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Healthy Retreat Now Part of Summer Festival

The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is offering a free outdoor retreat event series at Top of the Park this year, with yoga, world dance, barre, sword handling, capoeira, meditation and more, on the Power Center Lawn every night from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Festival is a three-week celebration of performing arts, outdoor entertainment and community spirit. Two parallel indoor and one outdoor programs play at venues and spaces across the University of Michigan campus and in downtown Ann Arbor. Each season features a mix of more than 175 events showcasing local, national and international artists for audience of more than 80,000.

The indoor Mainstage series includes ticketed performances of world-class music, contemporary circus, dance, family entertainment, public radio shows and comedy. The outdoor program, Top of the Park, is held along a beautiful campus green and offers admission-free concerts, Movies by Moonlight, open-air street spectacle, culinary treats and unique family attractions nightly except Mondays from June 8 to July 1. Whether reviving a dormant practice or moving an exercise routine into a fresh environment, attendees will leave feeling high-spirited and rejuvenated.

Admission is free. Location: For more information, visit a2sf.org.