What's happening around Ann Arbor, March 1-7: 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.
• continuing Monday, March 1-Sunday, March 7 (continues through Sunday, March 28)"Intermission": Films, new-media, and film-inspired works by six Michigan artists, curated by Donald Harrison, Executive Director of the Ann Arbor Film Festival. At the Ann Arbor Art Center, 117 West Liberty Street. | Dates and times
• Tuesday, March 2 Read Across America: Dr. Seuss' birthday: Storytime featuring "Green Eggs and Ham," plus games. At Barnes & Noble, 3235 Washtenaw Avenue, at 11 a.m. | More info
• Wednesday, March 3 "Bridging the Gap: The Joseph Dulin Story": Benefit for the Dispute Resolution Center's family mediation programs, featuring a screening of "Bridging the Gap," the story of a failing educational system and the life of an extremely unique man named Joseph Dulin, who has devoted his life to successfully educating kids whom under normal circumstances, would have fallen through the cracks of the urban educational system. At the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, at 7 p.m. | More info
• Wednesday, March 3 Catie Curtis: Contemporary singer-songwriter performing intelligent, thoughtful songs about love, loss, hope and life’s small pleasures. At The Ark, 316 South Main Street, at 8 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story
• Wednesday, March 3-Sunday, March 7 "Gravity": World-premiere run of David MacGregor’s play about Isaac Newton — specifically, the secret work he pursued in isolation after his book “Principia Mathematica” rocked the world, and his relationship with a mysterious patroness. At the Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park Street in Chelsea. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com review
• Thursday, March 4 "Light Bright: DIY Design": Build your own puzzle piece pendant light or custom cylinder table lamp in this workshop. At the University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 South State Street, at 6 p.m. | More info
• Friday, March 5 Ann Arbor Soul Club: Monthly soul dance party featuring DJs Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck T. Bunce and Aaron Anderson, with special guest Nick Soule of Windy City Soul Club. More info | AnnArbor.com story about AASC third anniversary
• Saturday, March 6 Dance Alliance Repertory Company Annual Benefit Concert: ........ At Saline High School's Ellen Ewing Performing Arts Center, 1300 Campus Parkway in Saline, at 7 p.m. | More info
• Sunday, March 7 Cook Michigan: Cooking contest inviting participants to create a dish featuring at least one made or grown in Michigan food product. At the Whittaker Road branch of the Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Road, at 2 p.m. | More info