Calendar

Feb
5
Mon
21st Annual Cafe Shapiro @ Bert's Lounge, Shapiro Undergraduate Library
Feb 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Students, nominated by their instructors, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Emerging Writers: High-Concept Ideas @ AADL Westgate
Feb 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal discuss how to develop an idea that sustains a novel-length plot. For adult and teen (grade 6 & up) fiction and nonfiction writers. Also, Kourvo and Neal host an open house for writers to connect with one another and/or work on their projects at 7 p.m. on Feb. 19.
7-8:45 p.m., AADL Westgate. Free. 327-8301.

Emerging Writers: Open House @ AADL Westgate
Feb 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal discuss  host an open house for writers to connect with one another and/or work on their projects at 7 p.m.
7-8:45 p.m., AADL Westgate. Free. 327-8301.

Feb
6
Tue
21st Annual Cafe Shapiro @ Bert's Lounge, Shapiro Undergraduate Library
Feb 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Students, nominated by their instructors, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

The Moth Storyslam: Transit @ Greyline
Feb 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Jan 2 & 16. Monthly open mike storytelling competition sponsored by The Moth, the NYC-based nonprofit storytelling organization that also produces a weekly public radio show. Each month 10 storytellers are selected at random from among those who sign up to tell a 3-5 minute story on the monthly theme.  The 3 teams of judges are recruited from the audience. Monthly winners compete in a semiannual Grand Slam. Space limited, so it’s smart to arrive early.
7:30-9 p.m. (doors open and sign-up begins at 6 p.m.), Greyline, 100 N. Ashley. $8. 764-5118.

 

Feb
8
Thu
21st Annual Cafe Shapiro @ Bert's Lounge, Shapiro Undergraduate Library
Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Students, nominated by their instructors, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Open Mike and Share @ Bookbound
Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

An open mike for poets, who are welcome to read their own work or a favorite poem by another writer. Followed by a reading by a featured poet TBA.
7 p.m., Bookbound, Courtyard Shops. Free. 369-4345.

 

Open-Mic Night @ Java Blu Cafe, East Quad
Feb 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

The RC Resident Advisors are proud to present:
✨ Open-Mic Night ✨
February 8th, 7:30-9pm in the Java Blu Cafe right here in East Quad–
ft. local band City of Lakes!

City of Lakes comes from a variety of musical backgrounds, fusing styles of indie-folk, blues, and traditional scores, with influences such as Band of Horses and Head and the Heart.

RC Creative Writing Faculty may be making an appearance…
and ALL are welcome to to come perform a poem, a story, a song, or anything else!
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUEkRd0AtSYg69ltCs8L2ylEwV2nm-7rxFYg4t1_fIWPzwyQ/viewform

Email eshabis@umich.edu with any questions!

Feb
9
Fri
ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED: Alex Kime and others @ UMMA Apse
Feb 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.
In today’s fractured environment where our identities are too often framed in ways that divide us, ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is an evening of student performance that aims to reject divisive categorization, emphasize the fluidity of the human experience, and view our differences and similarities as cause for celebration.

Performances include dance, music, spoken word, and a variety of mixed media and digital arts. Artists include Anthony Coffee, Spencer Haney, Olivia Johnson, Alex Kime (RC 2017), Hannah Marcus, Maddy Joss & Johnny Matthews,  Augie Lessins & Daniel Kumapayi, Red Shoe Company, Nichole Reehorst, and more!

Join us for this special evening hosted by the UMMA Student Engagement Council,  in partnership with Arts at Michigan, the Michigan Community Scholars Program, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.

Feb
12
Mon
Elizabeth Currans: Marching Dykes, Liberated Sluts, and Concerned Mothers: Women Transforming Public Space @ Lane Hall, Rm 2239
Feb 12 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

EMU women’s and gender studies professor Elizabeth Currans discusses her new book.
4:10 p.m., 2239 Lane, 204 S. State. Free. 764-9537.

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