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November 2, 2024
Bake!-cation Weekend: Bread: Zingerman’s Bakehouse
Our weekend BAKE!-cations® are the ultimate experience for the home baker! We guide you through a comprehensive education in baking techniques in a fun, exciting, relaxed and always hands-on classroom full of good humor and expert instruction. Your BAKE!-cation® includes breakfast and lunch everyday, as well as tastings throughout the weekend. Plus, you’ll need an empty suitcase to bring home all the great food you’ve made!
Join us for an intensive weekend of baking some of our favorite breads, including these from the Bakehouse: Sourdough, Farm, Paesano, and Bialys. We’ll also make Quinoa Flax Bread and then go international with Lángos (a favorite Hungarian street food), Dinkelbrot, and Grissini (Italian breadsticks). Finally, we’ll rustle up two of our favorite quick breads–Ginger Scones and Cornbread.
3723 Plaza Dr ,Ann Arbor. https://www.bakewithzing.com/class/bake-cationr-weekend-bread $650. bake@zingermans.com https://www.bakewithzing.com/class/bake-cationr-weekend-bread 734-761-7255.
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AAPEX2024 Annual Show: Ann Arbor Stamp Club
EXHIBITS RETURN TO ANN ARBOR STAMP SHOW
For the second consecutive year, a twenty-four frame exhibit returns to AAPEX2024, the Ann Arbor Stamp Club’s annual show. Dates are Friday November 1 (10 am-5 pm) and Saturday November 2 (10 am-4 pm). The show occurs at its usual venue, Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College, 4800 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor (just north of the Golfside Rd-Clark Rd intersection). Admission and parking are free. Sign-in registration and name tags are required.
At the heart of Michigan’s largest annual stamp show are 25 stamp, cover, and supply dealers from eleven states—- North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Three auction firms— Dutch Country Auctions, Rasdale Stamp Co., and Sterling Stamps— welcome consignments. The US Postal Service (a show co-sponsor) and United Nations Postal Administration sell recent issues. The youth area features free stamps and supplies for beginners.
For more information, visit www.annarborstampclub.org, email arbor@provide.net, or call (734) 761-5859.
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Sound Therapy Workshop: 7 Notes Natural Health
Join Sound Therapist, Rob Meyer-Kukan, for this introduction to sound therapy workshop, playshop, and sound bath.
In this workshop we will explore how healing with sound works. Participants will learn the basics of sound, the history of sound therapy, the tools used in sound therapy (specifically Himalayan singing bowls, crystal bowls, and gongs), and the applications for group and individual use of sound therapy.
Come and learn the therapeutic and balancing effect of sound therapy using techniques for on and off the body. Participants will be given an opportunity to “try out” the array of instruments at 7 Notes Natural Health.
Our time together will include a sound bath meditation with Rob. The sound meditation will take you to a place of deep relaxation to help release stress, renew, relax and rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit.
Participants should bring a yoga mat, blanket, bolster or pillow and eye cover/eye pillow.
Investment – $325/person
Register here – https://7NotesNaturalHealth.as.me/intro-to-sound-11-24
7 Notes Natural Health, 3830 Packard Rd, STE 180 ,Ann Arbor. https://www.facebook.com/events/1633748963860404/ 325. contact@7notesnaturalhealth.com https://www.facebook.com/events/1633748963860404/ 248-962-5475.
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Blast Corn Maze: Nixon Farms
Every Fri.–Sun., Sept. 21–Nov. 2. A large corn maze with 3.5 miles of trails and 3 exits to allow for routes of various lengths. Also, a U-pick pumpkin patch, hayrides, petting zoo, pedal cars, straw maze, and yard games. 11 a.m.–9 p.m. (Sat.), 11 a.m.–7 p.m. (Sun.), & 5 p.m.–9 p.m. (Fri.), Nixon Farms, 6175 Daly Rd., Dexter. $15 (ages 5–12, $12; age 4 & under, free). blastcornmaze.com, blastcornmaze@gmail.com.
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“The Brain That Wouldn’t Die! (The Musical)”: Star Jelly Performance Company
Oct. 25–27 & Oct. 31–Nov. 2. Premiere of this original musical by local musician Carla Margolis. Based on the cult classic 1962 horror B-movie of the same name, it’s about a mad doctor who keeps his fiancée’s severed head in an effort to perform history’s first head transplant. 7 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), RAC, 76 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti. $15 (students, seniors, & Bridge Card holders, $10) at brainmusical.com and (if available) at the door. brainmusical2024@yahoo.com.
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“Office Christmas Party, Grinch in Fight with Rudolph, Police Called”: Purple Rose Theatre Company
Every Wed.–Sun., Sept. 26–Dec. 22. Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels directs the premiere of his comedy about an office Christmas party that goes wrong when 2 employees dressed as the Christmas-stealing Grinch and red-nosed reindeer Rudolph disagree over where to clap along on “Silent Night.” When a video of this non-brawl goes viral, internet followers offer the two non-violent coworkers $100,000 to livestream a staged rematch. Adult language and subject matter. 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.), 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.), 3 p.m. (Wed., Thurs., except Sept. 26, & Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sun.). Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $30–$50 in advance at purplerosetheatre.org & by phone, and (if available) at the door. Discounts available for students, seniors, teachers, military personnel, and groups. (734) 433–7673.
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“The Brain That Wouldn’t Die! (The Musical)”: Star Jelly Performance Company
Oct. 25–27 & Oct. 31–Nov. 2. Premiere of this original musical by local musician Carla Margolis. Based on the cult classic 1962 horror B-movie of the same name, it’s about a mad doctor who keeps his fiancée’s severed head in an effort to perform history’s first head transplant. 7 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), RAC, 76 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti. $15 (students, seniors, & Bridge Card holders, $10) at brainmusical.com and (if available) at the door. brainmusical2024@yahoo.com.
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“Broadway Thrillers”: The Encore Musical Theatre Company
Oct. 31–Nov. 3. An ensemble of musicians performs spooky and haunting melodies from shows like The Phantom of the Opera, Jekyll and Hyde, Sweeney Todd, Carrie, Elton John’s Lestat, and Jim Steinman’s Dance of the Vampires. 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sun.) Encore, 7714 Ann Arbor St., Dexter. Tickets $49.50–$51.50 (12 and under $31.50) in advance at theencoretheatre.org & at the door. (734) 268–6200.
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“In Search of the Mothman”: Theatre Nova
Every Thurs.–Sun., Oct. 11–Nov. 10. Shelby R. Seeley directs local actors in the world premiere of Kalamazoo-based Amber Palmer’s comedy-drama about 2 young adult sisters navigating life and sisterhood after an unexpected tragedy strikes their hometown. Tonight is gala opening night, when a $100 ticket includes a strolling buffet, beer and wine, and more. 7 p.m. Show times for the rest of the run: 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Theatre Nova, 410 W. Huron St. Tickets $30 in advance at theatrenova.org & at the door. (734) 635–8450.
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“Office Christmas Party, Grinch in Fight with Rudolph, Police Called”: Purple Rose Theatre Company
Every Wed.–Sun., Sept. 26–Dec. 22. Purple Rose founder Jeff Daniels directs the premiere of his comedy about an office Christmas party that goes wrong when 2 employees dressed as the Christmas-stealing Grinch and red-nosed reindeer Rudolph disagree over where to clap along on “Silent Night.” When a video of this non-brawl goes viral, internet followers offer the two non-violent coworkers $100,000 to livestream a staged rematch. Adult language and subject matter. 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.), 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.), 3 p.m. (Wed., Thurs., except Sept. 26, & Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sun.). Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $30–$50 in advance at purplerosetheatre.org & by phone, and (if available) at the door. Discounts available for students, seniors, teachers, military personnel, and groups. (734) 433–7673.
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