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“Top of the Park”: Ann Arbor Summer Festival
See 14 Friday. Tonight in the KidZone: fishing for bubbles (5 p.m.) with Goldfish Swim School. On the Power Center Lawn: “Movement Snacks” (5:30 p.m.), a series of simple yet effective movements to keep the body feeling good, with Huron Valley Aikikai. In the Annex tent: a chance to take home a plant or seeds from the U-M Library’s Seed Library (5 p.m.). On the O&W Grove Stage: Lansing area country singer-songwriter Jessey Adams (5 p.m.), and Michigan bluegrass supergroup Wilson Thicket (5:45 p.m.). On the Rackham Stage: Al Bettis (6:45 p.m.), a Detroit singer-songwriter whose music blends jazzy acoustic guitar with thoughtful, complex R&B lyrics, and Peter Madcat Ruth’s C.A.R.Ma. Quartet (8 p.m.), an all-star ensemble led by world-renowned veteran local harmonica wiz Ruth that plays an eclectic mix of traditional and improvisational music. The music is followed at 10 p.m. by a screening of Napoleon Dynamite, Jared Hess’s quirky 2004 comedy about a high school nerd who overcomes continual harassment and the questionable guidance of his oddball family. 5 p.m.–midnight.
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