Bars and Clubs
The Blind Pig-You'd better look
fast, because The Look rocks it up
Friday and Saturday nights.
Joe's Star Lounge-Friday night
it's Detroit's hottest, The Urbations.
On Saturday the Blue Front Per-
suaders do some convincing rock 'n'
roll.
Mr. Flood's Party-Take off with
the Falcons, dance rock, and blues,
both Friday and Saturday nights.
Rick's American Cafe-I-Tal, one of
the hottest and best reggae bands in
Thelist
the midwest, steps up the beat Friday
and Saturday nights.
Theater
American Buffalo-Friday is the
opening of the Performance Net-
work's newest production. Written by
David Mamet and directed by David
Hunsberger, it tells the story of three
small timers who try to make it big in
one fell swoop. Shows are Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $6 for Friday and Satur-
day and $5 on Sunday, with discounts
available for students and seniors.
For ticket information call 663-0681.
Working-Ann Arbor Civic Theater
presents Stephen Schwartz and Nina
Faso's stage adaptation of Studs
Terkel's look at America..Directed by
Gary Garrison and starring local
talent, the show features contem-
porary music from the likes of James
Taylor. Tickets are $5 and shows
begin at 8 p.m. on Friday and Satur-
day nights. All performances are at
the Civic Theater on 338S. Main. For
ticket information call 662-7282.
Concerts
Vixen-Hot from their motion pic-
ture debut in Hardbodies, in which
they perform six different songs, this
all woman quartet does rock 'n' roll
like it's supposed to be done. Spon-
sored by the Office of Major Events,
the show is Friday night at 9 p.m.
Opening act is local favorite, Non Fic-
tion. Tickets are $6 and available at
the Union Ticket Office, Schoolkids,
Wherehouse, Hudson's and all Ticket
World outlets.
Mark Steinke-As part of the
Michigan Voice coffee house at
Dominick's, plays and sings his own
blend of folk and swing music. The
show runs from 8-11 p.m. and ad-
mission is $1.50.
Auditions
Tom Simonds' play - As yet un-
named, Simonds' newest play is being
produced by Canterbury House.
Simonds has already had over a dozen
of his plays produced locally.
Scheduled for production next Oc-
tober in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater,
the play features many songs.
Auditions are entirely open. The
auditions begin at 7 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday in the Anderson Room of the
Union. For more information call
Canterbury House at 665-0606.
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and acoustic music on the national
touring level.
The First Presbyterian Church,
original owners of the Hill St. building,
continued to allow the Ark to remain
rent-free even after the switch in em-
phasis. In 1982, however, the Church
began charging rent for the premises,
and the Siglins and the board of directors
were faced with the imminent decision
of either buying the property or
moving.
The decision was originally
scheduled to be made earlier this
spring, but was put off while a commit-
tee of the board of directors searched
for a new location. The new Main St.
location has apparently been under
serious consideration for some time,
but the decision to move was not
finalized until Dave Siglin actually
signed the lease.
"The move is being made to solve a
lot of problems ... We're moving to in-
crease our capital, to function 12 months
a year, and to make it more comfor-
table for the people who do come," he
said.
According to Siglin, the Ark is
currently able to operate only about six
months a year because of the difficulty
in heating and cooling the large, poorly
insulated building. He said he an-
ticipates that with the new place they
will be able to operate year round.
Siglin stressed that his first priority in
moving is to reestablish the same old
Ark in a new place. "The most impor-
tant thing about the Ark is that it
represents the music the way it always
has and that the people are comfortable
. . . It (the move) is a natural
progression," he said.
There will, however, be some
changes made.
Siglin says that he plans to make two
different rooms in the new place. One is
to be a listening room, similar to the
one at the old Ark, where customers
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can sit near the performers and hear a
live show.
The other is slated to be a lounge
where customers will be able to see the
performers through a sound-proof glass
wall while at the same time enjoying
conversation and refreshments.
Siglin estimated crowd capacity in
the new listening room at 200, with an
additional 50 in the lounge. The old
location could hold only about 150.
In addition, Siglin announced plans to
make the Ark a private club. In effect,
the only difference such a change will
make is that members will pay a flat
rate early in the year, and then receive
a discounted rate at every show. Non-
members will, of course, continue to be
welcome, but will pay a higher ad-
mission.
Also, Siglin denied reports that he
had applied for a liquor license.
Dismissing them as a "pile of rumors,"
he said, "It (the license) doesn't even
figure right now."
Reactions to the move seem to be
quite favorable.
Lazslo Slomovits, half of the local folk
duo, Gemini, had known that the new
Main St. location was under considera-
tion, but hadn't heard that it-was
finalized.
"I don't see anything really lost by
the move," he said. "The essence of it
hasn't changed at all."
Peter "Madcat" Ruth, nationally-
known harmonica virtuoso and Ann Ar-
bor resident, is another frequent per-
former at the Ark. He said, "'From
what I've heard (about the new place),
it will be very good."
"I went there often and I loved the
place, but it was a funny, funky place,"
he said. "The new room will be much
better for the music."
Because of the move, the schedule for
next fall is still somewhat uncertain,
but as of now, Michael Cooney is
scheduled to open the new place on Sep-
tember 7.