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.
• Monday, January 18Martin Luther King Day events: Celebrations, observances, lectures, panel discussions, film screenings and other events in honor of Martin Luther King Day. | See all related events | More
• Monday January 18 "'Push,' Literacy, Women, and African American Literature": Presentation by Sapphire, author of 'Push,' the novel upon which the movie "Precious" was based. At the Michigan Union, 530 South State Street, at 2 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story
• (continues from 1/17) Monday, January 18 - Friday, January 22 Ann Arbor Restaurant Week: Twenty-six participating restaurants offer diners the opportunity to try their best creations for a fixed price. At various locations around downtown Ann Arbor. | More info | AnnArbor.com story | AnnArbor.com Restaurants guide
• Wednesday, January 20 "Assignment: Journalism As Adventure": National Geographic Adventure contributing editor and University of Michigan alum Tom Clynes talks about the stories he's covered and subjects he's photographed around the globe. At the Ann Arbor District Library Downtown Branch, 343 South Fifth Avenue, at 7 p.m. | More info
• Thursday, January 21 "Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals": A lecture by photographer Christopher Payne, who specializes in the documentation of America's vanishing architecture and industrial landscape, presenting work from his much-anticipated new book and discussing the social, medical, architectural, aesthetic, and historiographic issues raised by the images. At the University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 South State Street, at 7 p.m. | More info
• Friday, January 22 Steppin' In It WSG Seth Bernard: Lansing-based band blending old-time country, swing and blues. At the Blind Pig, 208 South First Street. | More info
• Friday, January 22 - Saturday, January 23 Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Celebrated choreographer Bill T. Jones presents "Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray," a dance-theater piece about Abraham Lincoln's legacy. At the Power Center, 121 Fletcher Street. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story w/ related events
• Saturday, January 23 Ann Arbor Film Festival Screening Salon: With over 2,500 film submissions from over 50 countries arriving this year, the Ann Arbor Film Festival would like your participation in reviewing and rating films for consideration for its 48th festival. At the Ypsilanti District Library Whittaker Branch, 5577 Whittaker Road, at 3 p.m. | More info
• Saturday, January 23 Mozart Birthday Bash: Arie Lipsky conducts the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, plus guest soloists and a choir of over 200 voices at this annual concert celebrating Mozart's birth. At Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, at 8 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story
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