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DTSTAMP:20260912T000330
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T000000
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SUMMARY:Other:2027 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships
DESCRIPTION:Synchronized Skating Competition in Henderson\, Nevada. 
UID:151282-21911313@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151282
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Lee&#039;s Family Forum
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260814T155307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T230000
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:150290-21908957@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:20260806T162236
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky
DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky  portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration.  \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:149975-21907640@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T142335
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EIHS Workshop: Recovering the Illegible: Bodies\, Languages\, and Marginality
DESCRIPTION:More details forthcoming.\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.
UID:150731-21910014@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150731
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Women's Studies
LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260825T115459
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T153000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - From Community Center to Content Farm: New Modes of Digitality for Black Women and Girls
DESCRIPTION:Event description coming soon.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend.\n\nRefreshments will be provided to the first 100 attendees.\n\nA corresponding networking opportunity with the panelists will be available for undergraduate and graduate students. Interested students may register for this session using the same form as the main event. More information coming soon. \n\nAdvance registration is recommended:\n\nRegister to attend in-person: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/111880\n\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jmr7uP-iSuyjO0RgeRTl1Q\n\nMeet the Panelists:\n\nDr. Aria S. Halliday is an award-winning author who specializes in the study of cultural constructions of black girlhood and womanhood in material\, visual\, and digital culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Her research is published in venues such as The Black Scholar\, Cultural Studies\, Feminist Theory\, Girlhood Studies\, and Women\, Gender\, and Families of Color.  She is the author of Black Girls and How We Fail Them (UNC Press\, 2025) and Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture (University of Illinois Press\, 2022). She edited and introduced The Black Girlhood Studies Collection (Women’s Press\, 2019). She was an Institute for Citizens and Scholars Career Enhancement Fellow (2020-2021)\, a Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin (2022-2023)\, and the 2021 Stuart Hall Foundation x Cultural Studies Award winner for her article “Twerk Sumn!: Theorizing Black Girl Epistemology in the Body.” Currently\, she is the Marie Rich Endowed Professor in Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and program in African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. She’s working on two books\, A Black Feminist Guide to Automobility\, and In a 90s Kind of World: Black Girls and Women in Popular Culture. She is also the owner and founder of Plume & Prosper\, a wellness retreat experience.\n\nNessa Keddo is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Media\, Diversity and Technology at King’s College London. She is Programme Director for MA Global Media Industries and the Department’s EDI Lead. Nessa’s research explores the intersection of diversity practices and technological deployment in the media industries. More recently with the onset of automated praxis through generative AI\, her work explores the affordances and challenges of digitised and platform labour\, particularly for marginalised practitioners and independent creators. Nessa’s research is grounded in critical approaches to the embedding of diversity practices in the media industries. She is co-author of the upcoming book Race\, Racism and Diversity in the Cultural and Creative Industries (2025)\, which focuses on the business case for diversity\, specifically since the commercialisation of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.\n\nAshleigh Greene Wade is Associate Professor of Digital Studies\, jointly appointed in Media Studies and African American Studies. Broadly speaking\, her work traverses the fields of Black girlhood studies\, digital and visual media studies\, Black Feminist theory\, and digital humanities. Wade has a Ph.D. in Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and is an alumna of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies Fellowship Program. Her work on digital Blackness appears in The Black Scholar\, National Political Science Review\, Women\, Gender\, and Families of Color\, Visual Arts Research\, and Camera Obscura: Feminism\, Culture\, and Media Studies. Wade’s forthcoming monograph\, Black Girl Autopoetics: Agency and Possibility in Everyday Digital Practice (Duke University Press)\, explores the role of Black girls’ digital practices in documenting and preserving everyday Black life.\n\nDr. Rianna Walcott is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland\, and Associate Director of the Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab as part of the DISCO Network. An alumna of the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP)\, Dr. Walcott earned her PhD in Digital Humanities at King's College London for her research on Black (and specifically Black British) communication practices and digital media\, locating the evolution of a hybrid ‘Black British’ identity within the wider Black diaspora. She combines digital research\, Black feminist praxis\, decolonial studies\, arts and culture\, and mental health advocacy in her work. In the time left over\, she moonlights as a jazz singer.\n\nMeet the Moderator\n\nCatherine Knight Steele is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland - College Park where she directs the Black Communication and Technology lab (BCaT) as a part of the Digital Inquiry\, Speculation\, Collaboration\, & Optimism (DISCO) Network funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She is a 2024-26 Just Tech Fellow. Her research focuses on race\, gender\, and media\, with a specific emphasis on Black culture and discourse and digital communication. She examines representations of marginalized communities in the media and how groups resist oppression and practice joy using online technology to create spaces of community. \n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
UID:149740-21907047@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149740
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,digital humanities,Digital Media,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,digital technology,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Feminism,Gender
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260912T042238
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T153000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DISCO Network Presents - From Community Center to Content Farm: New Modes of Digitality for Black Women and Girls
DESCRIPTION:We want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided for the panel conversation. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
UID:149745-21907051@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149745
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Weiser Hall 10th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260812T103351
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T160000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation!
DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us!  Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p
UID:138091-21908282@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138091
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Discussion,Food,food and the environment,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Talk,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie&#039;s Cafe
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DTSTAMP:20260909T131748
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Title TBA
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: TBA\n\nContact: Ian Tobasco
UID:151839-21912247@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151839
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics,Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 1084
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260910T150526
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T180000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus
DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German\, and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ)
UID:151925-21912447@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151925
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade
LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260611T121718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T220000
SUMMARY:Performance:\"Angels in America\, Part One: Millennium Approaches\" by Tony Kushner
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Theatre & Drama presents a theatrical studio performance directed by Gonzalo Delgado\, a senior in the Directing BFA program.
UID:148823-21904988@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148823
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,North Campus,Storytelling,Theater
LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260910T100249
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T200000
SUMMARY:Presentation:2026-2027 Mark Webster Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:The Mark Webster Reading Series showcases work by second-year MFA students in the Helen Zell Writers' Program. Held on Friday evenings\, Webster Readings present one poet and one fiction writer\, each introduced by a fellow writer also in the graduating cohort. As the culminating event for students of the program\, Webster Readings are hosted in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art and held in-person in Helmut Stern Auditorium. An opportunity to hear from emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting\, these readings are free and open to the public. The readings are also live-streamed at https://tinyurl.com/Websters26-27 \n\nThe Mark Webster Reading Series remembers the poetry and life of Mark Webster. Webster's work is available in the Hopwood Room (1176 Angell Hall).\n\nQuestions? Email websterseries@umich.edu\n\n2026-2027 Webster Reading Series Schedule\n+September 18\, 2026 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features poetry by Kameryn Alexa Carter and prose by Zach Anderson.\n+September 25\, 2026 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features poetry by Dagmawe Berhanu and prose by Theo Stewart.\n+October 16\, 2026 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features poetry by Charlotte Trumble and prose by Priya Pai.\n+November 6\, 2026 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features poetry by Amogha and prose by Lily Zhou.\n+November 20\, 2026 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features poetry by Jordan Stanley and prose by Cameron Opartkiettikul.\n+January 22\, 2027 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features prose by Rachel Seo.\n+January 29\, 2027 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features poetry by Peter Stuart and prose by Etim Singkem.\n+February 26\, 2027 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features poetry by Miracle Thornton and prose by Micaela Daney.\n+March 26\, 2027 at 7 p.m.: Tonight's reading features poetry by Caryn Corliss and prose by Jazelle Jajeh.
UID:151555-21911736@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151555
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Creative Writing,Department Of English Language And Literature,Literary Event,Poetry,Poetry Reading,Prose Reading,The Helen Zell Writers' Program
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260611T121718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T203000
SUMMARY:Performance:MFA Thesis Dance Concert: Alana Howard
DESCRIPTION:Master of Fine Arts in Dance candidate Alana Howard presents a program of original dance works.
UID:148824-21904989@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148824
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dance,Free,North Campus
LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260730T121702
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T220000
SUMMARY:Performance:McNeal
DESCRIPTION:Author Jacob McNeal has finally achieved his dream: The Nobel Prize for Literature\, and all the trappings that come with it. But the spiraling McNeal has little space to enjoy the honor\, as his health\, personal relationships\, and professional reputation all teeter on the edge of disaster. McNeal himself threatens to push them all over as he delves deeper into his use of AI to tell stories that might not be his to tell. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar (*Junk: The Golden Age of Debt*)\, *McNeal* marked Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway debut when it premiered in 2024.\n\nWritten by Ayad Akhtar\nDirected by Geoff Packard\n
UID:148767-21904709@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148767
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Storytelling,Theater
LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260730T121703
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T220000
SUMMARY:Performance:Much Ado About Nothing
DESCRIPTION:Department of Musical Theatre students demonstrate their acting skills in this non-musical studio production of the play *Much Ado About Nothing*\, one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved and oft-performed comedies. When the soldiers of Don Pedro’s army return to Messina\, Italy\, romance is not far behind for young lovers Claudio and Hero. With the arrival of Don Pedro’s brother Don John\, however\, comes a plot that threatens to ruin their romance before it has a chance to really begin. Intertwined with this plot is the witty banter of Benedick and Beatrice\, who are drawn to and repulsed by each other in equal measure.  \n\nWritten by William Shakespeare\nDirected by Jess Bogart\n
UID:148768-21904710@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148768
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:North Campus,Storytelling,Theater
LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260609T181726
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T213000
SUMMARY:Performance:Percussion Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble is an ensemble known for bold artistry and innovation through their performances and project. The ensemble has collaborated with composers such as Michael Gordon\, John Luther Adams\, Emma O'Halloran\, Tristan Perich\, Susanna Hancock\, Finola Merivale\, Robert Maggio\, Ted Babcock\, Lesley Flanigan\, Shruthi Rajeskhar\, Jason Treuting\, and Ivan Trevino.\n\nRecent recordings with Cantaloupe Records include the Grammy nominated *Sila: The Breath of the World* and *An Atlas of Deep Time* by John Luther Adams\, as well as *Field of Vision* by Michael Gordon. The ensemble has performed at Caramoor Festival\, Mass MoCA\, Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival\, and recently premiered Michael Gordon’s *Forest of Metal Objects* at The Met Cloisters in New York\, collaborating with director Paul Lazar\, choreographer Annie-B Parson\, and artist Todd Colby.
UID:148769-21904711@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148769
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260908T121930
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T230000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UMix Late Night
DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night is a biweekly event series bringing free food and fun to campus from 8–11 p.m. Events rotate among the Michigan Union\, Michigan League\, and Pierpont Commons\, with each UMix offering a fresh mix of activities such as crafts\, laser tag\, personalized giveaways\, arcade games\, roller skating\, and collaborations with student organizations\, U-M departments\, and more! Bring your friends\, grab a bite\, and enjoy a fun-filled night—all for free! Please check back for details about the next program and location.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151692
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:CCI,food,free,fun,umix
LOCATION:Michigan Union
CONTACT:
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