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Jennifer Burd: Day’s Late Blue, with Laszlo Slomovits
3:00 pm
Jennifer Burd: Day’s Late Blue, with Laszlo Slomovits
@ Nicola's Books
Oct 1 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Laz joins poet Jennifer Burd in support of the release of her new book, “Day’s Late Blue.” Jennifer is an award-winning poet whose haiku and lyric poems have been widely published in print and on-line[...]
Ann Arbor Poetry: Robert Lashley
7:00 pm
Ann Arbor Poetry: Robert Lashley
@ Espresso Royale
Oct 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Reading by this Tacoma poet who draws on his family’s experiences as African Americans from the rural south living in a white northern city to create poetry that combines the intimately personal and intensely political.[...]
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Emerging Writers: Writing and Publishing Children’s Nonfiction
7:00 pm
Emerging Writers: Writing and Publishing Children’s Nonfiction
@ AADL Westgate
Oct 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal are joined by children’s nonfiction author Virginia Loh-Hagan, who has published children’s books on everything from extreme mountain biking to starting a dog-walking[...]
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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[...]
Moth Storyslam: Creepy
7:30 pm
Moth Storyslam: Creepy
@ Greyline
Oct 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Open mike storytelling competition sponsored by The Moth, the NYC-based nonprofit storytelling organization that also produces a weekly public radio show. Each night 10 storytellers are selected at random from among those who sign up[...]
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Nancy Pearl, NPR’s Librarian: George and Lizzie
7:00 pm
Nancy Pearl, NPR’s Librarian: George and Lizzie
@ Nicola's Books
Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Nancy Pearl speaks about the pleasures of reading at library conferences, to literacy organizations and community groups throughout the world and comments on books regularly on KUOW FM in Seattle, as well as KWGS in Tulsa, Oklahoma[...]
Philip and Erin Stead: The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine
7:00 pm
Philip and Erin Stead: The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine
@ Literati
Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome back Phil & Erin Stead for the launch of their new book The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine! About The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine: A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children’s story is[...]
Toastmaster’s at Sweetwaters
7:00 pm
Toastmaster’s at Sweetwaters
@ Sweetwaters
Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Sweetwaters and Toastmaster community members are creating a new Toastmasters Club at Sweetwaters! We will have 1 or 2 prepared speeches, showcase some of our (kind, encouraging and gentle) evaluations of the speeches, and some[...]
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Zell Visiting Writers Series: Ocean Vuong and David Gates
5:30 pm
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Ocean Vuong and David Gates
@ U-M Museum of Art
Oct 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Readings by these 2 writers. Born in Saigon and raised in Connecticut, Vuong writes poems that explore transformation, desire, and violent loss. His debut 2016 collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, has been praised by the New York[...]
Angelique Chengelis: Michigan Man
7:00 pm
Angelique Chengelis: Michigan Man
@ Nicola's Books
Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Angelique Chengelis is a sportswriter for the Detroit News. Michigan football has been her primary beat since 1992, but she has covered countless sporting events including Super Bowls, U.S. Opens, PGA Championships, Ryder Cups, Stanley[...]
Poetry at Literati: Lena Khalef Tuffaha, Heather Derr-Smioth, Molly Spencer
7:00 pm
Poetry at Literati: Lena Khalef Tuffaha, Heather Derr-Smioth, Molly Spencer
@ Literati
Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to host a reading from three wonderful poets; Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Heather Derr-Smith and Molly Spencer. Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is an American poet of Palestinian, Jordanian and Syrian heritage. Her poems have been published[...]
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Fiction at Literati: Lucy Ives
7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: Lucy Ives
@ Literati
Oct 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to welcome Lucy Ives for a reading from her new novel Impossible Views of the World. About Impossible Views of the World Stella Krakus, a curator at Manhattan’s renowned Central Museum of Art, is[...]
NoViolet Bulawayo and Sarah Ladipa Manyika
7:00 pm
NoViolet Bulawayo and Sarah Ladipa Manyika
@ Nicola's Books
Oct 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
NoViolet Bulawayo’s story “Hitting Budapest,” the opening chapter of the novel, won the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing. NoViolet’s other work has been shortlisted for the 2009 SA PEN Studzinsi Award, and has appeared[...]
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Supriya Kelker: Ahimsa
3:00 pm
Supriya Kelker: Ahimsa
@ Nicola's Books
Oct 8 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Supriya Kelkar was born and raised in the Midwest, Supriya learned Hindi as a child by watching three Hindi movies a week. Winner of the 2015 New Visions Award for her middle grade novel AHIMSA, (October 2,[...]
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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Tiya Miles: Dawn of Detroit
7:00 pm
Tiya Miles: Dawn of Detroit
@ Literati
Oct 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to welcome author Tiya Miles who will be discussing her new book Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Bondage and Freedom in the City of the Straits About Dawn of Detroit: Most Americans believe that slavery[...]
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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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Waterman Alumnae Town Hall Celebrity Lecture Series: Jim Laurie
11:30 am
Waterman Alumnae Town Hall Celebrity Lecture Series: Jim Laurie
@ Michigan Union Ballroom
Oct 11 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Talk by this Peabody- and Emmy-winning international journalist and broadcaster, former global correspondent for ABC News and NBC News, who was the only American network correspondent to cover the communist takeover of Saigon and who[...]
Zell Visiting Writers: Mohsin Hamid
5:30 pm
Zell Visiting Writers: Mohsin Hamid
@ Rackham
Oct 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
This international Pakistani writer reads from Exit West, his celebrated new novel about 2 young people who begin a furtive love affair in a country teetering on the brink of civil war. They eventually decide to leave[...]
Poetry and the Written Word
7:00 pm
Poetry and the Written Word
@ Crazy Wisdom
Oct 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
All invited to read and discuss their poetry or short stories. Bring about 6 copies of your work to share. Hosted by local poets and former college English teachers Joe Kelty and Ed Morin. 7-9[...]
Mom’s Night Out with Jen Mann: People I Want to Punch in the Throat
7:30 pm
Mom’s Night Out with Jen Mann: People I Want to Punch in the Throat
@ AADL Multipurpose Room
Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
This popular Kansas blogger became an internet sensation with her list of “People I Want to Punch in the Throat.” Tonight, she reads from her debut essay collection, People I Want to Punch in the Throat:[...]
Poetry at Literati: Katie Willingham
7:30 pm
Poetry at Literati: Katie Willingham
@ Literati
Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Literati is excited to welcome Katie Willingham who will be reading from her new poetry collection Unlikely Designs About Unlikely Designs A collection intent on worrying the boundaries between natural and unnatural, human and not, Unlikely Designs draws far-ranging source[...]
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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[...]
Children’s Authors Stuart Gibbs and James Ponti
7:00 pm
Children’s Authors Stuart Gibbs and James Ponti
@ Nicola's Books
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Stuart Gibbs is the author of the FunJungle series, as well as the New York Times bestselling Spy School and Moon Base Alpha series. He has written the screenplays for movies like See Spot Run and Repli-Kate, worked on a[...]
Open Mic and Share: Tracey Morris
7:00 pm
Open Mic and Share: Tracey Morris
@ Bookbound
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Bookbound is pleased to welcome Tracey Morris as our featured poet for October. Tracey is a Detroit-based poet and writer whose work has been featured in A Detroit Anthology (Belt Publishing), Michigan Poet Anthology, and on the Motor[...]
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[...]
Storytellers Guild: Story Night
7:00 pm
Storytellers Guild: Story Night
@ Crazy Wisdom
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Storytellers Guild members present a program of old tales and personal stories for grownups. Free; donations accepted. annarborstorytelling.org, facebook.com/annarborstorytellers. 665-2757.
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Ann Arbor Poetry: Slamiversary Showcase
7:00 pm
Ann Arbor Poetry: Slamiversary Showcase
@ Espresso Royale
Oct 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Readings by 13 of Ann Arbor Poetry’s most popular poets, including Ashwini Bhasi, Marlin Jenkins, Fiona Chamness, Tariq Luthun, Nadine Marshall, Garret Potter, and Simon Mermelstein. 7 p.m. Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested[...]
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Emerging Writers: Open House
7:00 pm
Emerging Writers: Open House
@ AADL Traverwood
Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
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.
Fiction at Literati: Steven Gillis
7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: Steven Gillis
@ Literati
Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Tonight Literati is excited to welcome author Steven Gillis who will be reading from his new novel Liars About Liars Eric McCanus is a novelist with the misfortune of having written his one great book when he[...]
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Fiction at Literati: Douglas Trevor
7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: Douglas Trevor
@ Literati
Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome back Douglas Trevor who will be sharing his new collection of stories The Book of Wonders About The Book of Wonders: A lonely female accountant falls for a man who seems to[...]
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.
Nicola’s Books Presents CNN’s Van Jones for “Beyond the Messy Truth”
7:00 pm
Nicola’s Books Presents CNN’s Van Jones for “Beyond the Messy Truth”
@ Roge Ballroom, Michigan Union
Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
TICKETED EVENT Nicola’s Books Presents CNN’s Van Jones for ‘Beyond the Messy Truth’ Rogel Ballroom, University of Michigan Union Doors open at 7:00 pm General Admission Book/Ticket Combination – Check Nicola’s Books website for more[...]
Moth Storyslam: Discovery
7:30 pm
Moth Storyslam: Discovery
@ Greyline
Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Open mike storytelling competition sponsored by The Moth, the NYC-based nonprofit storytelling organization that also produces a weekly public radio show. Each night 10 storytellers are selected at random from among those who sign up[...]
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Amy Peele: Cut
7:00 pm
Amy Peele: Cut
@ Nicola's Books
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Amy Peele was born and raised in the Chicago area, where she graduated from South Chicago School of Nursing. She discovered her passion for organ donation and transplantation when she started as a transplant coordinator[...]
Fiction at Literati: Marie Kroger
7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: Marie Kroger
@ Literati
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome author Merle Kröger who will be reading and discussing her new book Collision About Collision: A cruise ship full of holidaymakers and crewmembers collides with a raft of refugees in the Mediterranean A[...]
Toastmaster’s at Sweetwaters
7:00 pm
Toastmaster’s at Sweetwaters
@ Sweetwaters
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Sweetwaters and Toastmaster community members are creating a new Toastmasters Club at Sweetwaters! We will have 1 or 2 prepared speeches, showcase some of our (kind, encouraging and gentle) evaluations of the speeches, and some[...]
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RC 50th: Helen Fox: How Race and Racism Work in Liberal Spaces: An Interactive Discussion
10:00 am
RC 50th: Helen Fox: How Race and Racism Work in Liberal Spaces: An Interactive Discussion
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Helen Fox is Lecturer Emerita in RC Social Theory and Practice.
RC 50th: Anne Evans Larimore: Participatory Politics
11:30 am
RC 50th: Anne Evans Larimore: Participatory Politics
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 19 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Ann Evans Larimore is Professor Emerita, Geography and Women’s Studies, RC Social Theory and Practice.
RC 50th: Frederick Peters: ‘I Am Dynamite’ Nietzsche – the Bad Boy of Western Philosophy?
1:30 pm
RC 50th: Frederick Peters: ‘I Am Dynamite’ Nietzsche – the Bad Boy of Western Philosophy?
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 19 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Frederick Peters is Lecturer in RC Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Program
RC 50th: Martin Walsh, Charlie Bright, Peter Ferran: The RC Brecht Theater Company
3:00 pm
RC 50th: Martin Walsh, Charlie Bright, Peter Ferran: The RC Brecht Theater Company
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 19 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Martin Walsh, Lecturer and Program Head, RC Drama, Charlie Bright, Former Director of the RC, Professor Emeritus, RC Social Theory and Practice Program, Peter Ferran, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology, Head, RC Drama Program[...]
RC 50th: Harry Greenspan: Dark Improv: Play and Social Death
4:30 pm
RC 50th: Harry Greenspan: Dark Improv: Play and Social Death
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 19 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Henry Greenspan, Lecturer, RC Social Theory and Practice; Faculty Scholar Integrative Medicine; Faculty Fellow, Mellon Faculty Institute on Arts Academic Integration; RC Academic Advisor
RC 50th: David Turnley: Rise Again Talk and Book Signing
6:00 pm
RC 50th: David Turnley: Rise Again Talk and Book Signing
@ 1405 EQ, RC
Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
David Turnley, RC ’77, Associate Professor, Photography, Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, 1990
RC 50th: Janet Hegman Shier: Dirch die Jahre: The RC Deutsches Theater Continuum, 1985-Present
6:00 pm
RC 50th: Janet Hegman Shier: Dirch die Jahre: The RC Deutsches Theater Continuum, 1985-Present
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Janet Hegman Shier, Lecturer and Head, RC Intensive German Program, RC Academic Advisor and RC Deutsches Theater Alumni
RC 50th: Katherine Mendeloff: A Drama Program Perspective
6:00 pm
RC 50th: Katherine Mendeloff: A Drama Program Perspective
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Katherine Mendeloff, Lecturer, RC Drama and Martin Walsh, Lecturer and Program Head, RC Drama
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[...]
RC 50th: Reading: Laura Thomas, Laura Kasischke, Lolita Hernandez, Ken Mikolowski, Christopher Matthews
7:00 pm
RC 50th: Reading: Laura Thomas, Laura Kasischke, Lolita Hernandez, Ken Mikolowski, Christopher Matthews
@ Literati
Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Creative Writing Faculty read from their works: Lolita Hernandez, Lecturer, RC Creative Writing and Literature Laura Kasischke, RC ’84, Lecturer, RC Creative Writing and Literature Christopher Matthews, Lecturer, RC Creative Writing and Literature Ken Mikolowski,[...]
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RC 50th: Carl Cohen: Reflections
10:00 am
RC 50th: Carl Cohen: Reflections
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 20 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Carl Cohen, Professor, Philosophy
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: RC Creative Writing Alumni Reading
1:00 pm
RC 50th: RC Creative Writing Alumni Reading
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Many RC creative writing alums will read.
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: RC Art Gallery Alumni Art Show Opening Reception
4:00 pm
RC 50th: RC Art Gallery Alumni Art Show Opening Reception
@ EQ Art Gallery
Oct 20 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Opening Reception reception (installation to continue through weekend) Artists: Kat Bawden Lynn Peterfreund Nancy Blum Joel Greene Jean Mandeberg Lee McKee Nancy Gildart Lynn Cazabon Alex Hirsch Chris Kubick / Anne Walsh (aka Archive) Matthew[...]
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)
Charles M. Blow: Donald Trump, Arrogance, Pride, and American Democracy
5:30 pm
Charles M. Blow: Donald Trump, Arrogance, Pride, and American Democracy
@ Rackham Auditorium
Oct 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
NY Times Op-Ed columnist Charles M. Blow will present a keynote presentation on the topic of Donald Trump, arrogance, pride, and American democracy. Blow’s lecture will be followed by a Q&A. The lecture is free[...]
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”
Nick Riggie: On Being Awesome
7:00 pm
Nick Riggie: On Being Awesome
@ Literati
Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to welcome Nick Riggle to discuss his new book On Being Awesome. About One Being Awesome: A lively philosophical exploration of the competing pheonomena of being awesome and sucking, and why we need awesomeness[...]
RC 50th: Half-Ass Redux: A Music Homage to the Half-Way Inn
7:00 pm
RC 50th: Half-Ass Redux: A Music Homage to the Half-Way Inn
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
“Half-Ass Redux: A Musical Homage to the Half-Way Inn” with live bands, organized by Katri Ervamaa, Lecturer and Program Head, RC Music Program and Ingrid Racine, Academic Program Specialist, Center for World Performance The Program:[...]
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RC 50th: Herbert Eagle: The Importance of Teaching Film Today
10:00 am
RC 50th: Herbert Eagle: The Importance of Teaching Film Today
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Herbert Eagle is Professor in RC Arts and Ideas in the Humanities
RC 50th: Thomas Weisskopf: Reflections on 65 Years of U.S. Political History
11:30 am
RC 50th: Thomas Weisskopf: Reflections on 65 Years of U.S. Political History
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 21 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Thomas Weisskopf is Professor Emeritus, RC Social Theory and Practice
RC 50th: Robertson Memorial Lecture: Alisa Solomon: Press, Politics, Performance
1:00 pm
RC 50th: Robertson Memorial Lecture: Alisa Solomon: Press, Politics, Performance
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Alisa Solomon, RC ’78, Drama and Philosophy, Professor and Director, Arts and Culture Concentration in the M.A. Program, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
RC 50th: Heather Ann Thompson: The Attica Uprising of 1971 and Why It Matters Today
3:30 pm
RC 50th: Heather Ann Thompson: The Attica Uprising of 1971 and Why It Matters Today
@ Keene Theater, RC
Oct 21 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Heather Ann Thompson, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for History, is Professor of History, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Professor in the RC Social Theory and Practice Program
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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Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild
2:00 pm
Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild
@ AADL Free Space (3rd floor)
Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
All invited to listen to guild members swap stories or bring their own to tell. 2-4 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library Freespace (3rd floor), 343 S. Fifth Ave. Free. 971-5763.
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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Donia Human Rights Center Distinguished Lecture: Sheri Fink: Human Rights in Complex Emergencies at Home and Abroad
5:00 pm
Donia Human Rights Center Distinguished Lecture: Sheri Fink: Human Rights in Complex Emergencies at Home and Abroad
@ UMMA Apse
Oct 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Talk by New York Times Pulitzer-winning correspondent Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, an examination of decisions made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 5-6:30 p.m., UMMA Apse, 525 S. State. Free.[...]
Bill Goldstein: The World Broke in Two
7:00 pm
Bill Goldstein: The World Broke in Two
@ Literati
Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome Bill Goldstein who will be discussing his new book The World Broke in Two: Virgina Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature. He will be joined[...]
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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Poetry and the Written Word: Diane DeCillis
7:00 pm
Poetry and the Written Word: Diane DeCillis
@ Crazy Wisdom
Oct 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Reading by Diane DeCillis, Detroit native whose award-winning 1st book of poems, Strings Attached, was described by Gargoyle Magazine (Washington, D.C.) editor Richard Peabody as a collection of “warm, philosophical poems [which] explore a cultural and emotional terrain similar[...]
Skazat! Poetry Series: Tim Hunt
7:00 pm
Skazat! Poetry Series: Tim Hunt
@ Sweetwaters
Oct 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Northern California native Tim Hunt reads from his latest book, Poem’s Poems & Other Poems, a collection of poems in which a persona named Poem seeks self-definition through the writing of poetry. DePauw University English profesor Deborah Geis says[...]
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Doug Stanton: The Odyssey of Echo Company
7:00 pm
Doug Stanton: The Odyssey of Echo Company
@ AADL Multipurpose Room
Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Doug Stanton is a journalist, lecturer, screenwriter, and author who has appeared on numerous TV and radio outlets, including NBC’s “Today,” CNN, Imus In The Morning, Discovery, A&E, Fox News, NPR, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and[...]
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Zell Visiting Writers: Monica Youn and Joyce Carol Oates
5:30 pm
Zell Visiting Writers: Monica Youn and Joyce Carol Oates
@ U-M Museum of Art Apse
Oct 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Monica Youn is the author of three books of poetry: Blackacre (Graywolf Press, 2016); Barter(Graywolf Press, 2003); and Ignatz (Four Way Books, 2010), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her poems have[...]
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf: Periods Gone Public
7:00 pm
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf: Periods Gone Public
@ Literati
Oct 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to welcome Jennifer Weiss-Wolf in support of her new book Periods Gone Public. About Periods Gone Public Leading menstrual rights advocate, writer, and attorney Jennifer Weiss-Wolf’s PERIODS GONE PUBLIC examines the cultural and political[...]
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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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Raymond M. Kethledge: Lead Yourself First
7:00 pm
Raymond M. Kethledge: Lead Yourself First
@ Literati
Oct 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to welcome the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge who will be discussing his new book Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude. About Lead Yourself First: To inspire and lead others, you must first lead[...]
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