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| 10.3 | Antony & The
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| 10.5 | The Bravery |
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| 10.5 | Keith Hood and Amy Sumerton Orchid: A Literary Review Keith Hood is executive editor of Ann Arbor journal Orchid: A Literary Review; Amy Sumerton is one of Orchid’s editors and the Program Director for 826 Michigan. Both will read short stories. Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main St. Free. 7:00 p.m. |
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| 10.6 | Barbara Ehrenreich |
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| 10.8 | Otto Vector |
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| 10.8 | Blanche You love Blanche even though you know they have deep connections to Goober and the Peas. It’s the sultry vocals, the witty lyrics and the creepy-hillbilly guitar. Last year’s If We Can’t Trust the Doctors was a fine, fine album. The Magic Stick, 120-4140 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, $10, 8:00 p.m. |
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| 10.9 | Rufus Wainwright Like everything else we like, Rufus has gotten a little bit stronger, a little bit harder... a little bit harmful for us. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor. $25. 7:30 p.m. |
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| 10.9 | Dungen |
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| 10.10 | Sergey Gandlevsky |
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10.13 |
Harvey Pekar The genius sadsack madman behind American Splendor reads and signs his new book, The Quitter. Borders, 612 E. Liberty. Free. 7:00 p.m. |
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10.18 |
Beenie Man One of the kings of Jamaican dirty dancehall reggae. Blind Pig, 208 S. First St. $25. 9:00 p.m. |
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10.18 |
Billy Collins |
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| 10.22 | No Fun Records showcase The Hard Lessons, the Avatars, the Cyril lords, the Boomerangs, and the Dead Bodies. With DJ Brian Tomsic of WCBN. Be there. Blind Pig, 208 S. First St. $10. 9:00 p.m. |
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| 10.26 | Henry Rollins Originally of Black Flag fame, now on seemingly perpetual tour, spreading the good spoken word. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor. $20. 7:30 p.m. |
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| 10.26 | Nikka Costa If Prince was a woman in her 20s with amazing hair, he would be Nikka Costa. The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Avenue, Ferndale. $15, 8:00 p.m. |
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| 10.27 | Dolly Parton Behind all that... Dollyness and Dollyville and the rest, there is that achingly pretty voice. Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave, Detroit. |
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10.29 |
Halloween Bang! |
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| 10.29 | 826 Fall Fundraiser “Monsters’ Ball” featuring Elizabeth Kostova and Julie Orringer. Bestselling authors Orringer (How to Breathe Underwater) and Kostova (The Historian) will read their fiction and answer questions. This event will also feature video clips of 826 students reading their fiction at Radio 826. Drinks and desserts at 7:00 p.m.—dress as your favorite literary figure. There will be adult workshops in the afternoon with Orringer; see 826michigan.org for details. Greenhills School’s Campbell Center for the Performing Arts, 850 Greenhills Drive, Ann Arbor. $10 for students, $25 to $50 for adults. Reserve space by emailing amy@826michigan.org or call 734.761.3463. Reading at 8:00 p.m. |
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| 10.31 | That Obscure Object of Desire The final film in the UM Film and Video Studies’ Interior Vision Film Series is Luis Bunuel’s last film, an erotic, surrealistic exploration of dark desire, sexual politics and brutal pursuit made in 1977. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Street. 7:00 |
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