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7:00 pm Ann Arbor Poetry: Eric Sirota @ Espresso Royale
Ann Arbor Poetry: Eric Sirota @ Espresso Royale
Mar 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Ann Arbor Poetry hosts an open mic every 1st and 3rd Sunday, with feature poets whenever we can get them. Eric Sirota is a spoken word poet, author, public interest lawyer and proud member of[...]
7:00 pm RC Drama: Beware the Ives of March @ East Quad Keene Theater
RC Drama: Beware the Ives of March @ East Quad Keene Theater
Mar 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Seven short farces about language and relationships, directed by students from RC Hums 482, and acted by students in RC Hums 281, all by master comic playwright, David Ives.  
2:30 pm National Letter Writing Month Party @ AADL Westgate, West Side Room
National Letter Writing Month Party @ AADL Westgate, West Side Room
Mar 18 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Start your National Letter Writing Month off right with a letter and card writing party! We’ll have stationery, pens, envelopes, stamps, and stickers—you bring your address book! We’ll get you on track with ideas to[...]
5:00 pm International Studies Alumni Career Panel @ 555 Weiser Hall
International Studies Alumni Career Panel @ 555 Weiser Hall
Mar 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Featuring 3 RC alumni. This alumni panel will showcase and celebrate the university’s rich history of contributions made by International Studies alumni, while providing valuable insight for current students as they start to develop their own[...]
6:00 pm Family Read Celebration with Ruth Behar
Family Read Celebration with Ruth Behar
Mar 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Our spring Family Read culminates with a visit by the author of Lucky Broken Girl, Ruth Behar. Join us for a fun-filled evening at Riverside Arts Center, with hands on Cuban drumming, cha-cha lessons, a[...]
7:00 pm Emerging Writers: Open House @ AADL Westgate
Emerging Writers: Open House @ AADL Westgate
Mar 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
When Monday March 18, 2019: 7:00pm to 8:45pm Where Westgate Branch: West Side Room Description Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.[...]
1:00 pm Living Poetry/Braving Joy: Naomi Long Madgett and Gabrielle Civil @ Hopwood Room (1176 Angell Hall)
Living Poetry/Braving Joy: Naomi Long Madgett and Gabrielle Civil @ Hopwood Room (1176 Angell Hall)
Mar 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Naomi Long Madgett and Gabrielle Civil will join us in the Hopwood Room for a public conversation about living a literary life: What does it mean to be a black woman / poet today? How[...]
4:00 pm Humanities and Environments Faculty Panel: Criminal Justice and the Built Environment @ Osterman Common Room #1022
Humanities and Environments Faculty Panel: Criminal Justice and the Built Environment @ Osterman Common Room #1022
Mar 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we’ve organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: “Criminal Justice and the Built Environment” with:  Claire Zimmerman (Architecture, History of[...]
5:30 pm Lecture: Jill Dougherty: The Truth about Lies in International Relations: Reflections on the Media in Russia and Beyond @ 1010 Weiser Hall
Lecture: Jill Dougherty: The Truth about Lies in International Relations: Reflections on the Media in Russia and Beyond @ 1010 Weiser Hall
Mar 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Jill Dougherty (BA Russian ’70), former foreign affairs correspondent, CNN Lots of countries lie. Some call it “winning hearts and minds,” others call it “strategic communications,” still others call it “softening the battlefield.” However it’s[...]
6:00 pm Conversation: Ronan Farrow and Ken Auletta: The Weinstein Effect: Breaking the Stories That Spurred the #MeToo Movement @ Rackham Auditorium
Conversation: Ronan Farrow and Ken Auletta: The Weinstein Effect: Breaking the Stories That Spurred the #MeToo Movement @ Rackham Auditorium
Mar 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Join the Conversation In October, 2017, The New Yorker published reporter Ronan Farrow’s exposé detailing the first on-the-record accounts of alleged assault and rape by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, followed by a series of pieces on the[...]
7:00 pm Nadia Bolz-Weber: Shameless @ First United Methodist Church
Nadia Bolz-Weber: Shameless @ First United Methodist Church
Mar 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to parnter with First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor to welcome author and theologian Nadia Bolz-Weber who will be discussing her new book Shameless. NADIA BOLZ-WEBER first hit the New York Times list with her[...]
7:00 pm Sweetland Writer to Writer: Ellen Muehlberger @ Literati
Sweetland Writer to Writer: Ellen Muehlberger @ Literati
Mar 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
U-M Near Eastern Studies and history professor Ellen Muehlberger is joined by a U-M Sweetland Center for Writing faculty member to discuss writing. 7 p.m., Literati, 124 E. Washington. Free. 585-5567.
7:30 pm The Moth Storyslam: Ruse @ Greyline
The Moth Storyslam: Ruse @ Greyline
Mar 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 “Envy” (Mar. 5)[...]
5:00 pm Susan Pattie: The Armenian Legionnaires: Sacrifice and Betrayal in World War I @ 555 Weiser Hall
Susan Pattie: The Armenian Legionnaires: Sacrifice and Betrayal in World War I @ 555 Weiser Hall
Mar 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Following the devastation resulting from the 1915 Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, the survivors of the massacres were dispersed across the Middle East, Europe and North and South America. Not content with watching World[...]
6:00 pm Author’s Forum: Christiane Gruber: The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images, in discussion with Juan Cole @ Hatcher Library, Gallery 100
Author’s Forum: Christiane Gruber: The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images, in discussion with Juan Cole @ Hatcher Library, Gallery 100
Mar 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Christiane Gruber (history of art) and Juan Cole (history) discuss Gruber’s new book The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Text and Images About the book:  In the wake of controversies over printing or displaying images of the[...]
8:00 pm Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry @ Argus Farm Stop
Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry @ Argus Farm Stop
Mar 20 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
ONE PAUSE POETRY SALON is (literally) a greenhouse for poetry and poets, nurturing an appreciation for written art in all languages and encouraging experiments in creative writing. We meet every Weds in the greenhouse at[...]
4:00 pm The Poetry of Places: A Cartographic Stroll with the Bards @ Hatcher Library, Clark Library, 2nd floor
The Poetry of Places: A Cartographic Stroll with the Bards @ Hatcher Library, Clark Library, 2nd floor
Mar 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
A poet has the awe-inspiring power to immortalize a place within his audience’s mind with only their words. Join us as we explore the real locations behind many of the world’s most famous poems and[...]
5:30 pm Zell Visiting Writers: Anthony Marra @ U-M Museum of Art Stern Auditorium
Zell Visiting Writers: Anthony Marra @ U-M Museum of Art Stern Auditorium
Mar 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
The Zell Visiting Writers Series constitutes the backbone of the HZWP events calendar, bringing the world of contemporary literature to Ann Arbor with visits from working writers that include readings, extensive student-moderated Q&A sessions, individual consultations, craft[...]
7:00 pm Semester in Detroit’s Winter 2019 Detroiters Speaker Series: Whose Safety? Policing Minds, Bodies, and Borders in Detroit @ Cass Corridor Commons
Semester in Detroit’s Winter 2019 Detroiters Speaker Series: Whose Safety? Policing Minds, Bodies, and Borders in Detroit @ Cass Corridor Commons
Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Containment & Surveillance: Shifting Borders and Boundaries will explore how policing and surveillance are being utilized to define and defend new borders and boundaries in a changing city. Topics will include Project Greenlight, the jurisdictions[...]
4:00 pm Screening: Beyond Fordlandia: An Environmental Account of Henry Ford’s Adventures in the Amazon @ Classroom 1405, East Quad
Screening: Beyond Fordlandia: An Environmental Account of Henry Ford’s Adventures in the Amazon @ Classroom 1405, East Quad
Mar 22 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Film screening and discussion with writer, director & producer, Marcos Colón   Written, directed and produced by Marcos Colón, Beyond Fordlândia (2017, 75 min) presents an environmental account of Henry Ford’s Amazon experience decades after[...]
7:00 pm Anne-Marie Oomen: Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction @ Nicola's Books
Anne-Marie Oomen: Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction @ Nicola's Books
Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
About Elemental: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction: Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction comes to us from twenty-three of Michigan’s most well-known essayists. A celebration of the elements, this collection is both the storm and the[...]
7:00 pm Julie Dobrow: After Emily @ Literati
Julie Dobrow: After Emily @ Literati
Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to welcome author Julie Dobrow who will be sharing her new biography, After Emily. About After Emily: Despite Emily Dickinson’s world renown, the story of the two women most responsible for her initial posthumous[...]
7:00 pm Webster Reading Series: Ian Burnette and Carl Lavigne @ UMMA
Webster Reading Series: Ian Burnette and Carl Lavigne @ UMMA
Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Mark Webster Reading Series showcases work by second-year MFA students in the Helen Zell Writers’ Program. Usually held on Friday evenings, Webster Readings present two readers (most often one poet and one fiction writer),[...]
7:00 pm Webster Reading Series: Katarina Bishop and Thea Chacamaty @ UMMA
Webster Reading Series: Katarina Bishop and Thea Chacamaty @ UMMA
Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Webster Readings are organized by second-year students, and feature their poetry and prose. Post-graduate Zell fellows are regularly invited to introduce and/or open for writers scheduled to visit local bookstore Literati. Today: Katarina Bishop and Thea Chacamaty.[...]
8:00 pm RC Players: 39 Steps @ East Quad Keene Theater
RC Players: 39 Steps @ East Quad Keene Theater
Mar 22 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
A farce by Patrick Barlow, presented by RC Players. 39 Steps is a parody of the classic Hitchcock spy thriller, where four actors play every role. Also Saturday, March 23, at 8 pm. Keene Theater, East[...]
5:00 pm Phoebe Darqueling: No Rest for the Wicked, and Riftmaker @ Crazy Wisdom
Phoebe Darqueling: No Rest for the Wicked, and Riftmaker @ Crazy Wisdom
Mar 23 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Come by Crazy Wisdom and celebrate the launch of two novels by local Steampunk and Gaslamp fantasy author, Phoebe Darqueling. Catch a live reading from No Rest for the Wicked, the story of a con[...]
7:00 pm Buddhist Storytelling: Rafe Martin, Haju Sunim, and Sandong Kurt Iselt @ Crazy Wisdom
Buddhist Storytelling: Rafe Martin, Haju Sunim, and Sandong Kurt Iselt @ Crazy Wisdom
Mar 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
An evening of Buddhist storytelling with Rafe Martin. Listen to Buddhist Jataka Tales. He will be joined by longtime Zen Buddhist teacher and storyteller, Haju Sunim, and Zen storyteller Sandong Kurt Iselt. Children and families[...]
8:00 pm RC Players: 39 Steps @ East Quad Keene Theater
RC Players: 39 Steps @ East Quad Keene Theater
Mar 23 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
A farce by Patrick Barlow, presented by RC Players. 39 Steps is a parody of the classic Hitchcock spy thriller, where four actors play every role. Keene Theater, East Quadrangle, 701 East University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.[...]
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