Thursday, April 6, 6:00pm -9:00pm A showcase of U-M’s academic excellence, with faculty from diverse disciplines presenting 20-minute talks at Ann Arbor restaurants, bars and retail shops. For the complete list of speakers, topics, locations and times please visit http://bicentennial.umich.edu/events/festivals/feast-of-ideas/

Date: Friday, April 7th Time: Dusk – Midnight Location: Washington Street between Main and Ashley FoolMoon is the nighttime kick-off event to a foolish weekend! In the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, everyone and anyone is invited to gather in the streets to shake off those cold gray winters. The skyline will be filled with [...]

Date: Sunday, April 9th Time: 4-5pm Location: Main Street between William and Washington The FestiFools parade is one of Ann Arbor’s cultural treasures. It is a HUGE-mongous public art spectacular, created by members of the community and U of M students. Magnificent, colorful, bizarre, human-powered papier-mâché puppets join thousands of Foolish friends frolicking about downtown [...]

The Ark, 316 S. Main Street, is Ann Arbor’s nonprofit home for acoustic music. Considered one of the top music clubs in the world, The Ark is renowned for the quality and breadth of its programming. The Ark is an intimate 400-seat club presenting performers who fall into the wide-ranging genres of folk and roots [...]