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    Drop-in Knitting: Spun

    Drop-in Knitting: Spun
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    Every Sun.–Thurs. (different times). All invited to work on their knitting, crochet, weaving, and embroidery projects. 6–8 p.m. (Mon.–Thurs.) & 1–3 p.m. (Sun.), 401 N. Fourth Ave. Free. (734) 780–7867. 

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    “Ypsi Clown Social”: Dzanc House

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    All invited to socialize and build their clowning skills. Games, refreshments. Clown attire encouraged. 6–8 p.m., 402 S. Huron St., Ypsi. Free. dzanchouse.org/all-events. 

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    Alvorada.: El Limon

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    El Limon 2709 Plymouth

    Latin-Mediterranean jazz by the local duo of vocalist Jade Rosa and guitarist G Estefan.

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    Group Runs: A2 Runners

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    Every Mon. & Wed. Runners of all abilities invited to join a beginner or advanced 3- to 5-mile group run, followed by socializing at a downtown coffee shop. 6:30 p.m., meet at the Kerrytown Clock Tower. Preregistration requested at meetup.com/a2runners. Free. [email protected].   

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    “102nd U.S.C.T.”: Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table

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    Local historical reenactors Guyler Turner, Nathan Rushing, and Joe Imhoff present a living history program about the first Michigan African American volunteer infantry regiment, mustered in early 1864. 7 p.m., Trinity Health Administrative Bldg., Education Center Exhibition Rm., 5305 Elliott. Free. [email protected], aacwrt.org.

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    Large Ensemble Meeting: Ann Arbor Recorder Society

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    Beginning and advanced players of the recorder and other early instruments invited to play Renaissance and other early music. Directed by Janet Cannon. Bring your own music stand. 7–9 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, basement music rm. (enter by the back door), 1501 W. Liberty. First meeting free (dues for those who join). a2recordersociety.org. 

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    “Gone with the Wind”: Fathom Entertainment

    “Gone with the Wind”: Fathom Entertainment
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    (734) 973–8424 (Cinemark), (734) 316–5500 (Emagine). Tickets $12.50 (except as noted) in advance at fathomentertainment.com/events and at the door. Cinemark (4100 Carpenter, Ypsi) & Emagine (1335 E. Michigan Ave., Saline). 

    Oct. 10–14: “Gone with the Wind” (Victor Fleming, 1939). The classic Civil War soap opera, centered on the narcissistic spitfire belle Scarlett O’Hara. Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable. 2 p.m (Sat. & Sun.) & 7 p.m. (Mon.–Wed.).

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    Paul Keller Orchestra.: Zal Gaz Grotto

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    Zal Gaz Grotto 2070 W. Stadium, Ann Arbor

    Award-winning 14-piece big band led by bassist Keller and featuring vocalist Sarah D’Angelo and occasional guest vocalists. Also, each week features a middle set by a guest college or high school student ensemble.

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    Scandinavian Music Jam

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    Oct. 12 & 26. Bruce Sagan leads an acoustic jam session devoted to traditional music from the Scandinavian countries. All instruments welcome, no experience necessary. 7:30–9:30 p.m., location TBA; email [email protected]. Free.   

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    Comedy Show: The Blind Pig

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    Every Mon., except Oct. 5. Performances from up to 15 aspiring stand-up comics from around the state. Local comics emcee. Age 21 & up only. Free candy. 8–9:30 p.m., 208 S. First St. Free. (734) 996–8555.

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    Alash.: Ark

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    Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor

    This male vocal trio from the tiny Central Asian Russian republic of Tuva performs traditional throat singing, also known as overtone singing. Each singer is able to produce 2 or 3 different notes simultaneously, creating an eerie, otherworldly, often startlingly nonhuman sound that is also ravishingly musical. $29.

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    Brian McFarlane.: Ziggy’s

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    Ziggy’s 206 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti

    Local electronica artist. Openers: Ladina Schaller, a U-M dance student, and KTCHN, a local jazz ensemble.

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    “America’s First Medical Experiments in the Wilds of Northern Michigan: A 19th-Century Physician’s 33-Year Study of Digestion via a Fur Trader’s Abdominal Shotgun Wound”: U-M Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Distinguished Lecture Series

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    Retired U-M internal medicine professor Joel Howell discusses how physician William Beaumont performed long-range experiments through an opening in a patient he first treated on Mackinac Island in 1822. Second in a series of 4 monthly lectures. 10–11:30 a.m., WCC Morris Lawrence Bldg., Towsley Auditorium, 4800 E. Huron River Dr. Preregistration required at olli-umich.org. $105 (members, $55) for the 4-lecture series. $25 per lecture (members, $15). Membership, $50 a year. (734) 998–9351.

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    “Shifting Tides: The US-Africa Relationship Amid Global Competition”: U-M Ford School of Public Policy

    “Shifting Tides: The US-Africa Relationship Amid Global Competition”: U-M Ford School of Public Policy
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    Oct. 12–13. The public is welcome to attend all or part of this 2-day conference that includes speeches and panel discussions with policymakers, scholars, diplomats, and practitioners to explore international law, power, security, climate, and Africa’s economic future. 10:15 a.m.–4:15 p.m., Weiser Hall, rm. 1010, 500 Church St. Free. Preregistration required at fordschool.umich.edu/events. [email protected]. 

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    U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Noon Lecture Series

    U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Noon Lecture Series
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    Every Tues. (except Oct. 20). Talks by U-M and visiting scholars.

    Oct. 6: University of Albany geography professor Tom Narins on “Bad Romance in Southeast Asia: China-Linked Cyber-Scamming, Variegated Govotolerance, and the Geopolitics of Criminality along China’s Belt and Road.”

    Oct. 13: City University of New York anthropology professor Anru Lee on “Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory, and Place-Making in Postindustrial Taiwan.”

    Oct. 27: Northeastern University sociology professor Chuncheng Liu on “Metricracy: The Data and Symbolic Politics of a Chinese Social Credit System.”

    Noon–1 p.m., 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church. Free. (734) 764–6308, [email protected].