Calendar of Events
Friday, July 17, 2009
Men's City Tournament: Ann Arbor Parks Department.
July 17-19. Three rounds of stroke play, with flights established after the first round. Open to all amateur male golfers.
Leslie Park Golf Course, 2120 Traver Rd. $150. Preregistration required by July 3. 794-6245.
"Art in the Park": Briarwood.
July 15-18. An art show with 20 Michigan artists. Concessions.
Briarwood, in the parking lot on the south side of Sears. Free admission. 769-9610.
The Ann Arbor Art Fairs.
July 15-18. Our perennial tent city within a city houses 1,000 artists, from Michigan and around the nation, in 4 separate fairs. Entertainment includes live music and other performances on four stages, along with daily 1:30 p.m. organ concerts at the Michigan Theater. Today's entertainment schedule: Ingalls Mall: Classical chamber music by the Emerson Summer Chamber Orchestra (11 a.m.), a group of Ann Arbor middle and high school musicians. Burton Tower carillon concert (noon). A cappella jazz songs by the First Friday Cocktails (1 p.m.), an all-female vocal quartet. Middle Eastern dances by the Unveiled Dance Company (2 p.m.). Folk-rock by the local Bob Skon Trio (3 p.m.). Kalamazoo acoustic folk & roots music band Who Hit John? (4 p.m.). Minimalist pop by the local indie trio Lightning Love! (5 p.m.). Local rock band The Dirty Birds (6 p.m.). World music & jazz by the Okemos band Thom Jayne & the Nomads (7 p.m.). Funk and soul instrumentals by the local quintet Third Coast Kings (8 p.m.). Liberty at Ashley: Classical and folk music by local indie pop-folk singer-songwriter Charlene Kaye (11:15 a.m.-noon). Acoustic experimental roots music by the local band Dragon Wagon (12:15-1 p.m.). Ottawa punk-metal quartet Tokyo Sexwhale (1:15-2 p.m.). Toledo funk and hip-hop jam band Boogie Matrix Mechanism (2:30-3:30 p.m.). Ypsilanti funk-rock trio Looking for Mammoths (4-5 p.m.). Immensely popular local jam band the Macpodz (5:30-6:30 p.m.). Muskegon rock, soul, and crunk trio Four Finger Five (6:30-7:30 p.m.). Luke Winslow-King (7:45-8:15 p.m.), a New Orleans-bred singer-songwriter and guitarist who lives in Cadillac. Chicago soul-pop band The Right Now (8:30-9:30 p.m.). U-M Museum of Art: Folk-rock by local singer-songwriters Annie & Rod Capps (1-3 p.m.). Willard at Church: Detroit pop, rock, & folk quartet The Mean Reds (3-3:45 p.m.), Motownesque soul music by Jamie Register & the Glendales (4-5 p.m.), the local experimental multimedia pop-soul funk band The Sugar People (5:15-6:15 p.m.), young Florida singer-songwriter-guitarist Matt Hires (6:30-7:30 p.m.), and young Canadian folk-rock singer-songwriter Serena Ryder (8-9 p.m.).
downtown Ann Arbor. Free admission. (800) 888-9487.
Storytime: Waters Place Borders.
Every Wed.-Fri. Borders staff read from books for infants, babies, and toddlers.
Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.
7th Annual Teen Graffiti Contest: Ann Arbor District Library.
Teens in grades 6-12 invited to spray paint a canvas. Judged by a panel of teens and adults. Materials supplied. Prizes.
AADL staff parking lot, William St. just east of S. Fifth Ave. Free. 327-8301.
Waterloo Recreation Area.
Every Wed.-Sat. Programs presented by WRA park interpreter Kathy Kavanagh unless otherwise noted. Today's topic: TBA.
Eddy Discovery Center, Bush Rd. (west from Pierce Rd. off I-94 exit 157), Chelsea. Free. $6 vehicle entry fee. 475-3170.
"Music in the Park": Herb David Guitar Studio.
June 1-Oct. 31. Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA.
Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.
Chime Concert: Kerrytown Shops.
Every Wed., Fri., & Sat. All invited to play one of 100 songs, with melodies transcribed in numbers, on the 17-bell chime's numbered keys. Ambitious players can add chords. Local chimemaster Heather O'Neal demonstrates.
Kerrytown. Free. 369-3107.
U-M Exhibit Museum Planetarium.
Daily (except July 4). Four different audiovisual planetarium shows. The Sky Tonight (1:30 & 3:30 p.m. daily) is an exploration of the current night sky. The Zula Patrol (12:30 p.m. weekdays) is an animated exploration of weather, both terrestrial and interplanetary. MarsQuest (2:30 p.m. weekdays and 12:30 p.m. Sat.), narrated by Star Trek star Patrick Stewart, is about the history of the Red Planet and the reasons for our interest in it. Followed by a brief update on current issues about Mars. Origins of Life (2:30 p.m. Sat. only) is an audiovisual show about the prebiotic chemistry of the Universe after the Big Bang, the formation of the stars and solar systems, the first life on Earth, the great extinctions, and the search for extraterrestrial life.
U-M Exhibit Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. $4.75. 764-0478.
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.
Bridge: U-M Turner Senior Resource Center.
Every Mon. & Fri. All seniors invited to play bridge. Refreshments.
Turner, 2401 Plymouth Rd. Free. 998-9353.
Art Demos: Hollander's
Artists in residence Alvey Jones and Barbara Brown and WSG Gallery artists
demonstrate their work, including paste paper techniques, bookbinding, silver
leafing, and collograph printing.
Hollander’s, Kerrytown. Free. 741-7531.
"Story Time": Tree Town Toys Kidtivities.
Every Fri. Tree Town staff tell stories illustrated with puppets.
Tree Town Toys, Traver Village, 2611 Plymouth Rd. Free. 929-6545.
Horse Show: Cobblestone Farms.
July 17-19. United States Eventing Association-sanctioned horse trials. Today: young event horses. July 18: dressage (8:30 a.m.) and cross country (11 a.m.). July 19: jumping.
Cobblestone Farms, 6301 Gregory Rd. (east off Huron River Dr.), Dexter. Free. 369-2633.
"Dexter DQ Ride": Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society.
Every Fri. Slow-paced 26-mile ride to the Dexter Dairy Queen for a snack. Also, on July 10 only, "Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition Ride Around Town" (6 p.m., Liberty Plaza, Liberty at Division, 995-1989), a ride in a figure-8 loop around downtown.
Abbot School, 2670 Sequoia Pkwy. (off Maple 1 block south of Miller). Free. 662-0205.
"Gaming Tournaments": Ann Arbor District Library.
Every Mon. (different branch programs). Video game tournaments with prizes. Today: all kids and adults invited for Rock Revolution Rock Band and Dance Dance Revolution.
AADL multipurpose room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. Free. 327-8301.
Get Your Game On.
Every Sun. & Tues.-Fri. and July 11, 12, 16, 29, & 20 (different programs). All invited to compete in tournaments of this popular collectible card game using a booster draft.
Get Your Game On, 709 Packard. $15 includes cards. 786-3746.
"Summer Music Series": Saline Area Chamber of Commerce.
July 17, 24, & 31, and Aug. 14 & 21. A series of outdoor concerts in downtown Saline. For a complete schedule, see salinechamber.com.
downtown Saline. Free. 429-4494.
Summer Concert Series: Dexter Area Chamber of Commerce.
Every Fri, June 5-Aug. 28. A variety of local and area bands. For weekly schedule, see dexterchamber.org.
Monument Park gazebo, downtown Dexter. Free. 426-0887.
"Hooray for Hollywood!": Saline Varsity Blues 25th Anniversary Concert.
Pat Douglas directs this chorus of 118 young singers in a program of songs from Hollywood blockbusters.
Saline High School Ellen Ewing Performing Arts Center, 1300 Campus (east off Industrial Dr. north from E. Michigan Ave.), Saline. $10. 994-3162.
Free Concert Series: First Congregational Church.
July 15-17. Evening concerts by local musicians. Tonight: jazz standards by the local ensemble Fourth Wish.
First Congregational Church, 608 E. William. Free. 662-4466.
Summer Theater Camp Productions: Young Actors Guild.
July 17 & 18 (different programs). Young local actors present 4 productions that culminate their summer theater camp. Tonight: senior students present a play TBA.
U-M Walgreen Drama Center Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin, North Campus. Donation. 913-9800.
Crossroads Summer Festival.
Every Fri., June-Aug. Outdoor stage in downtown Ypsilanti with a variety of dance bands. (In case of rain, held in Club Divine, 25 North Washington.) Tonight: Back Forty, a local acoustic string jam quintet that plays a brand of twangy roots-folk music fused with elements of jazz and psychedelic rock that it calls "down-home funkgrass." Opening act is Tone and Niche, a Detroit indie pop-rock quintet fronted by singer-guitarist Anthony Retka and singer-violinist Nicole Varga.
Washington St. at Michigan Ave. Free. 717-7305.
Ann Arbor Kirtan.
All invited to join a group performance of this traditional devotional call-and-response music based on Hindu Vaishnava texts and the writings of poet-saints. 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.
"Medicine Buddha": Ann Arbor Karma Thegsum Choling.
Talk by Lama Karma Drodul, a Buddhist lama from Tibet.
614 Miner St. off Miller. Free. 761–7495, 678-7549.
"A Picasso": Performance Network Professional Season.
Every Thurs.-Sun., June 11-July 19. Tony Caselli directs Jeffrey Hatcher's drama, set in 1941 Nazi-occupied Paris, about a high-stakes battle of wills between Pablo Picasso and a beautiful German agent who needs him to authenticate 3 of his works that the Nazis have confiscated from their Jewish owners and intend to feature in a public art-burning. Cast: John Manfredi, Emily Sutton-Smith.
Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Tickets $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discount for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discount in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.
"Wake": Purple Rose Theatre Company.
Every Wed.-Sun. June 18-Aug. 23. Guy Sanville directs local actors in the world premiere of Carey Crim's comedy about an agoraphobic mortician whose vivacious mother and precocious teenage daughter try desperately to get her to leave the house. Stars Stacie Hadgikosti, Michelle Mountain, Sandy Ryder, and Bill Simmons. Purple Rose, 137 Park St., Chelsea.
Tickets $25 (Sun. eves., Wed. & Thurs.), $33 (Sat. & Sun. matinees), & $38 (Fri. & Sat. eves.) in advance and at the door. 433-7673.
"Playing Around": Ann Arbor Civic Theatre.
July 10, 11, 17, & 18. Civic Theatre actors perform 2 plays from the theater's annual playwriting contest. July 10 & 11: Janie Deegan directs Savannah Hagen's Great In-Expectations, a drama about a middle-aged man who has a few weeks left to live. July 17 & 18: Mark Batell directs Michael Kramer's Not Then, Not Now, a drama about a middle-aged theater manager who endangers his marriage when he looks up his old high school girlfriend.
AACT Studio, 322 W. Ann. Tickets $10 & $15 in advance and at the door. 971-2228.
16th Annual Art Fair Song Fest: Ann Arbor Festival of Song.
July 16 & 17 . Pianist Kevin Bylsma accompanies various local singers in performances of classical art songs and cabaret songs. Singers include Emily Benner, Timothy Bruno, Elizabeth Call, Sean Cooper, Julie Cross, Sarah Flammer, Jennifer Goode, Nathanael Hein, Caroline Helton, Michael May, Marlayna Maynard, Diane McEwen-Martin, Katrin Murdock, Deanna Relyea, Dwight Scheetz, Allen Schrott, Daniel Schuetz, Monica Swartout-Bebow, and Festival of Song codirector Jane Rodgers . Tonight: "MISCAST! Songs We've Never Been Asked to Sing, Thank You Very Much," a program of cabaret songs. Also, free art song recitals, noon, July 16-18.
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $10 (students, $5). Reservations recommended. 769-2999.
Super Happy Funtime Burlesque: Dreamland Theater.
This 13-member Grand Rapids burlesque company presents its raucous mix of stripteases, music, fire spinning, glass walking, performance art, comedy, and song-and-dance numbers.
Dreamland Theater, 26 N. Washington, Ypsilanti. $10. 657-2337.
"KissME Lindy Exchange Weekend": Ann Arbor Community of Traditional Music and Dance/Swing Ann Arbor.
July 17-19 (different locations). Swing dancing to live and recorded music spread out over 3 days. Tonight: Swing dancing to live music by area Benny Goodman tribute band the Dave Bennett Quartet. Followed at 12:30 a.m. by late-night swing dancing ($10; students & AACTMAD members, $9) at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4001 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.
Michigan League Ballroom. $20 (students & AACTMAD members, $18). 417-9857.
Advanced Study Group: Rudolf Steiner Study Circle of Ann Arbor.
July 3, 17, & 31. All invited to join this ongoing study group to discuss Rudolf Steiner's book Lectures on Karmic Relationships, vol. 7. Familiarity with Steiner's basic ideas required.
33 Ridgeway East, 1 block east of the Arb entrance on Geddes. Free. 662-6398.
Singles Dance: Parents Without Partners.
All singles invited for an evening of dancing and socializing. With live music by the local rock cover band Sparx. Cash bar. Smoking allowed in designated areas. Preceded at 8 p.m. by free dance lessons.
Grotto Club, 2070 W. Stadium. $8 (PWP members, $6). 973-1933.
