M Baseball vs. MSU.:April 18 & 20. Part of a 4-game weekend series that includes a doubleheader in East Lansing on April 19.
(Apr. 18) & 1 p.m. (Apr. 20), Ray Fisher Stadium. $5 (youths age 12 & under, $3; U-M students, free). 764-0247.
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; donations accepted. 971-8576.
7 p.m.
"Jekyll and Hyde":
Young People's Theater. April 17-20. Ron Baumanis directs local young actors in Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn's musical adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale about a doctor whose experiments on his personality create a murderous double.
Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, Michigan League. Tickets $15 (seniors age 65 & older, and youth age 18 & under, $10). 222-4006.
7-8 p.m.
"The Truth about Fats":
Nutritional Healing Center. Talk by local chiropractor Shannon Dicks.
Whole Foods Cooking & Lifestyles Classroom. Free. Preregistration requested. 302-7575.
7:30 p.m.
"Kirtan":
Ann Arbor Kirtan. All invited to join a group performance of this traditional devotional call-and-response music based on Hindu Vaishnava texts such as the Srimad Bhagavatam, on Shavite, Tantric, and Bhakti traditions, and on the writings of poet/saints such as Kabir, Tulsidas, and Mirabai. Accompanied by live music based on rhythmic Indian ragas on bass guitar, tabla, and drums.
Friends Meetinghouse, 1420 Hill St. Free, but donations accepted. 761-7435.
7:30 p.m.
"Cheaper by the Dozen":
Saline Area Players. April 18 - 20, 25, & 26. Mary Rumman directs local actors in Christopher Sergel's comedy, adapted from Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey's memoir about growing up in an enormous family headed by efficiency experts Frank and Lillian Gilbreth.
Liberty School Theater, 7265 N. Ann Arbor St. Tickets $12 (students & seniors age 65 & older, $10) at the door only. 439-8613.
7:30 p.m.
"Buddhism and Art: How Buddhist Practice Informs Art":
Jewel Heart Buddhist Center. Discussion with composer-musician Philip Glass, artist Francesco Clemente, and Gehlek Rimpoche, an incarnate lama from Tibet who lives in Ann Arbor.
Hill Auditorium. Tickets $5 in advance at Jewel Heart and the Michigan Union Ticket Office; and at the door. 763-TKTS.
8 p.m.
Symphony Orchestra and Opera Gala:
EMU Music Department. Michigan Opera Theater star and EMU music professor Kathleen Segar directs her opera students in Puccini's only comic opera, Gianni Schicchi, the story of a scoundrel who outfoxes the family that hired him to help them reclaim an inheritance a recently deceased relative bequeathed to a monastery. It is best known for "O mio babbino caro," one of the most beautiful arias in all opera. The score is performed by the Symphony Orchestra, a music-student ensemble that also performs Hummel's Trumpet Concerto with Chicago Symphony Orchestra trumpeter John Hagstrom.
Pease Auditorium, EMU campus, W. Cross at College Place, Ypsilanti. Free. 487-2255.
8 & 10:30 p.m.
Ron Shock:
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. April 17-19 . An engaging raconteur who has been dubbed a "latter-day Will Rogers" by the Houston Chronicle, Shock draws his material from an impressively uneven personal history that ranges from serving time in a California prison for car theft to running a successful business in Sydney, Australia, and includes stints as a professional gambler, theology student, boxer, and inventor. Preceded by 2 opening acts. Alcohol is served; the Friday & Saturday early shows are nonsmoking.
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.
"The Importance of Being Earnest":
Concordia University. April 17-20. Concordia University theater instructor Laura Bird directs Concordia students in Oscar Wilde's masterpiece, a deliciously irreverent fin-de-siecle comedy of manners renowned for its wonderfully pointed epigrammatic dialogue. The story concerns a foundling who must establish his identity to the satisfaction of his prospective mother-in-law, London's leading social dragon, who is not about to allow her daughter to marry a nonentity.
Concordia University Kreft Center Black Box Theater, 4090 Geddes at Earhart. Tickets $10 in advance and at the door. 995-7300.
8 p.m.
"Lost in Yonkers":
Blackbird Theater. Every Friday & Saturday, April 11-26. Lynch Travis directs local actors in Neil Simon's award-winning bittersweet comedy set in New York in 1942, about a multigenerational family living in happiness and strife, as seen through the eyes of teenage brothers sent to live with their strict grandmother and loving but scatterbrained aunt when their father takes a job away from home. Cast: Linda Rabin Hammell, Rebecca Staffend, Oliver Darrow, Carl Hanna, Erin Ashmore, Scott Crandall, and Sabra Satz-Kojis.
Blackbird Theater, 1600 Pauline (at Kay Pkwy. east of Stadium). Tickets $20 (seniors age 60 & older, $15; students $10) in advance and at the door. 332-3848.
8 p.m.
"Qawwali Music of Pakistan":
University Musical Society. Note: This concert has been cancelled.
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8 p.m.
"Young Choreographers Showcase":
U-M Dance Department. An evening of original choreography in a mix of styles, by several U-M dance majors.
U-M Dance Bldg. Betty Pease Dance Studio, 1310 North University Ct. Free. 763-5460.
8 p.m.
Natalia Zukerman:
The Ark. See review. The daughter of the famed classical musicians Eugenia and Pinchas Zukerman, Natalia Zukerman is a singer-songwriter and slide guitarist whose music blends jazz, pop, blues, and folk influences. "Her bright vocals can send an orchid into bloom, while her delta-slide guitar can open a beer bottle with its teeth," says Andy Friedman of City Salvage Records.
The Ark, 316 S. Main. Tickets $15 in advance at Herb David Guitar Studio, the Michigan Union Ticket Office, & all other Ticketmaster outlets; and at the door. To charge by phone, call 763-TKTS.
8 p.m.
"La Traviata":
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. AASO music director Arie Lipsky conducts the orchestra in selections from Verdi's ever popular 1853 operatic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's The Lady of the Camellias, including the Prelude to Act I and "Follie, follie," "Coro delle Zingarelle," "Un di felice," "Ah, fors'e lui," "Coro dei mattadori," "Parigi, o cara," and "Brindisi (Libiamo!)." Guest performers are tenor Eric Ashcraft and soprano Melanie Helton. The program also includes Brahms's sublime Symphony no. 2, which includes the famous "Brahms Lullaby" in the 1st movement, and Paul Fetler's Capriccio. Preceded at 7 p.m. by a lecture-demo by Lipsky on the program. Also, on April 23, District Library music specialist Richard LeSueur gives a free talk (with musical examples) on the music in tonight's program (3-4 p.m., AADL 4th-floor meeting room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William).
Michigan Theater. Tickets $10-$45 in advance at the AASO office, 220 E. Huron. $26 dinner-and-concert package available for those ages 21-39. Half-price rush tickets for students with ID at the door only. 994-4801.
8 p.m.
"The Music of Argentina":
Kerrytown Concert House. Traditional Argentine folk songs and original compositions and arrangements, including tangos, chacareras, and jazz standards arranged with a South American flair by the Alberto Rojo Trio , an ensemble led by Argentine guitarist Alberto Rojo. With cellist Andrew Kratzat and U-M percussion professor Michael Gould.
KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $10, $15, & $25. Reservations suggested. 769-2999.
8-11 p.m.
Advanced English Dance.:English country dancing for experienced dancers. Fast pace, with limited walk-throughs. Caller TBA, with music by Earl Gaddis, Debbie Jackson, and Martha Stokely.
Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. (1/2 mile south of I-94). $10. (616) 772-0411.
8 p.m.-midnight.
"Lightworks Festival: End-of-Term Screenings":
U-M Screen Arts & Cultures. April 16 & 18 . A smorgasbord of short films in various genres that are the culminating term projects for U-M film students in 300-level (April 16) and 400-level (April 18) film classes.
Natural Science Auditorium (830 North University). Free. 763-4087.
8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. (doors open at 8 p.m.).
The Slackers:
The Blind Pig. All ages admitted. Ska and rocksteady by this popular New York City band that fleshes out its sound with everything from the traditional horns to pedal steel guitar and violin. "The Slackers are perhaps the best and the brightest of American ska to date; they reinvent their sound with each album, keeping the music fresh, alive, and relevant," says All Music Guide reviewer Margaret Crandall. Opening act is Bomb the Music Industry, a Long Island ska-punk collective.
The Blind Pig, 208 S. First. Tickets $12 in advance at the Michigan Union Ticket Office & all other Ticketmaster outlets, $14 at the door. To charge by phone, call (248) 645-6666.
8:45-11:45 p.m.
Friday Night Swing:
Ann Arbor Swing Dance Association. Every Friday. Swing dancing to prerecorded music. No partner needed. Bring hard-soled shoes. Preceded by intermediate (7:15 p.m.) and beginning (8 p.m.) lessons.
Dakota Building, 1785 W. Stadium. $5 (includes lessons). 945-8428.
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