Community Corner
Grab & Go Planner: Cooking, Reading, and a Trip for History
Take the kids to Ann Arbor for a field trip, go to the library or learn how to cook — pick and choose from this week's array of family events.
Family best bets for the week ahead:
Why go: Shake off your cabin fever by playing Nintendo Wii games, Guitar Hero on the Xbox 360, DDR and more! Come out and practice your moves.
Where: , Main Library Meeting Room
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When: 3-6 p.m. Wednesday
Cost: Free; no registration required
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Why go: Give your kids an opportunity to learn how to cook. Henry Ford Hospital will demonstrate how to make a healthy chicken pot pie and healthy sweetening options to make fresh fruit pies.
Where: Demonstration Kitchen, West Bloomfield
When: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Cost: $20
What else: Register quickly because registration closes 72 hours prior to the class. Call 248-325-3890
Why go: Children ages birth to 5 years old and their parents can have a fun time at the library on Saturday mornings. The librarian offers amazing stories, songs, interactives and group activities.
Where: , Children’s Room
When: 11-11:30 a.m. Saturdays
Cost: Free; you don’t need to register
'Under the African Sky'
Why go: If you haven’t seen a Wild Swan Theater performance, you and your kids are in for a treat. Geared to ages 3-9, this is a Black History Month play and is made up of brief, humorous African tales performed through storytelling, acting and drumming. Music, costumes and masks will delight the little ones. Continuous American Sign Language, woven in the middle of the action, will make this performance accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing children as well as give the performance an added dimension for hearing children.
Where: Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor
When: 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Saturday
Cost: $12 adults, $8 children and seniors
What else: For audio-description tours for blind children, wheelchair seating or for tickets, call 734-995-0530
University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Why go: The Exhibit Museum is a repository of dinosaur bones, dinosaur fossils and dinosaur skeletons, as well as Native American stuffed animals. Also, come gaze at the stars in the museum's planetarium for Sky Tonight, a live star talk.
Where: 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor. Park in the structure on Fletcher Street near the Power Center.
When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. For Sky Tonight: 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Friday, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Cost: The museum is free; the planetarium shows are $5
What else: For more information, call 734-764-0478
