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Margit Strassburger: Bonjour Berlin
@ Keene Theater, East Quad
Margit Strassburger: Bonjour Berlin
@ Keene Theater, East Quad
Feb 17 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
German actor Margit Stra�burger sings cabaret songs set to poetry by German Jewish poet Mascha Kaleko that longs for pre 1933-Berlin. In German with piano accompaniment by Toledo-based pianist Michelle Papenfuss. Q&A follows. 5-7 p.m.,[...]
7:00 pm
Ann Arbor Poetry: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
@ Espresso Royale
Ann Arbor Poetry: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
@ Espresso Royale
Feb 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Reading by this local writer (and Observer contributor), who has published prose poetry, personal essays, and news articles. 7 p.m. Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested donation. facebook.com/AnnArborPoetry.
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4:30 pm
Carolyn Dunn: Anishaabe Theatre Exchange Residency
@ 2435 North Quad
Carolyn Dunn: Anishaabe Theatre Exchange Residency
@ 2435 North Quad
Feb 18 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Scholar, poet and playwright Dr. Carolyn Dunn will lecture on the aesthetics of Native and Indigenous Theater. Dunn was born in Southern California and is of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Cajun, French Creole, and Tunica-Biloxi[...]
6:30 pm
RC Lecture: Mark Jonathan Harris: Displaced Children in an Uncertain World
@ Rm 1423, East Quad
RC Lecture: Mark Jonathan Harris: Displaced Children in an Uncertain World
@ Rm 1423, East Quad
Feb 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
This lecture is on Foster Care and Orphans of War with Mark Jonathan Harris, producer, known for Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000), The Long Way Home (1997) and Breaking Point:[...]
7:00 pm
Kate Tucker: The Joy of Reading Drama
@ Literati
Kate Tucker: The Joy of Reading Drama
@ Literati
Feb 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Using contemporary plays, together we’ll explore how to read drama and why it’s important. Plays are a powerful tool to ignite conversations about issues that are often challenging to discuss and they give voice to[...]
7:00 pm
Reading: Café Shapiro
@ Shapiro Undergraduate Library Lobby
Reading: Café Shapiro
@ Shapiro Undergraduate Library Lobby
Feb 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Feb. 11, 12, 18, 19, & 21. U-M students, nominated by their instructors, read their poems and short stories. Light refreshments. 7-8:30 p.m., U-M Shapiro Undergrad Library Lobby, 919 South University. Free. 764-7493.
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7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: Maryse Meijer: RAG
@ Literati
Fiction at Literati: Maryse Meijer: RAG
@ Literati
Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome author Maryse Meijer who will be sharing her new collection of stories RAG. About RAG: From the author of Heartbreaker, a disquieting collection tracing the destructive consequences of the desire for connection A[...]
7:00 pm
Jim Glenn: A History of the English Language: Influences on American English
@ AADL Westgate
Jim Glenn: A History of the English Language: Influences on American English
@ AADL Westgate
Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
Local storyteller and language maven Jim Glenn continues his series on English by taking a lively look at cultural influences on the American dialect. Learn the origins of words and phrases that have entered common speech[...]
7:00 pm
Jim Glenn: A History of the English Language: The Story of American English (Part 3)
@ AADL Westgate
Jim Glenn: A History of the English Language: The Story of American English (Part 3)
@ AADL Westgate
Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
Local storyteller Jim Glenn performs the 3rd part of his storytelling program on the history of English, focusing on the influence of immigrants and various historical events on American English. For grade 8-adult. 7-8:30 p.m., AADL Westgate.[...]
7:00 pm
Juan Cole: Muhammad: Prophet of Peace and the Clash of Empires
@ Nicola's Books
Juan Cole: Muhammad: Prophet of Peace and the Clash of Empires
@ Nicola's Books
Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us for an evening featuring Juan Cole. Juan is an Ann Arbor local and professor of history at the University of Michigan. A revered public intellectual, he is the author and creator of the[...]
7:00 pm
Reading: Café Shapiro
@ Shapiro Undergraduate Library Lobby
Reading: Café Shapiro
@ Shapiro Undergraduate Library Lobby
Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Feb. 11, 12, 18, 19, & 21. U-M students, nominated by their instructors, read their poems and short stories. Light refreshments. 7-8:30 p.m., U-M Shapiro Undergrad Library Lobby, 919 South University. Free. 764-7493.
7:30 pm
The Moth Storyslam: Flight
@ Greyline
The Moth Storyslam: Flight
@ Greyline
Feb 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Open mike storytelling competition sponsored by The Moth, the NYC-based nonprofit that also produces a weekly public radio show. Ten storytellers are selected at random to tell a 3-5 minute story–this month’s themes are “Delusions” (Feb. 5)[...]
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Fiction at Literati: Susan Dennard: Bloodwitch
@ Literati
Fiction at Literati: Susan Dennard: Bloodwitch
@ Literati
Feb 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome back author Susan Dennard who will be sharing her new novel Bloodwitch, the latest in the Witchlands series. About Bloodwitch: Susan Dennard’s New York Times bestselling, young adult epic fantasy Witchlands series continues with[...]
8:00 pm
Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry
@ Argus Farm Stop
Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry
@ Argus Farm Stop
Feb 20 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Every Wed. Members read and discuss poems around themes TBA. Followed by collaborative writing games and exercises. Attendees invited to read their poems. Snacks & socializing. 8-10 p.m., Argus Farm Stop greenhouse, 325 W. Liberty. $5[...]
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5:30 pm
Author’s Forum: Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question (a conversation with Benedicte Boisseron and Aliyah Khan)
@ Hatcher Library, Room 100
Author’s Forum: Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question (a conversation with Benedicte Boisseron and Aliyah Khan)
@ Hatcher Library, Room 100
Feb 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Bénédicte Boisseron (Afro-American and African studies) and Aliyah Khan(English, Afro-American and African studies) discuss Boisseron’s new book Afro-Dog, which investigates the relationship between race and the animal in the history and culture of the Americas and the black[...]
7:00 pm
Randall Jelks: Faith and Struggle in the Livs of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali
@ Nicola's Books
Randall Jelks: Faith and Struggle in the Livs of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali
@ Nicola's Books
Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us for an in conversation event featuring award winning author Dr. Randal Jelks, where he will discuss his most recent work, Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou[...]
7:00 pm
Reading: Café Shapiro
@ Shapiro Undergraduate Library Lobby
Reading: Café Shapiro
@ Shapiro Undergraduate Library Lobby
Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Feb. 11, 12, 18, 19, & 21. U-M students, nominated by their instructors, read their poems and short stories. Today includes RC writing student Jazzaray James. Light refreshments. 7-8:30 p.m., U-M Shapiro Undergrad Library Lobby,[...]
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In Conversation: Artist David Opdyke with writer Lawrence Weschler
@ Institute for the Humanities, Common Room 1022
In Conversation: Artist David Opdyke with writer Lawrence Weschler
@ Institute for the Humanities, Common Room 1022
Feb 22 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
I2019 Efroymson Emerging Artist David Opdyke and writer Lawrence Weschler discuss Opdyke’s current exhibition, Paved with Good Intentions, and the relationship between culture, politics, the environment and art in a contemporary landscape fraught with disorder and turmoil. Read Weschler’s New York[...]
7:00 pm
Caroiyn Dunn: Three Sisters
@ East Quad Keene Theater
Caroiyn Dunn: Three Sisters
@ East Quad Keene Theater
Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Anishinaabe Theatre Exchange artists will be in residence at the University of Michigan campus from February 16-23, 2019, culminating in two performances of the new play by Carolyn Dunn, Three Sisters. The Anishinaabe Theatre Exchange[...]
7:00 pm
Caryl Churchill Festival: Top Girls, The Skriker
@ Walgreen Drama Center Newman Studio
Caryl Churchill Festival: Top Girls, The Skriker
@ Walgreen Drama Center Newman Studio
Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Feb. 14, 16, 22, & 23 (different programs). U-M students and faculty perform staged readings of works by this acclaimed English playwright in honor of her 80th birthday. Tonight: Top Girls (7 p.m.), the groundbreaking 1982 indictment of Thatcherism[...]
7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: Rachel DeWoskin: Someday We Will Fly
@ Literati
Fiction at Literati: Rachel DeWoskin: Someday We Will Fly
@ Literati
Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to host author Rachel DeWosking who will be visitng to share her latest YA novel Someday We Will Fly: About Someday We Will Fly: From the author of Blind, a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story set during[...]
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3:00 pm
Arjun Alva: Adventures of Jimmy Hailbuster
@ Nicola's Books
Arjun Alva: Adventures of Jimmy Hailbuster
@ Nicola's Books
Feb 23 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Join us for a talk and signing with Arjun Alva. Arjun is a 6th Grader at Forsythe Middle School here in Ann Arbor. Arjun has always loved writing. It took him around 6 months to[...]
3:00 pm
Caryl Churchill Festival: Escaped Alone, Cloud Nine, Seven Jewish Children
@ Walgreen Drama Center Newman Studio
Caryl Churchill Festival: Escaped Alone, Cloud Nine, Seven Jewish Children
@ Walgreen Drama Center Newman Studio
Feb 23 @ 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Feb. 14, 16, 22, & 23 (different programs). U-M students and faculty perform staged readings of works by this acclaimed English playwright in honor of her 80th birthday. Today: the 2017 play Escaped Alone (3 p.m.),a brisk 55-minute surrealist set[...]
5:00 pm
Caryl Churchill Festival: Leigh Woods: Caryl Churchill at 80
@ Mendellsohn Theatre
Caryl Churchill Festival: Leigh Woods: Caryl Churchill at 80
@ Mendellsohn Theatre
Feb 23 @ 5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
U-M theater studies professor Leigh Woods gives a lecture on “Caryl Churchill at 80” (5 p.m.) at Mendelssohn Theatre.
7:30 pm
32nd Annual Storytelling Festival
@ The Ark
32nd Annual Storytelling Festival
@ The Ark
Feb 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Feb. 23 & 24 (different programs). Performances for adults (Sat.) & families (Sun.) by 3 top storytellers from around the country. Headliner is Hand Christian Andersen Storytelling Center (NYC) director Laura Simms, an internationally celebrated veteran storyteller whose[...]
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