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"Growing Pretty": Purple Rose Theatre Company.
"Exits and Entrances": Performance Network Professional Season.
Dave Mason: The Ark.
 Friday
May, 2008
 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Horse Shows:
Hunter Jumper Association of Michigan. May 22-25. English riding and jumping competitions at the state level. Highlights include junior and amateur riding shows on Saturday afternoons and junior and amateur jumping shows at 1 p.m. each Sunday.
Waterloo Hunt Club, corner of Glenn at Katz (west off Mount Hope Rd. from I-94 exit 150), Grass Lake. Free. 561-723-6287.
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.
9:30-11 a.m.
"Tiny Tot Time":
Leslie Science Center (Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation). 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.-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.
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: Dr. Seuss's Yertle the Turtle and Paulette Bourgeois's Franklin Goes to the Hospital .
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 449-9394.
"Then She Found Me":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Helen Hunt, 2008.) May 23-29. Romantic comedy about a schoolteacher going through a midlife crisis as her adoptive mother dies, her husband leaves her, and her birth mother, an eccentric talk show host, shows up unexpectedly. Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick. Times TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME
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12:30 p.m.
Movie Matinee:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. Screening of a film TBA. Lunch available ($2.50).
Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. Free. 769-5911.
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.
1-4 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.
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 p.m.
Magic:
the Gathering Tournament: Get Your Game On. Every Friday. 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.
7 p.m.
"Martian Child":
Waters Place Borders. (Menno Meyjes, 2007.) Family-friendly drama about a sci-fi writer who considers adopting a boy claiming to be from Mars. John Cusack.
Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.
8 p.m.
"Growing Pretty":
Purple Rose Theatre Company. Every Wednesday-Sunday (except May 7) through May 31, and May 6 & 27. See review, left. 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.
Tickets $25 (Wed. & Thurs.), $30 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $35 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.
8 p.m.
4th Friday Advanced Contra Dance:. Dave Sebolt calls contras for experienced dancers to live music by the Golden Griffon Stringtet. Wear cool, casual clothes and comfy, flat-soled shoes.
Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. (1'da2 mile south of I-94). $8. 747-8860.
8 p.m.
Dave Mason:
The Ark. A founding member of the pioneering progressive rock band Traffic, this veteran English singer-songwriter and guitarist is best known as the author of the Joe Cocker hit "Feeling Alright" and for his own hit recording of Jim Krueger's "We Just Disagree."
The Ark, 316 S. Main. Tickets $30 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.
"Exits and Entrances":
Performance Network Professional Season. Every Thursday-Sunday, April 24-June 1. David Wolber directs the renowned South African playwright Athol Fugard's recent autobiographical drama, set in the mid-1950s, about his life-changing friendship with the legendary Afrikaans actor Andre Huguenet, known at one time as the Laurence Olivier of South Africa. Set during apartheid, the play explores the nature and power of the theater through the mutually sustaining relationship that develops between an idealistic young actor and an older actor struggling to find meaning and dignity at the end of his career. According to New York Times critic Charles Isherwood, the play "movingly speaks of theater's potential to shape lives in enduring ways, even as it acknowledges the evanescence of the art form." Stars Robert Grossman and Kevin Young.
Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Apr. 24), $20 (Apr. 25 & 27 and May 1), and $28 (Apr. 26). May 2 opening night tickets: $42 includes reception. After May 2: $30 (Thurs. & Sat. matinee), $35 (Fri. & Sun.), and $42 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over, $10 discounts available (except Sat. eve.) for students. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. 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.
8-9:30 p.m.
Advanced Study Group:
Rudolf Steiner Study Circle of Ann Arbor. 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 & 10:30 p.m.
Geoff Tate:
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. May 23 & 24. Ann Arbor debut of this rising young midwestern stand-up comic known for his lazy vocal delivery and laid-back stage presence. Preceded by 2 opening acts. Alcohol is served; the Friday & Saturday early shows are nonsmoking.
old VFW Hall (below Seva restaurant), 314 E. Liberty. $8 reserved seating in advance, $10 general admission at the door. 996-9080.
8 p.m.
"The Baltimore Waltz":
Blackbird Theater. May 23-25, 30, 31, and June 6 & 7. Wa-Louisa Hubbard directs local actors in Paula Vogel's Obie Award-winning tragicomedy, an AIDS allegory about an uptight schoolteacher who thinks she's contracted a fatal disease from an elementary-school toilet seat. Accompanied by her equally repressed librarian brother, she crisscrosses Europe in search of a cure. Along the way, she meets a variety of characters who teach her - with what American Theatre magazine called "the inexorable logic of a dream and the pressing urgency of a nightmare" - to let loose and enjoy life. Cast: Alysia Kolascz, Adam Rzepka, and Michael Williams.
Blackbird Theater, 1600 Pauline (at Kay Pkwy. east of Stadium). Tickets $20 (seniors 60 & over, $15; students, $10) in advance and at the door. 332-3848.
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