Events of Thursday, November 2, 2017

“From Headliners…With Love” 40th Anniversary Celebration with food, entertainment, and incredible fashion. starts at 7:00 P.M. Tickets are $25.  Entertainment includes DJ Mike Holiday and The Jackson Dance Company.  Mat’s Cafe & Catering will be providing hors d’oeuvres.   Michigan Theatre, Downtown Jackson.   

Trinity Lutheran Church will host its annual Harvest Festival Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 2nd. The dinner will run from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM and the cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 5 to 11, and free for children under 5.  This year’s menu will feature roasted pork and sauerkraut, real mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, homemade applesauce, bread and butter, fresh-baked pumpkin or apple pie, and assorted beverages.  Take out will be a available.  In addition to the meal, a variety of baked goods and boxed greeting cards will be on sale.  Proceeds from the event will benefit projects and mission related efforts of Trinity’s Ladies Aid Society and Cotta Missionary Guild.  Trinity Lutheran Church, 122 West Wesley Street, Jackson.

Jackson YMCA Party for a Cause.  5 PM to 10 PM at the Richmond Brothers Inc. Hangar, Jackson County Airport. Dinner, Cash Bar, Silent Auction,  Music by Your Generation In Concert!  $35 individual, $50 couple member rate.  $45 individual, $70 couple non-member rate.  Tickets must be purchased in advance, and space is limited.  Tickets at the Y (517)782-0537  Online @ JacksonYMCA.org.

The Green Market at Henry Ford Allegiance Health is open today from 9 AM to 2 PM.  Today, the Market begins the “inside” season, located in the lobby and first floor hallway at Henry Ford Allegiance Health.  Local, sustainable and organic produce and Michigan-made items are featured.   We are looking for more vendors who grow fresh produce, baked goods, handmade goods, made in Michigan items and more.

Annual Fall Book Sale and Bake Sale at the Meijer Branch of the Jackson District Library.  Presented by the Friends of the Meijer Branch Library.  November 1 through November 4.  Thursday hours are 9 AM to 7:30 PM.  Friday from 9 AM to 5:30 PM and Saturday hours are 9 AM to 3 PM.  Saturday all items are $1 a bag.  There will be material for all ages.    

The Hurst Planetarium at Ella Sharp Museum presents Phantom of the Universe, The Hunt for Dark Matter.  Join us as we showcase an exciting exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to its anticipated discovery at the Large Hadron Collider. See the first hints of its existence through the eyes of Fritz Zwicky, the scientist who coined the term “dark matter.” From there explore the astral choreography witnessed by Vera Rubin in the Andromeda Galaxy and then plummet deep underground to see the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth, housed in a former gold mine. Finally journey across space and time to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, to learn how scientists around the world are collaborating to track down the constituents of dark matter.  6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

Mental Health Summit.  Jackson County Suicide Prevention Coalition, LifeWays Community Mental Health and Jackson County Substance Abuse Coalition have collaborated on an educational opportunity providing useable mental health skills to the Jackson community.  Jackson’s Mental Health Summit will be Thursday, November 2, 2017 from 8 am to 3 pm at Baker College Welcome Center, 2800 Springport Rd., Jackson. Breakfast and lunch is provided. The event is $25 online and $30 at the door. This educational event is for medical professionals, social workers, educators and the public. Social work and nursing CEUs as well as teacher SCECH hours are available.  For registration and more information, interested attendees should visit LifeWaysCMH.org/Summit.