The word spread through voting lines on the morning of November 4–Ben and Jerry’s is giving away a free scoop of ice cream to celebrate Election Day. At about 2 p.m., a crowd of U-M students flocked in the State Street store, with some turning away in disappointment when they learned they’d have to wait for the freebie–the famously progressive firm, based in cobalt blue Vermont, is offering it only between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.. TeaHaus on Fourth Ave. will drop a dollar off your drink all day if you show them your “I Voted” sticker. Starbucks has an even better deal for the caffeine crowd. “You get a tall free coffee,” says a worker named Jeremy at the State Street location, adding that you don’t need to need to show an “I Voted” sticker. “It’s on the honor system.” By 3 p.m., that Starbucks had given away 1,200 drinks.
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- October 18, 2025 Group Runs: Ann Arbor Running Company (AARC) 7:00 am
- October 18, 2025 “Birding Basics”: Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission/Chelsea District Library 8:00 am
- October 18, 2025 “Halloween Derby Horse Show”: Cobblestone Farms at Revel Run 8:00 am
- October 18, 2025 Huron Gun Collectors 9:00 am
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- October 18, 2025 “Dexter/Chelsea Saturday Morning Breakfast Ride”: Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society 9:00 am
- October 18, 2025 “Morning Music @9:29”: Northside Community Church 9:29 am
- October 18, 2025 Celebratory & Introspective Retreat: gather your harvest & prepare for winter 10:00 am
- October 18, 2025 Fall Festival: Domino’s Petting Farm 10:00 am
- October 18, 2025 “Women in the Woods”: Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation 10:00 am
- October 18, 2025 Chime Concert: Kerrytown Market & Shops 10:30 am
- October 18, 2025 Say it with Stitch! Embroidery Workshop 10:30 am
- October 18, 2025 U-M Physics Department Saturday Morning Physics. 10:30 am
- October 18, 2025 Blast Corn Maze: Nixon Farms 11:00 am
- October 18, 2025 Country Fair: Wiard’s Orchards 11:00 am
- October 18, 2025 “Investigate Labs”: U-M Museum of Natural History 11:00 am
- October 18, 2025 “Junie B. Jones: The Musical”: Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Junior Theatre 11:00 am
- October 18, 2025 “You Can Dance Ballet”: University Musical Society 11:00 am
- October 18, 2025 Critter House Open Hours: Leslie Science & Nature Center 12:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 John and Susanne Stephenson Sculpture Garden 12:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 U-M Museum of Natural History Planetarium & Dome Theater 12:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 “Creature Encounters”: The Creature Conservancy 12:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 “Out of the Water and Back Again: A Whale’s Tale”: U-M Museum of Natural History Discovery Demos 12:30 pm
- October 18, 2025 3D Printing Open Lab: Ann Arbor District Library 1:00 pm
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- October 18, 2025 “La Sonnambula.”: Fathom Entertainment 1:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 “Women’s Work: The Story of Mary Parker”: Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission 1:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 Baking Pies a Plenty 1:30 pm
- October 18, 2025 Jewel Heart Happy Hikers: Jewel Heart Buddhist Center 1:30 pm
- October 18, 2025 Museum Highlight Tours: U-M Museum of Natural History 1:30 pm
- October 18, 2025 Drop-In Improv Games: Ypsi Improv 2:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 “Beetlejuice”: Young People’s Theater 2:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 “Saturday Sampler”: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 2:00 pm
- October 18, 2025 “Out of the Water and Back Again: A Whale’s Tale”: U-M Museum of Natural History Discovery Demos 2:30 pm
- October 18, 2025 “Norma & Wanda”: Purple Rose Theatre Company 3:00 pm