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"Easter Egg Scramble": Ann Arbor Jaycees.
"Doubt: A Parable": Performance Network Professional Season.
Regional Competition: National Science Olympiad.
 Saturday
March, 2008
 7:46 a.m.
"Sunrise Saturday Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Saturday. Very slow-paced 22-mile ride to Dexter for breakfast. Begins at sunrise.
meet at Wheeler Park, N. Fourth Ave. at Depot St. Free. 665-6327, 913-9851.
8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Regional Competition:
National Science Olympiad. All invited to watch local middle and high school students compete individually and as teams in different tasks that test contestants' knowledge of physics, biology, earth science, chemistry, meteorology, and technology. The top 2 winners of this regional event go to state-level competition in this Michigan-based national science contest.
various WCC campus sites, 4800 E. Huron River Dr. Free. 973-3630.
9 a.m.
"T'ai Chi Ch'uan at the Cube.":Every Saturday and Sunday. Local t'ai chi instructor Chad Eisner leads a session of these slow meditative movements for beginning and advanced practitioners.
U-M Cube, between the Union and the SAB. Free. 930-2747.
9 a.m.-noon.
Ann Arbor Flyers.:A chance to examine a display of the club's fleet of small planes and chat with club members.
Ann Arbor Airport Main Terminal Bldg., 801 Airport Dr. Free. 697-0904.
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Melody Crust:
Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild. Talk by this nationally acclaimed Washington quilter known for bright, joyous quilts in almost luminous colors and for an exuberant use of beads, embellishments, and appliques. Followed at 11 a.m. by a member "show and tell" and sale of quilting supplies, fabrics, and books, and workshops. Display of quilts to be donated to SafeHouse. Raffle. Lunch available.
WCC Morris Lawrence Bldg., 4800 E. Huron River Dr. $10 (members, free). Wheelchair-accessible. 878-6396.
9:30 a.m.-noon.
"Wonderful Words of Life":
AGLOW International. All invited to join this group of Christian women for a brunch and a talk by speakers TBA. Refreshments.
WCC Liberal Arts 340, 4800 E. Huron River Dr. $8 at the door only. Reservations required. 971-4545.
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
34th Annual Pioneer Craft Fair:
Dexter Area Historical Society. More than 50 juried artists and craftspeople demonstrate and sell a wide range of traditional folk art and modern adaptations at this popular juried fair. Also, demonstrations of weaving, spinning, quilting, wood carving, lace making, caning, rushing, painting, calligraphy, tinsmithing, broom making, and more. Storytelling and a craft table for kids. Entertainment TBA. Bake sale. Lunch available, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Creekside Elementary School (old Dexter High School), 2615 Baker Rd., Dexter. $3 (children grades 1-12, 50¢; children age 5 & under, free). 426-8846.
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Downtown Home & Garden Spring Lecture Series.:Every Saturday beginning March 15. Today: local master gardener Gwen Reynolds discusses and demonstrates "How to Start Seedlings Indoors." Also this month: local professional orchid grower Benny Gray discusses and answers questions about "Growing Orchids in the Home" (March 22), and DH&G owner Mark Hodesh offers tips on and answers questions about "How to Start and Maintain a Lawn" (March 29).
DH&G, 210 S. Ashley. Free. 662-8122.
10 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Winter Democratic Rides:
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Saturday. 20-mile ride (or longer) at a pace and to a destination chosen by the assembled riders. Note : Riders should be prepared to take care of themselves on all AABTS rides. Carry a water bottle, a spare tire or tube, a pump, a cell phone or change for a phone call, and snacks.
meet at Wheeler Park, N. Fourth Ave. at Depot St. Free. 904-6431.
10 & 11 a.m. and noon.
"Maple Sugaring: A Journey to the Sugar Bush":
Hudson Mills Metropark Interpretive Nature Programs. Every Saturday & Sunday except March 23. Hudson Mills naturalist Jennifer Hollenbeck discusses the history of maple sugaring and leads a hike to a stand of maple trees to see how they are tapped, followed by a trip to an evaporator to learn how sap is turned into syrup. Also, a pancake and sausage breakfast, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Hudson Mills Metropark Activity Center, 8801 North Territorial Rd. (between Dexter-Pinckney Rd. & Huron River Dr.), Dexter. $2 ($5.50 includes breakfast). Preregistration required. Vehicle entrance fees: $4/day, $20/year ($12 for seniors age 62 & over). 426-8211.
10 a.m.
Walk:
Grex. Every Saturday. All invited to join members of this local computer-conferencing group for a walk from Gallup Park through Nichols Arboretum.
meet in Gallup Park parking lot, 3000 Fuller Rd. (west side of Huron Pkwy.). Free. 741-9351.
10:30-11:30 a.m.
"Saturday Morning Physics":
U-M Physics Department. March 8, 15, & 29. Popular series of talks, aimed at general audiences, by U-M physics professors and visiting scholars. Today: 1976 Nobel laureate Samuel Ting on "Encounters with Modern Physics."
170 Dennison, 501 East University. Free. 764-4437.
11 a.m.
"Spring into Gardening":
Waterloo Recreation Area . Master gardener Sharon Sohoza discusses the ins and outs of preparing the soil, seed starting, new and old garden beds, and more, along with offering some tips on spring cleaning. Participants plant an herb or flower seed to take home.
Eddy Discovery Center, Bush Rd. (west from Pierce Rd. off I-94 exit 157), Chelsea. Free. Preregistration required. Vehicle entrance fees: $6/day, $24/year ($6/year for seniors age 65 & over). 475-3170.
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
"Easter Egg Scramble":
Ann Arbor Jaycees. All parents invited to bring their kids ages 1-11 for an Easter egg hunt, in the snow if necessary. Also, a chance to visit with and take pictures of the Easter Bunny, kids activities, games, egg-decorating, and Peeps.
Vet's Park. Free. 913-9629, 320-1350.
11 a.m.
Storytime:
Borders Express. Every Saturday. A Borders Express staff member reads a variety of kids stories.
Borders Express, Briarwood mall. Free. 669-0785.
11 a.m.
Storytime:
Nicola's Books. Every Saturday. Storytelling program for kids ages 21'da27. Also, a visit from Peter Rabbit after the March 22 storytime.
Nicola's, Westgate shopping center. Free. 662-0600.
11:30 a.m. and 12:30. 1:30. 2:30. & 3:30 p.m.
"The Sky Tonight"/"Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity":
U-M Exhibit Museum Planetarium. Every Saturday & Sunday through March 23. The debut show using the museum's state-of-the-art new Uniview digital planetarium system. The Sky Tonight (11:30 a.m. Saturdays and 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. both days) is an audiovisual exploration of the current night sky. Black Holes (12:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. both days) is an animated audiovisual show that begins with the formation of the early universe and the birth and death of stars and concludes with a simulated flight to a supermassive black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way. Followed by a brief star talk. Note: A new planetarium show opens on March 24 (see listing).
U-M Exhibit Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. $4.75. 764-0478.
Noon.
Draw Doubles:
Local 101 Disc Golf Club. Every Saturday. All invited to play disc golf at one of Hudson Mills Metropark's 24-hole disc golf courses. Disc golf is a popular sport played with a Frisbee-like disc; the goal is to land the disc in a "pole hole" in the fewest shots. In draw doubles play, beginners are paired with advanced players to create parity. Prizes. Golf discs available free from the Hudson Mills Metropark office.
Hudson Mills Metropark Activity Center, 8801 North Territorial Rd. (between Dexter-Pinckney Rd. & Huron River Dr.), Dexter. $5 per player; free for spectators. Vehicle entrance fees: $4/day, $20/year ($12 for seniors age 62 & over). 449-4300.
Noon.
Children's Storytime:
Lohr Road Borders. Every Saturday & Wednesday. Borders staff read from picture books and books for babies, infants, and toddlers. Today: Duck Soup, Night of the Veggie Monster, A Visitor for Bear, and Bear Wants More. Also this month: books TBA (March 19 & 22), and Stuck in the Mud, Big Chickens Fly the Coop, A Birthday for Cow, Duckie Duck, Five Noisy Ducks, Peekaboo, and Blueberry! (March 26 & 29).
Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.
Noon-2 p.m.
15th Annual Michigan Japanese Quiz Bowl Finals:
U-M Center for Japanese Studies Noon Lecture Series. Students from 24 Michigan elementary, middle, and high schools compete in this entertaining competition on Japanese language and culture.
Modern Languages, 812 E. Washington. Free. 764-6307.
Wolverine Classic:
GymAmerica. March 15 & 16. Gymnasts from throughout the Midwest compete in this national-level invitational. The upper-level gymnasts compete at 3 p.m. on March 15. A detailed schedule is available at gymamericagymnastics.com/wolverine. 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Saline High School gymnasium, 7190 N. Maple, Saline. $10 (students & seniors, $7) at the door only. 971-1667.
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"Girls Night Out":
Common Language Bookstore. Performance by local folk-rock singer-songwriter Tracy Mack
and guest musicians TBA.
"Blade Runner: The Final Cut":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Ridley Scott, 2006). March 14-20. Exquisite re-release of this renowned sci-fi cult classic, darker and bleaker than previous versions. Harrison Ford.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
"Caramel":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Nadine Labaki, 2007). March 9-15. Charming portrait of the trials and strengths of a group of women connected in various ways to a Beirut beauty shop. Arabic & French, subtitles.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
"Movie Night":
U-M Thai Student Association. Double bill prelude to the campus Thai cultural festival "Thai Night" (time and location TBA). Suriyothai (Chatrichalem Yukol, 2001) is about a 16th-century Thai woman warrior who becomes queen at age 15 and changes the course of Thai history, and Monrak Transistor
(Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, 2002) is about a young newlywed music lover who encounters one misfortune after another, until the radio he gave as a wedding gift to his wife becomes a symbol for a time when dreams were still possible. Thai, subtitles.
Tonight:
"Playfest 2008":
U-M Theatre Department. March 12-15. A series of free rehearsed staged readings of plays by students of U-M theater professor Charles "OyamO" Gordon, a well-known playwright who moderates postperformance critiques. Tonight: Adriana Rewald's Heads, a drama about a girl who's on a tour of the Royal Castle in Krakow when the 30 wooden heads carved into the ceiling of a 2nd-floor hall begin talking to her.
Walgreen Drama Center Arthur Miller Studio One, 1226 Murfin. Free. 764-5350.
"Michigan Harpsichord Saturday":
U-M School of Music. An opportunity to play and listen to harpsichords. Continuous recitals by music faculty and students, informal free walk-in lessons by U-M students, and harpsichords to play on. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,
U-M Music School Moore Hall, 1100 Baits (off Broadway), North Campus. Free. 665-2217.
3rd Saturday Contra Dance:
Cobblestone Farm Dancers. Robin Warner and Martha Vender Kolk call to music by the Pittsfield Open Band. No partner needed; all dances taught; beginners welcome. Lesson at 7:30 p.m. Wear cool, casual clothes and comfy, flat, smooth-soled shoes. Preceded at 3 - 6 p.m. by a free jam for all musicians. 8 p.m., Pittsfield Grange, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. (1'da2 mile south of I-94) .
$10. 665-8863.
1-3 p.m.
"Cold-Blooded Creatures":
Leslie Science & Nature Center. Leslie Science Center staff display a variety of live snakes, turtles, and frogs, and discuss their habitats, hangouts, and personalities. Kids must be accompanied by an adult.
Leslie Science Center, 1831 Traver Rd. $6 per person. Preregistration required. 997-1553.
1-2:30 p.m.
"DJ Skate":
Ann Arbor Parks Department. Every Saturday. Skating to music by a DJ, who plays both requests and the latest hits.
Veterans Ice Arena, 2150 Jackson Rd. $5 (youths age 17 & under and seniors age 60 & over, $4). Skate rentals available ($3). 761-7240.
2 p.m.
Geri Taeckens:
Barnes & Noble. This children's book writer and social worker discusses and signs copies of her memoir Blind Man's Bluff!
Barnes & Noble, 3235 Washtenaw. Free. Preregistration required. 973-0846.
2-4 p.m.
Ann Arbor Juggling Arts Club.:Every Saturday. All invited to practice their juggling skills. Beginners welcome. Indoor location TBA in case of inclement weather.
call for winter location. Free. 761-1115.
2:30 p.m.
Ultimate Frisbee:
SC Ultimate. Every Saturday. All invited to join a pickup game of this spirited team sport played with a flying disc. Note: Overly aggressive players are politely asked to leave.
Fuller Field. Free. info@a2ultimate.org
3 p.m.
"Hand-Sliced Dry-Cured Ham Tasting":
Morgan & York. Every Saturday. A Morgan & York representative discusses and offers samples of some of the world's best dry-cured hams, including Parma ham, Spain's fabled Jamon Iberico, and American ham.
Morgan & York, 1928 Packard. Free. Preregistration required. 662-0798.
3 & 8 p.m.
"Doubt: A Parable":
Performance Network Professional Season. Every Thursday-Sunday, February 21-April 6. John Seibert directs John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony-winning drama about a mother superior who must decide whether to trust her instincts when she suspects the school priest of having sexual relations with a student or to believe his protestation of innocence. Stars Jan Radcliff, Jon Bennett, Molly Thomas, Tammie Harris.
Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Feb. 21), $20 (Feb. 22, 24, & 28), and $28 (Feb. 23). Feb. 29 opening night tickets: $42 includes reception. After Feb. 29: $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.
5:30 & 6:30 p.m.
St. Patrick's Day Dinner:
Dixboro United Methodist Church Dinner Divas. Succulent corned beef and cabbage, plus beverages and dessert, served family style. "It's an unusually good dinner," says an organizer. Proceeds benefit the church.
seatings, DUMC, 5221 Church Rd. (off N. Dixboro Rd. just north of Plymouth Rd.). $10 (kids 5 and under, free). Reservations required by March 12. 665-5632, 663-5269.
5:30 p.m.
"Digital Buddha: A Multimedia Concert of Korean Komungo":
U-M School of Music Stearns Lecture. Lecture-recital by Jin Hi Kim, a virtuoso musician on the komungo, a fretted 4-string Korean zither.
U-M Music School Recital Hall, 1100 Baits (off Broadway), North Campus. Free. 764-0594.
6 p.m.
Children's Movie:
Arborland Borders. Every Saturday. Kids (accompanied by a parent) invited to bring teddy bears and watch a family film TBA. Popcorn.
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 677-6948.
7 p.m.
Pike Comedy Night:
U-M Pi Kappa Alpha. Performance by twin brothers (and U-M grads) Randy and Jason Sklar, frequent guests on late-night network and cable TV who are best known now as the cohosts of the ESPN Classic Cheap Seats comedy series. Their material ranges from topical humor to parodies of commercials and other contemporary cultural phenomena.
Michigan Theater. Tickets $15 in advance at omegafi.com/HHCH7O and at the door. 668-8397.
7-9 p.m.
"Almost the Worm Moon: An Early Spring Night Hike":
Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission. WCPARC naturalist Faye Stoner leads a walk to call for owls, look at stars, and see if frogs are calling. Drinks and marshmallows after the hike.
Park Lyndon North, North Territorial Rd. (east of M-52), Lyndon Twp. Free. 971-6337.
7 p.m.
"AIDS in China":
U-M Center for Chinese Studies. Screening of 2 documentaries. The Blood of Yingzhao District is Ruby Yang's 2006 Oscar-winning film about a year in the life of children in Anhui province who have lost their parents to AIDS, and Care and Love is Ai Xiaoming's film about the emerging consciousness of their own rights in people in the Chinese countryside as they become aware of the problem of AIDS in their midst.
Angell Hall Auditorium A. Free. 764-6308.
7 p.m.
"The Exonerated":
EMU Theatre Department. March 12-16. EMU drama professor Lee Stille directs EMU drama students in Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank's drama about the experiences of 6 different people convicted of murder who were later exonerated after varying lengths of imprisonment. 7 p.m., Sponberg Theatre ,
Ford St. (off Lowell from Huron River Dr.), EMU campus, Ypsilanti. Tickets $15 (students, $12; kids age 12 & under, $6) in advance and at the door. Group discounts available. 487-1221.
7:30-11 p.m.
Balkan Folk Dancing.:Balkan folk dancing to recorded music . Preceded by a lesson (2-5 p.m., $15).
Gretchen's House, 2625 Traver. $10 (students $1-$3) donation. 709-8748.
7:30 p.m.
"Variety and Talent Show":
Bethlehem United Church of Christ. A dessert buffet followed by performances by congregants on the newly refurbished stage, including comedy, drama, dance, music, and singing. Proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity.
BUCC, 423 S. Fourth Ave. $5 (children, $2) at the door. 665-6149.
7:30 p.m.
"An Evening of Baroque Music":
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. St. Andrew's music director Deborah Friauff conducts the church's adult choir in Buxtehude's Jesu, Meine Freude, a chorale that incorporates arias interwoven with choral and instrumental parts. Soloists are baritone (and new St. Andrew's rector) Alan Gibson and soprano Kara Alfano. The instrumental ensemble includes violinists Keith Graves and Nick Field, viola da gambist Debra Lonergan, and harpsichordist Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra. Graves, Lonergan, and Ruiter-Feenstra also perform Dietrich Becker's Sonata no. 3, and Lonergan and Ruiter-Feenstra are joined by sopranos Friauff and Alfano for a performance of Couperin's Lecons de Tenebres.
St. Andrew's, 306 N. Division. Free. 663-0518.
7:30 p.m.
"The Jungle Book: The Musical":
Ann Arbor Junior Theater. March 13-16. Anne Kiser Flaherty directs local teen actors in Vera Morris's musical version of Kipling's classic tale about the adventures of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the jungle. Though 3 animal pals stick by Mowgli, the dangerous man-eating tiger Shere Khan has vowed to destroy him. The cast includes Joe Brabenec, Rose Wall, Jenny Ozor, Lior Appel-Kraut, Anny Hully, Richard Graham, and Liam Broadhurst.
WCC Morris Lawrence Bldg. Towsley Auditorium, 4800 E. Huron River Dr. Tickets $5 in advance and at the door. 971-2228.
7:30 p.m.
Dexter Twirlers Square Dance Club.:March 1 & 15. Glen Geer calls square dances for experienced dancers to recorded music. No partner necessary. Wear soft-soled shoes (not tennis shoes).
St. Andrew's United Church of Christ, 7610 Ann Arbor St., Dexter. $5. 433-0308.
8 p.m.
Jill Jack:
The Ark . Folk-rock band led by this sultry-voiced Detroit singer-songwriter whose music also draws freely on jazz and country flavors. Her 2005 CD Moon and the Morning After won a Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Folk Recording. Opening act is The Hummingbirds, the Detroit Music Award-winning local duo of singer-guitarists S. G. Wood and Rachel Hercula, who play twang-filled acoustic country and American roots music.
The Ark, 316 S. Main. Tickets $15 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.
"Viva La V.A.E.!":
Vocal Arts Ensemble. Ben Cohen conducts this 20-voice local chamber choir in a program of music by the Italian composers Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Frescobaldi, and Verdi, along with Italian-inspired works by American composers Bolcom and Loesser. Also, "a few al dente musical surprises."
Temple Beth Emeth/St. Clare's Episcopal Church, 2309 Packard. Tickets $15 (seniors age 66 & older and students, $10) at the door only. 665-7823, 741-7451.
8 & 10:30 p.m.
Allyn Ball:
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. March 13-15. Veteran comic with an unreconstructed punk attitude and an intelligently fresh and funny point of view. Preceded by 2 opening acts. Alcohol is served; the Friday early show is a nonsmoking show.
old VFW Hall (below Seva restaurant), 314 E. Liberty. $8 (Thurs.) & $11 (Fri. & Sat.) reserved seating in advance, $10 (Thurs.) & $13 (Fri. & Sat.) general admission at the door. 996-9080.
8 p.m.
"Talking with . . .":
P.T.D. Productions. Alice Fell directs the pseudonymous Jane Martin's 1982 Drama Critics Circle Award-winning play, a series of comic monologues in which 10 women of various backgrounds talk about their lives. They include a baton-twirling spiritualist, an auditioning actress, a disillusioned rodeo rider, a deluded housewife, and others. Cast: Val Merceica, Marie Jones, Jan Carpman, Mary Hopper, Lois Kuznets-Dowling, Tia Thomas, Jessica Eroh, Janet Rich Platte, Amy Griffith, Sara Kruger, and Marla Gousseff.
Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron, Ypsilanti. Tickets $16 (students & seniors, $11) in advance and at the door. 483-7345.
8 p.m.
University Philharmonia Orchestra:
U-M School of Music. Andrew George conducts this music-student group in Michael Abels's charming Global Warming , a work that "preaches a one-world message by morphing an Irish jig into African folk music into Mideastern strains and back," according to a San Francisco Chronicle reviewer, who adds that "Abels's elan and technical mastery are irresistible." Also, Haydn's Cello Concerto with the music school's 2008 concerto competition winner Andrew Bradford. Along with Abby Aresty's Wildfire and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances.
Hill Auditorium. Free. 764-0594.
8 p.m.
"Images of Tennessee Williams's World":
U-M Residential College Drama Concentration. U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in Black Butterflies, Marylou DiPietro's new play about Tennessee Williams's sister Rose, as well as other short plays by or about Williams.
U-M Residential College Auditorium, East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4354.
9 p.m.-1 a.m.
"Serious about Salsa" Latin Dance Party:
danceRevolution Dance Studio. High-energy dance party with salsa, merengue, bachata, and cha-cha dancing to recorded music spun by a DJ. No partner necessary.
danceRevolution, Dakota Bldg., 1785 W. Stadium. $5. 945-8428.
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