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    a2Tech360: Ann Arbor Spark

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    Sept. 22–Oct. 2. Almost 2-week-long tech festival, with pitch competitions, a hackathon (two days of intensive coding), talks, panel discussions, a career fair, start-up demos, workshops, networking events, and more. Various times & locations. A mix of free and ticketed events. See full schedule at a2tech360.com.

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    Friday Night Live Music at Lake Forest Golf Club: Lake Forest Golf Club

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    3110 West Ellsworth Road, Ann Arbor

    🍂 Friday Nights Are Getting Cozy at Lake Forest! 🔥🎶

    Join us Friday, October 2nd for an evening of live music, great food, and all the things we love about fall at Lake Forest.

    🎹 Louis Johnson on piano
    🎸 David Stearns on bass
    🎶 Live music beginning at 5 PM

    Come early for Happy Hour from 3–5 PM, then settle in for the evening. Grab a blanket, gather around the firetables, enjoy the gardens and games, and relax with friends and family while Louis & David provide the soundtrack. And come hungry! Chef Blake’s new Fall Menu is here, along with Friday’s special:

    🍂 Butternut Squash Lasagna
    Layers of pasta, ricotta, butternut squash purée and Parmesan, finished with a sage cream sauce.

    🔥 Firetables & cozy blankets

    🍸 Happy Hour 3–5 PM
    🎶 Live music at 5 PM
    🍽️ New Fall Menu & Friday Specials

    Good music. Great food. Cozy fall nights.
    That’s Friday at Lake Forest.

    Open to everyone — bring your friends, bring the family, and make a night of it!

    www.lakeforestgc.com

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    Blast Corn Maze: Nixon Farms

    Blast Corn Maze: Nixon Farms
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    Every Fri.–Sun. A large corn maze with 3.5 miles of trails and 3 exits. Also, a u-pick pumpkin patch, hayrides, petting zoo, pedal cars, straw maze, and yard games. The corn maze is illuminated and guests get a free glow stick on Glow Maze Nights (Oct. 9, 16, & 23, 5–9 p.m.). On All You Can Carry Pumpkin Day (Oct. 25, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.), for $10 you can purchase all the pumpkins you can successfully stack and carry down the lane. On Pumpkin Smash Day (Oct. 30, 5–9 p.m.), each guest receives a free pumpkin to smash, which is then composted or fed to the farm’s animals. Costumes encouraged for the Halloween Spooktacular (Oct. 31, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.). 5–9 p.m (Fri.), 11 a.m.–9 p.m. (Sat.), 11 a.m.–7 p.m. (Sun.). 6175 Daly, Dexter. $16 (ages 5–12, $13; age 4 & under, free with adult admission). blastcornmaze.com.

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    Ypsiween Street Festival

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    Live music and other performances TBA, art making, and food for sale. 5-10 p.m., Washington St. at Michigan Ave.

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    Making the Invisible Visible – Creating responses to community issues: Arts Healing Within & Across Communities

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    UM Marsal School of Education, 610 E University, Ann Arbor

    Making the Invisible Visible” is one of several events coordinated by Arts Healing Within & Across Communities. We offer a non-judgmental, safe space to meet and mingle with others as we explore creative responses to violence (broadly defined) as it is witnessed and/or experienced within our environments (social, natural, and built) and the stories we have inherited.

    Watch scenes from Panther in the Sky written by Chicago playwright Lani T. Montreal and engage in a community conversation about the issues in the play. Take time to network with others concerned about our community. Learn about how arts can be a form of memory, resilience, resistance, and healing. Please register by Mon Sept 25 for our planning purposes.

    We are reserving time for community sharing / open mic. Creatives who are interested in sharing work related to the theme “Making the Invisible Visible”, can inform us using the registration form. Visual art, photography, music, dance, are welcome, along with works from writers and poets.

    The event is free and made possible with funding from the UM Arts Initiative and Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.

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    Drop-In Line Dancing: Pittsfield Recreation Center

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    701 W. Ellsworth Rd, Ann Arbor

    Enjoy Drop-In Line Dancing, Friday, October 2, 2026, 6pm-7:30pm at the Pittsfield Recreation Center, SW corner of Ellsworth and S. State St, Ann Arbor. Adults and children (eight & up, if accompanied by parent or grandparent) are invited! Wear comfortable clothes, soft-soled shoes or boots. Learn three or more, absolute beginner line dances. The price is $7 if pre-registered at: www.recreation.pittsfield-mi.gov or $10 at door.

    www.recreation-pittsfield-mi.gov

    $7 – $10
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    U-M Softball

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    Game vs. Toledo. This month’s home schedule includes a double-header vs. Detroit Mercy (Oct. 3, 1  & 3:30 p.m.), and single games against Bowling Green (Oct. 9, 5 p.m., free). 6 p.m., Alumni Field, 1114 S. State. Tickets $8–$25 at mgoblue.com/tickets & at the gate. (734) 764–0247.

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    D&D Adventurers League: Sylvan Factory

    D&D Adventurers League: Sylvan Factory
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    Every Fri. All invited to play the current official campaign of the popular Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game, using 5th-edition rules. Kids under 13 must have adult accompaniment. 6–10 p.m., 2459 W. Stadium. $10. Space limited, preregistration strongly recommended. (734) 929–5877, sylvanfactory.com.

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    “Perfectly Paired: Cider & Cheese”: Zingerman’s Deli

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    All age 21 & up invited to a guided tasting of hard ciders paired with cheese and other accompaniments. 6:30–7:30 p.m., Zingerman’s Deli, 422 Detroit St. $50. Preregistration required at zingermansdeli.com/events. (734) 663–3354.

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    Christine Hume & Justine van der Leun: Literati Bookstore

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    These 2 writers read from and discuss their new books. EMU creative writing professor Hume’s All the Women I Know profiles women who have experienced gendered violence. NYC-based journalist van der Leun’s Unreasonable Women: Three Stories of Violence, Imprisonment, and Extraordinary Survival profiles domestic violence survivors who were prosecuted for protecting themselves from their abusers. 6:30 p.m., 124 E. Washington. Free. (734) 585–5567.

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    First Friday Shabbat: Jewish Cultural Society

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    All invited for a dinner from a local restaurant, preceded by a brief secular Shabbat observance with songs, candle lighting, and challah & wine rituals. Kids welcome. 6:30–8 p.m., JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow. $10 (families, $25) for nonmembers; members, free. Preregistration required at jewishculturalsociety.org.

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    Clean Comedy Fundraiser: Corner Health Center

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    Performances by 6 Metro Detroit stand-up comics to benefit this nonprofit Ypsi health clinic for teens and young adults. Hosted by local comic Jeff Teed. 6:30–8:30 p.m., Hear.Say Brewing + Theater, 2350 W. Liberty. Tickets $25 at tinyurl.com/5dutxpy9.

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    “Euchre Change a Life!”

    “Euchre Change a Life!”
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    Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30. Five-game euchre tournament. Sign up with a partner or get paired with one by the organizers. Prizes. Food & beverages available for purchase. Proceeds benefit Haitian children via Haitian Christian Outreach. 6:30–9 p.m., HOMES Campus, 112 Jackson Plz. $15 (HOMES members, $10). [email protected], tinyurl.com/a2euchrechange. 

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    Al Jacquez Band.: Live

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    Live 102 S. First St., Ann Arbor

    All-star local ensemble led by veteran local blues and blues-rock singer-guitarist Jacquez. With keyboardist & guitarist Tom Loncaric, bassist Randy Tessier, and drummer Rich Dishman.

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    Magic: The Gathering (MTG): Sylvan Factory

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    Every Wed., Fri., & Sat. All invited to play both casual and tournament forms of the collectible card game MTG. Wed. & Sat. (5 p.m.): “Commander.” A drop-in session of the most popular form of the game. Free. Fri. (6:30 p.m.): “Booster Draft.” Players take turns opening booster packs to create a 40 card deck. $25. Various times & prices, 2459 W. Stadium. (734) 929–5877, sylvanfactory.com.

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    “Black Cat Preview”: Neighborhood Theatre Group

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    All invited to craft a costume headband or mask and meet the cast of the upcoming production Black Cat: Ghoulita Graves Presents … The Curse of Blood. Followed at 8 p.m. by a teaser for the show, which premieres Oct. 16. (See listing). Part of First Fridays Ypsilanti. 7 p.m., The Back Office Studio, 13 N. Washington, Ypsi. Free; preregistration recommended at ntgypsi.org. [email protected].

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    U-M Ice Hockey

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    Game vs. Bowling Green. This month’s schedule also includes a double header against Alaska Anchorage (Oct. 9 & 10) and WMU (Oct. 23). All games are likely to sell out. 7 p.m., Yost Ice Arena, 1016 S. State. Tickets $100 & up at stubhub.com/michigan-wolverines-hockey-tickets. (734) 764–0247.

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    “Creature Encounters & Adult Open Hours”: The Creature Conservancy

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    Fri. Oct. 2 & 16 and every Sat. & Sun. (See review) During the Friday Adult Open Hours (age 18+ only), conservancy staffers show some animals that live in the rainforest, including a two-toed sloth, a Dumeril’s boa, an iguana, and a red-footed tortoise at 7:30 p.m. On Sat. & Sun., staffers show a two-toed sloth, a Dumeril’s boa, and an iguana at 1 & 4 p.m., and a red-footed tortoise at 2 & 3 p.m. All tickets include a chance to see the conservancy’s other animals. 7–9 p.m. (Fri.) and noon–5 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), 4950 Ann Arbor–Saline Rd. $15 (kids ages 2–12, $13; under age 2, free) cash or credit at the door only. (734) 929–9324, thecreatureconservancy.org.