|
|
|
By Day
|
"Film Jam": Ann Arbor Film Festival.
The Weakerthans: The Blind Pig.
"Life as a NIAID Influenza Program Officer: The Current Status of Pandemic Flu Vaccines": U-M School of Public Health.
 Wednesday
March, 2008
 10-11 a.m.
"Crossing Borders: Trade, Transmission, Trafficking":
U-M Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. Every Wednesday. Talks by U-M and visiting scholars. Today: Princeton University history lecturer Elaine Kane on "Accidental Imperialists? Muslim Pilgrims and the Extension of Russian Power Abroad."
1636 SSWB, 1080 South University. Free. 764-0350.
10 a.m.
Children's Storytime:
Lohr Road Borders. Every Saturday & Wednesday. Borders staff read from picture books and books for babies, infants, and toddlers. Stuck in the Mud, Big Chickens Fly the Coop, A Birthday for Cow, Duckie Duck, Five Noisy Ducks, Peekaboo, and Blueberry!
Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.
11 a.m.
Wednesday Winter Ride:
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. Every Wednesday. The assembled riders choose their own pace, distance, and destination.
meet at Wheeler Park, N. Fourth Ave. at Depot St. Free. 994-5908.
11 a.m.
"Storytime with Mr. James":
Arborland Borders. Every Wednesday. Borders staffer "Mr. James" reads stories and leads a craft project for toddlers. Also, raffle. Today: Candace Fleming's Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide! and Regan Johnson's Little Bunny Kung Fu .
Borders, 3527 Washtenaw. Free. 449-9394.
Noon-1 p.m.
Toastmasters General.:Every Wednesday. Members give speeches and are critiqued by their audience. Note: Different Toastmasters chapters meet every Monday & Thursday (see listings).
F206 Veterans Hospital, 2215 Fuller Rd. Free to visitors. 769-7100, ext. 55678.
Noon-1 p.m.
Noon Lecture Series:
Kempf House Center for Local History. Every Wednesday. Today: Detroit Free Press reporter Patricia Chargot discusses "Reading Newspapers Is Important for Children Today."
Kempf House, 312 S. Division. Admission $2 (Kempf House members, $1). 994-4898.
Noon-1 p.m.
Colloquium Series:
U-M Center for Korean Studies. March 5 & 26. Talks by visiting scholars. Today: Columbia University grad student Jisoo Kim on "Petition System and the Construction of Legal Culture: Gender, Class, and Law in Late Choson Korea."
1636 SSWB, 1080 South University. Free. 764-1825.
"Film Jam":
Ann Arbor Film Festival. The oldest and one of the most prestigious film festivals in North America. See 25 Tuesday Events listing. Screenings of films by local amateur filmmakers. Today: Kick Out the Jams film music program (1 p.m.), live music set to silent films by Blue Dahlia (7 p.m.), Competition Screenings (7:30 p.m.), a screening of the documentary " One Bad Kat," about Cleveland artist Albert Wagner (9:30 p.m.), and an Animation Show (10 p.m.).
Festival tickets: $85 for the entire festival in advance at the Michigan Theater; $8 (members, $6; Mar. 30 awards shows, $5) per evening show at the door. 995-5356.
The Weakerthans:
The Blind Pig. Literate, thoughtful postpunk by this popular Winnipeg quartet. Opening acts are Liam Finn, a New Zealand pop-rock singer-songwriter (and the son of Crowded House frontman Neil Finn), and Christine Fellows, an art-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg who writes what the Vancouver Courier calls "perfect miniatures as finely wrought and layered as a New Yorker short story, with an inviting first line and an eye for detail." 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (doors open at 9:30 p.m.), The Blind Pig, 208 S. Ashley. Tickets $15 in advance at the Michigan Union Ticket Office & all other Ticketmaster outlets, and at the door. To charge by phone ,
call (248) 645-6666.
Works-in-Progress Series:
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tea Room. March 5 & 26. Featured writers read from their current work. 5 March: fiction readings by U-M creative writing grad students Steve Woodward and Delia DeCourcy. 26 March: readings by local poet Jennifer Metsker and local fiction writer Dave Karczynski, a U-M creative writing grad who reads from his novel-in-progress Kanadia, a metaphysical picaresque set in a fictional country north of the U.S.
Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757.
"El Mariachi":
Neutral Zone.
%st"El Mariachi": Neutral Zone.
Scrabble:
Ann Arbor Scrabblers. Every Wednesday. All invited to join local Scrabble enthusiasts to play this popular word game. Bring a board and tiles, if you have them.
Note new location. 5-8 p.m., Arbor Brewing, 114 E. Washington. Free. 994-0084.
" 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
1-4 p.m.
Chess:
U-M Turner Geriatrics Center. Every Wednesday. All seniors invited to play chess. Refreshments.
Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Rd. Free. 998-9353.
3 p.m.
"Life as a NIAID Influenza Program Officer: The Current Status of Pandemic Flu Vaccines":
U-M School of Public Health. Talk by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases researcher David Cho.
Lane Family Auditorium, School of Public Health, 109 Observatory. Free. 764-8094.
5 p.m.
"Wet Meadow Burn":
Buhr Park Children's Wet Meadow. Note: This event has been postponed to April 1. City natural area preservation staff conduct the annual prescribed burn of the wet meadow, and participants then scatter native plant seeds on the meadow. "It's quite a sight - my daughter has gone to prescribed burns since age 2 and loves them," says one parent. "I think it's quite safe for kids of any age if they're with a parent." If you'd like to help prepare for the burn, show up at 4 p.m. with a garden rake (for leaf spreading) and a paper shopping bag (for seed collecting).
Buhr Park, 2751 Packard. Free. 971-5870.
5:15-6:15 p.m.
"Shulchan Ivrit (Hebrew Table)":
American Movement for Israel. Every Wednesday. Conversation group for all Hebrew speakers.
Espresso Royale, 322 S. State. Free. 769-0500.
6-7:30 p.m.
Reinhold Martin:
U-M College of Architecture & Urban Planning. Talk by this Columbia University architecture professor, the author of The Organizational Complex, an analysis of American corporate architecture after WW II.
Art & Architecture Lecture Hall, 2000 Bonisteel, North Campus. Free. 764-1300.
6 & 7 p.m.
Meditation.:Every Wednesday. All meditators invited to join a 45-minute session.
4125 Jackson. Free; donations accepted. 994-1026, 663-1675.
7-8 p.m.
"Reading Food Labels":
Nutritional Healing Center. Local chiropractor Darren Schmidt discusses how to gauge whether various additives in foods are good for you. Bring food labels.
Nutritional Healing Centers of Ann Arbor, 3610 W. Liberty. Free. Preregistration requested. 302-7575.
7 p.m.
David James:
Shaman Drum Bookshop. The Oakland Community College writing teacher reads from Trembling in Someone's Palm , a collection of dreamlike prose poems that find surprising connections and realizations in various facets of ordinary life. Signing.
Shaman Drum, 315 S. State. Free. 662-7407.
7 p.m.
Diane MacEachern:
Liberty Borders . This conservationist reads from Big Green Purse, her examination of ways to fight polluting industries by mobilizing women. Also, signing.
Borders, 612 Liberty. Free. 668-7652
7-8:30 p.m.
"Becoming American: The Chinese Experience":
Ann Arbor District Library. Screening of "No Turning Back," part 3 of a 3-part screening of this 2003 PBS documentary that began last month. In conjunction with 2008 Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads (see 6 Thursday listing).
AADL multipurpose room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4560.
7-11 p.m.
Ann Arbor Bridge Club.:Every Wednesday. Each 2-person team plays 2 or 3 hands against a dozen or so other pairs during the evening. Players at all levels welcome. If you plan to come without a partner, call in advance or arrive 20 minutes early to arrange for one.
Walden Hills clubhouse, 2114 Pauline at Maple. (Park on the north side of Pauline.) $3 per person. 971-7530.
7 p.m.
Lauren Myracle:
Nicola's Books. This young-adult novelist reads from l8r, g8r (Internet Girls), the last in her trilogy of novels about 3 teens navigating through life's vicissitudes by yakking to each other online. Signing.
Nicola's, Westgate shopping center. Free. 662-0600.
7 p.m.
Ypsilanti-Ann Arbor Area Robotics Club.:All invited to meet robotics hobbyists and check out and informally discuss their current gadgets and toys. Legos Mindstorms robots and radio-controlled cars available for kids to use.
Corsa Instruments, 2370 Abbott (off Stadium just south of Jackson). Free. 332-1000.
7 p.m.
"Native Gardening Series":
The Garden Faerie. Every Wednesday. Talks by local gardening experts. Today: Wildtype Native Plant Nursery representative Bill Schneider on maintenance and invasives removal .
Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. Free. 996-3190.
7:30 p.m.
Channeled Spiritual Discussion Group:
Deep Spring Center. All invited to share their spiritual and metaphysical questions with others with similar interests. The evening is led by Aaron, a "being of light" channeled by Barbara Brodsky. Aaron offers a talk on the relationship to self - body, mind, sexuality, spirituality, and personality - and answers personal and universal questions. Also, socializing.
3003 Washtenaw, suite 2 (entry on Glenwood, next to Arby's). Free, but donations are accepted. 477-5848.
7:30 p.m.
Children's Storytime:
Barnes & Noble. Every Wednesday & Thursday. Storytelling programs and craft activities for kids.
(Wed.) & 11 a.m. (Thurs.), Barnes & Noble, 3235 Washtenaw. Free. 973-1618.
7:30 p.m.
"Juniper Styling Demo":
Ann Arbor Bonsai Society. Demonstration by bonsai artists Cyril Grum, Bill Heston, and Jack Wikle.
U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. Free. 747-6493.
7:30 p.m.
"Disguised as a Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin":
Prison Creative Arts Project. Writer and teacher Judith Tannenbaum, currently director of the San Francisco WritersCorps program, discusses her memoir. In conjunction with a prisoner art exhibit at the Duderstadt Center.
Michigan League Hussey Room. Free. 647-7673.
7:30 p.m.
Shamanic Journeys:
Magical Education Council. Every Wednesday. Using special postures, participants enter a meditative state to the beat of a shaman's drum and discuss their experiences afterward.
Intercooperative Council Education Center, 1522 Hill (in the carriage house behind the co-op buildings). Free. 214-2755.
8-9:30 p.m.
"Introduction to Steiner's Thought":
Rudolf Steiner Study Circle of Ann Arbor. Every Wednesday. All invited to discuss one of Rudolf Steiner's basic anthroposophical books, Theosophy.
Rudolf Steiner House, 1923 Geddes. Free. 485-3764.
8 p.m.
"Much Ado about Nothing":
Blackbird Theatre. March 26-30. (See review . ) Barton Bund directs local young actors in an all-teen production of Shakespeare's sharp-tongued comedy, in a version set at a spring break beach party. The cast includes Julia Whiting, Sasha Lazare, Jake Norton, Emily Slomovits, Andy and Billy Kakokcy, and Adam and Conor Woodcock.
Blackbird Theatre, 1600 Pauline (at Kay Pkwy. east of Stadium). Tickets $10, $15, & $20 in advance and at the door. 332-3848.
8 p.m.
"Comedy Jamm":
Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. Every Wednesday. 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.
8 p.m.
Toubab Krewe:
The Ark. Asheville, North Carolina, instrumental quintet whose music fuses West African, Caribbean, and African American roots music. Instrumentation includes kora (21-string harp-lute), kamelengoni (12-string harp-lute), soku (Malian horsehair fiddle), African percussion, and rock guitars and drums. "Instead of freeform, jam-band leads, the guitarists expanded the songs with African-style patterns, circling and subtly shifting," says New York Times critic Jon Pareles in his review of the band's performance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. "The six-beat grooves sneaked up on listeners but then they took hold; midway through one song, two, then four, then dozens of dancers were suddenly bobbing to the music." Dance floor available.
The Ark, 316 S. Main. Tickets $12.50 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.
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.
9:30-11 p.m.
Wednesdays @ Michigan Union:
Swing Ann Arbor. Every Wednesday. Swing dancing to prerecorded music. No partner needed. Bring casual or nicer shoes that stay on your feet when you're active. Preceded by beginning Lindy (6:30 p.m.), intermediate swing (7 p.m.), progressive Lindy hop (8 p.m.), and beginner East Coast (9 p.m.) lessons.
Michigan Union Pendleton Room (occasionally Ballroom or U-Club). $5 (includes lessons). 945-8428.
|
|
|
