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Evergreen Restaurant

By Brandon Bye

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A conversation with U-M Grad Kellyann Wargo

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34 Rebecca Scherm’s debut shines with psychological depth

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come to town, we take action. Stage banter, songwriting, and plans for the future—check out our interview with Bela Fleck online.

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ten years of bandsmanship this month. The Blind Pig hosts the Cali band for a sure-to-be great show.

Resident music writer Jeff Milo caught up with singer/ guitarist Meric Long. Check out the interview online.

George Manupelli, former U-M professor, founded A2FF in 1962.

His legacy lives on.

Ann Arbor Film Fest 10 The mother of experimental film festivals gears up for its 53rd year

By Nan Bauer

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In our February Bizz Buzz section, we incorrectly stated that the former Jazzy Veggie. now Back2Roots Bistro, is no longer vegetarian. Back2Roots Bistro is a vegetarian restaurant.

JJ Jacobson, curator at the U-M Special Collections Library, offers up a revamp of a 19th century recipe for fresh potato bread, said to come out of the oven “smoking.”

It’s still coffee season. Fight off the cold with a hot cup of joe. Check out Coffee Talk— the best beans and top spots of Washtenaw County.

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Music writer Jeff Milo is on the scene, and his beat is correct. Tune in to ecurrent. com for Milo’s Weekly What’s Up column—a curation of concerts and music news in Washtenaw County County.

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^ Plum Market purchases land Another Ann Arbor Plum Market location is expected to open, but the timeline is still under construction. Known known: the land has been purchased, and the new store will be located at 3601 Plymouth Rd. ^ Just Baked downsizes Only four of the Just Baked cupcake bakeries remain after 10 of the corporate stores shut down.

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^ Nick’s Quick Stop Shop A new convenience store has taken over the shuttered Circle K location on Huron River Dr. in Ypsilanti township. The store aims for an upscale vibe, carrying a wide variety of Michigan craft beers. 1767 Huron River Dr. ^ Indoor baseball practice facility opens in Ypsi A 20,000ft warehouse has opened its doors for year-round baseballing. The “Play at the Cage” facility includes batting cages and a weight room. The facility is usually used by teams, and is the home to the Michigan Blue Jays, but it does offer a space for private lessons with a reservation. 251 Airport Industrial Dr.

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Rebellious artists return to Detroit

Detroit Industry, south wall (detail), Diego Rivera, 1932. Detroit Institute of Arts

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo shared passions for art, communism, and each other. And the couple’s intensity of beliefs and rebellious nature flourishes in their artwork. Although he ruffled some feathers during a visit in 1932 with his Marxist philosophical beliefs, Diego fell in love with Detroit. He painted 47 Detroit Industry murals, two of which are displayed at the DIA today, the largest recreating the working scene at the Ford River Rouge Complex in Dearborn Michigan. Providing a rare glimpse into his creative process, the Museum’s new exhibit will feature the preparation sketches and drawings he did before painting the murals. Nearly two dozen of Kahlo’s surrealist self-portraits are also displayed as part of the exhibit. March 15 - July 12. Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave. 313-833-7900. dia.org.

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The mother of experimental film festivals gears up for its 53rd year.

By Nan Bauer

obert and Sharon Ongaro love the Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) so much they host participants every year. But they admit they don’t appreciate every movie.

“There was one last year,” says Sharon, a retired Spanish teacher, “that was nothing but flashing lights and really loud noise. I couldn’t take it, I had to walk out. Robert’s got higher tolerance.”

The film in question, “Dot Matrix,” used two overlapping 16mm projectors, and is a work that David Dinnell, AAFF Program Director, states “can only be realized in cinema.”

Far from the multiplex, these films are so outside the mainstream, you’re unlikely to find them anywhere other than at a festival dedicated to the edgiest of art. But the AAFF’s scale is unique, both in the number of films represented and in the enthusiasm and size of its audience.

“It was the first film festival I ever heard of because it’s so important,” says Penny Lane, whose film, the impressionistic “Our Nixon,” took the 2014 festival’s Ken Burns Prize for Best Documentary. As a professor at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, Lane teaches a unit that emphasizes the festival’s prominent role in circulating experimental films.

“At other festivals, your film might screen in front of just a few people. In Ann Arbor, your film shows in a packed, beautiful theater,” she says, referring to one of the two venues at the Michigan Theater. “When that big audience laughs and cheers and then asks you really good, thoughtful questions afterward, it’s incredible, unlike any other festival I’ve been to.”

Exposition The longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America was founded in 1963 by George Manupelli, a beloved former University of Michigan professor who died last year. He began life in what he refers

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to as “an Italian ghetto in Boston. The streets weren’t paved with gold, or at all. You were expected to do the paving.”

In a thoroughly entertaining 2009 presentation that was part of the Penny Stamps Series (available on YouTube), Manupelli discusses the contrary influence of a nun at his Catholic school whom students referred to as “The Hammer.” Through a series of art projects the Hammer consistently deemed failures, he found his voice—not surprisingly, a provocative one. Finding the thing that can “defeat someone’s expectations of what something should be” became his lifelong maxim.

One of his early artworks sends up a Hudson River School artist’s interpretation of the New Hampshire landmark, “The Old Man of the Mountain.” Manupelli found the original to be “too solemn, too precious, too noble… just begging for something.” He superimposed a pair of pink panties from a JC Penney catalog—appropriately enough, given the subject matter, granny-sized.

In the festival’s second year, the John Birch Society was gunning for it, claiming it was showing porn. The short film in question, “Jerori,” featured a young man dancing in a loincloth in a park. At the end, a close-up of his face shows what Manupelli called “this godawful expression—I don’t know what it was supposed to communicate.” Confronted by the U-M vice-president with the Birchers’ charge— that the expression on the young man’s face represented explicit masturbation—Manupelli famously replied, “Sir, I have never masturbated, nor have I ever watched anyone masturbate. Could you please give me some idea of what it looked like?”

All-star cast The festival survived the far right attack and became what Manupelli had envisioned: “a showcase without that tastemaking aspect to it.” Over the years, it has hosted an incredible roster of artists, including John Cage, Robert Raushchenberg, Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground, George Segal, Pauline Kael, Jane Fonda, Norman Mailer, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, and Bobby Seale. Filmmakers who have shown at the festival have found it to be an important step in their artistic journeys—including Oscar-nominee

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Gus Van Sant (“Milk,” “Good Will Hunting”), whose early short experimental works won festival prizes.

Van Sant sponsors the Best Experimental Film prize, which a jury, composed of film programmers, curators, filmmakers, and scholars, awards. “We champion avant-garde and experimental work,” says Leslie Raymond, who interned at the 30th Festival and is currently, after years of involvement Long Island Ice Tea, Neat in other capacities, the Executive Director for its 53rd year. “Across genres, we look for work

by The Coup that challenges the forms we all know so well.”

The selection process is vigorous; the board, staff, and more than 30 volunteers painstakingly screen more than 3,000 submissions. “The peer recognition is an honor, and, in a real practical way, the awards are relatively generous, and can directly help a filmmaker with his or her work,” says Dinnell. “But it’s not the most important part of the festival.”

He agrees with Lane and other filmmakers that seeing the Ann Arbor audience is the exciting part.

“I started going to the festival in my early teens,” he says. “I had a lot of interest in film, in what it could possibly look like. This is an incredible space for cinema as an art form.” In particular, “50 Feet of String,” a 1995 piece by Leighton Pearce, stands out for him. An impressionistic, plotless work that Falling in Love...with Chris and Greg plays out over fifty-three minutes, it won Best Film in the competition that year. “It was a really difficult film for the audience at the time ,” he says, “but it just really hit me in a particular way, and it’s stuck with me ever since.”

Nic Sims, an avid attendee, says, “for me, it’s an oasis of bizarre creativity, profound insight, and luscious imagery in a dreary winter-trodden landscape.” A New York City transplant and the owner of A2’s new pop-up bar, Brillig Dry Bar, Sims credits the Festival as one reason that she wanted to move to Ann Arbor. “It feels like a big city event, and the fact that it’s timed with our emergence from the dark, bitter days of winter makes the experience that much sweeter.”

Raymond’s advice for Ann Arborites who may feel The Dark, Krystle the AAFF is too far outside their comfort zones: “You

by Michael Robinson don’t need a special language to understand this, just a sense of adventure.” The Ongaros recommend that first-time attendees get acquainted with the schedule.

“Different nights have different themes,” says Robert. His and Sharon’s favorite: LGBT night, sponsored by the Aut Bar, which hosts an after-party to raise questions and glasses with the filmmakers. And the festival-wide “Expanding Frames” program features discussions and workshops to create what Dinnell calls “a dialogue within and with cinema itself.”

In his Penny Stamps appearance, Manupelli recalled being asked who the festival belonged to. Choking up just a little, he said, “The filmmakers and the audiences.” Raymond concurs. “The work’s most exciting moment is not making the film. It’s that moment when an audience is engaging with the film. We’re all connected. We have different memories, dreams, histories. Getting together, experiencing that collectively: it’s not something you can do on your own, in front of a small screen with a million distractions. If you can watch with an open mind, you’ll be rewarded.”

The Ann Arbor Film Festival (aafilmfest.org) will be held from March 25-29, 2015; all ticket, showtime, venue, and volunteer information is available at the website.

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it digitally to amplify that even further, and putting it back out, hopefully to give people an experience of beauty.”

Raymond first got involved with the AAFF as flash of light and shadow. Indistinct images flicker and form layers upon an intern in 1992. In 1997, she went from being a volunteer to becoming an entrant, winning the Best each other. Sound and movement Local Filmmaker Award for her 16mm film, “Rife w/ dance before the senses and Fire.” Returning to Ann Arbor for her graduate degree, challenge an audience to make her participation in the Festival grew exponentially, connections between perception from working as a director and programmer, to and reality. As executive director crafting performances and installations in conjunction for the Ann Arbor Film Festival with festival screenings.

(AAFF), Leslie Raymond is adept at screening art As executive director of the Film Festival, that braves new interpretations of the moving picture.

Raymond has to wear an administrator’s hat. Does It is the bread and butter of the longest-running that preclude her injecting her own creative imprint experimental film festival in North America. As a on the operation? She has some ideas, especially since filmmaker, she is equally skilled at creating artful it has expanded beyond the limitations of 16mm film cinematic experiences. to include other film and video formats. “The Festival These days, Raymond spins a hundred full has been doing really well, the plates, honing the many details programs are very strong. I’d necessary to bring the 53rd like to see us open up to more AAFF to fruition. Managing of the new media. There are the Festival is her full-time job. people who are working with It is easy to forget that she is performing with the moving also an artist. Along with her image, doing a live edit, or husband, Jason Jay Stevens, manipulating the sound and Raymond creates under the name image in real time. In terms of of Potter Belmar Labs, a local maintaining currency with the collaboration that has produced times, if I can help to open up films and cinematic exhibitions some of those channels, that since 1999. Their creations have would be good.” been shown throughout the US So how does the artist in and overseas. They work in a Raymond satisfy her need for purely experimental medium, expression away from the job? from self-contained short “I’ve given myself permission form films, to more extensive Leslie Raymond, executive director to not worry about it for a installations that meld video of the A2 film festival, got her start little while, to step back a little and audio for events that often bit.” As a parent with a four as an intern in 1992. involve audience interaction and year-old daughter, the creative feature live “on-the-fly” editing, juices have been redirected. “Where I get my creative much as a club DJ mixes music. Potter Belmar Labs hat on (these days) is I’ll sit down with her at her table has been on the cutting edge of new technologies and and do a lot of drawing, and especially collage. (Since definitions of filmmaking since its inception. collage has long been a part of her artistic process) I’m One might think Raymond has creativity in her DNA. Both parents are artists, so “I was kind of raised not that far off from where I left off with Potter Belmar Labs. So I do get creatively fulfilled, and there’s no in this perspective of modernism, living and breathing pressure.” that,” she admits. As a teenager, she discovered still In spite of the time limits it imposes on her own photography. “ The process of photography, being filmmaking, Raymond has no doubts about her removed one step from reality, acting in the world, dedication to the Film Festival. “When I took the job, was important to me; being much more engaged in the I certainly felt, ‘I’m definitely in this for the long haul.’ physical world and finding it as a kind of meditation, I’m fully committed and planted here.” She’s also fully a way of looking at the world.” During undergraduate aware of what she owes to its history and integrity. studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, “For me, coming into this 53 year-old organization, Raymond progressed to filmmaking. “My impulse there’s a lot I’m doing just to get oriented; it’s very with the moving image is to find and amplify moments different than if I were to start something new. I’m just of beauty. I shoot a lot in nature as a way of being trying to steer the ship…I feel a lot of responsibility to physical and present in the world, and having a kind the organization as it exists.” of meditation, and then taking that input, manipulating

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Susan Rose, D.O. Susan M. Rose, D.O., PLC 5889 Whitmore Lake Road #4, Brighton (810) 588-6911 Your business and what you do. I am an osteopathic physician with a new practice specializing in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM), which is the practice of treating a patient’s musculoskeletal system in order to optimize her/his health. Optimizing health goes beyond the musculoskeletal system because OMM affects the entire body, physically and emotionally.

How did you get started? I did family practice for about 20 years. Then, for several years, I worked in investigations for the state medical boards before opening this new practice in 2014. I wanted to put to use my specialization in OMM. What has been your biggest obstacle? The biggest obstacle has been educating the public about OMM, what it is and its benefits. Since there are so few physicians practicing OMM, it is not well known by the public. The advantage of OMM over other types of bodywork is that I am a fully licensed physician who can evaluate the whole person, including ordering of appropriate testing and prescription medications if indicated.

How do you unwind? I love Michigan Wolverine sporting events and University Musical Society, with season tickets to each. I love to travel.

What does your business bring to Washtenaw County? There are only two other physicians in the county specializing in OMM. I am readily available to patients in Washtenaw and Livingston counties.

Lesley Perkins 216 North 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor (734) 994-9174, peoplesfood.coop Your business and what you do. The People’s Food Coop is a member-owned (7,800 last count) not-for-profit grocery store, cafe, and bakery. Our emphasis is on minimally processed and packaged products, produced locally, that are certified organic and/or Fair Trade whenever feasible. My job is to help the staff use their skills to make a friendly and inviting grocery/cafe environment for our patrons.

How do you define success? Success is defined by the International Coop Movement as a Triple Bottom Line, or the three P’s: people, planet, and profit. It’s an accounting framework that incorporates three dimensions of performance: social, environmental, and financial. I believe that any business that uses this system to benchmark their progress will have a better chance of succeeding for the long haul.

How did you get started? I was President of Kerrytown Shops of Ann Arbor in the 90s.

We had 24 tenants. In 2005 I bought and remodeled and old 17 room hotel and restaurant in a resort town in Michigan which I operated until 2012 when I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse. I gathered up my experience moved back to Ann Arbor and found myself back in the Kerrytown neighborhood here at the Coop.

How do you unwind? Still trying to learn that art, but I like to cook and work in the garden. Oh and I gobble up books that I download from Ann Arbor District Library-.

What does your business bring to Washtenaw County? People’s Food Coop brings a way for us to truly keep Ann Arbor dollars in the community.

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Colors the Clown and Company

17991 Wingate Road, Manchester (734) 428-7926 colorstheclownandco.com

Your business and what you do. I am a children's entertainer, performing over 23 years in Michigan and Northern Ohio. I bring a live Animal Magic Show to festivals and fairs, company parties, community events, birthdays and other family celebrations. My petting zoo, a mobile farm exhibit, gives a hands on experience for children of all ages. Cartoon face painting and balloon designs are also part of our activities.

How did you get started? My beginning steps were my pony and clown for hire business for children's birthday parties. I grew up on a farm north of Chelsea and I was fortunate to have many animals. I have the personality of a clown, so the makeup just filled in the blanks. I understudied with Ringling clowns and other performers who travel to teach throughout entertainer groups in Michigan. I studied a little theater. A few years into my career , I performed 4 years as a Royal Hanneford circus clown.

What has been your biggest obstacle?

Somebody responsible to care for my animal family when I take vacation. My lifestyle and business are woven together which makes my business part of everyday.

How do you unwind? Spending time outside in my gardens, feeding my crew of wonderful pets.

I escape to Sleeping Bear Bay, Lake Michigan, if possible.

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If you could give one piece of advice to yourself ten years ago, what would it be?

Talk slower, send those Christmas cards, keep all the articles and pictures in a scrapbook, and make your own memories. Start your children's book, “Colors, are you a real clown?"

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Plymouth Mall, 2771 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (734) 769-2899

Restaurant Review Evergreen Restaurant

By Brandon Bye

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Ants on a Tree, Sichuan Fish, Garlic Eggplant

Crisp on the outside and juicy on the inside, the chicken e sit at one of seven diner-style booths and the waitress promptly brings the menu and tea. wings come dusted with a garlic and star anise powder.

Across town, main street diners circle the block And garlic eggplant is a Sichuanese staple—chilli bean for parking while others huddle in cold entryways before paste, soy, vinegars, rice wine, sugar for mellowing, sitting down to spoon and fork through carefully planned ginger, clove, and scallions. Water chestnuts add a crunchy prix-fixe menus. It’s January. It’s restaurant week in Ann structure to this otherwise soft dish.

Come for the spice or don’t come at all. The humming Arbor. It’s time to venture out.

Tiny enamel tea cups warm our hands as the hot tea novocaine effect of Sichuan peppercorns sets the stage urges on our hunger. We read past the Chinese characters for the “hot” spices, which, by the time the numbness to their loosely translated English equivalents, knowing sets in, are in essence unnoticeable. Sichuan fish would no matter how long we weigh our options, the dishes be, perhaps, my death-row meal. A serving bowl brims with chili-laced broth, bok choy, garlic, they’ll serve will exceed the forecast of their descriptions. We order, certain we’ll Come for the toothpick-size slices of ginger, enough peppercorn for a root canal, and be taking home the food that’s left for spice or don’t Sichuan delicate hunks of unidentified fish soaking tomorrow’s lunch. come at all. up the alchemy of it all. Spooned over rice, The “Home-style buns” and the this stuff is illegally good.

“Shanghai-style pork buns” arrive first. I On the topic of hot and spicy broth I should mention like to lay the foundation for big Chinese meals by eating at least a dozen dumplings. While the home-style buns Evergreen prepares hot pot, a communal-table dining (Baozi), house-made puffs of sweet, fluffy dough with experience. Picture a large stainless steel pot split in scallion and ground pork filling, hit the spot, the Shanghai- two sitting atop a portable butane stove. One side of the style pork buns (Xiaolongbao) are black-out good. A ball pot contains hot broth spiked with flaming chilies. The of pork, cut with minced ginger, swims in a spoonful of other side contains a well-seasoned Pho-like stock. For hot broth sealed inside the dumpling skin. And there’s a a leisurely meal, cook beef, pork, lamb, fish, tofu, and technique to eating this: Bite a tiny hole in the top side of vegetables by dipping them in whichever simmering oily the dumpling. Slurp the broth. Eat the remains. Repeat a broth suits you.

With a twist of spicy glass noodles and ground pork dozen times.

In the mirror that runs the length of the restaurant, we and shiitake (ants on a tree) squeezed between my see our server and an assistant approaching with the rest chopsticks—I can barely breathe I’m so full—our server, of our meal, which, when we turn to see the dishes, looks who has attentively filled our water glasses throughout like a double order even without the mirror’s echo effect. the meal, offers to pack up the leftovers. The warmth of “Chicken wings,” “Garlic eggplant,” “Sichuan fish,” a dish the service matches the spiciness of the food.

From a plate of freshly cut orange slices, I lift and crack called “Ants on a tree” (this one isn’t on either menu, traditional or American, but they have it if you ask for it) open my fortune cookie which reads “We cannot change and a ramekin of white rice later, and I’m lumbering away the direction of the wind, but we can adjust our sails.”

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Critic’s Notebook

The science, err, math of the service industry

By Brandon Bye

I won’t say where I was, but I will think twice about location the next time someone suggests going downtown for chicken nachos and local beer.

The scenario: I order a rye from the bar. The bartender asks for ID. I’m flattered. He pours the rye and says, “$5.50.” I hand him a fiver and two singles. He takes the money and says “thank you,” and then turns to the next customer. I stand there for a beat before realizing he’s not going to give me my change.

Was he prompt with my drink order? Yes. Was he pleasant to order from? Sure, pleasant enough. Did his service warrant the $1-per-drink-at-a-beer-bar standard tip rate? Absolutely. So what went wrong?

Okay, perhaps I could have planned better.

The scenario: I order a rye from the bar. The bartender asks for ID. I’m flattered. He pours the rye and says, “$5.50.” I hand him a fiver and a single. He scoffs and returns 50 cents. I leave a one dollar tip and pocket the 50 cents.

Done.

But should the onus really be on the customer here?

No. Frankly, it’s poor practice (read: unprofessional) for a server or bartender to assume the amount of their tip, even when the bill is as simple as a single drink from a beer bar.

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Crafting with Vodka

Come get your dark beers at this release party.

Experiments with Vodka cocktails. With light snacks.

6 friday Trans-Atlantic Cheese Showdown

Join a talk about the classic styles of queso such as Cheddar, Gruyere, Brie, and blue cheese. Try to answer the question of which continent’s cheese reigns supreme! Registration required.

7 saturday Detroit Day

11am-4pm. Produce Station, 1629 S. State St. 734-663-7848. producestation.com Free

Detroit food vendors including Avalon Breads, McClure Pickles and Motor City Brewing will be visiting to discuss their products, .

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Tap trees, collect sap, and boil it into maple syrup. All-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage with local maple syrup are served in the Activity Center from 9am—2pm. Guided tour: $3, at 10am, 11am, and noon. Pancake breakfast: $3.50 for children/$5.50 for adults. Reservations are required for the guided tour. Hudson Mills Metropark, 8801 N. Territorial Rd, Dexter.

734-426-8211.

10 tuesday 7-10pm. $55. Zingerman’s Roadhouse, 2501 Jackson Rd.

Zingerman’s Chef Alex Young will be joined by special guest Marcie Cohen Ferris, author of ‘The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region’ to host a menu of dishes that tell a story of people and a region.

11 wednesday Stouts: Arbor Brewing Company Beer Tasting

7-9pm. $25/adv, $30/day of. Arbor Brewing Company Brewpub, 114 E. Washington St. 734-213-1393. arborbrewing.com

A chance to sample and learn about 25-30 stouts. Also, a drawing for beer-related prizes.

The price of admission includes unlimited beer sampling and a German appetizer buffet.

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Chelsea Alehouse. Saturday, 8:00am—11:30am. 420 N Main St #100, Chelsea. 734-4335500 McLennan Maple Syrup. Saturday, 9am, $5 for adults, $3 for children. 10950 M-52, Manchester, 734-428-7005.

American Legion Post 31. Saturday, 10am 2pm, $6. 1700 Ridge Rd, Chelsea. 734-475-3170.

Hell’s Kitchen. Saturday, 8am—11am, $6.

4025 Patterson Lake Rd, Hell. 734-648-0456.

7:30pm. $45. The Last Word, 301 W. Huron St. tammystastings.com/shop

The Edible South

2-3pm. $35. Zingerman’s Creamery, 3723 Plaza Drive. 734-929-0500. zingermanscreamery.com

Breakfast

9 monday

Release Party: Stouts

6-9pm. ABC Brewpub, 114 E. Washington St. 734-213-1393. arborbrewing.com Free

This festival includes pancake breakfasts drenched with freshly tapped local maple syrup. Aside from the when and where, do we need to write anything else? Okay, the festival also includes tours of tapping areas and the syruping process, and the release of a local maple wine.

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Sandhill Crane Vineyards releases its Sugar Snow, a limited edition dessert wine made with, you guessed it, local maple syrup. Live music on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Free admission.

4724 Walz Road, Jackson. 517-764-0679.

A number of local restaurants will feature dishes made with real maple syrup: Terry B's Restaurant and Bar 7954 Ann Arbor Street, Dexter, 734-426-3727 Aubrees Pizzeria & Grill 8031 Main Street Suite #101, Dexter, 734-424-1400 Dexter's Pub 8114 Main Street, Dexter, 734-426-1234 redbrick kitchen & bar 8093 Main Street, Dexter, 734-424-0420 Chelsea Alehouse - Maple Porter 420 N Main St #100, Chelsea, 734-433-5500

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13 friday Cocktail Class: March is for Maple Lovers

7-9pm. $65. Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, 8540 Island Lake Rd. 734-619-8100. cornmanfarms.com

Begin with the sweet and spicy Noreaster; try a new take on the classic tequila cocktail with a brunch-appropriate Maple-rita; and finish up with a hearty Maple Bourbon Smash.

Guests will leave with recipes and instructions for the cocktails featured in this class.

15 sunday Chef Lecture and Demo

2:00-3:30pm. Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S 5th Ave, 743-327-4200.

Award Winning Chef Takashi Yagihashi of Ann Arbor’s Slurping Turtle has had a 25 year career as a chef, completely self-taught, perfectly melding French, Asian and American cuisine. Come see him work his magic live in this event.

16 monday Rotary Fight Summer Hunger Food Drive

9:45-10:45pm. Food Gatherers, 1 Carrot Way. 734-761-2796. foodgatherers.org Free

Give the gift of food in this drive, running until March 27.

17 tuesday St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

7am. Conor O’Neills, 318 S. Main St. 734-665-2968. conoroneills.com Free

Fill up on green beer at the crack of dawn in this all day drinking celebration. This Irish Pub will feature Bag Pipers, Irish dancers, and music from The Diggers, Brunos Boys, and Shaun Garth Walker. Make sure to assign a designated driver!

18 wednesday Banh Mi Sandwiches with Ji Hye Kim

5:30-9:30pm. $125. Zingerman’s Bake!, 3711 Plaza Dr. 734-761-7255. bakewithzing.com

Learn how to make the Vietnamese pork meatballs with all of the accompaniments such as, pickled carrots and daikon radish, and sriracha mayonnaise. She’ll share different variations of the Banh Mi sandwich, all using Bakehouse hoagie buns.

Ann Arbor City Club Dine & Discover

6-7:30pm $33 (members, $28) includes dinner. City Club, 1830 Washtenaw. 734-662-3279.

Enjoy dinner and a lecture by EMU English professor Joseph Csicsila entitled “Mark Twain and Money: The Fantasic Financial Adventures of Samuel Clemens”: plus a wonderful dinner. Reservations required

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Offal dinner

Grange knows meat and endeavours to acquaint its patronage.

Thursday, March 26, Chef Brandon embraces whole-animal cooking in a special offal dinner.

Explore the unusual pleasures of some of the under-utilized, under-appreciated animal bits that are known in some circles as delicacies.

Bits may include sweetbreads, foie gras, haggis, spleen, tripe, tongue, tendon, liver, and more.

Make reservations. 118 W. Liberty St. 734-995-2107.—BB

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19 thursday How Faith Communities Can Change the World One Meal at a Time

7-8:30pm. Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 S. 5th Ave. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

A panel of interfaith leaders explore the connection between faith and food at this event in a year-long Council for Peace & Justice program entitled Food & Justice: An Interfaith Exploration of How Our Food Choices Impact Our Environment, Our Economy, and Our Neighbors.

Dashing Dish: 100 Simple and Delicious Recipes for Clean Eating 2pm. Barnes & Noble, 323 Washtenaw Ave. 734-973-1618. barnesandnoble.com Free

Brighton registered nurse Katie Farrell discusses her new cookbook, followed by a signing.

Old Time Maple Sugar Festival

10am-4pm. Eddy Discovery Center, 17030 Bush Rd., Chelsea.

734-475-3170.

Michigan.gov/eddycenter Free

Crazy Wisdom Salon Night - A Taste of Ann Arbor: Three Local Chefs Share their Passion for Food

The festival includes a screening of the film Maple Sugar Farmer, a display of antique syrup-making equipment for from the Waterloo Farm Museum, and guided walks with WNHA naturalists to learn various methods of collecting sap and how it is boiled down to make syrup.

This Salon explores the delicious and challenging world of the chef — what inspires them, what keeps them motivated, what frustrates them, and what makes a successful chef.

CSA Speed Dating for Seasonal Food

7pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom , 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2757. crazywisdom.net Free

20 friday Candlelight, Wine, and Cheese

6-8pm. $85. Zingerman’s Creamery, 3723 Plaza Dr. 734-929-0500. zingermanscreamery.com

Wine and cheese are a classic pairing - just like you and your partner! This couples evening will feature a selection of fine wines from around the country, complemented by a perfect pairing of some of our delicious cheeses.

21 saturday Big Green Egg Cookout

10am-1pm. Downtown Home and Garden, 210 S. Ashley. 734-662-8122. downtownhomeandgarden.com Free

Learn how a selection of root vegetables and assorted meats on a Big Green Egg smoker can offer a tasty treat.

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22 sunday 1-4pm. Washtenaw Food Hub, 4175 Whitmore Lake Rd. slowfoodhuronvalley.com Free

The CSA-Shareholder Matching Fair will feature 20-30 local CSA (community-supported agriculture) farms and producers, each offering shares with unique products, options and prices, allowing households to find the best match. Included are vegetable, meats, grains, prepared, and frozen CSA shares.

23 monday Flips, Fizzes, Sours & Nogs 7:30pm. $45. The Last Word, 301 W. Huron St. t ammystastings.com/shop

Many classic cocktail recipes call for the addition of an egg white or even a whole egg.

While this might seem odd at first, you’ll be surprised how much difference (in a good way) it can make.

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Breakfast at St. Andrew’s Noon-1pm. $2/ $1 members. Kempf House Museum, 312 S. Division St. 734-994-4898. kempfhousemuseum.org

Morgan Battle, Breakfast Program Director at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Morgan will outline the free breakfast program that for 32 years has daily served well over one hundred hungry Ann Arbor people.

27 friday Cheese Mastery Class Pressed Curd Cheeses

6-8pm. $35. Zingerman’s Creamery, 3723 Plaza Dr. 734-929-0500. zingermanscreamery.com

Creamery managing partner Aubrey Thomason takes you on a tour of one of the largest categories of cheeses: Pressed Curd Cheese. Try samples of pressed curd cheese, and learn the details of how the process contributes to their final flavors and textures.

28 saturday Sip Savor Stomp

$45. 7:30-11:00pm. Royal Oak Farmer’s Market, 316 E. Eleven Mile Rd., Royal Oak. 248-202-4662. sipsavorstomp.com

A Holiday Wine Tasting, with cheese, chocolates, coffee, and a selection of seasonal wines.

Ongoing Tuesdays

Take Away Tuesdays

Ann Arbor Brewing Co., 114 E. Washington St. 734-213-1393. arborbrewing.com

Enjoy $5 off growler fills when you spend $5. Also take advantage of the happy hour deals.

Saturdays

Saturday Brunch

Noon-3pm. Bona Sera Cafe, 200 W. Michigan Ave. 734-340-6335. eatypsi.com/brunch

Every Saturday at Bona Sera: A signature brunch menu with Fritattas and grits, (and more) and a bottomless bloody Mary and mimosa bar.

5 thursday The DoDos

9pm. $13adv/$15 at the door. The Blind Pig, 208 S First St. 734-996-8555. blindpigmusic.com

10 tuesday Turquoise Jeep

9pm. $15. The Bling Pig, 208 S. First St. 734-996-8555. blindpigmusic.com

Explosive rap group brings rhymes and style to the pig.

11 wednesday

Mipso

Tannahill Weavers

Folk-y sounds with a rock edge, Mipso brings the heart.

Celtic/ British Isles music is the theme with music that is steeped in history and tradition, with innovative arrangements.

8pm. $15. The Ark, 316 S. Main St. 734-761-1451. theark.org

6 friday Ypsi-Stock

5pm-Midnight. Crossroad’s Bar & Grill, 517 W. Cross St. facebook.com/ pages/the-crossroads-bar-grill Free

12 Ypsi bands take the stage at Ypsi-Stock. Come hear the local flavor.

Blue Water Ramblers

8:30pm-10:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2527. crazywisdom.net Free

Lead singers, a banjo, a fiddle and six and twelve string guitars make up this old time bluegrass group.

Steve Rich and Tim Prosser

7pm. Silvio’s Organic Pizza, 715 N. University Ave. 734-214-6666. silviosorganicpizza.com Free

Tim Prosser (the mandolin maniac) and Steve Rich bring listeners a cornucopia of acoustic folk, pop, and originals with harmonic vocals, guitar, and mandolin.

7 saturday The Bluescasters

8pm. $5. Holiday Inn, 3600 Plymouth Rd. 734-769-9800. hiannarbor.com

As part of the Local Brews, Local Blues event, this blues band brings the old, old school rock-n-roll.

Immortal Technique

9pm. $20/adv, $22/at the door. The Blind Pig, 208 S. 1st St. 734-996-8555. blindpigmusic.com

Peruvian born, Harlem raised, and political activist rapper comes to the Pig.

India Tabla Music with John Churchville

8:30pm-10:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2527. crazywisdom.net Free

Local tabla player John Churchville hosts an evening of Indian classical, light classical, fusion, and folk music in the wonderful Crazy Wisdom Tearoom. Come hear the sounds of a musical tradition that dates back over 2000 years.

9 monday Guest Recital

5pm. Earl V. Moore Building: Britton Recital Hall, 1100 Baits Dr. 734-764-0583. music.umich.edu/ performances_events Free

Caen Thomason-Redus on the flute and Cole Burger on the piano.

Photo by Monica Frisell

Slightly progressive Indie rock band with band Springtime Carnivore as opener.

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8pm. $20. The Ark, 316 S. Main St. 734-761-1800. theark.org

Michigan Opera Theatre Presents: An Overture to Frida

7-9pm. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395. umma.umich.edu Free

The opera celebrates Kahlo’s vivacious spirit, talent, sexuality, and fragility, with splashes of music as colorful as her artwork. UMMA Senior Curator for Western Art, Carole McNamara, will kick off the evening with remarks on Kahlo’s life and importance as an artist.

12 thursday

Bill Frisell

Thursday 12 // Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre “I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.” —Bill Frisell.

No surprise. Frisell has been said to play “the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet: in the hands of such radical thinkers, their instruments simply become different animals.”—The New Yorker. Touring to promote his latest album, Guitar In the Space Age, Frisell comes to town for a rare solo performance. $40. 7:30pm. 911 North University Ave. 734-763-3333.—BB

Kitty Donohoe and Suzanne Camino

Noon-1pm. University Hospital Main Lobby: Floor 1, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. 734-936-2787. med.umich.edu/goa Free

Join Ann Arbor’s own Emmy Winning songwriter. Playing guitar and cittern, Donohoe sings songs with her three-octave voice that draw upon her Irish heritage and her northern US roots. Suzanne Camino is an outstanding accordionist, and together they will perform Irish music in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.

13 friday Thank Funk it’s Friday!

7pm. ABC Microbrewery, 720 Norris St., Ypsilanti. 734-480-2739 Arborbrewing.com Free

Halcyon Sound takes you on a Fantastic Voyage into that funky-old-school-soulful-boogie jams.

Sunday Morning Light

7pm. Silvio’s Organic Pizza, 715 N. University Ave. 734-214-6666. silviosorganicpizza.com Free

Sunday Morning Light is an acoustic modern folk band that plays a mix of covers and originals.

Cold Tone Harvest

8:30-10:30pm Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. crazywisdom.net 734-665-2527. Free

The band from Southeast Michigan is comprised of singer/songwriter Andrew Sigworth, bassist Ozzie Andrews, drummer/banjo player Brian Williams, and guitarist Todd Livingston.

Craft Spells

Wednesday 18 / The Blind Pig

With looping drone-y rhythms, heavy synth, and an air of “I don’t care” debonair, four dudes from California, who dig 80’s music, like 70’s music buffs digs disco, will strum it out at the Pig. One word: Dancefloor. $12. 9pm. 208 S. First St. 734-996-8555. blindpigmusic.com—RC Mouths of Babes

8pm. $12. Greenwood Coffee House, 1001 Green Rd. 734-665-8558. greenwoodcoffeehouse.org

This tender tomboy and roughand-tumble lady come together to melt hearts and shake souls with undeniable chemistry and a truly unexpected heralding of wisdom.

14 saturday The Surefires

8:30-10:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2527. crazywisdom.net Free

The Surefires combine spot-on harmonies with prize-winning songwriting to bring you some stirring acoustic music.

Chris Canas Blues Revolution

8pm. $5. Holiday Inn, 3600 Plymouth Rd. 734-769-9800. hiannarbor.com

As a part of Local Blues, Local Brews event. Witness the deepest of blues sounds.

Cafe 704 Harmony Bones 8-10pm. $8. Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, 704 Airport Blvd.

248-515-4644. interfaithspirit.org/cafe704.html

Rich vocal harmonies and an array of folk instruments — guitar, flute, pennywhistle, fiddle, bass, mandolin, banjo, percussion, and even sitar — performing a wide range of traditional, contemporary, and original folk songs.

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15 sunday Women in Jazz

4pm. $10-$30. Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. 734-769-2999.

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WSG The Bilinda Butchers and Gosh Pith.

Fisher Piano Duo

Sun Messengers

18 wednesday Craft Spells

9pm. $12. The Blind Pig, 208 S. 1st St. 734-996-8555. blindpigmusic.com

8pm. $10/general admission, $5/ student. Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. 734-769-2999.

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Christopher and Katherine Fisher fingers’ will dance on the keys, and delight listeners with an innovative and engaging piano performance.

19 thursday J Philip

9pm. $20/adv, $25/at the door. Necto, 516 E. Liberty St. 734-994-5436. necto.com

Dirtybird’s J. Philip comes to the Red Room for an Official MOVEMENT Pre-Party.

Jazz Standards: Paul Vornhagen Trio

Noon-1pm. University Hospital Main Lobby: Floor 1, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. 734-936-2787. med.umich.edu/goa Free

Winner of five Detroit Music Awards, Ann Arborite Paul VornHagen will present a program of choice jazz standards including composers Cole Porter & Thelonius Monk.

20 friday Morlox & Church Fire

9pm. The Far House, 2606 Packard. facebook.com/farhouse Free

Two IDM bands with local bands Watabou and Selector Catalogue.

Christopher Mark Jones

8:30-10:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2527. crazywisdom.net Free

Heartland Variations marked a return to the soulful country and blues-inflected Americana narratives of the first recording.

Isosceles

7pm. Silvio’s Organic Pizza, 715 N. University Ave. 734-214-6666. silviosorganicpizza.com Free

Versatile trio Isosceles consists of bassist Tim Berla, guitarist Jim Cooney, and vocalist Shekinah Errington joining forces for a fun and unique blend of originals and covers from the worlds of jazz, swing, country, pop, and folk.

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8:30-10:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2527. crazywisdom.net

Lorelei is Detroit’s premier acappella quartet comprised of some of the area’s most gifted award-winning vocalists and writers. This dynamic and exciting ensemble performs original and well-loved tunes from the American song repertoire, including blues, soul, folk, gospel, jazz and more, always making each tune their own.

A jazz concert featuring heavy hitting women musicians.

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21 saturday Lorelei

8pm. $5. Holiday Inn Ann Arbor, 3600 Plymouth Rd. 734-769-9800. hiannarbor.com

In part of the Local Blues, Local Brews weekly event. Come hear Detroit’s #1 dance band.

Absolut Russian

8pm. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

Romantic melodies and raw emotion is the comforting sound of Russian music on this night. Savor Borodin’s Prince Igor, performed as it was originally composed with chorus.

Scores by Tchaikovski will also be performed.

22 sunday Michigan Women Go Pink!

Concert 7pm. $10-$35. Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. 4th Ave. 734-769-2999. kerrytownconcerthouse.com

Women’s music is the theme in this benefit for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, from Junior and Senior women of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre. Runs the following day as well.

25 wednesday The Slackers

9pm. $15. The Blind Pig, 208 S. 1st St. 734-996-8555. blindpigmusic.com

Ska-punk band, with opener Matt Wixon’s Flying Circus.

26 thursday Vintage American Pop - Etcetera

Noon-1pm. University Hospital Main Lobby: Floor 1, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. 734-936-2787. med.umich.edu/goa Free

Etcetera brings close harmonies, a mix of original and classic songs and a unique blend of song and choreography to audiences throughout southeastern Michigan and beyond.

music

River Raisin Ragtime Revue

Dave Boutette

8:30-10:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2527.crazywisdom.net Free

Songs of highway hijinks and wildcat oil drillers in the Michigan woods are as likely to be heard as old favorites that have been in your head and heart for years. For Boutette, it’s the sharing of songs that holds all the magic.

27 friday

3pm. $20. Trinity Lutheran Church, 1400 W. Stadium Blvd. 517-673-2597. ragtimeband.org

America’s premier ragtime orchestra presents a program highlighting watershed compositions in our nation’s musical history in a concert entitled “Firsts in American Popular Music.”

Ongoing: Mondays

Live Music Mondays

Liz Royce

7pm. Silvio’s Organic Pizza, 715 N. University Ave. 734-214-6666. silviosorganicpizza.com Free

Vocal firecracker Liz Royce will entertain you with her voice and the piano.

7pm. ABC Microbrewery, 720 Norris St., Ypsilanti 734-480-2739. arborbrewing.com

Eclectic musicians fill the brew hall at the local ABC Microbrewery.

Motown Mondays

28 saturday Michael Waite wsg John Churchville

8:30-10:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2527. crazywisdom.net Free

Michael’s songwriting is thoughtful Americana without any glitz, both brutally and joyously honest.

Root Doctor

8pm. $5. Holiday Inn Ann Arbor, 3600 Plymouth Rd. 734-769-9800. hiannarbor.com

In part of the Local Blues, Local Brews event. The soulful Michigan band brings blues and attitude.

7pm. Crossroad’s Bar & Grill, 517 W. Cross St., Ypsilanti. facebook. com/pages/the-crossroads-bar-grill Free

Get down to the sounds of Motown with cheap drinks.

Tuesdays

Paul Klingers Easy Street Band

5:30-8:30pm. Grotto Club of Ann Arbor, 2070 W. Stadium Blvd.

734-663-1202. zalgaz.org/events

Saturdays Live Jazz

Diarrhea Planet

9pm. $10. The Blind Pig, 208 S. First St. 734-996-8555. blindpigmusic.com

New age rock-n-roll band Diarrhea Planet with opener Left & Right.

The Decemberists

Saturday 28 // Royal Oak Music Theatre

Colin Meloy and company bring their thesaurus, wait, no, bring their bright new album What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World to Royal Oak for a show guaranteed to parade theatrics and top-shelf musicianship. After releasing darker albums in recent years, The Decemberists return to their Picaresque form. Peppy horns, arpeggiated guitar bursts, staccato piano taps, occasional accordion squeezes, crescendoing drums, and light background vocals set the stage for Meloy’s versatile voice and erudite lyrics. $36. 7:30pm. 318 W. 4th St., Royal Oak. 248-399-2980.—BB

6pm-8pm. Chelsea Alehouse Brewery, 420 N. Main St., #100, Chelsea. 734-433-5500. chelseaalehouse.com/

House musicians keep tempo and move you in your seat.

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Photo by Autumn DeWilde

27 friday

Thursdays

Open Mic Night

7:30pm. The Plymouth Coffee Bean, 884 Penniman Ave, Plymouth.

734-454-0178. plymouthcoffeebean.com

GLUTEN FREE • NON-GMO • NO PRESERVATIVES • CREATED LOCALLY

Thank you to all of our loyal customers!

Give it all you got in this intimate setting at a small-town coffee shop.

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From the Front Porch to VH1 Studios A conversation with U-M Grad Kellyann Wargo

By Brandon Bye

EXT. FRONT PORCH. MORNING.

It’s November 1, 2012. Kellyann Wargo, University of Michigan senior, settles into a camping chair. A bust-open jack-o-lantern trashbag stuffed with leaves sits beside a folding chair upon which stands the fixings for mimosas and a martini glass. A girl wearing a sexy hotdog dress walks by holding a clutch, looking ashamed.

INT. MERCEDES SUV. MORNING.

It’s February 15, 2015. Kellyann Wargo, creator and host of VH1’s new series Walk of Shame Shuttle, drives through Coral Gables, Miami. Her passenger, a University of Miami junior, wearing sunglasses, visibly hungover, tells her about the previous night.

Kellyann Wargo, now 24, has turned a hilarious hobby into a business and her business into a TV series. We had a chance to talk with her about her new life and her new show, which airs this month on VH1.

What do you miss most about Ann Arbor?

It’s funny, what I really miss was one of the things I used to dislike most. I miss running into people I know when I leave my house. Even the people I used to avoid like the plague I would now love to cross paths with. *Cough* Ex’s *Cough* You were an Art and Design major and Art History minor. Where did you get your sense of entrepreneurship?

U of M has a very open art curriculum that allows, and really rewards students, for taking studio courses outside their desired concentration. Plus I’ve grown up and surrounded myself with people who push each other to design and peruse new things. It’s creative problem solving.

I saw a need, and used my skill set to fill it.

How did your service shift from a make-a-few-bucks local business plan to the premise of a major network TV show being filmed across the country?

When I started the shuttle Uber and Lyft didn’t exist. First I just had a poster. The YouTube video was intended for U of M students. It’s great that people around the world saw it, but that wasn’t the goal. Some of those people happened to be in LA and thought it would make a funny show, to share the stories of the people I pick up.

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Kellyan Wargo: Michigander, do-gooder.

You pick up both guys and girls? Is there a difference in how they (guys and girls) relate their stories, a difference in how much or how little they share?

People might watch the show with the assumption that the guys are cocky, and the girls need extra consoling.

Sure, that’s the case with some passengers, but definitely not everyone.

The title of the show, Walk of Shame Shuttle, suggests an expectation to see humiliation and guilt in the shuttle rider. Do you find the people you pick up feel humiliated or guilty?

As someone who treated the walk of shame like a 5K and lived in a house of at least 6 girls throughout college, I have above average experience with the morning-after walk. Some people are humiliated because they called their mom instead of their girlfriend, or fell mid-wobble, but no one gets out of the car feeling the same as when they got in.

There’s another expression for this “morning after” experience: stride of pride. In an interview you gave to Her Campus, the interviewer refers to this alternative expression, lauding the “feminists who fought for sexual freedom,” saying she prefers stride of pride over walk of shame. Do you feel the expression walk of shame undermines this idea of sexual freedom? Was there ever any discussion about naming the show Stride of Pride?

It’s tongue in cheek, Walk of Shame Shuttle was just the name my friends and I used and it stuck. Comedy is a way for women to take control of their freedom and discuss tabooed subjects like one night stands in an approachable tone. The fact that I, as a woman, have taken something that is perceived as embarrassing and shameful, and turned it into a successful, funny, television show is pretty damn feminist to me. When you watch the show there is no sense of undermining sexual freedom—for men or women. Regardless of what you name it, walking in heels or dress shoes in last night’s outfit at 7am sucks. You just want to get in your own bed, chug a Gatorade, and put on some pajamas—the fastest way to get there is the Walk of Shame Shuttle.

film

Breaking Glass

WCBN-FM presents a film screening of the punk-musical Breaking Glass.

Beginning in the dingy backstreets of London, this 1980s film follows the rise and fall of a talented female singer-songwriter, at the height of the UK punk era. When the big-time comes knocking at her door, she still manages to keep her punk spirit and finds that great fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Starring Hazel O’Connor, featuring her original music. 8:30pm. Arbor Brewing Company, 114 E. Washington.

734-763-3500. Free

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

An unlikely hero collects power-ups and beats up seven bad guys to win the heart of the girl of his dreams. Based on a popular graphic novel, and filmed in a fast-paced, semi-animated manner, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is a loveable cult film starring Michael Cera. Saturday, March 21, Midnight. $8. State Theater, 233 S. State St. 734-761-8667.

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Midnight. $8. The State Theater, 233 S. State St. 734-761-8667. michtheater.org

In a world of sex obsessed and technological advanced human society (sound familiar?) a television executive searching for an intense new program for his sex-oriented network comes across an underground program called “Videodrome,” which appears to be pornographic snuff films of actual murders. Starring James Woods and Blondie’s Debbie Harry.

Mario Caserlini & Eluterio Rodolfi’s 1913 silent film adaptation of Bullwer-Lytton’s novel.

12 thursday Palikari: Louis Tikas and the Ludlow Massacre

7pm. Michigan Union - Angell Hall Auditorium D., 435 S. State St. 734-936-6099. umich.edu/~muto/venues.html Free

Nikos Ventouras’ 2014 documentary about the immigrant Greek labor leader and his role in the 1914 strike against Colorado coal mines that has been described as the deadliest strike in American history.

16 monday 7pm. $10/general admission, under 12, students, seniors, veterans/ $8 MTF members/ $7.50 The Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org Comedy-fantasy in which basket-

Murder! Fedoras!

Heists! Sleuthing! The Film Noir Series at the Michigan Theater is in full swing, with five scheduled films this month. Catch the neorealistic dramas (black and white, of course) and the femme fatales like the Lady of Shanghai and the Lady in the Lake. Come along for firstperson narratives and clever one-liners, but watch out for those pesky double-crossers. $9/general admission, $8/students/seniors/veterans, $7.50/ members. Mondays, 7pm. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. Michtheater.org —RC

7 saturday

7pm. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-764-0360. michtheater.org Free

Science on Screen: Space Jam

Film Noir Series

Midnight Showing: Videodrome

Ultimi Giorni di Pompei

10 tuesday Whispers of Fukushima

7-9pm. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395. umma.umich.edu Free

This film tells the story of several individuals who chose to stay in Fukushima, Japan following the earthquake that took place in the spring of 2011.

Breaking Glass: WCBN-FM 8:30pm. Arbor Brewing Company Brewpub, 114 E. Washington St. 734-763-3500. wcbn.org Free

Screening of Brian Gibson’s 1980 drama about the riseand-fall of a an talented female singer-songwriter at the height of the UK punk era. Starring Hazel O’Conno and Phil Daniels.

ball star Michael Jordan teams up with Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters to defeat an alien basketball team.

Followed by a talk by U-M physics professor Timothy Chupp on the physics of basketball.

17 tuesday Chameleon Street

4pm. U-M Institute for the Humanities, 2435 N. Quad.

734-936-3518. umich.edu Free

Winner of the 1990 Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize, starring Wendell B. Harris Jr. in a fact based comedy-drama about a black high school dropout who poses as a reporter, attorney, surgeon, and Yale student.

18 wednesday

17-year-old girl living with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia who becomes pregnant when she is seduced by an actor from a traveling troupe. Russian & Tajik, subtitles.

24 tuesday Ann Arbor Film Festival: Expanding Frames: Making Movie Music 3-5pm. U-M North Quad, 1 05 S. State St. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

Learn the tricks to creating a film score in this hands-on workshop with local musicians, and electronica artist Jared Van Eck, who we recognized as the 2014 local/DJ Electronica Artist of the Year.

My Way

Noon-2pm. Michigan League Vandenberg Room, 911 N. University Ave. 734-764-8888. umich.edu Free

Screening, by the U-M Confucious Institute, of Cheuk Cheung’s 2012 documentary about 2 Hong Kong men struggling to make it as male performers playing the female lead in Cantonese opera. Cantonese, subtitles.

25 wednesday Ann Arbor Film Festival

$50-$60/weekend pass, $85-$100/full festival pass. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. aafilmfest.org

The 52nd Annual Film Festival will feature more than 200 films, videos, and live performances with over 30 World, North American and U.S. premieres.

The fest will take place at many places all over Ann Arbor, with the main film showings at the Michigan Theater. Find the full schedule online. Runs until March 30.

27 friday

Race to Nowhere

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Film and discussion on how to prepare the youth of America to be healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens in the 21st century.

A group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India, find they are transformed by their shared experiences. Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilson.

6:30-9pm. Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

19 thursday Detroit Freep Film Festival TBA. Detroit Film Theatre, 5200 Woodward Ave. 313-833-3237. freepfilmfestival.com

Documentaries with strong connections to Detroit and Michigan are the focus. Locations all over the city. A list of the films can be found online. Runs until March 22.

22 sunday Luna Poppa

4pm. Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St. 734-936-2777. umich.edu Free

7pm. Jewel Heart Buddhist Center, 1129 Oak Valley Dr. 734-994-3387. jewelheart.org Free

30 monday Asphalt Jungle

7pm. $10/general admission, $8/student, seniors, veterans, $7.50/members.Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

A classic crime drama, in part of the Noir Film Series at the Michigan Theater. Starring Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, and Marilyn Monroe.

Comic drama, told by her unborn child, about a vivacious

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8 sunday

A2C2 Auditions for The Play’s the Thing

A timeless comedy of manners - good and bad - The Philadelphia Story is a classic tale that lampoons high-society and leaves the audience wanting more. There are roles for 6-9 men, 4-5 women and one girl of 15. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script.

Production dates are May 7-10, 2015. Callbacks will be on March 11.

Productions celebrate spring with concert readings of original plays about springtime, romance, second chances, renewal, and coming of age.

There are roles for men and women of all ages. Auditions consist of cold readings from the scripts and/or monologues provided at auditions. Plays run from April 17- 19 2015. March 15 Auditions take place at 2pm.

7pm. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Rehearsal Studio, 322 W. Ann St. 734-971-2228. a2ct.org

Stones in His Pockets

The luck of the Irish doesn’t seem to hold true for these two thirty-something blokes. In this comedy, two strangers escape their dreary lives by becoming extras in a big American film shoot. It isn’t long before their pasts catch up with them, facing their personal hardships in a new-found friendship. Stones in His Pockets is a recent three-time Tony Award nominee, sure to be a St. Patricks Day treat. $13.50-$27. March 6 - April 5. Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm, and Sunday at 2pm. Performance Network Theater, 120 E. Huron St. 734-663-0681. pntheatre.org —RC

11 wednesday Concert readings of both popular plays and new works by local writers. Followed by discussion.

This event’s featured play-writes are Annie Martin and Joseph Zettelmaier.

This renowned New York Citybased children’s theater troupe returns to the Michigan Theater to present its lavishly staged musical adaptation of Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lavin’s Caldecott Medal-winning story about barnyard animals who go on strike for better treatment from curmudgeonly Farmer Brown.

7:30pm. Performance Network Theater, 120 E. Huron St.. 734-663-0681. pntheatre.org Free

Photo by Aaron C. Wade

$13-$25. Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin Ave. 734-971-2228. a2ct.org

Follow a British Shoe salesman, Harry Witherspoon, as he inherits $6 million dollars from his uncle, but must do some less than comfortable deeds to get the money. The show runs until March 15. Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm.

5 thursday Opening Night: Stones in his Pockets

$12.50-$41. Performance Network Theater, 120 E. Huron St. 734-663-0681. pntheatre.org

This award-winning comedy features two thirty-somethings who meet when working as extras on a big American movie being shot in Ireland. The movie is a wonderful break from worrying about their futures, until the harsh realities of rural life break through. Various times can be found online. Various times can be found online, and the show runs until April 5.

Dwayne Kennedy

$10-$15. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 212 S. Fourth Ave. 734-996-9080. aacomedy.com

stand-up comedians of our time. Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm. Friday & Saturday at 10:30pm.

6 friday Buyer & Cellar

Yellow Barn, 416 W. Huron St. Pay-What-You-Can. ouryellowbarn.com

A terrific new comedy that the New York Times called, “Irresistible, delicious, and wickedly funny.” There’s a whole cast of characters — all played by actor Sebastian Gerstner in an outrageous one-man comic tour-deforce. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30pm. Sundays at 2pm. Show runs until March 29.

Considered one of the funniest

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15 sunday Click, Clack, Moo

12 thursday

Something funny is going on in New Jersey. Enter the life of a British shoe salesman, who, in order to receive his Uncle’s 6-million dollar estate, must perform some uncomfortable deeds. Come for the catchy tunes, and stay for the hilarious mishaps.

This musical comedy will have you cheering on the protagonist, and cringing at the unfortunate situations he finds himself in. Presented by the Ann Arbor Civic Theater. March 12-15. Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8pm. Sunday at 2pm.

Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin Ave. 734-764-2538. a2ct.org —RC

4pm. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Rehearsal Studio, 322 W. Ann St. 734-971-2228. a2ct.org

Open Table Series

Lucky Stiff

Lucky Stiff

14 saturday

A2C2t Auditions for The Philadelphia Story

13 friday Honk!

$12-$15. Saline High School Ellen Ewing Performing Arts Center, 1300 Campus Pkwy. salineareaplayers.org

Saline Area Players present George Stiles and Anthony Drewe’s Musical Adaptation of “The Ugly Duckling,” winner of London’s 2000 Oliver Award for best musical. 7pm on March 13 & 14 at 7pm, & March 14 & 15 at 2pm.

The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia 8pm. Keene Theater, E. Quad, 701 E. University Ave. umich.edu/~muto/venues.html

RC students present Edward Albee’s 2002 Tony-winning oneact drama, a neo-Greek tragedy about a married middle-aged architect who throws his family into crisis when he falls in love with a goat.

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth 7pm. $35. The Whiting, 1241 E. Kearsley St., Flint.

Combining swift action and soaring poetry, this classic tale follows one man’s rash power play for the crown. Upon hearing three witches predict that he will one day be king, ambition infects Macbeth’s brain like a virus.

1:30pm. $10-$12. The Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 800-745-3000. michtheater.org

19 thursday Once Upon A… Oh Crap!

8pm. Keene Theater, E. Quad, 701 E. University Ave. 734-647-4354. Free

RC students present fellow RC student Rebecca Godwin’s drama about a young woman who lives in a magical land of storytelling cursed with an inability ever to finish a story and subsequently banished to the Forest of Forgotten Stories, where the audience meets a host of interesting oddballs.

21 saturday A2C2t Auditions for Rent 7pm. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Rehearsal Studio, 322 W. Ann St. 734-971-2228. a2ct.org/ Free

The main stage musical rent are holding auditions, with the production dates on June 4-7, 2015. There are roles for 5 men, ages 20-35 and 3 women, ages 18-35, plus an ensemble of 4 men and 3 women, ages 18-45.

Those auditioning should prepare 16-32 bars of a Broadway show other than Rent, and will be asked to learn a short dance sequence at auditions. AdditionalMarch 22 auditions are at 2pm, with callbacks March 23 at 7pm. 16+

22 sunday Men! Men! Men!

6-7pm. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395. umma.umich.edu Free

In conjunction with the UMMA exhibition of HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection exploring themes of masculinity and gender, please join us for an evening of dance.

25 wednesday Arsenic and Old Lace

$35-$65. Michigan League - Hussey Room, 911 N. University Ave. 734-764-0446. uunions.umich.edu/league

It’s the story of a drama critic whose plans to elope (on Halloween) are interrupted when he learns that the sweet maiden aunts who raised him have made a charity project of poisoning lonely old men to put them out of their misery. Thursday at 7pm, Friday & Sunday at 6:30pm.

26 thursday Heavy Flow Comedy Show

7pm. $10.Crossroad’s Bar & Grill, 517 W. Cross St. 734-340-5597. facebook. com/pages/the-crossroads-bar-grill

Come hear some local comedy from local comedians on a local stage. Runs the following day as well.

MFA Dance Concert: Wishes, Lies and Dreams

8pm. $7. Betty Pease Studio Theater, 1310 N. University Ct. 734-763-5460. music.umich.edu/performances_ events

By presenting images of mundane human behavior (a coffee cup, a person brushing their teeth) against beautiful modern dance vocabulary inspired by the movement and migration patterns of the Monarch butterfly, the work travels between seemingly disconnected worlds.

Julius Ceaser in Egypt

$22-$28/general admission, $10/ student Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 922 N. University Ave..734-763-3333. music.umich.edu/performances_ events

theater

An opera by George Frideric Handel.The epic story of the world’s first power couple. Sung in Italian with projected English translations. March 26 at 7:30pm. March 27 & 28 at 8pm, and March 29 at 2pm.

27 friday The Music Man

7:30pm. $12 students/seniors; $14 adults. Greenhills School, 850 Greenhills Dr. 734-205-4098. greenhillsschool.org\

A classic musical about the stubborn people of River City, Iowa and the man with the music who comes to town.

28 saturday Wall to Wall Theatre Festival

7pm. Walgreen Drama Center, 1226 Murfin Ave. 734-764-5350. music.umich.edu/performances_ events

Wall-to-Wall is an entirely student-generated theatre festival in which selections from different genres, each timed down to 25 minutes, run on a simultaneous loop throughout the Walgreen Drama Center.

You choose what to see and when, and travel through the building, experiencing classic works beside new ones. Runs the following day as well.

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All Month Long

First Friday Ypsilanti Exhibition Bona Sera Cafe, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. 734-340-6335. eatypsi.com

Exhibition “Cocooning” will be displayed on the walls of Bona Sera. Tuesday-Thursday, 11am9pm. Friday 11am-10pm.

TedxUofM

The theme is Constructive Interference, a concept that deals with the meshing together of ideas from different and sometimes conflicting backgrounds, disciplines, and perspectives, to create a synergized idea. Otherwise unaligned schools of thought support one another, collaborating and innovating. Listen to interdisciplinary experts from the University of Michigan discuss Constructive Interference and how it has affected their work.

Apply for attendance online. Friday, March 20, 8pm. Power Center, 121 Fletcher St. 734-647-3327.

Tedxuofm.com —RC

Regional Arts Collaboratives Showcase

Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty St. 734-994-8004. annarborartcenter.org Free

Come view the eclectic artworks of this invitation exhibition. Open Monday-Thurs 10am-7pm, Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday noon-5pm.

Civil War Soldiers by Shayne Davidson

8am-8pm. Gifts of Art Gallery Taubman Health Center North Lobby, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. 734-936-2787. med.umich.edu/goa Free

Davidson’s exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops, Company G.

Sundays

Luminary Workshops

10am-5pm. Donations appreciated.

Workantile, 118 S. Main St. wonderfoolproductions.org/luminaryworkshops Free

Capturing the Moment

UK artist Tacita Dean works with 16mm film in a way that few do. With steady angles and long shots of natural scenery, Dean guides the viewer on a stunning, reflective journey through space and time. She’s been awarded numerous prizes for her work, such as the Aachen Art Prize (2002) and the Hugo Boss Prize (2006). In this talk, Dean will discuss her work and influences. Thursday, March 26, 5:10pm. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. Michtheater.org Free —RC

Create your very own luminary with help from talented public art experts to carry during the FestiFools procession into downtown Ann Arbor on April 12. Sundays in March and the first Sunday in April.

1 sunday Art and the Spirit: Engaging with Art

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Discover the artwork that came about through the most traumatic and transformative event in American History, the American Civil War. Lecture led by Eleanor Harvey, Senior Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Curriculum of Color

Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor Annual Student Art Exhibit consists of student art and schoolwork, with oil and watercolor paintings, drawings, and mosaics, as well as woodwork, sculpture, and handwork.

5 tuesday Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit

7-8:30pm. Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 S. 5th Ave.734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

This lecture covers the exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts, bringing together 70 works of art that depict the evolution of these extraordinary artists hitting their turning point in 1930’s depression-era Detroit.

6 wednesday Drop in Craft: Retablos

6-9pm. Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave. 313-833-7900. dia.org Free

TYREE GUYTON: HEIDELBERG REVITALIZATION

Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series: Casey Reas

Artist Tyree Guyton’s art installations along Detroit’s Heidelberg Street have inspired and healed its local community for decades. Recent arson fires have destroyed many of the buildings. The artist will discuss plans on revitalizing this important site. This event goes until March 4.

4 wednesday Allen Creek Greenway Youth Art Competition 6:30-8pm. Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. 734-769-2999.

Kerrytownconcerthouse.com Free

Ann Arbor students grades

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6:30pm. $5-$8 Museum admission.

Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit.

313-833-7900. dia.com

Learn about the Latin American Folk art tradition of retablos while you create one of your own.

2pm. Rackham Graduate School, 915 E. Washington St.ummsp.

734-936-6678. rackham.umich.edu Free

Kent Monkman explores themes of colonization, sexuality, loss, and resilience as he “constructs new stories that take into account the missing narratives and perspectives of Aboriginal peoples.” His mediums range from film to installations, from performance to paintings. Known internationally, Monkman comes to town for this highly anticipated lecture as part of the Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series. Thursday, April 2, 5:10pm. Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org Free

The Coming Storm: The Civil War and American Art

1-2pm. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395. umma.umich.edu Free

UMMA docents will guide visitors through the galleries on tours as diverse as their interests and areas of expertise.

Art with an Agenda

6-12 created an art piece that could be displayed along the future path of the Allen Creek Greenway. The entries will be judges, and announcement of the winner will be at the end.

12 thursday 5pm. The Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org Free

Casey Reas writes software to explore conditional systems as art, building upon concrete art, experimental animation, and drawing.

14 saturday Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo in Detroit Opening Celebration

6pm. $28.50. Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit.

313-833-7900 dia.org

Celebrate the exhibit’s opening with a fun party for all residents of Southeast Michigan. Light appetizers and entertainment will be included. Exhbit runs until July 12, 2015.

art 16 monday Ann Arbor Women Artists’ 2015 Spring Exhibit

10am-9pm. Downtown Library & Mallets Creek Branches, 343 S. 5th Ave., 3090 E. Eisenhower Pkwy.

734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

Ann Arbor Women Artists nonprofit holds their annual spring art show. Runs until April 29.

17 tuesday The Prison Creative Arts Project: Panel Discussion

7-8:30pm. Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

Art by Michigan Prisoners is the topic, lead by Martin Bandyke of 107one.

Cathy Berry Gallery Reception

Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. 4th Ave. 734-769-2999. kerrytownconcerthouse.com Free

Painter Cathy Berry is celebrated in this reception. Gallery is available for viewing MondayFriday 9:30am-5pm, and her exhibit runs until March 30.

18 wednesday Creative Studio Process: Sculptural Objects

6:30-9pm. $65. VEO Art Studio, 114 N. Main St., Chelsea. 734-417-6326. register.veoartstudio.com

Using objects and 3 dimensional materials, students will use a simple and guided process that combines art making with thoughtful writing. Bring a journal or notebook, registration is required.

19 thursday Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series: Saki Mafundikwa 5pm. The Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

Saki Mafundikwa is a graphic designer, educator, author, filmmaker, and farmer, as well as visionary. He left a successful design career in New York to open the first school of graphic design in his native country of Zimbabwe. He will discuss his work.

20 friday UMMA After Hours

7-10pm. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734764-0395. umma.umich.edu

The University of Michigan Museum of Art invites you to join us for an evening of art, music, and exploration.

22 sunday UMMA Dialogue

3-5pm. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395.umma.umich.edu Free

Collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard will join in a discussion with several high status museum curators and art experts.

24 tuesday Art of the Mandala

1-3:30pm. $45. VEO Art Studio, 114 N. Main St., Chelsea. 734-417-6326. register.veoartstudio.com

An introduction class to the making of the ancient art of the sacred circle of a mandala.

Registration is required, and all materials are provided.

26 thursday Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series: Tacita Dean

5-6:15pm. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org Free

Tacita Dean’s film portraits express something that neither painting nor photography can capture. They are purely film.

Dean’s art is carried by a sense of history, time and place, light quality, and the essence of the film itself. Attend this talk as she discusses her work.

27 wednesday Inofficial Art in the GDR, 1950-1965

2-4pm. Michigan League Building, 3308. 812 E. Washington St. 734-764-8018. umich.edu Free

U-M German Department presents a talk by University of Berlin art historian professor Anna-Carola Krausse.

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Voices of Middle West A festival

By Brandon Bye

Ann Arbor is a Lit town. I knew this in 2012 when I found myself at a farm on the outskirts of town listening Tracy K. Smith read from her Pulitzer Prize winning poetry collection Life On Mars. I knew this when, a month later, I found myself playing soccer with British novelist David Mitchell, whose Cloud Atlas was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2004. I will know this once again when I sit in Literati’s tiny upstairs reading room, listening to Stuart Dybek read from his short story collections and talk about writing in the Midwest.

Dybek comes to Ann Arbor, with a number of other masterclass writers, as a part of this year’s Voices of the Middle West—a festival celebrating writers, independent presses, and lit journals that consider the Midwest their home. I had a chance to sit down with Robert James Russell, Michigan native, author, and co-founding editor of the literary journal Midwestern Gothic (proud host of the event) to discuss the festival and Midwest literature.

You must be excited to have Stuart Dybek as the keynote speaker. How did you arrange it?

Absolutely! Not only is he a personal literary hero, but he so perfectly represents the Midwest voice—it’s going to be an absolutely joy getting to hear him talk about the Midwest, our literary traditions, and to hear him read from his work, too. After the success of our inaugural Voices of the Middle West festival in 2014, we thought hard about who wanted as a follow-up keynote, and Stuart came to mind. So I reached out, we chatted a bit about everything, and he graciously accepted.

Who else are you especially excited to have on the bill this year?

I’m going to cheat a bit and say all of our panelists—collectively, we spent a lot of time putting together the panels this year, and I think it shows. I mean, Matt Bell, Laura Kasischke, Alissa Nutting and Anne Valente discussing Fabulism in the Midwest? Yes, please. Caitlin Horrocks, C.J. Hribal, and Marcus Wicker talking about using the uniqueness of the Midwest as a setting in their work? Really can’t wait. We ramped for our publisher panel, too, with some great minds of the industry coming to talk about gender parity in publishing.

We also expanded the bookfair a bit. In addition to return favorites Dzanc Books, Curbside Splendor, Hobart and Ninth Letter, we’ll be joined this year by Graywolf Press, Cream City Review, Two Dollar Radio, Iowa Review and many, many others.

A lot of Southern Literature points at mysterious, ironic occurrences and misfit, oddball characters to explore Southern values. How do you characterize Midwestern Literature?

I think we share some of those characteristics, but I think the major difference in the Midwest is how quiet we keep, oftentimes keeping to ourselves. We do have characters here, obviously, and we have unique histories and mythologies (birthplace of the automobile, birthplace of the modern assembly line, etc.) that informs a great deal about our lifestyles and, ultimately, our art. We also have an earnestness to us, a genuineness that you don’t see in many other regions. You end up seeing a lot of down-on-their-luck characters in Midwestern literature, honest folks who struggle to make ends meet.

There’s a history of blue collar-ness here that lends itself to literature. Folks who hold onto anger that sometimes, after much provocation, explodes; folks trying to hold onto their

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Robert James Russell, author of Sea of Trees, cofounder of Midwester Gothic, looks forward to this year’s Voice of the Middle West.

lives, their families, their land; stories drenched in nature, in living on the fringes.

In an article in The Chicago Tribune you say, “We keep people at a distance and they, in turn, see what they want to: farmers, blue-collared laborers, brooding bucolics removed from the goings-on of the world.” Do you sense an us-versus-them theme in Midwestern Literature? Is Midwestern Lit hard to access if you’re not from here?

I do sense an us-versus-them mentality, mostly because for so long that’s how we’ve been viewed when it comes to literature—we have writers and poets who have “made it,” absolutely, but so often they end up in New York or Los Angeles (etc.), and not necessarily affiliated with the Midwest any longer (at least, no one really asked them about it). Of course there are exceptions—Jim Harrison, for example, who wrote about Michigan even when he wasn’t living here—but for a long time, we were farmland, we were flyover states, so no one really paid attention to our uniqueness, our mythologies and histories and how they informed our one-of-a-kind literature. We do not have the glitz and glam of the coasts, sure, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have anything worth talking about. And I don’t think it’s hard to access—in fact, I’d wager what Midwestern literature often delves into—again: family, maintaining stability, getting by, etc.—are things everyone can relate to in some way, whether they’re from here or not.

Is there a Midwest Lit renaissance happening right now?

Yes, absolutely. People are seeing these stories about the “ugly” side of life, stories about the everyday, about struggling folks, and they’re embracing them. Never before have I been prouder to be a Midwesterner, and never before have I seen so much of us out there in the literary consciousness.

Voices of the Middle West, Free, Friday, March 20, Stuart Dybek at Literati Bookstore, 6-8pm, Saturday, March 21, symposium, 10:00am-6:00pm, East Quadrangle 701 East University Ave. Ann Arbor. midwestgothic.com/voices/

current reads

Local Reads Sunday 1

The 28th Erotic Poetry & Music Festival

8pm-2am. The Tangent Gallery, 715 E. Milwaukee, Detroit. $10.

313-886-7860. staticrecords.com

The infamous “Erotic Poetry & Music Festival” celebrates its 28th year and is one Detroit’s oldest community arts festivals.

“An eclectic celebration of the erotic arts!” it features provocative poetry, dirty spoken word, erotic art, music and dance performances by some of the city’s top performers and fun local vendors. It promises to be an evening you won’t forget!

Proceeds benefit Paws with a Cause.org.

Tuesday 3

The Dark Side II: Highway of Horror

7-8:30pm. Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

Readings, conversations, and signings from spine-chilling bestselling authors Andrew Pyper and Nick Cutter.

Emerging Writers Poetry Workshop

7-8:45pm. Traverwood Branch Library: Program Room, 3333 Traverwood Dr. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

The theme is Whatever It Takes: Settling Down. Finding your calm place to lend the care and attention it takes to write great poems.

Sunday 8

Richard Adler - Victor Vaughan: A Biography of the Pioneering Bacteriologist 3pm. Nicola’s Books, 2513 Jackson Ave. 734-662-0600. nicolasbooks.com Free

Author Richard Adler discusses his new book Victor Vaughan: A Biography of the Pioneering Bacteriologist, 1851-1929.

Thursday 12

Zell Visting Writers Series: Norton Juster Lamstein Lecture in Children’s Literature 5-7pm. UMMA: Helmut Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State St. 734-668-8463. umma.umich.edu Free

Norton Juster is perhaps best known for his children’s classic, The Phantom Tollbooth. Reviews of the book have appeared in many national publications including The New Yorker, which hailed the book as a classic.

Join the discussion with Juster on Children’s Literature, followed by a book signing.

Tuesday 17

Martin Espada Zell Distinguished Poet in Residence Poetry Reading 6-7pm.UMMA: Helmut Stern Auditorium , 525 S. State St. 734-668-8463. umma.umich.edu Free

Called “the Latino poet of his generation,” Martin Espada was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957. He has published more than 15 books as a poet, editor, essayist, and translator.

His latest collection of poems, The Trouble Ball is the recipient of the Milt Kessler Award, a Massachusetts Book Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Rachel Hartman

7pm. Nicola’s Books, 2513 Jackson Ave. 734-662-0600. nicolasbooks.com Free

Author Rachel Hartman discusses her new book Shadow Scale, a fantasy epic where humans and dragons share an uneasy balance.

Wednesday 18

Greek Revival in America: Tracing Its Architectural Roots to Ancient Athens

Noon-1pm. $2/ $1 members.

Kempf House Museum, 312 S. Division St. 734-994-4898. kempfhousemuseum.org

Illene and Norm Tyler researched the historic Robert S. Wilson House, where they live, by travelling to New York State, London, and Athens, where they discovered the roots of the Greek Revival style. Their book will be available for purchase.

Interactive Book Reading and Conversation with Author Penny Rosenwasser 7-8:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2757.crazywisdom.net Free

Join the author of Hope into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite Our Fears, which just received the Association for Women in Psychology 2014 Jewish Caucus Award for Scholarship. Penny’s interactive story-filled presentation links personal healing with working for social change.

Saturday 21

Owen Laukkanen

4pm. Nicola’s Books, 2513 Jackson Ave. 734-662-0600. nicolasbooks.com Free

The blistering new novel from the author of The Professionals, Laukkanen discusses his work, The Stolen Ones.

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Kazuo Ishiguro Fiction Reading

The University of Michigan continues to flex its literary muscle by bringing in award-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro—winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize, The Remains of the Day, Whitbread Prize, An Artist of the Floating World. The Buried Giant, Ishiguro’s first release since his 2005 novel Never Let Me Go, centers on “lost memories, love, revenge and war.” Thursday, March 26, 6pm, The Apse at UMMA. Booksigning to precede from 5-6pm in the UMMA forum. 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395

Laura Ingalls Wilder and Her Place in the World

more than 40 languages. Kazuo Ishiguro’s seven previous books have won him wide renown and numerous honors.

An author discussion on this famous author, whose recent publication is Pioneer Girl, The Annotated Autobiography.

Sundays

Monday 23

7-8:30pm. Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-8301. aadl.org Free

Wednesday 25

Meet the Authors!

6:30-8pm. Washington St. Education Center - Room 100, 500 Washington St. 734-433-2208. chelseadistrictlibrary.org Free

Meet Nancy Shaw, Johnathan Rand and Gary D. Schmidt, all children’s books authors, for a very special event.

Comics Literary Society

7pm. Ypsilanti District LibraryMichigan Ave. 229 W. Michigan Ave. Ypsilanti. 734-482-4110.

ypsilibrary.org Free

Come join YDL’s book club as we explore graphic novels, graphic nonfiction and comic strips from different countries and different subcultures.

Wednesdays

Mystery Lovers Book Group

Thursday 26

Zell Visiting Writers Series Presents: Kazuo Ishiguro 6-7pm. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-76-0395.umma.umich.edu Free

Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of Never Let Me Go; his novels have been translated into

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2pm. Ypsilanti District LibraryWhittaker: Conference Room 1C , 5577 Whittaker Rd. 734-482-4110. ypsilibrary.org Free.

Join other amateur sleuths once a month to discuss mystery novels.

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lit feature

Unbecoming of the Average Thriller

Photo by Myra Klarman Photography

Rebecca Scherm’s debut shines with psychological depth

By John Ganiard Midway through Rebecca Scherm’s debut novel Unbecoming, Grace, a Tennessee raised, New York educated, and now in-hiding antiques restorer finds herself at her co-worker Hanna’s studio in Paris on the edge of a confession. Back in Garland, her home town, two men—including her husband— have just been paroled for a crime Grace planned down to the last detail. Grace has been going by “Julie” in Paris, caught in a gradation of many consciously and unconsciously chosen identities. And though Grace has fled America in part because of the failed heist, she has also fled for reasons I can’t reveal. It is not that I’m afraid of spoiling the plot, it’s that even now, two reads in, the “why” is something I am still thinking about.

Unbecoming is a novel expertly in control of its characters fraught and tenuous identities, all while moving forward and backward through time and across continents. The heist Grace planned, its total collapse, is central to the story, and makes for a Grade-A thriller, but the heist is a macrocosm—it is the enticing, familiar escapism we sometimes seek out in fiction, perhaps to be reminded of people who can’t possibly be like us, who can’t possibly be what we end up finding in Unbecoming: characters who serve as deep inquiry into that which we cannot grasp about ourselves. Any unknowable fork can place us in a predicament like Grace’s, who Scherm slowly reveals to be only as untrustworthy as we may already be in the tiniest ways, every day, to ourselves.

Rebecca Scherm lives and works in Ann Arbor. Before her book tour got underway, I had the chance to ask her a few questions.

Among other things, Unbecoming is rich in detail.

How do you decide what to keep in your process, what details are dispensable and what details are indispensible?

The impulse to collect details, especially people’s minute emotional responses, to try to see the unseen or the unnoticed—that is the reason I write fiction. There’s a satisfaction that comes with having the currency of noticing things, a feeling like “oh yeah, I saw that, I saw that look you just gave, I’m going to file that away.” To me, that’s a kind of power. As for the physical details, the physical work of antique restoration, that’s there—not that is something I knew that I was doing in the beginning, it’s something that emerged and became important to me—because I’m dealing with what Charles Baxter once called “the reticent confessor” in Grace, a person unwilling to disclose everything. She won’t tolerate it, and she

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won’t tolerate me probing too deeply. So when she would not confess something, or she could not explain how her mind was working, I would work that out with the details of her restoration, allow her to disclose through those physical actions.

Grace is a character that is destined to stay with readers. But I know you’re also working on a second novel. How do you move on from her?

Well, I’ve been living with Grace for four years. But I don’t think you “solve” a character like Grace, when you’re writing her. I think you can make peace with her, with what she is. I think in the beginning I thought I would solve her, and that would be how I knew I was done. And then I realized I had been building this insoluble character, that’s the mystery that was compelling me. It was when I made peace with Grace as a chameleon, that I thought that I was done and that I was ready to move on. But there’s an artistic answer to this question and then there’s the real answer.

What’s the real answer?

The real answer is that I think it’s very lovely if you get up every morning and you are motivated by perfecting your art, which I am, but a good half of my days on this book were motivated by a terminal disease of student debt that was, like, rumpelstiltskin and the velicoraptors from Jurassic Park after me, together, in my living nightmares. So I often felt the urgency of the character—she’s trying to run—while I’m thinking “I gotta pay this debt.” So that’s how I finished it!

What about the process of completing and publishing your first novel has surprised you?

How emotionally hard it was. Grace isn’t anything like me, and I thought it would protect me, that because I wasn’t exorcising my own past, that I would be “safe.” When I was writing short stories they would be more autobiographical, I couldn’t help it, so I know what grinding through your past feels like. But Unbecoming was all so deeply fictional that I did not think it would hurt. There were some dark times when I was just stuck in Grace’s head for weeks. I experience that with other writer’s works, I did not expect to experience it with mine. That was weird.

Pick up Rebecca Scherm’s debut novel, Unbecoming, at Literati Bookstore, 124 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor, (734) 585-5567 or Nicola’s Books, Westgate Shopping Center, 2513 Jackson Avenue, Ann Arbor, (734) 662-0600.

everything else Death Cafe at Crazy Wisdom

Computers, the Internet, and Big Data

The Benefits and Dangers Lecture Series takes on the digital era, discussing important issues related to the risks and rewards associated with an online presence. Three lectures run this month: “Security and Privacy Issues of Social Media” on Thursday, March 12, “Big Data and Data Mining” on Thursday, March 19, and finally “Influence on Democracy of Computers, Internet, and Social Media” on Thursday March 26. Thursdays, March 12, 19, 26, 6pm. $10/per lecture. Rave Cinema, 4100 Carpenter Rd. 734-998-9351. olli-umich.org—RC

1 sunday FashionGlow Fundraiser

10am-5pm. $25, $40/pair, free/ages 10 and under with the purchase of a ticket. Workantile, 118 S. Main St. wonderfoolproductions.org

FoolMooners will get the opportunity to make a oneof-a-kind luminary wearable, from light up tiaras and ties to boas and tutus, to wear in for FestFools.

5 thursday Beginning Series: Ornithology: An in-depth look at bird life, anatomy, and identification

7am-9pm $295/person. Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd. 734-997-1553. lesliesnc.org

Join Ann Arbor Ornithologist and expert birder, and Leslie Science & Nature Center Raptor Program Director, for this eight week ornithology class.

Runs until April 11.

6 friday First Fridays Ypsilanti Gala and Fundraiser

6:30pm. $20. Bona Sera Cafe, 200 W. Michigan Ave. 734-340-6335. firstfridaysypsigala2015.eventbrite.com

Auctions, music, enthusiasm, art food, and Mayor Amanda Edmonds as keynote speaker, with a presentation of the past and future of FFY. With musical guest, Abigail Stauffer.

7 saturday 34th Annual Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival 9am-5pm. $25/advance, $30/at the door. WCC Morris Lawrence Bldg, 4800 E. Huron Dr. 734-459-8476.

Take a dive into a day long series of 1-hour presentations on the Great Lakes Maritime history, with information on shipwrecks and diving topics.

8 sunday Frog & Toad Survey KickOff Meeting Noon-2pm. Gallup Canoe Livery, 3000 Fuller Rd. 734-794-6627. a2gov. org Free

Everyone is invited to help monitor frog populations in Ann Arbor! It’s fun learning to identify the frogs of Michigan by ear and eye. No previous experience required. Family friendly! Surveying is done three to six times from early spring through June, and each round lasts a few hours.

Please register by March 5.

Get-to-Know-Us and our Bazaar

5:30pm. The Himalayan Bazaar, 218 S. Main St. 734-997-7229. thehimalayanbazaar.com

The Himalayan Bazaar hosts a tour of their store and an evening Of Global Interest. Join for an educational discussion about life in the Himalayas and Nepal, how our store came to be.

Salamander Survey Kick-off

Noon-2pm. Gallup Canoe Livery, 3000 Fuller Rd. 734-794-6627. a2gov.org Free

Did you know we have at least five species of salamanders in Ann Arbor? If you have a willingness to get muddy, you’re invited to help monitor populations and the health of their habitats. Surveying is done three to six times in early spring at multiple sites, and each round is a few hours long. Please register by March 5.

In conversations with strangers, connecting over common ground breaks the ice. But this group goes a bit further, discussing the sole unifying truth of our existence. Death is the topic, and the discussion can go in any direction.

Over pots of hot tea, curious attendants examine traditions, taboos, grief and other subjects surrounding death. Merilynne Rush (right) and Diana Cramer lead the discussion. All are welcome. Saturday, March 21, 10am-noon. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tearoom 114 S. Main St. 734-395-9660. afterdeathhomecare.com.

Free—RC

10 tuesday Steward’s Circle: The Psychology of Environmental Stewardship

7:30-8:30am. Bruegger’s Bagels, 709 N. University Ave. 734-794-6627. a2gov.org Free

This informal discussion with the Stewardship Network’s Huron Arbor cluster is open to anyone interested. This month’s topic: What can we do to help people become positively engaged?

11 wednesday Training the Next Generation of Museum Leaders

Noon-1pm. $2/$1 members. Kempf House Museum , 312 S. Division St. 734-994-4898. kempfhousemuseum.org

Carla Spinopoli, the Director of Museum Studies Program, will discuss contemporary museum issues and how they are related to the many kinds of museums, plus show how UM prepares its students for museum leadership.

14 saturday Spring Sangha Social

530-8pm. $10. Zen Buddhist Temple, 1214 Packard. 734-761-6520. zenbuddhisttemple.org

A fundraiser for Zen Buddhist Temple scholarships will include an Indian vegetarian buffet, performances, and auctions of donated goods.

Music Lecture: Buddy Guy

2-3:30pm. Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 S. 5th Ave. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

Vintage photos, video clips, and recordings will trace the long and storied career of blues legend Buddy Guy.

15 sunday Anomalies and Curiosities of Dinnerware 4-6pm. Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. 734-794-6250. Free

The Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor program director leads a talk.

17 tuesday The Moth Storyslam

7:30-9pm. $8. The Circus, 210 S First St. 734-764-5118. themoth.org/events

Monthly open mic storytelling competition, by Michigan Radio. This month’s theme is “Confusion.”

18 wednesday Ancient and Modern Equality

4pm. Keene Theater, East Quad, 701 E. University. 734-764-0360. Free

Equality in “Italy 1910s: National Consciousness” is the topic.

19 thursday 4th Annual EcoJustice and Activism Conference at EMU. 9am-7pm. EMU Department of Education, Porter Building, 900 Oakwood Street, Ypsilanti.

734-487-2755. ecojusticeconference.weebly.com Free

Members of the public are invited to join activists, students, and scholars for a series of presentations, panels, workshops, and art exhibits addressing the relationship between social justice and ecological well-being. Runs until Saturday 21.

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21 saturday Death Cafe

10am-noon. Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-395-9660. afterdeathhomecare.com Free

Merilynne Rush and Diana Cramer lead a discussion on death, over tea and deserts.

Brain Science Discovery Day

9am-5pm. U-M Natural History Museum, 1109 Geddes.

734-764-0478. las.umich.edu Free Photo via Facebook

A Family oriented program of demos, planetarium shows, and activities on how the mind works and interprets the world.

Marche du Nain Rouge

Sunday, March 22 / Traffic Jam & Snug

In 1701, the founder of Detroit, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, met a fortune-teller who warned him to beware of the Nain Rouge—The Red Devil. The prophecy came true. Cadillac died penniless in his native France, and now the Nain is after Detroit. Each year, in an attempt to ward off the evil intentions of the Nain and secure a better future for the city, Detroiters mount up to take down the little red devil. Join 4000 revelers for th hometown pride parade. Sunday, March 22, 1-3pm, Traffic Jam & Snug, 511 W Canfield St, Detroit, (313) 831-9470. Full weekend schedule at marchedunainrouge.com.

25th Annual Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show

10am-7pm. $5. Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5505 Ann ArborSaline Rd. 734-996-0100.

In an event put on by Builders & Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor, more than 100 area exhibitors show and demonstrate products and offer information on home and improvement services. Runs the following day as well, 11am-5pm.

Workday Leader Training Noon-5:30pm. NAP Office, 3875 E. Huron River Dr. 734-794-6627. a2gov. org/NAP Free

This training is for volunteers interested in leading and/ or co-leading NAP volunteer stewardship workdays. We will focus on procedures, ecological considerations and tips and tricks to lead a successful event. Minimum age to participate is 18. Please register by March 19.

Bob Seger rolls to town

Thursday, March 26 / Palace of Auburn Hills

His legend precedes him. Local hero, Bob Seger, born in Lincoln Park and raised in Ann Arbor, comes to Auburn Hills for a homecoming with his Silver Bullet Band. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, Seger has been peddling heartland rock since the late 60s. Not ready to turn the page on his musical career, Seger, now 69, still plays that old time rock and roll with purpose, like a rock. $95. 7:30pm. Palace of Auburn Hills, 6 Championship Drive. 248-377-0100.

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26 thursday Crazy Wisdom Salon Night - Saving Recess: Children’s Need for Time and Space to Play

7pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom , 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2757. crazywisdom.net Free

Three teachers discuss their unique perspectives on creating more space in the lives of children, to enhance their creativity, sense of community, and ability to learn.

Ladies Night Out

3pm-9pm. Downtown Saline, Saline. 734-717-7406. salinemainstreet.org Free

Saline downtown business owners and Saline Main Street proudly bring the ladies of Saline and our neighboring communities the chance to enjoy some quality time in Downtown Saline with friends shopping, dining, or just strolling through our charming downtown area.

29 sunday Fireside Fun A Good Old-Fashioned Campfire Circle

6:30-9pm. Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd. 734-997-1553. lesliesnc.org Free

Bring your family, camp chairs, and s’mores fixings - outdoor campfire and plenty of marshmallows provided.

Ongoing Sundays

Drop-in Luminary Workshops: Wonderfool Productions

10am-5pm. $10 suggested donation.

Workantile, 118 S. Main St. 734-763-7550. wonderfoolproductions.org

Local artists show how make a lantern to carry in the FoolMoon parade on April 10. Materials provided. Runs every Sunday until April 5.

Ann Arbor Go Club

5-9pm. Espressor Royale, 322 State St. umich.edu/~goculb Free

Players of all skill levels play in what’s regarded as the most difficult board game to ever exist. No partner is necessary.

Volunteer Puppet Making Shifts for Festifools 10am-1pm or 2pm-5pm. Workantile, 188 S. Main St. 734-763-7550. wonderfoolproductions.org Free

Festifool’s theme this year is “Deja Fool.” Come help the artists get their puppets ready for the big day. More information can be found online.

Wednesdays Music Trivia

8:30pm. Conor O’Neill’s, 318 S. Main St. 734-665-2968. conoroneills.com

Trivia for music lovers

Chili Challis’ UNclub at The Mix Studio Theater

8pm. $5 Donation. The Mix Studio Theater, 8 N. Washington St., Ypsilanti. emergentarts.com

UNclub Open Mic at 8pm!!

Workshop session with Chili Challis and then immediate stage time in front of live audience. Nothing like it anywhere.

Electronic Music Production Class

7-8:30pm. Downtown Library: Training Center, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-8301. aadl.org Free

Veteran Detroit sound designer and dance music DJ Mike Huckaby introduces adults and teens in grades 6 & up to making electronic music.

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Getting the “Yes” with Body Language

7-8:30pm. Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

Join Clinical Psychologist Janette Ghedotte as she discusses the power of body language and how to create strategies to help decode body language, and gain greater confidence.

Tuesday 3

Raw Foods: Natural Weight Loss

7-8pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom , 114 S. Main St. 734-994-4589. facebook.com/ peoplesfoodcoop Free

Ellen Livingston teaches how you can eat as much as you want of the right foods, and reach your ideal weight.

Registration required.

Practical Tips for Good Sleep in Older Adults

Tuesday 17

Herbal First Aid and What Should be in Your Home First Aid Kit with Linda Feldt

7-8:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-994-4589. facebook.com/ peoplesfoodcoop Free

With handouts, Linda will discuss what herbs to have on hand and how to use them. Also, herbal first aid plants to have in your yard will be covered. Registration required.

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7pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2757. crazywisdom.net

Free

Come and listen to a facilitated panel discussion on Zen and daily life. Speakers: Haju Sunim, Resident Priest of Ann Arbor’s Zen Temple.

Saturday 14

Recycling Plant (MRF) Open House: Worm Bin Workshop

Washtenaw Wanderers Walking Club monthly meeting

7pm. R.E.I. Store Meeting Room, 970 W. Eisenhower Pkwy. ava.org Free

The WWW Club will have their regular monthly meeting.

Long Distance Hiking: Tales from the Trail

7-8:30pm. Pittsfield Branch Library: Program Room, 2359 Oak Valley Dr. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

10am-noon. Ann Arbor’s Material Recovery Facility, 339 E. Liberty St. 734-663-9474. Free

Come learn about how worms eat our garbage!

Hear stories, see photos, and chat with long distance hiker Chris Hiller, who has hiked the entire 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail and the 2,600 mile Pacific Crest Trail.

Empowerment: Body, Mind and Spiritual Workshop with Angie Martell

Ask A Doula: Q&A For Expecting & Hopeful Parent with Sarah Nuxoll

1-2:30pm. $50. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-369-2331. crazywisdom.net

Participants explore how they use energies in handling conflicts and the issues in life in order to stop fitting the square peg into a round hole.

Sunday 15

In Conversation: Plants and Human Health - From Garden to Medicine Cabinet

3-4:30pm. Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. 734647-7600. mbgna.umich.edu Free

Take a stroll through the visual history of the University of Michigan’s long-lost medicinal garden. Narratives drawn from rarely seen archival specimens from the University Herbarium will highlight the profound

7-8:30pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tearoom, 114 S. Main St. 734-709-3145. crazywisdom.net Free

Expecting or considering a baby can prompt a lot of questions. Get answers about topics from birthing options to preparing for the experience of birth to coping with postpartum. Learn simple self-care tools to help relax and enjoy the experience of becoming a parent.

Sunday 22

Lisa Howard - The GlutenFree World Beyond Wheat 3pm. Nicola’s Books, 2513 Jackson Ave. 734-662-0600. nicolasbooks.com Free

Culinary speaker, cooking instructor, and recipe developer Lisa Howard loves to share her joy of food during her classes and talks.

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Who knew pole dancing is considered a work out? At Vixen Fitness, it most certainly is.

“Our dance based fitness classes help women stay committed to their workout as they are fun, effective and keeps them in touch with their sensual side,” owner Danielle Green says.

With a deluxe set up of two spacious mirrored dance rooms, 8 poles in each room, and classes ranging from beginner to advanced (pole play), and other types of aerial fitness classes, Vixen Fitness provides a sexy way to stay fit.

Prices range from $25 for a single class, to $170 monthly fee for a Gold Membership, with class bundle prices in between. Vixen Fitness, 2094 Whittaker Rd., Ypsilanti. 734-340-2658. —RC

7:30-9pm. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center Auditorium, 5305 Elliot Dr. 734-485-8725. dawnfarm.org/ programs/education-series Free

Learn several tips for how older adults can obtain better sleep patterns.

Crazy Wisdom Salon Night - Zen in Daily Life

Like a Vixen

Al-Anon: A Panel Discussion

This program will present a lively moderated panel discussion with a unique individual perspective regarding Al-Anon Family Groups, a recovery program for family members and friends of people with alcoholism.

7-8:30pm. Malletts Creek Branch Library: Program Room, 3090 E. Eisenhower Pkwy. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

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relationship between plants and human health. Registration required.

Her first cookbook, Healthier Gluten-Free, is available, and her second book, The Big Book of Healthy Cooking Oils, will be published in fall 2015.

Tuesday 24

Recovery and Spiritual Change

7:30-9pm. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center Auditorium, 5305 Elliott Dr. 734-485-8725. dawnfarm.org/programs/educationseries Free

Many people believe that changes in one’s spirituality/ religiousness support recovery. Participate in a discussion on how spirituality affects addiction.

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Trauma and Chemical Use and Addiction

Ongoing: Mondays

Chelsea Winter Ride

9am. Aberdeen Bike and Fitness, 1175 S. Main, Chelsea.

517-285-6830. Free

Slow/moderate-paced ride, 35-45 or 55-65 miles, to various destinations. Meet at Aberdeen Bike & Fitness.

Tuesdays

Candlelight Yoga

7:45-8:45pm. $10. Peachy Fitness, 2385 S. Huron Pkwy. 734-681-0477. peachyfitness.com

A luminous Yin Yoga session.

Great for relaxation, meditation and getting ready for a deep peaceful sleep.

Open Meditation

7:30-9pm. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center Auditorium, 5305 Elliott Dr. 734-485-8725. dawnfarm. org/programs/education-series

Free

Current research highlights the relationship between chemical use, addition and trauma. This presentation by an award-winning trauma expert will review the impact trauma has on the brain and on coping and subsequent substance use, and how to aid individuals struggling with trauma and addiction.

Detecting Moods in Bipolar Disorder

7-8:30pm. Downtown Library: MultiPurpose Room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. aadl.org Free

A Bright Nights Community Forum presents a discussion on how to identify signs of the chronic disease of bipolar disorder.

11am-noon.Community Room at St. Joseph Mercy, 400 W. Russell St., Saline. 734-276-7707.mindulnessmeditationmichigan.weebly.com

Free

Be guided through mindfull meditation in a one hour sitting, for beginners and experienced meditators. The group is currently discussing readings from Jon KabatZinn’s Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.

Tuesdays and Saturdays

Qigong Healing Movement Saturdays 10:30am-12:30pm and Tuesdays from 7-9pm. $15/drop in, $25/both Saturday and Tuesday, $80/any 10 classes. The Yellow Barn, 416 W. Huron St. ouryellowbarn.com

Join others seeking healthy mind and body for gentle, easy-to-learn movements which promote relaxation, coordination and inner vitality.

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10. Attached, as a patch 11. Oscar-winning actress for “Shampoo” 13. Nincompoops 14. “Shop Your Way” store 17. “Sit ___ potato pan, Otis!”

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