If you like fairies, pets or tractors, then there's a festival for you today

By Ann Dwyer Production Asst.

Posted on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 : 5:05 a.m.

PETS

The Annual Pet Fest ends today at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Pet Fest is the largest pet festival in southeastern Michigan with an annual attendance of nearly 5,000 passionate pet owners. The goal is to help local rescue groups and shelters find homes for foster pets and to offer a venue to artisans, service providers and vendors. $5/ adults; children under 10 get in free. Free parking. The WFCG is at 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor. 734-429-3145.

ART

Come to the Sunday Artisan Market to celebrate everything fairy at the Fairy Door Festival. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Many artists will have fairy-oriented products for sale. Featured local artisan Bob Simmons will be selling his amazing fairy doors. Fly Art Center will be hosting the craft table. Free candy (fairy treat) for each child dressed up as a fairy, gnome or pirate. Free admission; price of purchases. The market is held at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market at 315 Detroit St., Ann Arbor. 734-913-9622.

BOWLING

Help WCC students at the Scholarship Bowl-A-Thon at Colonial Lanes Bowling Center. 3-5 p.m. The event held by Ann Arbor Jaycees Foundation will raise money for a new scholarship for Washtenaw Community College students. The $20 cost includes bowling, shoes, pizza, pop, raffles and more. Colonial Lanes is at 1950 S. Industrial Hwy., Ann Arbor. 734-665-4474.

FILM

The Summer Classic Film Series will present "Children of Paradise" at the Michigan Theater. 1:30 p.m. There will be an encore screening on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The great French romance that almost wasn't. It was produced under overwhelmingly difficult circumstances during the Nazi occupation of France. General admission: $10. Students, seniors: $8. Michigan Theater members: $7.50. The theater is at 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor. 734-668-8397.

HISTORY

The Antique Tractor and Equipment Show at Waterloo Farm Museum wraps up today. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. There will be a pancake breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Along with the equipment, there will be hand-crafted goods for purchase, a raffle drawing for a John Deere pedal tractor valued at $600, live music, tours of the Farm Museum and Dewey School Museum and much more. Free admission; tours of the farmhouse are $3 per person. The grounds are at 13493 Waterloo-Munith Road, Grass Lake. 517-596-2254.

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