May 14 Tuesday
The Easy Street Jazz Band has played Dixieland jazz for over 50 years right here in Ann Arbor. Leader/trombonist Terry Kimura picks familiar tunes from the traditional jazz repertoire and blows the dust off some forgotten gems from Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, Walter Donaldson, Hoagy Carmichael and other great composers from the early part of the 20th century. Kimura, Matt Collar (tr), Chris Tabaczynski (reeds) Pete Siers (percussion), Rod McDonald (guitar and banjo), Paul Keller (bass), and a guest pianist play great jazz for listening and dancing fun.
David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize winning play, depicts a group of real estate salesmen in the 1980's as they struggle to survive in a cut-throat world. Their office has set up a competition: the salesman who makes the highest dollar sales will win a new Cadillac; the loser will be fired. Mature themes and language. May 9 - 18, Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays at 7:30pm. Sunday & Wednesday matinees at 2pm.
May 10-12 and 17-19, Fri/Sat at 8pm and Sun at 2pm. | When Leo needs twenty grand to save the family business, he does the only thing he can, turn to his former criminal associate Eddie “The Fish” Cohen. But Eddie has his own plans for the Grand Tiki, and if Leo, his sister Pheenie, and bartender and aspiring luchador Manny “The Chupa-Cobra” Santini can’t get the money back, all while dodging Leo’s P.O., it’s all going to go up in smoke. This play is rated PG-13.
May 15 Wednesday
Charles E. Boyk Law Offices are proud to offer our 16th annual Bikes for Kids Giveaway. To promote bicycle safety and recognize deserving children in the community, we are giving away 10 bikes to local children for the summer! To learn more and make a nomination visit our Bikes for Kids Giveaway page.
Join us for a free happy hour concert!Acquired Dialects is an instrumental and vocal trio whose performances evoke a timeless quality that transports listeners to the heart of Americana. Songwriters Tyler Campbell, Trevor Bechtel, and Jennifer Erb pay homage to a rich musical heritage with a contemporary twist, ensuring that their music resonates with a broad audience eager to connect with authentic and evocative storytelling.
Blues and boogie-woogie pianist Mark Lincoln Braun has become one of the premiere purveyors of a vanishing art. Having learned his craft first-hand from the early masters, he is a rare living link to the first generation of blues and boogie pianists. Steeped in the rich legacy of this tremendously exciting music, Mr. B learned directly from blues and boogie legends like Little Brother Montgomery, Boogie Woogie Red, and Blind John Davis.
Bill Heid came of age in the crucible that was Pittsburgh in its jazz heyday, hanging out at legendary Hill District clubs. Bill took these lessons and experiences and headed West to Detroit and Chicago, where he built a solid blues resume, touring and recording as a pianist. It is as an organist though that Bill became better known, recording as a leader on several outstanding jazz organ dates in the mid to late nineties for the Muse/Westside and Savant labels. Now, after having spent a number of years working in Japan and touring all over the world for the U.S. State Department as a Jazz Ambassador, Bill is back stateside where he can be heard on organ and piano engagements at various venues in the Washington, D.C. area.
$15 cover.
May 16 Thursday
The Ypsilanti Community Choir is excited to present its Spring Concert, Thursday, Mary 16, 2024 at 7:30 pm at Towsley Auditorium, on the campus of Washtenaw Community College, 4800 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, MI. The concert will include many favorites including pieces by Irving Berlin and Simon and Garfunkel. We will also feature guest soloist, Derek Ronayne, in several pieces including a gospel arrangement of “Stand By Me”. As is our tradition, the evening will come to a close with “Battle Hymn of the Republic”! The choir is led by director Ariel Toews-Ricotta and accompanied by Maria Cimarelli.