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"Growing Pretty": Purple Rose Theatre Company.
"Tarnation": Neutral Zone.
"Then She Found Me": Michigan Theater Foundation.
 Tuesday
May, 2008
 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Social Bridge:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. Every Tuesday & Wednesday (different locations). All seniors age 50 & older invited to play bridge. No partner required.
Brookhaven Manor, 401 W. Oakbrook (off S. Main north of Eisenhower), Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. Free. 769-5911.
10 a.m.-noon.
Scrabble:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. Every Tuesday. All seniors age 50 & older invited to play this popular word game.
Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. Free. 769-5911.
10 a.m.-noon.
"The Bible in Its Time: An Introduction to the Bible and Literature of the Ancient Near East":
Jewish Community Center. Every Tuesday (except May 20), May 6-June 3 . Lecture series by U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies visiting scholar Lisbeth Fried.
JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. (off Stone School Rd. south of Packard). Free. 971-0990.
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Jewish Older Adults:
Jewish Community Center. Every Tuesday. Activities begin at 10 a.m. with "Fitness Fun" ($4), a 60-minute exercise program led by Maria Farquhar, followed at 1 p.m. by a chance to play mah-jongg, cards, and board games or join quilting and other craft projects. Homemade buffet luncheon ($3) available at noon. All invited.
JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. (off Stone School Rd. south of Packard). Free. 971-0990.
11:30 a.m.
Children's Hour:
Shaman Drum Bookshop. Every Tuesday. Shaman Drum staff read picture books for kids ages 2-6.
Shaman Drum, 315 S. State. Free. 662-7407.
"Tarnation":
Neutral Zone.
(Jonathan Caouette, 2003.) Documentary about the director's difficulty growing up gay with a schizophrenic mother. 7 p.m., Neutral Zone, 310 E. Washington St. Free. 214-9995.
"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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6 p.m.
"Tuesday Evening Birders":
Washtenaw Audubon Society. Every Tuesday. City ornithologist Dea Armstrong (May 20 & 27) lead evening walks at various local birding sites. Bring binoculars and (if you have one) a scope.
meet (tentatively) at the Miller Rd. Park & Ride off M-14. Free. 994-3569, 668-2513.
6 p.m.
"Huron River Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Tuesday. Slow/moderate-paced ride, 18-40 miles, to Dexter and back.
meet at Rudolf Steiner School, 1655 Newport Rd. Free. 662-0205.
6 p.m.
"Big Sky Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Tuesday. Moderate-paced ride, 20-35 miles, along flat, relatively quiet picturesque roads south of Ann Arbor.
meet at York Baptist Church, 1220 Stony Creek Rd. at Platt. Free. 971-5763.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
"Knit Happens":
Ann Arbor Stitch 'n' Bitch. Every Tuesday. All knitters invited to bring their current projects to work on and swap knitting tips.
location TBA. Free. 945-3035.
6:30 p.m.
Ann Arbor Front Runners.:Every Tuesday & Thursday. Gay, lesbian, and straight runners invited to choose a distance of 3-5 miles to run with Front Runners members.
meet at Furstenberg Park, off Fuller Rd. across from Huron High School. Free. 741-1763.
7 p.m.
Richard Tillinghast:
Shaman Drum Bookshop. A U-M English professor emeritus who now lives in rural Ireland, this award-winning poet known for his distinctively musical free-verse poems reads from The New Life, his new collection of poems about romantic love, the deaths of old friends, the ironies of history, and the losses and epiphanies of a life of exploration and discovery. "There's no going back to innocence for sullied creatures like ourselves, but achingly captured in these poems is that perdurable wish. And in freshwater lines of poetry - the purest, most limpid he has ever written - Richard Tillinghast finds something 'the polluted tides of history' have not yet overwhelmed," says poet and U-M English professor Linda Gregerson. Signing.
Shaman Drum, 315 S. State. Free. 662-7407.
7-8:30 p.m.
"Healing Health Care in Michigan:Working Toward a Health System That Works": Ann Arbor District Library. Panel discussion with U-M School of Public Health health management and policy professor Richard Lichtenstein, Packard Community Clinic executive director Kim Kratz, Washtenaw Health Plan executive director Ellen Rabinowitz, and Washtenaw Health Plan children's health insurance advocate Kelly Stupple.
AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4560.
7-10:30 p.m.
Sweet Adelines County Connection.:Every Tuesday. All women invited to join the weekly rehearsals of this local 40-member barbershop harmony chorus.
UAW Local 898 Hall, 8975 Textile Rd. (west of Rawsonville Rd. off I-94), Ypsilanti. Free to visitors ($20 monthly dues for those who join). 480-8843.
7-8:30 p.m.
"Odyssey to Freedom":
Jewel Heart Buddhist Center. Every Tuesday. Talks by Gehlek Rimpoche, an incarnate lama from Tibet who lives in Ann Arbor, or one of Gehlek's senior students.
Jewel Heart Center, 1129 Oak Valley Dr. (just south of Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.). $10 (students & seniors, $5). 994-3387.
7-9 p.m.
Ann Arbor Area Writers Group:
Arborland Borders. Every Tuesday. All local writers invited to bring samples of their writing to read and discuss. Observers welcome.
Borders computer section, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 449-9394.
7-9:30 p.m.
English Country Dancing:
Ann Arbor Council for Traditional Music and Dance. Every Tuesday . Historical and traditional English dancing. Today: callers Gates and Arlene Kindel with music by West, Baird, and Susie Lorand. All dances taught. No partner or experience needed. Dress comfortably and bring flat, nonslip shoes (running shoes OK).
Chapel Hill Condominium clubhouse, 3350 Green Rd. $7 (students, $4; children age 13 & under, free). 665-7704.
7:30 p.m.
Huron Valley Harmonizers Chapter of SPEBSQSA.:Every Tuesday. All male singers invited to join the weekly rehearsals of this local barbershop harmony chorus.
Stony Creek United Methodist Church, 8635 Stony Creek Rd., Ypsilanti. Free to visitors ($130 annual dues for those who join). Newcomers should call in advance. For information, call Greg Humbel at 445-1925.
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.
German Speakers' Round Table.:Every Tuesday. All German speakers invited for conversation.
Grizzly Peak Brewing Company, 120 W. Washington. Free admission. 665-2931.
8 p.m.
Claude Bourbon and The Everybodyfields:
The Ark "Take a Chance Tuesdays." Double bill. Bourbon is a UK-based Swiss acoustic guitarist whose music is a haunting fusion of blues, jazz, folk, classical, Spanish, and Eastern European influences. The Everybodyfields are a Johnson City, Tennessee, band led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Sam Quinn and Jill Andrews that plays a brand of alt-country that marries melancholic lyrics with gorgeous melodies. Part of a monthly series of free concerts showcasing lesser-known artists on the roster of the prestigious local management agency Fleming Artists. All encouraged to bring nonperishable food or money to donate to Food Gatherers.
The Ark, 316 S. Main. Free. 761-1451.
10 p.m.
"Triple Double Trivia":
The Arena Sports Grille and Bar. Every Tuesday. All invited to try a wide-ranging trivia quiz for such prizes as T-shirts, hats, and gift certificates. Bonus points awarded for "stupid human tricks" like drinking beer upside down, dancing to Michael Jackson songs, or inserting an entire fist into your mouth.
The Arena, 203 E. Washington. Free. 222-9999.
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