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2:00 pm “Write On!” Short Story Contest Awards Celebration @ AADL
“Write On!” Short Story Contest Awards Celebration @ AADL
Apr 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Detroit children’s book writer Jean Alicia Elster, author the African American coming-of-age tale The Colored Car, discusses the art of writing and presents awards to the winners of the AADL short story contest for 3rd-5th[...]
2:00 pm RC Chamber Musicians: Glass Sandwich @ Keene Theater
RC Chamber Musicians: Glass Sandwich @ Keene Theater
Apr 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
“The Glass Sandwich” – string quartets by Philip Glass, Dvorak, Schubert and Beethoven; Trios by Piazzolla, Faure, Saint-Saens and Kummer performed by RC Chamber Musicians
7:00 pm Ann Arbor Poetry Slam @ Espresso Royale
Ann Arbor Poetry Slam @ Espresso Royale
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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[...]
7:30 pm RC Director and Text Class Performances @ Keene
RC Director and Text Class Performances @ Keene
Apr 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
RC theater students present a program of short plays TBA.
5:00 pm RC Chamber Musicians Concert @ Keene Theater
RC Chamber Musicians Concert @ Keene Theater
Apr 18 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
RC Chamber Musicians perform music by Ewazen, Rossini, Borodin, Brahms, Weber, Schubert and Gliere.
7:00 pm Fiction at Literati: Amy Gustine @ Literati
Fiction at Literati: Amy Gustine @ Literati
Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome Amy Gustine in support of her acclaimed debut collection, You Should Pity Us Instead. You Should Pity Us Instead explores some of our toughest dilemmas: the cost of Middle East strife[...]
8:00 pm RC Deutsches Theater: Unschuld @ Keene Theater
RC Deutsches Theater: Unschuld @ Keene Theater
Apr 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Dt.Theater will present “Unschuld” (Innocence).
3:30 pm Hopwood Award Ceremony, with Susan Choi @ Rackham
Hopwood Award Ceremony, with Susan Choi @ Rackham
Apr 19 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Awards for the Winter Term writing contests administered by the Hopwood Awards Program will be announced. A lecture by Susan Choi will follow the announcement of the awards. Susan Choi’s first novel, The Foreign Student,[...]
7:00 pm Skazat! Poetry Series: Susan Hutton @ Sweetwaters
Skazat! Poetry Series: Susan Hutton @ Sweetwaters
Apr 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Reading by local poet Susan Hutton, author of The Vanishing of Large Creatures. The program begins with open mike readings. 7-8:30 p.m., Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, 123 W. Washington. Free. 994-6663.
7:30 pm Moth Storyslam: Romance @ Circus
Moth Storyslam: Romance @ Circus
Apr 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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[...]
4:00 pm Falling: A Memoir in Verse (featuring Georgia Kreiger) @ Concordia University Earhart Manor Living Room
Falling: A Memoir in Verse (featuring Georgia Kreiger) @ Concordia University Earhart Manor Living Room
Apr 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
In lines both supple and brittle, Kreiger surrounds her private experiences with startling images whose collisions bang into the heart.  The rose, nearby crows, even the fog and snow are ominous, foreboding, and irresistible.  There’s[...]
7:00 pm Monica Tesler: Bounders @ Nicola's Books
Monica Tesler: Bounders @ Nicola's Books
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Monica Swanson Tesler is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, and is an attorney in Boston, where she lives with her family. Her book, Bounders, is in the tradition of Michael Vey[...]
7:00 pm Emerging Writers: Open House @ AADL Traverwood
Emerging Writers: Open House @ AADL Traverwood
Apr 21 @ 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.
7:00 pm Jim Ottaviani: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded @ Nicola's Books
Jim Ottaviani: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded @ Nicola's Books
Apr 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Jim Ottaviani (“Feynman”, “Primates”) is the world s preeminent writer of comics and graphic novels about science. Notable works include a biography of Niels Bohr and the fast-paced tale of the desperate lives of early[...]
7:00 pm Poetry at Literati: Michael Delp, Zilka Joseph, M.L. Liebler @ Literati
Poetry at Literati: Michael Delp, Zilka Joseph, M.L. Liebler @ Literati
Apr 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to welcome three authors from Wayne State University Press’s Made in Michigan series: Michael Delp, Zilka Joseph, and M.L. Liebler. Michael Delp recently retired from the Interlochen Arts Academy, where he was[...]
7:00 pm R.J. Fox: Love and Vodka @ Bookbound Bookstore
R.J. Fox: Love and Vodka @ Bookbound Bookstore
Apr 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This award-winning local writer reads from Love & Vodka: My Surreal Adventures in the Ukraine, his memoir about how he dropped everything to pursue a romance with a Ukrainian woman. “The reader … will walk away[...]
9:00 am RC First Annual Chautauqua @ Keene Theater
RC First Annual Chautauqua @ Keene Theater
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
RC Alumni, current students, faculty and staff – join together for a day of sharing information to connect, renew, discover and celebrate our community.
3:00 pm Gregory Fournier: Rainy Day Murders @ Brewed Awakenings, Suite M
Gregory Fournier: Rainy Day Murders @ Brewed Awakenings, Suite M
Apr 23 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Local writer Gregory Fournier discusses his new true crime book about John Norman Collins and the Washtenaw County coed killings of the late 1960s for which he was convicted. 3-5 p.m., Brewed Awakenings, 7025 E.[...]
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