The calendar here lives and dies by the university term, and I plan around it the way everyone else does.
These 2,462 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 12 at 7pm +1
Blue LLama Jazz Club and Restaurant · Old Fourth Ward • $25
Jazz pianist Lisa Sung spins traditional Asian melodies into something altogether new. Her quartet's "Half Moon" reimagines Korean children's songs as swinging, soulful jazz at Ann Arbor's piano-shaped listening room.
November 12 at 6pm
Vault of Midnight · Old Fourth Ward • $10
Spooky titles like Mansions of Madness and Arkham Horror fill the tables when Vault of Midnight hosts its November game night, where an elite squad of clerics guides players through a curated horror board game lineup.
November 12 at 6pm
Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor · Old Fourth Ward • Free
How did college sports become a billion-dollar mess? Michigan sports historian Greg Dooley traces the NCAA's 1906 birth to its recent collapse, with plenty of Wolverines lore along the way.
November 12 at 5:30pm
Downtown Library · Old Fourth Ward
Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer leads an open conversation addressing common questions about Native Americans, drawing on his celebrated book during this author talk at the Downtown Library.
November 12 at 7pm
North Star Lounge · Old Fourth Ward
A monthly queer dance party where meeting new people, moving your body, and shameless flirting are all encouraged. Trans and non-binary folks are explicitly welcomed here.
November 12 at 6pm
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore · Old Fourth Ward • Free
Dr. Sangseraima Ujeed leads an experiential workshop exploring the stories, symbolism, and chanting of Buddhist enlightened goddesses, drawing on melodies collected from Tibetan, Himalayan, and Mongolian teachers upstairs in the bookstore meeting room.
Browse Ann Arbor neighborhood by neighborhood, get ideas just for you, or ask me anything.
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Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM
Spun · Kerrytown
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:30 PM
Conor's Pub · Old Fourth Ward
$$
Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM
Common Cycle · Ann Arbor
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
Bløm Mead + Cider · Ann Arbor
$
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
Conor O'Neill's Irish Pub · Old West Side
$$
Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM
Spun · Kerrytown
Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM
YORK Food and Drink · Bryant Pattengill East
$
Thu, Nov 12 · 6:45 PM
Lake Forest Golf Club · Lawton
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
Bløm Mead + Cider · Ann Arbor
Free
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:30 PM
Conor O'Neill's Irish Pub · Old Fourth Ward
$$
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
Revel and Roll · Burns Park
Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM
The Cellar · Old Fourth Ward
$$
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
Rick's American Cafe · Burns Park
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
Revel and Roll · Bryant Pattengill East
Thu, Nov 12 · 5:30 PM
Hill Auditorium · Burns Park
Free
Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM
HOMES Brewery · Eberwhite
$$
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
LIVE · Old Fourth Ward
$$
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
The Blind Pig · Old Fourth Ward
$
Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM
The Cellar · Old West Side
$$
Thu, Nov 12 · 6:30 PM
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library · Northside
Free
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
The Blind Pig · Old West Side
$
Thu, Nov 12 · 8:00 PM
The Ark · Old Fourth Ward
$29-$40
Thu, Nov 12 · 5:30 PM
North Star Lounge · Old Fourth Ward
Free
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:30 PM
Kerrytown Concert House · Old Fourth Ward
Fri, Nov 13 · 3:30 PM
Duderstadt Center · Northside
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 10:00 AM
Launch Family Entertainment - Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor
$15
Fri, Nov 13 · 1:00 PM
Veterans Memorial Park Pool & Ice Arena · Haisley
Fri, Nov 13 · 10:00 AM
Launch Family Entertainment - Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor
$15
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:00 PM
Goldfish Swim School - Ann Arbor · Dicken
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:00 AM
JCPenney · Bryant Pattengill West
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM
Kerrytown Market & Shops · Kerrytown
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 1:00 PM
Ann Arbor District Library: Westgate Branch · Lakewood
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:30 PM
A2AC (Ann Arbor Art Center) · Old Fourth Ward
$150
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:00 PM
Blue Llama Club · Old Fourth Ward
$25 Cover
Fri, Nov 13 · 1:00 PM
Ann Arbor District Library: Westgate Branch · Lakewood
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:30 PM
Club Above · Ann Arbor
$
Fri, Nov 13 · 4:00 PM
Forest Hill Cemetery · Angell
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:30 AM
Mack Pool · Upper Water Hill
Fri, Nov 13 · 3:00 PM
Good Time Charley's · Burns Park
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM
Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor · Bryant Pattengill East
Fri, Nov 13 · 4:30 PM
Everyday Wines · Kerrytown
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:00 AM
Hatcher Graduate Library · Burns Park
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:00 PM
The Habitat · Lakewood
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:30 PM
Hill Auditorium · Burns Park
Starting at $20 (+ fees)
Fri, Nov 13 · 10:30 AM
Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM
Shapiro Design Lab · Burns Park
Fri, Nov 13 · 4:30 PM
Everyday Wines · Old Fourth Ward
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:00 PM
Leslie Science & Nature Center · Northside
$10 for adults and children 2 years and older and free for babies 23 months and younger.
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:30 PM
LIVE · Old West Side
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:45 AM
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library · Northside
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM
Liberty Research Annex, Taubman College, University of Michigan · Old West Side
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:00 AM
Lane Hall, University of Michigan · Ann Arbor
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:00 PM
Theatre Nova · Wildwood
General $35 · Shooting Star $50 · Northern Light $75 · Supernova $100
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