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Elizabeth Ellen and Kim Chinquee: Shaman Drum Bookshop.
"Cinco de Mayo Tequila Annual Tasting": Eve Restaurant.
"Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps 75th Anniversary Celebration": Ann Arbor District Library.
 Wednesday
May, 2008
 10 a.m.
Children's Storytime:
Waters Place Borders. Every Wednesday and Saturday. Borders staff read from picture books and books for babies, infants, and toddlers.
Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.
11 a.m.
"Storytime with Mr. James":
Arborland Borders. Every Wednesday. Borders staffer "Mr. James" reads stories and leads a craft project for toddlers. Also, raffle. Today: Kate McMullan's I'm Bad! and Jeremy Tankard's Grumpy Bird . Also this month: Pauline Malinen's Teddy Bear's Picnic and Lezlie Evans's The Bunnies' Picnic (May 14), Emma Dodd's What Pet to Get? and Kate Banks's Max's Dragon (May 21), and Don Freeman's Corduroy and A Pocket for Corduroy (May 28).
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 449-9394.
"Saline Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Wednesday. Slow/moderate-paced ride, 30 miles or more, south to Milan and then west to the area around Britton-Macon. 6 p.m., meet at municipal parking lot on Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. south of Michigan Ave., Saline .
Free. 645-5840.
"Young at Heart":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Stephen Walker, 2008.) May 2-15. Uplifting documentary about a senior citizen chorus that performs classic and contemporary rock songs, from James Brown to Sonic Y cp 7|cp 7|cp
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Visitors Night:
Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club. All invited to check out the trains whizzing around on the club's big, elaborate layout, housed in a depot restored by the club. 7:30-10 p.m., Michigan Central Depot, 3487 Broad St., Dexter.
Free. 426-5100.
12:45-3:45 p.m.
Social Bridge:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. Every Tuesday & Wednesday (different locations). All seniors age 50 & older invited to play bridge. No partner required.
Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. Free. 769-5911.
1-4 p.m.
Chess:
U-M Turner Geriatrics Center. Every Wednesday. All seniors invited to play chess. Refreshments.
Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Rd. Free. 998-9353.
5-8 p.m.
Scrabble:
Ann Arbor Scrabblers. Every Wednesday. All invited to join local Scrabble enthusiasts to play this popular word game. Bring a board and tiles, if you have them. Note new location.
Arbor Brewing, 114 E. Washington. Free. 994-0084.
6 p.m.
"West Side Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Wednesday. Slow/moderate-paced ride, 22-25 miles, and a slow-paced ride, 13-18 miles, to the Dexter Dairy Queen and back. Now in its 30th year, this ride is a favorite with newcomers and casual riders.
sharp, meet at Sweepster parking lot, 2800 N. Zeeb Rd. Free. 426-5116 (longer ride), 665-4552 & 761-2659 (shorter ride).
6 p.m.
Magic:
the Gathering Tournament: Get Your Game On. Every Sunday, Monday, & Wednesday. All invited to compete in a tournament using the Legacy (Mondays) and standard constructed (Wednesdays & Sundays) editions of this popular collectible card game. Bring your own cards.
Get Your Game On, 709 Packard. $5. 786-3746.
6:30 p.m.
Children's Storytime:
Barnes & Noble. Every Wednesday & Thursday. Storytelling programs and craft activities for kids.
(Wed.), Barnes & Noble, 3235 Washtenaw. Free. 973-1618.
7 p.m.
"Same Road, Same Rules?":
Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce "Curb Your Car Month." Panel discussion on the coexistence on local streets of cars and bicycles. With representatives from various city departments, the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce, the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society, and others. Q&A.
DDA conference room, 150 S. Fifth Ave., suite 301. Free. 214-0100.
7-11 p.m.
Ann Arbor Bridge Club.:Every Wednesday. Each 2-person team plays 2 or 3 hands against a dozen or so other pairs during the evening. Players at all levels welcome. If you plan to come without a partner, call in advance or arrive 20 minutes early to arrange for one.
Walden Hills clubhouse, 2114 Pauline at Maple. (Park on the north side of Pauline.) $3 per person. 971-7530.
7 p.m.
Huron Valley Model Builders.:All invited to join a show-and-tell discussion. Bring your models built from scratch or from kits, including cars, tanks, boats, airplanes, spacecraft, figures, and more.
Lakeview Mobile Home Park clubhouse, 9910 Geraldine (off Bunton south of Textile Rd.), Ypsilanti Twp. Free. 481-1044.
7 p.m.
"Cinco de Mayo Tequila Annual Tasting":
Eve Restaurant. Eve Restaurant staff member Ari Sussman discusses and offers taste samples of a variety of artisanal tequilas, accompanied by fiery, flavorful tapas. "Always a convivial night, to say the least," organizers promise.
Eve, Kerrytown. $50. Preregistration required. 222-0711.
7 p.m.
Leif Enger:
Waters Place Borders. This best-selling novelist discusses So Brave, Young, and Handsome , his saga set in 1915 about an aging train robber and fugitive heading west to reconcile with the wife he abandoned 20 years earlier. Signing.
Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.
7 p.m.
Elizabeth Ellen and Kim Chinquee:
Shaman Drum Bookshop. Readings by these 2 Michigan fiction writers. Ellen, an Ann Arborite whose work has appeared widely on the Internet and in journals and anthologies, reads from Sixteen Miles Outside of Phoenix, her chapbook collection of lyrical, gritty short stories about reckless women, cold-shouldered men, unsupervised children, and other boldly wayward characters. Sixteen Miles is included in A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness, a new collection of 4 short fiction chapbooks by women. "Thanks to her lack of pretension, her focus on detail, and her willingness to explore the ugly stuff without judgment, Elizabeth Ellen's stories take nothing characters, nowhere towns, and turn them into something extraordinary," says Pindeldyboz literary magazine editor Whitney Pastorek. Chinquee, a CMU creative writing professor, reads from Oh Baby: Flash Fictions and Prose Poetry, her new collection of deftly constructed prose poems and very very short stories (known as "flash fictions") about failing relationships, childhood friendships, and the intricacies of family life. "One of the most thrilling things about reading Kim Chinquee's beautifully tiny stories is the great leaps that she takes between sentences - making a world of brief glimpses and bits of dialogue that are full of narrative implications, a world of perfectly chosen details that render the understated emotion of a character's whole life," says acclaimed novelist Michael Kimball. Signings.
Shaman Drum, 315 S. State. Free. 662-7407.
7-8:30 p.m.
"Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps 75th Anniversary Celebration":
Ann Arbor District Library. Escanaba musician and storyteller Bill Jamerson presents a program of stories and song about the work of the more than 100,000 young men who enlisted in the Michigan branch of the CCC during the Depression to plant trees, restore riverbanks, and make other natural improvements around the state. Also, a showing of a short clip from Jamerson's award-winning PBS film Camp Forgotten: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Michigan.
AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4560.
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Tartan & Thistle Scottish Country Dancers.:Every Thursday. Instruction for intermediate-level dancers in a wide range of traditional and contemporary Scottish dances, followed by social dancing. Soft-soled shoes recommended. Refreshments.
the barn at Gretchen's House V, 2625 Traver (off Nixon). $5. 769-4324, 426-0241.
7:30-9:30 p.m.
"Poetry Night":
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tea Room. May 7 & 21. Tonight: poetry readings by EMU creative writing grad students, including Bill Barr, Barry Graham, Gregory Heaney, Jamie Jones, Sarah Smarch, and Amandine Williams-Abraham.
Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757.
7:30 p.m.
Shamanic Journeys:
Magical Education Council. Every Wednesday. Using special postures, participants enter a meditative state to the beat of a shaman's drum and discuss their experiences afterward.
Inter-Cooperative Council Education Center, 1522 Hill (in the carriage house behind the co-op buildings). Free. 214-2755.
8 p.m.
"Chili's Comedy Dojo":
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase . Fast-paced show featuring stand-up comedy by 15 recent graduates of veteran comic and Tonight Show writer Chili Challis's Comedy Dojo.
old VFW Hall (below Seva restaurant), 314 E. Liberty. $5 in advance and at the door. 996-9080.
8-9:30 p.m.
"Introduction to Steiner's Thought":
Rudolf Steiner Study Circle of Ann Arbor. Every Wednesday. All invited to discuss one of Rudolf Steiner's basic anthroposophical books, Theosophy.
Rudolf Steiner House, 1923 Geddes. Free. 485-3764.
8-9 p.m.
Puppetry Improv:
Dreamland Theater . Every Thursday. The Dreamland puppet troupe uses marionettes, rod puppets, and other forms of puppetry in an improv performance inspired by current events, audience suggestions, and "whatever strikes our fancy."
Dreamland Theater, 26 N. Washington St., Ypsilanti. Pay what you can. 657-2337.
9-11:30 p.m.
"Juke Box Jungle":
Conor O'Neill's Irish Pub. Every Wednesday. Conor O'Neill's staff member Brian Aherne hosts a music trivia quiz. Prizes.
Conor O'Neill's, 318 S. Main. $3 team fee. 665-2968.
9:30-11 p.m.
Wednesdays @ Michigan Union:
Swing Ann Arbor. Every Wednesday. Swing dancing to prerecorded music. No partner needed. Bring casual or nicer shoes that stay on your feet when you're active. Preceded by beginning Lindy (6:30 p.m.), intermediate swing (7 p.m.), progressive Lindy hop (8 p.m.), and beginner East Coast (9 p.m.) lessons.
Michigan Union Pendleton Room (occasionally Ballroom or U-Club). $5 (includes lessons). 945-8428.
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