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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. 

Sept. 1–4: “Casablanca” (Michael Curtiz, 1942). Classic drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers in WWII North Africa, where the pull of desire interferes with duty as the Nazis close in. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman. 7 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) & 1:30 (Sun. & Mon.). Free for students.

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Sept. 1 & 2. Quiet, quirky, and slyly funny Grand Rapids observational comic. Preceded by 2 opening acts TBA. Alcohol is served. 7:15 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) & 9:45 p.m. (Sat.), 212 S. Fourth Ave. $18 reserved seating in advance (before 6 p.m. the night of the show) at aacomedy.com, $20 general admission at the door. (734) 996–9080.

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Aug. 31 & Sept. 1. Aug. 31 is sold out; some tickets available (as of mid-July) for Sept. 1 show. Live tapings of this long-running NPR comedy news quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, writers, and celebrity guests in a rollicking, (somewhat) competitive review of the week’s news. Listeners also call in to compete in the Listener Limerick Challenge and the Bluff the Listener game for the coveted prize of a customized voicemail message from one of the panelists. 7:30 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Tickets $30–$100 in advance at a2sf.org and at the door; $500 for 2 tickets & $1,000 for 4 tickets (available only through Michigan Radio) includes a meet-and-greet reception after the Sept. 1 show). (734) 994–5999.

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Every Wed.–Sun., July 7–Sept. 2. Suzi Regan directs the world premiere of local actor-playwright Paul Stroili’s “serious comedy” set in a senior living community in the Adirondacks. When a small group of residents decides that they’re not quite ready to “go gentle into that good night,” the former New York City dwellers hatch a plot to prove that fading quietly away is not a requirement of aging. Cast: Susan Angelo, Wallace Bridges, Ruth Crawford, Mark Colson, MaryJo Cuppone, Ethan May, and John Seibert. 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.), 3 p.m. (Wed., Thurs., & Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sun.). Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Tickets $34–$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.

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Every Thurs.–Sun., Sept. 1–24. Lynch Travis directs the Michigan premiere of Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s 2018 tale of plunder and commerce in which the ghost of a murdered elephant haunts all who profit from its death. It’s a world in which we’re all unsettlingly connected and unconditional virtue is nonexistent. The New York Times reviewer called it a “visually inventive” and “transfixing” work that “never feels sensational, on the one hand, or pious, on the other.” 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Theatre Nova, 410 W. Huron St. Mask required on opening night and for all Thurs. and Sun. performances. Tickets $22 in advance at theatre-nova.ticketleap.com and (if available) at the door. (734) 635–8450.

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Sept. 1 & 2. A hugely popular local band in the years immediately after its founding in 2003 by bandleader Elliot Bergman when he was still a U-M student, Nomo has been called “a sonic maelstrom” (NPR), “eight-headed future-jazz geniuses” (Alternative Press), and “a true innovator with a style totally its own” (Pitchfork). Its tightly knit ensemble of touring musicians has an eclectic sound that incorporates Afrobeat, jazz, world music, and electronica, to produce music that is funky, danceable, emotional, and full of life. The band has performed worldwide, from Bonnaroo and the Montreal Jazz Festival to the World Music Expo in Spain. BYOB and a chair. No tobacco products or pets. 8 p.m. (doors, 7:30 p.m.), Rancho Tranquilico barn, 11300 Island Lake Rd., Dexter. Parking is in neighboring Ruhlig’s Country Market driveway. $30 payable via Venmo: @NOMOmusic.  Preregistration required, space limited.  treemore13@gmail.com. (734) 223–2321.

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