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His heart is a genius Davy Rothbart’s new book digs deep and strikes sparks

p. 35Bona Sera Café boasts bad women, good food p. 20

Breaking bad Until it hurts For Lou and Peter Berryman, laughter is serious business

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fyi 5AAPAC’s proposed millage

green corner 5Sunseed Farm’s latest accolade

biz buzz 6A2 welcomes new eateries

finding your foodie 10

Current’s Dining Guide 2012 by Joe Saul and Lisa Leutheuser

food: in review 20Bona Sera Supper Club

by Joe Saul and Lisa Leutheuser

contents october 2012 vol. 24 / no.10

music feature 24Funny folk

by Sandor Slomovits

31 theater: Of monsters and menEmergent Arts continues its first season with Hollywood and Hyde by Sandor Slomovits

33 artbeatHistory preserved in oil by Louis Meldman

35 current readsAnn Arbor native Davy Rothbart’s new bookby Sandor Slomovits

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Emergent Arts’ Paul Bianchi turns ugly as “Hyde”

correctionThanks to the sharp-eyed readers who noted that in our U of M Sports Guide (September 2012 issue) we captioned a photo of the women’s swimming and diving team with a reference to the MEN’S swimming and diving team. We humbly submit that we DO know the difference.

Cover photo: Yum, yum! Mani Osteria’s stellar Farmer’s Market Pizza

26 perspective: rockAutumn Albums Arriving / YpsiFest by Jeff Milo


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Ante up for artCity council unanimously voted to put a .1% mil tax on the November 6 ballot that would change the method of funding for public art. According to the Ann Arbor Public Art Commission (AAPAC), the governing body which gives final approval for public art works, the millage will garner around $450,000 annually and only be in place from 2013-2016. Basically, the millage will replace the city’s current Percent for Art program, and provide more flexibility for the AAPAC to commission public works. Under the Percent for Art program stipulations projects must be permanent and located on public land. These requirements will prevent the use of options such as performance art and temporary installations. Many individuals and organizations in the arts community including the Arts Alliance have expressed support for the millage. If the millage does not pass, then the Percent for Art program will remain. There are several projects either in development or under construction through the current program. Notable projects nearly completed are Dreiseitl sculpture project in front of City Hall, and the shelter mural project at Allmendinger Park. For more information on the millage and current and future AAPAC projects visit www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us. —JG

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Farm-star!Accolades continue to accumulate for the relatively new Sunseed Farm, Ann Arbor’s only year-round Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Tomm Becker, owner of Sunseed Farm was named Edible WOW magazine’s Young Farmer of the Year at the Live Love Local Festival at Detroit’s Eastern Market on Saturday, August 25th. Criteria for the honor was a commitment to excellence in sustainable practices in the profession of farming, and community involvement. The award came with a cash prize and a consultation with Whole Foods’ produce buyers to become a supplier for it’s regional stores. Becker started Sunseed with his wife Trilby three years ago, and was voted Best Local Farm in Current Magazine’s 2012 Best of Washtenaw County. Through Sunseed’s CSA program the public can become members by paying up-front for 16 weeks of veggies during three share seasons, Winter, Summer and Fall. Each week members pick up a share of the crop that is enough to feed the whole family with varieties of over seventy different vegetables according to what’s in season. For more information about Sunseed Farm and their CSA program visit www.farmsunseed.com. Sunseed Farm, 2886 W. Joy Rd. 734-224-4228 —JG


Musical chairs and welcome guests Moving restaurants to make room for more restaurants — or expansion — is always a good sign, especially when a historic building is renovated in the process. And what we have this month is some new eateries, imports and progressive ideas, which all arrive as welcome guests.

■ Lena, a new restaurant located at 226 S. Main St. in the old Cunningham’s Drug Store, has opened. They serve latin-inspired cuisine. In the basement of the same building, Cafe Habana has found a new home after the expansion of the Blue Tractor, 207 E. Wash-ington, in the spring. Habana, which will open daily at 5pm, will have its own entrance and menu. The enter-tainment will include live music and salsa nights.

■ In the basement of the Blue Tractor, where Club Habana Cellar Lounge was previously located, a whis-key and bourbon bar, Mash (same owners as Blue

Tractor), has opened. The new venue will feature a full bar including rare liquors and progressive live music.

■ Two states have lead the way in the growing popularity for microbrew beers: Colorado and Michigan. Now one of Colorado’s most popular craft beer compa-nies — and the third largest microbrew distributor in the nation— New Belgium Brewing Company is making its way into Michigan. Fat Tire is the company’s most celebrated beer, but they have a variety of others, including seasonals.

■ Last year the University of Michigan student government requested that the University ban the sale of bottled water on campus. While the University has not agreed to the request, a compromise has been made: 42 water bottle refill stations have been installed and 74 refill attachments have been added to existing water fountains.


Look East! We try to showcase the best of the entire area,from A2 to Chelsea to Saline to Detroit. But you’ve got to admit that Ypsilanti has a flavor all its own. It’s got a charming mix of students and artsy types with a rugged blue-collar feel that gets the blood moving. Take a look at some upcoming events that give a sense of this community’s heart and soul. Whether you’re looking for some cutting edge art, or just something to take the kids to, you don’t have to get too far away from home.

The Ypsi 24 Hour Film Shootout

The Mix Marketplace/Sunday 7 Sure, Ann Arbor’s got a rich tradition of film, with the annual Festival bringing in cineastes from throughout the globe. But Ypsilanti is more than deserving of a place at that table. Witness the depth of local filmmaking talent at the Ypsi 24 Hour Film Shootout, which asks ambitious artists to come up with an original film in the course of a day. The filmmakers show up on Friday, October 5, where they’re told a list of elements that have to be included in their work. Cameras and laptops get fired up, and twenty-four hours later, they turn in a finished film. There’s literally no limit to what can be done within those boundaries, so don’t miss the chance to see the best entries at the Sunday night screening. 7pm Sunday screening at Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti. www.ypsi24hourfilm.com

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Woodruff’s Bar/Thursday 11- Saturday 13Seeing more than 15 of Washtenaw County’s finest indie bands for under $1 apiece is a deal you really can’t beat. And with some of the scene’s fastest rising rockers and veteran songsters this eighth annual, three-day festival (about seven bands per day) continues to show that Michigan is a never-ending hotbed for innovative musicians.

There’s little doubt that the Pure Michigan campaign has been one of the most aggressive, successful and creative attempts in any state to sustain and increase tourism. A four-minute video — that highlights 50 Michigan cities — premiered at the home opener of

the Detroit Lions. Included was Ypsilanti — at

the 3:20 mark to be exact — with 100 people

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Bands like Ferdy Mayne, Carjack, Lawless Carver, Congress and Child Bite and many more make this one a no-brainer. 6pm all days. $7 all days. 36 E. Cross St., Ypsilanti. www.woodruffsbar.com.

Downtown Halloween Fall Festival South Washington Street/Friday 26Get a little scared — but not TOO scared. It’s only Halloween. And downtown Ypsi is ready to celebrate, with the annual Downtown Halloween Fall Festival. The Downtown Association has sponsored the evening of wholesome fun for 15 years now, and luckily plenty of new little kids have come along in that time to enjoy it. There’ll be trick-or-treating, of course, with downtown businesses happily indulging your little ones’ sweet tooth. But Andy the Ambulance will also be on hand to teach kids about safety, and the library’s Book!Mobile will do its part to spur their love of reading. So, if someone you know is between the ages of two and 12 get to work crafting those costumes. 5pm. South Washington Street between Michigan Ave. and Ferris St.



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Vinology110 S. Main St. www.vinowinebars.net/vinology

Vinology specializes in adventurous, small-plate cuisine of the sort associated with upper-end restaurants in larger cities. With an extensive wine list, and surprising flavor combinations, it’s a great place to play around. Vinology’s menu turns over seasonally.

Our favOrite dishes: Buffalo Skate Wing Medallions, Vietnamese Sugar Cane Skewers with shrimp and pork and the “Ants on a Tree” dessert.

Mani osteria341 E. Liberty St. www. maniosteria.com

We can’t stay away from Mani, it’s just that good. (For what it’s worth, Mario Batali agrees; he tweeted a pic of the ribs he ate there a few weeks ago.) Those blindingly-hot wood-burning ovens enable cooking you just can’t get anywhere else, and they use them not just for the pizzas, but for meats as well. Small plates, pizzas, and pastas are all great. If you haven’t been here yet, mark it down for your next fancy night out.

Our favOrite dishes: Pickled Tomato and Chicken Liver Pate Appetizers, Farmer’s Market Pizza and Espresso Ribs with Shishito Peppers (Mario Batali can’t be wrong)

Here's a little taste of everything in Ann Arbor. From high-end delicacy dishes to unique grab-and-go favorites. From old-timey cocktails to finely-honed craft brews. The hard part is figuring out what to try next. Our writers — one food, one drink — break down their favorite places to eat and booze when they are feeling fancy or grungy and everything in between.

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The EarlE121 W. Washington St. www.theearle.com

When you’re looking for a fancy restaurant to impress a date (or your alumni parents), visit one of the longest-lasting restaurants in town. Through the lashing waves of fashions and trends, The Earle has steered a steady and dignified course with classic French and Italian dishes for over 33 years. The menu, the service, and the ambience are flawlessly classic.

Our favOrite dishes: Steak au Poivre, Sauteed Duck Breasts and Lamb Chops

AmAdeus122 E. Washington. www.amadeusrestaurant.com

Amadeus is the idiosyncratic creation of a talented and slightly-eccentric Polish chef, with a talent for classic Polish cooking and elaborate desserts. Several of the restaurants on this list will make you feel like you’re having dinner in a big American city, but Amadeus feels like you’ve been transported to a side street in Warsaw or Prague. It’s cozy, with great Eastern European food, desserts, and an intriguing wine list.

Our favOrite dishes: Bitki c Kopytka (pork and dumplings), Salmon Mousse and Dill Pickle Soup

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Ayse’s CafE1703 Plymouth Rd. www.aysesturkishcafe.com

Celebrating her restaurant's 19th year this October, Ayse loves sharing Turkish cuisine with her customers and will keep running her restaurant as long as she's having fun. Her dishes are always fresh-made with high quality (and often local) ingredients and have beautiful clear flavors. You can't go wrong with her lamb dishes, and her lentil soup is one of the best you'll taste. Meat eaters and vegetarians alike will find plenty to enjoy at Ayse's.

Our favOrite dishes: Sultan’s Delight with Lamb, Lentil Soup and the cold salads

GreAT LAke ChinEsE sEafood2910 Carpenter Rd.

Great Lake is a Hong Kong-style Chinese seafood restaurant, and you have to understand what that means to get the maximum enjoyment out of it. It means they have an emphasis on fresh ingredients. Their seafood dishes will be great, and so (for reasons obscure to us) are the beef dishes. Anything on the whiteboard near the door will be good, as is anything involving fresh seafood. Usual American standards like General Tso’s Chicken, not so much.

Our favOrite dishes: Braised noodles with Black Mushroom, Anything with fresh fish or crabs and Dim Sum (which they serve even at night)

The Chop house / rEal sEafood Co.341 S. Main St. www.thechophouserestaurant.com

We were having a hard time picking our last "high end" place, and went with a surf and turf combo. Both are Main Street Ventures restaurants, and both offer a delicious special occasion dinner experience. Their birthday meal for free deal is a great way to try these restaurants on a smaller budget. The Chop House features great aged steaks and a killer lobster bisque, and Real Seafood will satisfy just about any seafood craving. To cap off the night, have your server book a table at their sister dessert restaurant, La Dolce Vita.

Our favOrite dishes: Individual Beef Wellingtons (chop house), Lobster and Cioppino (Real Seafood)

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Red Rock BBQ207 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. www. redrockypsi.com

Did downtown Ypsi need a barbecue restaurant? Yes. Yes, they did. And they needed one like this: hip enough to draw a crowd with some money, but reasonable enough to be within range of the student population. Red Rock tied to a particular regional style of barbecue; they’re doing something for everyone (even vegetarians that love macaroni & cheese): ribs, brisket, and pulled pork. And some great sauces (try them ALL).

Our favOrite dishes: Burnt Ends appetizer, Beef Brisket, Macaroni & Cheese

ArirAng3135 Oak Valley Dr.

Ann Arbor had Korean diners long before Korean BBQ became trendy in the US, and by long, we mean going back to the 1980s. Arirang, a relatively recent addition, happens to be our favorite and is worth the trip to the South side of town. Their Solomon’s seal tea is unusual and delicious. Perfect on a cold day. (And they sell the dry tea so you can make your own!)

Our favOrite dishes: Dol Sot (stone bowl) Bi Bim Bap, Bulgogi and Spicy Pork with Kim Chi (Lisa’s go-to dish)

CAsey’s304 Depot St. www. caseys-tavern.com

When we reviewed Casey’s in 2010, we called it “a neighborhood bar for a neighborhood as big as Ann Arbor.” It’s an apt description. They’ve got what may be the best burgers in town – we’re not jumping into that debate here, but try them and see what you think – as well as a lot of other very tasty bar food options. Their “Meatless Joe” , a heaping portion of a lentil-and-bean sloppy Joe dish over a slab of cheddar cornbread, is one of the best vegetarian meals around.

Our favOrite dishes: Burgers, Meatless Joe and Fish & Chips

MetzgeR’s305 N. Zeeb Rd. www.metzgers.net

The oldest restaurant in Ann Arbor (84 years!) is also surprisingly affordable and non-stodgy. Serving up authentic German cuisine, as well as some Americanized favorites, Metzger’s is a legacy of Ann Arbor’s settlement by German immigrants. It’s also an amazing survival story; it closed for two years and auctioned off its decorations, many of which were brought back by regulars when it reopened at its new Zeeb Road location. The food is hearty, the beer is excellent, and the staff hospitable.

Our favOrite dishes: Sauerbraten, The “Wurst” Platte (multiple sausages), Side dishes, including spatzen, potato pancakes, and red cabbage

silvio's oRganic ristorAnte And pizzeriA715 N. University Ave. www. silviosorganicpizza.com

Silvio's is the perfect destination for healthy, authentic Italian cuisine. Each dish is local, affordable and thoughtfully made with organic ingredients. They pride themselves on their Gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian selection.

Our favOrite dishes: Vegetariana Pizza (mushrooms, spinach, eggs), Ravioli alla Carne and Michigan Mushroom Ravioli (goat cheese, ricotta cheese, mushrooms)

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Hut-K Chaats3022 Packard Rd. www.hut-k.com

Dr. Mahaveer Swaroop Bhojani wanted to create healthy versions of India's famously delicious chaats (Indian street foods), and that journey led to him opening Hut-K where they serve their "nutrilicious" versions of more traditional chaats plus their own creations. Nuts, dried fruits, vegetables, and whole grains are prominant ingredients. Dates replace refined sugar, and deep frying is minimized in favor of baking. Only in Ann Arbor!

Our favOrite dishes: Shanu Chaat, Dahi Sev Puri and Paneer Wrap

taco King2231 W. Liberty St.The most authentic taqueria you’re going to find in the Ann Arbor-Ypsi area. It isn’t fancy, it isn’t plugged into the local food movement, and it isn’t trying to innovate – it is simply here to fulfill your need for reasonably authentic and very tasty tacos, tamales, tortas, and other Latino stand-bys at an extremely reasonable price. People with average appetites can walk away sated for $5 or less (three tacos); even bigger appetites would be challenged to eat $10 of food here.

Our favOrite dishes: Tacos (especially Al Pastor, a. k. a. marinated pork), Torta de Milanesa Pollo (breaded chicken), Guatemalan tamales

SamoSa house1785 Washtenaw Ave., Ypsilanti

Frequently mistaken for an Indian restaurant because of its name, the only Somali restaurant in Washtenaw County has rapidly become a strong favorite of ours. The sizeable samosas are dirt cheap ($1.50 each, three or four would make a meal), the steak sandwich ($5) which includes thin-pounded steak, potatoes, and homemade barbecue sauce, is surprisingly addictive, and the rest of the menu is a delight as well. Some regulars claim they also have the best French fries around.

Our favOrite dishes: Samosas (we love the lamb and veggie the most), Steak sandwich Lamb Sukhaar, but this will take you out of the “cheap” category

JeruSalem garden307 S. 5th Ave. www.jerusalemgarden.net

An Ann Arbor institution since, well, forever, JG has been serving great Middle Eastern food to generations of local Ann Arborites and UM students. Their crunchy, perfect falafel may top the list of things to try, but just about everything here is solid to great. Lentil soup and a sandwich will have you bursting full.

Our favOrite dishes: Falafel, Stuffed grape leaves, Hummus

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Gandy Dancer 401 Depot St. www.muer.com/gandy-dancer

It’s too late this year for the courtyard summer jazz program, and decades too late for the secret bar upstairs furnished solely with couches, but the Gandy bar somehow manages an “old money,” country club feel, but without the pretension. The place to go for clandestine meetings, whether planning espionage or Cayman Island business deals.

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ZinGerman’s roaDhouse 2501 Jackson Ave. www.zingermansroadhouse.com

Years before the latest “Artisan Cocktail” trend, the Roadhouse was the pacesetter, featuring classic cocktails like the Ramos Gin Fizz and the Sazerac, hand crafted spirits like Tito’s Vodka, and bartenders who make you feel welcome. Bypass the Roadhouse’s fearsome long dinner waits by taking your dinner at the bar, and don’t be shy about asking for a free sample of pimiento cheese.

GranGe 118 W. Liberty St. www. grangekitchenandbar.com

The upstairs bar at this stellar downtown Ann Arbor eatery is a quiet escape from the craziness in the dining room below. No worries if you’re alone; it’s easy to chat up staff or even Chef Brandon Johns himself, pouring an end of night libation. As for my own drink, when bartender Eric Jones sees me coming, he has my Makers Mark Manhattan, old school ice cubes, and no straw sitting in front of me before I even take off my hat.

Terry B’s 7954 Ann Arbor St., Dexter. www.terrybs.com

This Dexter mainstay is high class but comfortable, with a stylish bar that manages to be in the center of the restaurant but away from the noise. A great place to enjoy charcuterie or heirloom tomatoes, from their Michigan-sourced traditional menu, while washing things down with a Michigan craft brew.

The Bar aT 327 Braun courT 327 Braun Ct.

I put this on the tail end of the expensive section, straddling the workaday joints’ category. With its reclaimed wood tables and curved walls, “327” or the Bar at Braun Court feels like a custom made airplane from the pre-TSA era, where Don Draper might disappear during the work day. Have a custom made cocktail with a single giant ice cube, a Genny Cream Ale in a can, or one of the finest White Russians around.

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Wurst Bar705 W. Cross St., Ypsilanti. www.wurstbarypsi.com

Named after its varied homemade sausages, the Wurst Bar has been open less than a year and has already won local awards. “Beer and sausages?” wrote one reviewer. “What can be better?” But they’re light years ahead of mere brats and dogs, featuring rattlesnake, rabbit, and bison among more traditional offerings – not to mention terrific vegetarian choices. And did I mention the tater tots?

raven’s CluB 207 S. Main St. www.theravensclub.com

Another place for “artisan cocktails” in a well-fortified bar. Look for upcoming events with mixology teacher Tammy Coxen, featuring 1/3 education, 1/3 fun, and 100% alcohol. Wednesday night is the time to catch the Ron Brooks Trio, smoking hot jazz in a 20’s speakeasy atmosphere, and TRC’s delicious, locally-sourced late night snack menu.


Sava’S 216 S. State St.

This is the place to see, and be seen, before and after shows at the Power Center or Hill Auditorium. Students mingle with more “well-seasoned” guests, enjoying a finely tuned cocktail with an eclectic menu that is sure to please omnivores and vegetarians alike. And if you’re lucky, the evening’s performers will come for the after party.

Corner Brewery 720 Norris St.

The outdoor “beer garden” is the place to enjoy the waning moments of Indian summer, quaffing one of Matt and Rene Greff’s award winning brews. Nosh on one of the healthier and more vegetarian-friendly bar menus around, including stone-baked pizzas like spinach and feta and Hawaiian-themed “Surfer Dude.” Mingle with hard core beer geeks, a more casual bar crowd, and even families in what has already become an Ypsilanti institution.

aut Bar 315 Braun Ct. www.autbar.com

One thing puts the Aut Bar on this list: their patio. The brick courtyard at Braun Court, festooned with ornamental trees and colored lights, is like being on a movie set. The drinks and food? Workaday. But damn, that patio. I swear, Clooney’s going to show up there someday.

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featureWolverine Brewing CO. 2019 W. Stadium Blvd. www.wolverinebeer.com

This feel good, unpretentious neighborhood brew pub not only produces worthy beer, but is simply a comfortable place to hang out. Come by on trivia night and see all the familiar teams compete, and feel free to form your own. Hungry? No kitchen – but carry-in or delivery is welcome. I’m partial to Anthony’s Stuffed Chicago Style with one of the Wolverine’s satisfying lagers.

SidetraCk 56 E. Cross St., Ypsilanti. www.sidetrackbarandgrill.com

Ypsi’s mainstay has several things going for it: a great corner location in Depot Town, two patios, an up close and personal relationship with the passing trains, and some of the best burgers anywhere (meat and vegetarian). Even better: it’s about the only place around you can get late-night hot food from someplace not called the Fleetwood.

elks 4420 Jackson Rd. www.elks.org

Ann Arbor’s Elks Lodge features hot jazz and smokin’ dance parties into the wee hours, the coolest hangout porch with an amazing view of the city, and what Current’s “Barbecue Odyssey” called the best spareribs in Washtenaw County. What gives it dive status? The club’s décor is still a bit … shall we say … vintage? Members and guests only.

Dam Site inn 4095 Patterson Lake Rd., Hell. www. damsiteinn.bizhosting.com

You’ve got to go all the way to Hell for this classic biker bar. Yet the Dam Site has a curious schizophrenia about it. The proprietary Bloody Mary mix is superb, the menu is surprisingly good, and it’s not uncommon to see a kids’ birthday party with the Dam Site’s good pizza. But come late nights, when the band is cooking and the bikers are well lubricated, it’s an even bet that a fight will break out.

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The Alley Bar qualifies as a dive simply because of

the way it looks, which is a dimly lit hole in the wall. But peer closely, and you’ll see a neat and well-maintained tavern that takes pride in what it offers, with (dare I say

it) artisan cocktails and special events like the Produce Station’s regular wine tastings. But look once again – it’s merely a pickup dive bar. The lesson: don’t try to stereotype this joint.


Frasers 2045 Packard Rd. www.fraserspubaa.com

The granddaddy of all sports bars, Frasers is the place to watch the big game if you don’t have tickets. The beer is cold, the burgers tasty, and the servers appropriately sassy. What makes Frasers such a unique institution is the most diverse clientele around, all mingling together like family. What makes it a dive is a bit harder to define, but I mean that solely as a compliment.

StiverS 11 S. Fletcher Rd., Chelsea

Chelsea’s Stivers is the picture in the dictionary next to the words “dive bar.” Its never-remodeled fraternity ambience is rivaled only by its desolate movie-set décor, which in fact earned it a cameo in the recently filmed “Conviction: the Betty Anne Waters story.” The heavy pours are legendary, leading to the familiar lament, “I’ve Been Stiverized.” Take the back roads on your way home.

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If you’re plugged into Ann Arbor’s tiny but active “underground” supper club scene, you’ve already heard of Bona Sera’s principals, who cook under their noms-de-

cuisine Bad Fairy and Wonder Woman. They’ve come out into the light with the establishment of Bona Sera Café (slogan “Bad Women Cooking,” derived from their nicknames) in downtown Ypsilanti, and it’s a great addition to the building Ypsi food scene. One of the advantages of low property values is a low cost

for entry into the market for small businesses. That’s why you sometimes find amazing ethnic restaurants in run-down strip malls, and that’s what happened here: when the partners were looking for a site for a recent charity dinner, they discovered how cheap it could be to rent the space long-term. Some personal investment, and a successful $10,000 Kickstarter campaign later, and they’ve got an idiosyncratic and spacious restaurant right on Michigan Avenue, new careers, and a budding reputation for serving up some excellent food. They also cater, and plan to continue the charity dinners.

Bona Sera’s style follows two basic threads. In one, epitomized by the Tom Yam Shrimp with Grits, they do fusion-y dishes which may be discordant in concept but are totally harmonious in taste. In the other (the Surfy Turfy is a good example), they get their hands on excellent ingredients and do as little as possible to them in order to bring out their taste. What this means is that both thrill-seekers and more conservative diners can find things to like.

Salads and Appetizers Crunch Time — A delightful combination of shaved

fresh fennel, apple and mixed greens, and a zippy lemon vinaigrette. If you like your salad with more kick, then the I’m Not Bitter salad (it is) might be more to your taste as it adds radicchio to the mixed greens and fennel with the same lemon vinaigrette.

Sesame Peanut Noodles — Local Al Dente noodles cooked to a perfect, well, al dente with julienned carrots and pea pods tossed in a peanut and sesame oil sauce. Garnished with peanuts and sesame seeds.

Caprese salad (special) — Summer on a plate; we visited at the height of the tomato season, and garden fresh heirloom tomatoes from the local Ypsi farmer’s market were showing off their best flavors.

Shrimp Louise (special) — Punning off of the classic

Shrimp Louie, this gorgeous salad could serve as a small meal. The shrimp were dressed in a creamy cucumber remoulade with tarragon, rice wine, and bell peppers.

Mean Chick Chicken Wings (special) — Served with fresh mixed greens and house-made blue cheese dressing on the side, our chicken wings were moist and meaty and beautifully grilled sporting some caramelized char.

Mains Tom Yum Shrimp & Grits — If any dish represents

how Bona Sera’s two chefs combine ingredients in unexpected and creative ways to produce a dish that really does work, it’s this one. White hominy grits are served with a spicy sauce, shrimp, scallions, pancetta, white cheddar cheese and a balsamic reduction.

Banh Mi – Not truly a banh mi — it uses a double-wide Chinese steamed bun instead of the usual roll – this is their own creative fusion take on a Vietnamese sandwich, which itself is a fusion of Asian and French cuisines. The porchetta and shrimp versions are our favorites. The porchetta combines thick juicy slices of Italian pork roast with a fennel-apple slaw and fennel vinaigrette. The shrimp one features “Tom Yum Shrimp” paired with a daikon & carrot slaw, lettuce, and cilantro.

Surfy Turfy (special) — A kicked-up version of their Steak Salad, featuring a trio of large scallops to satisfy the surf portion of the name. Our steak, cooked to a proper medium rare, with a lovely thin char on the outside, juicy on the inside, was topped with a few delicate shavings of parmesan. Served over greens and accompanied by roasted potatoes, this is pretty much a perfect plate of food.

Dessert Carrot Cake — one of the best we’ve had. A tall

moist and light cake, not too sweet and with good carrot flavor, topped with a great cream cheese frosting.

Salted Caramel Ice Cream — Bona Sera makes their own ice cream, and lucky for us this happens to be one of our personal favorite ice cream flavors.

Not a fancy place, at Bona Sera you go to the counter and place your order before seating yourself. Table service is in the works, as is a collaboration with another outfit in the same space to make alcohol available.

The next Bona Sera Supper Club charity dinner is Saturday, October 27. Email [email protected], or follow them on Twitter @SeraSupperClub, for more info.

Lisa and Joe have been blogging about food in the Ann Arbor area (and points beyond)since 2004. Check them out at

www.kitchenchick.com.

Bona Sera Cafe Bad Women Cooking – Well!by Lisa Leutheuser & Joe Saul

Bona Sera Cafe 200 W MichiganYpsilanti, MI 48197(734) 340-6335eatypsi.comTue-Sat 11am-9pm

Bad Fairy and Wonder Woman — the monikers of the two owners at Bona Sera Cafe — add some spice to the growing Ypsi foodie scene.


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Sugar mommySweet Heather Anne is sort of like A2's Martha Stewart — the things she creates look gorgeous, elegant, and almost impossible to recreate. She's ready to let amateur bakers in on her secret, though, with a host of new cake and cookie classes. Heather elevates baked goods to an elegant level, so expect technique tips and lots of attention to detail. The first course of the season will reveal how to perfect block M cookies (she's sweet and full of Wolverine spirit!), with later classes covering buttercream and fondant cakes. It's the perfect opportunity to get inside the mind of a piping bag master. $75. 5:30-8pm. Thursday, October 18. 920 N. Main St. 734-913-2025. sweetheatheranne.com. —AO

1 mondayPastry Bootcamp6-10pm. $325/person. Ann Arbor Cooks,5060 Jackson Rd. 734-645-1030.www.annarborcooks.comStandard kitchen wisdom says that cooking is an art and baking is a science. Ann Arbor Cooks is offering a four hour, four class bootcamp course every Monday in October that will whip you into a baking master. The first class will cover the fundamentals and, in the weeks after, you’ll learn pro tips on sweet ingredients from custards to buttercreams to ganache. You’ll leave the course a pro with awesome technique, just in time for the coming holidays.

2 tuesday5th Annual Native Ameri-can Dinner7-10pm. $45. Zingerman’s Roadhouse,2501 Jackson Ave. 734-663-3663. www.zingermansroadhouse.comThe University of Michigan’s Native American Studies program and Zingerman’s Roadhouse will bring to life the cuisine and culture of the Chickasaw Nation, a tribe originally from the Mississippi area who now reside in south-central Oklahoma’s Indian Territory. This unique event is a chance to taste and feel history.

San Street Pop Up5:30pm-1:30am. The Bar at 327 Braun Ct. 327 Braun Ct. 734-585-5440.Facebook page: The Bar at 327 Braun Ct.Pop up restaurants are like pop up galleries, but of the

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A new take on an old classicby Robyn Cleveland (Barman at The Ravens Club)

Given the fact that Michigan’s apple crop harvests are down nearly 90 percent this year, it may seem silly to focus on apple cider this month. It might be a bit more expensive right now, but I’m gonna buy it anyway. After all, it is tradition — an emotional connection with the season and part of the rhythm of life around here. I love to take trips with my wife and children to a local cider mill or farm stand and see the joy on their faces. The smell of spiced cider and doughnuts permeating the crisp fall air, and the excitement of watching fresh apples being pressed is captivating.

What better way to showcase one of my favorite seasonal treats than to make a delightful drink? This is perfect for those large holiday gatherings and will also prove useful in warming you inside and out all winter long. Rather than using traditional mulling spices, I have chosen to go with Chinese 5 Spice. This is a blend of clove, cinnamon, star anise, fennel, and Sichuan pepper (which is actually in the citrus family and does not resemble black pepper). These spices are not necessarily in equal parts, so it is recommended you buy a ready-made blend. And of course you have to go out and source fresh local cider.

Spiked Apple Cider Punch

HOT 5 SPICE CIDER PUNCH:• 1 Gallon Fresh Apple Cider• 750 ml (about 25 oz.) Appleton Estate V/X or better Jamaican Rum• 375 ml Bols Dry Orange Curacao (or Gran Marnier type orange liqueur)• 25 oz. Water• 6.5 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice• 1/2 cup Demerara or Brown Sugar• 1-3 Tsp. 5 Spice Powder (depending on personal taste) • 1/4 Tsp. Dried Ginger• 1 Orange (thinly sliced)• 1 Apple (halved then thinly sliced)• 1/2 stick unsalted butter (optional; if you are planning on having leftovers, this punch can be enjoyed on ice as well)Combine all ingredients (except for liquor) in large pot or crockpot and heat without boiling for 20-30 minutes.Just before you are ready to serve add alcohol (otherwise you risk boiling it off) Ladle into your favorite glasses and don’t forget to smile!!Makes about 25 eight oz. servings.


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Let the good times rollBlues and Brews — it's alliteration we're totally down with. Adrian, Michigan's Blues & Brews Festival will combine these two great examples of American soul, with original beers from Michigan breweries and performances from Blues bands like Under the Covers and the internationally-known The bugs Beddow Band. Since our main concern is the delicious suds, we'll be checking out the samples from Great Lakes Brewing Co., Plank-Bier, Cucapa and more. And don't just come to quench your thirst — food vendors will be at the ready with pizza, BBQ pork, fresh roasted peanuts, and funnel cakes, all the foods beer was born to be paired with. $20 in advance/$25 at the door. 3-9pm. Saturday, October 20. The Pavilion, 115 Toledo Street, downtown Adrian. www.blues-n-brews.com. —AO

food world: fun, inventive, and a chance to experiment. The Bar at 327 Braun Ct. will play host to the San Street pop-up series every Tuesday through the end of the month, offering delectable late-night eats, from savory pancakes to dumplings to soups. It’s an extension of their already-awesome Asian street food, like banh mi sandwiches (meat-filled Vietnamese goodies).

4 thursdayGluten-Free Gourmet6:30-9:30pm. $65/person. Ann Arbor Cooks, 5060 Jackson Rd. 734-645-1030. www.annarborcooks.comA gluten-free and vegan lifestyle can be a challenge for your taste buds and your grocery list. This class offers inspiring ways to make a modified diet delicious. Create healing vegetable miso soup, sesame ginger noodle bowl with tofu, breakfast rice pud-ding and orange ginger chew cookies. Delicious and healthy, too! 7 sundayFall Wine Release Party12-6pm. Free. Sandhill Crane Vine-yards, 990 4724 Walz Rd., Jackson 517-764-0679.www.sandhillcranevineyards.com

Enjoy a relaxing Sunday at the beautiful Sandhill Crane Vine-yards, which will release two new vintages of white wines. Seyval Blanc, a semi-sweet vino with grapefruit flavors, and Traminette, an off-dry vari-ety, will be available for tasting. They’ll also have A2’s Bella Des Natural Beauty owner Desiree Watson on hand to share samples of her all-natural beauty products. 9 tuesdayWitches’ Night Out Tea7pm. $3.25 for pot of tea. Crazy Widsom Tea Room, 114 S. Main St. 734-665-2757. crazywisdom.netWitch’s Brew tea is the deli-cious antidote to a crisp fall day, with flavors of hibiscus flowers, blackberry leaves, orange peel, dried apple and sunflower petals. Come enjoy this aptly named variety at Crazy Wisdom Tea Room’s Witches’ Night Out, where you can mingle and network over a pot of tea (with free refills). 10 wednesdayFall Wine Dinner6:30pm. $75. Paesano,3411 Washtenaw Ave. 734-971-0484.www.paesanosannarbor.comPaesano’s jovial Italian vibe makes wine dinners feel like you’re transported to the Boot itself. In this special tasting event, Sartori Winery’s vino guru Rolondo Maradino will be on hand to share information about the pairings with a four course sit down dinner.

11 thursdayOktoberfest Beer Tasting7-9pm. $25 advance/$30 door. Arbor Brewing Company,114 E. Washington St. 734-213-1393.www.arborbrewing.comOktoberfest beers from all over the world — two dozen flavorful brews — will be on hand. Access to the appetizer buffet is included in the ticket price, with wings, meatballs, cheese crackers, and other tasty bar food.

16 tuesdayVegetarian Cooking 101 with VegMichigan7-8:15pm. $5. Whole Foods Market, Cranbrook Village 990 W. Eisenhower Pkwy. 734-997-7500.www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/cranbrookPaul and Susan of VegMichigan will educate animal lovers, environmentalists, and other meat-free eaters on how to whip up a delicious Italian meal sans sausage. VegMichigan is the largest vegetarian organization in the state.

17 wednesdayHarvest Dinner6:30pm. $55. Grange Kitchen & Bar, 118 W. Liberty St., 734-995-2107. grangekitchenandbar.com Indulge in a five-course meal made with the pure flavors of seasonal ingredients while you enjoy New Holland beers. New Holland Brewing is partnering with Grange Kitchen & Bar to put on the event.

18 thursdayRush Hour Relief: Pinot Noir with American Cheese5-8:30pm. $17. Whole Foods Market, Cranbrook Village 990 W. Eisenhower Pkwy. 734-794-6255. www.whole-foodsmarket.com/stores/cranbrookUnwind at the end of the work day with sips of Pinot Noir and samples of a variety of tasty

American cheeses. Why sit in traffic when you can pass the time with a glass of vino? 24 wednesdayVampires’ Ball6:30-9pm. $150. Zingerman’s Roadhouse, 2501 Jackson Ave. 734-663-3663. www.zingermansroadhouse.comIn these vampire-crazed times (re: Twilight, True Blood), it seems only fitting to attend a Dracul-iscious event. No blood sucking here, just delicious good food, tarot card readings and an appearance by A2 native and best-selling novelist Elizabeth Kostova. Proceeds benefit Food Gatherers, which aims to alleviate hunger in the area.

26 friday4th Annual Detroit Fall Beer Festival5-9pm. $35 advance/$40 at gate. Eastern Market, 2934 Russell St., Detroit. 313-833-9300.www.michiganbrewersguild.org21-and-over crowd, recjoice: 50 Michigan craft brewers (including A2’s own Arbor Brewing Company) will be on hand with more than 300 varieties of beer for your drinking pleasure. Detroit-area restaurants will be on hand cooking up a storm, too. Purchase tickets ahead of time, as they often sell out for this popular event. Brews will be available Saturday, Oct. 27 from 1-6pm for the festival’s second day, as well.

31 wednesdayHalloween Brew Party8pm. No cover charge. Arbor Brewing Company, 14 E. Washington St. 734-213-1393.www.arborbrewing.comCome sample the howlingly good Halloween brew at ABC. They’re making a small batch in honor of the holiday, and putting on a late night happy hour, music and two costume contests, at both 9 and 11pm.


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Funny folk Humor and hard-hitting issues ride side by side for Lou and Peter Berryman by Sandor Slomovits

If the old saying, laughter is the best medicine, is true, then listening to a Lou and Peter Berryman concert ought to cure about anything. The pair write and sing the funniest songs, with the highest laughs-per-minute ratios you’re ever likely to chuckle. The Berrymans, performing together for more than thirty-five years, have released eighteen recordings and continue to write prolifically—their songbook contains 197 songs, so far—on perhaps the widest, and wildest, range of subjects of any songwriters. (My family and I saw them a few years ago and still crack each other up quoting the chorus of their song about an inept ven-triloquist. “Kleedonklidee…” Who writes memorable songs about inept ventriloquists?)

If you feel the need for categories then label them as folk musicians who sing folk songs. But really, with their multi-layered complexity and craftsmanship, their songs spring as much or more from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway as they do from the folk tradition. Peter writes the lyrics; some of the smartest, most clever, startling, yet inevitably juxtaposed phrases from any wordsmith out there. Lou writes the melodies; decep-tively simple sounding, until you listen closer and see how marvelously they fit the words. And then there is her trademark ability to create chord progressions and melodies that, as in the best Broadway duet tune tradi-tion, allow two distinct melodic and rhythmic lines to sound simultaneous. No mean trick, yet she’s managed

it spectacularly on a number of their songs. A long time ago, the Berrymans were married for

seven years. They have been divorced since 1974 but their musical children, their songs, are products of a perfect marriage between lyrics and music. “Fourth Most Visited State”, the opening song on their most recent CD, starts with “We’re Wisconsinites, we don't care if / You have great big purplish mountains.” Af-ter detailing the famous and spectacular landmarks, historical sites and other notable qualities of the other forty nine states, the song ends with the self deprecat-ing line about their home state of Wisconsin, “We have bowling shoe rental germicide spray / For customer health / And we’re the Fourth Most Visited State by automobile.”

And don’t think it’s only the frivolous that tickles their funny bones. Their topics include: homelessness, nuclear war, aging, the one-percenters (“How We Can Sleep At Night?”) and songs that categorically defy categories. “Quarter After Blues” is a late night stream-of-consciousness tour de force. I overloaded something / in the brain no doubt / I went ‘n’ blew the section / Where it sorts things out / I musta reached the point / Where the circuitry melts / and everything reminds you of / Everything else.”

Lou and Peter Berryman will be at The Ark, 316 S. Main St., on Saturday, October 6. $15. 8pm.

734-761-1818. www.theark.org.

From Wisconsin to nuclear war, nothing is safe from Lou and Peter Berryman’s humorous lyrics


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Acoustic, Folk & Ethnic Ben Taylor - The Ark He is the son of James Taylor and Carly Simon, but he doesn’t want the conversation to end with that. Ben’s latest effort, “Listening,” seamlessly merges the sounds and styles of folk, pop, soul, urban, reggae and country/western, run-ning the gamut from sonically spacious acoustic numbers to multi-layered vocals and fresh beats.8pm. $16. 2 tuesday

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP Brother Ali - Blind Pig This invigorating MC should be on any hip-hop fan’s radar. For-get bling bling, self aggrandiz-ing and constant talk of bitches and hoes, here is a conscious voice taking on heavy topics while delivering hard beats. 9pm. $16 adv. / $18 door. Earth Tones - The Ark Earth Tones is a unique evening of music showcasing some of Michigan’s hottest and most committed new musical talent. Proceeds from the event will support the work of Michigan League of Conservation Voters, a non-partisan organization working to protect the health and beauty of Michigan com-munities. 7:30pm. $20 / $10 student.

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Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP Bell X1 - The Ark Named for the Bell X-1 super-sonic aircraft, Ireland’s Bell X1 is second only to U2 in the all-time ranking of bands by airplay in their native country. 8pm. $16. Langhorne Slim & The Law - Blind Pig Teetering on the edge of folk, Langhorne Slim & The Law brings a rock n’ roll sensibility to contemporary Americana. 9pm. $12 adv. / $14 door. countRy & BluEgRAss Dragon Wagon - Cavern Club A2’s favorite band brings rol-lickin’ bluegrass three weeks in a row this October to the Circus’s Weds Nite Bluegrass series. 10:30pm. Under 21 $5. JAzz, BluEs & R&B Trio X - Kerrytown Concert House Joe McPhee has been a deeply emotional composer, improvis-er, and multi-instrumentalist, as well as a thoughtful conceptu-alist and theoretician. McPhee discovered two like-minded improvisers in bassist Dominic Duval and drummer Jay Rosen to form Trio X. 8pm. $5-$25.

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clAssicAl & sPiRituAl Pauline Martin and Yoonshin Song - Kerrytown Concert House Winner of the Stradivarius In-ternational Violin Competition, Song earned many prestigious prizes throughout her career. Canadian born pianist, Pauline Martin has earned world-class recognition for her perfor-mances and recordings, and has been featured on national radio broadcasts in Canada, the United States, and Europe. 8pm. $5-$25. Ensemble Basiani - St. Francis of Assisi UMS is pleased to introduce to Michigan audiences the highly praised all-male choral/folk music ensemble, Basiani, from the Republic of Georgia. Their extraordinary program is representative of Georgia’s musical heritage and comprises samples from every geographi-cal region of the Republic. 7:30pm. $25-$35. 5 friday

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP Motor City Live - Millennium Club Join host Bob Bauer with spe-cial guest MC Doug Podell of Detroit’s 94.7 WCSX featuring some of the Motor City’s finest music from Soleil Moon and Red Stone Souls. 8pm. $20. Acoustic, Folk & Ethnic John Latini - Riverside Arts Center Smokin’ Sleddog Records and Michigan roots rock favorite John Latini prepare to celebrate the release of Latini’s newest CD, “Lovers, Liars & Losers” with two special concerts - Friday October 5 & Saturday October 6. 8pm. $15. countRy & BluEgRAss Hoodang - Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room Sonically restless and critically lauded, this Ann Arbor-based alt-country outfit has been tap-ping into that gleaming vein of auditory gold that travels back into the early part of the last century. 8:30pm. Free. 6 saturday

JAzz, BluEs & R&B Sheila Jordan - Kerrytown Concert House Don’t miss what is sure to be a truly momentous evening featuring the 2012 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, legendary vocalist Shei-la Jordan. A superb scat singer, Jordan can also just as easily reach the emotional depths of a ballad. 7pm. $10-$40.

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP Killer Flamingos - Cavern Club One of Detroit’s best rock bands ignites a pop-rock explo-sion that A2 begs to get hit with again and again. 10pm. $5 21+ / $10 under 21. clAssicAl & sPiRituAl Brahms and Friends - Michigan Theater Inspired by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Brahms composed his brilliant Piano Concerto No. 1 as a veritable symphony for piano and orchestra, a must-hear for every music lover. Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra captures Sibelius’ portrayal of the Finn-ish character in this symphony of Northern Lights, relentless energy and determination. 8pm. $17. 7 sunday

clAssicAl & sPiRituAl You heard it here! - WCC Towsley Auditorium The Ypsilanti Symphony Or-chestra welcomes EMU grad and knock out percussionist, Brian Young, as he dazzles on the marimba with Saint-Saens “Introduction and Rondo Ca-priccioso” and his own original work, “Near Symmetry!” 3:30pm. $6-$30. Frank Wiens’ Grieg Project - Kerrytown Concert House Pianist Frank Wiens presents a program devoted to the solo piano music of Edvard Grieg. 7pm. $5-$25. 9 tuesday

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP John Lennon’s Birthday Concert - The Ark Mr. B, Dick Siegel, Chris Buha-lis, John Latini, FUBAR, San & Emily Slomovitz, Dave Bou-tette, Jen Sygit, Shari Kane & Dave Steele, Tinkerhess, Ryan Shea & Wire in the Wood, Dave Keeney & Sophia Hanifi, Magdalen Fossum, Potter’s Field and Jason Dennie will be performing works of John Len-non and other peace-themed songs to honor his birthday. All proceeds go to the local Chap-ter of Veterans For Peace’s scholarship fund. 7:30pm. $15. 10 wednesdayRock, PoP & hiP-hoP Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers - Blind Pig Nicki has filled a void in music with her brand of vintage-tinged rocking country soul -- music that’s like an enchanting friend you’ve known for a short while but feels like you’ve known forever. 9pm. $8 adv. / $10 door.

nervous but excited The Ark / Thursday 4After eight years of non-stop touring, Kate Peterson and Sarah Cleaver have decided to put their folk duo, nervous but excited, on hiatus. A staple in the Ann Arbor scene, their tender vocals — that veer from heartbreaking to uplighting — mixed with instrumental minimalism provides the type of serenity that can clear your mind on a day where nothing seems to go right. This is their last show, so come out and celebrate the musical footprint they left in South-east Michigan and beyond. $15. 8pm. 316 S. Main St. 734-761-1800. www.theark.org. —SR

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Jerusalem String Quartet - Rackham Auditorium Comprised of four young musicians who began playing together in 1993 when they were in their mid-teens, they have matured into outstanding interpreters of the string quar-tet literature. 7:30pm. $24-$48. 11 thursday

Jazz, Blues & R&B Shemekia Copeland - The Ark Shemekia’s blast-furnace voice has brought plenty of comparisons to Etta James, Tina Turner, and other vocal greats. But really Shemekia is an independent artist --a young woman with not only a great voice but an ear for songs with insight and emotional honesty. 8pm. $20. 12 friday

Rock, PoP & HiP-HoP Ypsifest Day 2 - Woodruff’sCatch Mike Hard, High Strung, Lawless Carver, Me and My Ar-row, Enemy Planes, Duende!, All The Wild Children, My Pal Val all in one night! 7pm. $7. Mustard Plug - Blind Pig 20 years of ska and still rollin’, these guys always bring high energy to their shows. 9pm. $12.

Jazz, Blues & R&B DeDe Alderman - Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room Her vocal style mixes sweet Irish influence with growling soul-felt jazz sensibilities, a unique combo you can only ex-perience for yourself! 8:30pm. Free. Isoceles - Silvio’s Organic Pizza Versatile trio Isosceles consists of bassist Tim Berla, guitarist Jim Cooney, and vocalist Sheki-nah Errington joining forces for a fun and unique blend of originals and covers from the worlds of jazz, swing, country, pop, and folk. 7pm. Free. 13 saturday

Rock, PoP & HiP-HoP Ypsifest Day 3 - Woodruff’s Catch Child Bite, Bars of Gold, Passalacqua, Amino Acids, Ja-maican Queens, Disinformants, Congress, Dream Crusher all in one night! 7pm. $7. Jazz, Blues & R&B Bluescasters - Guy Hollerin’s Rollickin’ blues is served up with cold brews for this hot autumn jam. 8pm. $5.

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This is the time of year I usually construct an Autumn mix showcasing notable local singles; something to af-fect a richly fogged aesthetic crackled with tinny acoustic strums and shuffling, brushy percussion. But the Internet connection in the coffee shop where I’m drafting this is abysmal and I have no way to sync up with any of your neighbors’ commendable bandcamp streams for reference. Just the same, there’s TOO much going on in October to waste my word space, I have to tell you about the Neutral Zone, and YpsiFest and new albums from Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful (and, eventually, Frontier Ruckus). And I have to tell you about cover bands, too.

(Continuing) Music EducationAce indie/folky singer/songwriter Chris

Bathgate performed a fundraiser-concert last month at the Blind Pig, supporting the Ann Ar-bor-based teen center (Neutral Zone) and its creativity-stoking educational programming and workshops. This isn’t entirely rock-music-related and Mr. Bathgate doesn’t have a new album for your ears (yet), but I just felt it important, with school days here again, to stress the vitality of sup-porting such an endearing/inventive/educational hub. This is the place where the next generation of Arbor/Ypsi musicians/artists can begin honing

their crafts, making their own music, making their own art, even running their own studio, at such a young age.

New Albums On The WayThe fifth annual great-lakes-music-glorifying MidWest

Fest was hosted up in Mt. Pleasant late last month, featuring performances from, among many Arbor/Ypsi-ites –one of my personal favorite autumn-jam composers: Gun Lake. Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful also played at Midwest, a band that will

finally see the release of its 2nd full length album False Honey in early November. You can find the

dusky/delicate folk-furled ballads of Ms. Misty Lyn Bergeron (another regular on my autumn mixes) via her bandcamp (should you succeed with a better coffee-shop-wi-fi connection than I). Frontier Ruckus, stunningly stately, richly-rendered Americana-tweaking rock-odys-sey-authors, are on tour this month (probably somewhere

in the south as you read this, Oklaho-ma maybe, or possibly Missouri), fleshing out their newest songs that will soon see release via the double-album-sized Eternity of Dimming LP (currently at 20 songs, 90-minutes and about 12-full Word-Doc pages of lyrics). Look out! That’ll be later on, this Winter. New music’s on the way, also, from Ann Arbor-electro-auteur Charlie Slick, embarking on another campaign of creative reinvention last July by starting up his own electronics company and changing his dance/funk-flaring band’s proper name to Saggitronics. His most recent shows paired him with hip-hop leaning acts, so it’ll be interesting to see where he goes with this, evolving into sager, eclectic territories, beyond the initial basement-set party-starter.

YpsiFest (Ghost Family Reunion)The 8th annual music festival returns to Woodruffs

October 11-13, featuring dozens of Washtenaw (and Wayne) county regulars like Blue Snaggletooth, Ferdy Mayne, Lawless Carver and Congress. Started by Ypsi-based singer/songwriter/punk-ethos-preservationist Anthony Gentile back in 2003 and backed, now, by the rock-reverent band-collective known as Ghost Family, the goal, each year, as always been “to celebrate our little tribe in Ypsilanti and all of the great bands in the area that we’re all so fortunate to be connected to.” Who needs my Autumn mixes when you can find a fine revue of local tal-ents on display, live, that weekend. Eight bands per night, with music starting early; get there!

HalloweenMy internet connection hasn’t improved this far into the

column so it’s as good a time as any to sign off. I wish you all a happy autumn and a happy Halloween: costume par-ties are an inevitability, but being in Michigan means you’re spoiled with a surplus of enthusiastic/talented musicians who are all to ready to spice things up by masquerading as iconic bands of varying eras. It turns the whole tribute-band function on its ear; you can find far (and more creative) cries from knock-off family-friendly-festival-trolling Beatles or Elvis impersonators. Your local rock club could be a reliable destination to spiritedly dance like a zombie.

Photo by Sean Cook

Clockwise from top: Ghost Fam-

ily Reunion 2011, Frontier Ruckus and Misty Lyn — all should be on your fall playlist

perspective: rockAutumn Albums Arriving / YpsiFest by Jeff Milo


14 sundayDance & Techno The Wizard: DJ Jeff Mills - The Necto In the 80’s Jeff Mills’ Sunday night residency was one of the most successful club nights in Southeast Michigan. He was known as the Wizard and what he did on the decks was nothing short of genius. Urban legend has it that there is a city ordinance in Ann Arbor that prohibits Jeff Mills aka The Wizard from playing within the city limits. 9pm. $15 adv. / $20 door.

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP Paula Cole - The Ark From her top ten hits of the 1990s to her more recent critically acclaimed albums, Paula Cole continues to write, produce, record, and perform heartfelt, meaningful, lasting music that defies categoriza-tion. 7:30pm. $25. 15 monday

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP The Jezabels - Blind Pig This band delivers electric pop-rock to A2 all the way from the land down under. 9pm. $12 adv. / $14 door. acousTic, Folk & eThnic Whitehorse - The Ark Six Shooter Records’ Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet tie the musical knot with the debut of their new band, Whitehorse, marrying their tal-ent and chemistry on stage as a smoldering duo. 8pm. $15. 17 wednesday

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP The Werks - Blind Pig Fusing the psychedelic guitar and screaming organ of jam and classic rock with funk slap bass, synthesizers, and modern dance beats, The Werks are re-defining the term “Jam Band” with the ability to cross genres from Psychedelic Rock to Funk to Electronica. 9pm. $10 adv. / $12 door.

acousTic, Folk & eThnic Battlefield Band - The Ark Over 30 years and through constant infusions of fresh talent, the Battlefield Band has brought the whole world of traditional music in step with its motto of “Forward with Scotland’s Past.” 8pm. $20 18 thursday

counTRy & BluegRass Carbon Leaf - The Ark The Richmond, Virginia–based group Carbon Leaf’s unique down-home eclectic mix of bluegrass and Celtic music has kept fans wanting more for 20 years. 8pm. $17.50. 19 friday

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoP Keller Williams - Blind Pig Expect sweet riffs and elabo-rate guitar work from the wily veteran. Always a fun show. 9pm. $20 adv. / $23 door. acousTic, Folk & eThnic Don Henry - Green Wood Coffee House Grammy Award winner Don Henry’s songs have been recorded by legends such as Ray Charles, Patti Page and Conway Twitty. But his songs shine most when sung by the very artist who wrote them, in the concerts he performs across the country. 8pm. $12. Jazz, Blues & R&B Sel De Terre - Silvio’s Organic Pizza This group will get you tapping your feet and up dancing for sure. They play traditional Cajun music; driving 2-steps, beautiful waltzes and some bluesy Creole songs. 7pm. Free. 20 saturday

Rock, PoP & hiP-hoPThe Verve Pipe - The ArkThe band gained a following for its textured rock songs distin-guished by inventive arrange-ments, soul-searching lyrics and layered vocals. 8pm. $24.

classical & sPiRiTual Murray Perahia - Hill Auditorium In the more than 35 years he has been performing on the concert stage, Murray Perahia has become one of the most cherished pianists of the time. 8pm. $10-$75. Jazz, Blues & R&B Thornetta Davis - Guy Hollerin’s Detroit diva Thornetta Davis will be delighting the crowd with her sultry blues vocals. 8pm. $5. counTRy & BluegRass Back Forty - Cavern Club This A2 staple puts the funk into bluegrass and is sure to get your feet stompin’ and your head groovin’! 10pm. $5 21+ / $10 under 21.

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classical & sPiRiTual Anthony Romaniuk - Kerrytown Concert House Romaniuk is well on the way to establishing himself as a leading figure of the new gen-eration of historically-informed musicians. 4pm. $10-$30. 22 monday

acousTic, Folk & eThnic Runa - The ArkThrough their repertoire of highly energetic material on one hand and and graceful acoustic melodies on the other, this vocal-instrumental ensemble gives arrangements of traditional songs and tunes a totally fresh sound. 8pm. $15.

Greensky Bluegrass Blind Pig / Saturday 6 The most predicable thing from these five Michigan pickers is their unpredictability: They roll tradition-ally through bluegrass blazers as easily as they perfectly pair a sad folk ballad with a more mellow and rhythmic styling. They're not imitating anyone or setting boundaries — it's just a no-rules roller-coaster ride that nods it's head to the past and cuts its way into the future. $15. 9pm. 208 S. 1st St. 734-996-8555. www.blindpigmusic.com. —SR

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Rock, PoP & HiP-HoP Garrett Borns - The Ark Just twenty years old, indie-pop singer-songwriter Garrett Borns is already carving himself a place in the industry. 8pm. Free. 24 wednesday

Acoustic, Folk & EtHnic Nneka - The Ark Nneka’s music has a big splash of Bob Marley, a measure

of Nina Simone and a lick of Erykah Badu. Catch the most exciting Afro-European talent since Sade in an intimate venue—while you still can! 8pm. $15. 25 thursday

countRy & BluEgRAss Old Crow Medicine Show - Royal Oak Music Theatre Their music has the mixture of darkness, dignity, and unbridled hell-raising that marked the greatest of the old-time country groups, and in the music of Old Crow Medicine Show, the old-time tradition is renewed for the 21st century. 8pm. $35-$55.

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Rock, PoP & HiP-HoP The White Ravens - Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room They combine strangely me-lodic keyboard compositions with biting lyrics and distinctive vocals. 8:30pm. Free. countRy & BluEgRAss Sally Barris - Green Wood Coffee House Nashville-based artist and Wrensong Publishing writer Sally Barris has managed to be successful in the mainstream world of country music without giving up her folk and Celtic roots. 8pm. $15.

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Rock, PoP & HiP-HoP Yelawolf - EMU Pease Auditorium This up and coming rapper has seen it all. Bouncing around between Alabama and Tennessee as a child, Wolf’s upbringing exposed him to the impoverished realities of both White America’s trailer parks and Black America’s ghettos. 7pm. $20. Starling Electric - Woodruff’s Starling Electric was originally the solo project of singer/song-writer Caleb Dillon; a decade’s worth of lineup changes has yielded the dynamic live five-piece of today. 10pm. $5.

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clAssicAl & sPiRituAl Jesse Blumberg and Martin Katz - Kerrytown Concert House Baritone Jesse Blumberg and celebrated pianist Martin Katz return to KCH to perform a varied repertoire from Mozart and Beethoven to Schubert, Wolf, Debussy and more. 4pm. $5-$30. 29 monday

Acoustic, Folk & EtHnic Arlo Guthrie - The Ark Arlo celebrates the 100th year since Woody Guthrie’s birth in a manner to make any parent proud: by taking what his dad started, and making it his own. 8pm. $50-$75. 31 wednesday

JAzz, BluEs & R&B 16th Annual Edgefest - Kerrytown Concert House Edgefest will explore new music created by today’s American improvisers and composers who now, more than ever, are reaching back to multiple artistic roots, reflecting a growing awareness of the cultural complexity of con-temporary American society. October 31-November 3. $15 per show / $5 students / $50 Saturday Day Pass.

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Shovels & Rope The Ark / Monday 8It seems impossible that South Carolina’s Shovels and Rope is just two people. Especially when the versatile, high-energy alt-country troubadours unload only a couple of guitars, a harmonica and a stripped-down drum kit. But Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst make the most of what they have – they take turns on drums and guitar, alternate vocals and can instantly switch from an intimate folk ballad to a whirlwind of slop-tonk beauty. $12.50. 8pm. 316 S. Main St. 734-761-1818. www.theark.org —SR

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1 monday The Giant Mechanical Man$10. 7pm. Michigan Theater, 603 Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.michtheater.org. Out of work and living with her well-intentioned but overbearing sister Jill, Janice is struggling to find her way and build a fulfilling life for herself. When she meets Tim (Chris Messina), a street performer whose unique talents as a “living statue” don’t exactly pay the bills, she recognizes a kindred spirit. 4 thursdayManhattan Short Film Festival$10. 7:30 pm. Michigan Theater, 603 Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.michtheater.org.An extraordinary global event when over 100,000 people in over 300 cities across six continents gather in Cinemas, Galleries, Universities, Museums and Cafes during the week of September 28 – October 7, 2012, for one purpose — to view and vote on our Finalists’ Films in the Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. 5 fridayLeafie, A Hen Into The WildFree. 7pm. Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. www.aadl.org. Based on a popular children’s book, the film (which is not rated) is the story of freedom, will and instinc-tive motherly love of a hen as she raises an adopted duckling.

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Alice in Wonderland in 3D $10. 1:30 pm. Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.michtheater.org. Director Tim Burton and screenwriter Linda Woolver-ton (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) team up to

deliver this visually dazzling take on the classic Lewis Carroll tale.

8 mondayThe Myth of the American Sleepover$10. 7pm. Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.michtheater.org. In the tradition of free-wheeling tributes to adolescence like Dazed & Confused, the film follows four young people (a cast of brilliant newcomers in their feature film debuts) on the last night of summer – their final night of freedom before the new school year starts.

13 saturdayFriday the 13th $7. 11:45 pm. State Theater, 233 South State St. 734-761-8667. www.michtheater.org/state Entrepreneur Steve Christie (Peter Brouwer) re-opens Camp Crystal Lake after many years during which it has been cursed by murders and bad luck. The young and nubile counselors all begin to die extremely bloody deaths at the hands of an unseen killer during a rainstorm which isolates the camp.

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Robocop$10. 7pm. Michigan Theater, 603 Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.michtheater.org.Set in Detroit sometime in the near future, the film is about a policeman (Peter Weller) killed in the line of duty whom the depart-ment decides to resurrect as a half-human, half-robot supercop.

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The Blair Witch Project$7. 11:45 pm. State Theater, 233 South State St. 734-761-8667. www.michtheater.org/state.Combining Hi-8 video with black-and-white 16 mm film, this work presents a raw look at what can hap-

pen when college students forego common sense and enter the world of voodoo and witchcraft.

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Roger & Me$10. 7pm. Michigan Theater, 603 Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.michtheater.org.Michael Moore‘s wickedly iconoclastic documentary was inspired by the decline and fall of Flint, Michigan.

25 thursdayNosferatu with Live Or-gan Accompaniment$10. 8pm. Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty St. 734-668-8463. www.michtheater.org.F. W. Murnau‘s landmark vampire film Nosferatu begins in the Carpathian mountains, where real estate agent Hut-ter (Gustav von Wagenheim) has arrived to close a sale with the reclusive Herr Orlok (Max Schreck). Hutter catches on that Orlok is no ordinary mortal when he witnesses the vam-piric nobleman loading himself into a coffin in preparation for his journey to Bremen.

27 saturdayThe Rocky Horror Picture Show$7. 11:45 pm. State Theater, 233 South State St. 734-761-8667. www.michtheater.org/state. This low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bost-wick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) inside a strange mansion that they come across on a rainy night.

29 mondayGran Torino$10. 7pm. Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.michtheater.org.A racist Korean War veteran living in a crime-ridden Detroit neighborhood is forced to confront his own lingering prej-udice when a troubled Hmong teen from his neighborhood attempts to steal his car.

Special bubble in time Sometimes it's painted as the decade of debauchery — sex, drugs and rock n roll. The truth is, it was a time of so much more substance. It was the generation that questioned authority, an unfair system, racism, sex-ism and took those beliefs to the street. The documentary Berkeley in the Sixties — which screens at the Ann Arbor District Library on Thursday, October 25 — follows some of the students at the helm of the youth-driven protests. This Oscar-nominated film has interviews and clips of anyone from beatnik hipsters like Allen Ginsburg to Ronald Reagan, the embodiment of the machine they were raging against. Free. 6pm. 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-8301. www.aadl.org. —SR

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Emergent Arts is midway through its inaugural full season, having presented “The Odd Couple” in the spring, and “Yankee Trader” in the summer. Coming in October is Emergent Arts Director, Tim Henning’s new play based on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Why did you start Emergent Arts? Henning: The major reason for Emergent Arts is that my life so far has been a mix of many things, but theatre has been a constant. I have performed in, directed or produced over 150 plays over the years and made almost nothing at it, but having been bitten by the bug while still in my teens, I’m afraid it’s too late for a cure now. So I’ve decided to produce plays, with the hopes of developing my own.

I have lived and acted in Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, San Diego and Los Angeles, and now back in Ann Arbor. So far I have also managed to have, as they say, an “interesting life.” Emergent Arts to me is a progression in that life. Ultimately it is the continuance of my personal exploration of what I find interesting in theatre. It’s my personal graduate school in a way. I am learning how to put together a theatre company from scratch. And I think that now I have a few things to say that an audience might find entertaining.

Tell us about your new play, “Hollywood and Hyde.”

My intention is to take a familiar story of good versus evil and twist it a little, both in tone and structure. I’m also

Of monsters and menEmergent Arts continues its first season with Hollywood and Hyde by Sandor Slomovits

planting it in modern day Hollywood, where it has become almost impos-sible to tell the Jekylls from the Hydes. In my version, Henry Jekyll is an out of work actor who can’t catch a break, a direct descendant of the “actual” Jekyll in Robert Louis Stevenson's original story.

I treat the characters in Stevenson's story as though they are historical figures upon whom the story was based. Some of the characters in my play are their descen-dants, including Jekyll and his best friend and confidante, Gabby Utterson, a gal pal of Jekyll’s who happens to be the offspring of John Gabriel Utterson, the source of the whole story to begin with. Gabby starts to notice strange and violent things happening around her actor friend, and she and some of the other characters begin to wonder if fictional history is repeating itself. Quite a bit of the action of the play takes place in the bar where they hang out, which I’ve modeled somewhat on an actual bar in Hol-lywood where lesser lights in the Hollywood firmament drink and dream.

“Hollywood and Hyde” opens, appropriately enough, on October 31st and runs through November 4 at the

Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti. Emergent Arts’ final play of the season will be Henning’s adaptation of Charles

Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” presented at the Arthur Miller Theatre December 20-23.www.emergentarts.com

Paul Bianchi as Hyde and Allan Guilpain as Wolfie in Emergent Arts’ produc-tion “Hollywood and Hyde” directed by Tim Henning, pictured below

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Comedy 4 thursday

Derick Lengwenus$8-$13. 8pm. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase314 E. Liberty. 734-996-9080. www.aacomedy.com. After deciding to leave the job he hated at a lead consulting firm, Derick first emerged onto the stand-up scene in Montreal back in 2000. October 4th-6th.

11 thursdayAndy Hendrickson$8-$13. 8pm. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 E. Liberty. 734-996-9080. www.aacomedy.comAndy Hendrickson is a New York City based comedian and writer. In 2007, he was a showcase winner at HBO’s “U.S. Comedy Arts Festival” in Aspen. October 11th-13th.

18 thursdayThe Around the Bend Players$6. 8pm. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 E. Liberty. 734-996-9080. www.aacomedy.com.Improvisational theater is a series of comedy sketches and spontaneous theater games performed live with help from the audience in the form of suggestions and ideas.

25 thursdayDerick Richards$8-$13. 8pm. Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 E. Liberty. 734-996-9080. www.aacomedy.com. As a comedian, Richards leaves fellow cynics scream-ing for more. And as a cancer survivor, he proves that a full-throttle sense of humor

can make even the most dire days a laughing matter. Performing 25th-27th. TheaTer

1 mondayThe Fantasticks$26. 7pm. Encore Theatre, 216 Broad St., Dexter. 734-268-6200. www.encoretheatre.orgThe Fantasticks tells the story of a young boy and girl who fall madly in love at the hands of their meddling fathers, but soon grow restless and stray from one another.

6 saturdayAspen Santa Fe Ballet$20-48. 8pm. UMS Power Center, 121 Fletcher St. 734-764-2538. www.ums.org. Their UMS debut that fea-tures a program of contem-porary ballet that exemplifies the company’s commitment to commissioning dance by both world-renowned and emerging choreographers.

10 wednesdayAnnual Copernicus Lecture: A Conversation with Agnieszka HollandFree. 5pm. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty. 734-668-TIME. www.michtheater.org.A Filmmaker’s Approach to Society’s Most Vexing Concerns: A Conversation with Agnieszka Holland. Acclaimed screenwriter and film director Agnieszka Holland will deliver the 2012 Annual Copernicus Lecture. Her lecture will be followed by a free screening of Oscar-nominated In Darkness.

11 thursdayThéâtre de la Ville: Ionesco’s Rhinocéros$18-48. 7:30 pm. UMS Power Cen-ter, 121 Fletcher St. 734-764-2538. www.ums.org. A farce. A tragedy. An experi-ment of the mind. Rhinocéros was initially a short story written in 1957 by Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994), who was influenced by his time in Romania as a young man when nearly everyone around him converted to fascism.

12 fridayFrom the Shadows: The Villains Take the Stage$13-$15. 8pm. Village Theater, 50400 Cherry Hill Rd. 734-394-5460. www.canton-mi.org/villagetheater.An evening of wicked fun as the villains of musical theater, film, and jazz step into the spotlight. From the dark and tortured villains of Sweeney Todd and Chicago to the bumbling comical villains of Gilbert and Sullivan, this show has it all! So come and enjoy an evening of naughty, bawdy entertainment, but please, leave the kids at home. PG-13. Oct 12-13.

19 fridayA Bard by Any Other Name8pm. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, 322 West Ann St. 734-971-2228. www.a2ct.org. Shakespeare gets a taste of the modern in these scenes from some of the Bard’s most beloved plays. Inspired by Pinter, Mamet, and more, local playwright James Ingagiola re-imagines Shakespeare in the style of some of the 20th century’s most iconic playwrights.

26 fridayDr. Scream’s Spookshow Revival$15. 8pm. Village Theater, 50400 Cherry Hill Rd. 734-394-5460. www.canton-mi.org/villagetheater.Combining macabre comedy, magic, ‘live’ ghosts, and a good classic horror film, the Spook Show was a unique theatrical genre nearly forgot-ten.

28 saturdayNational Theatre Live: Last of the Haussmans$22. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty. 734-668-TIME. www.michtheater.orgThis eagerly-anticipated new play is a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that’s losing its grip. Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast.

Natural born storyteller While political controversy always seems to surround him, Oliver Stone — scheduled to speak at the Michigan Theater on October 25 — is defined by his ability to develop a character and tell a hard-hitting story. And, if anyone has some interesting life tales, it's Stone — including his combat experience in Vietnam, time working in the financial mar-kets and his own personal struggles, he is every bit as interesting as the characters he writes about. From war to Wall Street, from Nixon to Bush, from Scarface to Natural Born Killers, Stone has perpetually proven to be a master of the defiant drama. 5:10pm. Free. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. www.michtheater.org. —SR

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Benjamin West, Death of Wolfe, 1770, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan

The Battle of Quebec on September 13, 1759 was a decisive engagement in the Seven Years War. It was a world war among the eight major powers in Europe, fought for control of colonial and trade empires in Af-rica, India, Asia and the New World. After seven years a million and a half people had died. That was a lot back then. In North America it was known as the French and Indian War, fought between England and its colonists (us) against France and its colonists, with various “Indian” tribes fighting on either side. The battle won the war and the war gave England unchallenged control of the entire North American coast. Major General James Wolfe, who led the British forces, was himself killed on the battlefield, making him instantly a larger than life war hero for all English speaking people.

But they didn’t have television or even photography so the best way to depict the epic event was through “his-tory painting.” Up stepped Benjamin West, an American colonist painter who came to define the British Empire, not only in North America but around the world. The University of Michigan’s Clements Library of rare books has a world famous canvas of The Death of General Wolfe, which it has loaned to the University of Michigan Museum of Art for a monumental exhibition: Benjamin West: General Wolfe and the art of Empire, Dis-covering Eighteenth-Century British America. The painting is staggering and represents a turning point in large-scale history painting, portraying a contempo-raneous event with contemporaneous clothing and sur-roundings. Academics like Sir Joshua Reynolds thought the characters should sport classical garb like togas and sandals.

The first version of “The Death of General Wolfe” (1770) was a sensation. West went on to paint five oth-ers including the Clements rendition in 1776, a year that no one then could have known was America’s birthday. Each portrays the dying Wolfe as a Christ-like figure in a traditional Christian “Lamentation” scene surrounded by followers, acolytes and loved ones. In the foreground is a Native American as noble savage, posed like Rodin’s “The Thinker.” The exhibition also features more than 40 other related works from Michigan, Canada and British collections. In addition, there is a concurrent exhibition,

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“Death of Wolfe” is featured in UMMA’s monumental exhibit. Major General James Wolfe who led the British forces, was himself killed on the battlefield, making him instantly a larger than life

Discovering Eighteenth-Century British America: The William L Clements Library Collection. It is a mind-blowing array of primary sources on North America from 1492 to 1800 — maps, prints, documents and books, all of them far out. By the way, if you haven’t visited the amazing Clements lately make a point if it. It’s just around the corner from the UMMA on South University. Did I say they are both free?

Both shows run through January 13, 2013. There is a sumptuous, fully illustrated catalogue, published by the Museum as part of its new, ambitious and exciting UMMA Books series. A perfect Christmas gift for the artist and art lover. Looking back, the death of General Wolfe immedi-ately presaged a number of world-shaking events. Ponti-ac’s Rebellion in 1763 set the Native American tribes on a downward spiral from which they have yet to recover. The French Canadians, known as Acadians, were deported and expelled. Many found their way to Louisiana, where they be-came known as “Cajuns.” The American Revolution followed, of course. And in 1803, fearing English annexation of vast tracts, Napoleon conferred the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the United States. The rest is history.

Farther AfieldOpening on October 14, the Detroit

Institute of Arts presents Fabergé: The Rise and Fall. The Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. If you’ve never seen Fabergé one-of-a-kind bejeweled eggs up close and in person, don’t miss this chance. As many people know, Karl Fabergé was the imperial jeweler to the doomed Russian royal family. As many other people know, his name was expropri-ated for cheap aftershave and dime-store deodorants. He is arguably the greatest artist jeweler of all time. There are several months of lec-tures, films and musical programs related to the show – even a Rus-sian Imperial Tea Reception. It’s only 45 minutes from downtown Ann Arbor.

Imperial Tsesarev-ich Easter Egg, by arguably the greatest jeweler in history


New exhibits

5 fridayEcho 7pm. Clay Gallery, 335 S. Main St. 734-662-7927. www.claygallery.org Clay Gallery is hosting a col-laborative exhibition. After choosing a two-dimensional piece from the Spring Ann Ar-bor Schools student art display a Clay Gallery member will be interpreting this piece three-dimensionally. The two works will be shown together at this unique exhibition. The creative process is varied and unique to each individual, this exhibition will give visitors a glimpse into the creative process.

Arbor Arts Festival Free. 4-6pm Friday; 10am-5pm Saturday. Spring Arbor University, 106 E. Main St., Spring Arbor. www.arbor.edu. The Arbor Art Festival is designed to increase public knowledge and appreciation for fine arts and fine crafts in Michigan. The festival will be hosted by and take place at Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan. The University has a strong art program and an art gallery on its main campus.

12 fridayGRAMMAR OF THE ELITE 6-9pm. Gallery Project, 215 S. 4th #1A. 734-997-7012. www.thegalleryproject.com The grammar of the elite is the structure of the discourse that moves money, materials and human resources in directions favoring and favored by the elite. This distorted discourse creates untenable notions such as a war for profit, deterioration of our cities, acceptable levels of unemployment, shipping jobs overseas, permitting children to go hungry, allowing citizens to go without afford-able health care, acceptance of racism, and dumbing down and distracting the population. It describes the myriad ways the elite communicate with each other and the rest of society; how they make decisions; how they create and maintain wealth; how they control and maintain power, and how they create the context in which people think, speak and act.

15 mondayOne Acre Ceramics: Handcrafted Stoneware Gifts of Art Gallery, Taubman Health Center North Lobby, 1500 E. Medical

Center Dr. 734-936-4000. www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.ht Thomas and Sarah Gelsanliter are full-time ceramic artists creating unique handmade tiles and pottery at their studio, One Acre Ceramics, located in southeastern Michigan. Thomas received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2002, and his intricate designs are influenced by historical furniture, industrial plate ware, and classic Arts & Crafts and folk art iconography. Sarah is largely self-taught as a potter and spent a year living in Japan, visiting studio potters through-out that country

Reminiscence of Ann Arbor: Oil on Canvas Gifts of Art Gallery, Taubman Health Center North Lobby, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. 734-936-4000. www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm. Born and raised in China, Mingshi Huang studied at Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan, where he earned his gradu-ate degrees. Huang travels extensively between the US and China and currently teaches at Nanjing University in Jiangsu Province. Recently, he completed several monumental museum commissioned sculp-tures in China. This exhibition is a reminiscence of Huang’s work done while in Ann Arbor.

Alexis Rockman: Lecture 5pm. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8463. www.michtheater.org. Presented by the UM School of Art & Design Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series. Alexis Rockman is an American contemporary artist known for his paintings that provide rich depictions of future landscapes as they might exist with impacts of climate change and evolution influenced by genetic engineering.

Bowling, Burgers & Dogs Gifts of Art Gallery, Taubman Health Center North Lobby, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. 734-936-4000. www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm After receiving a BFA from Rut-gers University, Denise Rohde went on to study photography with renowned photographer Art Sinsabaugh at the Uni-versity of Illinois. Working for

years in a darkroom, the switch to digital allowed her to draw from her painting and printmak-ing experience. Being able to combine mediums digitally has unleashed her imagination.

and dancing will begin at 9pm. 31 wednesday Hidden Treasures: An Experiment Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 313-833-7900. http://www.dia.org Explore some of the solved mysteries behind eight of the DIA’s hidden treasures. Visitors decide what stories to tell about the paintings in this exhibition, which were tucked away in storage for years, awaiting conservation or further study. The exhibi-tion is designed so visitors can choose the stories that are most meaningful to them. When the votes are tallied, the exhibition will close February 4 and reopen the next day as a regular exhibition with labels featuring the winning stories.

oNgoiNg QUANTIFIED SELF Gallery Project, 215 S. 4th #1A. 734-997-7012. www.thegalleryproject.com Gallery Project presents Quantified Self; a multimedia exhibit in which over 30 local, regional, and national artists ex-amine how individuals collect, and often project, information about themselves and others in the digital world.

2012 All Media Exhibition Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 W. Liberty St. 734-994-8004. www.annnarborartcenter.org. Since 1922 the Art Center’s annual juried exhibition has pro-vided many opportunities for both established and emerging artists throughout the state of Michigan. Approximately 4,000 artists (from Albion to Zil-waukee) were invited to enter work in any medium. Awards were given to artists who dis-played exceptional works of art and/or artists who demonstrate outstanding technique. Curated by Alison Wong. Through October 21.

Keep it crafty Sometimes its not easy to find an assortment of unique, handmade crafts, but it will be on Satur-day, October 27 when the indie fair, Liberty Local, comes to downtown Ann Arbor. Presented by the Ann Arbor Art Center, the fair focuses on technique and diversity in craft, inviting everyone who creates completely independent goods — sorry importers and wholesalers — to show off their work. 10am-9pm. 117 W. Liberty Ann Arbor. 734-994-8004. www.annarborartcenter.org —SR

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Current Reads Ann Arbor native Davy Rothbart's new book is crushing, funny, adventurous, dark — and, above all, wildly honest by Sandor Slomovits

You’ve got to suffer if you want to sing the blues. That’s what David Bromberg used to sing and, true or not, it’s certainly a widely held belief about how artists create their art. And certainly there

is enough suffering detailed in Davy Rothbart’s

new book of essays, “My Heart is an Idiot” to inspire a lot of blues singing; and sing—

or, more accurately, write the blues he does—brilliantly. But the other long cherished cultural belief about artists is that they somehow live more fully, more joyously, and adventurously than the rest of us. And Rothbart’s tales certainly don’t belie that belief either.

Rothbart is the creator of Found magazine, author of the short story collection The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas (of which, no less a literary light than Arthur Miller wrote, “Davy writes with his whole heart. These stories are crushing.”) and a frequent contributor to NPR’s This American Life. Most of these essays are heartbreak hotel stories. Rothbart wears his heart on his sleeve, gets it crushed frequently and squeezes his heart’s blood out through his pen. And, bolstering the aforementioned belief about artists having exciting lives, these are the kind of stories that rarely happen to those folks couch potatoing at home, happily (or unhappily) married, doing the nine to five grind. Or perhaps more accurately, they only happen to people as open-hearted and generous as Rothbart, as willing to interact with all manner of people, and experiences, rather than just the familiar, the comfortable and the safe.

But it’s one thing to live like that, and quite another to be willing to be as honest and self revealing about your life, to show the moments you’re proud of as well as the ones you cringe at when you recall; and it’s yet another thing entirely, to be able to write of those truths in as vivid a you-are-here-with-me-now style like Rothbart’s. His writing is a dazzling mix of the most current street slang, American Midwest plain talk and learned literary polish. There are whole pages, for example in the essay, “99 Bottles of Pee on the Wall” (doesn’t the title alone make you want to pick up a copy?) that will have you laughing helplessly, followed by pages in the same essay that will

make you smile sadly at people’s gullibility and ability to delude themselves. There are striking literary images on nearly every page. Describing an old black man, Rothbart writes, “The skin on his face was pulled taut around his cheekbones and eye sockets, as leathery and soft looking as one of Satchel Paige’s baseball mitts in its display case at Cooperstown.”

These are quintessential road stories about America and Americans. In all the essays, but especially in the final, “Ain’t that America?” Rothbart’s palpable affection for all the people he encounters, for all the two lanes and small towns, cities and highways, is evident in this heartfelt love song to his country and ours. Yes, at times Rothbart’s heart is an idiot, but at all times it is loving and lovable.

Davy Rothbart and his musician brother, Peter will once again be criss-crossing the US and parts of Canada this fall on My Heart is an Idiot/ Found's 10th Anniversary Tour. They’ll stop in their hometown of Ann Arbor on Friday, November 16, for two shows, at 7 and 9 PM at The Last Word, (formerly Goodnight Gracie’s) 301 W. Huron St., 734-761-3463. TheLastWordBar.com. Tickets are $8, $6 for students. Proceeds benefit the local youth writing organization, 826 Michigan. www.826michigan.org.


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civic sphere where he engages with government and citizen teams in San Francisco, New York, Singapore and the United Nations, exploring how design, art and technology can serve as tools for civic participation. Two Physicians, Many Traditions 7pm. Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room, 114 South Main St. 734-665-2757. www.crazywisdom.net Explore the evolving healthy

food revolution that is trans-forming the ways in which society views food and nutrition and how they relate to physical and emotional well-being. Alicia Cohen, MD, Integrative Medicine Fellow, Clinical Lecturer, Dept. of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School and Molly McMullen, MD, Anthro-posophical Physician, Medical Director, Rudolf Steiner Health Center are the guest speakers for this session.

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Bright Nights Community Forum: Stress 7-8:30pm. Downtown Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. www.aadl.org Stress is a part of everyday life. There are many instances when stress can be helpful but many times, stress has the opposite effect. To provide greater understanding of the neuroscience of stress mecha-nisms, and to provide practical strategies for managing stress, Brian Mickey, M.D., Ph.D, Assistant Professor in the U-M Department of Psychiatry and a member of the U-M Depres-sion Center, will give a brief presentation outlining the inter-action between stress and the brain, and what to do to help reduce the negative effects of stress. This will be followed by questions and discussion with a panel of experts. Meet Author Andrei Markovits 7pm. Free. Nicola’s Books, 2513 Jackson Ave. 734-662-0600. www.nicolasbooks.com Author and University of Michi-gan professor Andrei Markovits will be at Nicola’s to discuss his new book, “Sportista: Female Fandom in the United States”. Sportista chronicles the relationship that women

have developed with sports in the wake of the second wave of feminism of the late 1960s and early 1970s. 4 thursday

Ecology Center’s Annual Fall Event 6pm. $90 members / $125 non-members. Michigan Union, 530 South State St. 734-369-9269. www.ecocenter.org Richard Jackson, a scholar whose work has reached a wider audience through his role as author, host and narrator of the Public Broadcasting Service series Designing Healthy Com-munities, will be the featured speaker. Jackson, one of the country’s most influential scholars on environmental health and its role in the design of sustainable communities, is professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health. Penny Stamps Speaker Series: Peter Hirshberg 5pm. Free. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8397. www.michtheater.org Peter Hirshberg is a Silicon Val-ley executive at the forefront of disruptive change in technology and media. His current passion is bottom-up innovation in the

The State of the Book Rackham Audito-rium / Saturday, October 6 To celebrate Michi-gan’s rich literary history and vibrant future, the 826 Foundation, Fic-tion Writers Review and the University of Michigan’s MFA Program in Creative Writing is hosting a day-long series of literary events. The State of the Book, a mini-symposium that features prominent local and national writers, will cover everything from teen poetry to digital publishing and host conversations with notable authors. 826michigan founder Dave Eggers will be on hand working with students involved with the foundation. The keynote event features award-winning novelist Charles Baxter and Philip Levine, former Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize win-ner. 10:15am. Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St. 734-761-3463. www.826michigan.org—JG


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Science Café: Climate Change in the Great Lakes 5:30-7:30pm. Conor O’Neill’s Tradi-tional Irish Pub, 318 South Main St. 734-764-0478. www. lsa.umich.edu/ummnh Climate Change is here. While the overall warming trend is undeniable, local changes are less predictable. What will climate change mean for the Great Lakes? Join Brent Lof-gren from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-tion’s Great Lakes Environ-mental Research Laboratory and Dan Brown from the U-M Great Lakes Integrated Sci-ences & Assessments Center for this discussion. 13 saturday

19th Annual Appleumpkin Festival Saturday, October 13, 9am-6pm & Sunday, October 14, 10am-5pm. Downtown Tecumseh. www.downtowntecumseh.com Make plans to come to Tecumseh and enjoy all the fun activities, food, vendors, live entertainment, a haunted house, and so much more! Explore the arts by enjoying the Arts and Crafts Show fea-turing handcrafted works from artisans from Michigan, Ohio, and beyond. Throughout the weekend, the festival will fea-ture live bands and great music

at the Appleumpkin Stage and on South Evans St. Check the event schedule online for the times and locations. 14 sunday

Dia de la Familia 1-4pm. Downtown Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. www.aadl.org Bring the entire family for this annual Latino-focused event! This year’s Dia de la Familia (Day Of The Family) event fea-tures entertainment, games, crafts, food and face painting. Health information addressing mental, physical and social issues in the Latino community will also be addressed. 19 friday

Back to the Co-op Future 7pm. Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. 734-483-1520. www.ypsifoodcoop.org Ypsilanti Food Co-op is excited to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives (as de-clared by the United Nations). Enjoy an evening with some of the original founders of the Yp-silanti Food Co-op celebrating the Co-op’s unique history in the Ypsi community, its vibrant and expanding present, and reflecting on its future as a green and sustainable, thriving local business.

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Astronomy Day! 9-11:45pm. Peach Mountain, North Territorial Road about four miles north of Dexter. 734-327-4555. www.umich.edu/~lowbrows AADL and the University Low-brow Astronomers invite you to celebrate Astronomy Day with this special evening viewing at Peach Mountain, a facility owned by the University of Michigan located in Stinchfield Woods (a wood lot about four miles from Dexter). Go online for directions to site. 24 wednesday

Reporting The Election 7-8:30pm. Pittsfield Branch Library, 2359 Oak Valley Dr. 734-327-4555. www.aadl.org The 2012 election is in its final weeks. What is it like to cover elections from U.S. Presidents to the state legislature to local initiatives? Michigan Radio’s Elections Team (News Director Vincent Duffy; ‘Stateside’ Pro-ducer Zoe Clark, and Managing Editor & State Capitol Bureau Chief Rick Pluta) will discuss the challenges of covering races across Michigan and the speed bumps that occur on the campaign trail for reporters, candidates and politicos.

Motor City Ghost Hunters 7-8:30pm. Downtown Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. www.aadl.org Paranormal investigators, Mo-tor City Ghost Hunters, give a special presentation about paranormal investigating, tech-nological advances, research, and some history of local haunt-ings.They will present some of their best visual and audio evidence and share information on proper investigative tech-niques and available paranormal investigative equipment. 26 friday

The History Of The Argus Camera Company 7:30pm. Downtown Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave. 734-327-4555. www.aadl.org Delve into Ann Arbor’s fascinat-ing history as AADL unveils a new digital local history archive featuring decades of old news and photos tracing the rise and decline of Argus Cameras, a very important early manufac-turer in Ann Arbor.

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