Happening Today - June 12 events
FOOD
Today kicks off “Ann Arbor Restaurant Week.” Experience extraordinary three-course dinner menus and fixed price fare lunch menus from Ann Arbor’s best restaurants. Now is your chance to discover new restaurants and enjoy favorites at a discounted price. Make reservations early as tables fill fast. Restaurant Week runs through Friday. For a complete list of participating restaurants, visit annarborrestaurantweek.com.
HISTORY
Today wraps up Dexter Area Historical Society and Museum’s “Civil War Days” at Gordon Hall in Dexter. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Today will feature camp tours, a pig roast ($10/per ticket), a community pie auction and much more. $10 (youth ages 5-17, $5) suggested donation. Gordon Hall is at 8341 Island Lake Road, Dexter. 734-426-2519. Find a complete schedule at www.dextermuseum.org.
Volunteer Dave Kinsella works the grill with a utensil in each hand as he mans one of several grills at last year's Grillin' for FoodGatherers. The annual event happens today at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds.
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
THEATER
“Shakespeare in the Arb” has returned with “The Winter’s Tale.” Box office opens at 5:30 p.m. Shows start at 6:30 p.m. Today, June 16-19 and June 23-26. In its 11th season, “SitA” continues to showcase the natural beauty of the Arb and the timelessness of Shakespeare. $15/Matthaei-Nichols members, $10/students, $18/adults age 19 and over, $16/seniors 62 and over, $10/children and youth 6-18, free/5 and under free. The Arb is at 1610 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor. 734-647-8986.
FOOD
They’ll be “Grillin’ for Food Gatherers” at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. 3 to 6 p.m. Feast on grilled sausages, chicken, vegetables, salads and desserts. Beer and wine will be available. Live music includes George Bedard & the Kingpins, Laith Al-Saadi and the RFD Boys. There will be kids activities and a silent auction of food-related items. Rain or shine. $60/ at the gate. $10/ children 13 and under. The WCFG is at 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Saline. 734-761-2796.
BOOKS
Local author Dave Moore will discuss and sign his book, “The Father's Love” at Nicola’s Books. 3 p.m. In this true story, Moore describes the anguish in going through a father's worst nightmare -- a missing child. Moore is a chaplain from Ypsilanti. Free. Nicola’s is in the Westgate Shopping Center at 2513 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor. 734-662-0600.
To make corrections or changes to the online Happening Today calendar, contact Ann Dwyer at anndwyer@annarbor.com or 734-623-2538.