|
|
|
By Day
|
U-M Men's Glee Club: Boychoir of Ann Arbor.
"How to Get Ahead in Advertising": Michigan Theater Foundation British Classics Series.
"4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days": Michigan Theater Foundation.
 Monday
March, 2008
Noon-1 p.m.
"Yoga at the Gardens":
U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens . Every Monday. Local yoga instructor Janine Bennett leads a session of Vinyasa-style hatha yoga sun salutations and postures to recorded music. Bring a mat and towel.
Matthaei, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. $10. 998-9540.
"How to Get Ahead in Advertising":
Michigan Theater Foundation British Classics Series. (Bruce Robinson, 1989). Satirical portrait of a nasty London ad exec who's driven almost mad by a pimple cream account.
Times TBA, Michigan Theater $8.50 (children, students, seniors, & veterans, $6.75; MTF members, $6). 668-TIME.
"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.
" The Sky Tonight"/"Origins of Life":
U-M Exhibit Museum Planetarium. March 24-28 and every Saturday & Sunday beginning March 29. The Sky Tonight (11:30 a.m. Saturdays and 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. both weekend days and March 24-28) is an audiovisual exploration of the current night sky. Origins of Life (12:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. both weekend days and March 24-28) 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. Followed by a brief star talk. 1:30, 2:30, & 3:30 p.m., U-M Exhibit Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. $4.75. 764-0478.
8|fk
 1-2:30 p.m.
Mah-Jongg:
Ann Arbor Senior Center. Every Monday. All seniors age 50 & older invited to play this popular tile game.
Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. Free. 769-5911.
1-4 p.m.
Bridge:
U-M Turner Geriatrics Center. Every Monday & Friday. All seniors invited to play bridge. Refreshments.
Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Rd. Free. 998-9353.
6:45-8:45 p.m.
"A Course in Miracles":
Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth. Every Monday. All invited to join a group reading and discussion of this popular Foundation for Inner Peace metaphysical book.
Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, 704 Airport Blvd. Donation. 327-0270
7 p.m.
Jaycees Book Club:
Arborland Borders. All invited to join a discussion of The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory's vividly reimagined portrayal of 2 sisters scheming for the fickle favor of Henry VIII. The work is regarded by some as one of the finest examples of novelized history.
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 646-9390.
7 p.m.
"The Performance of Voice: Queer Performance in Myrta Silva" U-M Women's Studies.:Talk by CUNY Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies professor Licia Fiol-Matta.
Michigan League Henderson Room. Free. 763-2047.
7:30 p.m.
Dream Group.:Every Monday. All invited to join veteran local social worker Rebecca Mullen to discuss their dreams from Jungian, Buddhist, and other spiritual perspectives.
location TBA. Donation. 662-5925.
7:30 p.m.
U-M Men's Glee Club:
Boychoir of Ann Arbor. Paul Rardin conducts this popular U-M student men's chorus, the country's 2nd-oldest college glee club, in a preview of its upcoming performance in Washington, D.C., at a collegiate choral conference. Opening act is the Boychoir, a local ensemble of boys ages 7-17 directed by Tom Strode that previews material from its upcoming performance at a boychoir festival in Baltimore.
St. Paul Lutheran Church, 420 W. Liberty. $5 suggested donation. 663-5377.
8 p.m.
Jazz Combos:
U-M School of Music. March 24 & 25. U-M jazz students perform standards and originals.
McIntosh Theatre, 1100 Baits Dr. (off Broadway), North Campus. Free. 764-0594.
8 p.m.
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones:
The Ark. Texas blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, a veteran Charlie Musselwhite sideman whose eclectic array of influences include Freddie King, Cornell Dupree, and Larry Carlton.
The Ark, 316 S. Main. Tickets $15 in advance at Herb David Guitar Studio, the Michigan Union Ticket Office, and all other Ticketmaster outlets; and at the door. To charge by phone, call 763-TKTS.
8-10 p.m.
Motor City Metro Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society.:Every Monday. All male singers invited to join the weekly rehearsals of this local barbershop harmony chorus.
Oz's Music Environment, 1920 Packard. Free to visitors ($130 annual dues for those who join). 474-1155.
8 p.m.
"Mad about Song":
Kerrytown Concert House. An informal concert with 4 U-M student piano grad students, each accompanying a singer in German, English, and perhaps French art songs. Proceeds donated to a local charity.
KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Free; donations accepted. Reservations suggested. 769-2999.
8:26 p.m.
Mustache-A-Thon:
826michigan. Every Monday, March 24-April 28. All invited to meet and chat with local men growing fund-raising mustaches for the local youth writing center 826michigan.
Arbor Brewing, Arbor Brewing, 114 E. Washington. Free (buy your own snack). 761-3463.
8:30-11:30 p.m.
Pub Quiz:
Conor O'Neill's Irish Pub. Every Monday. Local high school English teacher Geoff Cost throws out questions for anyone to answer at this popular weekly trivia fest. The March 17 quiz is an Irish Trivia Contest. Prizes.
Conor O'Neill's, 318 S. Main. $5 team fee. 665-2968.
|
|
|
