Calendar

Mar. 2, 16, & 23. Introduction to archery, includes safety and basic shooting skills. Equipment provided. No prior experience required. Age 8 and up. 1-2:30 p.m., Pittsfield Community Center, 701 W. Ellsworth. $20 (residents, $15). Preregistration required (space limited) at recreation.pittsfield-mi.gov. 

Every Wed.–Sun., Feb. 3–Mar. 18. Lynch Travis directs the Michigan premiere of Ohio-based playwright Eric Pfeffinger’s political comedy about a liberal couple trying to start a family whose fertilized embryo is accidentally implanted in the uterus of a small-government-supporting NRA cardholder. Cast: Henrí Franklin, Alex Leydenfrost, Kristin Shields, Kevin Theis, and Meghan VanArsdalen. 3 p.m. (Wed., Thurs., & Sat.), 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat., except Feb. 9), & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $21–$52 in advance at PurpleRoseTheatre.org and by phone, and (if available) at the door. Discounts available for students, seniors, teachers, military personnel, and groups. 433–7673.

Mar. 2: (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960). Moody, measured, and beautifully shot Italian drama about the disappearance of a young woman during a boating trip and the subsequent search for her by her lover and her best friend. The film is notable for its subversion of traditional narrative development. Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti. Italian, subtitles. 7:30 p.m. Film screenings every Tues. & Thurs.–Sun. Tickets $10.50 (children under 12, students, seniors age 65 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8:50; MTF members, $8; matinee $7.50) in advance online (recommended) & at the door. For updated schedule, see MichTheater.org.

Every Thurs.–Sun., Feb. 23–Mar. 12. Natalie Kaye Clater directs this local professional theater company in a production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 calypso-flavored coming-of-age 1-act pop-rock musical about a rich boy and the peasant girl who rescues him from peril. Adapted from Rosa Guy’s 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl, a retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Little Mermaid. 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 3 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), Encore Maas Main Stage, 7714 Ann Arbor St., Dexter. Tickets $54 (seniors & youth under 18, $52) in advance at theencoretheatre.org and at the door. $20 student rush tickets (if available) an hour before showtime. 268–6200.

Every Thurs.–Sun., Feb. 23–Mar. 12. Natalie Kaye Clater directs this local professional theater company in a production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 Calypso-flavored coming-of-age 1-act pop-rock musical about a rich boy and the peasant girl who rescues him from peril. Adapted from Rosa Guy’s 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl, a retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Little Mermaid. 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 3 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), Encore Maas Main Stage, 7714 Ann Arbor St., Dexter. Tickets $54 (seniors & youth under 18, $52) in advance at theencoretheatre.org and at the door. $20 student rush tickets (if available) an hour before showtime. 268–6200. 

Every Thurs. Popular weekly trivia fest. Come with a team of up to 6 people. Prizes. 7:30 p.m. or so, Conor O’Neill’s, 318 S. Main. $5 team fee that goes to the winning team. 665–2968.

Mar. 2 (Opens Feb. 23): (Elizabeth Banks, 2023). Black comedy thriller inspired by the true story of an American black bear that ingested a duffel bag full of cocaine in 1985. Ray Liotta, Kerri Russell, Margo Martindale. 7:45 p.m. Film screenings every Tues. & Thurs.–Sun. Tickets $10.50 (children under 12, students, seniors age 65 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8:50; MTF members, $8; matinee $7.50) in advance online (recommended) & at the door. For updated schedule, see MichTheater.org.

Wed.–Sun., Feb. 23–March 4. Veronica Long directs local actors in Agatha Christie's intricate 1952 murder mystery thriller about newlyweds who transform their inherited English manor house into an inn. On opening day, amid rumors of a murderer at large, the inn's somewhat questionable guests become snowbound, and after an unexpected discovery begin eyeing each other fearfully. "One of the most skillfully written murder mysteries ever produced," notes the New York Times. Cast includes Mei-Lin Wong, Gavin Allen, Sam Johnson, Jan Romans, Larry Rusinsky, Eƶra Korycinski, Avery Koenig, and Russ Schwartz. 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sun. & Wed.), Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron, Ypsilanti. Tickets $20 (students, seniors, & active military, $15) in advance at ptdproductions.com and at the door. 483–7345.

Mar. 1–4 (different programs). Tonight’s headliners are Marie Faustin, a NYC-based stand-up whose act blends jokes about everyday life with urban tall tales, and Robby Hoffman, a NYC-based ex-Hasidic queer stand-up comic raised in Montreal by a single mother with 10 kids whose trenchant observational humor draws on her culturally varied life experiences. Opening acts TBA. The Festival also includes an Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase “Comedy Rumble” (see 1 Wednesday) and a “Bløm Meadworks Showcase” (see 4 Saturday). 8 p.m.–midnight (doors open at 7 p.m.). The Blind Pig, 208 S. First St. $15 (Thurs.) & $20 (Fri. & Sat.) in advance at the 8 Ball Saloon (below the club), BlindPigMusic.com/calendar, & treetowncomedy.com/full-schedule, and at the door. 996–8555.