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DTSTAMP:20261002T161912
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T000000
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SUMMARY:Well-being:Cook Scholars Free Sips
DESCRIPTION:One month in\, are you looking for direction in networking\, searching student orgs\, or finding your way around Ann Arbor\, talk to us. We can help. During Sober October\, we'll treat you to Free Sips of your favorite beverage. Please indicate you're a Cook Scholar\, when you use the registration intake form (links on right).
UID:153052-21915016@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153052
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cook Scholars,Free,Networking,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Michigan League
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T180143
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T210000
SUMMARY:Other:Music City Head Race
DESCRIPTION:We race other schools to see who can post the fastest time down the river. This is a beautiful venue through the middle of Nashville.
UID:150791-21910184@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150791
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Nashville, TN
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260826T132935
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm.
UID:150276-21908536@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260814T155307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit.
UID:150290-21908839@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260914T170151
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T180000
SUMMARY:Well-being:Lakeside Leadership Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Lakeside Leadership Weekend taking place October 30–November 1\, 2026 is an immersive retreat where participants are invited to explore their leadership and different roles in a temporary outdoor community through shared decision-making\, collaborative problem-solving\, and intentional communal living.  \n\nBased from a rustic cabin near the water\, participants will prepare meals\, divide responsibilities\, navigate challenges\, gather around evening campfires\, spend time by the lake\, and reflect on what it means to contribute to a healthy\, resilient community. Secure your spot by October 20\, 2026. Cost: $425\n\nThe program takes place October 30–November 1\, 2026. Participants will spend two nights in shared rustic cabin accommodations in the Lower Peninsula before returning to the Adventure Leadership Resource Center located on Central Campus during the afternoon on Sunday\, November 1.\n\nThe program includes cabin accommodations\, meals during the weekend\, instruction\, program materials\, all necessary group equipment\, and the opportunity to borrow any recommended outdoor gear at no additional cost. Personal clothing\, bedding\, and toiletries are not included.
UID:152143-21913140@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152143
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Adventure Leadership,Community,Leadership,outdoor adventures,Outdoors,recreation,Well-being,Wellness
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260916T165426
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T160000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Alternative Affinities: Constellations of Kinship and Community
DESCRIPTION:The Kleinfamilie\, or “nuclear family\,” endures as a core structure that helps to define human relations. With roots in the eighteenth century\, the Kleinfamilie provided a social and economic foundation for the rise of the modern nation state. However\, the heterogeneous and multidimensional ways individuals and communities connect with one another today require a broader focus. A more fluid and encompassing term\, “kinship\,” offers a way of seeing and describing those ties that extend beyond the nuclear family and are by nature shifting and\ntemporary.\n\nUsing kinship as a framework\, Heidi Schlipphacke’s book The Aesthetics of Kinship: Form and Family in the Long Eighteenth Century (Bucknell University Press\, 2023) reexamines 18th-century German novels and dramas to uncover alternative affinities that are hidden when exclusively considered through the walled-off Kleinfamilie. Sclipphacke’s investigation belongs to a larger body of recent scholarly work seeking to reconceive of  repurpose the term “kinship.” For example\, Jennifer Evans’s The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship after Fascism (Duke University Press\, 2023) deploys kinship as an analytic category to demonstrate how queer and trans people in postwar and contemporary Germany navigated citizenship\, love\, and public and family life. A broader investigation into kinship\, Adele E. Clarke’s and Donna Harraway’s edited volume\nMaking Kin Not Population: Reconceiving Generations (The University of Chicago Press\, 2018) contemplates questions of reproductive and environmental justice to\nconsider how we establish personal and public connections today. Building on recent interventions like these\, this conference will approach kinship as an interdisciplinary tool for exploring relational networks and the formation of personal and collective identity within–and in opposition to–“Western\,” modern\, white\, heterosexual\, and even anthropocentric norms.
UID:149285-21906192@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149285
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Books,Conference,Ecology,European,European Studies,Free,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany,global,Graduate,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,International,Language,LGBT
LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building - Great Lakes North
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DTSTAMP:20260928T153704
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically  grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year.
UID:150658-21909811@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232134
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T100000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:South Quad / Fletcher (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:151431-21913730@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151431
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:South Quad Community Center
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260227T094340
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:The 31st Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference (CATJ 31)
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the 31st Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference (CATJ) to be hosted jointly by the University of Michigan and Oakland University on Oct. 31\, 2026. The conference will be held at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \n\nThe conference theme is “Reimagining Japanese Language Education: Challenges\, Opportunities\, and Transformations\,” seeking to provide opportunities to learn and discuss a rich array of topics\, including pedagogical challenges\, broader curricular challenges\, the survival of individual programs\, and program advocacy.\n\nWe welcome all current and future Japanese language professionals from the Midwest region and beyond across the US and Canada\, as well as various institutions\, including K-16 schools. \n\nDr. Suwako Watanabe\, the department chair and Professor of Japanese at Portland State University and a Board member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)\, will be a plenary speaker.   \n\nFor further information or inquiries\, please contact event organizers Akiko Imamura\, Ph.D. (University of Michigan)\, at aimamura@umich.edu\, and Akiko Kashiwagi-Wood\, Ph.D. (Oakland University)\, at kashiwag@oakland.edu
UID:145929-21898108@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145929
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Asian Languages And Cultures,center for japanese studies,conference,Culture,Education,japan,Japanese Studies,Language
LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenburg
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232111
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T110000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Transdisciplinary Fellows (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:149272-21913932@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149272
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Lawyer's Club Main Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260911T120619
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T113000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | Spooky\, Spectacular Halloween Demo Show (Family-Friendly)
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Lecture: Join us in Weiser Hall in person (Rooms 170 and 182) or stream live: https://myumi.ch/gkMjG\n\nA family-friendly extravaganza of physics demonstrations and explanations that are a little bit scary and a lot of fun!
UID:150457-21909473@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150457
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Physics,Science,Staff,Undergrad Physics Events,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260820T181520
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram
UID:138033-21881356@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260930T181533
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Reverie: The Student-led Exhibition Committee Fall 2026 Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nA reverie is a state between waking and dreaming\, a moment when the mind drifts beyond the immediate. It is a space where memory\, imagination\, desire\, and reality can overlap\, distort\, and take on new forms. In these moments\, the familiar can become strange\, and the ordinary can become something unexpected.\n\nReverie brings together student works that explore the space between what is known and what is felt. Across painting\, oil pastel\, ceramic\, digital art\, animation\, and mixed media\, the artists move through imagined landscapes\, intimate encounters\, memories\, figures\, and fragments of the everyday. These works blur the boundaries between observation and imagination\, allowing emotion and perception to reshape what we recognize.\n\nRather than depicting dreams literally\, Reverie considers dreaming as a way of seeing. The works reflect moments of escape\, introspection\, fantasy\, and transformation\, where the subconscious can surface and reality becomes open to interpretation. \n\nReverie was conceived and curated by members of the Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC)\, and features work by eight SEC members at the Stamps School of Art & Design. The exhibition includes ten works across oil on canvas\, oil pastel\, ceramic\, digital art\, digital animation\, and mixed media.
UID:150344-21909062@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150344
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260922T103914
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan
DESCRIPTION:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan explores how campus and community debated the issues that tore the country apart\, how students and alums joined the fight\, and how the University’s public mission began to conflict with its elite aspirations. Based on collections at the Bentley Historical Library.\n\nDeveloped by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory and featuring the work of its student docents\, “Fill the Ranks” includes historic artifacts\, digital animations\, and interactive elements spanning two floors.\n\nOn display September 25\, 2026-July 2\, 2027 at the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, 1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109.\n\nView the exhibit during the Observatory’s open hours: Thursdays 12-5 pm\, Fridays 12-11 pm\, Saturdays 12-5 pm.\n\n“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan is supported in part by the Inclusive History Project. To learn more\, please visit inclusivehistory.umich.edu. Additional support provided by the University of Michigan’s U.S. at 250 initiative.
UID:152626-21914282@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152626
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:american culture,American History,American Politics,archives,bentley historical library,bentley library,civil rights,Civil War,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Humanities,Museum,museums,Politics,Social Sciences,Storytelling,Student Life,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history
LOCATION:Detroit Observatory
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232135
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T130000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Bursley (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:150881-21915042@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150881
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:West Open Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232135
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T130000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Bursley (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:150881-21915076@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150881
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:West Open Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260924T121524
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye
DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library.
UID:149541-21906630@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T152518
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T235900
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SMART CENTER Symposium
DESCRIPTION:November 10 - 11\, 2026\n\nConnect with pioneers and shape the future of single-molecule biology together. The SMBio Single-molecule\nBiology Symposium brings together scientists interested in single-molecule approaches from all over the world to\nshare their research\, connect\, and exchange ideas and experiences.\n\nJoin us at Kahn Auditorium in the Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (109 Zina Pitcher Place).\nPlease see https://www.lumicks.com/event/symposium/smbio-2026-midwest# for the agenda.
UID:153165-21915241@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153165
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Molecular,Research,Symposium
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260914T101238
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T124500
SUMMARY:Film Screening:T.REX
DESCRIPTION:With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists\, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT (Greatest Of All Tyrants): Tyrannosaurus rex. Anchored by the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota\, T. REX intercuts the remarkable fossil dig\, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex to life—from hatchling to hulking adult. Narrated by Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill\, T. REX explores the newest science that has helped reinvent our understanding of the iconic predator.
UID:136347-21908127@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Film,Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260914T130502
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Out of the Ordinary | the work of John Ronan Architects
DESCRIPTION:\"Out of the Ordinary\" showcases the work of Taubman College alumnus John Ronan and his Chicago-based practice\, John Ronan Architects\, an internationally recognized firm known for conceptual innovation and rigorous attention to detail. Through a research-based\, iterative design process\, the studio orchestrates materials\, systems\, and detailing to create buildings and spaces defined by both great functionality and beauty. Working across a wide range of scales and project types\, the firm's searching approach consistently produces work that is compelling and memorable. \n\nLocation: Liberty Annex (305 W Liberty St\, Ann Arbor)\nPublic Hours: Fridays (6-9pm) & Saturdays (1-4pm)
UID:152116-21913020@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152116
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Alumnus,Architecture,Architecture\, Urban Planning,Construction,Curators,Detail,Exhibition,Material,Practice,Project,Tectonics
LOCATION:305 W Liberty - Liberty Research Annex Exhibition Space
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DTSTAMP:20260914T101215
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T134500
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight
DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you.
UID:141325-21908158@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260831T121718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T160000
SUMMARY:Performance:Halloween Concert
DESCRIPTION:This popular and family-friendly tradition brings together the University Symphony and University Philharmonia Orchestras for a musical celebration of the spooky season. \n\nKenneth Kiesler\, artistic director\n\nStudent tickets are not available for this performance.\nRecommended Ages: 3+\n\nPROGRAM\n*March of the Little Goblins*\, Adam Glaser \n*Danse Macabre*\, Op. 40\, Camille Saint-Saëns\n*Symphonie Fantastique\, Marche au supplice*\, Hector Berlioz\n*Polonaise* from *Eugene Onegin* (Act III)\, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\n*Intermezzo* from *Cavalleria Rusticana*\, Pietro Mascagni         \n*Dance of the Clowns* from *The Snow Maiden Suite*\, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\n*William Tell Overture* (excerpts)\, Gioachino Rossini\n*Waltz* from *Masquerade Suite*\, Aram Khachaturian\n*Walking the Dog Promenade*\, George Gershwin\n*Short Ride in a Fast Machine*\, John Adams\n*Ghostbusters*\, Holcombe\, arr. Parker\n\n\n–––\n*Parking / Traffic alert for attendees:*\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/2026-construction
UID:148671-21904587@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148671
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Concert,Music
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260916T142121
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Dangers Lurking Around Every Corner
DESCRIPTION:The ancient world was filled with hazards\, from illnesses to animal attacks to natural disasters. In this tour\, we will look at some of the objects that people in ancient Egypt\, Mesopotamia\, and Rome believed could help protect them from various diseases and dangers.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:152309-21913509@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152309
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Mesopotamia,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,Halloween,History,Magic,Museum,Religion,Tour
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232134
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T153000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:South Quad / Fletcher (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:151431-21915135@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151431
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Yuri Kochiyama lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260918T114955
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T160000
SUMMARY:Performance:Staff Explorer Pass | Halloween Concert
DESCRIPTION:This popular and family-friendly tradition brings together the University Symphony and University Philharmonia Orchestras for a musical celebration of the spooky season.\nKenneth Kiesler\, artistic director\n\n+Complimentary tickets are limited to U-M staff members.+ \n+Quantities are limited.+ \n+Register for yourself only.+\n+Can't make it? Let us know so your ticket may be released.+\n+Tickets may be picked up at Will Call on performance day.+ \n+To purchase additional tickets\, visit the SMTD ticketing link.+\n\n••••••\n*This program is part of the Michigan Arts Festival Staff Explorer Pass. In partnership with Voices of the Staff\, the U-M Arts Initiative is offering limited complimentary tickets for select campus events and extra special experiences for U-M staff members all throughout October!*
UID:152082-21912861@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152082
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Michigan Arts Festival,Music,Staff,Staff Explorer Pass,Voices Of The Staff
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260914T101404
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T144500
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Tales of the Maya Skies
DESCRIPTION:Tales of the Maya Skies immerses viewers in the wonders of Maya science\, cosmology and myth. This beautifully illustrated story takes us back in time to the jungles of Mexico to discover how Maya scholars developed a sophisticated understanding of astronomy\, architecture\, and mathematics that enabled them to predict solstices\, solar eclipses\, weather patterns and planetary movements.
UID:124089-21908176@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124089
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Science,Space
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232133
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T160000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:North Quad (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:150256-21913762@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150256
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:NQ Bowman Room, 10th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260914T101215
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T154500
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight
DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you.
UID:141325-21908161@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232148
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T190000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Lawyers Club (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:151123-21915406@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151123
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Lawyers Club
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232136
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Wolverine Village Building 3 (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:150521-21914957@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150521
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:WV3 Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232134
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T183000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:South Quad / Fletcher (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:151431-21913731@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151431
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:South Quad 3rd Hunt Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232136
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T210000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Wolverine Village Building 3 (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:150521-21914961@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150521
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:WV3 Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260803T121546
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260529T010000
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Indiana
DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Indiana
UID:148471-21904344@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148471
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260807T121533
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260803T190000
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Indiana
DESCRIPTION:Volleyball vs Indiana
UID:149805-21907203@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149805
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Volleyball
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260917T192439
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T220000
SUMMARY:Performance:King Lear
DESCRIPTION:This Halloween\, Robin's Goodfellows\, the new and only student theatre company dedicated exclusively to staging and reinterpreting the works of William Shakespeare\, is proud to present its debut production: KING LEAR. Adapted from an old myth\, the Tragedy of King Lear follows an aging\, tyrannical king who chooses to divide his kingdom to give to his three daughters. The struggle between them descends into a horrifying and twisted story of betrayal\, murder\, war\, and insanity. Brilliantly reimagined for the modern day\, the darkest of Shakespeare's tragedies dealing with tyranny\, aging\, cruelty\, death\, and cosmic justice returns to terrify and astound a modern audience.
UID:150995-21913705@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150995
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mutotix
LOCATION:Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260518T112450
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Murray Hill
DESCRIPTION:One mic\, one man\, one band and a lifetime of material… what could possibly go right?\n\nFrom the Margins to the Marquee—One Night Only!\n\nCelebrating the release of his debut memoir Showbiz! My Life as a Middle-Aged Man\, comedian Murray Hill hits the road with a one-of-a-kind show that is part cabaret\, part stand-up\, and part behind-the-curtain tell-all. The self-proclaimed “hardest working middle-aged man in show business” brings his signature mix of razor-sharp wit\, rampant ad-libbing\, and heartfelt storytelling to the stage for a night of big laughs and hard-won wisdom from an outsider who made it his way. This show marks Murray’s debut comedy show in Ann Arbor!\n\nBacked by his swinging live band THE BALONEY SANDWICHES\, Murray Hill turns every show into a full-throttle cabaret concert comedy spectacle. With retro flair and a wink of mischief\, he works the room seamlessly between storytelling\, crowd work\, and musical moments. It’s loose\, unpredictable\, and alive\, where anything can happen and usually does. \n\nWith humor\, heart\, and zero filter\, Murray proves that making it on your own terms is the greatest show of all. Showbiz!\n\n\nMURRAY’S VIP PACKAGE:\nIncludes a meet-and-greet\, a photo with him\, hardcopy book of Showbiz! My Life as a Middle-Aged Man with a personalized book signing\, and a Showbiz! bookmark.\n\n\nABOUT MURRAY’S MEMOIR:\nIn his powerful debut memoir Showbiz! My Life as a Middle-Aged Man (Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books)\, beloved comedian Murray Hill opens up for the first time about how a painful past led to an unwavering commitment to spread joy—one rimshot at a time. \n\nMurray on his book: “Let’s just say the world could use a little more heart and a lot more honesty right now. I’ve always believed in chosen family\, resilience\, and a well-timed punchline—this book is all three. It’s not just about where I’ve been\, it’s about how we keep going.”
UID:148249-21903441@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix
LOCATION:ARK Reserved + Gold Circle
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261003T232115
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261031T220000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Stockwell (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:150491-21913543@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150491
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Rotunda Lounge
CONTACT:
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