Here's the schedule for tonight's Top of the Park, the free (donations welcome), outdoor component of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. Descriptions provided by the festival. Top of the Park takes place in the area around East Washington Street at Ingalls Mall, except as noted.
1 p.m.: Kids Music Workshop with The Not-Its - Ann Arbor District Library
In this hands-on music creation workshop, music lovers and fans get a chance to learn how The Not-Its! combine crunchy guitars with smooth, four-part harmonies, to create up-tempo, power-pop hits families love.
5 p.m.: KidZone: Ann Arbor District Library - KidZone Tent
Come to the KidZone Tent and try out this one-of-a-kind experience of dueling set to the tempo of music, and see if you can tag your way to victory!
5 p.m.: Retreat: Yoga for Health - Power Center Lawn
Refresh and reset in this unique slow vinyasa flow yoga class led by health reporter and yoga instructor Lila Lazarus of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System.
5 p.m. The Intergalactic Nemesis in “Book One: Target Earth”; Power Center
With over 1,000 projected graphic novel panels, three actors voicing dozens of characters, a Foley artist creating sound effects, and a keyboardist playing an original score, The Intergalactic Nemesis is a spectacle unlike any other and a show for the kid in everyone.
5 p.m.: Ralston Bowles - Grove Stage
An award-winning songwriter, his carefully arranged songs rise out of the traditions of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young.
6 p.m.: Jen Sygit - Grove Stage
Jen Sygit is an acoustic folk artist from Lansing known for her stunning vocals and studied guitar and banjo playing.
7 p.m.: The Not-Its - Rackham Stage
The Not-Its! combine crunchy guitars with smooth, four-part harmonies, all nestled within “fantastic danceable pop gems about gettin’ fancy, birthday parties, bath time, and intergalactic play dates.”
8:30 p.m.: Drivin' Sideways - Rackham Stage
Veteran local band Drivin’ Sideways is “real country music” fueled by Pontiac Pete Ferguson’s alternately soulful and ornery vocals.
9:45 p.m.: Superhero - South Ingalls Mall
Superhero is an interactive projection mapping experience in which participants are transformed into superheroes using Kinect cameras and customized software.
"The Iron Giant"
Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, and Harry Connick Jr, star in this animated feature about an innocent alien giant robot that falls to Earth and frightens the residents of a small town in Maine in 1958.