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April 15, 2022

“A Thousand Ways (Part Two): An Encounter”: 600 Highwaymen (Ann Arbor Summer Festival).
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“A Thousand Ways (Part Two): An Encounter”: 600 Highwaymen (Ann Arbor Summer Festival).
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Mar. 8–Apr. 24. Reprise of the summer production of this interactive performance art piece curated by NYC theater artists Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone—the duo behind the Obie-winning company 600 Highwaymen—in which 2 randomly chosen ticket holders meet on opposite ends of a table, separated by a pane of glass, to follow a scripted set of prompts. The questions start out simple (“Have you ever broken a bone?”) and grow progressively more intimate (“Have you ever broken a heart?”) with the aim of encouraging storytelling, triggering imagination, and nurturing empathy. The hour-long encounter ends in a “startling and powerful,” way according to the New York Times reviewer, who also called the piece “a joy,” and “a work of inquisitive humanity and profound gentleness.” Suitable for ages 16 & up. 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, & 7 p.m. (Tues.–Sun.), UMMA Irving Stenn Jr. Family Gallery, 525 S. State. Tickets $10 (students, $5). Preregistration required at a2sf.org or by calling 764–2538. Mask required. BoxOffice@a2sf.org

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“Mothering Sunday”: Michigan Theater.
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(Eva Husson, 2021). British romantic drama set in the wake of WWI follows the life of an orphaned maid who spends a fateful holiday with her wealthy secret lover. She goes on to become a writer. Odessa Young, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Glenda Jackson. Mask and proof of vaccination (or negative Covid test within 72 hours) required for all patrons over the age of 12. Tickets $10.50 unless otherwise noted (children under 12, students, seniors age 65 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8.50; MTF members, $8) in advance online (recommended) & at the door. For updated schedule, see MichTheater.org.

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U-M Natural History Museum Planetarium.
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Every Fri.–Sun. Three different audiovisual planetarium shows suitable for all ages. Sea Monsters (Fri.–Sun., 11:30 a.m.) follows an adventurous Late Cretaceous dolichorhynchops as she travels through the ocean, encountering long-necked plesiosaurs, giant turtles, sharks, and the most dangerous sea monster of all, the mosasaur. The Sky Tonight (Fri.–Sun., 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.) is an exploration of the current night sky, with tips on how to find the cardinal directions, constellations, and planets on your own. Natural Selection (Fri.–Sun., 1:30 p.m.) joins Darwin on his voyage with HMS Beagle to the Galápagos Islands where he was inspired to develop his theory of transmutation by natural selection. Various times, U-M MNH, 1105 North University. Check ummnh.org for the latest Covid protocols. $8. Limited capacity. 764–0478. 

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“The Art and Science of Successful Aging: Brain Health”: Turner Senior Wellness Program.
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Every Fri. Apr. 1-22. Virtual talks. Apr. 1: U-M psychiatry and neurology professor Bruno Giordani and U-M neurology professor Judith Heidebrink on “The Phases and Faces of Dementia.” Apr. 8: Jewish Family Services social workers Marina Sarafian and Jacob Singer on “Optimizing Brain Health During Covid-19.” Apr. 15: U-M psychology professor Greta Raglan on “Healthy Aging: Sleeping Well from A to Zzz” and U-M movement science professor Jacob Haus on “The Role of Exercise in Brain Health.” Apr. 22: U-M geriatric social worker Leslie Dubin and Dementia Friendly Saline co-chair Jim Mangi on “Caring for a Loved One with Dementia” (via Zoom). Preregistration required at bit.ly/turneraging. Free. nrrevier@med.umich.edu, 998–9353. 

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"Groundless: Rumors, Legends, and Hoaxes on the Early American Frontier": U-M Clements Library Bookworm.
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U-M American culture professor Gregory Dowd discusses (via Zoom) his new book. 10–11 a.m., for URL preregister at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb. Free. 649–3370.

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“Building the Environment on the Appalachian Trail”: Ann Arbor City Club Lunch and Learn.
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Talk by U-M architecture and regional planning lecturer Philip D’Anieri, author of the recent The Appalachian Trail: A Biography. 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., Ann Arbor City Club, 1830 Washtenaw. $30 (members, $25); includes lunch, preregistration required by Apr. 15. AnnArborCityClub.org, 662-3279, ext. 1.

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Chime Concert: Kerrytown Market & Shops.
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Chime Concert: Kerrytown Market & Shops.
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Every Wed., Fri., & Sat. All invited to play one of 200 songs, with melodies transcribed in numbers, on the 17-bell chime’s numbered keys. Ambitious players can add chords. Kids welcome. Noon–12:30 p.m. (Wed. & Fri.) & 10:30–11 a.m. (Sat.). Kerrytown Market. Free. ofGlobal@aol.com. 

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Tai Chi: U-M Turner Senior Wellness Program.
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Every Mon., Wed., & Fri. 30 min. online lesson on gentle Tai Chi for older adults. Beginners welcome.2401 Plymouth Road. For more information and URL, email info.tswp@umich.edu or call 998-9353.

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U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture Series.
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U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture Series.
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Apr. 1, 8, & 15. Virtual talks by national and global scholars. Apr. 1: Durham (UK) University South Asian history professor Jonathan Saha on “Racial Capitalism and Interspecies Empire in Colonial Myanmar.” Apr. 8: University of Washington music professor Christina Sunardi on “Magnetic Female Power in East Javanese Cross-Gender Dance Performance.” Apr. 15: Arizona State University urban planning professor Huê-Tâm Jamme on “Productive Frictions, Ho Chi Minh City’s Street Life, and the Future of Street Spaces.” Noon–1 p.m., for URL preregister at events.umich.edu/group/1044. Free. cseas@umich.edu.

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Walking Group: U-M Turner Senior Wellness Program.
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Via Zoom. For more information and URL, email info.tswp@umich.edu or call 998-9353.

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Duplicate Bridge: Ann Arbor City Club.
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Every Tues., Thurs. & Fri. All invited to play ACBL-sanctioned duplicate bridge (Tues., Fri.), or a 499er game (Thus.). If you plan to come without a partner, email kahanae@yahoo.net or ronmeade@comcast.net beforehand. 1–4 p.m. or so (arrive by 12:50 p.m.), City Club, 1830 Washtenaw Ave. $6 per person.

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“Liberalism and Anticolonial Politics in South India”: U-M Center for South Asian Studies Kavita Datla Memorial Lecture.
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“Liberalism and Anticolonial Politics in South India”: U-M Center for South Asian Studies Kavita Datla Memorial Lecture.
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Virtual talk by University of Illinois-Chicago history professor Rama Mantena. 4-5:30 p.m., for URL preregister at bit.ly/csasramamantena. Free. 764-0448.

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“String Showcase”: U-M Music School.
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String students perform solo and chamber works TBA. 5 p.m., U-M Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin. Mask required. Free. 764–0594.

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Game Night: Sweetwaters Café Downtown.
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Apr. 1 & 15. All invited to play any type of tabletop game, including board games, role playing, and card games. Bring your own game, or use one provided. Sweetwaters, 123 W. Washington St. Free, but food & drink purchases expected for table use. victor@LHPress.com.

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“King of the Tigers: A Tiger King Musical”: U-M Basement Arts.
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Apr. 15 & 16. Jack Weaver directs this student theater ensemble in a production of fellow student Nathan Daniel Goldberg’s comic musical treatment of Tiger King, the hit 2020 Netflix documentary about the colorful and troubled owner of an Oklahoma animal park convicted in 2019 of hiring 2 hitmen to kill a rival animal activist. 7 p.m.  & 11 p.m. (Fri.), 9:30 p.m. (Sat.), U-M Walgreen Drama Center Studio 1, 1226 Murfin. Mask required. Free. facebook.com/basementarts.

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“Let's Not Do That Again”: Literati Bookstore At Home with Literati.
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NYU creative writing professor Grant Ginder discusses (via Zoom) his latest novel, a smart, funny, and slyly beguiling satire about a hapless political matriarch running for the Senate, and her wayward children who threaten to derail the campaign.  7 p.m., for URL see literatibookstore.com/event/2022-04. Free. 585–5567. 

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“Playfest 2022”: U-M Theatre Department.
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Apr. 14-16. A series of rehearsed staged readings of plays by student playwrights. 7 p.m., Walgreen Drama Center Newman Studio, 1226 Murfin. Free. 764-5350.

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“Poetry Reading with Ginny Bentz.”: U-M Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
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Online poetry sharing session hosted by this local editor.Free for members. $25 annual membership. For more information and to register, see olli-umich.org or call 998-9351.

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“Serenity Shabbat”: Jewish Family Services.
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All invited to attend this Shabbat observance, hosted by various congregations, that focuses on addiction awareness and the wisdom of Jewish tradition as it relates to the spiritual practice of recovery. 7:30 p.m., Temple Beth Emeth, 2309 Packard. Mask required. Free. tbe@templebethemeth.org.

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“The Magic Flute”: U-M Chamber Opera.
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Apr. 14 & 15. Matthew Thompson directs U-M opera students in Mozart’s beloved “opera fantaisie.” At once a love story, a whimsical comedy, and an adventure filled with sinister deceptions, The Magic Flute is above all an unsurpassed celebration, by turns jubilant and unsettlingly haunting, of the power of music. German, English supertitles. 7:30 p.m., U-M Moore Bldg. McIntosh Theatre, 1100 Baits. Mask required. Free. 764-2538.

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D.C. Malone: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase.
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Apr. 15 & 16. Comic who bases his act, which includes songs, on his extensive life experience, including hitching over 40,000 miles in the 1970s, Malone also covers the trials of marriage, camp songs, and suburbia. Preceded by 2 opening acts TBA. Alcohol is served. 7:30 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) & 10 p.m. (Sat.), 212 S. Fourth Ave. $15 reserved seating in advance at etix.com before 6 p.m. the night of the show; $17 general admission at the door. 996–9080. 

 

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“Animal Farm”: U-M Rude Mechanicals.
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“Animal Farm”: U-M Rude Mechanicals.
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Apr. 15-17. Samantha deGyarfas directs this U-M student troupe in Ian Wooldridge’s 2004 theatrical adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian classic. 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sun.), U-M Walgreen Drama Center Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin, North Campus. Mask required. Tickets $10 (students, $7) in advance at muto.umich.edu & at the door. 763–1107, rudes.production@umich.edu. 

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“Flight of Fancy”: U-M Dance Department.
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Apr. 14-16. U-M dance students perform group and solo dances choreographed by fellow students ElleAnna Casterline, Lydia Dunn, Olivia Johnson, Sarah Madnick, Abby Niemi, and Arianna Stadler. 8 p.m. Dance Performance Studio, 1000 Baits, North Campus. Mask required. Tickets $10 at the door only. 764–9537. 

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“Hair”: U-M Musical Theatre Department.
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“Hair”: U-M Musical Theatre Department.
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Apr. 14-17. Linda Goodrich and Justin Keyes direct U-M musical theater students, with musical direction by Tyler Driskill, in a performance of Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado’s once-controversial 1967 musical about a “tribe” of politically active hippies living a bohemian life in NYC while fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War. May feature nudity. 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.), 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.), and 2 p.m. (Sun.), Power Center. Mask required. Tickets $29-$35 (students, 13) in advance at tickets.smtd.umich.edu & at the door. 764-2538. 

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“Pass Over”: Theatre Nova.
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Casaundra Freeman directs this Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu drama—the 1st post-lockdown play to open on Broadway—that brings the big questions of Waiting for Godot into contemporary life. Two young black men meet under a streetlight, talk smack, pass time, and hope for a better life. The New York Times called the play “blazingly theatrical and thrillingly tense.”8 p.m. (Thurs.-Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Theatre Nova, 410 W. Huron St. Tickets $22 in advance at theatre-nova.ticketleap.com & at the door. Mask & proof of vaccination (or negative Covid test within past 48 hours). 635-8450.

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“somebody's children”: U-M Theatre Department.
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Mar. 31–Apr. 10. U-M theater alum Héctor Flores Komatsu directs U-M drama students in U-M theater professor José Casas’ drama about 5 homeless teens living in a rundown L.A. motel. Told through a series of vignettes, the play paints a picture of the cruel realities in which the most marginalized struggle to survive—all the while doing so in the shadow of Disneyland: The Happiest Place on Earth. 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.), 2 p.m. (Sun.), and 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.). Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin, North Campus. Tickets $33 in advance at tickets.smtd.umich.edu and at the door. Mask & proof of vaccination (or negative Covid test within past 72 hours) required. 764.2538.

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“The Actors”: Penny Seats Theatre Company.
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Every Thurs.–Sat., Apr. 7–23. Joe Bailey directs Florida playwright Ronnie Larsen’s comic drama about a man, grief-stricken by the death of his parents, who hires actors to come to his house a few times a week and be his family. Cast: Brandy Joe Plambeck, Maurizio Dominguez, Diane Hill, Jeff Miller, and David Collins. Suitable for ages 15 & up (strong language). 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.), Stone Chalet Inn, 1917 Washtenaw Ave. Mask & proof of vaccination (or negative Covid test within past 72 hours) required. Tickets $15 (seniors, $12), in advance at PennySeats.org and (if available) at the door. 926–5346. 

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Banned Book Club: Booksweet Bookshop.
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Banned Book Club: Booksweet Bookshop.
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Booksweet co-owner Shaun Manning leads a discussion for teens and adults about Toni Morrison’s heartbreaking debut novel, The Bluest Eye, recently banned by a St. Louis area school board, a ban lifted after the ACLU filed a lawsuit. 8–9 p.m., Booksweet, Courtyard Shops, 1729 Plymouth Rd. Free. Preregistration required (capacity limited) at ShopBooksweet.com. Mask & proof of vaccination required. 929–4112. 

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Open House: Detroit Observatory.
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April 15, 22, & 29. A chance to explore the observatory's 19th-century building and telescopes. Visitors will also get an opportunity to observe the night sky through its historic Fritz refracting telescopes.

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“Paprika”: Michigan Theater.
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(Satoshi Kon, 2006). Critically well-received Japanese animated sci-fi psychological thriller, based on the 1993 Yasutaka Tsutsui novel, about a battle between a dream terrorist who causes nightmares for people, and a research psychologist who enters the dream world as a dream detective. 10 p.m. Mask and proof of vaccination (or negative Covid test within 72 hours) required for all patrons over the age of 12. Tickets $10.50 unless otherwise noted (children under 12, students, seniors age 65 & older, & U.S. veterans, $8.50; MTF members, $8) in advance online (recommended) & at the door. For updated schedule, see MichTheater.org.

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“King of the Tigers: A Tiger King Musical”: U-M Basement Arts.
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“King of the Tigers: A Tiger King Musical”: U-M Basement Arts.
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Apr. 15 & 16. Jack Weaver directs this student theater ensemble in a production of fellow student Nathan Daniel Goldberg’s comic musical treatment of Tiger King, the hit 2020 Netflix documentary about the colorful and troubled owner of an Oklahoma animal park convicted in 2019 of hiring 2 hitmen to kill a rival animal activist. 7 p.m.  & 11 p.m. (Fri.), 9:30 p.m. (Sat.), U-M Walgreen Drama Center Studio 1, 1226 Murfin. Mask required. Free. facebook.com/basementarts.

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