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AUGUST MOST READ 1. The kids are alright 2. Locally Grown 3. Ypsi-based Tattoo Artist Captures Cannabis Culture in Ink

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food: Spencer

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art: Visual delight @ UMMA

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theater: Nat’l Theater of Ghana

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film: “Detroit”

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Persons of Interest: The Stellars

The Joy of Eating

by Sam Fisher

by Jeff Milo

by Karen Smyte

Outdoor performances in Ann Arbor

by Sandor Slomovits and Emily Slomovits

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Black Lives Defined By How They End

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cannabis: On the down low Even when growers are legal, they keep it on the down low

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Adams Street Publishing Co.  Fill Up At The Detroit Street Filling Station A new vegan restaurant with a full-service bar is coming to Ann Arbor just in time for the new school year. Situated in the building that used to house Argiero’s, The Detroit Street Filling Station is the third location of the popular Lunch Room set of restaurants and promises to offer international vegan cuisine and a menu that changes every season. According to co-owner Phillis Englebert, the bar features cocktails, mocktails and an “expertly curated beer and wine selection.”

The Detroit Filling Station, 300 Detroit St., Ann Arbor. For more info, visit thelunchrooma2.com.  Enter Sacred Space At The Grand Opening Of Ypsilanti’s Evenstar’s Chalice Step into Evenstar’s Chalice to discover a world of beauty, wonder and sacred play.

Evenstar’s describes itself as a “sanctuary of living altars” that celebrate your story with possibilities, charms, tokens, talismans, smells and visions. The Grand Opening Extravaganza will take place the weekend of 9/22 - 9/24. Check evenstarschalice.com for gatherings, giftings and other specials at the grand opening!

Evenstar’s Chalice Grand Opening Extravaganza, Sept. 22-24, 36 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti. For more info, visit evenstarschalice.com.  Two Downtown Ann Arbor Buildings Sell For Total Of $50 Million McKinley Inc. has sold the McKinley Towne Centre and Liberty Square buildings for $50 million to Plymouth-based real estate company Hillside Investments LLC. McKinley Towne Centre tenants include Llamasoft Inc., TD Ameritrade, AT&T and Bar Louie. The Liberty Square building is largely occupied by U-M and FedEx Corp. Combined, the two centrally located buildings represent 190,000 square feet of commercial space. Hillside has approximately 1.5 million square feet in its portfolio, including office, retail, industrial, medical and multifamily properties, and hopes to acquire another “couple hundred thousand square feet by the end of the year,” according to Jaimey Roth, Hillside’s principal of operations. McKinley wants to dispose of most of its office space to concentrate almost exclusively on multifamily housing.  Ann Arbor-Based Voice To Call Games For The Fighting Irish Long-time Ann Arbor resident and national broadcaster Mike Tirico will join former Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie to call Notre Dame football games for NBC this fall. “Mike has been an elite play-by-play voice in both professional and collegiate football for more than a decade,” said Sam Flood, Executive Producer for NBC Sports.

“We look forward to hearing Mike call the first-ever game at the newly-renovated Notre Dame stadium against Temple on Sept. 2nd.”

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green corner Grizzly Peak Pledges to Reduce Carbon Footprint Ann Arbor’s Grizzly Peak B r e w i ng Co. , u nd e r th e leadership of general manager Stacy Baird, is switching to biodegradable paper straws and eliminating the use of their plastic counterparts. This simple act may seem like a small concession toward preserving the environment but, according to Baird, nearly 175 billion plastic straws are disposed of in the U.S. each year and they cause extensive damage to ecosystems by ending up in landfills and trickling into water sources.

In addition, the brewery is committed to recycling all glass bottles and using biodegradable containers for all carry-out products. It’s also teaming up with My Green Michigan to compost its food waste. The new initiatives are “our way of showing our commitment to making the world a better place and helping ensure a healthy planet for generations down the road,” Baird says. - JK

Grizzly Peak Brewing Co., 120 W. Washington St., Ann Arbor, grizzlypeak.net.

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The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Presents Ann Arbor Light The Night Join friends, co-workers and family members to honor, remember or celebrate those touched by cancer at Riverside Park on Saturday night, September 30th. Light The Night is a community event that seeks to generate light and hope in times of despair and raise funds both for research and to ensure access to treatment for all blood cancer patients. - JK

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Ann Arbor Field Hockey on the Rise Outstanding coaching makes Ann Arbor

Photo by Karen Smyte

Headed back to school, athletes, fans and parents will be ducttaping together new life-schedules to include pick-ups, dropoffs, parent meetings and fundraisers. We decided to venture afield (pun intended) from our regular beat and include a couple sports stories, one on young women hitting the turf to play field hockey and the other on U-M’s magnificent golf courses.

Enjoy, and have a terrific school year.

Field hockey requires high levels of communication, collaboration and cooperation.

a hotbed for this growing sport

by Jeff Kass

On a recent summer morning, the clack of sticks smacking against each other and constant shouts of “yeah, yeah, yeah” – fieldhockey speak for “I’m open for a pass” – rang through the air as Ann Arbor high school students roamed the turf at Huron High. The goal – teach younger, elementary-school versions of themselves how to play the sport they love. The camp, run by Huron Head Coach Lauren Hall, is part of a multi-tiered field hockey experience including Rec & Ed leagues, middle school programs, travel clubs and high school programs that involves hundreds of girls each year, and, ultimately winds up propelling several to play at the collegiate level.

Size, not an issue

“You’ve got great programs – Pioneer, Huron and Skyline – all playing on surfaces that are not grass,” Hall explains. “You have two club teams now [Pinnacle and Fer De Lance] so each year the students are coming in at better and better skill levels.”

One of those students, Minna Tremonti, a co-captain and junior at Huron, recently committed to play at The University of Louisville, a top twenty Division I program. Tremonti loves field hockey because she can succeed despite her small stature. “Size doesn’t matter,” she says. “In soccer, I can get pushed off the ball, but in field hockey, I can play. I can make my way.” She enjoys teaching at the camp, describing how fun it is “to be able to give back to the kids and help them learn.”

That spirit resonates throughout the field hockey community where U-M players are often eager to work with high school and middle school students, who then pass along what they know to younger girls. “I think it’s getting bigger here,” says Samantha Cho, Huron’s other captain, also a junior. “There are a lot of people wanting to grow the game. The clubs are growing. It’s cool to see.”

Finding Joy in the Struggle

Cho initially started playing Rec & Ed field hockey in third grade to get into better physical condition, but she’s found the sport has become an outlet where she can learn how to control her responses to difficult challenges. “Self-management and confidence,” she says about what playing field hockey has taught her. “On the field, you can’t really think about your emotions. If something happens, you just have to deal with it.”

“Field hockey is one of those passions that allows you to work hard, learn, grow, get strong and build character,” says Jane Nixon, Head Coach at three-time defending State Champion Pioneer H.S. “You can have fun and build lifelong relationships with friends you will have forever.”

Nixon clarifies that the sport is hardly comprised of leisurely social clubs. “None of this happens with ease,” she says. “Hard work, struggle, disappointments, early morning practices, cold rainy games – finding joy in the struggle, that’s all part of it.”

Pinnacle Field Hockey Club and the 3C’s

While coaching at Pioneer, where she has won over a dozen state championships, Nixon is also affiliated with The Pinnacle Field Hockey Club and Director Nancy Cox, who – along with Nixon – established the Pioneer program.

Cox coached at U-M from 2005-2008 and was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2007. Cox says the goal for any player (from elementary school through college) in the Pinnacle program is to improve the 3C’s – “communication, confidence and courage to find their voice” – both on the field and in the community. Cox adds that field hockey is a great sport for young women because it “requires high levels of communication, collaboration and cooperation to succeed, similar to what it is required in the workplace and classroom.”

Fer De Lance, new club with a spark

While Pinnacle has been a force in Ann Arbor for years, Fer De Lance is the new kid on the block. Founded by Maren and Ryan Langford in 2009 as a place for athletes to play locally, it became a full-fledged travel club three years later. Maren, a former member of the USA National Team and a three-time All-Ivy Selection at Princeton, sees herself as a facilitator who can help her athletes “when the road gets tough,” teaching them “to be their own engines... empowered to make change happen.”

Field hockey, she adds, is a game that requires problemsolving. “I am a firm believer that young women learn so much from sport,” she says. “ They are the ones making decisions and fixing situations when things aren’t going the way they want.”

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Watching the Wolverines

U-M Field Hockey (Ryan Langford is an assistant coach) has a huge impact on younger players in the community. “Field hockey was one of the original women’s varsity sports at the University of Michigan (and the first to win a Division I National Championship),” says Cox, “so girls could see the sport being played at a high level.” Maren Langford explains that the opportunity to watch players compete on the big stage, “motivates individuals who have a desire to play at that level and be the best. The girls latch onto field hockey due to tradition in the area.”

Langford says the level of play in the area has risen over the past few years. “The skills are elevating and speed of play is getting faster,” she notes. “The gap is closing between midwest and east coast players. There’s certainly room to grow and that is part of the challenge of what makes coaching so much fun.”

While Langford calls Ann Arbor a “hidden gem” on the national level with lots of “fabulous players coming out of the area that are under the radar,” her husband Ryan is emphatic that “on a national level, we compare quite well with anyone. More and more we are getting players who can compete and excel with anyone in the U.S.”

For more information about club field hockey in the area, visit pinnaclefieldhockey.com and/ or ferdelancehc.com.

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Hail to the birdies, pars and bogeys World Class Golf at the University of Michigan

by Louis Meldman

o&w distro The U-Course boasts a brand new clubhouse.

As summer turns to fall and daylight hours begin to wane, sometimes a young person’s heart and, often, a not-so-young person’s heart – especially when the person’s not at The Big House or glued to a TV screen watching football – turns to the sweet feel of an eight-iron connecting plushly and wafting a perfect approach shot onto the green.

If that happens to be the turn of your heart, count yourself fortunate. The University of Michigan boasts the finest pair of university golf courses anywhere in the world.

Amidst dozens of outstanding, indeed, mind-boggling university courses – Yale, Ohio State, Stanford and the University of St. Andrews come to a duly boggled mind – only U-M has a dynamic duo. I first played them in the early 1970s as a fledgling member of the U-M Golf Team. Now, years later, I am a rank, broken and pathetic duffer, but at least I can offer readers an update on these remarkable gems.

The U-M Golf Course

The first thing you’ll notice at the “U-Course,” on Stadium Boulevard across from Crisler Arena, is that the original 1950 clubhouse is gone. I loved that elegant Prairie School design by Ann Arbor architect Douglas D. Loree. In its place stands the sleek, new clubhouse, which opened just this spring. Capacious and inviting, it features natural lighting from floor-to-ceiling windows, an expanded Golf Shop, and a ballroom on the second floor to host weddings, golf outings and other events.

Built on the highest and hilliest land on campus in 1931, the U-Course is humongously undulating and brutal to walk. Alister MacKenzie, called by Sports Illustrated, “Golf’s Greatest Course Architect” credited his work in camouflage during WWI as the key to his success and you see it in his incomparable use of contour, shade and elevation.

Today, the course is harder, prettier and far more finely manicured than it has ever been. Lush rough and soft fairways result in little roll, whether going uphill or down (might be the longest 6,700-yard course you’ll ever play). The greens are massive and sloping – secret local knowledge: almost all putts break toward State Street. One important addition is the introduction of a heather, bristly knee-high rough to catch especially wayward shots. Heather doesn’t need watering – it holds rainwater in the ground – and it’s aesthetically delightful as long as you don’t land in it. The heather will be cut down for football parking to grow back in the spring, so if you’re prone to hooks and slices, you might want to book your tee-time for fall. The course is open to all students and faculty of any U-M campus, M-Club members, alumni and guests.

Good luck, enjoy, and see why Golf Digest rated it the third finest university course in America.

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Radrick Farms

On Geddes Road, a mile east of US-23, Radrick Farms is arguably even better than the U-Course, but it doesn’t show up on university course ratings because it was originally designed as the “faculty course,” not normally open to students. The land and financing were donated by the immortal Regent Fred Matthaei, Sr., part of his gift to the university that included Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

Radrick was named after Regent Mattaei’s sons, Konrad and Frederick, and their charming family home is now the clubhouse. The alt-magnanimous Regent Matthaei knew the students had a superb course and he wanted the “university community” to have one, too. That meant that all staff – from custodians and cafeteria workers to tenured professors and renowned researchers on any U-M campus – should have the chance to play their own exceptional track.

The course opened in 1965, the first major project by prestigious course designer, Pete Dye, whose venues host more PGA tournaments and major championships than any other architect.

Radrick is a brilliant 7,000-yard layout on an expansive, rolling, hardwoodtreed terrain. Regent Matthaei, an ardent environmentalist, had Radrick named an “Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.” You can see wild turkeys crossing the fairways, deer munching grass and eagles soaring. Wildflowers and sunflowers are pollinator patches for beehives maintained by the U-M School of Natural Resources. On the par-3, 187-yard 15th hole, you shoot off a cliff, watch your ball float into the clouds, say a prayer and wait to see where it lands. If it’s in the heather near the green, declare it unplayable. I’ve seen a rattlesnake there with my own eyes. Yikes! The course is open to faculty and staff, alumni members, donors and guests. Go Blue!

For more info on these fabled courses visit umgolfcourse.umich.edu or radrick.umich.edu

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Radrick Farms might even be better than the U-Course

food The Joy of Eating The Spencer experience done properly

by Sam Fisher With Ann Arbor’s Spencer nearing two years, it’s become apparent there’s a proper method for doing the Spencer experience:

Go with at least one friend.

If there’s space available at a table, one of you should grab it. Enjoy the other people, a table is meant to be shared and full.

The other diner should go get a copy of the menu – different for lunch and dinner – to bring back to the table.

Choose at least one more dish than the number of diners from the menu of charcuterie plates, small dishes ranging from appetizers and entrees, to dessert.

Head to the counter to place your order.

Trust the order-taker to select wine or beer.

Sit back and get ready to eat some of the most joy-inducing food in the city.

Menu variations

It’s not possible to give a full accounting of the Spencer menu, since it changes daily, with produce local, sustainable, and as organic as possible. Encounter a spectacular array of cheeses selected by Steve Hall, an Ann Arbor native, graduate of Community High School and a The Neutral Zone’s early musical stalwart.

He honed his cheesemonger skills at both Zingerman’s and Mission Cheese in San Francisco where he met Abby Olitzky, a San Franciscan with serious restaurant chops, including a degree in food anthropology and a stint as pastry chef at the SF mainstay, Delfina.

With plenty of vegetables cooked with lively imagination and thoughtful wit, we began with paper-thin slices of yellow squash carpaccio sourced from Frog Holler Farm — a server will bring your food and explain the ingredients and source.

Summer squash can be a dull, flavorless affair, but in the hands of chef Olitzsky and her kitchen staff, it was a tender-crisp delight, ornamented with tiny squares of creamy avocado and the savory crackle of sesame-seed brittle, all tossed in a lemon and oil dressing.

A table is meant to be shared and full.

Abby’s heritage on her mother’s side is Italian, leading to homemade pasta in ingenious preparations. On one visit, tender, fat ravioli pockets bursting with a potato-mint filling, surrounded by crunchy green beans in a fresh pesto tasted oldworld hand-crushed, with pine nuts and Parmesan maintaining light texture (not a smooth paste rendered by a food processor).

Our meat-eater ordered ribs; sticky, just-sweet-enough, and cooked to the point of melting off the bone. The vegetarian swooned at the browned bok choy, its leaves cooked to translucency, stems still plump and sweet. More razor-thin squash, this time pickled with turmeric, sparkled with sweet tartness.

Great finish

We saved room for dessert, opting for apricots cooked down to luscious pliability resting in a buttery flaky pastry shell.

More genius arrived in the single scoop of ice cream on the side, flavored with the soft contents found deep inside the apricot pits. Who knew?

This beautiful food is served in an unpretentious atmosphere on Liberty between S Main and Fourth, in the former Wafel House location. Unobtrusive, you might miss it if it weren’t for the throngs lining up outside. Inside feels deeply personal and homey; every item on the walls clearly holds personal meaning for Steve and Abby. The couple chose to call the eatery Spencer, an archaic name for someone who dispenses things.

Spencer dessert

A wine club has two price levels; wines must be picked up in person so Steve can give you a personal tour of the bottles (they don’t ship). And despite a national rave review in The New York Times, Spencer is dedicated to its local patrons; regulars make up a good portion of the house on any given night.

One meal, and you’re likely to become a regular yourself.

113 E Liberty, 734-369-3979, Spencerannarbor.com Ann Arbor Lunch: Weds-Mon: 11:00am - 3:00pm Dinner: Sun, M, W, Th: 5:00pm -10:00pm/ F, Sat: 5:00pm - 11:00pm Closed Tues. No reservations or call-in orders at this time.

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For eleven years Chef Thad has prepared every plate served at Logan.

Food + Beer = Art For twelve years Chef Thad has prepared Experience the true meaning of Chef Driven The fundamental principle of in our small, intimate dining room. every plate served at Logan.

combining food and beer to create a sublime experience for Experience the true meaning of chef-driven both eye and palate will be on in our small, intimate dining room. display as The Ann Arbor Art Center revives its A2 Art & 115 W Washington St. Ann Arbor, MI Brew fundraiser on Thursday, September 28th. During the event, downtown bars and eateries logan-restaurant.com compete to showcase their innovation by creating artistic beer (734) 327-2312 and food combos. Participants pay $45 to sample the wares and vote on the most aesthetically pleasing and tasting brews, bites and pairings. Competing venues include The Beer Grotto, Mani Osteria, Isalita Cantina, Pretzel Bell, HOMES, Conor O’Neill’s, Old German, Sava’s, Aventura and more. Attendees, of course, must be age 21 or older. - JK

For more info or to purchase tickets, visit annarborartcenter.org/a2-art-brew-2017.

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

The A2 Farmer’s Marrket always offers fresh local produce.

Ypsi Farmers Market Tuesdays

115 W Washington St. • Ann Arbor, MI 734.327.2312 • logan-restaurant.com

3pm. Downtown. growinghope.net Free

Growing Hope’s Tuesday market takes over downtown Ypsi with fresh local food.

Ypsi Farmers Market Saturdays 9am. Depot Town. growinghope.net Free

Come for fresh produce at the market just off of Cross St. in Depot Town.

Farmers Market - Tuesdays 3pm. Saline District Library. salinechamber.org Free

Enjoy the small town flavor and big city style of this market which features fresh produce, plants and flowers, and specialty items.

Farmers Market - Saturdays Outdoors. 8am. Downtown. salinechamber.org Free

Fresh Local Food…Year Round.

Growers only market sponsored by the City of Saline.

Date Night: Summer Surf & Turf

6:30pm. $85. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

In this fun, hands-on class, you and your date will enjoy exploring new twists on a classic pairing.

Instructors will walk you through techniques for creating a surf and turf dinner using the freshest, most flavorful ingredients from land and sea.

2 Saturday Date Night: Italian Summer 4pm. $79. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

Invite your special someone to join you for an evening filled with fun, romance and fabulous flavors. In this hands-on class, our instructor will show you how to transform seasonal ingredients into a scrumptious Italian dinner.

3 Sunday Chinese Takeout

1pm. &69. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

Break out the chopsticks--discover how quick and easy Chinese cooking can be. Our instructor will introduce you to authentic Chinese ingredients and share secrets for stir-frying in a wok.

Regional Thai Favorites

4pm. $69. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

1 Friday Saline Community Fair9am.

Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. salinefair.org Saline Community fair kicks off with Pet show and Bicycle Decorating Contest, followed by Parade on Tuesday. Fair continues through Sunday. Fun, food, animals and lots to do.

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Who needs takeout when you can easily create delicious, authentic Thai dishes at home?

Join in and learn secrets for combining aromatic herbs and spices with seasonal ingredients to create the flavors that make Thai cuisine uniquely delicious.

5 Tuesday Grizzly Peak Brewer’s Night 6pm. Grizzly Peak. grizzlypeak.net Free

Meet the brewer, get a tour of the brewery, and enjoy beer specials including a cask of something unique.

6 Wednesday Ann Arbor Farmers Market Food Truck Rally 5pm. Ann Arbor Farmers Market. Free

Get outside for dinner this summer! Ann Arbor Farmers Market Food Truck Rallies take place on the first Wednesday evening of each month, beginning in May. Trucks, carts and other local vendors will be on site from 5-8pm.

Bring a chair, a friend, and get ready for some tasty eats and live music.

Music Trivia

8pm. Conner Oneill’s. conoroneills.com Free

Conor Oneill’s own Ryan Halsey brings a new twist to the trivia scene. Drinks specials and prizes. Music buffs check it out and put your knowledge to the test.

They have a great food menu just for Trivia, ask your server!

7 Thursday Healthy Mediterranean Cooking

6:30pm. $69. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

Join in for a culinary trip to the Mediterranean - no passport required! Instructors will guide you as you explore a variety of vibrant dishes influenced by the cuisines of Italy, Spain France and Greece.

9 Saturday Harvest Workshop

10:30am. Cultivate Coffee & TapHouse.

Geared toward K-5 with parent involvement encouraged. Each workshop will feature a theme with an educational component & a fun activity. Local educators, gardeners, and community members to share their expertise with our kiddos.

Date Night: Cooking with Wine

10 Sunday Modern Tuscan Cooking

4pm. $69. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

Join in and learn secrets for creating bold, authentic Tuscan dishes bursting with seasonal flavors. Instructor will walk you through techniques for roasting, grilling, preparing wild mushrooms and making polenta like a pro.

11 Monday Restaurant-Style Ramen

13th Annual Saline Oktoberfest You don’t have to be German to enjoy Saline’s Oktoberfest Art Festival. Fetauring live German, rock and roll music, a Kimderplatz activity area for the little ones, and plenty of scrumptious German and American food. Lederhosen not required. The “Tapping of the Golden Keg” will kick off at 7pm on Friday.

Friday, September 22, 5-11pm, Saturday, September 23, 10am-11pm. Downtown Saline. Free salinemainstreet.org

6:30pm. $69 ea. Sur La Table: Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

In this hands-on class, learn secrets for making rich, comforting ramen dishes right in your own kitchen. Instructors will walk you through the steps for transforming stock, seasonings and pork belly into the most flavorful broth you’ve ever tasted.

13 Wednesday Just for Kids –Back to School Lunchbox Faves

6-7pm, $15, Zingerman’s Upstairs Next Door, zingermansdeli.com

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Time to up your lunch box game.

In this class we’ll taste fun and flavorful sandwich fixin’s, dippin’ spreads amd sweet treats.

6th Annual Taste Of Health

14 Thursday Kerrytown After Dark!

Movies and More 6pm. Michigan Theater.

The fourth of four in our series, we’ll start the evening with a Food Truck Rally with some of your favorite Food Trucks, a beer tent, entertainment from the likes of Detroit Circus and others prior to the movie, popcorn and more!

15 Friday

11am. $25 - $35. Grass Lake Sanctuary.

TasteOfHealthGLS.org

Let Food Transform How You Feel! Enjoy tasty, healthy gourmet recipes. Explore your relationship to food through talks & demos. Relax in a peaceful nature setting. Learn how food & nutrition can inspire greater life balance. Raffles for healthy gift baskets, body care & treats!

17 Sunday Fall Baking Favorites 9:30am. $69 ea. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

Warm up your autumn kitchen with the scent of good things baking. From fresh, hot dinner rolls to exquisite flavored minibundt cakes. After mastering a few universal baking techniques, you can easily create a variety of seasonal treats that are sure to impress.

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A Pint at the Museum

6:30pm. Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. aahom.org

Adults 21+ will enjoy an exclusive night filled with drinks, delicious food, hands-on activities, and more! Additional information coming soon!

6pm. $85ea. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

In this class designed by and for oenophiles, our chefs will show students how this fantastic ingredient can work wonders and add tremendous depth when added to the right dishe

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A2DC: Artistic ARBOR Drink Competition 5pm. $30. Graduate Ann Arbor.

Ten Ann Arbor bartenders will prepare and present a unique signature cocktail featuring Ann Arbor Distilling Company’s ARBOR line of spirits. A panel of local judges will pick Ann Arbor’s Best Bartender based on three criteria: taste, technique, and presentation.

32nd Annual Fiesta de Espana – Paella Throwdown #1

11am-2pm, Zingerman’s Deli, zingermansdeli.com. Free

Chef Rodger and his crew deal the goods: three kinds of traditional paella – Chicken/Chorizo, Seafood and Vegetarian all griled over mesquite.

18 Monday Cocktail Class: The Weird Stuff 7:30pm. $45. The Last Word. thelastwordbar.com

Weird ingredients in cocktails can attract attention on a menu and drive sales, so it feels like they’re popping up all over these days.

This class will feature a variety of unusual components in cocktails as it explores “stunt” drinks both historic and modern. Adventurous palates only!

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October Specials Sneak Peek 7-8pm, $15, Zingerman’s Upstairs Next Door

Get the Deli VIP treatment and be the first to know about featured October products. Learn and taste some great food.

27 Wednesday Apple Harvest

6:30pm. $69 ea. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

Apples-not just for cider anymore!

In this special, hands-on class, you will celebrate everyone’s favorite autumn fruit with an incredible sweet and savory feast.

Instructors will walk you through techniques for everything from perfectly searing chicken to creating a fabulous fall-inspired salad.

28 Thursday M Farmers Market Day on the Grove 10am. Diag - North Campus. events.umich.edu

Join in for the 7th annual M Farmers Markets. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and other locallysourced foods will be available for purchase, along with free samples, giveaways, and healthy eating tips!

30 Saturday

Girls Night Out: Fabulous Fall Flavors

Date Night: Autumn in Paris

6:30pm. $69 ea. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

4pm. $79 ea.

Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

Invite your BFFs for an unforgettable evening of fun, laughter and fresh flavors. In this hands-on class, instructors will show you how to make a variety of delicious dishes that highlight the best of this season’s produce.

Join in for an evening of late summer amour as you and your date immerse yourselves in elegant, modernist Parisian cuisine. Together with other couples you’ll learn about authentic French ingredients and cooking fundamentals.

24 Sunday Fabulous Fall Flavors

4pm. $69 ea. Arbor Hills. surlatable.com

In this hands-on class, our instructor will show you how to make a variety of delicious dishes that highlight the best of this season’s produce. You’ll work alongside other classmates learning techniques for pan frying fritters, making aioli from scratch, creating perfectly creamy risotto and more.

As American as Apple Pie 10am-1pm, $50, Sprouting Chefs LLC, 1500 Scio Church Rd., sproutingchefs.org

Learn how to make American favorites Southern-Stile Mac&Cheese, Cucumber Salad with Fresh Dill and Mixed Berry Shortcakes topped with fresh Whpped Cream. Nut Free and Vegetarian.

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music Modern Lady Fitness Heavy Levity & Revitalized Psych-Punk

When Modern Lady Fitness first went into Ann Arbor’s Driverside Studios to record, producer/engineer Dave Niles described the initial bursts as “…if Marc Bolan (T-Rex) and David Byrne (Talking Heads) got together and wrote some songs for the Violent Femmes.”

This was back in the fall of 2013, when guitarist/singer Chris Sandon, drummer Morgan Cox, and bassist Casey Dawson began work on what would later become their debut album, Every Day Like The Last. The minimalist, tone-focused, percussive indie-rock trio currently features Craig Johnson on bass, and the sound continues the graceful frenzy that’s suggestive of a Bolan/Byrne/Violent Femmes recipe, but their influences are more accurately drawn from eccentrically psychedelic-punk groups like The Butthole Surfers, or cerebrally dark and driving rock outfits like Protomartyr.

Their songs coolly careen like postpunk spinning tops, tumbling with primal drums, lassoing bass grooves and taut, jangly guitars slinging under impassioned vocals that can often be laced with a sharp sense for satirical commentary. This Ypsilanti trio performs Sunday, Sept 24th, at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, with fellow Ypsi-punk stylists Gruesome Twosome.

Beating Fascination

“I’ve always been fascinated by the way different beats relate to each other,” Sandon says. “Like when you play the preset beats on keyboards and switch from bossa nova to a rock beat, or whatever. I like to structure songs that change direction in an unexpected way.”

“Modern Lady Fitness songs allow me to be percussive, textural and synthlike, sometimes all in a single song,” adds Johnson. “By the time I hear new songs, (Sandon/Cox) have their parts mapped out. That’s when I get to focus on who I need to reinforce.”

Describing his writing process, Sandon says he often writes as soon as he wakes up in the morning, “so the lyrics can feel stream-of-consciousness, vulnerable, or

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by Jeff Milo

MLF songs strive to mix post-punk grooves and primal drums.

even absurd. I tackle existential themes with some dark humor, for sure. It’s more dramatic and fun that way, albeit, paradoxical at times.”

Melded Experience

Sandon honed his sensibilities for gritty poetic subversions with an avantgarde group called Larval, doing improv performances at EMU in the early/ mid 2000’s. He enhanced his visual and performance art skills at Dreamland Theatre, at one point even creating an “electro-trash” alter ego known as Das Chritz.

Cox, meanwhile, grew up in a musical family (her dad was a band teacher), and primarily played oboe. Sandon actually suggested she try drums to help get acclimated to an accordion he’d recently given her; and she’s since become known for her precise percussive style. Johnson, a multi-instrumentalist with a stacked local music resumé – including a oneman doom metal band called Laserbeams Of Boredom – joined MLF in 2015 after Dawson left.

The band’s keen balance of sprinting urgency and sudden crescendos mixed with subtly catchy melodies and entrancing rhythms sharpened even further with 2016’s Awake, (recorded at Chris Koltay’s High Bias Studios in Detroit, and then engineered by Niles and Nicholas Albert).

At most MLF live shows, you can anticipate playful elements like trippy video projections, flamboyant costumes, and giant balloons filled with merch offsetting some of the heaviness of the music.

The band releases recordings on their own label, Nervosa Records, which recently put out a 7” vinyl single (“Awake” / “O Dreams”) with a fluorescent overlap and gold-speckled top-coating. “It’s got this summertime 1950’s film negatives meets future glitch apocalypse look to it that vibes nicely with the track,” says Sandon.

The band is heading back into the studio later this year. See them live on Sunday, Sept. 24th at the Blind Pig.

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music DJ Jazzy Jeff at Necto West Philadelphia born and raised… yes, that DJ Jazzy Jeff, of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, will be on the 1’s and 2’s at Necto on Thursday, September 21. In grand hip hop tradition, Jeff started spinning records in his parents’ basement when he was just ten years old. In addition to garnering worldwide stardom along with Will Smith, Jeff has been a longtime star in the DJ world and has won and/or been nominated for multiple Grammy’s and American Music Awards. True to his lifelong passion for making music, he continues to do it as his 2002 hit says, “For Da Love Of Da Game.” Opening sets will be spun by Erno the Inferno, Michael Fotias and Two Can Win! No need to dance like Carlton, but what a way to welcome the autumnal equinox and close out the “... summer, summer, summertime.” - JK

DJ Jazzy Jeff at The Necto Nightclub, 516 Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, Thursday, Sept. 21, 9pm - 2am.

734-994-5436, necto.com

1 friday Ongoing

1’st & 3rd Fridays Talent Night at Sweetwaters 8:30pm. FREE. Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea.

The people are passionate, the culture is rich and the spirit of Ann Arbor runs deep. If you want to share your art... be it music, poetry or comedy, let it be heard!

Featured Artist of the Night from 8:30-9:15pm. Open Mic spots available afterwards.

9/12 - 9/17 10 Blocks on the Camino Real, performed by National Theatre of Ghana 12pm. Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. lsa.umich.edu Free

The University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS) hosts the National Theatre of Ghana in residence, featuring a series of open air performances of 10 Blocks on the Camino Real, written by Tennessee Williams.

9/22 - 9/29 Grand Night For Singing 2pm. $5 - $18. Hill Auditorium. music.umich.edu

An event highlighting all facets of singing at SMTD, including performances by the Department of Musical Theatre, University Opera Theatre, soloists, Chamber Choir, University Choir, Orpheus Singers, Women’s Glee Club, and Men’s Glee Club.

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Eric Moore

7pm. FREE. Ypsi Alehouse. ypsialehouse.com

Eric Moore is a familiar face on the Ann Arbor scene. Eric’s stellar fingerstyle work bumps down the jagged, thorny back roads of the Mississippi Delta and skips over the seas to the British Isles.

2 saturday Senior music

2pm. Ypsilanti Township Community Center. Free

Different group each Saturday Libby DeCamp at Peaberry 8pm. Peaberry Bean and Beats. Free

Libby DeCamp makes dusty folk and American Roots-inspired music with a lyrical edge and a classic three-piece energy, delivered with a haunting vocal closeness that reaches listeners of all kinds.

3 sunday Dancing in the Streets

1:30pm - 6:30pm. Downtown Ann Arbor. visitannarbor.org Free

Dancing in the Streets is an annual free festival in downtown Ann Arbor. It offers a chance to sample lots of different music and dance traditions, enjoy the downtown, and see some friends in the process. Multiple stages offer visitors a chance to try many different styles of dancing, as well as enjoy mini-concerts and entertain their children with special activities.

5 tuesday Rasa Festival: Multi-Arts Inspired by India 8pm. Kerrytown Concert House. kerrytownconcerthouse.com $10 - $20.

The Rasa festival is designed to promote a deeper awareness and appreciation for the effulgent richness and abundance of cultural heritage that stems from India.

TEE GRIZZLEY

9pm. $35. Necto Nightclub. Necto.com

Detroit rapper Tee Grizzley scored a viral hit with his debut single which appeared on YouTube in late 2016. Get your tickets now to see him performing his hit singles “First Day Out“, “No Effort“ and much more.

6 wednesday Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Flamingosis 9pm. $14 - $16. Blind Pig. blindpigmusic.com

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong brings end-of-the-world enthusiasm to their high-energy psychedelic funk.

7 thursday Jan Krist & Jim Bizer

12pm. University of Michigan: Taubman Center. med.umich.edu Free

Jan Krist (vocals, guitar, ukulele, banjo) and Jim Bizer (vocals, guitar) grew up and cut their musical teeth in Detroit. From buoyant to poignant, heartfelt to hilarious, they cut a wide stylistic swath. Rain location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.

The Ark’s Annual Student Welcome Show with Dead Horses

7:30pm. $0 - $15.The Ark. theark.org

Originally hailing from a small Wisconsin town, the now Milwaukee-based folk band have cultivated a sensibility beyond their years due in part to the powerful literary force that is frontwoman and songwriter Vos.

Kap Slap

9pm. $15. NECTO. necto.com.

Jared Lucas is a 25 year old DJ/ Producer based outside of New York City. Initially recognized for his signature EDM/top 40 bootlegs that tailor to the college scene, Kap Slap now begins a new chapter of his career.

8 friday Maidstone Madness

6pm. $10. Maidstone Theater.

Kearney Entertainment presents an amazing lineup at the legendary Maidstone Theatre.

LINEUP: Glencoe, Free Coffee, The Coroners, Pandemonium Detroit, Sleepless Homes, All at Once

Butler, Bernstein, and the Hot 9 Season Opening Event!

8pm. Downtown Home & Garden, Bill’s Beer Garden. ums.org.

Retro-futurist brass man Steven Bernstein has a soft spot for early jazz, so his hookup with New Orleans pianist and singer Henry Butler is bound to deliver big fun.

Pauline Martin, David Cooper and Alexander Kerr

8pm. $5 - $30. Kerrytown Concert House. kerrytownconcerthouse.com

Pianist Pauline Martin from Chamber Soloists of Detroit is joined by french horn player David Cooper, newly appointed Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic and Lansing native, and violinist Alexander Kerr, former Concertmaster of Concertgebouw Orchestra, for an evening concert.

Eyes Unclouded & Libby DeCamp

The Blind Pig Throws It Back 90’s-Style Long for the days when NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys and Britney ruled the airwaves? When the misogynist in The White House was a Democrat and the big fear was the impending calamity of Y2K? If you want to do that to yourself one more time, lace up your Air Jordan IXs (circa 1994) and propel yourself over to the Blind Pig for The 90’s Dance Party with Fool House on Thursday, September 14th. Self-described as the “Ultimate 90’s Dance Party,” Fool House promises to offer choreographed dance moves and a foolish sense of humor along with all your favorite 20th Century fin de siecle music. - JK

The Ultimate 90’s Dance Party, Thurs. Sept, 14, 8pm - 1am, Blind Pig, 208 S. 1st St., Ann Arbor, 734-996-8555, $5 adv // $8 dos, blindpigmusic.com.

8:30pm. $5. Chelsea AleHouse. chelseaalehouse.com

Eyes Unclouded represents the collective talents of two homeschooled families from Southeast Michigan. Their music and performances have been described by many as vintage, haunting, original, and captivating – with a hint of vaudeville.

9 saturday The Timbre of Cedar with special guests All is Well, True Blue, and The Lowercase 9:30pm. $7 - $10. The Blind Pig. blindpigmusic.com

The Timbre of Cedar is an alternative indie rock outfit based in the mitten of Michigan. With a variety of sounds ranging from a driving full band, to hushed vocals and subtle piano tones, the group displays a versatility that keeps you guessing what’s next.

10 sunday Empty Chair Night featuring Annie and Rod Capps, Joel Palmer, and Keith Howard 7pm. $12. Trinity House Theatre. brownpapertickets.com .

The Empty Chair Night offers members of the audience a chance to join the hosts and featured act on stage to share a song in-the-round style. Audience members who are interested in performing sign up at the door.

Performers of all experience levels are welcome and encouraged.

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BoDeans

7:00pm. $30. The Ark. a2ark.org

“I’ve always thought of the BoDeans as a truly American band,” says Kurt Neumann, the founder, primary writer and frontman of the veteran Milwaukee-based group.

“We were blue-collar kids straight out of the heartland—how could we be anything else?”

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TajMo: The Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ Band

7:30pm. $37.50 - $75. Michigan Theater. a2ark.org

TajMo: The Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ Band sees these Blues titans share the stage with their band for an exciting night of music, performing songs from their long-anticipated collaborative album.

12 tuesday Katie Lee

8pm. $15. The Ark. a2ark.org

The Michigan Daily has praised Katie Lee’s “seriously mystifying stage charisma and vocals.” You may have heard Katie as a vocalist with Orpheum Bell and Appleseed Collective.

Katie has honed her distinctive voice to transcend genre lines and tell stories that display maturity beyond her years.

13 wednesday Tom Russell

8pm. $25. The Ark. a2ark.org

Tom Russell songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm, Nanci Griffith, k.d. lang, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Ian Tyson, Iris DeMent, Joe Ely, and a hundred others. Tom returns to Michigan with not one but two new albums.

14 thursday JAZZ, FUNK & BLUES: The Motorcity3 12pm. University of Michigan, Taubman Center. med.umich.edu Free

The MotorCity3 is a trio from Berkley, Michigan that play a variety of jazz standards and jazz/ funk/blues from the 1930s up to today. Cliff Barrer is on guitar, Len Gervasi, bass and Paul Price, drums. Rain location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.

Joe Purdy wsg Amy Vachal 8pm. $20. The Ark. a2ark.org

Joe Purdy has recorded a baker’s dozen worth of albums. In the tradition of folk artists such as Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan applying his unique skills as writer and vocalist as a passionate observer and participant of our times. “The Voice” semifinalist Amy Vachal is tonight’s special guest.

Henry Fong & Bad Royale 9pm. $10 - $15. NECTO. necto.com

Henry Fong is known for infusing styles such as reggae/dancehall and Melbourne Bounce into high energy EDM tracks. Bad Royale are the new kings on the Mad Decent block, but as a group of four individual artists they’re definitely not new to the DJ game.

15 friday Mason Jennings and Band w/Frankie Lee 8pm. $30. The Ark. a2ark.org

Minneapolis singer-songwriter Mason Jennings has accumulated a songbag of consistently high quality music, covering themes from personal to political to historical. Americana songwriter Frankie Lee opens.

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Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche

8pm. $15. Greenwood Coffee house. greenwoodcoffeehouse.org

Lucy Wainwright Roche grew up in an impressive musical family. Daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Suzzy Roche, half-sister of Rufus and Martha Wainwright.

Tumbao Bravo

8pm. $5 - $30.Kerrytown Concert House. kerrytownconcerthouse.com

Tumbao Bravo is a six-piece ensemble that performs the authentic rhythms of Cuba with original jazz harmonies. Winner of the 2005 and 2007 Detroit Music Awards for best jazz and world music recording categories.

16 saturday Broadway, Bernstein, Bravissimo!

8pm. $20 - $75. Hill Auditorium. a2so.com

Full-screen, visual accompaniment, by the creator of the dynamic visuals to The Planets, reflects the moods, rhythms, and narratives in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Frontier Ruckus

8pm. $15. The Ark. a2ark.org

Rolling Stone says Frontier Ruckus has “the perfect recipe for Gothic Americana.” They come to The Ark with a new release, “Enter the Kingdom.” They will be appearing with a full string section. Songwriter Libby DeCamp opens.

17 sunday Harvest Festival

2pm. Sutherland Wilson Farm. pittsfield-mi.gov $0 - $5.

Join the fun at the 9th Annual Pittsfield Township Harvest Festival. Activities include a performance by the Saline Fiddlers, face painting, historical house and building tours, a petting farm, hayrides, and more!

The Ark’s Fall Fundraiser: An Evening with Darlingside 5pm. $50. The Ark. a2ark.org

Darlingside (Don Mitchell, Auyon Mukharji, Harris Paseltiner, and David Senft) are a Massachusetts-based ensemble whose sound is an eclectic blend of 60s folk, clever wry wit, classical arrangements, soaring harmonies, and a modern indie-rock sensibility.

19 tuesday John Craigie

8pm. $15. The Ark. a2ark.org

Musically comparable to John Prine, with the humor and wit of Mitch Hedberg, the humble, gracious, and hilarious John Craigie is one of the best storytellers of our time.

20 wednesday Penny and Sparrow’s Wendigo Tour 8pm. $25. The Ark. a2ark.org

Penny and Sparrow are Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke. Previously roommates, the duo makes music with a return-to-basics approach that yields extraordinary results, without artifice or gimmicks. Lowland Hum, the husband-andwife duo of Lauren and Daniel Goans, opens the show.

Com Truise & Nosaj Thing 9pm. $20. The Bind Pig. blindpigmusic.com

Com Truise (NY / LA), an admitted synth obsessive, Com Truise is the maker of an experimental and bottom heavy style he calls “mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk�.Sharing the stage, hip hop/ electronic producer Nosaj Thing (LA), wsg. Cleopold.

21 thursday CELLO & DOUBLE NECK GUITJO Acoustic Eidolon

12pm. University of Michigan, Taubman Center. med.umich.edu Free

Colorado performing artists Joe Scott on double neck guitjo and Hannah Alkire on cello are Acoustic Eidolon. The dynamic dou’s sound has been described as “powerful and intriguing� – something like Celtic meets Flamenco meets Americana.

DJ Jazzy Jeff at Necto

9pm. $15 - $25. Necto Nightclub. necto.com

Now this is a story all about how My life got flipped - turned upside down‌ Necto proudly presents The Magnificent DJ JAZZY JEFF with opening sets by Erno the Inferno (Planet E . Paxahau . Tour Detroit) Michael Fotias (Audio Rescue . Paxahau) Two Can Win! (Necto)

The War and Treaty 8pm. $15. The Ark. a2ark.org

The duo call themselves The War and Treaty: the name itself represents the pull between trauma and tranquility, represents music inspired by darkness and despair that ultimately finds a higher spiritual purpose.

22 friday Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble

8pm. $5 - $30. Kerrytown Concert House. kerrytownconcerthouse.com

Rob Crozier’s music explores the world of sound adding color, adventure, and newness through re-imagining standards, the use of electronics, and ethnic instruments.

23 saturday Dance Festival

7pm. $15 - $40. Riverside Arts Center Gallery. rasafestival.org

A two-day extravaganza of six exciting new Indian classical and contemporary dance works, by local Michigan and invited dance companies from Washington, DC and Philadelphia.

Trace Bundy

8pm. $22. The Ark. a2ark.org

Internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy must be seen, not just heard. His music is poetry in motion, using harmonics, looping, multiple capos, and his unique banter and stage presence to deliver an unforgettable live concert experience.

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28 thursday Claptone: Golden Summer Tour

9pm. $18. NECTO. necto.com

Claptone is a German DJ and electronic dance music producer who specializes in techno and house genres. After 2016’s inaugural season, Claptone adorns the golden mask and brings the Golden Summer Tour to The Necto Nightclub.

Trevor Hall

Grieves

Trevor Hall’s music—an eclectic mix of acoustic rock, reggae and Sanskrit chanting—echoes with the names and teachings of divinities while maintaining an incredibly and refreshingly universal message.

It’s been over three years since his last album, Winter & The Wolves, but Grieves has re-emerged with a modernized sound that is lush and intoxicating, pairing punchy drums with thick layers of synths and warm bass lines.

7pm. $25. The Ark. a2ark.org

25 monday Tony Lucca // Derik Hultquist

8pm. $15. The Ark. a2ark.org

Derik Hultquist offers songs of reflection, anticipation, and stillness. Detroit-to-Nashville transplant Tony Lucca has surveyed the landscape and sees a blank canvas, an opportunity to use a wide new palette of colors to paint musical portraits.

26 tuesday The Vibrators

7pm. $10. Maidstone Theater.

For all you old punkers out there, The Vibrators (U.K. punk since 1976) will be making a stop at the Maidstone Theatre on tour!

Support these legendary national punk rockers coming all the way from the U.K.!

9pm. $15. Blind Pig. blindpigmusic.com

29 friday Carbon Leaf

8pm. $25. The Ark. a2ark.org

Reggie Harris and David Roth

8pm. $15. Green Wood Coffee House. greenwoodcoffeehouse.org

Reggie Harris combines spirituals and roots music, historic inspiration, and moving original songs, often in the themes of unity and social justice. David Roth strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, sense of the hilarious, and powerful singing and subject matter.

30 saturday Dave Rempis’s Ballister

8pm. $5 - $30. Kerrytown Concert House. kerrytownconcerthouse.com

As with all excellent improvisation, the process is seamless, whether the trio is intertwining the cellist’s electronics with the drummer’s ride cymbal or whether they are burning up the stage to some old school energy jazz.

Trout Steak Revival

As Carbon Leaf settles into their third decade of recording and touring, with more than 2,300 live shows under their belts, the band’s rigorous path of independence continues, focusing on writing, producing and releasing new material directly to their fans.

8pm. $15. The Ark. a2ark.org

From Trout Steak Revival’s beginning as an informal jamming unit during treks through the Front Range, this Denver-based roots quintet has evolved into one of Colorado’s most tightly knit bluegrass bands.

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27 wednesday That 1 Guy

Celebrating 11 years

9pm. $15. Blind Pig. blindpigmusic.com

Inventor and player of The Magic Pipe, That 1 Guy’s show has to be seen to be believed, as he single-handedly (and foot-edly) plays his amazing instrument, made out of mic’d steel pipes with a single, thick bass string wired from top to bottom, not to mention an Appalachian handsaw, an electric cowboy boot and belching smoke.

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Arlo Guthrie

8pm. $50. The Ark. a2ark.org

Two nights! 9/27 & 9/28.

The Re:Generation tour is the spirit of an American family making music together. Arlo’s children Abe and Sarah Lee will be joining their dad to present music of the Guthrie Generations.

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Submit up to 3 poems, no more than fifty lines each, or one short story up to 1500 words long. Writers may submit to each category no more than once. Winners will be published in the October issue, receive prizes, and be invited to participate in a public reading. Include your name, email and phone # on a separate page of your document.

Electronic submissions only in the body of an email or as a Microsoft word attachment to submissions@ecurrent.com.

All entries must be submitted by 11:59pm on Friday, September 15.

There is no entry fee.

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Kenojuak Ashevak’s “The Enchanted Owl.”

Visual Delight at UMMA U-M alums lend their favorite pieces to a special exhibition

by Karen Smyte

Pleasures of the eye direct the visitor experience in Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors Part II: Abstraction exhibit on view until October 29 at the U-M Museum of Art. To commemorate of U-M’s 2017 Bicentennial, alumni were invited to share favorite pieces from their collections. The breadth of work reflects response to the term abstraction; including subject matter, materials, and practices.

Several of the fifty-two eclectic works on display, not previously shown publicly, offer viewers opportunity to explore unique pairings. This atypical path to exhibition afforded curators the chance to consider conversations between disparate works and to focus on the “pleasure in looking at art and using our eyes as the ultimate tool,” according to Lehti Keelmann, one of five exhibit designers.

Pieces in Conversation

The four gallery areas offer loose thematic groupings: geometric shape, line and form; gestural technique; the living and natural world; and bodies, faces and language. Entering UMMA’s A. Alfred Taubman Gallery, visitors are immediately invited to delight in the imagined conversation between a large Amish quilt, where geometric pattern creates a sense of movement, and a smaller canvas piece (“Vestigio 53”) overlaid with gold leaf by Columbian textile artist Olga de Amaral (who studied fabric art at Cranbrook) echoing the quilt in form and oscillation. Louise Nevelson’s large-scale monochromatic wall sculpture, “Dark Presence III,” recently donated to

UMMA, an anchoring work in the space, serves as a transitional piece between geometric and gestural abstraction.

Art Made From Blood

Hans Hoffmann’s “St. Francis” tackles a traditionally religious subject of art – the conversion and mystical vision of St. Francis – yet by pairing the piece with Cuban-American artist José Parlá’s “Capricious Mapping,” exploring urban identity and the life of cities, viewers are invited to see how both works celebrate painterly technique and artistic process through different methods. Around the corner is a viscerally powerful, glistening and shocking blood-painting by Jordan Eagles entitled “URTSBC.” Sourcing animal blood from slaughterhouses, Eagles encases and splatters of blood in resin, preserves the colors, patterns and textures for a stained-glass effect. Unexpected delights and surprises like these abound in the show, a result of the open nature of the call for submissions.

“The Enchanted Owl,” by Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak, a cherished Canadian icon, may feel familiar to northern neighbors – the image appeared on Canada’s 1970 Centennial Stamp of the Northwest Territories. Sealskin and stone were used to create the print, producing an oscillating effect, enlivening and animating the two-dimensional surface.

Other work exploring the natural world includes photography by Ansel Adams, British painter Howard Hodgkin’s “David’s Pool,” Alexander Calder’s Snake sculpture, and Tony Smith’s “Duck.”

Natural, Unexpected Couplings

Another natural, if unexpected coupling, in the grouping exploring Bodies, Faces and Language, presents the visual resonance of a late 19th century Reliquary Figure of the Kota Peoples from Gabon, with the bust sculpture, “Téte de Diego,”

by Alberto Giacometti, inviting dialogue between cultures, periods and geographic regions. Nearby, works by Jasper Johns and Robert Raschenberg face each other, a fitting tribute to the active artistic dialogue of the artists. Between the two works is Barbara Kruger’s “Made for You,” the second anchoring piece of the show, rivaling the Nevelson in scale. Immersed in the graphic design world, Kruger employs mass-market fonts, colors and advertising designs in her compositions. It is impossible for the eye to miss “Made for You,” a work that insists it be noticed and interpreted by visitors.

This engagement on the viewer’s terms is a guiding principle of the show.

As Keelman explains, structuring the show brought the curators back to the core of their work – looking. The exhibit celebrates “the pleasures of close looking, discovering new things when looking at work by a Jasper Johns and Joel Shapiro, thinking about similarities and differences, and seeing things in a new light.” For exploring pleasures of the eye – this show is sure to oblige.

For more info about all things art @ UMMA, visit umma.umich.edu.

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A Little Tennessee Comes Out of Africa to Michigan A series of open-air performances

by Sandor and Emily Slomovits The National Theatre of Ghana will come to Michigan to offer four public performances of Tennessee Williams’ oneact play, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real. The performances, sponsored by the Center for World Performance Studies at U-M, will be part of a residency from September 12th-17th that will also include several classes and workshops.

Each of the performances will take place outdoors: at the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Farmers Markets; CMAP Detroit; and the Diag on U-of-M’s Central campus. Current reached out to Residential College theatre professor Katherine Mendeloff, who directs the annual Shakespeare in the Arb productions, and who helped bring the troupe to Michigan.

Tell us about the work of the National Theatre of Ghana and how you came to know about this project. I’ve been part of the Provincetown Tennessee

Williams Festival since it started in 2006 and have brought several productions of mine to the Festival. David Kaplan, the initiator and curator of the Festival, was a classmate of mine at Yale Drama School. Through David I heard about this Ghanaian production; he directed the production in Ghana and was planning to bring it to Provincetown this coming September. He was hoping to set up a tour of several cities and I offered to bring the troupe to Michigan. This is their first time in America, I believe.

This production of Ten Blocks on the Camino Real has transformed the play. What are some of the changes, and what about this play is ideal for this kind of transformation? The play is very entertaining.

It’s quite presentational and moves quickly, so it suits outside performance. It’s composed of ten scenes which follow the American protagonist, Kilroy, as he tries to “make it” in a

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An actor from The National Theatre of Ghana in Tennessee William’s “Ten Blocks On Camino Real.”

foreign culture. Down on his luck, he remains an eternal optimist.

We see him interact with a range of characters drawn from legend, and in the Ghana production, figures like Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are re-imagined as Ghanaian mythic characters. Similarly, the music of the “Blue Guitar” which punctuates the action, is changed to African drumming.

What enables the play to speak to two cultures as different as mid-20th century America and 21st century Ghana. What makes it universal? The play starts with a

policeman shooting a peasant who is dying of thirst next to a dry fountain in a small town in “a tropical port in the Americas.” The wealthy tourists staying at the hotel are offended and demand his body be removed immediately. Ghana is a country with great extremes of wealth and poverty. I would say that we in the US are heading in this same direction. As the character Jacques Casanova says about the local government, “Well, I suspect it is really just a big corporation in which a few are stockholders and all the rest—petty wage slaves!” The hotel proprietor asks, “Does that strike you sir, as being at all unique?”

The main character, Kilroy, is an embodiment of “The American Dream”- a sailor, a boxer, and a dreamer. He is confused by his surroundings, but he tries hard to relate to those around him.

This production of Ten Blocks will be performed outdoors How will it work in spaces not traditionally used for theatre? I am very interested in environmental staging, and I

was intrigued when I learned this production was presented in marketplaces in Ghana. When I started to set up the residency, I looked for similar venues. I am very excited to see what kinds of audiences we will get at these performances.

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real will be performed at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market on Sept. 13 at noon, the Diag on U-M Central Campus on Sept. 15 at noon, Ypsilanti Farmer’s Market Depot Town on Sept. 16 at 11am, and CMAP Detroit on Sept. 17 at 2pm. All performances are free and open to the public.

For more info visit LSA.UMICH.EDU/WORLD-PERFORMANCE.

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film review For Detroit, How Black Boys Die Is More Interesting Than How They Lived Suffering through the movie Detroit

By Kyndall Flowers

Detroit, directed by Katherine Bigelow, takes place during the Detroit Race Riot of 1967, incubated by an influx of Black workers from the South looking for work, causing working-class whites to be anxious about their job security. Despite Bigelow’s attempt to create an urgent and fresh narrative, Detroit covers two hours of a story that’s gut-wrenchingly and unfortunately familiar.

Beginning with a scene of cops breaking up a party at an unlicensed bar where 82 Black people are celebrating the return home of two Vietnam veterans. The cops take everyone outside, line them up against a wall, and commit the movie’s first instances of police brutality. As a crowd gathers to watch the scene, a bottle is thrown at a police officer, the riot starts and looting ensues.

An All-Too-Familiar Story

At the Algiers Motel, where the bulk of the movie’s story is told, three Black boys were killed by Detroit Police. Carl Cooper, age 17; Aubrey Pollard Jr., age 19; and Fred Temple, age 18 are remembered on screen with how they were brutalized and eventually killed.

There’s no on-screen backstory or information on the families they left behind. There’s no sensitivity offered, no humanity that’s not bloodstained and screaming. The scene is exhausting to watch.

Bigelow, a white woman, doesn’t know how it feels to watch people who look like you killed by police. Bigelow obviously doesn’t get how devastating and terrifying the videos of Black people dying at the hands of police can be, which is likely why Bigelow included two hours of it, embellished with repeated references to “boy” and use of the n-word.

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Black Lives Defined By Their Endings

I hoped something would shift during the film; that I’d see something new. Maybe the viewer would get some insight into the torn emotions of the Black security guard, played by John Boyega, who entered the Algiers Hotel., likely to try to calm the white cops. He offers them coffee as a goodwill gesture. He stops them from roughing up a Black boy on the street, but he can’t stop them from killing three teens and beating nine others. Perhaps movie patrons would see Black women, like Rebecca Pollard, the mother of Aubrey Pollard, whose stunned face covered the newspapers when her son’s killer went free. Instead, we got the all-too-familiar stories of Black Boys Who Die Violently.

It seems that for Detroit, and across other big screens, bullet holes are better suited than basketball games or backyard barbecues to define Black people’s lives — by their endings. Detroit had a chance to break out of the bloody box the media too often forces us into, instead, it exacerbates the perspective, reminding me more of how flippantly Black pain is portrayed for white audiences than of how bad racism is in America.

I already know racism is bad in America. I know, because I knew exactly what Trayvon Martin had in his pocket before I knew he wanted to be an astronaut. I know, because I know more about how three Black boys in the Algiers Motel died than how they lived.

arts & culture

A GIRL’S NEW BEST FRIEND

Kerrytown Concert House Hosts Multi-Arts Rasa Festival The Rasa Festival will use a multi-disciplinary approach to showcase the effulgent richness of artistic and cultural heritage stemming from India. The three-hour long evening on Tuesday, 9/5, will feature both cutting edge and traditional work in performing, visual, literary, media/film and culinary arts. In Indian aesthetics, a rasa (Sanskrit: lit. ‘juice’ or ‘essence’) is the dominant emotional theme of a work of art, or the primary aesthetic feeling that is evoked in the person that views, reads or hears such a work. Come eat food, listen to music and experience Indian art in many forms. - JK

Rasa Arts Festival, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 8-11pm, Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor. $20 general public, $10 students.

For more info or to reserve tix, visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.

OUR DIAMONDS Kerrytown Kares About Books The 15th annual Kerrytown BookFest will take place Sunday, September 11th, from 11am - 5pm at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. Stroll through exhibits presented by local booksellers, authors and other innovative literary artisans. Panel discussions throughout the day feature poets, fiction writers, essayists and journalists. Highlights include a 12:15 panel on historical thrillers featuring James Benn, Anna Lee Huber and NY Times Best-selling author Deanna Raybourn, a 2:15 “YA Authors From Michigan!” panel moderated by Patrick Flores-Scott and a 4:00 “Poetic Musings” discussion with local favorites Keith Taylor, Robert Fanning, Cindy Hunter Morgan and Z.G. Tomaszewski. Spend your Sunday browsing bookware and tuning in to insightful public commentary. - JK

Kerrrytown Bookfest hosted by Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Bookshop, Sunday 9/11, 11am - 5pm, Ann Arbor Farmers Market, 315 Detroit St. Free and open to the public all day long. For a complete schedule of events, visit kerrytownbookfest.org

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Have a treacherous tale to tell about a teacher? A report about redemption during recess? A yarn about youthful yearnings while studying European History? Just seeking to spend your time spoon-feeding your ears such spectacular spiels? September’s version of the Moth StorySLAM, presented by Michigan Radio, features stories about all thing school. Sign up to share your tale or just come to listen on Tuesday, September 5th, at The Greyline events space on N. Ashley. Doors open @ 6:30 and that’s when to sign up if you want to story-tell.

Stories hit the stage @ 7:30. - JK

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[art] Cosmogonic Tattoos

9am. University of Michigan Museum of Art. events.umich.edu

In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. 9/12 - 9/17

[theater] Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, performed by National Theatre of Ghana

12pm. Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market. lsa. umich.edu Free

The University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS) hosts the National Theatre of Ghana in residence featuring a series of open air performances of Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, written by Tennessee Williams. In this one-act play, song, dialogue and dance are used to tell the story of how the American hero Kilroy enters the pantheon of heroes by losing his innocence. 8/25 - 9/17

[theater] The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson 8pm. $20. Theatre Nova. theatrenova.org

[misc] Saline Community Fair

9am. Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. salinefair.org

Saline Community fair, kicks off with Pet show and Bicycle Decorating Contest, followed by Parade on Tuesday. Fair continues through Sunday. Fun, food animals and lots to do.

Tuesdays

[misc] A2 Kerrytown Farmers Market

The Ann Arbor Farmers Market, a gathering place for more than 100 local businesses, is proud to bring farm-fresh produce to the community every week of the year.

Thursdays [comedy] Comedy Jam

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

Thursday nights it’s cut-loose comedy as we present the comedy of 12 of the current rising stars in the Detroit Metro area and beyond.

Saturdays

[misc] Saline Farmers Market Saturdays Outdoors

8am. Downtown. salinechamber.org

Four beautiful, bad-ass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution. 9/1-9/17

[health] Full-Body Fit

$15. 6 days a week. Better Living Fitness Center. betterlivingfitness.com

Energetic strength-training session including cardio subsets and work on balance and posture. $15 walk-in; included with most Better Living memberships. For all ages, and customized to suit your abilities. See web for daily schedule. 8/30 - 9/4

Fresh Local Food…Year Round.

Growers only market sponsored by the City of Saline.

[health] Donation Yin Yoga

12pm. Mota Thai Yoga. motathaiyoga.com Free

In this slower paced class, postures are held for longer periods of time that a typical yoga class.

This allows the muscles to relax, and the deep connective tissues to be gently stretched. Appropriate for all ages and skill levels.

This class is heated between 80-90 degrees.

Sundays

[theology] Parables: All Abilities Inclusion Worship Service

5pm. First Congregational Church, UCC. chelseafcc.com Free A no-shushing, progressive worship service specially designed for people of all abilities to bring their gifts of leadership and full participation. Families with children who have special needs of any kind, who may be nonverbal or need to walk and “flap,” or people with intellectual or physical disabilities who would like to offer leadership to the community are most especially welcome!

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[art] First Friday Art Walk, Ypsilanti Downtown Ypsilanti. firstfridaysypsi.com Free

First Fridays Ypsilanti is a selfguided monthly art and culture walk hosted throughout the downtown areas of Ypsilanti at multiple venues. Each month on the first Friday participating venues offer free art activities involving local artists, musicians, and/or tastings.

[comedy] Jim McHugh

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

Jimmy McHugh has been dishing out his style of comedy for over 25 years. Born and raised on the Northwest side of Chicago, Jimmy blends a mixture of classic observational humor emphasized with his unique vocal and facial expressions.

2 saturday

[misc] Thunder Over Michigan: Air Show 9am. $15 - $190. Willow Run Airport.

An action-packed weekend, Thunder Over Michigan, brings the best of air show acts together!

Featuring the US Navy Blue Angels. Watch above as pilots perform incredible feats–you’ll feel the Thunder of their engines in your seat!

[health] Cardio & Core

11am. $15. Better Living Fitness Center. betterlivingfitness.com

If you’ve always wanted a flat stomach, six-pack abs or just a stronger core, this is the class for you. This class combines high-energy music with a core-sculpting routine to give you a toned midsection. Get me some abs!

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[dance] Dancing In The Streets

1:30pm. Downtown Ann Arbor. visitannarbor.org Free

Dancing in the Streets is an annual free festival in downtown Ann Arbor.

Multiple stages offer visitors a chance to try many different styles of dancing, as well as enjoy miniconcerts and entertain their children with special activities.

[health] Restorative Yin Yoga

6pm. $20. Better Living Fitness Center. betterlivingfitness.com

Restorative Yin Yoga: Designed to be restorative and stress relieving.

It can improve your flexibility and help you sleep better. $20 walk-in; included with some Better Living Fitness Center memberships.

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[film] Psycho

7pm. $0 - $10. Michigan Theater. michtheater.org

A classic American slasher / thriller film released in 1960. Traveling on back roads Phoenix secretary Marion Crane stops for the night at the Bates Motel. She then meets the polite but highly strung proprietor, a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

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[health] Strength & Tone

5:30pm. $15. Better Living Fitness Center.

Strength & Tone: Get a great strength based workout in only 45 minutes. $15 walk in; also included in some Better Living Fitness Center memberships.

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[health] Vinyasa Flow Yoga

10am. $20. Better Living Fitness Center.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Challenging Yoga workout that links breath with movement to create a dynamic flow of postures. This class is best suited for those with a strong yoga practice.

[misc] Annual Dog Swim 3:30pm. Buhr Park.

Bring your furry friends over to Buhr park for the Annual Dog Swim! Wednesday & Thursday after Labor day, the puppies take over for the last splash of the season.

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[health] CVT

8am. $20. Better Living Fitness Center. betterlivingfitness.com

A 45-minute, total body class that will get your heart rate up while strengthening your muscles in an interval timed format. Perfect for all levels!

[culture] LGBTQ Welcome Festival

5pm. University of Michigan.

Events.umich.edu. Free

Join the Spectrum Center as we host our Welcome Week event: LGBT Queer Welcome Carnival!

Meet the faculty & staff on the University of Michigan OUTlist and enjoy free food and activities while getting to know your queer community on campus. Everyone is welcome!

[literary] David Daley: Ratfcked 7pm. Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

Literati is excited to welcome David Daley and his new book Ratf**cked, an explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting.

8 friday

[health] Run Woodstock

12pm. $55 - $165. Run Woodstock. trailrunner.com

9/8 - 9/10. An event filled weekend but lots of time to mellow and meditate. Enter into any Saturday morning run/walk event or weekend pass gets you entry into all the weekend laid back runs, hippie hikes, music, yoga and nonsense!

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[wildlife] Close Encounters

6:30pm. $125 - $150. The Creature Conservancy. thecreatureconservancy.org

An exclusive evening event for ages 21 and over. Mix/mingle with the animals, enjoy dinner, drinks, and a special presentation of exotic animals from The Creature Conservancy and those visiting from the Columbus Zoo!

[art] UMMA After Hours

7pm. University of Michigan Museum of Art. umma.umich.edu Free Drop in during this free community event to enjoy this season’s special exhibitions, hear from UMMA curators in the galleries, and listen to live Cuban jazz with Tumbao Bravo in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.

[green] Rolling Hills Dog Swim 10am. visitypsinow.com

Rolling Hills County Park is proud to host our 12th Annual Dog Swim, September 9&10, 2017.

Get ready for a pup-tacular time as dogs frolic, swim and make new friends at the water park!

[comedy] Dave Landau

10:30pm. $14. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. Seatgeek.com

Dave find jokes everywhere; with his own foibles and faults, to his family, to pop culture and the state of the world today. See why Dave is an all-time favorite at the A2 Comedy Showcase!

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[misc] Dawn Farm 44th Annual Jamboree

1pm. Dawn Farm. dawnfarm.org

The Jamboree is a FREE celebration featuring live music, hayrides, a live and silent auction, and food and activities for the whole family right on our farm!

This annual fundraiser is Dawn Farm’s largest event in support of those seeking help and hope.

[wildlife] Monarch Migration Festival

1pm. Leslie Science and Nature Center. lesliesnc.org

Each year, waves of Monarch butterflies travel over mountains, forests, and plains in the United States to reach their southern wintering grounds in Mexico.

Join LSNC in preserving butterfly habitats and releasing Monarchs to support national conservation efforts.

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[health] Stretch & Strength Yoga

10am. $20. Better Living Fitness Center. betterlivingfitness.com

Stretch & Strength Yoga: This class targets specific areas to build strength, increase flexibility and improve your overall fitness.

Great for beginners.

[literary] Amos N. Guiora: The Crime of Complicity 7pm. Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

Literati is excited to welcome Amos N. Guiora and his new book The Crime of Complicity.

The book is a ground-breaking examination of the legal culpability of the bystander told through the lens of the author’s family experiences in the Holocaust.

12 tuesday

[education] Word That Works! at MWSE-Washtenaw

11am. Michigan Works!.

Introduction to Microsoft Word and Word Components. New Documents, Working with Text Paragraph, and Spacing. Using a Flash Drive, Opening Existing Files, Creating a Folder, Undo & Redo Button, Saving a Document Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text, Using Spelling and Grammar Functions, and much more.

[literary] Oliver Uberti: Where the Animals Go 7pm. Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

Literati is thrilled to welcome designer Oliver Uberti and his new book Where the Animals

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Go— the first book to offer a comprehensive, data-driven portrait of how creatures like ants, otters, owls, turtles, and sharks navigate the world.

13 wednesday

[poetry] An Evening of Poetry and the Written Word

7pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room. Free

Poetry workshop. All writers welcome to share and discuss their poetry or short fiction.

Hosted by Joe Kelty, Ed Morin, and Dave Jibson.

[literary] The Poetry of Aimé Césaire and the Art of Translation 7pm. Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

Literati is thrilled to host author and translator Clayton Eshleman in conversation with Keith Taylor on the work of Aimé Césaire.

The Complete Poetry of Aimé Césaire gathers all of Cesaire’s celebrated verse into one bilingual edition.

14 thursday

[market] M Farmers Market Day on Ingalls Mall

10am. Ingalls Mall. events.umich.edu

From family farms to the Diag!

Join Michigan Dining, Central Student Government, MHealthy, and Planet Blue for the 7th annual M Farmers Markets. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and other locally-sourced foods will be available for purchase, along with free samples, giveaways, and healthy eating tips! All purchases include a free canvas tote to carry your produce.

[art] Rasa Festival : Visual Arts Exhibition

3pm. Riverside Arts Center. Free

Rasa is a festival centered on the theme of South Asia to take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the Fall of 2017. This exhibit will partner with that event and display works by artists from South Asia, or works that have been inspired by the subcontinent.

[film] Kerrytown After Dark!

Movies and More 6pm. Michigan Theater.

The Kerrytown District Association presents Kerrytown After Dark! Movies and More, in the Ann Arbor Farmers Market. The fourth of four in our series, we’ll start the evening with a Food Truck Rally with some of your favorite Food Trucks, a beer tent, entertainment from the likes of Detroit Circus and others prior to the movie, popcorn and more!

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[education] Both Sides of the Bars

6pm. Matthaei Botanical Gardens. brownpapertickets.com

MCJP’s work focuses on depopulating Michigan’s prisons, and raising public awareness on the problems within prisons, through individual casework with prisoners (over 2,000 annually) building to systemic change efforts including reforming access to parole for those serving the longest sentences and people with severe and persistent mental illnesses.

[misc] A Pint at the Museum

6:30pm. Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. aahom.org

Adults 21+ will enjoy an exclusive night filled with drinks, delicious food, hands-on activities, and more! Additional information coming soon!

[comedy] Andy Beningo

8pm. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. Seatgeek.com

Over the past decade, Andy Beningo has established himself as one of the hardest working comedians in the business today.

Performing his clever and “everyman” style of material has led to some 300 dates a year- taking him through 38 states and into Canada. A2 Comedy Showcase is excited to welcome back this rising star!

16 saturday

[culture] Ann Arbor Russian Festival

11am. St. Vladimir Orthodox Church.

Visitannarbor.org. Free

9/16 11am-8pm, 9/17 1pm-7pm.

The Ann Arbor Russian Festival celebrates Russian and other Slavic cultures. Experience food, entertainment, kids activities, learn about our Orthodox faith, participate in on-the-spot classes, try games, and gain cultural experience!

[health] Colors of Cancer 5k

11am. $30. Rolling Hills County Park. parksonline.ewashtenaw.org

Colors of Cancer 5k promotes exercise for all capabilities, happiness for all personalities, and awareness for all of the colors of cancer. Participants are encouraged to walk, run, skip, jog, or dance their way to the finish line.

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[misc] 2017 Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show 9am. $6. Riverside Park.

Proceeds support the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum and its associated operations,

including the National Hudson museum and the collections of Corvairs and Kaisers built at Willow Run. Children under 12 are free.

Harvest Festival

2pm. $0 - $5. Sutherland Wilson Farm. pittsfield-mi.gov

Learn more about the historical significance of this farmstead and the Sutherland-Wilson Family. Activities include a performance by the Saline Fiddlers, face painting, historical house and building tours, a petting farm, hayrides, historical carriage photos, pumpkin patch, lawn games, an obstacle course, prizes in the straw, refreshments, and more!

18 monday

[literary] Fiction at Literati: N.J. Campbell and Annie Hartnett 7pm. Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

N.J. Campbell and Annie Hartnett will be reading and discussing their new novels Found Audio and Rabbit Cake. Campbell’s Found Audio: Amrapali Anna Singh is an historian and analyst capable of discerning the most cryptic and trivial details from audio recordings.

19 tuesday

[education] Basic Computer Skills at MWSE-Washtenaw 12pm. Michigan Works!.

Learn how to identify desktop components, to apply monitor and desktop settings, to practice using a mouse and keyboard and to explore built-in applications such as calculator and WordPad. Learn to create folders and files. Learn to save them to alternate storage devices.

Recognize the difference between save and save as, and cutting, copying, pasting, deleting, restoring, and searching for files.

22 friday

[literary] Fiction at Literati: Celeste Ng with Douglas Trevor 7pm. Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

Literati is pleased to welcome Celeste Ng in support of her new novel, Little Fires Everywhere. Celeste will be in conversation with Douglas Trevor, Director of the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan.

[comedy] Jackie Flynn

8pm. $16. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. Seatgeek.com

Jackie has emerged as one of the funniest and most talked about comedians to come out of Boston.

Jackie is truly a “comic’s comic,” whose refreshingly unique brand of sarcastic observational humor puts him in a class all his own.

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[misc] Webster Fall Festival

8am. Webster Corners. websterfallfestival.org Free

The 36th Annual Webster Fall Festival offers old-fashioned country fun for all ages!

Activities and attractions include hayrides, a petting zoo, an antiques auction, crafts, a vintage Base Ball game, and live music.

Baked goods, preserves, ice cream, hot dogs, beverages, and Webster’s Famous Pig Roast dinner from 5pm to 7pm.

[misc] Candlelight Labyrinth 6pm. Ringstar Studio. a2ringstar.com Free

Walking the labyrinth is a form of moving meditation, guiding the seeker to the within and without of themselves and the universe around them. All ages are welcome, though parents/guardians must make sure younger participants refrain from knocking over lit candles.

[dance] Rasa Dance Festival

7pm. $15 - $40. Riverside Arts Center. rasafestival.org

A two-day extravaganza of six exciting new Indian classical and contemporary dance works, by local Michigan and invited dance companies from Washington, DC and Philadelphia.

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[literary] Fiction at Literati: Robin Sloan

7pm. Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

Literati is excited to welcome Robin Sloan in support of his new novel, Sourdough About Sourdough. In his much-anticipated new novel, Robin Sloan does for the world of food what he did for the world of books in Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore.

26 tuesday

[literary] Book Launch: Object Lessons

5pm. University of Michigan Hatcher Graduate Library. lib.umich.edu Free Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge: The University of Michigan Museums, Libraries, and Collections 1817–2017 presents a full color

journey through the treasures of the University’s collections. Join in for a panel discussion with a focus on items from library collections.

8am. Off Campus Location. events. umich.edu

Sculptures of Zimbabwe Enjoy the artistry of an African culture with just a short trek down the I-75. Toledo GROWs at the Toledo Botanical Gardens is hosting A Garden of Wonders: Stone Sculptures of Zimbabwe.

Marvel over the works of more than 100 Zimbabwean artists from eight different regions of the country. The exhibition will include cultural events to support the artworks, including an opening day celebration. All sculptures are available for purchase. Exhibition is open 9am-5pm daily, or 9am-9pm on Thursdays and Saturdays. Friday, September 1-Sunday, October 29. Toledo Botanical Gardens, 5403 Elmer Dr., Toledo, OH. 419-536-2039. http://toledogarden.org/toledogrows Free

[education] Word That Works! at MWSE-Washtenaw

11am. Michigan Works!.

Introduction to Microsoft Word and Word Components New Documents Working with Text Paragraph and Spacing Using a Flash Drive Opening Existing Files Creating a Folder Undo & Redo Button Saving a Document Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text Using Spelling and Grammar Functions Synonym/Thesaurus Feature Status Bar Information Printing Documents Deleting a Document Restoring/Retrieving a Document Recycle Bin.

[crafts] Essential Oils: Handmade Lip Balm Workshop 6:30pm. $30. Robin Hills Farm.

In this hands-on workshop with Holly Rutt of Little Flower Soap Co., participants will learn to make their own all-natural lip balms, scented with essential oils. After an overview of Holly’s signature recipe and a brief discussion of sourcing ingredients, students will make, package, and label 10 tubes each of their own custom-scented blends to take home.

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[poetry] An Evening of Poetry and the Written Word 7pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room. Free

Kathleen McGookey and Gregory Loselle. All writers welcome to read their own or other favorite poetry or short fiction afterward at open mic. Hosted by Joe Kelty, Ed Morin, and Dave Jibson.

Topics include: 1) A Global Perspective on Energy. 2) Energy and the States. 3) Renewable Energy at the Local Level.

[comedy] Ken Evans

8pm. $14. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. Seatgeek.com

Bringing a boy-next-door persona to the stage, Ken has an observational style of comedy that relates to every audience member. His energy is electric and his act is very visual, bringing his comedy to life with his command of the stage.

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[literary] Marta McDowell: The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder

[health] Big Foot, Small Print Trail Run

Literati is excited to welcome author Marta McDowell in support of her new book The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved Little House series is a classic comingof-age story based on Wilder’s own family and the pioneer spirit of the time.

Enjoy the beautiful fall colors that Independence Lake County Park has to offer while running or walking this scenic 4 mile course. This event offers a 1 mile kid’s fun run/walk for children all ages, so bring the whole family!

Proceeds will benefit the Huron River Watershed Council.

7pm. Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

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[market] M Farmers Market Day on the Grove

10am. U of M Diag - North Campus.

Events.umich.edu. Free

Fresh fruits, vegetables, and other locally-sourced foods will be available for purchase, along with free samples, giveaways, and healthy eating tips! All purchases include a free canvas tote to carry your produce.

[art] Rasa Festival: Visual Arts Exhibition

3pm. Riverside Arts Center. Free

Rasa is a festival centered on the theme of South Asia to take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the Fall of 2017. This exhibit will partner with that event and display works by artists from South Asia, or works that have been inspired by the subcontinent.

8am. $10 - $35. Independence Lake County Park. parksonline.ewashtenaw.org

[health] Cardio & Core

11am. $15. Better Living Fitness Center. betterlivingfitness.com

If you’ve always wanted a flat stomach, 6-pack abs or just a stronger core, this is the class for you. This class combines highenergy music with a core-sculpting routine to give you a toned midsection. Get me some abs! $15 walk-in; included with some Better Living memberships.

[green] Ecology Series: Fall Flora

1pm. $15 - $25. Robin Hills Farm.

This plant walk, led by botanist Mike Penskar, will focus on identifying late summer/fall wildflowers, trees, and other plants in a variety of native Michigan habitat zones. Identification tips, traditional uses, natural history, and interesting factoids will all be part of the discussion on this leisurely hike on the Robin Hills Farm.

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persons of interest The Stellars Erez Levin & Dan Sagher

by Laina Stebbins

How long have you two known each other?

Erez: Since summer after fourth

grade.

Dan: We met at a rock band boot

camp hosted by the Ann Arbor Music Center, which is the place where we now work. They held rock band day camps for a week for local high schools through rec and ed, and that’s how we met. We ended up going to Tappan Middle School for sixth grade and reconnected and started playing music together.

Erez: I used to beg Dan to come over

and jam with me, and he’d be like, ‘I’m too cool.’

Dan: Yeah, I was too cool for him for a while.

Erez: He was too cool. I said, no,

you’re good at guitar, c’mon. Let’s rock!…But now I’m the cool one.

Dan: Sure.

Erez: Let the record show that…that

How old are you guys?

Both: Both 22.

Are you both in school right now?

Dan: I just finished.

Erez: I’ve got a semester left.

At U of M? Dan: Both at U of M, yeah.

How did you come up with the name of your album [Interthestellars]?

Erez: That was Ben Factor’s idea.

We laughed and went, ‘oh, that would be hilarious and stupid if we did that,’ but we decided it was hilarious and stupid in a good way.

Dan: We like the aesthetic of space, and it really worked out. I mean, I don’t think the artwork was entirely influenced by the name Interthestellars. That’s the image that the songs gave us anyway.

Erez: And it just shows the sense of

humor that we have as a band. We’re pretty much Tenacious D, so – Dan: But stupider. [laughs] Erez: But worse. Also, more crass.

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You have a song “Jamie, I Want My Book Back” – did you ever get your book back?

Erez: Well, that song came out and I was

in the car with my girlfriend and Jamie called me, and it was just a very funny moment. She said, ‘oh my god, do you want the book back?’ And I told her, no, you have to keep it, it’s funnier this way if you keep it. Let’s keep it intact. She was really gracious about it. She got a kick out of it, I think. She’s a sport, which I’m very grateful for.

What book was it?

Erez: That will remain a secret forever. I

like the actual details about Ann Arbor we put in our album, like “Four Quarter Pool” is just all about places in Ann Arbor where we grew up hanging out … “Jamie, I Want My Book Back” has actual Michigan local references… and I really like having the album be very geographically Ann Arbor.

It feels very “Ann Arbor?”

Erez: Yeah, I like Ann Arbor. [both laugh] Dan: We’re both very Ann Arbor. We

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Cannabis Even when growers are legal, they keep it on the down low

by Vic Tanney

With medical marijuana first legalized in Michigan nearly a decade ago, Current sat down with a local MC grower to check in about day-to-day issues the industry is facing as it continues to evolve.

Perhaps surprisingly, the most pressing issue is security. Now that legal do’s and don’ts have been mapped out at the state level, security concerns center around keeping the crop safe from criminals.

“Not that many people are struggling with the legal stuff,” our local grower, who – for obvious reasons – wishes to remain anonymous, tells us. “But you’ve got 72 plants in your facility and someone might very well want to take that from you.”

For What It’s Worth

The value of each plant varies in range from a few ounces to a pound or more, though technically Michigan law allows for only 2.5 ounces per plant. Assuming even modest value for the yield of each plant, the value quickly escalates into the thousands of dollars.

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Each growhouse also has equipment including lights, fans, airfilters, containers and an irrigation system, and that equipment is costly. A typical operation could easily cost over $20,000. With difficulty insuring the business equipment (due to reluctance of insurance companies) and the unlikelihood that local police will investigate a robbery at a grow operation, the best, and perhaps only, method for security it secrecy.

“Police will not investigate,” our grower says. “They’re not going to assign a detective to track down your lights and plants.”

Robbery Precedents

“Robbery for a growhouse,” our grower adds, “could be as serious as a group of guys coming in with shotguns and tying you up and duct-taping you on the floor and taking everything.”

That description matches an actual robbery that took place in Milan back in 2011. Time Riley, a licensed medical marijuana grower, was sleeping inside his home when three masked gunman kicked down the door one night at 3:30am.

“Some guy shoved his shotgun in my gut and told me to get on the floor. I didn’t know what to think,” Riley said at the time. The gunmen went on to handcuff his hands and zip-tie his son’s hands and ankles.

About six months later, another attempted robbery of a medical marijuana operation in Milan was foiled when the grower, Robert Goupill, shot one of the intruders in the back with his own shotgun, killing him. Because Goupill chased the intruders down a path outside his house before firing, he was eventually charged with, and convicted of, manslaughter.

Measures of Secrecy

A continuing fear is that anyone involved in the agri-business operation could, even inadvertently, lead the criminal element to the location. “You can’t tell anyone where you’re coming from or going to,” explains our grower. “When people ask me where I work, I just say, ‘oh, around. It’s local.’”

Other measures growers use to try and maintain secrecy include creating ventilation systems to diffuse the smell and direct circulated air above the structure instead of allowing it to leak through the doors or windows, and using disposable “burner” phones to avoid traceable records.

“There’s a constant concern,” our grower says. “Somebody might tie us up with shotguns.”

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September ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems,” said businessman Lee Iacocca.

You are currently wrestling with an example of this phenomenon, Aries. The camouflage is wellrendered. To expose the opportunity hidden beneath the apparent dilemma, you may have to be more strategic and less straightforward than you usually are -- cagier and not as blunt.

Can you manage that? I think so.

Once you crack the riddle, taking advantage of the opportunity should be interesting.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Close your eyes and imagine this: You and a beloved ally get lost in an enchanted forest, discover a mysterious treasure, and find your way back to civilization just before dark. Now visualize this: You give a dear companion a photo of your face taken on every one of your birthdays, and the two of you spend hours talking about your evolution. Picture this: You and an exciting accomplice luxuriate in a sun-lit sanctuary surrounded by gourmet snacks as you listen to ecstatic music and bestow compliments on each other. These are examples of the kinds of experiments I invite you to try in the coming weeks. Dream up some more!

Here’s a keynote to inspire you: *sacred fun.* GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On its album *Jefferson’s Tree of Liberty,* Jefferson Starship plays a song I co-wrote, “In a Crisis.” On its album *Deeper Space/Virgin Sky,* the band covers another tune I co-wrote, “Dark Ages.”

Have I received a share of the record sales? Not a penny. Am I upset? Not at all. I’m glad the songs are being heard and enjoyed. I’m gratified that a world-famous, multi-platinum band chose to record them. I’m pleased my musical creations are appreciated. Now here’s my question for you, Gemini: Has some good thing of yours been “borrowed”?

Have you wielded a benevolent influence that hasn’t been fully acknowledged? I suggest you consider adopting an approach like mine. It’s prime time to adjust your thinking about how your gifts and talents have been used, applied, or translated.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Author Roger von Oech tells us that creativity often involves “the ability to take something out of one context and put it into another so that it takes on new meanings.”

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this strategy could and should be your specialty in the coming weeks. “The first person to look at an oyster and think food had this ability,” says von Oech. “So did the first person to look at sheep intestines and think guitar strings. And so did the first person to look at a perfume vaporizer and think gasoline carburetor.” Be on the lookout, Cancerian, for inventive substitutions and ingenious replacements.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When famous socialite Nan Kempner was young, her mother took her shopping at Yves Saint Laurent’s salon. Nan got fixated on a certain white satin suit, but her mean old mother refused to buy it for her.

“You’ve already spent too much of your monthly allowance,” mom said. But the resourceful girl came up with a successful gambit. She broke into sobs, and continued to cry nonstop until the store’s clerks lowered the price to an amount she could afford.

You know me, Leo: I don’t usually recommend resorting to such extreme measures to get what you want. But now is one time when I am giving you a go-ahead to do just that.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The sadness you feel might be the most fertile sadness you have felt in a long time. At least potentially, it has tremendous motivating power. You could respond to it by mobilizing changes that would dramatically diminish the sadness you feel in the coming years, and also make it less likely that sadness-provoking events will come your way. So I invite you to express gratitude for your current sadness. That’s the crucial first step if you want to harness it to work wonders.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Don’t hoot with the howls at night if you want to crow with the rooster in the morning,” advised Miss Georgia during the Miss Teen USA Pageant. Although that’s usually good counsel, it may not apply to you in the coming weeks. Why? Because your capacity for rev-

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the miraculous communication system that we know as the World Wide Web. When asked if he had any regrets about his pioneering work, he named just one. There was no need for him to have inserted the double slash -- “//” -- after the “http:” in web addresses. He’s sorry that Internet users have had to type those irrelevant extra characters so many billions of times. Let this serve as a teaching story for you, Virgo. As you create innovations in the coming weeks, be mindful of how you shape the basic features.

The details you include in the beginning may endure.

elry will be at an all-time high, as will your ability to be energized rather than drained by your revelry. It seems you have a special temporary superpower that enables you both to have maximum fun and get a lot of work done.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): During this phase of your astrological cycle, it makes sense to express more leadership. If you’re already a pretty good guide or role model, you will have the power to boost your benevolent influence to an even higher level. For inspiration, listen to educator Peter Drucker: “Leadership is not magnetic personality. That can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people.’ That is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, raising a person’s performance to a higher standard, building a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “One should always be a little improbable,” said Oscar Wilde.

That’s advice I wouldn’t normally give a Capricorn. You thrive on being grounded and straightforward. But I’m making an exception now. The astrological omens compel me. So what does it mean, exactly? How might you be “improbable”? Here are suggestions to get you started. 1. Be on the lookout for inspiring ways to surprise yourself. 2. Elude any warped expectations that people have of you. 3. Be willing to change your mind. Open yourself up to evidence that contradicts your theories and beliefs. 4. Use telepathy to contact Oscar Wilde in your dreams, and ask him to help you stir up some benevolent mischief or compassionate trouble.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A modern Israeli woman named Shoshana Hadad got into trouble because of an event that occurred long before she was born. In 580 B.C., one of her male ancestors married a divorced woman, which at that time was regarded as a sin. Religious authorities decreed that as punishment, none of his descendants could ever wed a member of the Cohen tribe. But Hadad did just that, which prompted rabbis to declare her union with Masoud Cohen illegal. I bring this tale to your attention as a way to illustrate the possibility that you, too, may soon have to deal with the consequences of past events.

But now that I have forewarned you, I expect you will act wisely, not rashly. You will pass a tricky test and resolve the old matter for good.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Want to live to be 100? Then be as boring as possible. That’s the conclusion of longevity researchers, as reported by the *Weekly World News.* To ensure a maximum life span, you should do nothing that excites you. You should cultivate a neutral, blah personality, and never travel far from home. JUST KIDDING! I lied. The *Weekly World News* is in fact a famous purveyor of fake news. The truth, according to my analysis of the astrological omens, is that you should be less boring in the next seven weeks than you have ever been in your life. To do so will be superb for your health, your wealth, and your future.

Homework: Send news of your favorite mystery -- an enigma that is both maddening and delightful.

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