June has arrived and there is something for everyone here in Ann Arbor. Take at some of the events happening around town this month, including a Greek festival and Shakespeare in the Arboretum!
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06/03-06/05/2011
2011 Ya’ssoo Greek Festival
Enjoy the warm hospitality of Ann Arbor’s St. Nicholas parishioners at the 2011 Ya’ssoo Greek Festival!
The 5th annual Ya’ssoo Greek Festival features authentic Greek cuisine from their “Kouzina” and homemade pastries, live Greek music, dancing, a Hellenic cultural exhibit, and the Agora marketplace featuring jewelry, ceramics, souvenirs, and more. A raffle features a trip to Greece, the Cayman Islands, and a flat-screen TV. This year’s new Kouzina attraction is “saganaki”—flaming Greek cheese.
| St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church 3109 Scio Church Rd., Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Full event info |
When: Friday-11:00a.m.-midnight, Saturday-11:00a.m.-midnight, Sunday-noon-6:00p.m.
Cost: $3-Friday (after 3pm), $4-Saturday (after 1:00pm), FREE-Sunday
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06/04/2011
Ann Arbor African American Downtown Festival
With great anticipation and new visions, the Lucille H. Porter Community Leaning Post (LHPCLP) is proud to announce the 16th Annual African American Downtown Festival (AADF). The AADF annually pays tribute to the Historic Black Business District of Ann Arbor through Music, Art, Theatre, Dance, Poetry and Social Engagement.
Location- Downtown Ann Arbor on North Fourth Avenue & East Ann Street.
Theme- “Bridging the Gap” One Generation at a Time
Anticipated Attendance- 10,000 +
Last Years Estimated Attendance- 7500+
Demographics- Ages: Infant-65; 65% African American; 25% White; 10% Other.
Event Features- Gospel Explosion (10 am-noon), Detroit Pistons Year Round Hoop Truck, Lady X & the Sunshine Band, Fem Fatale Dance Troup, Over 100 Exhibitors, Theatrical Performances, The Kidz Korner, Hands-On Activities, Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz & R&B.
| Downtown Ann Arbor, MI | Full event info |
When: 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
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06/04-06/05/2011
Nichols Arboretum Peonies Galore Sale & Fundraiser
Support Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum with your purchase of antique and heirloom peony varieties just like the ones that grow in the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum. Also, live music and guided tours of the garden Saturday and Sunday. Free admission.
| Univ. of Michigan Nichols Arboretum 1610 Washington Hts., Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 647-7600 Full event info |
When: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
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06/04-06/10/2011
The 2011 Nichols Arboretum Peony Festival
The 2011 Nichols Arboretum Peony Festival begins with a Peony Sale June 4-5 featuring live music and guided tours and continues through Friday, June 10 with guided and self-guided tours available at the garden entrance throughout the week. Free admission. Peonies are weather dependent; call ahead for bloom updates and guided tour times. Peony Festival hours are 10 am-4:30 pm; Nichols Arboretum is open dawn to dusk.
| Univ. of Michigan Nichols Arboretum 1610 Washington Hts., Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 647-7600 Full event info |
When: Saturday, June 4 through Friday, June 10: 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
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06/05/2011
Taste of Ann Arbor
Taste of Ann Arbor kicks off the summer season downtown! Taste samples from area restaurants at this family-friendly event. Admission is free, tastes are 50 cents each.
| Main Street and Liberty Street Downtown Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 668-7112 Full event info |
When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
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06/09-06/26/2011
Shakespeare In the Arb: The Winter’s Tale
This year marks the eleventh season of Shakespeare in the Arb – a collaboration between the University of Michigan Residential College and Nichols Arboretum. This Summer’s production is “The Winter’s Tale,” directed by Kate Mendeloff.
This unique event features scene-by-scene location changes throughout the Arboretum. Wear your walking shoes, bring a blanket or camp chair, and enjoy Shakespeare in the Arb – only in Ann Arbor.
| Nichols Arboretum 1610 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 647-8986 Full event info |
When: All shows start at 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $18 general admission, $10 students and children (6-18)
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06/10/2011
11th Annual Mayor’s Green Fair
Downtown Main Street will be open to pedestrians for free entertainment, food, and over 120 exhibits with environmental information, hands-on activities for youth, Clean Energy Expo, Green Commute Options, BikeFest, WasteKnot Business Partners, walking tours, and more.
| Main Street and Liberty Street Downtown Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 794-6161×41602 Full event info |
When: 6:00 p.m.-10:00p.m.
Cost: This is a free event
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06/12-06/17/2011
Ann Arbor Restaurant Week
Experience the best of Ann Arbor’s dining scene at affordable prices during Ann Arbor Restaurant Week, June 12-17. Local chefs will create special three-course dinner menus for only $25 per person and lunch menus for $12 per person. Some casually priced restaurants will offer two for one deals.
$12 Lunch: Each restaurant will create a special set of menu offerings all priced at $12. Restaurants may offer multiple courses, drinks, two for one, or something entirely different. Lunch is an open format, the choice is up to the restaurant.
$25 Dinner: All restaurants will be offering a three course dinner. Some will have a set menu, others will be offering a choice of items for each course, some will be offering two for the price of one.
For a complete list of participating restaurants, menus, and reservation information, go to www.annarborrestaurantweek.com.
| Downtown Ann Arbor Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 668-7112 Full event info |
When: Hours of operation.
Cost: $12-$25
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06/17-07/12/2011
28th Annual Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Top of the Park
One of Ann Arbor’s favorite community celebrations, The Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Top of the Park offers admission-free concerts,movies under the stars, open-air performances, street arts, family attractions, and a wide variety of cultural activities for the whole community to enjoy. Focusing primarily on local and regional artists, this annual outdoor performance series and social gathering is the perfect complement to the national and international scope of the Summer Festival’s indoor, ticketed performances held at different venues around town.
For more information, visit www.annarborsummerfestival.com.
| Ingalls Mall, N. Univ. Ave & Thayer Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 994-5999 Full event info |
When: TBD, Tuesday – Sunday evenings from June 17-July 100 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: This is a free event.
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06/18/2011
Ann Arbor Summer Festival: Andrew Bird
Few artists better exemplify the term chamber pop than violinist, whistler, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird. A classically trained violinist, former swing jazz musician and now art rock virtuoso, Bird is one of the most imaginative and distinctive voices making music today. Essentially a one-man band, Bird plays and layers live loops, stacking sounds and rhythms, and offering an eclectic mix of gypsy ballads, jazz, folk and rock. Opening set by indie singer-songwriter Haley Bonar.
| The Power Center 121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 764-2538 Full event info |
When: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets $45, $40, $35, $30
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06/21/2011
Ann Arbor Summer Festival: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Equally adept on the trombone and trumpet, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is a man to be reckoned with on both. He draws unqualified respect of some of the most iconic legends in jazz and possesses the ability to deliver a high-energy funk rock show capable of mesmerizing international rock stars. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue’s forward, high-octane music has become so popular that they created a tagline for it: SupaFunkRock! Opening set by jazz-fusionists The Macpodz.
| The Power Center 121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 764-2538 Full event info |
When: 8 p.m.
Cost: $35, $30, $25, $202
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06/23/2011
Ann Arbor Summer Festival: The Moth
The Moth, New York’s hottest literary phenomenon, is an acclaimed nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of storytelling. Having presented sold-out shows for over ten years, The Moth Mainstage descends on Ann Arbor for a night of wildly entertaining stories, told live without notes, by an all-star lineup of the best national and local raconteurs. This performance of the public radio favorite will be recorded for broadcast.
Having spurred a revival in oral storytelling, The Moth Mainstage has featured stories by Malcolm Gladwell, Ethan Hawke, Margaret Cho, Annie Proulx, Salman Rushdie, and an astronaut, a pickpocket, a hot-dog eating champion and hundreds more. Airing weekly on Michigan Radio, The Moth Radio Hour is broadcast on over 200 stations nation-wide and sees more than one million online downloads a week
| The Power Center 121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 764-2538 Full event info |
When: 8 p.m.
Cost: $40, $35, $30, $25
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06/24-06/25/2011
Ann Arbor Book Festival
The Ann Arbor Book Festival returns this June in collaboration with the Neutral Zone and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, featuring an extensive slate of Literary-themed events. Visit www.aabookfestival.org for more details.
Friday, June 24
- 7:30 p.m. Film screening: Louder Than a Bomb at the Helmut Stern Auditorium in the University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor
Saturday, June 25
- 8:30 a.m. Breakfast With the Authors. Pre-registration required. Visit www.aabookfestival.org for registration information and more event details.
- 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Writers Conference. Pre-registration required. Visit www.aabookfestival.org for registration information and more event details
- 10 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. “Show Me a Story” creative play space for children, featuring storytelling and artwork. North Quad, 105 S. State St., Ann Arbor
- 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Ann Arbor Book Festival Street Festival at Ingalls Mall, E. Washington St., Ann Arbor
| Ingalls Mall Univ. of Michigan Central Campus, Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 369-3366 Full event info |
When: See website for a list of specific times and events related to the book festival
Cost: This is a free event.
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06/25-08/27/2011 (Saturdays only)
German Park Picnics
German Park offers an authentic German evening with authentic German food, beer, music, and dancing.
Dates include: June 25, July 30, August 27
Admission gate open 4–9 p.m.; park closes at 11 p.m.
| 5549 Pontiac Trail Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 769-0048 Full event info |
When: 4:00pm-11:00pm – No admittance after 9:00pm
Cost: $5
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06/25/2011
Ann Arbor Summer Festival: Steve Martin – An Evening of Bluegrass & Banjo
Actor, comedian and writer Steve Martin has become the surprise ambassador of bluegrass. A dedicated banjo player for 45 years, Martin’s fleet-fingered virtuosity and playful songwriting garnered him a 2009 Grammy for The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo. Playing alongside North Carolina’s broadly talented Steep Canyon Rangers, Martin delivers an unforgettable evening filled with bright, energetic bluegrass and uproarious interludes in support of his latest release, Rare Bird Alert.
| The Power Center 121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734)764-2538 Full event info |
When: 8 p.m.
Cost: $75, $70, $65, $55
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06/28/2011
Ann Arbor Summer Festival: Los Lonely Boys
Two of the most revered artists in American roots music – fiery Texas blues-rockers Los Lonely Boys and genre-bending singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo – join forces for a double-bill of emotionally charged music steeped in the rich musical traditions of Texas, the American Southwest, and Mexico.
Los Lonely Boys – a potent trio featuring Garza brothers Henry, JoJo, and Ringo, sons of Texas conjunto legend Ringo Garza, Sr. – soared to national attention with their Grammy-winning debut album, recorded with country icon Willie Nelson, plus tours and recordings with mentors Carlos Santana and Los Lobos. Now the Garzas connect with another musical hero in Alejandro Escovedo, the seminal roots-rock innovator. Escovedo has virtually defined the Americana sound over the course of an esteemed 20-year solo career, infusing lyrical Tex-Mex and folk balladry with rock and classical influences.
| The Power Center 121 Fletcher St., Ann Arbor MI Visit website |
Phone: (734) 764-2537 Full event info |
When: 8 p.m.
Cost: $45, $40, $35, $30
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Above was a sampling of the activities occurring in our community during the month of June. Please be sure to check out one of the many events being held during the month and have good time.
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