Source of Information:  Ann Arbor Tea Party

When: Thursday 4/15/10 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Where: University of Michigan Diag.  We’ll be in front of the Hatcher Graduate Library.  The library’s address is 913 S. University Avenue Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-1190.  The back (south side) of the library faces S. University.  The front (north side) is where we’ll be.

Who:  We have TEA party members speaking as well as Thayrone X from WAAM 1600.  Things to know about the Rally:

NO derogatory signs!  Keep it family friendly. Call 911 for security issues.

Bring a video camera and record the event.  If you notice any type of ruckus, please get a video of it.

No sales of merchandise are allowed on the Diag.

We need to clean up after ourselves.  When we’re through, please help clean up any litter.  I have two volunteers heading up the cleanup effort.  If you would like to help, let me know and I’ll get you in touch with the right people.

We need tents to protect the two sign-up tables and the D.J.’s booth.  It’s gonna be a great time.  We’re expecting over 1,000 people!

Good advice from Tea Party Members:

We made some modifications to our strategy recommendations on our blog.  Please visit http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=34255 to view the updates.

So far the Tea Parties have been nothing but targets for the media.  It’s time we wise up.  We must change our strategy.  Here our my advice:

1. Leave the emotions at the door.  Signs proclaiming Obama as the anti-christ are exactly what they are using against you.  That is why they call us names, to rile us up and get us to react emotionally. 

2. Discourage all of your people from bringing signs that call names, or have even the appearance of violence.
 
3. Use their rhetoric against them.  They claim to be for the poor but in reality their policies hurt the poor.  This is where you need to beat them.  We strongly recommend you use the slogans on the blog or something similar.

4. Hold sign making parties where you create far more signs than your people can hold.  At the event, ask people that are holding inflammatory signs to turn theirs in and use one of yours.  Explain to them that you want to create a specific message that illustrates who is really working to help the poor.  A nifty side affect of this is that you will quickly identify the infiltrating agitators.

Thursday, October 16, 2008 – New Enterprise Forum: Beyond Your First Customers

How do you take your small business to the next level to serve government, Fortune 500, retail, and other large customers?

Panelists:

Noura Bashshur – President & COO, TMJ Pain Solutions and Project Manager & Research Associate, University of Michigan Health System Brenda Moore – CEO & President, Perk & Brew Corporation Don Walker – Managing Director, Arbor Partners

Moderator: Joe Marr – President, Sandler Sales

Holiday Inn North Campus – 3600 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor. Registration and networking begins at 5:00 p.m., with the program starting at 5:45. Free to NEF members, $20 for non-members, $5 for students. For more information: http://www.annarborbiznews.com/wp-admin/www.NewEnterprise Forum.org

Every Saturday morning at 11:00: Story Time

Experienced tellers spin yarns for the 7 & under set.

Wednesday, October 1^st at 7:00: Motawi Tileworks: Contemporary Handcrafted Tiles in the Arts and Crafts Tradition. Celebrate the release of their new book with local artists Karim and Nawal Motawi.

Saturday, October  4^th at 4:00: In Good Company Bookgroup – African American Book Club For more information please contact Valeria Banks at 458-0048 during business hours.

Tuesday, October 7^th at 7:00:  Join author Michael Rosenberg as he discusses his new book War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and American in a Time of Unrest.

Tuesday, October 7^th at 7:30: Spanish Readers Group

Friday, October 10^th at 7:00: Sharon Kay Penman will be reading and signing her newest novel Devil’s Brood, the long awaited conclusion to her Henry II and Eleanor of Aquataine trilogy.

Sunday, October 12^th at 4:30: Booked  for  Murder – Mystery Book Club has been meeting since 1995 to discuss current and classic mysteries.

Tuesday, October 14^th at 7:30: Sierra Club Book Group started by the local chapter of the Sierra Club, discusses natural history, fiction and nonfiction.

Thursday, October 16^th at 7:00: Leslie Walker Williams presents her novel The Prudent Mariner. Winner of the Peter Taylor Prize and the Hackney Literary Award The Prudent Mariner is the exploration of howthe past always finds a way into the present.

Sunday, October 19^th at  2:00: Enlightened Minds Book Group

Monday, October 20^th at  7:00: Brunonia Barry will be discussing and signing her novel The Lace Reader.

This event is tentatve at this time, please contact the store at 662.0600 or visit our website at nicolasbooks@tds.net for an update.

Tuesday, October 20^th at 7:00: Katherine Neville discusses her new novel The Fire. The Game established in Neville’s popular novel The Eight, resumes ten years later with a new generation of players and more puzzling clues. This is the adventure novel of the year.

Friday, October 24^th at 7:00: San Fransisco Bay Area chef Laura Stec presents her cookbook Cool Cuisine: Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming.

Saturday, October 25^th after 11am storytime: Wild Thing will be visiting the store

Sunday, October 26^th at  2:00: Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild Meeting

Nicola’s Books . 2513 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor MI 48103 . 734-662-0600 . nicolasbooks@tds.net

At this event, we’ll hear from entrepreneurs who have discovered and capitalized upon unusual or obscure market needs to build a business.

Holiday Inn North Campus, 3600 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor. Registration and networking begins at 5:00 p.m., with the program starting at 5:45. Free to NEF members, $20 for non-members, $5 for students. For more information: www.NewEnterpriseForum.org.

Every Saturday morning at 11:00: Story Time

Experienced tellers spin yarns for the 7 & under set.

Tuesday, July 1^st at 7:30: Spanish Readers Group

Saturday, July 5^th at 4:00: In Good Company Bookgroup – African American Book Club reading Sexy/Dangerous by Beverly Jenkins. For more information please contact Valeria Banks at 458-0048 during business hours.

Tuesday, July 8^th at 7:30: Sierra Club Book Group started by the local chapter of the Sierra Club, discusses natural history, fiction and nonfiction. This month they will be discussing At Home on Earth by David Barnhill

Wednesday, July 9^th at 10:30am: Washtenaw Literacy Orientation meeting

Sunday, July 13^th at 4:30: Booked  for  Murder – Mystery Book Club has been meeting since 1995 to discuss current and classic mysteries. This month the group will be reading Death at Dartmoor by Robin Paige

Tuesday, July 15^th at 7:00: Mike Nickerson, a founding member of the Canadian Green party, will be discussing his new book Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if We Wanted to Stay. An  accessible book that offers suggestions for creating a sustainable and steady economy.

Sunday, July 20^th at 2:00: Enlightened Minds Book Group July’s selection is We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness by Alice Walker

Sunday, July 27^th  at 2:00: Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild Meeting

Nicola’s Books . 2513 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor MI 48103 . 734-662-0600 . nicolasbooks@tds.net

Ann Arbor SPARK will be hosting and supporting six educational, entrepreneurial and talent networking events in June ranging in topics from a 21st Century Jobs Fund update to marketing ROI and talent matching. All events except Startup Weekend and Hot Shots will be held at SPARK Central, 330 East Liberty Street, Lower Level in downtown Ann Arbor. Registration is available online at www.AnnArborUSA.org/events and is required for some events.

June 4 – MEDC’s 21st Century Jobs Fund 2008 Business Plan Competition Update
Ann Arbor SPARK’s Pre-Seed Fund Executive Director Skip Simms will be giving an update on the 21st Century Jobs Fund Competition. He will be joined by LeAnn Auer, MVCA; David Haviland, Shepherd Advisors and Phil Tepley, SBTDC. The event begins at 5 p.m. There is no cost to attend.

June 5 – Mingle & Match
This event is for those interested in joining an early stage start-up. Entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas and then meet with attendees in a structured networking process that includes submitting a preference card for those companies that attendees would like to get to know further. If you would like to submit a business idea, please send a one paragraph description of the concept to Amy@AnnArborUSA.org. The event is from 5-7 p.m. There is no cost to attend.

June 10 – Marketing Roundtable: Return on Marketing Investment: Get the Most Bang for the Buck
Business owners, executives, marketing communicators, brand managers and entrepreneurs can join the area’s top marketing professionals as they discuss how behavioral marketing techniques measure desired customer behaviors, and tie them back to specific media and messaging stimuli. Registration and networking is from 5-5:40 p.m. and the program is from 5:40-7 p.m. There is no cost to attend.

June 11 – BioArbor: Assembling the Right Team at the Right Time
In collaboration with MichBio, BioArbor hosts educational networking events for the life sciences industry in the greater Ann Arbor area. The panel will discuss how to build the right management team for your start-up company. Networking begins at 5 p.m. and the program begins at 6 p.m. There is no cost to attend.

June 20-22 – Ann Arbor Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. The event is from 6 p.m. on June 20 to 10 p.m. on June 22. The event costs $40. More information and registration is available at http://annarbor.startupweekend.com/. Note that this event takes place at Liberty Square, 510 E. Washington in Ann Arbor.

June 25 – Hot Shots: Career Connections at Vinology
In collaboration with Chambers of Commerce of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan University, The University of Michigan, Washtenaw Community College and Washtenaw County’s Department of Employment Training and Community Services, this event is for talent seeking opportunities for themselves. Talent seekers can mingle with growing, innovative companies in a fun and relaxed environment. If you would like your company to participate, contact Amy Cell at Amy@AnnArborUSA.org. The event is from 5-7 p.m. and there is no cost to attend. Note that this event takes place at Vinology Wine Bar, 110 South Main Street in Ann Arbor.

About Ann Arbor SPARK
Representing all communities in Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor SPARK, a non-profit organization, is the driving force in establishing the Ann Arbor region as a destination for business expansion, retention, and location by identifying and meeting the needs of business at every stage, from start-ups to large organizations. Ann Arbor SPARK collaborates with business, academic, government, and community investor partners including the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, the Herbert and Grace Dow Foundation, Pfizer, Washtenaw County, the City of Ann Arbor, the Bank of Ann Arbor, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti LDFA. For more information, please call (734) 761-9317 or visit www.AnnArborUSA.org.

This year’s Ann Arbor WineFest promises its usual attractions for what Ann Arbor Art Center President and CEO Marsha Chamberlin calls “foodies,” plus an opportunity for everyone to support the Art Center and have a good time.

But the 26th annual event is chartering new territory with the addition of food and wine events that run all weekend.

The charity gala, to be held May 3 at the Ann Arbor Marriott at Eagle Crest, has kept ticket purchasers coming back by offering something different every year, Chamberlin said. Organizers of this year’s event decided to branch out to increase exposure and fundraising capacity, she said. “There’s a finite limit to WineFest as an event. There are only so many people the ballroom can hold.”

WineFest weekend kicks off May 2 with Stars at Your Table, a unique opportunity to enjoy a multi-course dinner with complementary wines in the intimate setting of a local home. Each of the four dinners will be prepared by a renowned chef and winemaker and will include a maximum of 20 guests.

Chef and winemaker pairs include:

• Craig Common, owner and executive chef of The Common Grill in Chelsea, and Fred Fisher, owner of Fisher Vineyards in Santa Rosa, Calif., and WineFest 2008 Honorary Chair.
• Brandt Evans, chef at Blue Canyon Kitchen and Tavern in Cleveland, and Laurence Feraud, owner and winemaker for Domaine du Pegau in France.
• John Sarich, culinary director of Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville, Wash., and Bob Bertheau, Winemaker, Chateau Ste. Michelle.
• Ted Cizma, executive chef of Grand Traverse Resort Spa near Traverse City, and Lee Lutes, winemaker for Black Star Farms Winery in Suttons Bay.

“These are good chefs and good winemakers,” Chamberlin said. “It might draw people to Ann Arbor from far away. Nobody’s done something like this in this area,” she said. People have done tastings at restaurants, “but to have a chef actually sitting at your table in an intimate setting” is unique, she said. At interview time, there were only two seats left at the Laurence Feraud/Brandt Evans dinner.

WineFest makes up 15 percent of the Art Center’s fundraising, and this year’s fundraising goal is $150,000 for WineFest and the ancillary events, Chamberlin said. Last year, WineFest raised $110,000.

Despite the economy, WineFest continues to be a popular event, Chamberlin said. “People are still attending larger charitable events,” she said. She noted that 50 percent of WineFest ticketholders live in Wayne and Oakland counties. “Ann Arbor is a draw. People love coming here.”

The WineFest gala draws about 600 people each year. The event includes a strolling gourmet dinner, wine tasting, specialty bars and a cigar tent. There are also two wine auctions and a food, travel and leisure auction.

Chamberlin said the Art Center plans to keep expanding WineFest. “We hope to build it into an even more major wine event that will attract people from far away,” she said. Stars at Your Table is definitely in the plans for next year. “The goal next year would be to do no more than four dinners and to a get a different group of chefs.”

(Source: Ann Arbor Business Reviwe by Pamela A. Zinkosky)

http://www.annarborbiznews.com/2008/04/11/borders-honors-winners-of-the-2007-original-voices-awards/ Borders Group Chief Executive Officer George Jones will lead the retailer’s 12th annual Original Voices Awards ceremony, which recognizes fresh, compelling and ambitious works from new and emerging talents of 2007 in fiction, non-fiction, young adult/independent reader and children’s picture books. The winner of the Original Voices’ fiction category is Steven Hall for his debut book, “The Raw Shark Texts: A Novel,” published by Canongate. The winner of the Original Voices’ non-fiction category is Peter

Continue reading: Borders Honors Winners of the 2007 Original Voices Awards

Borders Group Chief Executive Officer George Jones will lead the retailer’s 12^th annual Original Voices Awards ceremony, which recognizes fresh, compelling and ambitious works from new and emerging talents of 2007 in fiction, non-fiction, young adult/independent reader and children’s picture books. The winner of the Original Voices’ fiction category is Steven Hall for his debut book, “The Raw Shark Texts: A Novel,” published by Canongate. The winner of the Original Voices’ non-fiction category is Peter Godwin for his book, “When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa,” published by Little Brown & Co. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons,” written by Jeff Kinney and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, is the Original Voices’ winner of the young adult/independent reader category. In the children’s picture book category, the Original Voices’ winner is author and illustrator John Rocco for “Wolf! Wolf!” published by Hyperion Books for Children.

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