Cherries Look Outrageous To Me?

Saturday Looks Outrageous To Cherries? The mash-up names go on forever, but Saturday Looks Good To Me's awesome cover EP of Outrageous Cherry tunes does the job quickly and then gets out. It's a unique collision of two of metro Detroit's greatest indie-pop acts, with SLGTM's Fred Thomas lending a dreamy, lo-fi aesthetic to OC's polished power pop. "Our Love Will Change the World" and "My Suspicious Midwest" are the highlight jams, but all six fast-moving tracks are well worth a listen.

What other local bands need to do cover EPs of each other? I'm gonna hold out for Third Coast Kings doing Blue Snaggletooth, m'self.

Free show tomorrow at Vail Haus

Gentle readers, when was the last time you went to a co-op party? It's probably been a while, hasn't it? If you're interested in scratching that itch, why not check out the free show tomorrow at Vail Haus.

Skyline High School could be yours for just $7,540,765

Via Ann Arbor's Craigslist:

Skyline high school for sale!! - $7540765 (2552 N. Maple road)

Ever want to buy a high school? Now is your chance! You get the mental hospital design, mixed with the long white hallways and 2,500 staff and students. What a bargain!

I'm guessing this has something to do with the budget proposals discussed at last night's AAPS School Board meeting. @schoolsmuse has a good blow by blow on her twitter feed.

h/t: @dokas

Are you playing the Ann Arbor District Library's summer game?

I've never played the AADL's Summer Game, but it looks like lots of fun. If you watch carefully, I hear that there are two codes in the video.

Red-tailed hawk hunting on the Diag

I saw this red-tailed hawk on the Diag this morning. I was surprised how close it let me get.

Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys

Did anyone see Animal Plant's Blood Lake over the weekend? Set in a sleepy beach town in Michigan, this made-for-TV-movie from the creators of Sharknado, stars Shannen Doherty and Christopher Lloyd. Though Blood Lake has opened to decidedly negative reviews, it's nice to see Animal Planet bringing some much needed attention to the threat posed to the Great Lakes by invasive aquatic species.

Local Theater town hall meeting tonight

The abrupt announcement from Performance Network that they would be suspending operations last week came as a shock to us. If you're interested in the future of local professional theater in Ann Arbor, a group called Theater Nova is hosting a meeting tonight at 7:00 at Hathaway's Hideaway tonight. The meeting has been organized by PNT's associate artistic director, Carla Milarch, who absolutely killed it as Richard III.

WOM StorySLAM: S P A C E

Word of Mouth is having a story slam this thursday at Literati.  Audience members share their stories, five minute interpretations of the theme SPACE, to their receptive and kind peers. You can check out past work here  or here. 

Sorry about the lack of posting. I am trying to get a big person job and Ben is trying to be a big person. It is all very difficult. 

Dave Eggers at 826Michigan

Tomorrow the Robot Repair Shop will be hosting author Dave Eggers. He is known for writing What Is The What  or A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.  His tutoring pet project in San Francisco  turned into the 826National, which brought us our robots, and have brought other cities sasquatches, spies and more.

If you don't wanna meet Dave Eggers, or have him sign his name into something you own, at least walk down to the shop on liberty to buy a piece of robot whimsy that supports literacy and education. Check out more info at Literati's facebook page.

Farmers Market Survey

credit to AAFM FBook Page

If you are a regular frequenter of the Ann Arbor Farmers Market, you should consider helping them out by filling out a quick survey. From their Facebook page, 

"ATTENTION ANN ARBOR FARMERS MARKET CUSTOMERS:

The Ann Arbor Farmers Market Staff and Public Market Advisory Commission are requesting input regarding priorities and plans for market infrastructure improvement projects. Please consider sharing your input! We will also have hard copies of the survey available on market days in the market office.

Click on the link below to fill out the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/farmersmarketinfrastructure_customer"