What's happening around Ann Arbor, August 2-8: Our picks & your votes
Check out our picks for the best in visual art, music, family fun, theater, film and more this week, and then vote on the event that interests you most.
• Tuesday, August 3 Pewabic Pottery and Detroit Riverwalk: Tour this national historic landmark in Detroit. Bus leaves from Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Road, at 10 a.m. | More info
• Wednesday, August 4 Book talk with John Sinclair: The Ann Arbor native performer, poet and activist reads from his new book, "Sun Ra: Interviews & Essays". At Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tearoom, 114 South Main Street, at 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 4 Little Feat: The venerated band plays a distinctive mix of rocking-blues, New Orleans funk, country-rock and beyond at The Ark, 316 South Main Street. SOLD OUT. | More info | AnnArbor.com story
• Thursday, August 5 AADL 5th Annual Lego Contest: Build a Lego project at home, bring it in for judging, and see the winning creations on display. At Weber's Inn, 3050 Jackson Road. | Full details
• Thursday, August 5 - Sunday, August 8 (continues through 8/27) "The Ypsi Project": Local photographer Erica Hampton exhibits her collection of portraits of Ypsilanti residents. At Riverside Arts Center, 76 North Huron Street, in Ypsilanti. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story
• Thursday, August 5 - Sunday, August 8 (continues through 9/5) "Woman Before a Glass": Naz Edwards stars in Lanie Robertson’s one-woman play about Peggy Guggenheim, who talks about her father’s death on the Titanic; saving art from the Nazis in Paris; and how she became a collector of modern art, and modern artists. At Performance Network, 120 East Huron Street. | Dates and times
• Friday, August 6 & Saturday, August 7 Michigan Roots Jamboree: Two stages of music (including such acts as Macpodz, ekoostik hookah, nervous but excited and Dick Siegel), plus art, other activities, and camping. At Riverside Park in Depot Town, Ypsilanti. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story
• Friday, August 6 & Saturday, August 7 Saline Summerfest: Art & craft show, dance events, a 5K run/walk, a car show, kids' events, music, casino events and more, in downtown Saline. | Dates and times
• Saturday, August 7 Mid-Michigan Ride for the Cure: This biking benefit for Susan G. Komen for the Cure® offers three different routes. Ride begins and ends at Wines Elementary/Forsythe Middle School, 1655 Newport Road. | More info | Additional details
• Saturday, August 7 Joe Strummer tribute: Area punk bands pay homage to the late Clash frontman at The Blind Pig, 208 South First Street, at 9 p.m. | More info
• Saturday, August 7 Riverfolk Festival: Roots music (from such acts as Joe Hall & the Louisiana Cane Cutters, Steel Wheels, and the Galactic Cowboy Orchestra), plus artists' booths, kids' events, fiddling and songwriting contests and more. At Carr Park, Manchester. | More info | AnnArbor.com story | Related events: Jam Camp from Wednesday through Friday; Party in the Park on Friday.
• Saturday, August 7 & Sunday, August 8 Thunder Over Michigan: The world's largest gathering of WWII heavy bombers gathers at the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport, 2041 A Street, in Belleville. | Dates and times
• Sunday, August 8
Herbfest: Celebrate the diversity of plants' benefits with lectures, educational displays, a silent auction, tours and treats. At Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Road, at noon. | More info