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july 2016 vol. 26/no. 07

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ECURRENT.COM Overnight

by Chris Crowder

New UMMA exhibit sheds light on Detroit

2016 Beer Guide p.8 Beards, Beer and Bartending green corner 5 Naturalists at Leslie Science

bespoke jewelry 6 3D printed custom jewelry

by Chris Crowder

food: Mezes Greek Grill is lit 19 Authentic Greek Cuisine spot is a hidden gem

by Evan Rosen

music interview: Mayer Hawthorne 22 music feature: Mary Erlewine &Seth Bernard 23 Husband and wife use music to heal

by Jeff Milo

theater: Morning’s at Seven 28 Taking audiences back to a simpler time

by Sandor Slomovits

film: Ira Deutchman 31 40 years of filmmaking at UM Library

by Heidi Philipsen

art: Carle Crisler 33

Weekly What’s Up

by Jeff Milo

Our insider on live music, every week Last Month’s most read stories on

ECURRENT.COM Best of Washtenaw 2016

1 2 3 4 Summer 5 Festival Round-Up

Chelsea’s Rumpus Room is Making a Difference with Music

Your Uber Has Arrived...And He’s Sick Of Your Crap Summiting Tios’ 5 LB Mount Nacheesmo

Coming soon to the Ann Arbor Art Fair

by Louis W. Meldman

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Local Brewer’s (l to r), Chris Martinson, Chelsea Alehouse; Edward Brosius, Salt Springs Brewery; Jon Wagner, Arbor Brewing

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Best of Washtenaw/ June issue Corrections: Dr. Raymond Kong was the winner of “Best Alternative Healthcare” and was not properly credited.

Phil Attee, not Phil Atee, of Ann Arbor Distilling Company was winner of “Best Bartender”. We regret both errors.

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Current staffers and readers spotted these happenings around town

■ Rock... or roll?

We spotted you crossing the street at ​F​ourth and William wearing loud purple sunglasses​, with the price​tag ​flapping in the wind near the Greyhound bus station. ​​Yo​u looked hurried, ​gripping the neck of an acoustic guitar ​in your left hand,​ holding​ a bottle of​ orange ​Sobe​in your right​. ​​You looked like you were either running late to some faraway gig or your performance anxiety drove you to buy a one-way ticket out of town.

■ Chalk it up to age We spotted you at Sonic Lunch lying on the ground in a onesie printed with human musculature, scribbling chalk drawings. You visibly spooked a little girl who approached you. When another woman politely asked you to leave the park precisely because you had spooked that little girl, you proclaimed to all bystanders that you had quit your job as a teacher because the little kids scared you.

It’s OK; you don’t scare us.

■ Born in the purple We saw you making your way through the crowd, purple streaks through your grey hair. Your Wayfarers and smile didn’t betray your age. You and your girlfriends happily eating sandwiches at Sonic Lunch, purple is definitely your color.

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green corner Value closing Thrifty shoppers will have to look elsewhere for their summer wardrobe, as Value World, previously located at 345 N. Maple, has closed.

■ No mo’ burrito

Hike for six-legged treasure

The burrito spot Menna’s Joint, located near campus at 607 E. William St., has closed. The location is for sale.

It’s a scavenging adventure on the hunt for insects. Join local naturalists on a hike through Black Pond Woods.

Enjoy the fresh air and learn about the critters that play a major role in the health of the woods. Sunday Afternoon Naturalists offer a nature break through the Leslie Science and Nature Center looking for wildflowers, birds, reptiles and amphibians throughout the summer. —JB 3:15 pm. Sunday, July 10. $1. Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd. 734-997-1553. leslienc.org.

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■ Another way to Roos

Their first location was such a hit, Roos Roast has opened a second store at 117 E. Liberty St., in the heart of downtown.

■ Heating up

Founded by Elise and Rick Wetzel of Wetzel’s Pretzels and backed by LeBron James, the madeto-order fast casual restaurant Blaze Pizza moves to the Washtenaw Commons shopping center (at the corner of Washtenaw Ave. and US-23) with an eye on opening in August.

■ Rest easy

Friends and family in town for a visit have a new place to rest their heads. The fourstory Hampton Inn, located on Jackson Ave., is open for business.

Friendly confines of the big house Football is back, a bit earlier than usual this year. No, Coach Harbaugh won’t be leading the Wolverines through the tunnel in July. Instead, UM Stadium will play host to an international soccer friendly between perennial European powerhouses England’s Chelsea FC and the current UEFA Champions League victor, Spain’s Real Madrid C.F. Two years ago, a similar friendly filled the sold-out stadium with soccer hooligans, so expect tickets to go fast! —ZM

■ We all scream for...Ypsilanti

residents looking to cool down have a new, delicious option: Go! Ice Cream has set up shop at 10 N. Washington St.

■ G & H ending its run G & H

Barbers, an Ann Arbor institution for 69 years, shut its doors at the end of June. Lucky Monkey Tattoo will take over the space at 3026 Packard Rd.

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Bespoke Jewelry Company 3D prints custom rings New jewelry movement attracts millennials searching for personalization

by Chris Crowder People questioned Pat and Lisa Schaefer when the owners of a successful jewelry store decided to sell their business to open a new one that produced jewelry made with rapid prototyping on a 3D printer. With no inventory, and no plans to invest in inventory, they had a vision for what they call the “new jewelry” movement and a name —Bespoke Jewelry Company.

A new way to create rings Just a few months after opening, Bespoke may not be well known, but it deserves notice from soon-to-be-married couples looking for wedding rings.

While running their previous jewelry store, The Jewelry Center in Ann Arbor, the Schaefer’s realized that there was something missing. The whole experience focused on making the store and the display cases as beautiful as possible. The Schaefer’s wanted to flip that standard and make the experience more about the customer.

Pat, reading about rapid prototyping — a mold made by a 3D printer after making a computer generated, three dimensional model of the ring — understood how it could become a successful business model. His nephew called saying that his girlfriend had a bunch of rings pinned on Pinterest and asked Pat if he could take all of the rings as inspiration to create something unique. That call was the validation that Bespoke didn’t need inventory.

“We just know that we want to be different,” Pat said. “The ultimate plan is to open up guide shops in Midtown Detroit. We want to be in hip towns to try to disrupt the jewelry industry.

Not in a bad way, but when it comes to your engagement or something really personal to you, with rapid prototyping, we can make it so quickly and make changes so quickly that it becomes effective.”

We don’t just have clients and customers, we have made really, really good friends 3D is a thing The detail of jewelry that can be made with a 3D printer is astounding. After spending a few months getting used to the technology and troubleshooting through misshapen prototypes, Bespoke has nearly mastered the concept. If customers want to make minor tweaks, Bespoke can gladly make them. To make sure everything is exactly how customers want it, custom-made for them, Bespoke has made rings inspired by the Game of Thrones to those with several intricate weaves within a square inch.

Typically from start to finish, it takes two to three weeks to

ABespoke can take any jewelry idea and make it reality.

finish a project. Customers come in with an idea and a CAD (Computer Aided Design and Drafting — an image on the computer of what the ring will look like once it is forged) of their piece takes about two days to construct. The 3D printer creates, in several hours, a molded piece ready for clients to see and try on. The way the jewelry is designed and made allows Bespoke to sell jewelry for less than what someone would spend at a traditional jewelry store.

The business model is especially suited for younger generation millennials looking for personalized rings. Pat and Lisa have worked with couples who may not be taken seriously at a traditional jewelry store because of their youth or unique ideas.

At Bespoke, no idea is too unique and they do their best to make payments comfortable for each couple. The Schaefer’s don’t base their success solely on how much money they’re making, but also by how their customer’s experiences are going. There aren’t any payment plans, either. And because of the opportunities to learn more about people’s lives through making jewelry, the Schaefer’s believe the relationships they’ve made in a short period of time at Bespoke have been much deeper than those they had at their old business.

“We don’t just have clients and customers, we have made really, really good friends,” Lisa said. “We’ve been invited to weddings.

We never got invited to a wedding with our old jewelry store, because you don’t have that personal connection.”

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Just like their ties to their customers, Pat and Lisa have a special connection to Ann Arbor as well, saying that it’s a great place to have a business because the city is constantly changing and evolving. Being a college town, engaged 20-somethings should fall in love with their business.

“Ann Arbor to us is more than just a place to live,” Pat said. “We love the people that live here, our customers, the diversity.”

As the city that the Pat and Lisa call home evolves, so is their way of doing business. They traded needing a million dollar inventory and only selling and restocking 40 percent of it in a year at their old store to having A 3-D model to be forged. zero inventory.

Bespoke puts their rings in orbs made of aircraft aluminum. Bespoke isn’t trying to meet a quota. The store isn’t an over-the-top place with well-lit cases, but an intimate setting with a room to relax in while music is playing. Bespoke is new and it is different, but it is here to stay.

“It’s really great when you wake up in the morning and you like what you’re doing,” Lisa said. “When we walk into this building, there’s no downside for us. It’s great to come to work and be able to dive into these projects and have fun doing them.”

Bespoke Jewelry Company is located at 1327 Jones Dr., Ste 202.

They can be contacted at 734-358-7095 or at hello@bespokejc.com.

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Beer and bartenders:

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Pointless Brewery & Theatre

3014 Packard Ave. 989-455-4484 pointlessbrew.com

Favorite drinking game?

Shameless plug… Come to Pointless and enjoy Shakespeare plus beer! So, yeah, I like the Shakespeare shows we do that involve a drinking game element. Next one is in August!

What’s the next big thing in beer?

You really shouldn’t put big things in your beer. You know, liquid displacement. What a waste of beer, am I right?

Jason Tiomalia

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Founding partner/Brewmaster

Salt Springs Brewery 117 S. Ann Arbor St., Saline 734-295-9191 saltspringsbrewery.com

When/how did you decide to make beer your career?

My brother Karl and I had visions of being the first brew pub in Ann Arbor in the early 90s. We had spoken with John Hickenlooper, the now governor of Colorado, regarding venture capital. Unable to find a satisfactory building, the plan did not materialize and we felt we had missed the wave. Two decades later, Dan Klos, a young entrepreneur, whom I have been friends with for many years, had become very enamored of the beers I brewed at home.

Dan suggested I open a brewery and, in fact, began the planning process for the project. With the help and support of my partners Ron, Mark, our wives; Theresa, Karolynn, Tara, and our investors we launched Salt Springs Brewery.

Any advice for people new to the craft beer scene?

Try something different! Many people assume from past experience they are averse to some beer styles. I advocate; the breadth of the brewer’s artistic pallet is so broad, just as a parent tells the child: you can’t say you don’t like it till you try it!

Best beer related story?

I traveled to Germany in 1989 and stopped at a rathskeller. They had Pilsner Urquell on tap! What a surprise; a Czech beer on tap in Gremany! IMO imported Pilsner Urquell is an order better than most any domestic beer of that era.

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Live Music Fridays 9-11pm LIVE Jazz Sundays 6-8pm

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Unity Vibration 93 Ecorse Rd., Ypsilanti 734-277-4063 unityvibrationkombucha.com

When/how did you decide to make beer your career?

Tarek and I took a big chance on spending the little retirement we had on brewing equipment to do what was most fun and creative to us. It was in our home commercial kitchen at the time in Ypsilanti. We had a variance from the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) for two years to have a microbrewery in our house!

We started out as Kombucha Brewers then became microbrewers two years later. Many times we wanted to throw in the towel but there it was back again in our faces. It was very meant to be.

Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint?

If we have our family, we like to stop by Cultivate. If it is just the two of us meeting up, we like Ashley’s. If we are eating, then The Lunch Room.

Best Michigan Beer Name?

Tarek & Rachel Kanaan

Co founders- owners and specialty brewers

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I still love Dirty Bastard and Blushing Monk and just about anything from Odd Side Ale. Also Soft Parade and BrewGyver (of course!)

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Wolverine State Brewery Co. 2019 W. Stadium Dr. 734-369-2990 wolverinebeer.com

When/how did you decide to make beer your career?

I was young when I started to brew my own beer at home. While learning how to brew, I latched onto what I was learning about the history of brewing beer. It felt like brewing beer was a really important element to the history of humanity and society. It brought us together as a species. Being a brewer was a way to solidify my place in the world by creating something that has been created for thousands of years.

That was a pretty cool feeling.

Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint?

I am embarrassed to say it, but I really don’t get out much. When I do, I really enjoy Bill’s Beer Garden. They always have a good selection of beers on tap and the mood is jovial without fail.

If you were stranded on an island and could only have one six-pack, what would it be?

It would have to be a mixed-six if I was that doomed. Variety is everything in craft beer! However, since I am a brewer I would figure out a way to make my own beer on that island. I’d science the sh*t out of it.

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Head Brewer

When/how did you decide to make beer your career?

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Like many brewers out there today, brewing wasn’t my initial intended career path. I actually went to college for 7 years studying fisheries biology and management. I had always been a “craft beer nerd” but while I was in grad school, my wife Maddie gave me some homebrewing equipment and books and that sort of jump-started everything. I probably spent more time reading about beer and brewing and making beer in my garage than I did on what I was going to school for. It kind of dawned on me at the time that making beer a career path was actually possible so I took some chances and eventually landed my first industry job at a winery and distillery and used that as a jumping off point into craft beer.

What’s one common misconception people have about your job?

I’d probably have to say that the biggest misconception is that it’s a glamorous job. It definitely has its perks, but I’m usually completely exhausted and sweaty by the time I get home. The brewery is a hot, humid, and potentially dangerous place so it requires lots of focus and attention to keep things running smoothly.

Other than your bar, what’s your favorite local place to grab a pint?

Well, I’m new to Southeast Michigan so my sample size isn’t all that big yet. However, since I mainly drink coffee and beer I’d have to say my favorite so far has been Cultivate Coffee and Tap House in Ypsilanti. They’re a non-profit, community focused business and have a great lineup of craft beer on tap, friendly and knowledgeable staff, and a good selection of 720 Norris St. • 734-480-2739 • arborbrewing.com coffees as well.

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Wednesday Specials: $2.75 any draft, $5.00 Pitchers of Bud Light. $5.00 Miller Lite and Shandy pitchers, Coney Bar 5pm-7pm (2 drink min). $6.75 burger and beer.

Thursday Specials: $1.00 Long Island Ice Teas, $4.00 Pitchers of Coors light or Travelers Illusive (Drink specials start at 10pm). $7.99 Philly Cheese Steak. Nacho bar 5pm-7pm (2 drink min).

Friday Specials: 7-9pm Sporcle Trivia live. $1.75 bottles of Amstel Light, Heineken, PBR, Palm, Labatt Blue Light, Carlsberg, and Bud from 11am - 7pm. Free wing buffet 5pm-7pm (2 drink min). 7pm-Close $2.00 Miller light or Coors light Bottles, $4.00 Jack Daniels. Food specials are all day. Fish -n- Chips $6.99, Fish Sandwich $6.99, Shrimp Sliders $6.99 and Shrimp Platter $11.99.

Saturday Specials: $8.00 Well Mini Pitchers, $12.00 Call Mini Pitchers, $14.00 Vodka Redbull Mini Pitchers, and $20.00 Top Shelf or Moscow Mule Mini Pitchers (Drink specials start at 10pm). $7.99 BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich.

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Bigalora

3050 Washtenaw Ave. Suite 112 734-971-2442 bigalora.com

What was the first beer you ever had?

Not my finest moment but at the age of three sitting on the back of my dad’s car watching him snow blow the driveway I picked up his can of Budweiser one handed, tilted my head back eyes closed and drank that fine lager. I still have the picture up on my fridge at home.

What’s the next big thing in beer?

The next big thing in beer is going to be Americans perfecting their take on traditional international styles. For years, many American Belgian-style beers have not been true to style whether they were overly sweet, too high or low in alcohol, or just plain wrong. We have established that we are innovative, and can be successful with all of our crazy experiments and hybrids. Now all we have to do is make what we do perfect.

What’s up with craft brewers having beards?

I think it’s just a cultural thing but I also like to think that brewers are developing their own strains of yeast from their beards. Yeast is everywhere and that could be a possibility.

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Dominic Salvador Beer Specialist

Lucky’s Market 1919 S. Industrial Hwy. 734-368-9137 luckysmarket.com

What’s your favorite local place to grab a pint?

Wurst Bar Ypsilanti. It’s a two block walk from my house. I don’t have worry to about driving. I only have to worry if my glass is empty. They have great selections of beer and phenomenal burgers.

What was the first beer you ever had?

Before craft: Zima circa 1992. Craft: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale circa 2004.

What’s up with craft brewers having beards?

Part of the uniform. Like the Secret Service and Sunglasses. Kinda required.

What’s special about the Washtenaw County Craft Scene?

I’m in it.

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Scorekeepers

310 Maynard St. 734-995-0100 facebook.com/scorekeepers.arbor

Any advice for people new to the craft beer scene?

Keep trying them— you will eventually find one you enjoy. Ordering and sampling beer flights is the best way to determine which craft beers you like most.

What’s the next big thing in beer?

Specialization. We are currently looking into partnering with a craft beer distributor to brew a beer specially for Scorekeepers this fall.

When did you decide to make beer your career?

While working at Scorekeepers, I have had the opportunity to sample different craft beers. As a result, I realized the potential that the beer industry truly has— it is just now in the beginning stages.

Traci Bailey Bartender

Hops & Spice: Curries, Craft Beers, and the India Pale Ale Story

by Lauren Koski Although beer is not a traditional companion to Indian cuisine, Ann Arbor’s Cardamom offers an expertly curated selection of brews to pair with the strong flavors and spices of Indian dishes.

With curiosity and prepared palates, the Current staff met with Becky Winkler-Dhakal, co-owner of Cardamom, to learn more about the complex relationship between hops, spices, and India’s food culture.

India Pale Ales were first brewed in England and exported for the British troops in India during the late 1700s.

To better withstand the voyage and the warmer climate, Pale Ales were well-hopped as a natural preservative.

Brewery Vivant’s Triomphe Belgian-style IPA and Founder’s Centennial IPA amplified the spice at first, but ultimately carried it away. As we dug into Lamb Biryani and Chicken Makhani, more moderately hopped ales, like Dogfish Head’s Namaste and India Brown Ale, accentuated the various spices without added heat.

British pub brews, Indian lagers, or a sweet stout can cool it down. Boddington’s Pub Ale tames the spice while adding sweetness to the flavor. Indian pilsner-style Maharaja and Kingfisher are big sellers as good easy-drinking standards to keep the heat at bay.

As we finished our meal with a slice of silky cardamom-infused cheesecake from Cake Nouveau, we chalked up our favorite: Dogfish Head’s Namaste, a white ale brewed with coriander, lemongrass, and orange. Becky praised it, saying, “This beer loves all food.”

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Chris Martinson

Owner/Head Brewer

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Chelsea Alehouse Brewing 420 N. Main St., Suite 10, Chelsea.

734-475-2337 facebook.com/ChelseaAlehouse

When/how did you decide to make beer your career?

I started to seriously make a plan in about 2009. My wife, Aubrey, had been working as the Executive Director of the Chelsea Center for Arts and we really got to know the community of Chelsea quite well and thought a brewery would be a great addition. I had been homebrewing for many years and always wanted to build my own business and it seemed like Chelsea would be the right place to make it happen.

If you were stranded on an island and could only have one six-pack, what would it be?

Like many Michigan beer lovers, it all goes back to Bell’s Two Hearted. There are so many great beers out there now, but for both the enjoyment and the nostalgia, that would be the one.

What’s up with craft brewers having beards?

I think that’s kind of a chicken and egg situation. I was at home for several weeks when my son was born so I didn’t shave and then that morphed into my handlebar mustache which has stuck for over six years now. Since I’m a brewer there is no pressure to get rid of it.

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Blue Front Ann Arbor 701 Packard St.• 734-929-4618 bluefrontannarbor.com

Best Michigan Beer Name?

I think Short’s has the upper hand here simply due to sheer volume. Some personal favorites include Goodnight Bodacious and Melt My Brain.

Give a piece of advice for people new to the craft beer scene.

My biggest advice is twofold: don’t be afraid to try new things, and don’t be afraid to dislike something.

There’s a lot of pressure from beer nerds to like what they think is the next big thing. Everyone likes different flavors but you’ll never find your favorite until you try it!

Adam Gottschalk Owner

What’s special about the Washtenaw County Craft Scene?

Dan Kolander Owner

Washtenaw County is unique because we have a lot of established breweries but also lots of room for growth. It’s amazing to see all the new breweries popping up every day.

Dan’s Downtown Tavern 103 E. Michigan Ave., Saline. 734-429-3159.

If you were stranded on an island and could only have one six-pack, what would it be?

If I were stranded on an island with just one six pack, it would be a 6 pack of CBS Imperial Stout by Founders. It’s so hard to get - it’s like a Bigfoot sighting!

What’s up with craft brewers having beards?

Well, beards take a long time to grow and maintain. Beards take a lot of patience.

The same can be said for beer! Anyone can brew a beer but it takes a special person with the right amount of patience to get it right.

What’s special about the Washtenaw County Craft Scene?

What I think is special about the Washtenaw Craft Beer scene is how much it’s boomed. It’s great to be so close to so many different breweries also. The Michigan Brewers Guild has done wonders in exposing people to craft beer.

Michiganders are blessed with some incredible breweries.

The 19th annual Michigan Summer Beer Festival comes to Riverside Park in Ypsilanti to treat beer lovers to over a 1,000 different iterations of brews from over 100 breweries in the state. The festival is the eldest of the four Michigan Brewers Guild’s festivals held each year and will include many food vendors and live music to accompany the beer.

With July being craft beer month, it’s the perfect time to celebrate!

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Mezes Greek Grill Lit Fast-Casual Fare

by Evan Rosen I hesitated to write this. I wanted to keep it a secret, lest the spot become too popular and overrun by hordes of the hungry.

But, as the saying goes, if you truly love something, let it go. So here it is, my treasured discovery revealed.

Just off the corner of North University and South State Street lies an authentic Greek grill. And it is LIT. For those of you over the age of 30, “lit” is a word used by Millennials, usually describing a party or some event/place which is particularly fun or enjoyable. Think “so hot that it is probably on fire” (lit).

Mezes Greek Grill is everything you could ever want in a fastcasual restaurant. Let’s break it down:

The Food

According to co-owner and Greek immigrant, Stavro Sianos, Mezes receives loads of fresh food every two days from local markets in the area. Not only does this lead to extra-fresh meat and vegetables in your meal, but it also supports the local businesses in the Ann Arbor area.

The chicken kebab featured seasoning balanced by spice and salinity. The dish was accompanied by warm pita, freshly blended hummus, and pleasantly crispy fries. Accommodations for the vegan-loving, the gluten-averse, and the allergycompromised are offered— all for a reasonable price.

Location

A great area anyone on campus, at the end of North University, you can enjoy some delectable gyros right after you pick up that new Harbaugh T-shirt at the M-Den, in between movies at the Michigan Theater, or immediately following your leisurely stroll through the Diag. There’s limited seating inside, or enjoy the fare at the tables in front of this establishment or on the Diag’s lush grass.

Culture

Stavro knows it’s all about his customers’ experience, focusing on hospitality. “I try to make it no different than if you were in my dining room in my house,” he told me. And

another important aspect of the culture that Stavro emphasizes is that workers who start at Mezes tend to stay there. A warm, communal atmosphere permeates, as customers recognize faces and build relationships with staff.

There is more to this restaurant than just the sum of its components. Talking with Stavro, it’s clear he genuinely loves food. As he took me through observing customers (to see what morsels are left behind and then inferring how to improve his dishes), I was intrigued by his passion. See, Stavro moved to Ann Arbor from Greece when his wife took a job as a research biologist with the University of Michigan. After talking with a friend, Stathis Govathsos, as well as with Dimitri Roumanis, a recent UM graduate, the three created a distinct GreekAmerican vibe. For Dimitri, the best part of his job is brushing up on his Greek, making new friends, and seeing all the different types of people that come into his restaurant.

At Mezes, there’s a community to join, an experience to have, and some pretty good Greek food to go along with it. I guess it was only a matter of time before the word got out about this place. My advice, get there before a line out the door becomes the norm. Because, as any college student will tell you – that is customary with things that are indeed “lit.”

Mezes Greek Grill, 715 N. University Ave. 734-369-2204. mezesgrill.com

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Soft Pretzels

6-9pm. $75. Zingerman’s BAKE!, 3723 Plaza Dr. 734-761-7255. bakewithzing.com

Learn the secrets to traditional German-style soft pretzels made with lard and dipped in lye.

2 saturday Summer Sweets: Ice Cream & Sorbet

21 thursday

1-3pm. $69. Sur La Table, 3050 Washtenaw Ave. 734-531-0300. surlatable.com

Summer Cocktail Parties on the Patio

5:30pm. Evans Street Station, 110 S. Evans St. 517-424-5555. evansstreetstation.com.

Nothing hits the spot on a hot summer day like a scoop of delectable homemade ice cream or sorbet. Learn how easy it can be to create a variety of gourmet flavors in this fun, hands-on class.

A night to forget

2 saturday

The drink of choice for pirates, authors and across the Caribbean, rum’s history is as interesting as the beverage is delicious. Learn the fascinating story of how rum influenced the world while enjoying snacks and tastings at Zingerman’s Cornman Farms Cocktail Class: A Night to Rumember. Attendees will gain an appreciation of how the spirit influenced American history and cocktail recipes. Reservations required. —ZM

Bluegrass Brunch

8am-noon. $125. Zingerman’s BAKE!, 3723 Plaza Dr. 734-761-7255. bakewithzing.com

A whole new brunch line up! In this hands-on class we’ll roll up our sleeves and make a southern brunch from scratch. These recipes are sure to impress when we you include them in your next brunch line up. Break out the mandolin!

Thursday, July 21. 7-9:30pm. $70. Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, 8540 Island Lake Rd., Dexter.

734-619-8100. zingermanscornmanfarms.com

10 sunday Sample coffees from the Africa, Central and South Americas, and the Asian Pacific. Taste and evaluate these coffees using the techniques and tools used by professional tasters.

11 monday Cocktail Class: Farm-toGlass Cocktails

7:30-9pm. $45. The Last Word, 301 W. Huron St. thelastwordbar.com

This class is about incorporating all of our wonderful local produce – herbs, cucumbers, berries, tomatoes – into cocktails. We’ll learn all about muddling, infusing, and even “shrubs.”

14 thursday Beer 101

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

Beer and cheese is an increasingly popular combination. Celebrate Michigan Craft Beer Month with a tasting that will take us back to basics. Talk about the brewing process, major styles of beer, and pairing with cheese and other foods.

15 friday ABC’s 21st Birthday Bash

5pm-midnight. East Washington and Main St., Downtown Ann Arbor. 734-213-1393. arborbrewing.com

The celebration will feature two bars pouring pub classics and fan

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Cocktail Class: An Evening to Rum-ember

7-9:30pm. $70. Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, 8540 Island Lake Rd. 734-619-8100. zingermanscornmanfarms.com

Discuss the glorious, bloody, romantic, and industrious history of this sugarcane-based liquor while crafting three delicious rum-based cocktails.

22 friday Michigan Summer Beer Festival 5-9pm. $5-$45. Riverside Park, 5 E. Cross St.

Comparative Cupping

1-3pm. $30. Zingerman’s Coffee Company, 3723 Plaza Dr. 734-929-6060. zingermanscoffee.com

Get crafty with a DIY Tonic Bar featuring house infused syrups, fresh fruit, summer herbs, mixers, and more! It is the ultimate cocktail buffet paying homage to the quintessential summer drink!

favorites, Sangria and a featured 21st birthday cocktail. There will also be some games, street food from local food carts and live music from Dragon Wagon.

18 monday Summer Salads

6-8:30pm. $55. Huron High School, 2727 Fuller Rd. 734-994-2300. a2schools.org

Make dishes such as calamari and mixed shellfish salad tossed in a lemon vinaigrette and orzo pasta salad tossed with summer vegetables, grape tomatoes, garlic and fresh basil.

The Summer Beer Festival is the oldest of the Michigan Brewers Guild’s four annual festivals.

The festival takes place outside in a scenic riverside setting and features more than 800 different beers from 80-plus different breweries from around the state. Also runs on Saturday, July 23 from 1pm to 6pm.

23 saturday Ann Arbor Mystery Dinner Theater: Murder in Hollywood

7pm. $75. New Grace Apostolic Temple, 2898 Packard Rd. aamysterydinnertheater.com

Travel to 1940s Tinsel Town and put on your gumshoe fedoras as clues are collected to try to figure out whodunit! A 5 star, 4 course dinner is served between scenes.

Reservation required.

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Cocktail Class: Look on the Light Side

Global Gourmet Burgers

This class will focus on cocktails that are on the lighter side – tall and fizzy, perhaps, or just featuring ingredients that are naturally less alcoholic, but still delicious!

Put a tasty international spin on classic American hamburgers while working with spices and flavors from Cuba, Thailand and the Mediterranean to create a variety of incredible gourmet burgers.

7:30-9pm. $45. The Last Word, 301 W. Huron St. thelastwordbar.com

26 tuesday Seafood Class

5-7pm. $69. Sur La Table, 3050 Washtenaw Ave. 734-531-0300. surlatable.com

6-8:30pm. $59. Huron High School, 2727 Fuller Rd. 734-994-2300. a2schools.org

Learn how to make fresh cod fillets topped with a parsley, garlic and lemon juice sauce.

Essen!

German Park will be living up to its name by hosting a German themed picnic with an old fashioned dinner, served a la carte. Jay Fox & the Bavarian Showtime Band will be playing German and American music while patrons enjoy drinks of their choosing. Enjoy delicious food and live dancing at this authentic German experience. —CC Saturday, July 30. 4-11pm. $8-$12/dinner, $5/entrance fee, free/ages 12 and under. German Park, 5549 Pontiac Trail. 734-769-0048. germanpark.org

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music music We talked to Mayer Hawthorne about Ann Arbor He talked to us about music and food

by Sonny Forrest Ann Arbor native Mayer Hawthorne’s sound from four studio albums channels the soulful ethos of Motown with rhythmic updates influenced by funk, hip hop, and disco. As part of his world tour for his latest album, Man About Town, the Grammy-nominated soul nouveau musician will play the Power Center on Friday, July 1, for Ann Arbor Summer Fest.

Current caught up with the multifarious maestro by phone during a tour stop in Berlin.

Current: You are playing on Friday, July 1st, at the Ann Arbor Summer Fest.

Mayer Hawthorne: Yeah baby, the Power Center. I always wanted to play the Power Center. I’ve never done the Power Center.

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Where else have you played when you’ve played Ann Arbor in the past? Where was the first place you played? The first was one The Heidelberg. Then we did the Blind Pig of course. We even got banned from the Blind Pig and then reinstated.

What was the bannable offense? We got in a fight with some people who worked there at the Blind Pig. That was a long, long time ago. Different era. Different band. This was way before Mayer Hawthorne existed.

When you come back to Ann Arbor, what are you most excited to check out? I always have to hit my food spots: Blimpie Burger and Mark’s Midtown Coney Island.

That’s important. I gotta go to Encore Records and dig for some vinyl. And maybe even PJ’s [Used Records]. And then it’s just about seeing my family. My parents still live on Hawthorne Road.

What does it mean to you as a musician to come from a place like Ann Arbor? Ann Arbor is the shit because you get the sound coming in from Detroit, but also, Ann Arbor is its own thing. It’s a melting pot of so many different styles: you got Bob Seger and Iggy Pop and Detroit Techno and Ghettotech. Disco D lived in Ann Arbor.

Andrew W.K. was my nextdoor neighbor growing up. It’s so ridiculously diverse that you get a little bit of everything, which is great. It gave me a super well-rounded musical education instead of just one style.

Did you have a single moment when you realized that this was your calling? I was a computer science major at the University of Michigan and I was sitting in one of the most boring lectures of all time on operating systems or something and I was sitting there just thinking to myself, “What am I doing right now? I don’t want to do this; I want to make music.” And I actually walked out of that class and went to the registration office and switched my major to, basically, graphic design so I could work on designing my own artwork for my music and basically get a degree and get out of there so I could focus on music.

You’ve released four Mayer Hawthorne albums.

How many children do you think have been conceived to your music? Hopefully a lot. That’s kind of why I do it. I’m on that Barry White shit, man. I wanna be the guy that you dance to in the club and then I also want to be the dude that you dance to in the bedroom.

This interview has been edited for brevity. Read the entire conversation at ecurrent.com

May Erlewine and Seth Bernard Bring New Music to the Ark

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Husband and wife believe in the power of music to heal

by Jeff Milo

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Music empowers Seth Bernard daily. “And, I’m very intentional about what I listen to,” said Bernard. “I find everybody is.

Everyone turns toward music when we’re having a challenging time, or just a bad day, and when it comes to the creative process; [music] is just a lifeline.”

Music’s supposed to make you feel good, feel renewed. I mean, there are no rules; you can use music however you like.

Remember that it can be utilized, that it can bring people together for a greater purpose.

Bernard and Erlewine married five years ago, having met in Ann Arbor in the early 2000s. They’ve bonded over music’s ability to cultivate resilience for whoever’s listening. You’ll probably find their music heals something you hadn’t realized was stressing you. Bernard is releasing Eggtones at the Ark on Saturday, July 2, part of a new three-part music series and “…a radical experiment in 8-bit rock, post-modern folk, playhouse primitive, and 21st century blues.”

“I always feel a responsibility as an artist to be able to respond to the times, to use the artistic process in a way that brings people in,” said Bernard. “There’s so much cynicism and fear right now that we’re forgetting how much work it takes to keep our community’s going every day, so I wanted (Eggtones) to acknowledge how much people are doing and remind them that their work is appreciated.”

Seth and May don’t just talk about the power of music; they demonstrate it through education and outreach.

Erlewine is working with toddlers, teaching musicand-movement classes, utilizing it for mental stimulation, boosting self-esteem and social interaction. There’s also educational programming at the annual Earthworks Harvest Gathering, a family-friendly camping festival that celebrates local food, music and appreciation for community. Seth, meanwhile, teaches songwriting to high school students at Interlochen summer camps and serves as artistic director for the Quest program’s music tutorship, collaborating with the SEEDS organization in northern Michigan.

Saturday, July 2. 8pm. $20. The Ark, 316 S. Main St.

May Erlewine, the Lake City-based singer/songwriter has an idyllic voice and a soft way with words, the kind of perfectly balanced pitch, cadence, and radiance evocative of the sunset’s rays upon a pond’s gossamer surface. If I ever feel down, I play her song “Shine On,” this twangy rolling hymn that supplies a healing breath of fresh air, and I feel better.

“Hearing people tell me that (one of my songs) helps is, for me, the biggest reward,” Erlewine said.

“It’s hearing people share with me how [my music] has been useful, that I then know for sure that what I’m doing is valuable.”

Erlewine is performing at the Ark on July 15, celebrating the release of her new EP, Lean Into The Wind. She has been playing music pretty much her whole life, but started becoming a prominent fixture in the middle/northern Michigan music scene in the early 2000s. Sometimes recording under the name Daisy May, Lean Into The Wind is her sixteenth studio project, and she’s already getting back to work this August.

Erlewine is a key component of the Earthworks Music collective, founded by Erlewine’s main creative collaborator (and husband), Seth Bernard, back in 2001. Named for the Bernard family farm in Missaukee County, the music label/event-coordinator/advocacy-group/community organization has pined several equally talented artists who share the same heartfelt and humane sentiments as May and Seth, heightening awareness for issues concerning sustainability and social justice.

What Earthworks and Erlewine demonstrate is the power of encouragement. For those out there doubting the power of music, Erlewine’s songs destroy your cynicism.

Earthwork is “… rooted in the collaborative sharing of music, and music being for people to experience together, instead of being competitive or on a platform of being the best,” said Erlewine. “This is about moving each other! The positivity here is really special.”

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music Enchanting vocals and bluegrass

Singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz’s name often gets tossed around with a myriad of genres including contemporary folk, Americana, acoustic, bluegrass or new-grass.

The Grammy-nominated 25-year-old is a master of most things with strings, including the mandolin, guitar and banjo. Her music feels like an earthier Alison Krauss, that acts like a palate cleanser for your ears; her clear expressive voice, with a minty brightness, complements rich instrumentation. 2016 marks her sixth tour and her fourth album with the release of Undercurrent this past June, which she’ll showcase at The Ark on Thursday, July 7. Texas-born Jarosz’ enchanting clear tone charma fans from many corners of music.

—JB 8pm. Thursday, July 7. $25.

The Ark, 316 Main St. 734-763-858. theark.org.

Ongoing

Bluegrass Wednesdays with Thunderwüde

8pm. Chelsea Alehouse, chelseaalehouse.com. Free Thunderwüde puts their down-home sound on selected pop hits.

Pride

9pm. Necto Nightclub, necto.com, $5-$8, free before 10pm.

The largest weekly LGBTQ party in Michigan with DJ Jace and DVJ Mark.

1 friday Mayer Hawthorne

8pm. Power Center for the Performing Arts, a2sf.org, $20-$40.

Catch this Grammy-nominated Ann Arbor native’s hometown return for some inspired neo-soul joints. Check out our interview with him in this issue as well.

Top of the Park-Corndaddy 6pm. The O&W Acoustic Stage, a2sf.org Free Acoustic alternative-country.

“Yee-haw,” indeed.

Bekah Greenman

7pm. Silvio’s Organic Pizza, silviosorganicpizza.com Free This singer/songwriter plays her originals, jazz standards and pop covers with her guitar and ukulele.

Tiempo Libre

A2Y Chamber & Growing Hope

8pm. The Ark, theark.org, $25.

Grammy-nominated Latin sounds ripe for summer’s height.

2 saturday Top of the Park: Environmental Encroachment

Presented by Ann Arbor Area Convention & Visitors Bureau/Ypsi Real July 26, 2016 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

8:15pm. Rackham Stage, a2sf.org Free Party marching band celebrating freedom of expression with colorful outfits and flying hula hoops.

Madelyn Grant

5pm. Top of the Park O&W Acoustic Stage, Free Emotionally driven yet empowering R&B vocalist born in Ann Arbor.

Seth Bernard & Friends

YpsiTasty is a chance for food lovers to enjoy the best locally grown food and beverages Ypsilanti restaurants have to offer. This is the perfect event for the business community to explore the town! YpsiTasty is a joint venture and local food celebration to support the mission of the A2Y Chamber and Growing Hope.

8pm. The Ark, theark.org, $20.

Eggtones for Peace Release Concert featuring the beginning of Bernard’s relentlessly radical 8-bit postmodern rock series.

3 sunday Top of the Park-George Bedard and The Kingpins

8:15pm. Rackham Stage, a2sf.org Free The Top of the Park finale wrapped up with blues and swinging rockabilly sounds.

Wes Fritzemeier Jazz Experience 6pm. Chelsea Alehouse, chelseaalehouse.com, Free Trio jazz for Sunday night.

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5 tuesday Ensoleil

8pm. Kerrytown Concert House, kerrytownconcerthouse.com, $5-25.

Traditional music ranging from Celtic and New England to Québécois and Klezmer

6 wednesday Matt the Electrician

8pm. The Ark, theark.org, $15-22 Folk music for a modern age, rooted in lyrics that focus on the realities and challenges of the 21st century

7 thursday Sonic Lunch: The Outer Vibe Noon-1pm. Liberty Plaza, soniclunch.com Free The Outer Vibe is a summer-y indie pop musical vacation. Outdoors. For free.

The Devon Allman Band

7pm. The Rumpus Room, therumpusroomchelsea.com, $7-$15 Gregg Allman’s son headlines a Sendakian rumpus straight out of “Where the Wild Things Are.”

8 friday Laith Al-Saadi

7pm. The Michigan Theater, michtheater.org, $25-$60 The show the vocally deft guitarist (and Ann Arbor native) has always dreamed of playing.

First Fridays Summer Music-Jake Lives Band

6pm. Ypsilanti District Library Plaza, ypsilibrary.org Free Smooth R&B and the Can’t Stop Me Project youth choir in the outdoor Plaza.

Alvin Waddles

8pm. $5-$30. Kerrytown Concert House, kerrytownconcerthouse.com This Detroit pianist brings a full program of classical Mozart, Beethoven and others.

9 saturday Chrisette Michele

7pm. Royal Oak Music Theatre, royaloakmusictheatre.com, $35-$105 21st Century diva with powerhouse vocals.

The Decemberists

7:30pm. The Michigan Theater, michtheater.org, $35-$55.

Renowned indie folk rock outfit flexes its collective musicianship in support of its seventh album.

13 wednesday The Tallest Man on Earth

7:30pm. $30. The Ark, theark.org Normally solo Swedish songwriter is taking a band with him on stage for the first time to augment his Indie folk sound.

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Violingual Drawing in audiences with her tremendous violin playing since she debuted her YouTube channel in 2007, Lindsey Stirling has gained a ton of notoriety with her unique instrumentation chops. In 2010, she was a quarterfinalist on America’s Got Talent before producing the album Shatter Me (2015), which won the 2015 Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/ Electronic Album. After her current tour finishes in August, she’ll begin work on her third studio album. Stirling already has an autobiography and YouTube awards under her belt, and her live shows are sure to make audiences feel differently about what the violin can do. —CC 8pm. Friday, July 29. $29$75. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734668-8463. michtheater.org

14 thursday Sonic Lunch: The Suffers Noon-1pm. Liberty Plaza, soniclunch.com Free

Some say The Suffers are another soul revival band, they say they are bringing a fresh approach to what they have coined Gulf Coast Soul.

15 friday Terravita

9:30pm. $13. Elektricity Nightclub, elektricitymusic.com

A fixture in the bass music scene for almost a decade, Terravita is an EDM band that explores all things Electronica including contemporary Dubstep and Trap with their new EP “The Fallen.”

Isosceles

7pm. Silvio’s Organic Pizza, silviosorganicpizza.com Free

Eclectic pop/jazz/folk trio premieres their first album Tricycle.

17 sunday George DeLancey Quintet

4pm. $5-$30. Kerrytown Concert House, kerrytownconcerthouse.com

The unity of five fine Jazz musicians.

19 tuesday Dawes, wsg Matthew Logan Vasquez

8pm. $24-$45. Royal Oak Music Theatre, royaloakmusictheatre.com

Bob Dylan-inspired Americana soul.

21 thursday Saline Summer Music Series: Last Call

7pm. Downtown Saline. salinemainstreet. org

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New-age country rock in this outdoor music series.

22 friday Haskins

9pm. Chelsea Alehouse, chelseaalehouse.com Free

Ann Arbor’s own energetic indie rock born of life-long friends exploring their love of music.

Tim Prosser

7pm. Silvio’s Organic Pizza, silviosorganicpizza.com Free

This mandolin maniac is an acoustic blend of folk and pop.

28 thursday Disclosure

8pm. $38/advance $48/day of. Masonic Temple, themasonic.com

Catch the electronic duo behind the many smooth dance hits like “White Noise” and “When A Fire Starts To Burn,” which tracks go equally as well both at raucous raves or the dentist’s office. -SF

Chelsea Sounds and Sights Festival 6:30pm. Downtown Chelsea, chelseafestivals.com Free

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the event draws over 15,000 visitors annually and features national and regional live music acts, local food and brew, an indie Art Market, and classic car show.

Sonic Lunch: Brett Dennen wsg/ The Accidentals Noon-1pm. Liberty Plaza, soniclunch.com Free

Brett Dennen’s sound is an easy meeting of Tracy Chapman and Paul Simon.

Washtenaw Community Concert Band’s “Hollywood Blockbusters”

7:30pm. Washtenaw Community College, wccband.org

The Washtenaw Community Concert Band presents “Hollywood Blockbusters,” with resounding themes from the big screen evoking caped crusaders, sci-fi heroes, spies and more.

29 friday Nancy and Jeff: All About the Music

7pm. Silvio’s Organic Pizza, silviosorganicpizza.com Free

Local duo of Jeff on the guitar and vocals by Nancy that is mellow and evokes jazz and blues.

music Barbarossa Brothers 9pm. Chelsea Alehouse, chelseaalehouse.com Free

Barbarossa Brothers is the trio of Michigan-bred bayou folk.

30 saturday Mark Lavengood Bluegrass Bonanza

7:30pm. $15. The Ark, theark.org

The major player in both bluegrass and folk with excellent dobro playing.

31 sunday Marcia Ball

7:30pm. $30. The Ark, theark.org

Called the Queen of Swamp Blues Piano, Marcia Ball has been prolific since the ‘70s.

December in July Portland-based band The Decemberists are still riding on the momentum of their critically acclaimed album What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (2015). The band’s indie-folk sound has them headlining gigs across the country and even a spot on the series finale of Amy Poehler’s show Parks and Recreation. Last year they also released the fivesong EP Florasongs, displaying the band’s range and success in evolving their sound. Returning from a short hiatus fresh off their latest album (which might be their best yet), catch them at the Michigan Theater—CC 7pm. Tuesday, July 12. $35-$55.

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

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Purple Rose done simple Purple Rose Theatre’s latest production takes audiences back to a simpler time

by Sandor Slomovits The Purple Rose Theatre’s summer production, Paul Osborn’s Morning’s at Seven, is a play about four aging sisters, three married, one not, all living in a small Midwestern town. The title comes from a line in a Robert Browning poem that ends, “Morning’s at seven…/God’s in his Heaven/ All’s right with the world!”

Michelle Mountain, who has appeared in many Rose productions, including the most recent, Gaps in the Fossil Record, will direct, and Richard McWilliams, who starred opposite Mountain in last year’s Annapurna, assumes the role of Thor, the patriarch of the family. We sat down with the pair to talk about the next production.

Current: The play is set in the late 1930s, after the Depression and before the Second World War. And the last line of the poem that the title comes from is, “All’s right with the world!”

You know it’s not taking place today!

Mountain: We talked about this on our first day. “Why are we doing this play? Why are we doing it now?” Because we pick our shows at least a year ahead of time… What I hope is that people leave this show remembering that it’s possible for us to be good to each other, that it’s possible to care for each other, that it’s possible to be kind, to maybe be a little gentler, to listen, to slow down. I think audiences will leave feeling, “We were good people. It’s possible to be good people again.”

McWilliams: Today you can move around, you can go wherever you want very quickly, but that doesn’t exist in this story.

Mountain: Arry, the unmarried sister, has lived with her sister practically her whole life…these four sisters live within a block and a half of each other.

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Current: There are two contradictory things going on in the play. It’s about making room for everyone, making sure everyone has a place, but there’s also this longing to have your own space.

McWilliams: It’s what people expected in those years. You expected families to stay together, so then when you say to someone, or say to yourself, “I want my own space,” then not only is it a surprise…

Mountain: It’s kind of like an earthquake. This is a gentle comedy and it’s very funny, but it’s also kind of wonderfully heartbreaking.

McWilliams: I think it strikes a chord. It’s not that far removed [from today]. You hope that those kinds of genuine connections still exist. When I read it, there is just a very peaceful feeling that comes over you that you’d like to keep. For me the play is about a simpler time and about compassion for people in your neighborhood and in your family.

Mountain: I think it affirms family. And families fight, families hate each other, families love each other, families want to punch each other, families want to dump a bucket of cold water over the head…and families will be the first ones there. It feels like “Yes, all is right with the world.”

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LGBTQIA in America This month, Detroit-based playwright, actor and artist-inresidence at the University of Michigan Musical Society, Emilio Rodriguez unveils his original play, Spin, courtesy of Theatre Nova. The play, set in a homeless shelter for LGBTQIA teens, follows the two main characters, Mila and Angelo, as they struggle with the realities of being a gay person of color in America. Incorporating spoken word poetry and hip hop, Rodriguez’s dramatic work with splashes of levity will impart audiences with a better understanding of contemporary America. Directed by Kennikki Jones, Spin runs through July 10. —ZM Friday, July 1-Sunday, July 10.

8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays. $20.

The Yellow Barn, 416 W. Huron. 734-635-8450. theatrenova.org

8pm Thursdays and Fridays, 3pm Wednesdays, 3pm & 8pm Saturdays, 2pm Sundays. $14-$38. Purple Rose Theatre Company, 137 Park St., Chelsea.

734-433-7673. purplerosetheatre.org

A play by Paul Osborn that focuses on the relationship between four aging sisters. Through August 27.

1 friday

Capitol Steps

4pm & 7pm. $35-$45. Power Center for the Performing Arts, 121 Fletcher St. a2sf.org

Perfectly timed for an election year, America’s foremost political satirists make their annual Fourth of July appearance at the festival.

10 sunday Hamlet

The Canterbury Tales

7pm. $7/child, $10/adult. West Park, 215 Chapin St. 734-926-5346. pennyseats.org

Hilarious retelling of Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic tale, in which every character plays numerous parts, to fantastic effect. Also runs Saturday, July 2. Presented by The Penny Stamps Theatre Company.

Spin by Emilio Rodriguez

8pm Thursday-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays. $20 suggested donation, but every ticket is pay-what-you-can. Theatre Nova, 410 W. Huron St. 734-635-8450. theatrenova.org

Spoken word poetry and teen romance collide in this fast-paced and funny play set in a homeless shelter for LGBTQIA teens. A modern day love story with hip-hop appeal. Through July 10.

7pm. $18-$22. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-764-2538. ums.org

Experience the best of British Theater without having to cross the pond. This month is perhaps Shakespeare’s famous tale of tragedy, betrayal and hubris. Starring Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona) and directed by Paapa Essiedu.

14 thursday Descendant of Dragons

7:30pm. $10. Pointless Brewery and Theatre, 3014 Packard St. 989-455-4484. pointlessbrew.com

A Chinese-American tells the story of a quest to find his ancestors that led him across four continents and four thousand years. Contains copious bilingual profanity.

Xanadu

Hamlet

8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays. $10 suggested donation. Carriage House Theatre, 541 Third St. 734-546-6441. carriagehousetheatre.org

Possibly Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedy, directed by Trevor Maher. Runs through July 9.

2 saturday Environmental Encroachment

7pm Thursday-Saturday. $7/child, $10/ adult. West Park, 215 Chapin St. 734-926-5346. pennyseats.org

A romp through this fantastic Broadway version of the 1980 classic movie, complete with roller skating, Greek Muses, phony Australian accents, artistic inspiration, and more! Runs through Saturday, July 30. Presented by The Penny Stamps Theatre Company.

8:15pm. Rackham Stage, 915 E. Washington St. a2sf.org

Celebrate Fourth of July amidst Environmental Encroachment’s freedom of expression: wild and colorful self-styled outfits, flying hula hoops, and tons of brass.

30 saturday Cue 25: Light’s Up!

6:30pm. $250. Clocktower Commons, Chelsea. 734-433-7673. purplerosetheatre.org

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Purple Rose with a strolling dinner and dessert, silent auction and special performances. Proceeds benefit the Purple Rose Theatre Company.

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Show Dates

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Show Time 7:00 PM

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Tickets Adults: $10 Kids: $7

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New UM Film Maverick Indie Icon Donates Collection

by Heidi Philipson In your experience/perspective, to what In December 2015, Ira Deutchman announced extent does – or did – marketing propel the that he would be donating his personal papers, work and careers of iconic filmmakers? photos and other highlighted material from the last 40 years, spanning his prolific career making, That’s a really good question and it’s a remarketing and distributing films, to the University ally large question: To what extent, if you want of Michigan Library Archive’s Screen Arts Mavto get pretentious about it, does art define itself? ericks & Makers collection – an assemblage of Do people have to define it from the outside? independent film memorabilia that makes Ann The one thing about film that does make it difArbor a bit of an indie film buff’s treasure trove ferent is the economics of it being somewhat more hot spot. Fellow Mavericks include Orson Welles, expensive than most of the other arts, and, as a Robert Altman, Alan Rudolph, John Sayles and result, the rest of the ecosystem not having quite Nancy Savoca. the machine that it does in order to support Ira Deutchman Deutchman, who graduated from Northwestern filmmaking. But I do believe that a lot of these University, served as Chair of the Film Program at Columbia filmmakers would never have been as well-known or successful University School of the Arts where he has been a Professor without having that ecosystem around them. of Professional Practice for more than 25 years. He has also But the truth is that it is exactly what it was: It was just a worked on more than 150 films—including Matewan, The Play- construct by which people could understand and appreciate what er, Short Cuts, Stop Making Sense, sex, lies & videotape and was being done. And in my Business in Film class, for years and Hoop Dreams— some of the most successful independent films years, I’ve been doing an exercise where I screen a movie for the of all time. students that has yet to be released, which they know absolutely We caught up with Mr. Deutchman to ask this independent nothing about – much harder to do these days, by the way, – but film icon about the good news for Ann Arbor. the exercise was that the class would have to do a complete marYou went to Northwestern and were head of the film department at Columbia’s Film School— What was it about the University of Michigan Film Maverick program that inspired you to donate your film memorabilia to their archive?

Deutchman: I wanted the archive to be in a situation where it was going to end up being used. And for me, the key ingredient that made the University of Michigan stand out was simply the fact that John Sayles and Robert Altman had donated their archives to U of M. Having worked with both of those directors, my feeling was that it was a way of adding context to my papers simply by being side by side with the people with whom I worked.

So many people focus on the directors and the focus on their research, but from my perspective, adding the business side to it actually adds a whole new element to the way of studying film history. It gives context to my papers, to connect them to the filmmakers with whom I’ve worked.

keting plan for that film.

These students were seeing these films in a vacuum. They had no background information about anything to do with the film.

And in almost every case, they ended up completely disliking the movie because they hadn’t been marketed to in advance. The big point that I make to people when I go through this exercise is that nobody knows how to respond to any art until they’ve been told how to respond to it.

What will you see as your moment in history and where do you think marketing is going now?

Is indie film dead?

No, indie film is hardly dead. In fact, with everything that’s going on, I think that it will end up being one of the survivors.

The art-film viewers – an aging audience, though they may be – are still the ones who grew up on theatrical films and still crave the idea of seeing a movie in a theatrical setting. And I don’t think that’s going away. So, if anything, I think that indie filmmakers are going to be the cockroaches that you’re not going to be able to get rid of no matter how hard you try.

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Ongoing

Thrifty Ticket Tuesday

Times vary. $7. Goodrich Quality 16, 3686 Jackson Rd. 734-623-7469. goodrichqualitytheaters.com

GQT is giving audiences a reason to love movies on Tuesdays. No special identification required. Some exceptions apply.

3 sunday Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1:30pm. $8-$10. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

A comedy about nuclear war, made just prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis, from the director Stanley Kubrick. Also plays Monday, July 5 at 7pm. Presented by the Kerrytown Market & Shops Summer Classic Film Series.

4 monday

Sparks and songs fly in West Side Story, the now-classic reimagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Set in Manhattan’s Upper West Side in the 50s, the musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks and the fragile (and ultimately tragic) love that forms between Tony, a member of the Jets, and Maria, the sister of the leader of the Sharks. This 1961 film adaptation of the Broadway play won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Part of the Top of the Park series, presented by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. —ZM Sunday, July 3. 10pm. Rackham Stage, 915 E. Washington St. a2sf.org Free

10 sunday

The Dirty Dozen

1:30pm. $8-$10, free/veterans and active duty military. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

Directed by Robert Altman starring Donald Sutherland, Lee Marvin, Jim Brown and more, the 1967 film tells the story of 12 captured soldiers trying to escape a Nazi camp.

8 friday

Run Fat Boy Run

7pm. Dexter District Library, 3255 Alpine St. 734-426-4477. dexter.lib.mi.us Free

Dennis left his wife at the altar and now he wants her back. To do so, he’ll have to compete with her current boyfriend during a marathon.

St. 734-426-4477. dexter.lib.mi.us Free

A Streetcar Named Desire

1:30pm. $8-$10. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

Marlon Brando’s tour-de-force performance that cemented his status as an acting legend. Adapted from the play by Tennessee Williams. Also plays Tuesday, July 11 at 7pm. Presented by the Kerrytown Market & Shops Summer Classic Film Series.

Racial Justice Film and Discussion

2pm. Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd., Ypsilanti. 734-482-4110. ypsilibrary.org Free

Monty Python and The Holy Grail

1:30pm. $8-$10. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

Killer Rabbits, The Knights Who Say Ni and Holy Hand Grenades. There’s plenty of silliness in Monty Python’s ode to history. Also plays Tuesday, July 19 at 7pm. Presented by the Kerrytown Market & Shops Summer Classic Film Series.

24 sunday Funny Face

Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire star in this musical romantic comedy. Also plays Tuesday, July 26 at 7pm.

11 monday Field of Dreams

6:30pm. Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd., Ypsilanti. 734-482-4110. ypsilibrary.org Free

Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones star in this homage to baseball, fathers and the American spirit.

15 friday The Hundred Foot Journey

2pm. Dexter District Library, 3255 Alpine

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17 sunday

1:30pm. $8-$10. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

Film screening & moderated discussion with La’Ron Williams. In Whose Honor takes a critical look at the long-running practice of “honoring� American Indians by using them as mascots and nicknames in sports.

Cameron Owens

A family of Indian immigrants moves into a small French village and competes with an established and celebrated restaurant.

25 monday What Dreams May Come

6:30pm. Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd., Ypsilanti. 734-482-4110. ypsilibrary. org Free

Movie exploring one man’s version of the afterlife as he and his wife work through personal tragedy. Starring Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.

31 sunday The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

1:30pm. $8-$10. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. michtheater.org

Clint Eastwood stars in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western as The Man with No Name, who must work together with a rival to uncover a source of buried treasure. Presented by the Kerrytown Market & Shops Summer Classic Film Series.

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Carlye Crisler and Her Arts

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Local Carlye Crisler brings a lifetime of artistic experience to the Ann Arbor Art Fair

by Louis W. Meldman

Carlye Crisler is an Ann Arbor-based artist who has flourished in various media over the past 40 years. Art lovers can see her work at this month’s Ann Arbor Art Fair, where she has been showing for decades.

From humble beginnings Crisler grew up in the Bucktown section of Chicago, which has been ultra-cool for a long time, but she describes it as a Polish-Puerto Rican poor working class neighborhood. She fondly remembers Pulaski Grammar School and her wonderful teachers. She thinks back wistfully about Holstein Park where all the kids spent the summers in the pool and the winters ice-skating. “It was an idyllic time even though our home life wasn’t,” she muses. “Father wasn’t there and Mom worked full-time and I filled in as the responsible one, raising my sister.”

She remembers always being artistic, but being surprised that anyone else thought so. She thinks maybe the attention that her work brought was what motivated her to pursue her life’s course.

Conscious of education, she chose to attend a Catholic girls school which she loved, especially her teachers. She graduated at the top of her class, but “didn’t know how to apply for a scholarship.”

Because they didn’t offer student loans like they do now, she enrolled close to home at the University of Illinois, Circle Campus downtown. Then it was marriage and five years of full time work for an advertising company while her husband went to boot camp in preparation for the Vietnam War (remember that?). “We were a young couple barely making it. Then my husband got a job in Jackson, Michigan.”

A big break Carlye transferred her credits to the University of Michigan, and commuted for two years. “Finally!” she laughs. “It took me 11 years to get my bachelor’s.” But at the same time she was getting divorced and meeting her second husband. Her professional breakthrough came when the legendary Susan Froelick gave her a show at the Ann Arbor Art Association. She was doing large-scale (44x30) figurative pastel paintings which led to a job as a costumer at the university’s graduate theater department. She remembers that time as, “very hectic. It sucked up all your time for very little pay.”

So she decided to begin showcasing her work at art fairs.

“My large scale figuratives became commissioned portraits of a unique type. I did hundreds of them over the next twenty years.”

This was the period, thirty years ago, when I first encountered her work. Carlye not only did her commissioned portraits, but photographed them to make smaller (30x22) “photoposters” that she would sell to the public at art fairs. Some friends had bought several of these and they were so striking and beautiful – portraits, but with the subjects in wildly colorful theatrical costumes – that I looked Carlye up to buy a bunch as Christmas gifts.

You had to have been there when the photoposters were revealed that Christmas morning. The stunned silence, mouths agape, blank stares, hemming, hawing, oh, uh…. It was at that moment that I fully appreciated that, given the broad spectrum of taste, art is a very difficult thing to give as a gift. Fortunately, Carlye let me trade back the photoposters as a down payment for a portrait of my own. Guests in my home now marvel at that gorgeous portrait and inevitably make comments like, “Is that you?” I guess things change over 30 years. I remember coming to Carlye’s house in Ann Arbor for the sitting. What I remember most was that it had been the house of her father-in-law, Fritz Crisler. Yes, Fritz Crisler, the greatest coach in the history of Michigan football. He invented things, like the “two platoon system,” in which one group of players played offense and another played defense. But Carlye didn’t want to talk about him much.

An artistic world traveler Carlye eventually tired of portraiture and went through several new periods. She made dolls and sewed wardrobes of costumes for them. She discovered and excelled at welding steel sculptures. She took several years off to care for her ailing husband. Now she’s back and has become a world leader in the revitalized en plein air (outdoor) painting movement. Last year she travelled to Arles, France, “To paint on location with Van Gogh,” she jokes. Just this spring she was taken for a tour of Cuba by Plein Air Magazine. Her new work is small by her standards, (14x18), but she can park around the city in any kind of weather and paint the town from her car. The results are magnificent, impressionistic, colorful, personal, and the thing that strikes me most is that you can look at a canvas and immediately know where it is in Ann Arbor.

Her work is featured regularly at the WSG Gallery and at the exciting new Chelsea’s Underground Gallery. During the newly extended Art Fair, July 21-24, Carlye’s Booth 240 is on Liberty between Main and Fourth. She’ll be delighted if you stop by and say hello, and you’ll be delighted, too.

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Ongoing

In Focus: Jeanna Gang

11am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395. umma.umich.edu Free

This installation showcases dynamic exterior and interior sketches of the WMS Boathouse, designed

by Gang. Through August 7.

Ann Arbor Women Artists Summer Juried Show Reception

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10 sunday

Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Mexico’s Poet of Light

Manuel Álvarez Bravo spent nearly his entire career photographing his native Mexico. The twenty-three photographs in the exhibition, drawn from UMMA’s collections, show the artist’s ability to synthesize a personal—even nationalistic—style. Runs through October 23.

Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24.

10am-9pm Thursday-Saturday, 10am-6pm Sunday.

734-994-5260. artfair.org Free

Encaustic is the ancient art of painting with a combination of beeswax, damar resin and colored pigments. Saturdays through July 30.

Silk Dyed Scarves Workshop

11am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395. umma.umich.edu Free

Voted Washtenaw’s “Best Annual Event,” by Current readers, the 57th annual Ann Arbor Art Fair pops off Thursday, July 21, running for four days. Composed of The Street Art Fair, the State Street Art Fair, the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair, and Ann Arbor’s South University Art Fair – four distinct celebrations running in concert with one another – the celebration completely takes over the streets with 500,000 visitors. Stroll through the myriad rows of often eye-popping art created by both seasoned artists and amateurs and nosh on the food vendors’ fare during the festival, but don’t miss the Townie Street Party kick-off on Monday, July 18. —ZM

10am. $205. Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty St. 734-994-8004. annarborartcenter.org

Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti. 734-480-2787. riversidearts.org Free

Thirty artists are part of this juried exhibit. An all media show, both 2D and 3D. Runs through July.

Art galore

9 saturday Learn Encaustic Painting

1pm. $75. Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty St. 734-994-8004. annarborartcenter.org

11 monday Valerie Mann: Observations 9am. Two Twelve Arts Center, 216 W. Michigan Ave. 734-994-2787. twotwelvearts.org Free

Valerie Mann’s watercolor paintings from various Artist in Residency programs and from around Saline will be featured. Runs through August 26.

15 friday

Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4200. aadl.org Free

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Community members who attend POP•IN will be immersed in unusual, accessible experiences, whether they planned to attend the event or wandered in off the street.

Jason Shiga is known for incorporating puzzles, mazes and unconventional narrative techniques into his work. Through August 30.

11am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday. UMMA, 525 S. State St. 734-764-0395. umma.umich.edu Free

A computer painting program creates a composition using a continuously changing algorithm, and then runs a periodic Google search to find a matching image online.

Every sixty seconds, the painting made by the computer is uploaded to Google’s “search by image” feature, and images that most closely match the composition are then downloaded and displayed. Through July 24.

1 friday Opening Reception: Real American

6pm. Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty St. 734-994-8004. annarborartcenter.org Free

Explore the generational, ethnographic, cultural, and anthropological ideals of what the word, American, means.

Through August 13.

8 friday Digital Painting

6:30pm. $240. Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty St. 734-994-8004. annarborartcenter.org

A course in digital painting, focusing on developing skills and techniques using Adobe Photoshop. Fridays through September 2.

6pm. Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty St. 734-994-8004. annarborartcenter.org Free

18 monday Intro to Fusing

6pm. $80. Two Twelve Arts Center, 216 W. Michigan Ave. 734-994-2787. twotwelvearts.org

This class will introduce participants to fused glass - what glass to use, how to select colors, what happens in the kiln and how to finish a project after fusing.

24 sunday Midnight Magic

Noon. $35. Paint and Pour, 220 S. Main St. 734-720-9777. thepaintandpour.com

Enjoy a glass of wine and follow along with the artist from Paint and Pour as they walk participants through a midnight scene.

27 wednesday Map of Michigan String Art 9:30am. $50. Two Twelve Arts Center, 216 W. Michigan Ave. 734-994-2787. twotwelvearts.org

Be creative with thread and nails to make a personalized map of Michigan. Students will need to bring a hammer. Must register by July 21.

lit The Ann Arbor Beer Guy David Bardallis is the biggest beer expert in Ann Arbor

by Tami Sackett

David Bardallis is a proud lifelong Michigander, who moved to Ann Arbor in 2004. However, his love for Ann Arbor and Michigan beer has a much longer history. If you pay a visit to any of the local pubs or brew houses in or around Ann Arbor, chances are you may run into Bardallis, who’s known to locals as “the Ann Arbor Beer Guy.” Bardallis, an affable fellow, loves to talk about beer. His brother, a brewer of craft beers, uses David as his primary taste tester, and while David attended UM, he enjoyed many a craft brew at pubs in and around Ann Arbor.

He began writing about beer for The Ann Arbor News in 2009, which led him to writing a book about Ann Arbor and its rich, sometimes volatile past. Bardallis calls himself a bona fide beer dork on a never-ending quest to try new and flavorful brews which culminated in the publishing of his book, Ann Arbor Beer: A Hoppy History of Tree Town Brewing.

Belly up to Bardallis’ book for a complete history of Ann Arbor beer.

A hoppy history When Bardallis was approached to write a book about Ann Arbor Beer he turned to local pub owners and historians. Rex Halfpenny, a friend, and editor/publisher of Bardallis’ book, states, “One could argue that Ann Arbor is the nucleation point of Michigan Craft Beer.”

From the influx of German immigration in 1830 to prohibition and then liberation, Bardallis’ book covers all of Ann Arbor’s history, including the infamous “Barn Dance,” which featured Bob Seger as the headliner and hundreds of kegs of beer that were supposedly dumped into Ford Lake.

Along with Ann Arbor’s past, Bardallis gives readers an inside peek into the world of brewing craft beer establishments that have folded and why others are successful today.

Athletes, poets and even a few college professors appear in the book with ties to local pubs, along with photographs from past and present days.

What better way to have a lively discussion or enjoy an evening out than to belly up to the bar, “Where everybody knows your name,” and share a tasteful beverage with friends.

In fact, brewing and the working knowledge behind it has become so popular that many colleges and universities, like Schoolcraft Community and Central Michigan, are beginning to offer programs in brewing beer.

Anyone who is a fan of craft beers, Ann Arbor history or just stepping back in time will thoroughly enjoy cracking open Bardallis’ book, preferably while enjoying a cold one.

Visit Bardallis at his blog, annarborbeer.com.

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Rachel Cassandra and Lauren Gucik 7pm. Literati Bookstore, 124 E. Washington St. 734-585-5567. literatibookstore.com Free

Literati welcomes Rachel Cassandra and Lauren Gucik to Literati in support of Women Street Artists of Latin America: Art without Fear, a groundbreaking, in-depth look at a rarely explored perspective of street art.

7 thursday

Fight Club 2

4pm. $31.79. Nicola’s Bookstore, 2513 Jackson Ave. 734-662-0600. nicolasbooks.com

Celebrated author Chuck Palahniuk will be signing copies of his new novel. This is a signing only. Tickets come with a copy.

Go Big on the Bookshelf

7pm. AADL Traverwood, 3333 Traverwood Dr. 734-327-4200. aadl.org Free

In this workshop, Alex Kourvo and Bethany Neal will show writers how to expand ideas into a compelling novel or nonfiction book by adding a unique hook, subplots and high stakes.

16 saturday

Summer Open House

Local Reads

2pm. Free Aunt Agatha’s Bookshop, 213 S. Fourth Ave. 734-769-1114. auntagathas.com Free

Icy endeavors

Open house with authors Loren D. Estleman, David Bell, Larry D. Sweazy, and J.C. Lane. They’ll visit with fans and sign their latest books. Free cookies & coffee.

Blair Braverman left sunny California in her teens to learn how to drive sled dogs in Norway before working as a glacier tour guide in Alaska. Her memoir Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North traces her journey to become tough and fearless in icy, unforgiving environs. She faced physical challenges as well as the isolating realities of growing up alongside mountain men in the Arctic.

Celebrate Braverman’s debut book with a discussion and signing.—JB 7pm. Wednesday, July 27.

Literati Bookstore, 124 E. Washington St. 734-585-5567. literatibookstore.com Free

19 tuesday

Elizabeth George: Banquet of Consequences

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

The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Elizabeth George’s newest novel of crime, passion, and tragic history.

21 thursday

Writing and Review Meet-up

7pm. AADL Traverwood, 3333 Traverwood Dr. 734-327-4200. aadl.org Free

Come with questions, come with a work in progress, or come with an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.

Vagabond Song with Marc Beaudin 7pm. Bookbound Bookstore, 1729 Plymouth Rd. 734-369-4345. bookboundbookstore.com Free

8 friday

Michigan Review: Prisoner Creative Writing

7pm. Literati Bookstore, 124 E. Washington St. 734-585-5567. literatibookstore.com Free

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History Readers’ Book Club

7:30-9pm. Motte & Bailey Booksellers, 212 N. Fourth Ave. 734-484-3613. Free

All welcome to discuss, The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas ll, by Edvard Radzinsky. A national bestseller, it’s the story of the Russian Tsar, nicknamed ‘Nicholas The Bloody,’ who ruled from 1894 until 1917 when he was forced from power. Discussion leader, Jiu-Hwa Upshur.

Vagabond Song recounts 15 years of hitchhiking and road trip adventures in prose and poetry, taking the reader to the mountains of Colorado, the jungles of Central America, the woods and pubs of Britain and the stunning bleakness of the badlands and prairies of the West.

29 friday

Margaret Wappler

7pm. Literati Bookstore, 124 E. Washington St. 734-585-5567. literatibookstore.com Free

Literati welcomes Margaret Wappler in support of her debut novel, Neon Green.

14 thursday

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7pm. Bookbound Bookstore, 1729 Plymouth Rd. 734-369-4345. bookboundbookstore.com Free

9-11:59pm. Nicola’s Bookstore, 2513 Jackson Ave. 734-662-0600. nicolasbooks.com Free

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How did you get into the business? I am a two-time cancer survivor and was formerly a special needs teacher for about a decade. After seeing how much a plant can change lives, and how much misinformation was being spread about it, I decided it was time for a career change.

What’s one misconception people have about working with MMJ? People often say that I have the best job in the world. And they are completely right, but not for the reason people might think. Being high all day and pushing whatever bud has the best mark-up is the sign of poor budtending skills. People who come to Bloom get an education.

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1 sunday 25th Annual Camaro Superfest

9:30am. Riverside Park, 5 E. Cross St., Ypsilanti. camarosuperfest.com

This special Camaro event features both stock and modified models as well as some of the best priced vendors in the region. Visit website for a full schedule of events.

Through July 30.

2 saturday Draw Doubles: Local 101 Disc Golf Club

Noon. Hudson Mills Metropark Activity Center, 8801 N. Territorial Rd. 734-449-4300. metroparks.com Free

Beginner and experienced disc golfers will be paired up to play disc golf for the afternoon. Discs can be borrowed from the park office.

3 sunday Ann Arbor Poetry Slam

6:30-9pm. $5 suggested donation.

Espresso Royale, 324 S. State St. 734-662-2770. espressoroyale.com

Showcase your talent for performing the spoken word in front of a lively audience and judges in a comfortable setting.

4 monday Independence Day Celebration

Noon-4pm. Cobblestone Farm & Museum, 2781 Packard Rd. 734-794-7120. cobblestonefarm.org

Celebrate America’s Independence with a historic reading on the West porch, an exhibit of patriotic songs, as well as lawn games and farm activities.

6 wednesday Beginner Swing Lesson

8-9pm. Pendleton Room, Michigan Union, 530 S. State St. chricamp@umich.edu Free

Get instructed on the basics of swing dancing and stay after for the social swing dance!

Workshop: How to Start a Small Business

6-8pm. $10. New Center Bldg., 1100 N. Main St. 734-929-1121. annarborscore.com

This seminar is designed for those thinking about starting a new business or are in early stages of business planning or operations.

Topics include: testing your business idea, legal structures, how to build a successful team and how to create a simple business plan. Registration required.

7 thursday Nature Walk

7-8:30pm. Barton Nature Area, W. Huron River Dr. 734-794-6230. a2gov.org Free

Barton Nature Area is a 102-acre park located along the Huron River.

The main part of the park is known as the oxbow, and contains dry prai-

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Emerging Writer’s Workshop: Go Big on the Bookshelf

7-8:45pm. Ann Arbor District Library Traverwood Branch, 3333 Traverwood Dr. 734-327-4200. aadl.org Free

Books often start as small ideas, but they shouldn’t stay that way.

In this workshop, Alex Kourvo and Bethany Neal will show you how to expand your original idea into a compelling novel or nonfiction book by adding a unique hook, subplots and high stakes to take your book from original idea to complete story.

8 friday Caleb Synan

8pm & 10:30pm. $14/advance, $16/at door.

Arbor Comedy Showcase, 212 S. Fourth Ave. 734-996-9080. aacomedy.com

Caleb Synan’s breakout performance on “Conan” was praised as “One of the Top 5 Late Night Debut’s of 2015” by TheLaughButton.com. Also on July 9.

9 saturday Roller Derby Double Header 6pm. $12. Buhr Park, 2751 Packard Rd. a2derbydimes.org

Join Ann Arbor Roller Derby for a Derby Double Header. Bouts include kid-friendly activities, halftime entertainment, sponsored concessions, and giveaways.

12 tuesday Coloring for Adults

7-9:30pm. Chelsea Alehouse, 420 N. Main St. 734-475-8732. chelseaalehouse. com Free

Join illustrator Cynthia Silveri for a night of tuning back to your childhood, coloring outside the lines, and expressing creativity.

Stewards’ Circle

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

Are you interested in learning more about how to care for natural areas? Then join the Stewardship Network’s Huron Arbor cluster for an informal discussion on a monthly topic with volunteer and professional land stewards, plus others interested in nature. This month’s topic is : establishing a rain garden.

19 tuesday The Moth Story Slam: Michigan Radio

7:30-9pm (sign up begins at 6). $10. The Circus, 210 S. First St. 734-764-5118. themoth.org

10 storytellers are selected at random from those who sign up to tell a 3-5 minute story in front of a small crowd.

Rounding the bases of time Baseball may appear to be a quintessentially timeless game, but the Monitor Base Ball Club proves that the American pastime has changed quite a bit since it was first played among Civil War soldiers. Adhering to old-time rules and equipment restrictions (no gloves allowed), the club will showcase its players’ skills throughout an entire day of ball during the Ironclad Vintage Base Ball Festival.

Four games, concessions, live music, demos and a kids area round out the day. Pack the Crackerjack! —ZM Saturday, July 16. 9am-5pm. Chelsea High School, 740 N. Freer, Chelsea. 248-930-6130. chelseamonitors.com

road trip But One Poppin’ Festival in Motown

It’s just some people outside enjoying some good Michigan weather and the tasty tunes of Haim, Father John Misty, G-Eazy, and The Head and the Heart, to name a few. The Mo Pop Festival invades the 20-acre West Riverfront Park, hugging the Detroit River with music, as well as all things beautiful from both Detroit and Greater Michigan in different villages, including Food Truck Rally Alley, plating fare from a smattering of Metro Detroit’s finest food trucks; Riverside Biergarten, pouring delicious Michigan microbrews; Craft Bazaar, with handmade goodies from talented craftsmen; and Mo Tech, a peek into the future with up-and-coming technologies. 2016 marks year four of the Mo Pop Fest bringing people together to enjoy this Detroit experience. —JB July 23-24. General Admission $109.50 for both days. West Riverfront Park. 1801 W. Jefferson. Detroit, MI 48216. mopopfestival.com

Trivia Night: Smarty Pants Smackdown

8-9:30pm. Chelsea Alehouse, 420 N. Main St. 734-475-8732. chelseaalehouse.com Free

munching on food and sipping drinks. The top two teams receive prizes. Hosted by the Chelsea District Library.

Play with a team of up to six for a five round trivia competition while

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everything else Clash of kilts The Saline Celtic Festival is a twoday immersion into the highlights of Celtic culture. Musical acts, Dragon Wagon, Bill Grogan’s Goat, Roane, and Equinox provide a backdrop to the themed activities, which include a highland dance competition, Celtic clan tents and miscellaneous food novelties. There’s also the Celtic Challenge, a formidable obstacle courses through hills, mud and water; and other Scottish athletics. All together it shapes up like a renaissance fair except with more sheep and men in skirts hurling metal through the air.

For more information on the Celtic Challenge or other competitions, visit salineceltic.org —JB

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20 wednesday Understanding & Managing Emotional Triggers 6:30-8:30pm. $10-$20. Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main St. 734-426-7818. crazywisdom.net

This workshop introduces Gendlin’s focusing, a gentle and effective way by which to access inner guidance, resources, and power.

24 sunday Fireside Fun: Old-fashioned Campfire Circle 6:30-8pm. Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd. 734-997-1553. leslienc.org Free

Bring your family, camp chairs, and s’mores fixings for a night around the campfire relaxing and enjoying good company.

27 wednesday Crazy Wisdom Poetry Series 5pm. Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main St. 734-426-7818. crazywisdom.net Free

Jennifer Feeley has had her poetry and translations from Chinese published in Field, Epiphany, Tinfish, and in anthologies. She translated Not Written Words: Selected Poems of Xi Xi (2016). Xi Xi is one of Hong Kong’s most prolific authors; this is the first book of her poems translated into English.

31 sunday Open Archery

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Cats and kittens know how to live as exemplar yogis. They sleep, they eat, they breathe and they play with string. Because it’s hard to find time to relax these days, absorb some calming feline energy and teach yourself how to chill at the Tiny Lions Center during Yoga with Cats. Enjoy a hatha-style yoga session among cats as they hang out and bend themselves into poses that challenge the most limber human yogis. Doors open 20 minutes before class; pre-registration is required. —ZM Fridays and Sundays, 8:30-9:30am. $15. Tiny Lions Center, 5245 Jackson Rd. 734-661-3530. tinylions.org

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Ypsilanti Open Meditation

11am Fridays. Ypsilanti District Library, 229 Michigan Ave. 734-482-4110. ypsilibrary.org Free

Ypsilanti Open Meditation offers weekly drop-in guided meditation.

Community CrossFit Class

10am Saturdays. Huron River CrossFit, 4477 Jackson Rd. 734-367-4585. huronrivercrossfit.com Free

A free community CrossFit class for those interested in classes but unsure if it’s a good fit. All ages and fitness levels are welcome.

1 friday

Qi Gong Flow

5pm. Power Center Lawn, 121 Fletcher St. 734-647-3327. a2sf.org Free

A series of mind-body sessions at Top of the Park, this event is a relaxing late afternoon workout.

2 saturday

Hula Hoop Fitness

5pm. Power Center Lawn, 121 Fletcher St. 734-647-3327. a2sf.org Free

Hooping tones participant’s entire body while strengthening and opening the upper back and chest.

Hooping also helps increase balance and is a fun a cardio workout.

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Vinyasa Core Flow

5pm. Power Center Lawn, 121 Fletcher St. 734-647-3327. a2sf.org Free

Come stretch, strengthen and flow with this fun, creatively sequenced Vinyasa Flow class.

7 thursday

Walk at Barton Nature Area

7pm. Barton Nature Area, W. Huron River Dr. 734-327-4200. aadl.org Free

Barton Nature Area is a 102-acre park located along the Huron River.

The main part of the park is known as the oxbow, and contains dry prairie, wet meadow, mesic forest, old field, and other unique ecosystems.

Barton Dam is a must-see sight in the park.

Necto Namaskara: Yoga at the Club

7pm. $15/advance, $20/door. Club Necto, 516 E. Liberty St. 734-994-5436. necto.com

Unwind with this fun, silly and relaxing yoga session complete with live music. Perfect for beginners and practiced yogis alike.

12 tuesday

Relax with Essential Oils

6:30pm. Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. 734-482-4110. ypsilibrary.org Free

Come learn about the benefits and uses of essential oils. Make and take home a pillow spray.

Registration required.

13 wednesday

Catching Your Breath

6pm. Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. 734-647-7600. lsa.umich.edu Free

A free monthly program for caregivers of adults with memory loss.

Designed for learning skills for continued health and well-being.

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The Medicinal Garden

7:30pm. Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. 734-647-7600. lsa.umich.edu Free

Robert Grese, Director, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum was involved with the design of the recently installed Medicinal Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, and will lead a tour of the garden that reveals the connection between plants and human wellness.

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Cleaning the Earth-Friendly Way

7pm. Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. 734-647-7600. lsa.umich.edu Free

Herb Study Group president Madolyn Kaminski gives a presentation on herb-based “green” cleaning products such as essential oils, citrus infused vinegars, borax, baking soda, washing soda, and lemon.

July ARIES (March 21-April 19): During winter, some bears spend months hibernating. Their body temperatures and heart rates drop. They breathe drowsily. Their movements are minimal. Many hummingbirds engage in a similar slow-down -- but they do it every single night. By day they are among the most manic creatures on earth, flapping their wings and gathering sustenance with heroic zeal.

When the sun slips below the horizon, they rest with equal intensity. In my estimation, Aries, you don’t need a full-on immersion in idleness like the bears.

But you’d benefit from a shorter stint, akin to the hummingbird’s period of dormancy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Dear Dr. Brezsny: A psychic predicted that sometime this year I will fall in love with a convenience store clerk who’s secretly a down-on-his-luck prince of a small African country. She said that he and I have a unique destiny. Together we will break the world’s record for dancing without getting bitten in a pit of cobras while drunk on absinthe on our honeymoon.

But there’s a problem. I didn’t have time to ask the psychic how I’ll meet my soulmate, and I can’t afford to pay $250 for another reading. Can you help?

- Mopey Taurus.” Dear Mopey: The psychic lied. Neither she nor anyone else can see what the future will bring you. Why? Because what happens will be largely determined by your own actions. I suggest you celebrate this fact. It’s the perfect time to do so: July is Feed Your Willpower Month.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Of all the concert pianos in the world, 80 percent of them are made by Steinway. A former president of the company once remarked that in each piano, “243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 pounds on an iron frame.” He said it was “proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.” That will be a potential talent of yours in the coming weeks, Gemini.

Like a Steinway piano, you will have the power to turn tension into beauty. But will you actually accomplish this noble goal, or

free will astrology LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In accordance with the astrological omens, I have selected three aphorisms by poet James Richardson to guide you. Aphorism #1: “The worst helplessness is forgetting there is help.” My commentary: You have the power to avoid that fate. Start by identifying the sources of healing and assistance that are available to you. Aphorism #2: “You do not have to be a fire to keep one burning.” My commentary: Generate all the heat and light you can, yes, but don’t torch yourself. Aphorism #3: “Patience is not very different from courage. It just takes longer.” My commentary: But it may not take a whole lot longer. will your efforts be less melodious?

It all depends on how much poised self-discipline you summon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Once upon a time, weren’t you the master builder who never finished building your castle? Weren’t you the exile who wandered aimlessly while fantasizing about the perfect sanctuary of the past or the sweet safety zone of the future?

Didn’t you perversely nurture the ache that arose from your sense of not feeling at home in the world? I hope that by now you have renounced all of those kinky inclinations. If you haven’t, now would be an excellent time to do so. How might you reinvest the mojo that will be liberated by the demise of those bad habits?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may not know this, but I am the founder and CEO of Proud To Be Humble, an acclaimed organization devoted to minimizing vanity.

It is my sworn duty to protest any ego that exceeds the acceptable limits as defined by the Geneva Convention on Narcissism. However, I now find myself conflicted.

Because of the lyrical beauty and bighearted charisma that are currently emanating from your ego, I am unable, in good conscience, to ask you to tone yourself down. In fact, I hereby grant you a license to expand your self-love to unprecedented proportions. You may also feel free to unleash a series of lovely brags.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The next 28 days will not be a favorable period to sit around passively wishing to be noticed. Nor will it be a good time to wait to be rescued or to trust in others to instigate desirable actions. On the other hand, it will be an excellent phase to be an initiator: to decide what needs to be done, to state your inten-

tions concisely, and to carry out your master plan with alacrity and efficiency. To help ensure your success during the next 28 days, make this declaration each morning before breakfast: “I don’t want to OBSERVE the show. I want to BE the show.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “In life, as in bicycling, pedal when you have to, coast when you can.”

So says author James Lough, and now I’m passing on his advice to you -- just in time for your transition from the heavy-pedaling season to the coasting-is-fun phase.

I suspect that at this juncture in your life story you may be a bit addicted to the heavy pedaling. You could be so accustomed to the intensity that you’re inclined to be suspicious of an opportunity to enjoy ease and grace. Don’t be like that. Accept the gift with innocent gratitude.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When a jet flies low overhead, every glass in the cupboard sings,” writes aphorist James Richardson. “Feelings are like that: choral, not single; mixed, never pure.” That’s always true, but it will be intensely true for you in the coming weeks. I hope you can find a way to tolerate, even thrive on, the flood of ambiguous complexity. I hope you won’t chicken out and try to pretend that your feelings are one-dimensional and easily understandable. In my opinion, you are ripe to receive rich lessons in the beauty and power of mysterious emotions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Pop artist Andy Warhol said that in the future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. His idea had a resonance with the phrase “nine days’ wonder,” which as far back as Elizabethan times referred to a person or event that captured

the public’s fascination for a while. You Capricorns are entering a phase when you’re far more likely than usual to bask in the spotlight. Between now and September 2017, I bet you’ll garner at least a short burst of glory, acclaim, or stardom -perhaps much more. Are you ready for your close-up? Have you prepped for the influx of attention that may be coming your way?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of my readers, Jay O’Dell, told me this story: “After my cancer surgery, a nurse said to me, ‘You may as well try magical thinking. Regular thinking hasn’t helped.’ I said to the nurse, ‘Well, why the hell not?’ That was seven years ago.” In bringing O’Dell’s testimony to your attention, I don’t mean to suggest you will have any health problems that warrant a strong dose of magical thinking. Not at all. But you may get wrapped up in a psychological twist or a spiritual riddle that would benefit from magical thinking.

And what exactly is magical thinking? Here’s one definition: The stories that unfold in your imagination have important effects on what actually happens to you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Let’s talk about X-factors and wild cards and strange attractors. By their very nature, they are unpredictable and ephemeral, even when they offer benevolent breakthroughs. So you may not even notice their arrival if you’re entranced by your expectations and stuck in your habitual ways. But here’s the good news, Pisces: Right now you are not unduly entranced by your expectations or stuck in your habits. Odds are high that you will spy the sweet twists of fate -- the X-factors and wild cards and strange attractors -as they float into view. You will pounce on them and put them to work while they’re still fresh.

And then they will help you hike your ratings or get the funding you need or animate the kind of love that heals.

Homework: For one week, pretend to already be something you’re on your way to becoming.

Report results to Truthrooster@ gmail.com.

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13. Thief’s swag 14. Miss in the barrio 15. Turkish coin 16. Top of the hill 17. Jilted person’s jumping-off point 19. Pick up 20. Seek damages 21. Phrase of mock shock 22. Dutch housewife Fanny who won four gold medals in the 1948 Olympics 26. Pigeon-___ 27. Coffee and cookie containers 28. Toast topping 31. 14-Across’s mother 33. Blaupunkt rival 34. Simply the best 35. Claims for some abandoned building residents 38. He wore #3 for the Yankees 39. Tech giant that owns StubHub 40. Brainy group 41. Fork over 42. Make out in Manchester 43. 4th and forever play, likely 44. “Grrr... can’t get this jacket off” 48. Psychologist Duckworth who studied “grit” 51. Most-impressive ending?

52. Letter for sisters 53. DJs, at times 56. Equal (to) 57. Sand castle building toy 58. Fancy style 59. Animal skin 60. Comic ___ (font that shouldn’t be used if you plan to be taken seriously) 61. Lower leg part 62. Runny cheese

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32. Blue hue 33. Miles Davis played it (at the beginning at least) 34. Artist’s representation 36. Duel’s length?

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