with poll: What's happening around Ann Arbor, August 2-8: Our picks & your votes

• 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