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July 2017 vol. 27/no. 07

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Ypsi’s Summer Beer Fest

A GIRL’S NEW BEST FRIEND

The MBG hangout of the season

Person of Interest

Beer Guide

A look at the industry insiders

Mo RIley: The Mind behind Townie, AAAF

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food: Simply Spanish The food cart with the big flavors by Sam Fisher

2017

music: Keeping the light on live music

READERS’ CHOICE

BEST OF

WASHTENAW

How one venue, organization is bringing life to an almost lost art

by Jeff Milo

film: A legend lives through his work

2017 Reader's Choice Best of Washtenaw Recognizing the best of everything local

Orson Welles at UM

by Louis W. Meldman

In a changing city, hotdogs still timeless Ray’s Red Hots— home of the stubborn weiners

theater: Harvey

Destination: Delicious Where to find the best food and drinks in A2

A timeless play performed in a trying age By Sandor Slomovits

art: The Ann Arbor Art Fair

by Louis W. Meldman

How to Townie through the madness

lit: Hard rocker writes hard rock Check out Billy Bragg by Krista Gjestland

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Editorial

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 Clean Eating: A new American Restaurant in Ann Arbor, First Bite, held a soft opening in mid-June at 108 S. Main Street offering made-from-scratch food with locally sourced ingredients and no GMOs. A great addition to the A2 food scene for vegetarian and vegans. Not to fret carnivores, they have chicken dishes, too! 734-369-4765. facebook.com/1stbitefoods  Shawarma Outdoors: Just in time for the beautiful weather, Ann Arbor Middle Eastern staple Jerusalem Garden has expanded to include a patio space at its 314 E. Liberty restaurant. 734-995-5060. jerusalemgardencafe.com  Works Well With Others: GoWork has opened in Ypsilanti at 9 S. Washington St. The new coworking space offers both open and private workspaces— with lease options ranging from single days to a year— and hosts events focused on business and creativity. 734-985-0847. goworkcowork.com  Up-and-Coming: The Neutral Zone welcomes Molly Raynor as its first ever full-time Literary Arts Director. Raynor, an early and influential participant in the NZ’s Lit Arts program fifteen years ago, returns to Ann Arbor after a decade-long stint in the Bay Area where she developed two nationally recognized after-school Creative Writing programs for teenagers. She replaces Jeff Kass, who founded the Literary Arts program and held the position on a part-time basis since 1998. Kass will continue to teach at Pioneer High School and begins work this issue as Assignment Editor here at Current. To donate in support of The Neutral Zone’s Literary Arts Programs, which include The VOLUME Youth Poetry Project, The Short Story Workshop and Red Beard Press, head to neutral-zone.org.

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Charcoal for gardening?

And the award goes to…

Biochar, a highly porous form of charcoal that has been

Ann Arbor bookstore owners win 2017 recognition

Bet you didn’t think of that option

enriching gardens for thousands of years, has recently re-emerged as a soil amendment, similar to mulch and compost. The Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living will host BioChar: What’s That?, a class that explores the history and science of the material, taught by a former science teacher who has a master’s degree in environmental science. Walk-ins welcome. Introductory and intermediate gardeners are encouraged to attend! —JB

Saturday, July 8. $5. 10am. Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, 3841 Research Park Dr. 734-996-3169. projectgrowgardens.org

The Kerrytown BookFest has named Robin and Jamie Agnew, owners of Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Bookstore, as the winners of the 2017 Community Book Award. This annual award honors a local who helps create and retain a vital book culture. The Mystery Writers of America also honored the Agnews in 2013 with the Raven Award, given for service to the mystery community outside the realm of creative writing. According to Kerrytown BookFest Board President Lynn Pellerito Riehl, “(we) would not be celebrating our 15th anniversary if Robin and Jamie Agnew had not put time, effort and love into this event, and we are forever grateful to them for giving so much time to such an important Ann Arbor experience… They are most deserving of this award and we hope they know how much the community has appreciated their efforts.” - CB

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ith 222 microbreweries and almost 850,000 barrels of craft beer produced in Michigan last year, no one can question the success of the craft beer scene in our state. Whether you’re headed to one of the hundreds of festivals thrown annually or grabbing a seat at the local bar, there are sure to be a few microbrews on tap worth giving a taste. Current connected with some of the craft-beer-crazed folk leading the Washtenaw County Industry. Take a look at microbrew world through the eyes of those shaping it.

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Peter Guy Beverage Director

Favorite Michigan Beer? Evil Twin / Dark Horse “Michigan Maple Jesus” When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? I remember calling the owner of my local beer shop in Chicago a liar for telling me that Bourbon County hadn’t been delivered yet. At 9:05am. On a Wednesday. After lurking in the alley like a creep watching the boxes make their way in from the truck. For the second time that morning.

Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint? Clubhouse BFD in Rochester Hills. Beer presently in your fridge? Old Nation “M43,” Central Waters “Bourbon Barrel Barleywine,” and Miller High Life. You can never have too much High Life.

What do you want from your beer? Satisfaction! Freshness, balance, and most importantly, a clear sense of purpose. Oh, and a smile! If it doesn’t put a smile on your face, something is very wrong. Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene. Pilsner is nothing to be ashamed of. Don’t listen to anyone in this community who tells you otherwise. The finest culinary minds I have ever known reach for yellow and fizzy first. Don’t be afraid to try new things, but don’t be embarrassed to order what you know you like.

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Oliver Roberts

Wolverine State Brewing Co.

Director of Fermentation

2019 W Stadium Blvd (734) 369-2990 wolverinebeer.com

Favorite Michigan Beer? Definitely no favorites in this state—there’s too many to choose from! I try to grab a lager from any brewery that mostly makes ales, just to see what people are coming up with. When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? I traveled a lot in the 90’s for hockey. My dad was into the early craft beer scene. He and the other hockey dads would always go out for beers. He would bring me back bottles with cool labels and I started collecting them. So my first experiences with craft beer were with the label art on bottles. I was probably 12-14 years old! Great hobby for a kid, collecting beer bottles! Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint? I really dig The Session Room and Beer Grotto Ann Arbor. Both places have great beer lists and the staff always wants to talk shop with me! Beer presently in your fridge? I have a bunch of craft beer from Louisiana that someone picked up for me. Bayou Teche Brewing is spot on and makes some crazy good beer. What do you want from your beer? There’s some dichotomy in the answer to that. My goal is to evolve the beers we make and also try new things, but keep the consistency and quality as close to perfect as we can get it. If someone finds a beer of ours that becomes their go-to,

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I want nothing more for them to expect, and get, the same thing every time they drink it. Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene. Don’t just get sucked into the branding of a brewery. That identity is important, for sure, and finding a brand that speaks to you is a great feeling. However, the quality of what comes out of the tap and a bottle should drive your desire to talk about, and spread the message of a beer. Best beer-related story? Let’s just say my first day working in a brewery was eye-opening because the desire to be a brewer probably took some of my attention away from learning the tasks at hand. Thus, I began the day by accidentally showering myself with some Bear Paw Porter at Grizzly Peak. Nothing like washing dried-up beer out of your ears after your first day!

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Sava’s 216 S State St, Ann Arbor (734) 623-2233 savasrestaurant.com Favorite Michigan Beer? Two Hearted Ale.

David Chesser Bar Manager

When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? I knew I was a “beer snob” when I went on a Bell’s brewery tour almost ten years ago. It was my first bartending gig and I went with my bar manager and I held hops in my hand for the first time and once I smelled them, that was it! I knew I was a beer lover. Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint? Locally, I love going to Blue Tractor. They have a great IPA made in-house. I strongly encourage everyone to go out to Tecumseh to check out Tecumseh Brewing Company. Head brewer Tim Schmidt and front of house manager Kyle DeWitt are doing amazing things. My favorite brew there at the moment is a double black IPA. The food is also amazing so it’s worth a day-trip. What was the first beer you ever drank? Blue Moon was my gateway beer. I remember I was in my hometown in Stevensville/St Joseph, MI and I was with my cousin and he was pressuring me to get a beer and not a mixed drink. I did and remember it being not that bad. After that, I was trying different styles of beer. What do you want from your beer? For me personally, a beer must not only be refreshing, but also a representation of the hops being used. I don’t usually go for domestic beers because they normally lack that full flavor I love to enjoy. Hops are such a great plant to play with, especially when you throw a few different blends together. It’s basically a chemistry experiment when crafting a beer. Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene: Ask your bartender for advice. Friends normally will tell you what they like and it could totally be different than what you will like. I recommend starting with something light like a lager then slowly going into ales. What’s special about the Washtenaw County Craft Scene? The best thing about the Washtenaw County craft beer scene is not only the amount of breweries and brew pubs; but the quality! The state of Michigan is the best state in the nation when it comes to beer!! Slainte! (means “cheers” in Irish).

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Dan Kolander Owner

Dan’s Downtown Taverns 103 E Michigan Ave, Saline (734) 429-3159 facebook.com/DANSBARS Favorite Michigan Beer? Founders, Wolverine State Brewing Co., New Holland, Dark Horse, OG. We have so many tasty choices! When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? I have been in this business for over 30 years and I’ve watched the Michigan Beer Scene explode. The first two “different” beers I put on draft were Sam Adams Boston Lager and this new brewery called Bell’s then BOOM! look what we have now! Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint? Wolverine State Brewing Co. What was the first beer you ever drank? The Champagne of Beers, Miller High Life. Beer presently in your fridge? 2009, 2010, 2011 Founders KBS, Hopslam, Devil Dancer, Flushing Monk and Labatt Light. You have to cleanse your pallet. What do you want from your beer? I want flavor in my beer. If I want to drink water, I’ll drink water. The furthest you have gone for a specialty beer? California Stone Brewery. cont’d on p12

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Edward Brosius Founding Partner / Brewmaster

Salt Springs Brewery 117 S Ann Arbor St, Saline (734) 295-9191 saltspringsbrewery.com Favorite Michigan Beer? Founders. When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? Around 1978; Dad would buy imported beer (Altenmunster, Grolsch, etc.) for my brother and me during the holidays. Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint? Home! What was the first beer you ever drank? Strohs; “America’s only firebrewed beer” What do you want from your beer? Traditional examples of style! And, of course, great taste!

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The furthest you have gone for a specialty beer? Once I drove from Evanston, IL to Stevens Point, WI; 164 miles (in 1976). I also traveled 1048 miles from Saline, MI to the Brew Byou Craft Brewing conference in New Orleans, LA in 1991, or maybe it was ‘92? Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene. Don’t assume you don’t like certain beer styles. You can’t say you don’t like a particular example of style unless you try it. You might be pleasantly surprised! Best beer related story? I met Matt Greff at a Brewers’ Guild meeting around 1992. I introduced my brother and me as the two guys who were going to own the first brew pub in Ann Arbor. He just chuckled and said “No, You’re not.” Well, 25 years later, we laugh about that when we bump into each other at beer festivals!

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Lucky’s Market 1919 S Industrial Hwy, (734) 368-9137 luckysmarket.com Favorite Michigan Beer? Bell's Two Hearted Ale. When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? When I started in the grocery business. I was 22. Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint? One Eyed Betty's in Ferndale. What was the first beer you ever drank? Coor's Beer presently in your fridge? Atwater's Better Life Choices, Dogfish Head, 120 Minute.

Charlie Samson Store Director The furthest you have gone for a specialty beer? San Francisco for Pliny the Younger from Russian River. Worth it. Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene. Try everything. What's special about the Washtenaw County Craft Scene? There are so many local breweries who are striving to be the best but focused on the local scene. It's a perfect storm for true beer-lovers. cont’d on p14

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James Roche Bartender/ Manager

Scorekeepers 310 Maynard St (734) 995-0100 a2scorekeepers.com Favorite Michigan Beer? Right now, it’s probably the Star Chicken Shotgun from Greenbush Brewing Co. in Sawyer, Michigan. It’s a west-coast style IPA that isn’t overly bitter, which is great for summer, but still satisfies the IPA craving. When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? I remember when I was younger my dad would always let me sample his pints at restaurants. He would then go into detail about why each beer had a certain flavor and it all stuck with me. I guess, I can’t really give an exact date but I’ve always had a deep appreciation for beer. Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint? Ashley’s is a solid spot. They have an insane amount of different beers, which is great for someone who’s just starting into the world of beers or a seasoned veteran. Connor O’Neil’s is also a surprisingly good place if you’re looking to try some imports you wouldn’t usually find on the draft list.

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Dennis Smith Craft Brand Manager, O&W, Inc.

O&W, Inc (734) 480-4012 onwbeer.com Favorite Michigan Beer? In our portfolio: Latitude 42, Cosmic Charlie. Out of our portfolio: Bell’s Two Hearted.

Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene. Drink what looks interesting to you, not what looks interesting on your phone.

What was the first beer you ever drank? Coor’s Banquet.

What’s special about the Washtenaw County Craft Scene? It’s so competitive that you can find everything in a small geographic area. You don’t have to search too hard for anything special.

Beer presently in your fridge? Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. What do you want from your beer? Consistent quality. The furthest you have gone for a specialty beer? Alaska, for their BarrelAged Smoked Porter.

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Unity Vibration Brewery 93 Ecorse Road, Ypsilanti (734) 961-8437 unityvibrationkombucha.com

Donn Stroud Brewery Operations Manager Favorite Michigan Beer? Vivant’s Big Red Coq, Odd Side’s Black Citra. When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? When I first tasted Bell’s Porter in the mid ‘90s. Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint? Cultivate!

Jessica Buddle Head Brewer Favorite Michigan Beer? Odd Side Citra Pale is my go-to but it’s summer so I’ll be drinking a lot of Black Rock’s Grand Rabbit.

What was the first beer you ever drank? I found a skunked and sun-warmed case of Michelob or Busch when I was a teenager. I didn’t think highly of beer for at least a decade after that.

When did you know you were a beer enthusiast? I grew up around fermentation so I always had an appreciation for the process. I started drinking it when I was in my early 20’s and was helping friends homebrew and started learning about different styles.

Beer presently in your fridge? Unity’s Citra Blood Orange, Founder’s Breakfast Stout, homebrew, and Founder’s Dirty Bastard.

What was the first beer you ever drank? PBR. Beer presently in your fridge? Unity Vibration Silver Branch, 3 Floyds Skull’Ole, and a whole lot of singles.

What do you want from your beer? Definitely prefer my IPAs to have some fruit on the nose and my stouts thick.

What do you want from your beer? Whether I’m making it, or trying something new, I want something I can’t get other places; I want creative ingredients and new processes.

The furthest you have gone for a specialty beer? 3 Floyds—Not MI beer but so good! Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene. Try everything. What’s special about the Washtenaw County Craft Scene? We’ve got some great places in the county that get some amazing beers, cider, and mead on tap.

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The furthest you have gone for a specialty beer? 3 Floyds! Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene. Be open-minded and try everything.

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Jason Ley, CEO of Better Drinking Culture, and Camden Brieden, Founder.

Better Drinking Culture

Changing the world one (less) drink at a time by Jennifer Brough

Because hangovers suck

Jason Ley, Better Drinking Culture (BDC) CEO, wants to know if you’ve ever woken up with a hangover. If so, BDC, a gorilla grassroots movement to promote drinking (really) responsibly, and to promote a healthier lifestyle, wants to hear from you. “Because hangovers suck” Ley says, “nobody can debate this.” He adds, “You’ll get over your hangover eventually, but sadly, you’ll never get back the piece of life you lost or mend the damage done to yourself and to others in the process of drinking to excess. Lost memories, regrets, general bad health, and addiction can be the consequences.”

Shifting the relationship with alcohol

Founded in 2015, by Brieden and Best, BDC isn’t an anti-drinking movement. Jason says, “Far from it; we all enjoy imbibing alcohol. At BDC we love our favorite craft beers and spirits, but our goal is to ‘shift our culture’s relationship with alcohol in a healthier and more positive direction.” “We don’t use the phrase ‘drink responsibly’ with its misinterpreted meaning that you can get as drunk as you want as long as you get a safe ride home. We want people to drink responsibly, which means more than just getting a safe ride home. It means determining your personal alcohol boundaries, then respecting them,” Ley adds. But BDC also wants people to love life. “Instead of waking up hung-over and regretting the night before, feed your own passion to live an amazing life,” says Ley. “That could be anything - cycling, playing music, creating a great meal, or just simply reading a good book.”

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Twenty Years of Michigan Beer

Summer Beer Fest Returns to Ypsilanti by David Bardallis Everyone knows the sign at the beer store: “You must have been born on or before this date in 1996 to purchase alcohol.” By that standard, the Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival is almost of legal age, as it returns to Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park July 21-22 for its 20th year. It all started inauspiciously in a Saginaw “Budweiser bar” in 1997, when Rex Halfpenny, who founded the bimonthly Michigan Beer Guide that same year, gathered together representatives from the state’s roughly two dozen existing microbreweries. “I wanted them to support my new publication and asked if they would be interested in forming a guild,” says Halfpenny. “The only thing I could get them to agree on was, ‘I want to sell more of my own beer.’”

A Guild is born

Thus was born the Michigan Brewers Guild, with Halfpenny serving as its first director and running its first Summer Beer Festival, which he modeled after the Oregon Brewers Festivals he attended before moving from the Pacific Northwest in 1988. Today, the Guild, which serves as the official trade association of Michigan’s craft brewers, boasts more than 240 member breweries and hosts three other annual festivals – in Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Marquette – in addition to the summer fest, which has taken place in Ypsilanti since 2001 and remains the highest attended. “It’s the oldest, biggest, and most celebrated of our festivals, and we’re proud of it,” says Scott Graham, current executive director of the Guild. “This year is a real milestone, and if you look back to where we were and where we are now, the sheer growth is impressive.” The numbers bear him out. The summer fest has mushroomed from a paid attendance of just 600 its first year to the approximately 12,000 beer lovers who now annually flock to the two-day event. Beyond that, the Michigan craft beer industry has

Scott Graham (left), executive director of the Michigan Brewers Guild, with Eric Briggeman (right), Guild President. Graham predicts that Michigan’s microbrewing scene will see continued growth.

also blossomed. According to Halfpenny’s Michigan Beer Guide, the state ranks fifth nationally in number of permitted breweries, with sales of Michigan-brewed beer accounting for nearly nine percent of all in-state beer sales, up 9.5 percent from the previous year. Meanwhile, Graham and the Guild have their sights set on a 20percent market share for Michigan-brewed beer within the next 10 years. “We’re going to see a lot more breweries, a lot more neighborhood brewpubs, and overall volume will continue to grow,” he says. The 2017 summer fest is expected to bring together the largest-ever number of Michigan beers in one place – approximately 1,200. Many of the more than 100 breweries represented will be familiar to local beer connoisseurs.

Featured beers for summer ‘17

Names such as Arbor and Wolverine State, for instance, are bringing some delectable summer flavors. Arbor will be pouring Funky Vengeance, a soured blackberry and raspberry wheatwine; Peninsularity, an IPA brewed with Michigan ingredients; and a special 22nd anniversary brew. Wolverine is offering Wheelbarrow Weekend Radler, a Munich helles style beer with lemon juice, available in several different varieties including basil, cucumber, watermelon, and meringue pie. With new breweries launching around the state, there will also be newbies to

look out for, such as Pontiac’s Fillmore 13, makers of War Cry IPA and Summer Sun Hefeweizen; Speciation Artisan Ales of Grand Rapids, whose funky repertoire will please fans of Jolly Pumpkin’s sour ales; and – perhaps most intriguingly – Schoolcraft College, which offers students a program in brewing and distillation technology and the opportunity to make beer on the school’s own brewing system. They will be offering several student-produced beers, including a Czech pilsner that recently won a gold medal at Frankenmuth’s World Expo of Beer.

Lest we forget the women

Members of Fermenta, the Michigan women’s craft beverage collective, have also collaborated with a number of breweries to create some unique festival offerings, such as Sounds of the ’70s Farmhouse Table Beer (with Short’s) and Dandy, a dandelion kombucha (with Ypsilanti’s Unity Vibration). As in years past, there will be an array of local food vendors and, to complete the picnic party atmosphere, plenty of live music from The Tosspints and The Native Howl on Friday, Stone Clover on Saturday, and the Reefermen and Behind the Times on both days.

Riverside Park, Ypsilanti, July 21 and 22. Visit the Guild’s website, mibeer.com, for more details or download the “BeerFestList” mobile app for the full list of breweries and beers. ecurrent.com / july 2017 19

food

Simply Spanish

Tradition, sunshine at local food truck by Sam Fisher Paella - the golden bed of rice loaded with chorizo, chicken, and veggies - may be the antithesis of fast food. Restaurants that serve it often require some advance warning, as well as a lengthy wait for delivery to your table. Yet Simply Spanish, Xavi Vitta’s food truck tucked in the back of Mark’s Carts, will dish you up its own version on demand, providing a fast, inexpensive and delicious transport to Valencia that fits easily into your lunch hour. The plump grains of Arborio rice are saffron-infused and perfectly cooked; the chorizo delivers heat and earth, the chicken’s tender. There’s also a vegetarian version. And while the crust that comes from cooking in a cast-iron paella pan isn’t possible in this particular medium, you won’t miss it (unless you’re a food snob, in which case, lighten up).

Paella plus

You can get the paella as a combo with a bright crisp salad to counter the dish’s heavy goodness, or you can blow out your calorie count for the day with baconwrapped dates, a pork-candy concoction featuring super-crisp strips wrapped around sticky dried fruit. Either will set you back only $11. Sandwiches at $10 each include two vegetarian options: the Murciana, featuring grilled veggies and two kinds of cheese, or the Spanish Tortilla and Manchego, which stars the savory potato/egg omelet topped with the lusty sheep’s cheese on a chewy baguette; be sure to get aioli (garlic mayonnaise) on the side. Ravenous carnivores should tackle the Txistorra - pronounced something like “teeks-ee-storra” (but you can also just point) - in order to try the Basque version of chorizo. Sandwiches for

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a few dollars more include the Cuban, the Civito, or the Iberico Ham with crushed tomato and olive oil, which American food journalist Mark Bittman reported as “the best sandwich I’ve ever had.” Go with a group and order a variety off the menu, including a tapas selection or two, maybe cod croquettes or mixed marinated olives. Pass the plates at one of the nearby picnic tables, and toast each other with San Pellegrino grapefruit soda. Feel more food savvy because you now get the

distinct difference between Spanish and Mexican food; they may be cousins, but they have very different parents. Most of all, simply soak up two kinds of sun: the one shining down on you and the food shining up from your paper plate.

Simply Spanish, 211 Washington Street, Ann Arbor (at Mark’s Carts) simplyspanisha2.com or facebook.com/simplyspanisha2

Ongoing Wine Night Wednesdays 6pm. Evans Street Station. evansstreetstation.com Free

Try out some new wines. There are half-price bottles of wine and unfinished bottles that can be corked and taken home.

Tuesdays

3pm. Saline District Library. salinechamber.org Free

Enjoy small town flavor at the Saline Farmer’s Market which features fresh produce, plants, flowers and specialty items.

Wednesdays and Saturdays 7am. Ann Arbor Farmer’s MarketKerrytown. a2gov.org Free

As it gets warmer, the market is heating up and continuing to offer fresh local produce.

Sunday Artisan Market 11am 315 Detroit St. sundayartisanmarket.org Free

The market features over 40 local artisans with handmade creations.

5 wednesday Farmer’s Market Food Truck Rally

5pm. Prices vary. Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. a2gov.org

Food trucks, carts and other local vendors will be on site from 5-8pm. Bring a chair, a friend and dive into some of the food offered.

6 thursday Sierra Nevada Beer Camp 2017

11am. Prices vary. World of Beer, Canton.

Get a feel for the beer camp with an opportunity to try the series on draft. They will tap six beers from Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp 2017 Series. Try out six stateside and six overseas breweries.

Ice Cream & Sorbet

7pm. AADL-Downtown. aadl.org Free

Summer time is the ideal time to enjoy frozen treats. In this handson workshop, participants will learn how to make ice cream, sorbet and gelato at home. This session will also include vegan recipes.

9 sunday Pure Michigan

5pm. $40. The Last Word.

Put Michigan spirits and local produce to good use. These hands-on demonstrations will use classic recipes made special by the addition of seasonal and local offerings.

11 tuesday Protein, Carbs and Fats: Where do you get yours?

7pm. AADL-Downtown. aadl.org Free

Learn about the best dietary sources of these macronutrients and how to meet your needs with a vegan diet.

Wine Dinner: Tour Through Tuscany

7pm. $45. Downtown Main Martini Bar & Grille. downtownmain.com

A five-course meal made by Chef Christian, with wines paired by Downtown Main’s Corey!

12 wednesday Cocktail Class: Farm-toGlass Cocktails 7:30pm. $45. Antietam, Detroit. tammystastings.com

This class is all about incorporating local produce – herbs, cucumbers, berries, tomatoes into cocktails. Learn all about muddling, and infusing.

13 thursday Cheese 101

6pm. $35. Zingerman’s Creamery. events.zingermanscommunity.com

An introduction to the world of cheese. Discover the seven major styles of cheese and what makes each style unique. Learn about what makes a well-rounded cheese board and some of the basics of pairing with wine.

Contemporary Confections 6:30pm. $35. Greyline. events.zingermanscommunity.com

Explore candies outside of chocolate like nougat, pâte de fruits and nut-based sweets. There will even be a special confectionary cocktail.

14 friday Oberun 5K

6:30pm. Wiard’s Orchard and Country Fair. ruboberun5k.com

The inagural Oberun 5k celebrates summer and beer. It is a 5k dash to a Bell’s beer garden. After the run expect beer, bonfires, sand volleyball, corn hole, food trucks and lots of beer.

7th Annual North American Belgian Beer Festival 7pm. $40-$70. Ashley’s Beer & Grill, Westland. nabbf.org

The largest gathering of Belgian brewers in the states. The festival will feature over 80 different beers. This year they will be offering draft pours.

Get a Gose

Summer brew release, beer-garden style Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery is a staple of the Ypsi community– and their beer garden is renowned. ABC is making the sunny spot a little smoother this month with the July 20 release of their Gose, an extremely malt-forward summer sipper. Mug Club members receive special discounts on growlers of the seasonal favorite, as well as discount on select kitchen offerings.

Thursday, July 20. 6-7pm. Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery. 720 Norris, Ypsilanti, 48198.

15 saturday How to kick the sugar habit 1pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore. crazywisdom.net Free

Learn the three main challenges people experience trying to kick the sugar habit and the seven solutions to reduce sugar cravings and improve health.

Busch’s Rib Fest

3pm. Prices vary. Witch’s Hat Brewing Company. witchshatbrewing.com

Busch’s Fresh Food Market will be at Witch’s Hat Brewing grilling up ribs from 2-4pm. Have a slab of ribs and some pints. Also on July 8.

Date Night: Mediterranean Cafe

6pm. $50. Fustinis. fustinis.com

This class will demonstrate cucumber & roasted red pepper hummus, garlic pita chips, broiled fish chermoula, red curried pork and various crustedes.

16 sunday Flying Pancake Breakfast 10am. $8-$10. Greenmead Historical Park. ci.livonia.mi.us

and pick your favorite. Chefs from Gold Cash Gold, Katoi, Local Kitchen, Bistro 82, and even Slurping Turtle are presenting their best noodles.

17 monday Cocktail Class: Cocktail Ingredients 1pm. $25-$45. The Last Word. tammystastings.com

Commercial versions of standard cocktail ingredients are often lacking in flavor. Make grenadine from real pomegranates, a fruit shrub, a vinegar-based fruit preservation method; orgeat, an almond syrup; brandied cherries; tonic syrup for homemade tonic water.

Cocktail Class: No Shots Allowed 7:30pm. $40. The Last Word. tammystastings.com

Tequila is not just for shots. Learn the differences between different grades of tequila and the variety of roles tequila can play in cocktails.

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There is a fun run/walk through Greenmead and then all-you-caneat pancakes, sausage and coffee. Afterwards, there is a tour of the historic village.

MI Brewers Guild 20th Annual Summer Beer Festival

MDP Summer BBQ

The largest Michigan-only beer festival in Michigan with over 130 michigan breweries and over 1000 different craft beers to choose from. 15 sampling tokens are included with a ticket and additional tokens are $0.50. There will also be food and live music celebrating Michigan bands.

1pm. $50. Kensington Metropark, Milford. actblue.com

Enjoy a summer barbecue in the park with beef and chicken kabobs, cheese burgers, veggies burgers, and more.

Ramen Battle

5pm. $40. Riverside Park. mibeer.com/summer-festival

2pm. $69. Slurping Turtle. slurpingturtle.com

An epic competition to benefit Mott’s Children’s hospital. Try out ramen from five different chefs

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22 saturday Vegetable Lacto-Fermentation

10am. $60. Stone Coop Farm, Brighton. stonecoopfarm.com

Lacto-fermentation is a method of food preservation that also enhances the nutrient content of the food. In this workshop participants will learn how to ferment vegetables, fruits, and condiments. This is a make and take workshop with seasonal foods.

Nu Deli Food Truck

4pm. Prices vary. Witch’s Hat Brewing Company, South Lyon. witchshatbrewing.com

Nu Deli is a food truck that has an Indian take on hometown favorites.

Learn how to cook from a pro: Couples Night

6:30pm. $65. Stone Coop Farm, Brighton. stonecoopfarm.com

The focus of this class is rethinking barbecue. Chef Matt will teach participants how to prepare this three-course meal. The class features the organic produce from the Stone Coop Farm.

23 sunday Cornman Farms’ Festival Celebrating Zingerman’s 35th Jubilee

12pm. $10. Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, Dexter. cornmanfarms.com

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A full afternoon of food, music and fun. Enjoy treats from Zingerman’s Bakehouse, Candy, Coffee, Deli, Roadhouse and Zingerman’s newest restaurant, Miss Kim. There will also be sodas, beer, wine and cocktails.

25 tuesday Gose Feature Hour

6pm. Prices vary. Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery, Ypsilanti. arborbrewing.com

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Stroll up to the main bar to try Gose. Gose is a top-fermented beer that originated in Goslar, Germany. It is brewed with at least 50% of the grain bill being malted wheat.

Perfect Pies & Tarts

7pm. AADL-Downtown. aadl.org Free

Learn the difference between pies and tarts, understand the different fillings and crusts for pies and tarts, and understand how to blind-bake a pie shell. Participants will leave with enough dough for two single crust pies or one double crust pie.

27 thursday Wine & Cheese Pairing

6pm. $35. Zingerman’s Creamery. events.zingermanscommunity.com

Taste through a spectrum of wines with wine-friendly artisan cheeses. The class is lead by Zingerman’s resident Certified Cheese Professional.

29 saturday German Park Picnic

4pm. $5. German Park. germanpark.com

This picnic has been going strong since 1938. Dig into authentic German food and beer. There will also be live music and performances by the German Park Trachtengruppe dancers.

WSBC Summer Party Benefiting Food Gatherers 12pm. Wolverine State Brewing Co. wolverinebeer.com Free

Celebrate some of the best parts of summer parties. There will be a staff brew-off competition, a cornhole tournament, a pig roast, and an outdoor beer service station. The proceeds benefit Food Gatherers.

31 monday Cocktail Class: Herbal Elixirs 7:30pm. $40. The Last Word. tammystastings.com

Mint is a common cocktail ingredient, but why stop there when there are so many other herbs? Explore the many uses of herbs in cocktails by adding them directly, using syrup infusions or simply using herbal liqueurs. The class includes history, stories, technique instruction and the hands-on making of cocktails. Total consumption is equivalent to 1.5-2 cocktails per person.

Garden Party Series: Free Taster Preview 6:30pm. Robin Hills Farm. robinhillsfarm.com Free

Get a free overview of the Garden Party series in this free preview class, complete with a cooking demo, tour of the garden, and sampling of the workshops’ four-course menu. Guests will also get a brief visit with the professional cook and caterer leading the series, Emily van der Waard. She will share a few tricks of the trade and discuss what students may expect.

music Bona Sera Underground, First Fridays Supporting local artists, musicians

by Jeff Milo The benefits of community-engagement and actively supporting the arts are becoming more and more evident to a progressive business like Ypsilanti’s Bona Sera Restaurant. Annette Weathers, Bona Sera’s owner/manager, is proud to be a part of the community, and she recalls the steady impact that an event like First Fridays had on the local arts community in its infancy. “Since we opened in 2012, there’s been a change that I think is only accelerating; there are a lot fewer closed storefronts down here, and more small businesses are coming in.” She is right. Over the last five years, businesses like Bona Sera, Beezy’s Café, Go Ice Cream, Red Rock and Ma Lou’s have brought renewed energy to the downtown area. More importantly, inventive or freshly offbeat enterprises like Bona Sera have made it part of their mission to support the arts and music.

Every Second Friday

Weathers, along with a vast group of Ypsilanti residents and business owners, sees a definite correlation between Ypsi’s resurgent art and music scene and the monthly First Fridays series. Bona Sera also recently started hosting monthly

Dance parties every Friday support local non-profits and charities.

dance parties in their downstairs space, known as Bona Sera Underground. The series is run by the micro-philanthropy group Friends w/Benefits every second Friday of the month, raising funds for local nonprofits and charities. Bona Sera inhabits a building that used to house the old Kresge Department Store, (and after that, the bygone Mongolian Grill). Their unique, ambiance-heavy downstairs space used to be The Keystone Club. “It was perfectly set up,” said Weathers, recalling when they started setting up for their 2012 opening, “(The Underground) already had this nice little lounge-y, martini bar look to it, with sort of a Prohibition-era vibe. That’s why people like to use it for events!” The Underground is a unique venue with exposed brick archways, a large “U” shaped orange Formica bar, with a stage and PA system,” said Riva Jewell-Vitale, who manages Bona Sera’s events and catering. “We hold a variety of events in

the space, which lends well to candlelit catered dinners and receptions, to performances and music shows.”

Wonder Woman and Bad Fairy

Bona Sera blossomed out of what was initially an underground supper club spearheaded by Weathers’ business partner, known locally under her alias Wonder Woman. Weathers herself took on the moniker of Bad Fairy when she began lending her two decades’ worth of culinary specialties to this fateful philanthropic venture of fundraising through communitybolstering, clandestine catering parties. In 2013, after Bona Sera was getting into their groove, Deb Ennis started helping them initiate First Fridays and soon afterward, it really took off.

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Go Tiger Go performs during the 2017 First Friday Ypsi Gala.

“First Friday’s came from both of us thinking of ways to encourage traffic to Ypsilanti and especially downtown,” said Weathers. “We also recognized the art, music and creativity of the community and thought First Fridays, as an Art Walk, would be the perfect way to showcase the many talents of Ypsilanti!” While Weathers acknowledges that a void (in terms of steadily active live music venues) still lingers after the closing of Woodruffs Bar, she isn’t focused on pushing The Underground into anything that could replace it. It’s a space that can be booked, and is on many occasions, but isn’t a typical “venue.”

First Friday’s Beginnings

Elize Jekabson, program director of First Fridays and the curator of art at Bona Sera, just like Jewell-Vitale, is an artist. Jekabson came out of the sculpture program at EMU, while Jewell-Vitale has a background in metalwork; both are part of Ypsi Alloy Studios, where a community of artists each have their own studio space, but share common work areas and tools. While Jewell-Vitale has coordinated special events, dance parties and concerts in The Underground, Jekabson has been cooking at Bona Sera for almost four years and has served as volunteer-manager of the art shows there for just as long. Those four years included Jekabson’s collaboration with Kayj Michelle, (president of First Fridays organization). “It’s all very connected,” Jekabson explained. Michelle moved back to Ypsi in 2010 after experiencing the expansive First Fridays event held in San Jose, CA. And after Deb Ennis stopped organizing, it was Michelle who took the leadership role at committee meetings. “Bona Sera pushed hard for the art walk. (First Fridays) played a large part in their being able to stay afloat the first two years they were open before they could obtain their own liquor license,” said Michelle.

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Coupled with Bona Sera’s well-connected staff members, Michelle explained that the success of this art walk has really always been a product of intentional collaboration between the host venues. “The core group of volunteer organizers for First Fridays in the beginning,” said Michelle, “were doing it out of the sheer need for showcase space in Ypsi. We have been short on supply with gallery space and music venues for some time. But Ypsi has also had this long history of being DIY, so the idea of (First Fridays) fit in very well, once people became familiar with it.” This is why we’re spotlighting Bona Sera, Bona Sera Underground, and First Fridays - because the intertwined story of their respective efforts have helped a collective sensibility take hold throughout Ypsilanti. “Artists need space to work… especially 3D artists,” Jekabson said. “They need access to tools, they need critiques, they need a push from other artists. Spaces like Ypsi Alloy are few and far, nationwide.” Spaces such as Bona Sera, are few and far, as well. “Bona Sera is important because it brings people together through food, art and music,” Jekabson said. “(They) have never asked for commission on work sold, which is almost unheard of in any art exhibition setting, so it really is for the artist.” First Friday is sponsored by Bank of Ann Arbor and partners with Ypsi’s Riverside Arts Center; you can visit Bona Sera, Ypsi Alloy and several other local venues on July 7, starting at 11am. Also, in July, Bona Sera’s featured artist is Flint-based artist/ sculptor Pauly M. Everett.

Bona Sera Restaurant / Bona Sera Underground. 200 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsi 48197. More info: facebook.com/ bonaseraunderground. Info about First Fridays: firstfridaysypsi.com

Ongoing

3 monday

Motown soul at The Ark

Mondays Acoustic Mondays

Dede Alder

How Bettye Lavette is bringing it back

7pm. ABC Microbrewery. arborbrewing.com.

Having just 36 miles between Ann Arbor and Detroit means you likely have a healthy appreciation for Motown, soul, R&B and the blues. And if you check any of those boxes, you need to make it down to The Ark on July 9 to see Bettye Lavette. Lavette, a lifelong Michigander, was overshadowed by more well-known Motown Era voices like Aretha Franklin and Bettye Swann, but her signature soulful pipes have a cult following among aficionados. She reached some commercial fame with her song “My Man - He’s a Loving Man” in 1946 and more recently has earned recognition with her country-inspired voice. If you’re a fan of the genre or just have an interest in the Motown Era and its effect on popular music don’t miss Bettye Lavette. Rarely will you be able to see such a powerful voice on such an intimate stage. - KJ

Grab a beer and settle in with some acoustic jams.

Thursdays Oz’s Guitar Jam

7:30pm. $20. Oz’s Music Store. ozmusic.com

Moderate and pro performers and bassists welcome.

Fridays Live Music at Om of Medicine 8pm. Om of Medicine. omofmedicine.org Free

Relax in the membership lounge and enjoy some tunes.

Bettye Lavette. Sunday, July 9. 7 pm. $30. The Ark, 316 S. Main. (734) 761-1818. theark.org

Get surrounded with Irish food and music.

Center Stage Strings: Student-Artist Performances 7pm. Britton Recital Hall. centerstagestringsinstitute.com Free

Sonic Lunch: Michigan Rattlers

12pm. Liberty Plaza. soniclunch.com Free Narrative-driven Americana.

8pm. $15. The Ark. theark.org Bluegrass and folk with rock and roll attitude

Times vary. UM North Campus. centerstagestringsinstitute.com Free

5pm. The O&W Acoustic Stage. a2sf.org Free Americana roots, alt-country duo.

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Center Stage Strings: Master Classes

The Whiskey Charmers

8pm. $3. The Ark. theark.org Get up on the well-loved stage and share some tunes.

6:30pm. The Rumpus Room. therumpusroomchelsea.com Free The open mic goes until 8:30pm followed by a performance of The Ragbirds guitarist.

7:30pm. Conor O’Neill’s Pub. conoroneills.com/annarbor

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5 wednesday The Ark’s Open Stage

Open Mic Featuring: TJ Zindle

Sundays Traditional Irish Session

A behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of a young artist. Check website for times and locations. July 1: Stephen Shipps, Violin; July 2: Anthony Elliott, Cello; July 5: Eric Nowlin, Viola; July 8: Robert Lipsett, Violin; July 9: Horacio Contreras, Cello.

7pm. ABC Microbrewery, Ypsilanti. arborbrewing.com Free Irish influenced soulful jazz.

7 friday The Dustbowl Revival Gifted students across the country study at CSS and perform with these concerts. Also on July 8.

The Outer Vibe

Death of the Party

CHIRP

7pm. $7. Maidstone Theatre. facebook.com/maidstonetheatre Death Of The Party, Ecclesiast, Augres, Killsound and Suits and Daggers.

8pm. $25. The Ark. theark.org A spicy roots cocktail of bluegrass, blues and swing.

8pm. Rackham Stage. a2sf.org Free

Surf disco. 9pm. $7. The Blind Pig. blindpigmusic.com “Proggy Funky Fusion” with Jive Colossus and Speakeasy.

The Hard Road Trio

8pm. $5-$25. Kerrytown Concert House. kerrytownconcerthouse.com A powerful trio with backgrounds in choral music and bluegrass.

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Joseph Arthur

8pm. $20. The Ark. theark.org The “Redemption’s Son” 15th Anniversary tour.

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No Preservatives 100% NON-GMO Gluten Free

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The Ark Stage at the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair

Summer Metal Fest 2017

12pm. $12.Washtenaw County Farm Council Grounds. facebook. com/SummerMetalFest2017 Outdoor summer concerts aren’t just for pop, country and rock. See their facebook for the full lineup.

Blues and Brews: Alligators 8pm. $5. Guy Hollerin’s. hiannarbor.com Much like their reptilian namesake, this blues band has been around for many years.

N2 Submission, Divided by Zed, Johnny Spark & The Boys

8pm. $5. Maidstone Theatre. facebook.com/maidstonetheatre Goth Metal, Rock and Power Pop.

PARTY!

9pm. $10. The Blind Pig. blindpigmusic.com BIlmuri, Telegraf, Narco Debut and The Banshee Pilot.

9 sunday Bettye LaVette

7:30pm. $30. The Ark. theark.org Detroit’s own queen of soul and blues

Feel the twang

The folk festival you need Nothing feels more like a Michigan summer than a warm afternoon full of jamming guitars and twanging mandolins. If that sounds like your cup - or mason jar - of tea, head over to the Broken Branch Breakdown on July 22. This year’s festival features ten different acts spanning across Americana, folk, alt-country and reggae genres. It includes several mainstays of the local folk and bluegrass scene including Dragon Wagon, Back Forty and Wire in the Wood. The rest of this year’s bill is: Reggaeloution; Adam Labeaux and the Cloudbuilders; Adam Plomaritas and Friends; Jovial Isaac Rydecki; Mark Cantwil; Mike Gentry and Kristina Johnsen. This annual free, all-ages festival is in its fourth year, though last year’s event was cancelled due to rain. If you’re looking for some of the area’s top folk-inspired musicians, Broken Branch is not to be missed. -KJ

Broken Branch Breakdown. Sunday, July 22. 12 pm. Free. Ann Arbor Broken Branch Stage, 6090 Plymouth Rd. (810) 240-3117.

10 monday Center Stage Strings

7pm. Britton Recital Hall. centerstagestringsinstitute.com Free Faculty and student collaboration concert.

Sam Corbin

7pm. ABC Microbrewery, Ypsilanti. arborbrewing.com Free Ypsilanti-based singer songwriter playing classic Americana.

12 wednesday Center Stage Strings

7pm. Britton Recital Hall. centerstagestringsinstitute.com Free Faculty and chamber music featuring pianist Jennie Jung.

Ann Arbor Civic Band: Salute to Film and TV

8pm. West Park Band Shell. annarborcivicband.org Free Music from great TV and films.

Louis Nagel

8pm. Lecture: Free, Concert: $5+. Kerrytown Concert House. kerrytownconcerthouse.com Louis Nagel is the artist in residence. There are lectures on 6/12 and 6/15; performances on 6/13 and 6/16.

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5pm. Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. theark.org Free The Ark brings a slew of michigan native bands like The Understorey, Bluesmatics and The War and Treaty.

13 thursday Sonic Lunch: TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds 12pm. Liberty Plaza. soniclunch.com Free Lead guitarist of the Dave Matthew Band in a “Rock Funk Power Trio.”

14 friday Center Stage Strings

7pm. Stamps Auditorium. centerstagestringsinstitute.com Free Student finale concert.

Canton Color Tour Jazz Series

7pm. Super Bowl, 45100 Ford Rd. shopcanton.org Free Seven weeks of jazz. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music.

Acoustic Show

8pm. $5. Maidstone Theatre. facebook.com/maidstonetheatre Edward Dupas and Merchandise Your Tragedies.

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15 saturday Blues and Brews: Root Doctor

8pm. $5. Guy Hollerin’s. hiannarbor.com Growing up singing in his Mississippi church choir, the lead singer is the soul of the group.

The Seldom Scene

8pm. $25. The Ark. theark.org The second generation of a legendary D.C. bluegrass band

17 monday Travis Aukerman Trio

7pm. ABC Microbrewery, Ypsilanti. arborbrewing.com Free Jazz with a strong percussion section.

19 wednesday Ann Arbor Civic Band: Swingin’ With Miller and Friends 8pm. West Park Band Shell. annarborcivicband.org Free Come swing with some Big Band tunes.

22 saturday Blues and Brews: George Bedard and the Kingpins 8pm. $5. Guy Hollerin’s. hiannarbor.com Swinging R&B.

Joel Rydecki Band

10pm. Mash. mashbar.net Free Neo-Soul funk.

24 monday Carly Bins

7pm. ABC Microbrewery, Ypsilanti. arborbrewing.com Free This 17-year-old writes mostly for her acoustic guitar, but also plays the electric guitar and ukulele.

26 wednesday Ann Arbor Civic Band: Movie Heroes

8pm. West Park Band Shell. annarborcivicband.org Free This performance pays homage to heroes from beloved movies like Star Wars and James Bond.

The Adam Ezra Group

8pm. $15. The Ark. theark.org Folk with an emphasis on songwriting and community.

Reeds-n-Steel

9pm. Mash. mashbar.net Free This Ann Arbor duo puts jazz into blues and blues into rock.

27 thursday Sonic Lunch: NOMO 12pm. Liberty Plaza. soniclunch.com Free Dancy post-afrobeat.

Jamie Register

9pm. $10. The Blind Pig. blindpigmusic.com “Scars of Frankenstein” EP Release with DJ Nicole Myint & Friends.

28 friday The Messarounds

10pm. Mash. mashbar.net Free Northern soul.

The ‘90s Ypsi Injection Punk rock you love to love

Need a proper dose of nostalgia? Head down to Ypsilanti’s Maidstone Theatre on July 2 to see frontman Chuck Mosley and relive the ‘90s. Mosley is famous for his work with Faith No More, Bad Brains, Cement and VUA. While he parted ways with Faith No More before the band became a well-known name, Mosley was the voice behind the band’s first hit: “We Care a Lot.” For those who don’t remember the song’s radio play, you’ll recall its hook as the theme song for the TV show Dirty Jobs. Faith No More’s iconic brand of funk-inspired metal helped set the tone for ‘90s rock and roll. Mosley’s Maidstone set will be mostly acoustic versions of his catalog, but will incorporate some new songs as well. Joining him on stage will be local acts Alexander Webb, Thunderbuck Ram, Blackmail and Dangerous Pleasure. -KJ

Chuck Mosley, Sunday, July 2. 7 pm. $8. Maidstone Theatre, 1425 Ecorse. 734-483-6899. website

29 saturday Blues and Brews: Lady Sunshine and the X Band 8pm. $5. Guy Hollerin’s. hiannarbor.com Energetic blues with a touch of funk and soul.

Ben Daniels Band

9pm. The Rumpus Room. therumpusroomchelsea.com Free A special free concert with a local Americana/blues favorite.

30 sunday EXEGESIS

8pm. $8. Maidstone Theatre. facebook.com/maidstonetheatre Columbian metal.

31 monday CHIRP

7pm. ABC Microbrewery, Ypsilanti. arborbrewing.com Free “Proggy Funky Fusion”

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film Orson Welles’ Final Resting Spot UM’s expansive, un-matched Welles collection by Louis W. Meldman

The actual acquisition

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Michigan already had the world’s greatest collection of Welles’ original archives. We’re talking handwritten notes, jottings and sketches in the margins of scripts, letters, telegrams (remember those?), photographs, illustrations, production and financial statements. There are several different donated “collections,” this most recent one from Beatrice Welles, Orson’s youngest daughter with Italian actress Paola Mori. Beatrice wanted to unite her collection with the rest of the UM treasure trove even though, “My father was very anti-establishment.” For example, Beatrice never went to school, but hung out with her parents as they worked and jet-setted and, in the end, provided her with personal treasures like no other. The beauty part is that you and I, the public, can view and touch these rare artifacts in the UM Special Collections Library. Just ask nicely, request a look at anything, sit at a table and the librarian will bring you whatever you want. Manuscripts, posters, playbills, original art, everything, including the original annotated script for Fountain of Youth, a 1956 television pilot produced by Desilu (yes, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz - remember them?), completed but never broadcast. It won a Peabody award, the only unsold pilot to do so. Beatrice Welles looks through binoculars into the crowd as her father, Orson Welles, looks at the camera at annual bullfight at the Feria de Sevilla in Spain, April 1964.

Who was Orson Welles? With the recent acquisition of a treasure trove of Orson Welles memorabilia, The University of Michigan is now the world’s foremost repositor of the personal and artistic archives of one of the greatest geniuses in the history of radio and cinema. Welles’ War of the Worlds 1938 radio episode for the Mercury Theatre on the Air was the most amazing broadcast in radio history. Despite forewarning, millions of Americans believed the H.G. Wells drama about an invasion from Mars was the real thing and America freaked out en masse. (It was broadcast to do just that, as a series of “news bulletins.”) Welles, who wrote, directed and starred in the radio drama, was 23 years old at the time and already had a booming career in the theater. Three years later he wrote, directed, starred in and produced what some consider to be the greatest motion picture of all time, Citizen Kane. My kids are old enough and my grandkids young enough for me to admit that the first time I saw Citizen Kane was as a freshman living in East Quad, when some of the artistic members of the EQTC (East Quad Tripping Club) gave me some LSD and walked me around the corner to the Cinema Guild presentation in the old Architecture Building. To this day, I don’t know which was the trippier, the film or the acid, but I freaked out in a really good way, baby. Welles finally expired at age 70 in 1985. He was obese and mongering Paul Masson jug wine on television, but he still had the silky-smoothest voice in entertainment and a lifetime of creativity that is now being saved for posterity.

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(L-R) David Bendena, Caitlin Cavannaugh, Rusty Mewha and Lauren Knox bring an imaginative story to the stage.

Harvey: A Comedy for Our Time How a classic speaks to the modern audience by Sandor Slomovits

The Purple Rose Theatre’s summer offering is the American classic, “Harvey.” Mary Chase’s play opened on Broadway in 1944 and ran four-and-a-half years. It won the Pulitzer Prize and was made into a 1950 movie starring Jimmy Stewart. When the play was revived on Broadway in 1970, Stewart reprised his film role opposite Helen Hayes. “Harvey’s” hero is Elwood P. Dowd, a middle-aged man sharing, with his sister and her daughter, the family home he inherited from his mother. Oh, and also with Harvey. The problem is that Harvey is a six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit. To make matters worse, he’s invisible to everyone except Elwood. Harvey is very troubling to Elwood’s sister Veta but he is particularly vexing to her daughter Myrtle, who is in the champion eye-rolling phase of teenage-hood, that time of life when everything one’s relatives do is terminally embarrassing anyway. “But Mother, why can’t we live like other people?”

When they arrive there, a comedy of errors erupts. Chase expertly deploys the stock-in-trade tricks of all comedies of errors, the opening and slamming of several doors, and the intricate splitsecond timing of her characters’ comings and goings in and out those doors. There are familiar, stereotypical characters. The psychiatrist who is more deluded than his patients, the blonde bombshell who is much brighter and more perceptive than people think, and the cabbie who has seen it all. But Elwood’s character is unique and memorable. Although he says, “Doctor, I wrestled with reality for forty years, and I am happy to report that I finally won out over it,” it’s perhaps he who is the only one who sees people most truly. When he says, “Some people are blind. That is often brought to my attention,” he’s not only talking about people being unable to see Harvey.

Come on, brother

The play is by turns uproariously funny, poignant, and ultimately uplifting. Although Elwood is the only one who ever sees Harvey, everyone in the play - and in

At the start of the play things have deteriorated to the point that Veta feels she must commit Elwood to a sanitarium.

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Poignant and, ultimately uplifting

the audience - is profoundly affected and transformed by the two of them. “‘Harvey’ is my favorite American classic play,” says Guy Sanville, the Purple Rose’s Artistic Director. “For over seventy years, this magical, hilarious, heartfelt and thought-provoking comedy has moved, delighted and inspired millions of people to rediscover the kindness inherent in all human beings.” Mary Chase wrote Harvey during WWII, while any and every innocent fantasy was preferable to the ongoing brutal reality. Today, when reality sometimes seems even more grim than when Harvey was written, the play’s message of tolerance, understanding, and compassion seems just as necessary as when it first ran.

Thursday, June 15-Saturday, August 26. The Purple Rose Theatre Company. 137 Park Street, Chelsea, 48160. Previews, with reduced-price tickets available through Thursday, June 22. Ticket prices range from $20.50 to $46 with special discounts for students, seniors, teachers, members of the military, and groups. For more information call (734) 433-7673 or visit www.purplerosetheatre.org.

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Ann Arbor Art Fair The true townie’s take, off the main streets by Louis W. Meldman

The Ann Arbor District Library is a major force in the artistic life of this town. All things library, like everything else in downtown, heat up during the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. This, the 48th annual Fair, runs Thursday, July 20 through Sunday, July 23. That’s a great improvement from the old days when the Fair closed on Saturday night and debris blew around Sunday. Never again on a Sunday. In addition, this is the lucky thirteenth year of the pre-fair Townie Street Party.

A Give Back for Townies

The Townie Party is held on Monday, July 17 from 5-9:30 pm on the Ingalls Mall between Thayer and Fletcher next to the Burton Memorial Tower. Now the whole week is relaxed, cool, and copacetic. The Townie Street Party is the Fair’s give-back to Ann Arbor for hosting this mind-blowing Art Fair happening. The party features food and drink from the best local joints, and the best local music. This year the RFD Boys (who’ve been hot since I was in college here, fifty million years ago), and The Ben Daniels Band, a genuinely excellent young combo that is known to have Ben’s old man, Jeff, show up and jam with them, are hitting the stage. And the grooviest part of the Townie Party, the Youth Art Fair juried by the AADL, offers works on sale for cash only from the youthful, aspiring, professional artists manning the booths and handling the moola themselves.

AADL a great stop

The Art Fair is now juried online from within the Downtown Library itself, a reflection of how the fair’s curators know what they’re doing and how this event gets more artistically accomplished

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and impressive every year. The Alden B. Dow 1957 Downtown Library is more striking with each passing year. It’s worth a duck-in for its own sake— right off the main streets—and there are special exhibits happening throughout the Fair, a blessed, air-conditioned respite, if nothing else. For example, on Thursday, July 20, 6:30-8:30 pm, you can learn about 3D printing and experience the Pintrbot Simple Metal 3D Printer. No prior experience necessary. No prior experience? I don’t even know what half those words mean. That means I’ll stop in and have the staff explain it to me and my three-year-old granddaughter: Fun! On Friday the 21st, 6:30-8 pm, there is a “Secret Lab” for grade 6 to adult that will explain CNC routers and how they can be used in fabrication and DIY projects. Naturally, a ShopBot Desktop router will be used to demonstrate it all. Naturally. Oy, vey. Finally, on Saturday the 22nd, 2-5:30 pm, is a special “One-String Electric Guitar Laboratory.” I can actually comprehend this Jack White concept, born of West Africa and the American South. Make your own musical equipment right here at the Library! And enjoy the air conditioning!

lit Rock icon, literary star Bringing rock novel to The Ark by Krista Gjestland

British folk rocker Billy Bragg will be in town July 18, but unlike his previous appearance at The Ark, he’s leaving his guitar backstage. Bragg is returning to Ann Arbor on a book tour promoting his latest piece of writing, “Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World.” The book takes an in-depth look into a littleknown musical craze that led to the now famous British Invasion of the 1960s. Bragg, who has been writing and performing socially, politically and romantically charged music since the 1980s, will be showcased at the event, hosted by Literati Bookstore and held at The Ark. Literati Events Manager John Ganiard explains: “Unlike a normal Billy appearance at The Ark, this is going to be a book talk. He’s going to have sort of a prepared book presentation. It’s actually a pretty hefty work of scholarship about Skiffle which is a sort of ‘50s UK musical movement. Skiffle is kind of a precursor to the British invasion and what we know as pop music.” “Working with the publicist, they reached out to us,” he said of his time working with Bragg’s publicist. “They mentioned that Billy’s been many times to Ann Arbor before and has played The Ark.”

A natural for the Ark

According to Ganiard, The Ark as a venue for this slightly offkilter event was only logical because of the venue’s storied place in Ann Arbor music history. “It makes a lot of sense to do it at The Ark since it’s a historic home to folk music and roots music in Ann Arbor,” he explained. “We were really fortunate to find a time that worked with Billy’s tour schedule and also The Ark. We’ve always really admired what The Ark does so to get to do a book signing with them is really exciting.” Ganiard said that although this is the bookstore’s first time partnering with The Ark on an author event, he’s hoping to grow and continue the partnership.

Rocker Billy Bragg’s new book explores the roots of rock’s Britsh Invasion.

“What we’re hoping down the line is to do more with them as it makes sense,” he said. “Our mission with events at Literati is to think of events as a community kind of thing. We really want to partner with other businesses and venues as they make sense and to try to expand literary events into interesting spaces.”

Tickets for Billy Bragg’s book tour for “Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World” are $35 and include a hardcover copy of the book, which is released just days before on July 11. Tickets are available online at literati.com/event, where the bookstore also houses a full calendar of events.

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arts & culture Artists to check out at Art Fair Townies and tourists alike are familiar with the eclectic selection of vendors, and often sweltering heat, that is the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. Despite the weather conditions, The Fair(s) are a fantastic time for both newcomers and veterans. The Art Fair has selected ceramic artist Debo Groover, who has a fondness for colorful and patterned sheets of clay, as this year’s featured artist. Sarah Goodyear, an acrylic painter who imparts unusual colors and textures to otherwise realistic forms of people and landscape, is the independent Guild of Artisans and Artists’ pick for 2017. Other artists to look for are Harmony Hollow Bell Works, displaying intricate bronze windbells, and R.L Alexander with meditations on children’s storybook paintings. —JB

Thursday, July 20 through Sunday, July 23. 10am. Downtown Ann Arbor. 734-994-5260. artfair.org Free

A swingin’ summer Tales of Tree Town

Twilight theatre

The podcast goes live

A magical performance beneath the stars

Ann Arbor Stories, an Ann Arbor District Library podcast hosted by Richard Retyi and produced by Brian Peters, features stories of Ann Arbor, past and present. The duo brings their podcast live to Literati, sharing two new stories of Ann Arbor with photos, spoken word and music. Guests are encouraged to participate in the Q&A with the creators and to share their own stories. —JB

Monday, July 10. 7pm. Literati, 124 E Washington. 734-585-5567. literatibookstore.com Free

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Penny Seats Theatre Company is putting on its first outdoor show amidst the twilight. The play selected for this inaugural performance, Peter and the Starcatcher, an imaginative prequel to the classic tale of Peter Pan, is full of mermaids, pirates and magic. The audience is encouraged to bring blankets and snacks to this unique and intimate show. The production plays July 13-July 29. —JB

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 13 - July 29. $10-$12. 8pm. West Park, 215 Chapin St. 734-926-5346. pennyseats.org

Dance your way into the Huron 2017 marks the ninth year of KissME in Ann Arbor (Keep it Simple and Swing), a full weekend of all things swing-dancing. The weekend-long festival offers afternoon, evening and late-night dances with noted jazz bands. Wade or dance into the Huron River, enjoy some food along with lots and lots of dancing. Swing-dancers can pick which dances to attend a la carte, or buy a pass for the weekend. Advance online registration is required. —JB

July 21-23. $5/dance, $60/weekend. Locations and times vary. kissme@kissmeinannarbor.com. kissmeinannarbor.com

Ongoing [literary]

Literati Book Clubs 7pm. Literati. literatibookstore.com Free

Jul 24: Eco Book Club, Jun 31: Poetry Book Club, Jul 27: Feminist Book Club. Registration is requested.

The Legend of Georgia McBride 8pm. $20. Theatre Nova. theatrenova.org

Casey’s Elvis impersonator act gets replaced with a drag show.

[health]

Ladies only Zumba

9:30am. $10-$15. Peachy Fitness. Peachyfitness.com

Wednesday & Fridays; 9:30-10:30am Saturdays; 8:30-9:30am Latin-inspired dance fitness.

[health]

Free Community Yoga Class A2 Yoga. a2yoga.net

Tuesdays/11am Vinyasa, Fridays/5:30pm Vinyasa, Saturdays/8am Ashtanga. Sundays/4:30pm NIA.

2 sunday [misc]

25th Annual Camaro Superfest

8am. Suggested donation. Riverside Park. ypsiautoheritage.org

Check out the cars or stay to see the judging.

[health]

Zumba with Serita

Zumba with a little cardio drumming.

[misc]

8am. Hatcher Graduate Library. lib.umich.edu Free

4:30pm. $30. Om of Medicine. omofmedicine.org

Ira Deutchman: A Commitment to Specialty Films

DJ Short Cultivation Seminar

This exhibit offers a behind-thescenes look at how Ira Deutchman went about finding audiences for some of the most important and influential independent and specialty films of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The exhibit runs June 2-July 30.

Cannabis culture guru and world renowned geneticist, DJ Short, will be hosting a seminar on the cultivation of cannabis.

[film]

La La Land 10pm. Rackham Stage. a2sf.org

Summer Classics: Hitchcock goes Hollywood $8-$10. Michigan Theater. michtheater.org

7/9: Strangers On a Train, 1:30pm 7/11: Rear Window, 7pm 7/18: The Trouble With Harry, 7pm 7/23: The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1:30pm 7/25: The Wrong Man, 7pm 7/30: Vertigo, 1:30pm

[film]

Summer Classics: Kubrick after Dark 9:30pm. $8-$10. Michigan Theater. michtheater.org

7/6: Lolita 7/13: 2001: A Space Odyssey 7/20: A Clockwork Orange 7/27: The Shining

1 saturday [misc]

Buzzed Bee 7pm. The Annex. a2sf.org Free

Prove your 5th grade teacher wrong with this adult spelling bee.

[comedy]

So Long Sunday closes with the 2017 musical sensation La La Land.

4 tuesday [theater]

The Capitol Steps 4pm. $40. Power Center. a2sf.org

America’s foremost political satirists poking fun at both sides of the aisle with song parodies and sketches.

5 wednesday [art]

Letterpress Lab 6pm. AADL-Downtown. aadl.org Free

Learn the basics of letterpress printing using handset type.

7 friday [art]

Art Reception

5pm. Suggested donation. Riverside Arts Center. riversidearts.org

The artist Reception for the Ann Arbor Women Artists exhibit.

[comedy]

Jordan Carlos

8pm. $14-$16. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. aacomedy.com

From The Colbert Report and MTV’s Guy Code. Also on July 8.

[comedy]

A Pointless Display of Improvised Feats

10pm. Pointless Brewery & Theatre. brownpapertickets.com

Laugh as our League and guests tackle long form improv with their hilarious skills. Gasp as they traverse styles with ease. Be amazed as they improvise without a net. No two shows are the same!

11am. $10. Riverside Arts Center. riversidearts.org

[film]

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[theater]

8 saturday [health]

8 Pointless Minutes: A Long Form Improv Jam

7:30pm. Pay-what-you-can. Pointless Brewery & Theatre. pointlessbrew.com

11 tuesday [misc]

Learn to Play Mah-Jongg 7pm. AADL-Westgate. aadl.org Free

Learn to play the Chinese game with colorful tiles instead of cards.

[art]

July Photo-Club in Ann Arbor

8pm. Espresso Royale, South U. marc-gregor.com/lenstherapy Free

One Helluva Ride

An Ann Arbor based photographer leads this photography workshop.

A day of scenic bicycle touring southeast Michigan.

[misc]

6:30am. $40. Chelsea Fairgrounds. aabts.org

9 sunday [green]

Huron River Day Festival 12pm. Gallup Park. calendar.a2gov.org Free

Celebrate the Huron River with live animal programs, river exhibits, live music, food, fishing and more.

Trivia Night: Smarty Pants Trivia Smackdown at the Alehouse 8pm. Chelsea AleHouse. chelseaalehouse.com Free

Show off your smarts with teams up to six players.

12 wednesday [misc]

MCACA Mini Grant Workshop

[misc]

Bridal Show

1pm. Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest. weddingselections.com Free

Meet some talented local wedding vendors. Registration is required.

6pm. Ann Arbor Art Center. annarborartcenter.org Free

The Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs is hosting an open workshop to discuss grant-writing basics.

13 thursday

[misc]

Summer Joy Shopper’s Fair

[comedy]

2pm. Rudolf Steiner High School of Ann Arbor. Injoybe.com Free

Shop from a huge breadth of talented local entrepreneurs.

[art]

Summer Comedy Jamm

8pm. $5. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. aacomedy.com

The comedy of 12 of the current rising stars in the Detroit Metro area and beyond.

14 friday

Drawing for Adults: Color Theory 3pm. AADL-Downtown. aadl.org Free

[misc]

2pm. Main & Liberty St, Downtown Ann Arbor. mainstreetannabor.org Free

Explore color theory with colored pencils. All materials provided. Coloring with Cats

5:30pm. $10. Tiny Lions Lounge and Adoption Center. tinylions.org

De-stress with coloring and friendly company.

Rolling Sculpture Car Show

More than 300 exotic, antique, classic and one-of-a-kind cars.

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2017 Saline Celtic Festival 5:30pm. $10. Millpond Park. salineceltic.org

Enjoy two days of Celtic music and dance and jousting, Irish football and ancient athletics.

[comedy]

Geoff Tate

8pm. $12-$14. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. aacomedy.com

A midwesterner with a very funny laid-back stage presence. Also on July 15.

[health]

Night Paddles Gallup Canoe Livery 8:30pm. $14-$18. Gallup Park. calendar.a2gov.org

Kayak or canoe Gallup pond under the stars.

15 saturday [health]

Self-Care Saturday: Yoga on the Lawn

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9am. $5. 307 N. River St. business. a2ychamber.org

The first part of a series. Enjoy some outdoor yoga.

[misc]

Tecumsehâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sidewalk Sales/Summer Street Party

9am. Evans Street Station, Tecumseh. downtowntecumseh.com Free

Celebrating 11 years

Enjoy the Summer Street Party, beer tent, barbecue and the sidewalk sales.

[health]

The Mastodon

9am. $30. Mill Pond Park. cityofsaline.org

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A boot camp-style, fun and challenging obstacle course.

[art]

Screen Printing Lab 12pm. AADL-Downtown. aadl.org Free

Transform ideas into real prints with a screen, paint and glue.

[misc]

Bowl-A-Thon 7pm. Revel & Roll.

Bowl to support The Fowler Center ACE Project.

[art]

Boadicea Belly Dance Summer Showcase 2017 7pm. $10. Zal Gaz Grotto Club. zalgaz.org

An evening of solid gold entertainment.

[misc]

Big Catsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Night Out

7:30pm. $15. Tiny Lions Lounge & Adoption Center. tinylions.org

Watch a movie or play trivia in the cat cafe. Popcorn, beer and wine are included with ticket prices. Ages 18+.

16 sunday [health]

AcroYoga Workshop 1pm. $25. Joust Strength & Fitness.

A starting point to explore acrobatic yoga and learn the fundamentals.

[misc]

Yellowhammer//Benefiting Dawn Farm 6pm. Cultivate Coffee & TapHouse. cultivateypsi.org Free

A band, a brewery and a non-profit partner.

18 tuesday [health]

River Women

5:30pm. $100/four sessions. Parks and Recreation Facilities. calendar.a2gov.org

Explore the Huron River in this ladiesonly boating adventure.

[literary]

Moth StorySLAM: Denial

6:30pm. Ann Arbor Distilling Company. annarbordistilling.com Free

Put together a five-minute story about deliberate ignorance, blind eye to the truth or any form of denial or drop by as a listener.

20 thursday [art]

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair 10am. Downtown Ann Arbor. artfair.org Free

You know the deal. The fair runs thru Sunday, July 23.

[green]

Garden Chats

3pm. YDL-Whittaker. ypsilibrary.org Free

Join garden enthusiasts to talk about the challenges and triumphs of gardening in michigan.

[health]

Intro to Stand-Up Paddleboarding 5:30pm. $35. Argo Pond. calendar.a2gov.org

They provide the instruction, boards, paddles and lifejackets.

22 saturday [misc]

Board Games with Cats 7:30pm. $10. Tiny Lions Lounge and Adoption Center. tinylions.org

Guests are invited to play a board game with the cats, but are warned that cats cheat.

24 monday [art]

Straight Up

7pm. Prices vary. Ann Arbor Art Center. annarborartcenter.org

A one-night only art show and sale. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured artist is Shingo Brown

25 tuesday [misc]

Ann Arbor Activist Night 6pm. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan. miplannedparenthood.org Free

Celebrating the end of Art Fair and the hard work of the activists. All are welcome.

[literary]

African American Authors Book Group 7pm. YDL-Whittaker. ypsilibrary.org Free

If Someone Says You Complete Meâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Run by Whoopi Goldberg.

26 wednesday [comedy]

An Indoor Standup Comedy Showcase

7pm. $7. Pointless Brewery & Theatre. pointlessbrew.com

[art]

Magazine Strip Art

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7pm. AADL-Downtown. aadl.org Free

Learn to create a colorful silhouette image out of magazine strips, especially helpful if you have a lot of old magazines around.

27 thursday [misc]

Michigan Avian Experience

7pm. $10. Tecumseh Center for the Arts. thetca.org

Native Michigan raptors (owls, eagles, and hawks) will give an educational and entertaining show.

[art]

90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trivia Night 7pm. LIVE. aadl.org Free

A full evening of trivia, throwback board games and a bunch of 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relics. Get nostalgic.

28 friday [comedy] K-von

8pm. $12-$14. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. aacomedy.com

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29 saturday [literary]

Michigan Sisters In Crime Membership Event

2pm. Aunt Agathaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. auntagathas.com Free

Meet with other mystery/crime writers. There will be a panel with an author, investigator and district court judge.

[misc]

Eclipse

2:30pm. Alexander G. Ruthven Museum. events.umich.edu

Get ready for the total solar eclipse occurring on August 21.

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person of interest

Maureen Riley by Cammie Finch

We chatted with Maureen Riley, Executive Director of the Ann Arbor Art Fair, who got us very excited about the Townie Street Party and filled us in on a few of her favorite things about Ann Arbor. How did you first get involved with the Ann Arbor Art Fair? I was offered

the position as Executive Director of the Original Fair after a national search to replace the retiring ED in 2009, although I attended the fair several times before working here. What do you look forward to most about the Art Fair? My favorite part is

seeing the new art, whether it is new work from returning artists or work from artists participating for the first time. The artists become friends over time and it’s kind of like a homecoming when they all arrive for the fair. Tell us about the Townie Street Party!

I LOVE the Townie Street Party! It kicks

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off Art Fair week and gives the community a chance to celebrate before the crowds arrive. It’s full of interactive activities hosted by local groups, local music, local beer, local food, etc. This year, the Ben Daniels Band will headline the stage, preceded by the RFD Boys and Mr. B’s Joybox Express. My favorite part of the Townie Party, is the Youth Art Fair – an artists’ market where young people in grades 4-12 sell their art. We want it to be a great experience for the kids and I get so proud when I see it come to fruition. Truth be told, I usually get a little choked up. Another special component of the Townie Street Party is the Ann Arbor Mile – Dart for Art. It’s a one-mile run/walk that is open to everyone and starts at 6:30PM. However, what’s so special about it is that at 6:00, there is an elite division race. It’s so cool to watch these incredible runners cross the finish line. Last year the winning time was 4:11! The Townie Party takes place on the Monday before the Art Fair (July 17, 2017)

and runs from 5:00-9:30PM. For more info visit www.TownieStreetParty.com.

What is Ann Arbor’s best-kept secret? It could be the time of year, but

what immediately comes to mind is the Nichols Arboretum’s Peony Garden. The largest collection of peonies in the world! Who knew there was so much to know about peonies? I’m a bit biased, though, because I love flower gardening. What are your favorite places to meet with friends? It’s hard to pick, but

my husband and I are very fond of Isalita and The Last Word. In the summer, we mostly like to invite friends over to our house to enjoy our patio and yard.

What do you miss most about Ann Arbor if you’ve been away? The

overall vibe. People say there’s no place like Ann Arbor…I think that’s true.

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Cannabis

Ann Arbor’s Professional Perspective on Cannabis by Vic Tanny

As cannabis enterprises once relegated to the black market develop into state-sanctioned retail businesses, branding and marketing consultants now see this industry as a ripe opportunity to apply their expertise in illuminating cannabis as a legitimate consumer good. Ann Arbor-area creative agency Studio 32 lends techniques honed in the marketing, film and photography spaces to the cannabis industry. The group, consisting of Franz Vorenkamp, Harold Montgomery and Dennis Scherdt, has recently been working with Treecity Health Collective on creative assets across the board to forge a distinct visual brand identity. Studio 32’s prowess is readily apparent not only in Treecity’s social media material, but also in the look and feel of the dispensary and its products. Creative Director Franz Vorenkamp’s cinematography experience lends itself to creating divergent videos and motion graphics like levitating nuggets spinning in space. ”A lot of our photography and styling is taken with an approach to a cinematic look” Vorenkamp explained. “We go for a National Geographic quality, where sharpness and extreme detail are things that we aim for.” Collaborators with food-styling backgrounds arrange decadent depictions of edibles, far cries from the image of a rice krispy treat shoddily wrapped in cellophane. The team’s approach to different products notably manifests itself in the careful overhead lighting of concentrates, giving the distillate a radiant glow emphasizing the product’s potency and quality. As the industry advances month-by-month, the emphasis on quality visual assets will grow into a necessity for acquiring and retaining patients. Studio 32’s work showcasing the quality of the experience and medicine at Treecity is quickly becoming the new standard in legitimate cannabis. Expect dispensaries that understand this new truth to emerge as ambassadors developing the industry.

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Venue, show worth the day trip Michigan’s oldest theater, the Croswell Opera House in downtown Adrian (about 30 minutes south of Ann Arbor in Lenawee County), reopened this spring after a year-long renovation. The upgrades include amenities that make the venue more userfriendly with aesthetic improvements. Additional restrooms, an elevator and new public spaces inside the building, including a studio theater, were a big part of the reno. While maintaining its early 20th century architectural elements, the 640-seat space also received a fresh coat of paint and floor refinishing, along with new curtains and carpeting. This month check out the Tony award-winning musical, In the Heights, written by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, to catch a glimpse of something stunning in a re-polished jewel. July 14-23. Croswell Opera House. 129 E. Maumee St., Adrian, 49221. (517) 264-7469 Croswell.org

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July ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is a perfect moment to create a new tradition, Aries. You intuitively know how to turn one of your recent breakthroughs into a good habit that will provide continuity and stability for a long time to come. You can make a permanent upgrade in your life by capitalizing on an accidental discovery you made during a spontaneous episode. It’s time, in other words, to convert the temporary assistance you received into a long-term asset; to use a stroke of luck to foster a lasting pleasure. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Physicist Freeman Dyson told Wired magazine how crucial it is to learn from failures. As an example, he described the invention of the bicycle. “There were thousands of weird models built and tried before they found the one that really worked,” he said. “You could never design a bicycle theoretically. Even now, it’s difficult to understand why a bicycle works. But just by trial and error, we found out how to do it, and the error was essential.” I hope you will keep that in mind, Taurus. It’s the SuccessThrough-Failure Phase of your astrological cycle. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you should lease a chauffeured stretch limousine with nine TVs and a hot tub inside. You’d also be smart to accessorize your smooth ride with a $5,000-bottle of Château Le Pin Pomerol Red Bordeaux wine and servings of the Golden Opulence Sundae, which features a topping of 24-karat edible gold and sprinkles of Amedei Porcelana, the most expensive chocolate in the world. If none of that is possible, do the next best thing, which is to mastermind a long-term plan to bring more money into your life. From an astrological perspective, wealthbuilding activities will be favored in the coming weeks. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may not realize it, but you now have a remarkable power to perform magic tricks. I’m not talking about Houdini-style hocus-pocus. I’m referring to practical wizardry that will enable you to make relatively efficient transformations in

free will astrology your daily life. Here are some of the possibilities: wiggling out of a tight spot without offending anyone; conjuring up a new opportunity for yourself out of thin air; doing well on a test even though you don’t feel prepared for it; converting a seemingly tough twist of fate into a fertile date with destiny. How else would you like to use your magic? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Feminist pioneer and author Gloria Steinem said, “Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” Is there such an activity for you, Virgo? If not, now is a favorable time to identify what it is. And if there is indeed such a passionate pursuit, you should do it as much as possible in the coming weeks. You’re primed for a breakthrough in your relationship with this lifegiving joy. To evolve to the next phase of its power to inspire you, it needs as much of your love and intelligence as you can spare.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When Leos rise above their habit selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I refer to them as Sun Queens or Sun Kings. When you Cancerians do the same -- triumph over your conditioning and become masters of your own destiny -- I call you Moon Queens or Moon Kings. In the coming weeks, I suspect that many of you will make big strides towards earning this title. Why? Because you’re on the verge of claiming more of the “soft power,” the potent sensitivity, that enables you to feel at home no matter what you’re doing or where you are on this planet.

of managing the day-to-day hubbub? Well, in case you need reminding, the tides of destiny are not in the habit of making things convenient. And if you don’t cooperate willingly, they will ultimately compel you to do so. But now here’s the really good news, Scorpio: The tides of destiny will make available at least one burst of assistance that you can’t imagine right now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of the 21st century’s most entertaining archaeological events was the discovery of King Richard III’s bones. The English monarch died in 1485, but his burial site had long been a mystery. It wasn’t an archaeologist who tracked down his remains, but a screenwriter named Philippa Langley. She did extensive historical research, narrowing down the possibilities to a car park in Leicester. As she wandered around there, she got a psychic impression at one point that she was walking directly over Richard’s grave. Her feeling later turned out to be right. I suspect your near future will have resemblances to her adventure. You’ll have success in a mode that’s not your official area of expertise. Sharp analytical thinking will lead you to the brink, and a less rational twist of intelligence will take you the rest of the way.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In my dream, I used the non-itchy wool of the queen’s special Merino sheep to weave an enchanted blanket for you. I wanted this blanket to be a good luck charm you could use in your crusade to achieve deeper levels of romantic intimacy. In its tapestry I spun scenes depicting the most love-filled events from your past. It was beautiful and perfect. But after I finished it, I had second thoughts about giving it to you. Wasn’t it a mistake to make it so flawless? Shouldn’t it also embody the messier aspects of togetherness? To turn it into a better symbol and therefore a more dynamic talisman, I spilled wine on one corner of it and unraveled some threads in another corner. Now here’s my interpretation of my dream: You’re ready to regard messiness as an essential ingredient in your quest for deeper intimacy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The tides of destiny are no longer just whispering their message for you. They are shouting. And what they are shouting is that your brave quest must begin soon. There can be no further excuses for postponement. What’s that you say? You don’t have the luxury of embarking on a brave quest? You’re too bogged down in the thousand and one details

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your word of power is “supplication” -- the act of asking earnestly and humbly for what you want. When practiced correctly, “supplication” is indeed a sign of potency, not of weakness. It means you are totally united with your desire, feel no guilt or shyness about it, and intend to express it with liberated abandon. Supplication makes

you supple, poised to be flexible as you do what’s necessary to get the blessing you yearn for. Being a supplicant also makes you smarter, because it helps you realize that you can’t get what you want on the strength of your willful ego alone. You need grace, luck, and help from sources beyond your control. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the coming weeks, your relationships with painkillers will be extra sweet and intense. Please note that I’m not talking about ibuprofen or acetaminophen or aspirin. My reference to painkillers is metaphorical. What I’m predicting is that you will have a knack for finding experiences that reduce your suffering. You’ll have a sixth sense about where to go to get the most meaningful kinds of healing and relief. Your intuition will guide you to initiate acts of atonement and forgiveness, which will in turn ameliorate your wounds. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t wait around passively as you fantasize about becoming the “Chosen One” of some person or group or institution. Be your own Chosen One. And don’t wander around aimlessly, biding your time in the hope of eventually being awarded some prize or boon by a prestigious source. Give yourself a prize or boon. Here’s one further piece of advice, Pisces: Don’t postpone your practical and proactive intentions until the mythical “perfect moment” arrives. Create your own perfect moment.

Homework: Name your greatest unnecessary taboo and how you would violate it if doing so didn’t hurt anyone. FreeWillAstrology.com.

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