Crazy Wisdom Bookstore Ann Arbor

08/08/2026

✨ Opening Reception TODAY! ✨

Join us this evening from 5:30–7:00pm as we welcome Ann Arbor artist Annie Shaffer to our Art Gallery with “The Ground Between Us.”
Annie’s paintings explore our connection to the land, to nature, and to the rhythms of the Earth. Come see the work in person, meet the artist, and celebrate with us.

📍 Crazy Wisdom Bookstore Art Gallery
114 S. Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

🗓️ The exhibition runs through the month of August

Open to all. Free admission.

with love & stardust 🌙

08/04/2026

Classes upstairs Crazy Wisdom Bookstore

✨ Tarot 101 ✨

New to tarot or want to build a stronger foundation? Join us for this beginner-friendly class covering the basics: a bit of history, the structure of the deck, and the meanings of the Major Arcana and four suits.
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We’ll practice giving and receiving readings together, so you leave with more confidence (and intuition!) to start reading for yourself and others. 🔮
Register at crazywisdombookstore.com/events
📍 Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Treasures
Link in bio to sign up!
Nina McDermott

08/01/2026

When Latrice Royale comes through Ann Arbor Pride, you know it’s a good day. 👑🌈 Thank you for the joy, the glamour, and the love. Happy Ann Arbor Pride! ✨

07/23/2026

Crazy Wisdom Art Gallery Presents:

September 2026 Artist of the Month: Jack Edelstein

Opening Reception
September 12 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Free & Open to the public!

Exhibit Title: NonDualistic: The Truth of Polar Opposites

Jack Edelstein’s early artistic efforts began with wood: sculptural forms and organically shaped furniture that echoed the contours of the natural world. In 2019, he set aside his chisels and power tools and turned toward graphic art, opening a new chapter in his creative practice.

Jack’s graphic designs are devoted entirely to the ancient symbol of yin and yang — also know as the Taijitu or the Cosmic Dyad — the emblem of complementary polarity. He explores the profound truth that opposites are not enemies but partners in a higher harmony. Light and shadow, love and hate, good and evil: each member of the pair exists only through the other, each completes what the other begins.

The Taijitu becomes a lens through which to contemplate duality not as conflict, but as interdependence—a philosophical rendering that stresses complementarity rather than opposition. My art is an inquiry into the deeper unity that holds tension without erasing difference, a visual meditation on the way truth emerges from the meeting of contraries.

Through repeated engagement with this singular form, Jack highlights the quiet intelligence of balance, and the unity that emerges when dualities meet without erasing one another.

Technically, the graphic renderings rely on precise symmetry, controlled curvature, and deliberate spatial tension. The background of each Taijitu becomes a stage on which the words themselves balance, mirror, or invert one another. Typography is treated as a sculptural element—weighted, rotated, or nested to echo the swirling motion of the Dyad. The result is a fusion of language and form: a graphic practice that uses words as shapes and shapes as philosophy.

All proceeds go to Groundcover News Ann Arbor

Website: www.JackEdelstein.com

07/21/2026

Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
Big changes are coming to Crazy Wisdom Bookstore! Our beloved Crystal Case, nearly 100 years old, has finally reached the end of its road. We’re saying a fond farewell and welcoming a brand new case in its place.
That means everything currently inside: towers, spheres, pyramids, slabs, obelisks, wands, scepters, and all the beautiful shapes in between, is on sale while we make the switch!
Grab your favorites before the new case arrives!

07/20/2026

Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
Ever wondered who’s behind the reading table? ✨
Wednesday through Sunday, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore is home to five incredible tarot & oracle readers, each bringing their own gifts to the cards.
🔮 Mari Ziolkowski, Ph.D.; Guided meditative tarot readings that call in your highest Spirit Guides, Angels, and Ancestors, plus light language channeling and herbal healing divination.
🔮 Nina McDermott; Fearless, honest, intuitive Tarot & Oracle readings, as a spiritual healer, Reiki Master, and Sound Healer she considers herself a catalyst for radical change.
🔮 Mylita Benjamin; A generational witch and Oracle with 20+ years of professional reading, specializing in guidance through times of transition and change.
🔮 Grace Choi; Tarot and Astrology readings rooted in compassion, helping clients feel seen, heard, and empowered.
🔮 Josie Kearns (not pictured) is our reader sub. She has 20 years of tarot experience and a signature trine spread that offers deep, layered insight into your path.
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New to readings? Longtime regular? Either way, pull up a chair.
Full bios, schedules, and pricing on our website crazywisdombookstore.com/readers; link in bio.
📍 114 S. Main St, Ann Arbor

07/19/2026

Upstairs Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
Live Music Night: Adam Labeaux 🎶
Friday, August 7 | 7:30-9:30pm
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Join us for an intimate evening with multi-genre singer-songwriter Adam Labeaux. Three decades in the Michigan music scene, rooted in folk, classic rock, funk, pop, and soul. Expect a voice full of range and songs full of melodic surprises.
No cover charge. Tips and room donations appreciated.
Cozy space, great sound, come early for a seat.
Non alcoholic drinks and snacks available for purchase.
Host: Stuart Benbow
📍 114 S. Main St, Ann Arbor
🔗 adamlabeaux.com

07/16/2026

Upstairs at Crazy Wisdom Bookstore! $5 all proceeds go to the performers.

🎭 THE IMPROV COMEDY BUFFET 🎭
Friday, August 21 | 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Get your fill of laughter at Crazy Wisdom! Three of Detroit’s tastiest improv troupes are serving up two hours of back-to-back comedy: The Leftovers, Lots of Denim, and Second Breakfast.
The Leftovers troupe features Noah Louis-Ferdinand, an improv comedian at Planet Ant who performs on their Thursday cast show (sketch comedy and improv). He’s also hit the stage at local improv festivals, Hearsay Theater, and Go Comedy.
Grab your tickets now, seats are limited.
🎟️ Register: eventbrite.com (search The Improv Comedy Buffet)
Or purchase directly(link on CWB event calendar on website): square.link/u/22vAEKrx
See you Friday night!

Visit The Thursday Show presented by the Planet Ant Farm Team

07/16/2026