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Zingerman’s Bakehouse Book Debut: Frank Carollo and Amy Emberling 4:30 pm
Zingerman’s Bakehouse Book Debut: Frank Carollo and Amy Emberling @ Greyline
Oct 3 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Local journalist Micheline Maynard interviews Bakehouse managing partners Frank Carollo and Amy Emberling about their new cookbook, which features 65 of their most popular recipes. Bakehouse treats and drinks. 4:30-6:30 p.m., Zingerman’s Greyline, 100 N.[...]
Faculty Lecture Series: Anita Gonzalez: International Theatre for Social Change: Community Liaisons 6:00 pm
Faculty Lecture Series: Anita Gonzalez: International Theatre for Social Change: Community Liaisons @ Benzinger Library
Oct 3 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The presentation discusses three projects for social change based in Liverpool UK, Johannesburg South Africa, and with Chippewa communities of the Upper Peninsula and Canada. Two of the projects focus on activism against gender-based violence[...]
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Jeffrey Eugenides: Fresh Complaint, with Claire Vaye Watkins 7:00 pm
Jeffrey Eugenides: Fresh Complaint, with Claire Vaye Watkins @ Michigan Union Ballroom
Oct 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, author of The Virgin Suicidesand Middlesex, is joined by local novelist Claire Vaye Watkins in a discussion of Fresh Complaint, his new collection of short stories about characters that range from a failed poet who turns[...]
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Rebekah Modrak and Contributors: #exstrange 7:00 pm
Rebekah Modrak and Contributors: #exstrange @ Literati
Oct 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to host a panel discussion of the new book #exstrange: A Curatorial Intervention on Ebay  About #Exstrange #exstrange: a curatorial intervention on eBay presents the #exstrange exhibition project, which transformed one of the largest marketplaces on the[...]
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Fred Mayer: A Setting for Excellence: The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus …. 6:00 pm
Fred Mayer: A Setting for Excellence: The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus …. @ Hatcher Library Rm 100
Oct 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Former U-M planner Fred Mayer, a founding member of the Society for College and University Planning, discusses his 2015 book. In conjunction with the Clark Library exhibit Creating a Campus: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M’s Bicentennial, which runs through[...]
Stepping Beyond: Childhood Stories of Memorable Characters Who Stretched Our Understanding of the World 7:00 pm
Stepping Beyond: Childhood Stories of Memorable Characters Who Stretched Our Understanding of the World @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
AADL director Josie Barnes Parker, AADL storyteller Kayla Coughlin, and AADL youth librarian Laura Pershin Raynor, a former National Storyteller of the Year, tell funny, touching stories, interspersed with guitar-and-banjo tunes by local musicians Betsy[...]
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Hillary Clinton: What Happened 7:00 pm
Hillary Clinton: What Happened @ Hill Auditorium
Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This 2016 Democratic presidential candidate discusses her new book, What Happened. Hill Auditorium, 7 p.m. Tickets $62-$112 in advance at hillaryclintonbooktour.com.
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Alan Taylor: Transforming the Continent 6:30 pm
Alan Taylor: Transforming the Continent @ Robertson Auditorium, Ross School of Business
Oct 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor discusses his book, American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804. Book sale & signing. 6:30-8 p.m., U-M Ross School of Business Robertson Auditorium, 701 E. Tappan. Free; preregistration requested at http://conta.cc/2w7BYr6. abhelber@umich.edu, 764-5864.
Aunt Agatha’s 25th Anniversary Celebration: William Kent Krueger and Julia Keller 7:00 pm
Aunt Agatha’s 25th Anniversary Celebration: William Kent Krueger and Julia Keller @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
We’ll be celebrating our 25th anniversary at the Ann Arbor Library on Thursday, October 19. Robin will be interviewing William Kent Krueger and Julia Keller. We’re very grateful to our loyal customers and to the Ann Arbor District Library for[...]
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RC 50th: Poster Sessions 11:00 am
RC 50th: Poster Sessions @ Upper Atrium
Oct 20 @ 11:00 am – 5:30 pm
RC Students talk about and display posters relating to their academic research in RC classes; organized by Catherine Badgley, Assistant Professor and Head, Science, Technology and Society Program
RC 50th: Prison Creative Arts (PCAP) Social Justice Careers Panel 2:00 pm
RC 50th: Prison Creative Arts (PCAP) Social Justice Careers Panel @ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Prison Creative Arts (PCAP) Social Justice Careers Panel followed by reception in the Keene Lobby. Panel Members: TBA
RC 50th: Cynthia Sowers: Divine Power and Human Subjection in the Iliad of Homer 3:00 pm
RC 50th: Cynthia Sowers: Divine Power and Human Subjection in the Iliad of Homer @ Benzinger Library
Oct 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Cynthia Sowers, Lecturer, RC Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Program
RC 50th: Virginia Murphy, History and Tour of the East Quad Garden 4:30 pm
RC 50th: Virginia Murphy, History and Tour of the East Quad Garden @ East Quad Garden
Oct 20 @ 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Virginia Murphy, Lecturer, RC Social Theory and Practice Program History and Tour of the East Quad Garden (rain venue: Benzinger Library, 1423 EQ)
RC 50th: Procession to Diag and Welcome Rally 5:30 pm
RC 50th: Procession to Diag and Welcome Rally @ Grace Arch nearby . . . .
Oct 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
The “Graceful Arch” (entrance to the diag, corner of East and South University streets)- Gather for procession to the Diag followed by A Welcome Rally– Cosplay/Alternate Identities/Personal Statements Encouraged Rain Venue: 140 Lorch Hall Address[...]
RC 50th: Stephen Hynson: Crossing into Limnal Space – Encounters With Your Muse 6:00 pm
RC 50th: Stephen Hynson: Crossing into Limnal Space – Encounters With Your Muse @ 1807 EQ
Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Stephen Hynson (RC ’71) hosts “Crossing Into Limnal Space – Encounters With Your Muse”
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RC 50th: Sisters Within: Past Present and Future 3:30 pm
RC 50th: Sisters Within: Past Present and Future @ 1405 East Quad
Oct 21 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Prison Creative Arts Project Panel, Panel Members TBA
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M. Joanne Nesbit: Legendary Locals of Ann Arbor 2:00 pm
M. Joanne Nesbit: Legendary Locals of Ann Arbor @ AADL Westgate
Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Local journalist M. Joanne Nesbit discusses her new book that celebrates such diverse characters as the person who chose maize and blue as the U-M colors, the first Ann Arborite to race in the Indy[...]
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Literati Presents Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor: It Devours! (A Welcome to Night Vale novel) 7:00 pm
Literati Presents Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor: It Devours! (A Welcome to Night Vale novel) @ Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the wildly popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale, discuss It Devours!, their new mystery novel that explores the intersections of faith and science and a growing relationship between two young people who[...]
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Julia Turshen: Feed the Resistance 7:00 pm
Julia Turshen: Feed the Resistance @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Oct 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Cookbook author Julia Turshen, who wrote the acclaimed home cooking handbook Small Victories, discusses her new book of recipes and resources for community building and political engagement. Signing. 7-8:30 p.m., AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343[...]
Michael Stanley: Dying to Live 8:30 pm
Michael Stanley: Dying to Live @ Aunt Agatha's
Oct 27 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Both “halves” of Michael Stanley – Stan Trollip and Michael Sears – join us Friday, October 27 at 7 p.m. to discuss their latest Detective Kubu novel, Dying to Live. We’ll be hosting a dinner at the store for[...]
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