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May 16, 2022
“May the 4th Run with You: A Virtual 4K”: Epic Races.
May 1-31. This Star Wars themed event allows participants to complete a self-timed 4-km run/walk anytime and anywhere during the month. Mailed race packets include a T-shirt, medal, bib, and sticker decal. A portion of the proceeds is donated to the American Association for Cancer Research. Anytime in May. $50. Preregistration required at bit.ly/maythe4thrun2022. info@epicraces.com, 531-8747.
"Portable Disaster Proof House: Take It With You!!!” an exhibition by Tracey Snelling
Creal Microgallery presents "Portable Disaster Proof House: Take It With You!!!," a small-scale installation work by Tracey Snelling, echoing several other installations by the artist, that are concurrently on view in Ann Arbor. This installation pulls together pop cultural elements to create a "safe space" filled with tropical sunset wallpaper, movie posters, and Keanu Reeves. Snelling's installations often take on multiple scales at once-- existing in life size and miniature simultaneously. This exhibition conjures a space that is at once comforting and overwhelming, centering and disorienting.
Creal Microgallery is a breadbox-sized exhibition space on Creal Crescent in Ann Arbor, visible from the sidewalk and lit up most nights until 11pm.
“Golf Fore Kids’ Sake”: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County Fundraiser.
18-hole charity golf tournament in a 4-person scramble format with a shotgun start. Includes course games, prize opportunities, drinks, and a boxed lunch. Register as an individual or foursome. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Barton Hills Country Club, 730 Country Club Rd. $250. Preregistration required at bbbswashtenaw.org/golf. 236-9715.
Free Vaccination Clinic: Ann Arbor YMCA
A Course in Miracles Study Group: Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth
“Ponyo”: Fathom Events.
(Hayao Miyazaki, 2008). Dubbed (Sun. & Wed.) and subtitled (Mon.) screenings of this anime fantasy about a young boy who develops a relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human. 3 p.m. (Sun.) and 7 p.m. (Mon. & Wed.). Ann Arbor 20 (4100 Carpenter, 973–8424), Emagine (1335 E. Michigan Ave., Saline, 316–5500). Tickets $12.50 in advance online (recommended) & at the door. For updated schedule, see FathomEvents.com/events.
“The Hurting Kind”: Literati Bookstore At Home with Literati.
Award-winning poet Ada Limón joins poet and essayist Dawn Lundy Martin to discuss (via Zoom) her new book, a collection of richly autobiographical poems exploring themes of loss and grief in an eloquent, conversational tone that is grounded in delight in living. 7 p.m., for URL see literatibookstore.com/event/2022-05. Free. 585–5567.
“The Matter of Life”: Fathom Events.
(Tracy Robinson, 2022). Pro-life documentary that demonizes abortion providers while stressing the importance of approaching the issue with understanding, and support. 7 p.m. (Ann Arbor 20 only). Ann Arbor 20 (4100 Carpenter, 973–8424), Emagine (1335 E. Michigan Ave., Saline, 316–5500). Tickets $12.50 in advance online (recommended) & at the door. For updated schedule, see FathomEvents.com/events.
“The Prexies: The U.S. Presidential Issue of 1938”: Ann Arbor Stamp Club.
“Joe Jackson: Sing You Sinners!”: Michigan Theater.
Jackson has run the gamut from new wave rock ’n’ roll to jazz, jump blues, Latin dance music, and cabaret in the course of the musical odyssey that began in 1979 with the hit single “Is She Really Going Out with Him?” His diversity of styles—he’s even composed a Grammy-winning pop symphony—is one of the British-born singer’s strengths, as is the unusual blend of soulfulness and acerbic wit in his music. This tour, his first since 2019, features a full band as well as a solo set, and draws on both new material and songs, he says, “that haven’t been heard live in many years.” 8 p.m., Michigan Theater. Tickets $35–$125 in advance at ticketmaster.com and (if available) at the door). Mask and proof of vaccination (or negative Covid test within 72 hours) required. 662-0600.
Burnout Society Film Club: 8 Ball Saloon.
All age 21 and older are invited to watch 2 films each night, with trivia at intermission. Prizes. Tonight: “Mac and Me” (Stewart Raffill, 1988). Sci-fi comedy about a friendship between a boy and an alien criticized for its similarity to E.T. as well as for conspicuous product placement. “The Mack” (Michael Campus, 1973). Tonally complex film that follows an ex-con in his quest to become Oakland’s biggest pimp, and in his relationship to his Black nationalist brother. Max Julien, Richard Pryor. Sundown, or 9 p.m.(ish), 8 Ball Saloon (201 S. First St.). Free. facebook.com/8ballmovienight.
