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"Doubt: A Parable": Performance Network Professional Season.
Cowboy Junkies: The Ark.
"Postcard from Morocco": U-M Opera Theatre Department.
 Friday
March, 2008
 9 a.m.
"Friday Chelsea Winter Ride":
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Friday. Slow/moderate-paced ride, 34-45 or 55-65 miles, to either Dexter, Grass Lake, Munith, Stockbridge, or the Waterloo Recreation Area.
meet at Aberdeen Bike & Fitness, 1175 S. Main, Chelsea. Free. (517) 285-6830.
9:30-11 a.m.
"Tiny Tot Time":
Leslie Science Center (Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation). March 7 & 21. 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: Nancy Tafuri's Blue Goose and Tess Weaver's Cat Jumped In. Also this month: Melanie Watt's Chester and Eric Rohmann's Kitten Tale (March 28).
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 449-9394.
Noon.
Noon Lecture Series:
U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies. March 7, 21, & 28. Talks by visiting scholars. Today: University of Toronto anthropology professor Joshua Barker on "Technology and Surveillance in Indonesia." Also this month: poet and novelist R. Zamora Linmark on "How I Went to the Philippines to Research for a Novel and Ended Up Swimming in My Sardine Can of Worms" (March 28).
1636 SSWB, 1080 South University. Free. 764-4568.
Noon.
"Tre Ore":
St. Aidan's Episcopal Church. All invited to join or watch a 1-hour reenactment of the Stations of the Cross in a walk up the Broadway hill.
meet in the former Kroger and CVS parking lot at the foot of the Broadway hill. Free. 663-5503.
"The Red Balloon" & "White Mane":
Michigan Theater Foundation. Double feature of two beautifully restored children's classics. "The Red Balloon" (Albert Lamorisse, 1952). Sublime, timeless story about a red balloon's love for a little boy. "White Mane" (Albert Lamorisse, 1953). A boy tries to gently tame the untamable horse he loves.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater Price TBA. 668-TIME.
"Starting Out in the Evening":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Andrew Wagner, 2006). Compelling portrait of sympathetic yet flawed characters that include a feisty grad student and a Jewish novelist in his 70s whose books are all out of print.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street":
M-Flicks.
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"Edward Scissorhands":
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Man Man:
The Blind Pig. Artful, energetic rock 'n' roll by this Philadelphia quintet whose music, a la the late Beatles, draws on an array of traditional and retro European and American musical influences. Opening act is The Extraordinaires, a powerpop folk-rock quartet from South Philadelphia. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. (doors open at 9:30 p.m.), The Blind Pig, 208 S. Ashley. Tickets $10 in advance at the Michigan Union Ticket Office & all other Ticketmaster outlets, $12 at the door. To charge by phone ,
call (248) 645-6666.
Dominique Eade:
Firefly Club. This acclaimed jazz vocalist is accompanied by pianist Donald Brown. The founder of the New England Conservatory vocal jazz department, Eade has a new CD,
Open. 9 & 11 p.m., Firefly Club, 637 S. Main. $15 in advance and at the door. 665-9090.
"4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days":
Michigan Theater Foundation. (Cristian Mungiu, 2007). March 16-24. Acclaimed, unblinking, bleak film about a woman seeking an abortion in Ceausescu's 1980s Romania. Romanian, subtitles.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
Lenten Recital Series:
American Guild of Organists. Every Friday through March 14. Noontime concerts by professional and student organists on the church's mighty Wilhelm organ. Today: EMU students. Noon, First Congregational Church, 608 E. William. Free. 662-4466
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1 p.m.
Bingo:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. Every Friday. All seniors age 50 & over invited to play a variety of styles of bingo.
Brookhaven Manor, 401 W. Oakbrook (off S. Main north of Eisenhower). Free. 769-5911.
1-7 p.m.
"Retro Octathlon":
Ann Arbor District Library. Kids in grades 6 to adults invited to drop in anytime during the afternoon to compete in a tournament featuring 8 pre-1990 video games. Prizes.
(qualifying rounds) & 7-8 p.m. (finals), AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-8301.
4-5 p.m.
"Relation Between Volcanism, Tectonism, and Hydrothermal Activity at Mid-Ocean Ridges":
U-M Department of Geological Sciences. Talk by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution senior scientist Susan Humphris. Followed by reception.
1528 Little, 425 East University. Free. 647-9938.
4:30 p.m.
Dance:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. All senior singles and couples age 50 & older invited to dance to recorded music from the 30s, 40s, & 50s. Casual attire. Refreshments.
Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. $4. 769-5911.
4:30-8 p.m.
30th Annual Lenten Fish Fry:
Old St. Patrick's Church. Every Friday through March 14. Fried Alaskan pollack, choice of potato, salad bar, and beverage. Desserts available for a nominal additional charge. Beer & wine available for donation. Be prepared to stand in line, but the food is worth the wait.
Old St. Pat's parish hall, 5671 Whitmore Lake Rd. at Northfield Church (3 miles north of Ann Arbor). $7.50 (seniors, $7; children ages 5-11, $6.50; children age 4 & under, free). 662-8141.
7 p.m.
U-M Men's Lacrosse vs. Oakland.:
Oosterbaan Field House, Hoover at S. State. $6 (students, $3). 764-0247.
7-9 p.m.
Dances of Universal Peace (Sufi Dancing).:All invited to join in song, chant, and circle dances in joyous affirmation of the unity of the world's spiritual traditions.
Friends Meetinghouse, 1420 Hill. $5 requested donation. 996-1332.
7 & 11 p.m.
"Polaroid Stories":
U-M Basement Arts. March 20-22. Matt Semler directs U-M students in Naomi Iizuka's gritty 1997 play about the lives of street kids, drug dealers, and prostitutes that uses themes, characters, and stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin, North Campus. Free. 764-6800.
7 & 9:30 p.m.
Cowboy Junkies:
The Ark. Sold out.
The Ark, 316 S. Main.
7-8 p.m.
"Heartburn and Digestive Problems":
Nutritional Healing Center. Talk by local chiropractor Mark Perlmutter.
Whole Foods Cooking & Lifestyles Classroom, 3135 Washtenaw. Free. Preregistration requested. 302-7575.
7-9:15 p.m.
"Peace Generator":
Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth. All invited to join a silent meditation on world peace, forgiveness, cooperation, and joy.
Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, 704 Airport Blvd. Free. 971-8576.
7:30 p.m.
"Preserving Historic Cemeteries":
Saline Area Historical Society. Talk by club members Susan Kosky and Gladys Saborio.
former Methodist Church, 117 S. Ann Arbor St. at Henry (south of Michigan Ave.), Saline. Free. 429-1254.
7:30 p.m.
Team USA:
USA Hockey National Team Development Program. March 2, 7, 8, 11, 21, & 22. This Ann Arbor-based program features 46 of the best 16- and 17-year-old American ice hockey players. The program fields 2 teams - the Under-17 Team and the Under-18 Team - that play full schedules, September-March, against teams from the top American junior leagues (players ages 18-21), American college teams, and comparable European national teams. Today: Team USA Under-17 vs. Marquette Rangers of the North American Hockey League.
Ann Arbor Ice Cube, 2121 Oak Valley Dr. at Scio Church Rd. $12 (students & children, $6). 327-9251.
7:30 p.m.
Bach's St. Matthew Passion:
University Musical Society. Jerry Blackstone conducts the UMS Choral Union, the MSU Children's Choir, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in Bach's monumental crowning work. The traditional Palm Sunday text is taken from the Gospel of Matthew and sung in German (synopsis provided in the program). A narrative recitative links the many choruses, chorales, and arias whose moods run the gamut from worshipful reflection to agonized remorse to blistering fury. Guest soloists are soprano Karina Gauvin, alto Susan Platts, tenor Steven Tharp, bass Marek Rzepka, baritone Nikolay Borchev as Jesus, and tenor Rufus Mueller as the Evangelist.
Hill Auditorium. Tickets $10-$56 in advance at the Michigan League and (if available) at the door. To charge by phone, call 764-2538 or (800) 221-1229.
8 p.m.
"Glengarry Glen Ross":
MorrisCo Art Theatre. March 20-22. Debra Reichard directs local actors in David Mamet's 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning tour de force about an office full of dog-eat-dog real-estate salesmen running amok in their efforts to unload overpriced condos on gullible homebuyers. "If Glengarry Glen Ross is about one thing, it's about talking," says drama critic Ben Stephens, "ugly, desperate, jittery talking - talking as a weapon, as a means of survival." The cast includes Jeff Stringer, Steve Elliott, and Larry Rusinsky.
Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron, Ypsilanti. Tickets $18 (students & seniors, $15) in advance and at the door. 996-2549.
8 p.m.
"Free Store Benefit":
Dreamland Theater. This benefit music and art show includes music from the Ann Arbor Dub Project, the Cetan Clawson Revolution, and the Treetown Acoustic Duet, and a poetry reading by local poet Adam Boehmer. Show and sale of art by local artists. Ages 18 & over only.
Dreamland Theater, 26 N. Washington St., Ypsilanti. Donation. 657-2337.
8 p.m.
Donny McCaslin Group:
Kerrytown Concert House. (See review . ) Acclaimed Brooklyn, New York, tenor saxophonist McCaslin, a former member of renowned vibraphonist Gary Burton's quartet, leads his ensemble in music from his 6th CD In Pursuit, a collection of jazz compositions that incorporate elements of rock, groove, and folk music from Cuba, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, and Africa. A New York Times reviewer called a recent McCaslin performance "impressive" and "gripping." With saxophonist and flutist Steve Wilson, guitarist Ben Monder, drummer Antonio Sanchez, bassist Hans Glawischnig, percussionist Pernell Saturnino, and vocalist Kate McGarry.
KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Tickets $10, $15, & $25 (students, $5). Reservations suggested. 769-2999.
8 p.m.
"The Full Monty":
U-M MUSKET. March 21-23. Alex Bisker directs U-M students in David Yazbeck and Terrence McNally's musical adaptation of the 1997 British film about unemployed steelworkers who turn to stripping to raise a bit of cash and boost their self-esteem. Based on the hit British movie. Songs include "Big Ass Rock," "Michael Jordan's Ball," "It's a Woman's World," and "Scrap."
Power Center. $13 (students, $7) in advance at the Michigan Union Ticket Office and at the door. To charge by phone, call 763-TKTS.
8 p.m.
"CommShow: An Interactive Multimedia Dance Performance Extravaganza Supreme":
U-M Dance Department. March 20-22. An exploration of the ways people communicate and interact with each other in a technology-driven society, performed by an ensemble of U-M dance students led by dance and computer engineering major Aidan Feldman.
U-M Duderstadt Media Center video studio, 2281 Bonisteel, North Campus. Free. 763-5461.
8-10 p.m.
Angell Hall Observatory Open House:
U-M Student Astronomical Society. March 7 & 21. All invited to peer through the telescopes in the observatory and on the Angell Hall roof and to view shows in the planetarium. Also, Student Astronomy Society members give short presentations on a variety of astronomy topics.
5th floor rooftop observatory, Angell Hall (from the large State St. entrance, take one of the elevators on the left to the fifth floor). Free. 764-3440.
8 & 10:30 p.m.
Keith Ruff:
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. March 20-22. This up-and-coming Detroit-area African American comic is known for his crisp, clever, slightly twisted topical commentary and for his high-spirited, often whimsical performing style. Preceded by 2 opening acts. Alcohol is served (all 8 p.m. Friday shows are nonsmoking shows).
old VFW Hall (below Seva restaurant), 314 E. Liberty. $5 (Thurs.) & $8 (Fri. & Sat.) reserved seating in advance, $7 (Thurs.) & $10 (Fri. & Sat.) general admission at the door. 996-9080.
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.
8 p.m.
"Postcard from Morocco":
U-M Opera Theatre Department. March 20-23. U-M opera professor Joshua Major directs U-M opera students in the Pulitzer Prize-winning contemporary American composer Dominick Argento's 1971 lyric opera, set in a train station in 1914, exploring the minds of 7 travelers who are identified only by the possessions they are carrying. As the enigmatic travelers await the next train, they begin to share the fantasies, dreams, and lies that people share only with strangers. With interspersed entertainments from puppets, mimes, and the cafe orchestra, the travelers carefully guard their secrets and possessions until truths are unexpectedly and wrenchingly revealed. The richly melodic score incorporates a variety of musical flavors from ragtime and other popular musical idioms, along with a deft parody of Wagner's Flying Dutchman. Douglas Kinney Frost directs an ensemble of members of the University Philharmonia Orchestra.
Power Center. Tickets $18 & $24 (students, $9) at the Michigan League Box Office in advance and at the door. To charge by phone, call 764-2538.
8:45-11:45 p.m.
Friday Night Swing:
Ann Arbor Swing Dance Association. Every Friday. Swing dancing to prerecorded music. No partner needed. Bring casual or nicer shoes that stay on your feet when you're active. Preceded by intermediate (7:15 p.m.) and beginner (8 p.m.) lessons.
Dakota Building, 1785 W. Stadium. $5 (includes lessons). 945-8428.
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