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Films, Comedy and Performance Art
From standup to improv, and everything in between, comedy is
flourishing in the auditoriums and clubs of Ann Arbor. And with
the U-M's new Media Union, a growing number of multimedia performances
are appearing on The Calendar.
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"Radio Free Bacon": Zingerman's Roadhouse.
"It Happens Every Spring": Michigan Theater Foundation.
"Field of Dreams": Michigan Theater Foundation.
 Monday
May, 2008
"Field of Dreams":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Phil Alden Robinson, 1989.) Heartwarming baseball fantasy about an Iowa corn farmer who hears a voice telling him to build a baseball diamond in his fields. When he does, ghosts of the 1919 Chicago White Sox show up to play. Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, James Earl Jones. Times TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME
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"It Happens Every Spring":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Lloyd Bacon, 1949.) Classic B&W baseball comedy about a science professor who creates a baseball repelled by wood. Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas. Times TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME
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"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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 Tuesday
May, 2008
"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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"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.
 Wednesday
May, 2008
"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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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.
 Thursday
May, 2008
"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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6:30 p.m.
"Dinner and a Movie":
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice. Screening of The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard's eye-opening animated 2007 documentary about the hidden story behind the creation, sale, and disposal of all the stuff in our lives. Includes dinner. Followed by a group discussion.
Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan. Free. 663-1870.
8 p.m.
"Comedy Jamm":
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. May 14, 22, & 29. Performances by up to 12 aspiring area stand-up comics. Alcohol is served.
old VFW Hall (below Seva restaurant), 314 E. Liberty. $5 in advance and at the door. 996-9080.
 Friday
May, 2008
"Son of Rambow":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Garth Jennings, 2008.) May 30 & 31. Coming-of-age comedy set in England in the 1980s about a sheltered boy, his friendship with a troublemaker, and their attempts to make a film inspired by Rambo . Some French, subtitles. Times TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME
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 Saturday
May, 2008
"Son of Rambow":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Garth Jennings, 2008.) May 30 & 31. Coming-of-age comedy set in England in the 1980s about a sheltered boy, his friendship with a troublemaker, and their attempts to make a film inspired by Rambo . Some French, subtitles. Times TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME
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7:00 p.m.
"Dalai Lama Renaissance":
Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth Screening of this documentary, narrated by Harrison Ford, about a gathering
convened by the Association for Global New Though with the Dalai Lama in 1999
at the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala, India.
Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, 704 Airport Blvd. $10 327-0270
 Sunday
June, 2008
"The Black Pirate":
Michigan Theater Foundation. June 1 & 3. Albert Parker's 1926 Technicolor silent swashbuckler about a nobleman who joins a band of pirates to avenge his father's death. Douglas Fairbanks.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
"Son of Rambow":
Michigan Theater Foundation. May 30-June 5. Garth Jennings's 2008 coming-of-age comedy set in England in the 1980s about a sheltered boy, his friendship with a troublemaker, and their attempts to make a film inspired by Rambo . Some French, subtitles.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater. $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
3-4 p.m.
"Radio Free Bacon":
Zingerman's Roadhouse. Every Sunday, May 18-June 29. Terry Farmer & the Roadhouse Revival Band, a local folk-flavored rock 'n' roll band, hosts a program of interviews, conversation, and comic sketches with various guest celebrities and performers. Broadcast live on WQKL 107.1 FM. Today's musical guest is Michael Waite, a singer-songwriter from Marquette.
Zingerman's Roadhouse, 2501 Jackson. Free. 663-3400.
4 p.m.
Pottery Videos:
Yourist Pottery. Screening of 2 New Mexican pottery videos, including Daughters of the Anasazi, a documentary about Acoma potter Lucy Lewis's use of ancient Native American pottery techniques, and Maria Martinez: Native American Pottery Maker of San Ildefonso.
Yourist Pottery & Design Studio, 1160 Broadway. Free. 662-4914.
6:30 p.m.
"Sunday Night Movie & Dinner":
Melange Subterranean Bistro. Every Sunday. Dinner (salad, entree, & dessert) followed by screening of a movie. Tonight: Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008). Horror film about 5 young New Yorkers who throw a going-away party for a friend on the same night that a monster attacks the city.
Melange, 314 S. Main. Free admission; menu items range from $5 to $30. Space limited; reservations requested. 222-0202.
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