Come for the Reunion — Experience the Wealth of Offerings Around Town!
Reunion Afterglow: Don Cody has offered to hold a party for our classmates after the official celebration at Travis Pointe. Everyone is welcome to Don and Michelle’s home beginning at 6:30. Please bring munchies/dish to share and your favorite beverage to consume. Ice, plastic utensils, plates, cups, etc. will be provided, as well as beer, hot dogs. 4620 Stein Road Ann Arbor 48105 – 734-478-0206. Click here for details and map.
74th Manchester Community Fair. July 10 – 14. Midway rides, carnival games, concessions, tractor pulls, a USA Demolition Derby (July 13, 7:30 p.m.), livestock shows, live music, and more. For complete schedule, see www.manchesterfair.org. Alumni Memorial Field, Vernon & Wolverine, Manchester. Senior fair pass, $20. Email: <manchesterfair@yahoo.com>
23rd Annual Saline Celtic Festival: City of Saline. July 13 & 14. Saline’s celebration of its sister city, Brecon, Wales, features food, beer and clan tents, kids activities, and Celtic music and dance on several stages by visiting and local performers. The festival kicks off July 13 (gates open at 5:30 p.m.) with a Pub Night ($5 admission), featuring the ever-popular “Mr. Pretty Legs” kilt-wearing competition, live music by the Detroit-area Irish band Brother Crowe and the 10-piece Allendale Celtic music band CrossBow, a limerick contest, a fire performance by Ring of Steel, music and dance workshops, and more. www.salineceltic.org
Dexter Community Concert Series: Friday, July 13. Surf Zup is on a mission to bring back the great guitar instrumental hits from the 60’s. The musical genre known by many, is generally referred to as “Surf Music”. The formula is simple but powerful. Guitars, drums, catchy beats, great melodies, and plenty of reverb results in songs that are familiar to many. Vintage Ventures-style instrumental surf guitar band. 6:30 p.m, Monument Park. (734) 426-0887.
Guys and Dolls: Dexter Community Players: July 13-15. Local actors perform Frank Loesser’s popular musical based on Damon Runyon’s stories and characters. Set in New York City in the 1930s, the action focuses on 2 contrasting romances, one a long-running liaison between a nightclub singer and a professional gambler and the other an unlikely affair between a high roller and a Salvation Army sister. Includes such classics as “Luck Be a Lady,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” “If I Were a Bell,” and “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat.” www.dcp.yapsody.com – 734-726-0355
“West Side Story”: The Encore Musical Theatre Company. Every Thursday – Sunday, June 21 – August 12. This local professional theater company performs Arthur Laurents’ spirited musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, set in New York and featuring the rival street gangs the Sharks and the Jets. The beloved Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim score includes such favorites as “Maria,” “Tonight,” and “America.” 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.-Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), Encore, 3126 Broad Street, Dexter. WWW.theencoretheatre.org/ – 734-268-6200
Thursday Evenings Depot Town Cruise Nights: Ypsilanti, June 7 – August 31 – 5pm to 8:30pm.
Ypsilanti’s Historic Depot Town is filled with classic cars from the first Thursday evening in June to the last Thursday evening in August. They start gathering before the street is closed at 5 PM and enjoy summer evenings filled with music from the 50’s and 60’s until darkness takes over. Owners and spectators talk about cars, have ice cream cones at Ollie’s Cafe, eat a Mexican dinner at Maize, or feast on a burger and beer at the Sidetrack or Aubree’s. Children participate in hula hoop and other contests. www.ypsiautoheritage.org – 734-482-5200
24th Annual Rolling Sculpture Car Show: Presented by Bill Crispin Chevrolet and the Main Street Area Association on Saturday, July 14, 2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Taking place on Main, Liberty and Washington streets in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, the Rolling Sculpture Car Show is a one of kind experience for the car enthusiast.
734-668-7112 – www.mainstreetannarbor.org/rolling-sculpture/
“Willow Run” Purple Rose Theater in Chelsea, 8:00 p.m. Thursday – Saturday, 2:00 p.m. Sunday. During WWII the Willow Run Bomber Plant was the largest factory under one roof in the world. Some 40,000 employees, mostly women, turned out B-24 Bombers at the rate of one every 55 minutes. Willow Run follows the journey of four of those women who migrated from all over America to find new lives at the plant. Along the way they overcome a multitude of challenges, learn to endure new sorrows, overcome deep-seated prejudices and forge new friendships. Winner of the 2017 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Original music by Ben and Jeff Daniels. – www.purplerosetheatre.org/willow-run/
Jesse Kramer – CD Release Show: Saturday, July 14, 8:00 p.m., Kerrytown Concert House Award winning drummer, composer, educator, and band leader, Jesse Kramer was born and raised in Ann Arbor. He received his first drum lesson when he was only 5 years old, and he went on to study and perform with many master jazz musicians in the area. Some of his mentors include Sean Dobbins, Vincent York, Claude Black, and Paul Keller. Jesse is the son of Reunion Committee member Barb Stanley Kramer. 734-769-2999 – www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com
The Yankee Air Museum has been a great influence in the world of aviation throughoutSoutheast Michigan for decades. Founded in 1981, the Museum quickly grew when it acquired its flyable aircraft, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-25 Mitchell Bomber, and C-47 Skytrain, offering the public the chance to fly in some of America’s most iconic aircraft. The Museum has 47,000 sq. ft. that houses its collection of permanent and rotating aviation and historic displays as well as over 5,000 artifacts. Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 – 4:00, Sunday 11:00 – 4:00. (734) 483-4030 – www.yankeeairmuseum.org