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Bookworm #93 - Author Conversation with Barbara Franco, "Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War's Deadliest Battle"

Angela Oonk hosts this webinar series discussing history topics with guests. This month, historian and author of "Gettysburg Surgeons:...

Student Art Meetup: Ann Arbor Art Fair

Check out the local arts scene and meet new people!

Are you looking to explore the arts in Ann Arbor with a small group? Join us for the Ann Arbor Art Fair! Renowned as the largest juried art...

Crafting the Sky

Astronomical images are science—and art. Learn how photographers, artists, and scientists work together to interpret the universe. Then,...

Finale: Young Artist Concert Series

Center Stage Strings - An MPulse Institute at the University of Michigan

Center Stage Strings (CSS) – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for youth – welcomes the public to a series of free...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Celebrating Pride Month

We are thrilled to announce that Pride Month is being celebrated in the Hatcher Library! See selected historical artifacts from the Joseph...

KidSport Summer Camp

KidSport Summer Camps offers children ages 4-11 the opportunity to learn and play a variety of team sports, individual sports, team building...

AI for Scientists and Engineers Summer Academy

Academy Overview...

Chair Aerobics/Stretch, Strength & Balance/Zumba

Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary....

Debbie Thompson Exhibition

Phytopia: Accessing the Invisible

Debbie Thompson works predominantly in clay and draws inspiration from the natural world, which she frequently references in her work. Her...

Melissa Jones Exhibition

Internal Architecture

Melissa Jones works across multiple mediums, consistently centering the human figure, texture, and elements of the natural world—such as...

Resistance is Fertile: Celebrating 30 Years of Cultivating Change

Resistance Is Fertile honors the founding moment of the Institute for Research on Women & Gender, while speaking to the present. The...

The People’s Bicentennial

This selection of original artifacts documents the work of the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC), which challenged the official,...

10 Week Accessibility Challenge

Join the 10-Week Accessibility Challenge to learn more about accessibility basics, best practices, and U-M resources and tools available to...

Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning (Transformer Circuits)

Multi-Part Journal Club - Hosted by Matthew James O'Meara, PhD

Matthew O'Meara, PhD and his lab are hosting what we're calling Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning. This year it will be a...

Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project

From September 2025 through November 2026, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based, artist-run...

Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project

From September 2025 through August 2026, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based, artist-run...

Heartfulness Meditation

Pushyami Gundala

Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being....

Marianetta Porter: Breath, Fragment, Return

Curated by Juana Williams, this exhibition examines how Marianetta Porter uses everyday objects, fragments, and embodied memory to make...

Up, Up, And Away: A History of Ballooning in America

This exhibit examines the history of balloon flight in the United States from Blanchard’s first ascension to the early twentieth century....

Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory

The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research...

June 2 - July 30, 2026 T/TH Course - Sampling in Practice

Yajuan Si - Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

June 2-July 30, 2026, T/TH...

Beach Tennis - Learn to Play

Jump into the exciting world of beach tennis! Learn the basics of gameplay, key techniques, and winning strategies before putting your...

Bocce Ball - Learn to Play

Get rolling with the basics of bocce ball! Learn gameplay, tips, and strategies, then put your skills to the test in games with fellow...

Echoes of the Past: Greektown as Seen by Sam Karres

Explore the personal sketchbooks of Sam Karres, Greek-American painter and artist, as he illustrates the daily life of residents in...

Muted Volumes: Book-Objects, Patterned Papers, and the Closed Stacks of Buhr

This exhibit in the Clark Library rotunda focuses on handmade decorative patterned papers when exploring books stored at the library's...

Telescope Observing

Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments....