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Tim Fielder: Matty’s Rocket: Book One 7:00 pm
Tim Fielder: Matty’s Rocket: Book One @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Mar 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us for a talk and signing with Tim Fielder, author and illustrator of the graphic novel collection, Matty’s Rocket: Book One! Matty’s Rocket was released to critical acclaim, with Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz …

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Emerging Writers: Reading Like a Writer 7:00 pm
Emerging Writers: Reading Like a Writer @ AADL Westgate
Mar 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal discuss how to writers make choices about character and plot development. For adult and teen (grade 6 & up) fiction and nonfiction writers. …

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Jane Austen Book Club Discussion: Kathleen Flynn: The Jane Austen Project 7:00 pm
Jane Austen Book Club Discussion: Kathleen Flynn: The Jane Austen Project @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Mar 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Jane Austen Book Club Discussion at Nicola’s Books – Associated event of the University of Michigan Graduate Library ‘The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet’ Exhibit. With the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, the Grad Library …

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WCED Lecture: Masha Gessen and Misha Friedman 7:00 pm
WCED Lecture: Masha Gessen and Misha Friedman @ 1010 Weiser Hall
Mar 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is proud to partner with the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies to welcome author and activist Masha Gessen and photographer Misha Friedman to Ann Arbor for a talk on their new book Never Remember: Searching …

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Karen L. Cox: Racial Injustice and the Injustice of Memory: The Case of The Goat Castle Murder in Jim Crow Mississippi 3:00 pm
Karen L. Cox: Racial Injustice and the Injustice of Memory: The Case of The Goat Castle Murder in Jim Crow Mississippi @ Keene Theater, East Quad
Mar 12 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Karen L. Cox is an award-winning historian who has written op-eds for the New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, TIME magazine, Publishers Weekly, and the Huffington Post. Her expertise on the American South has led to interviews with the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Daily …

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CWPS Faculty Lecture Series: Emily Wilcox: Moonwalking in Beijing: Michael Jackson, Piliwu, and the Origins of Chinese Hip-Hop 6:30 pm
CWPS Faculty Lecture Series: Emily Wilcox: Moonwalking in Beijing: Michael Jackson, Piliwu, and the Origins of Chinese Hip-Hop @ Rm 1405, East Quad
Mar 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
The RC’s Center for World Performance Studies Faculty Lecture Series features Faculty Fellows and visiting scholars and practitioners in the fields of ethnography and performance. Designed to create an informal and intimate setting for intellectual …

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Author’s Forum: Tad Schmaltz: Early Modern Cartesianism 5:30 pm
Author’s Forum: Tad Schmaltz: Early Modern Cartesianism @ Hatcher Library Rm 100
Mar 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Tad Schmaltz (philosophy) and George Hoffman (French) discuss Schmaltz’s new book “Early Modern Cartesianisms.” About the book: “There is a general sense that the philosophy of Descartes was a dominant force in early modern thought. …

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RC Players: Blithe Spirit 6:00 pm
RC Players: Blithe Spirit @ Keene Theater, East Quad
Mar 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
RC Players is thrilled to present Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit as this semester’s full-length production. Blithe Spirit is a farcical play that follows Charles Condomine, a novelist who invites a medium to his home in …

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RC Players: Blithe Spirit 8:00 pm
RC Players: Blithe Spirit @ Keene Theater, East Quad
Mar 17 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
RC Players is thrilled to present Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit as this semester’s full-length production. Blithe Spirit is a farcical play that follows Charles Condomine, a novelist who invites a medium to his home in …

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RC Drama: Beware the Ives of March 8:00 pm
RC Drama: Beware the Ives of March @ Keene Theatre, East Quad
Mar 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
U-M drama students in Kate Mendeloff’s play production seminar direct and perform present several short farces by contemporary playwright David Ives. 8-9 p.m., Keene Theatre, East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4354.
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Theater Performance 8:00 pm
Theater Performance @ Keene Theater, East Quad
Mar 23 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Drama students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina State University present a program of short theatrical pieces, dance, and music as part of a cultural exchange program led by U-M …

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Home Plate: Fictionalizing Familiar Places: Kelly Fordon, Lolita Hernandez, and Laura Thomas 2:00 pm
Home Plate: Fictionalizing Familiar Places: Kelly Fordon, Lolita Hernandez, and Laura Thomas @ Pages Bookshop
Mar 24 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Three authors discuss how their fiction transforms home into character. How do writers use assumptions about familiar places to find the unexpected and surprising?  When is a hometown the whole trouble, and also the last, best hope …

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RC Prison Creative Arts Project: Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing 4:00 pm
RC Prison Creative Arts Project: Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing @ Pierpont Commons East Room
Mar 25 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Readings by writers featured in the 10th annual edition of Prison Creative Arts Project magazine that features work by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers. 4 p.m., Pierpont Commons East Room. Free. 615-3204, 647-6771.
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Author’s Forum: Maya Barzilai: Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters, with Kathryn Babayan 5:30 pm
Author’s Forum: Maya Barzilai: Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters, with Kathryn Babayan @ Hatcher Library Rm 100
Mar 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Maya Barzilai (modern Herbrew and Jewish culture) and Kathryn Babayan  (Iranian history and culture) discuss Barzilai’s new book Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters, a monster tour of the Golem narrative across various cultural and historical landscapes. About the …

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RC Prison Project: Love is Alternatives to Inside Out 6:30 pm
RC Prison Project: Love is Alternatives to Inside Out @ Keene Theatre, East Quad
Mar 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
12 former inmates perform their new original play exploring alternatives to mass incarceration. 6:30-8 p.m., Keene Theatre, East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4354.
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RC Prison Project: Kerry Myers: Voices from the Abyss 4:00 pm
RC Prison Project: Kerry Myers: Voices from the Abyss @ Pierpont Commons East Room
Mar 29 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Talk by freelance journalist Kerry Myers, whose reporting on the death penalty during his tenure as editor of the Louisiana State Penitentiary news magazine won a 2007 Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award. 4 p.m., Pierpont Commons East Room. …

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Moth Story Slam: The Caveat 7:00 pm
Moth Story Slam: The Caveat @ Keene Theater, East Quad
Mar 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Moth Story Slam: The Caveat @ Keene Theater, East Quad | Ann Arbor | Michigan | United States
The RC RAs are proud to host a Moth Story Slam, open to all! The theme will be “The Caveat” — do with that what you will 🙂 Find out more about the moth here: https://themoth.org/about We …

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