Friday Night

What: Dexter Varsity Football
Where: Willow Run
(235 Spencer Lane, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198)
When/$: Friday, Oct 21, 2005

Final Game of the Season

What: COMEDY: "THE X SHOW"
(Comedy)
Where: Improv Inferno
(309 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 734-214-7080)
When/$: Friday, Oct 21, 2005, 12:00 am $5

Unrated
Uncensored
Unabashedly funny late night improv.

What: EASY STREET
(Jazz)
Where: Firefly Club
(207 S. Ashley St. , Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 734-665-9090)
When/$: Friday, Oct 21, 2005, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm, $6

Dixieland jazz.

What: "Edward II"
(Theater)
Where: Riverside Arts Center
(76 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti, MI 48197, 734-480-2787)
When/$: Friday, Oct 21, 2005, 8:00 pm $12 - 18 (Pay what you can on Thursdays)

Written in 1592, the play tells the story of the rise and fall of King Edward II. After his father Edward I “Longshanks” dies, King Edward II sends a letter to his former lover Piers Gaveston, inviting him to return to England and rule the kingdom with him. Gaveston, having been previously banished by King Edward I and the Bishop of Coventry for his homosexual relations with Edward II, comes back with a vengeance. The new King’s intent is to live openly with Gaveston as his lover, regardless of who may object, and lavishes him with noble titles, money and gifts. This weighs hard on the Earls of the realm, who, unlike Gaveston, are worthy of nobility by birth or service, and the soldiers, who are short on food and pay, yet expected to defend the borders of the country. The church is also up in arms, given the “unnatural” relationship between the King and his “minion", and the blasphemous assault that Edward and Gaveston impose upon the Bishop of Coventry on Gaveston’s return.

What: COMEDY: "THE DAMNATION GAME"
(Comedy)
Where: Improv Inferno
(309 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 734-214-7080)
When/$: Friday, Oct 21, 2005, 8:00 pm $10

The Damnation Game is the Comedy Game Show from Hell. Part Who's Line is it Anyway, part Let's Make a Deal, it's All Fun. A group of comedians and actors play outrageously funny improv games while they compete for audience members. The show is raucous and very interactive. Audience members offer suggestions as well as having the chance to get on stage and win fabulous prizes. See the show Between the Lines called "Devilishly Delightful", New City called "Recommended" and Dave from Ann Arbor called "Awesome!".

Recommended for mature audiences.

What: Handspring Puppet Company and Sogolon Puppet Troupe: "Tall Horse"
(Theater, Ethnic/World)
Where: Power Center
(121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, 734-763.TKTS)
When/$: Friday, Oct 21, 2005, 8:00 pm $16 - 48

With its mix of magnificent puppets, live actors, captivating costumes, and evocative music, video projection, and dance, this thought-provoking pan-African theatrical spectacle combines the Bambara puppetry tradition of Mali with contemporary techniques from South Africa to tell a tale of Africa’s discovery of Europe.

"Tall Horse" re-imagines a true story of a giraffe that was caught in southern Sudan, taken up the Nile, and shipped across the Mediterranean by the Viceroy of Egypt to be presented as a gift to the King of France for his menagerie. On its arrival in Marseilles, “Giraffe Fever” hit. Women styled their hair “a la giraffe” and wore tawny hues. After wintering in Marseilles, the giraffe took several months in the spring of 1827 to walk to Paris, creating a sensation along the route and, some believe, inspiring the design of the Eiffel Tower. Europe’s Egyptomania and general fascination with all things African is explored throughout the production.

Saturday Afternoon

What: Michigan State University vs. Northwestern
Where: Michigan State University
(East Lansing, Michigan)
When/$: Saturday, Oct 22, 2005

Homecoming Football Game

What: Eastern Michigan University vs. Miami
Where: Eastern Michigan University
(Ypsilanti, Michigan)
When/$: Saturday, Oct 22, 2005

Band Day at the Football Game

What: University of Michigan  vs. Iowa
Where: University of Iowa
(Iowa City, Iowa)
When/$: Saturday, Oct 22, 2005

Televised "Big 10" Football Game

What: Dual Worlds
(Exhibits, Art Gallery)
Where: U-M Museum of Art
(525 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, 734-763-UMMA)
When/$: Saturday, Oct 22, 2005, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, $5 donation

Introduction to African Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art

Sunday

What: Detroit Lions vs. Cleveland Browns
Where: Cleveland Browns Stadium
(Cleveland, Ohio)
When/$: Sunday, Oct 23, 2005 @ 1:00 p.m.

Televised on Fox

What: Dual Worlds
(Exhibits, Art Gallery)
Where: U-M Museum of Art
(525 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, 734-763-UMMA)
When/$: Sunday, Oct 23, 2005, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm, $5 donation

Introduction to African Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art

What: "Edward II"
(Theater)
Where: Riverside Arts Center
(76 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti, MI 48197, 734-480-2787)
When/$: Sunday, Oct 23, 2005, 2:00 pm $12 - 18 (Pay what you can on Thursdays)

Written in 1592, the play tells the story of the rise and fall of King Edward II. After his father Edward I “Longshanks” dies, King Edward II sends a letter to his former lover Piers Gaveston, inviting him to return to England and rule the kingdom with him. Gaveston, having been previously banished by King Edward I and the Bishop of Coventry for his homosexual relations with Edward II, comes back with a vengeance. The new King’s intent is to live openly with Gaveston as his lover, regardless of who may object, and lavishes him with noble titles, money and gifts. This weighs hard on the Earls of the realm, who, unlike Gaveston, are worthy of nobility by birth or service, and the soldiers, who are short on food and pay, yet expected to defend the borders of the country. The church is also up in arms, given the “unnatural” relationship between the King and his “minion", and the blasphemous assault that Edward and Gaveston impose upon the Bishop of Coventry on Gaveston’s return.

What: PHIL OGILVIE'S RHYTHM KINGS
(Jazz)
Where: Firefly Club
(207 S. Ashley St. , Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 734-665-9090)
When/$: Sunday, Oct 23, 2005, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, $7

1920s and '30s ten-piece big band.

What: COMEDY: "GET UP, STAND-UP"
(Comedy, Open Mic/Karaoke)
Where: Improv Inferno
(309 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 734-214-7080)
When/$: Sunday, Oct 23, 2005, 8:00 pm $5

The best up and coming stand up comics in the area featured in our Open Microphone Night.