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Merry Wives of Windsor at Village Theater - August 17

Mistress Page and Mistress Ford have a very large problem – a drunken rogue who won’t leave them alone . Sir John Falstaff is short of money and on the hunt for a lady willing to take him on and pay his bills . The ladies get together and hatch a hilarious plan to thwart the pest – if only their husbands are able to stay out of the way . The Merry Wives of Windsor is famously the result of Queen Elizabeth I demanding that Shakespeare write a play featuring Falstaff falling in love – and how else could such a request play out .

Ann Arbor Bonsai Society Show at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens August 27

Award winning trees from area enthusiasts, with bonsai and bonsai supplies for sale .

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra - September 9

Your Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra launches its 2022-2023 season in style with an electrifying opening-night performance of Beethoven, Simon and Rachmaninoff . Acclaimed Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan joins the A²SO to star in Rachmaninoff’s fiendishly virtuosic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a work that demands the utmost skill and stamina of the soloist as they seek to walk its tightrope passages with high-flying aplomb . Hear it alongside Carlos Simon’s This Land, a striking work of dichotomies that blends faint hymns and anthems of immigrants over a hopeful yet hesitant orchestral tapestry .

University Musical Society (UMS) presents Trevor Noah - September 16

The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning host of “The Daily Show,” is widely known for his social commentary touching upon issues of racism, immigration, incarceration, and the protest movement . Born in South Africa to a Black South African mother and a white European father during apartheid, Noah knows what it means to live in a divided nation, and he brings a unique perspective in his incisive social and political criticism of the larger issues at play in the U .S . and in the world today . His “Back to Abnormal” tour marks his first live UMS appearance .