Calendar

Nov. 1 & 15. All adults and teens in grade 9 & up invited to work on their novel for this nonprofit promotion (also known as NaNoWriMo) challenging teens and adults to write a 50,000-word[...]

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[...]

FAILURE:LAB is an event where storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the performances between stories. Ticketed.[...]

Literati is thrilled to be the bookseller for the Zell Visiting Writers Series at the University of Michigan. More information about the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, including a full calendar of visiting writers, can be[...]

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal discuss the best way to get a rough draft done, the easy way to edit it, and how to get out of your[...]

Every 1st & 3rd Sun. All poets invited to compete in a poetry slam judged by a randomly chosen panel from the audience. The program begins with a poetry open mike and (occasionally) a short[...]

All writers welcome to share and discuss their poetry and short fiction. Sign up for new participants begins at 6:45 p.m.  

RC students perform Melissa Ross’ 2011 Off-Broadway drama about a dysfunctional family reunion. The 3 children of a broken and dying man quarrel with each other and with the world in a self-confounding effort to[...]

RC students perform Melissa Ross’ 2011 Off-Broadway drama about a dysfunctional family reunion. The 3 children of a broken and dying man quarrel with each other and with the world in a self-confounding effort to[...]

Brutally Honest Storytelling Open Mic is a live storytelling event where the audience is free to be real as they want to be. No experience necessary. New storytellers or experienced storytellers – everyone has stories.[...]

Nov. 1 & 15. All adults and teens in grade 9 & up invited to work on their novel for this nonprofit promotion (also known as NaNoWriMo) challenging teens and adults to write a 50,000-word[...]

Literati is pleased to once again partner with the University of Michigan’s Sweetland Center for Writing in support of their Word2: Writer to Writer programming. Professor Philip J. Deloria is this installment’s featured guest. Sweetland’s[...]

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[...]

Literati is thrilled to be the bookseller for the Zell Visiting Writers Series at the University of Michigan. More information about the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, including a full calendar of visiting writers, can be[...]

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal host an open house for writers to connect with one another and/or work on their projects.

U-M Residential College drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in Terminal 3 (5 p.m. Fri. & noon Sun.), a sparse drama set in a hospital waiting room where a young couple is there to[...]

U-M Residential College drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in Terminal 3 (5 p.m. Fri. & noon Sun.), a sparse drama set in a hospital waiting room where a young couple is there to[...]

Every 1st & 3rd Sun. All poets invited to compete in a poetry slam judged by a randomly chosen panel from the audience. The program begins with a poetry open mike and (occasionally) a short[...]

Jon Milan – Jon Milan is a Detroit-based journalist, pianist, composer and historian with three previous Arcadia publications: 2014’s Grand River Avenue: From Detroit to Lake Michigan, coauthored with Gail Offen; 2011’s Old Chicago Road,[...]