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<div align="center"> <p><br> </p> <img src="/2ndpagetitles/CALENDAR.gif" width="504" height="54" border="0" alt="Calendar of Events"><br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="454" align="center"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i>Pop, Rock, Jazz, and Blues</i></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" color="#660000"><i><br> </i></font><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><i> Nationally known artists visit the Ark, Kerrytown Concert House, other clubs, and campus venues, crowning a flourishing nightlife scene. Home to considerable local talent, Ann Arbor's also a stop for up-and-comers on the college circuit. </i></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <a name="top"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i>Highlights this week:</i></font></div> <div align="left"> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> <A HREF="#event20072"><B>"Nash Bash": Kerrytown District Association.</B></A><P> <A HREF="#event19775"><B>Little Bang Theory: Performance Network.</B></A><P> <A HREF="#event19797"><B>Tumbao Bravo: Kerrytown Concert House.</B></A><P> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C18.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="18" border="0" align="top"> Monday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">August, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event19678"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> Noon-2 p.m. <br><b>"Music in the Park"</b><b>:</b> <b>Herb David Guitar Studio.</b> <i>June 1-October 31. </i> Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.<br clear=left><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C19.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="19" border="0" align="top"> Tuesday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">August, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event19699"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> Noon-2 p.m. <br><b>"Music in the Park"</b><b>:</b> <b>Herb David Guitar Studio.</b> <i>June 1-October 31. </i> Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event19707"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7-8:30 p.m. <br><b>"The Michigan Jazz Suite"</b><b>:</b> <b>Ann Arbor District Library.</b> The local jazz ensemble <b>The Paul Keller Trio </b> performs bassist Keller's new suite of 15 jazz tone poems inspired by iconic Michigan destinations, people, and events. AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4560.<br clear=left><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C20.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="20" border="0" align="top"> Wednesday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">August, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event19722"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> Noon-2 p.m. <br><b>"Music in the Park"</b><b>:</b> <b>Herb David Guitar Studio.</b> <i>June 1-October 31. </i> Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C21.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="21" border="0" align="top"> Thursday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">August, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event19748"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> Noon-2 p.m. <br><b>"Music in the Park"</b><b>:</b> <b>Herb David Guitar Studio.</b> <i>June 1-October 31. </i> Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event19747"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> Noon-2 p.m. <br><b>"Bank of Ann Arbor Sonic Lunch"</b><b>:</b> <b>Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce.</b> <i>Every Thursday, June 5-September 25. </i> Musical entertainment by local performers TBA. Today: <b>Jill Jack, </b> a sultry-voiced Detroit folk-rock singer-songwriter whose music also draws freely on jazz and country flavors. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 214-0109.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event20072"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 5-8 p.m. <br><b>"Nash Bash"</b><b>:</b> <b>Kerrytown District Association.</b> This mini country music festival is headlined by <b>Dana Cooper </b> <i><a href="http://arborweb.com/reviews/0808_danacooper-review.html">(see review)</a>,</i> a veteran Missouri-bred folk-rock singer-songwriter from Nashville whose songs are known for their melodic inventiveness and poetically evocative lyrical sophistication. Opening act is <b>Whit Hill & the Postcards, </b> a former local band that recently moved to Nashville, featuring Hill's richly imaginative country-folk originals that are often spiked with her offbeat sense of humor. Other local musicians TBA. Also, a <b>"trunk-a- palooza" </b> garage sale where folks sell everything from china to cowboy hats out of their car trunks. BBQ, beer, wine, and other food available. Farmers' Market parking lot. Free admission. Vendors: preregister for $20 at glbtbooks.com/trunkapalooza.htm. 302-3060.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event19758"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 6:30-8:30 p.m. <br><b>"Sounds and Sights on Thursday Nights"</b><b>:</b> <b>Chelsea Retail Advisory Council.</b> <i>Every Thursday. </i> Musical entertainment on stages downtown, as well as activities for kids. Also, an art market, food vendors, and carriage rides. Weekly schedules available at chelseafestivals.com. downtown Chelsea. Free (fee for carriage ride). 475-1145<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event19775"></a> 9:30 p.m. <br><b>Little Bang Theory</b><b>:</b> <b>Performance Network.</b> Music for theater, film, and dance performed on toy instruments by this local trio led by Frank Pahl, an inventively offbeat avant-folk composer-musician known for his seriously playful explorations of links between noise and music that one critic called "future-rustic." With Terri Sarris and Doug Shimmin. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. $5 at the door only. 663-0681.<br clear=left><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C22.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="22" border="0" align="top"> Friday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">August, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event19783"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> Noon-2 p.m. <br><b>"Music in the Park"</b><b>:</b> <b>Herb David Guitar Studio.</b> <i>June 1-October 31. </i> Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event19791"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 6:30-8:30 p.m. <br><b>Summer Concert Series</b><b>:</b> <b>Dexter Area Chamber of Commerce Summer Series.</b> <i>August 1, 15, & 22. </i> Entertainment on 2 stages in downtown Dexter. For weekly schedule, see dexterchamber.org. Monument Park gazebo & in front of the clock tower, downtown Dexter. Free. 426-0887.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event19792"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7-10 p.m. <br><b>Crossroads Summer Festival.</b> <i>Every Friday, June 6-September 12. </i> Weekly outdoor stage in downtown Ypsilanti with a variety of dance bands. (In case of rain, held in Club Devine, 25 North Washington.) Weekly schedules available at ypsicrossroads.org. Washington St. at Michigan Ave. Free. 717-7305.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event19797"></a> 8 p.m. <br><b>Tumbao Bravo</b><b>:</b> <b>Kerrytown Concert House.</b> This local Cuban jazz quintet, led by saxophonist and flutist Paul VornHagen and percussionist Alberto Nacif, won Outstanding World Music Recording at the 2007 Detroit Music Awards. The band recently released its 3rd CD, <i>Un Systema para Todo, </i> a set of original compositions that a <i>Descarga.com </i> reviewer calls a "strong, refreshing and unpretentious Latin jazz project." Other band members include pianist Wesley Reynoso, bassist Pat Prouty, trumpeter Roberto Mojica, and Javier Barrios on timbales. KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Tickets $10, $15, & $25 (students, $5). Reservations recommended. 769-2999.<br clear=left><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C23.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="23" border="0" align="top"> Saturday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">August, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event19814"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> Noon-2 p.m. <br><b>"Music in the Park"</b><b>:</b> <b>Herb David Guitar Studio.</b> <i>June 1-October 31. </i> Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Today: local classic rock jam band <b>Off the Rails. </b> Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C24.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="24" border="0" align="top"> Sunday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">August, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event19839"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> Noon-2 p.m. <br><b>"Music in the Park"</b><b>:</b> <b>Herb David Guitar Studio.</b> <i>June 1-October 31. </i> Musical entertainment by a variety of local performers TBA. Liberty Plaza, E. Liberty at S. Division. Free. 665-8001.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event19858"></a> 4-8 p.m. <br><b>2nd Annual Benefit Concert</b><b>:</b> <b>Lost Voices.</b> This folk and blues concert features world-class local harmonica wizard <b>Madcat Ruth </b> and <b>Kitty Donohoe, </b> a Michigan singer-songwriter who sings Irish American roots music. Also <b>Josh White Jr. </b> Known for his powerful, intense singing and his virtuosity on 6-string and 12-string guitars, White sings in a more modern style than his famous folksinger father. Other blues and folk musicians TBA. Proceeds benefit Lost Voices, a nonprofit organization that creates programs for incarcerated and at-risk youth. 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