What's happening around Ann Arbor, November 15-21: 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, November 16-Friday, November 19 (continues through 11/30) "Fashion, Fabrics and Design": This exhibit offers an eclectic mix of vintage and costume pieces pulled from the University of Michigan and curator Jessica Hahn's collections. At the Duderstadt Gallery, 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard on the U-M campus. | More info
• Wednesday, November 17 Ecology Center's 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner: The Ecology Center commemorates its 40th year with a cocktail reception, environmental art exhibit and silent auction, plus keynote speaker Van Jones. At the Michigan League, 911 North University Avenue on the U-M campus, at 6 p.m. | More info
• Wednesday, November 17 AMP Music Festival: The Hard Lessons, Elliot Street Lunatic, Autumn Rhapsody, and The Pineapple Army headline a two-day event spearheaded by Eastern Michigan University's Intro to Arts Management. At Pease Auditorium, College Place and West Cross Street on the EMU campus. | More info
• Thursday, November 18 "Cherry": This Michigan-made film about about a brilliant but naïve Ivy League freshman who becomes enchanted by a free-spirited older student screens at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty Street, at 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story
• Thursday, November 18-Saturday, November 20 "How Things Stand": Works by four senior dance majors take the stage at the Betty Pease Studio Theater, 1310 North University Court on the U-M campus, at 8 p.m. | More info
• Thursday, November 18-Saturday, November 20 Stew & the Negro Problem: The recently-reunited acclaimed "Afro Baroque cabaret ensemble" play a three-night stand at 523 South Main Street, the former Leopold Brothers building. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story
• Thursday, November 18-Sunday, November 21 "Hairspray": Missed Pioneer Theatre Guild's production of the Tony Award-winning stage musical based on the 1988 film by John Waters, or just want more? Dynamic Stage Productions offers its take at Riverside Arts Center, 76 North Huron Street. | Dates and times | AnnArbor.com story
• Friday, November 19 Michigan Authors Roundtable: Michigan authors lead a discussion at the Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin Avenue, at 7 p.m. | More info
• Friday, November 19 Polish Film Festival: This annual event returns to the Michigan Theater with screenings of "Wonderful Summer" and "Little Rose," starting at 7 p.m. | More info
• Friday, November 19 Joe Rogan: The "NewsRadio" star and "Fear Factor" host returns to his stand-up comedy roots with a one-night engagement at Ann Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, 314 East Liberty Street, at 8 and 10:30 p.m.. | More info
• Sunday, November 21 Shawn Colvin: The Grammy-winning folk-rocker plays The Ark, 316 South Main Street, at 7:30 p.m. | More info
• Sunday, November 21
"Five Bowls of Oatmeal": A festival of one-act plays written by 826michigan’s world-renowned guild of 11- to 15-year-old playwrights, plus interviews with U-M MFA candidate Joe Horton and FOUND magazine's Davy Rothbart. At the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 911 North University Avenue on the U-M campus, at 9 p.m. | More info | AnnArbor.com story