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DTSTAMP:20260804T132558
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260828T210000
SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Artscapade
DESCRIPTION:The Arts Initiative and U-M Museum of Art celebrate Welcome Week by introducing incoming students to the wide array of possibilities for arts participation on campus at an evening of art-making\, live music\, student films\, dance\, and more!\n\nInterested in volunteering? Learn more here: https://arts.umich.edu/artscapade
UID:149441-21906423@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149441
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Anchor2026,Art,arts,Free,Museum,Music,performance,Student Org,Welcome2026
LOCATION:Museum of Art
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121814
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260913T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260913T150000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Exhibition Tour: American Sampler Activating the Archive with Matthew Countryman
DESCRIPTION:Professor Matthew Countryman will lead a conversation about *American Sampler: Activating the Archive*. This research-driven\, immersive exhibition in UMMA’s Vertical Gallery is a collaboration with the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of anarchism\, protest\, and social movements housed in the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center.\n\nThe exhibition centers on 1950s–1970s movements for Black freedom\, civil rights\, and antiwar activism\, clarifying the aspirations and effects as well as the violent opposition these movements encountered. *American Sampler* invites visitors to examine how legacies of grassroots organizing and protest in U.S. history shape the present.
UID:150263-21908487@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150263
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Vertical Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121815
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260921T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260921T210000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Film Sampler: Stonewall Uprising
DESCRIPTION:Join us for *Film Sampler*\, a series of film screenings focused on themes of protest and resistance.\n\nWatch a screening of *Stonewall Uprising *(2010\, 90 min)\, followed by a Talk Back with Clare Croft and Umayyah Cable.\n\nWhen police raided the Stonewall Inn\, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City on June 28\, 1969\, the street erupted into violent protests that lasted for the next six days. The Stonewall riots\, as they came to be known\, marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.\n\nThese screenings are free and open to the public\, no registration or ticket required.\n\n*Film Sampler*\, organized in partnership with the U-M Department of Film\, Television\, and Media (FTVM)\, is offered in conjunction with the UMMA exhibition American Sampler: Activating the Archive.
UID:150265-21908489@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150265
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260819T131125
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading\, Q&A\, and Book Signing with Richard Siken
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters26\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nRichard Siken is a poet and painter. His third collection of poems\, *I Do Know Some Thing*s (Copper Canyon\, 2025)\, was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award in Poetry. His other books are *War of the Foxes* (Copper Canyon\, 2015)\, a Lannan Literary Selection\, and *Crush* (Yale University Press\, 2005)\, winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize\, selected by Louise Glück\, the LAMBDA Literary Award for Gay Poetry\, and The Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award\, as well as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. Siken has received fellowships from Lannan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Tucson.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). For Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) . All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:150513-21909543@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150513
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Undergraduate,Writing,zell visiting writers series
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260819T133232
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260925T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260925T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Richard Siken
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters26\n\nRichard Siken is a poet and painter. His third collection of poems\, *I Do Know Some Things* (Copper Canyon\, 2025)\, was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award in Poetry. His other books are *War of the Foxes* (Copper Canyon\, 2015)\, a Lannan Literary Selection\, and *Crush* (Yale University Press\, 2005)\, winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize\, selected by Louise Glück\, the LAMBDA Literary Award for Gay Poetry\, and The Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award\, as well as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. Siken has received fellowships from Lannan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Tucson.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restroom is available on the third floor\, Room 343T.\n\nASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). For Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) . All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:150527-21909562@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150527
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Literature,Poetry,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room, 3rd floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121813
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261004T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261004T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Exhibition Tour: Holly Bass\, We Hold These Truths
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning artist Holly Bass for a tour of We Hold These Truths\, her largest exhibition to date. We Hold These Truths marks the return of visitors to UMMA’s iconic Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse following a nearly year-long restoration of its signature marble floor\, transforming the storied space into a sequence of encounters with rooms\, replicas\, and acts of writing that move through the nation’s past and present.\n\nHolly Bass is the Penny Stamps School of Art and Design 2025-2026 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence whose work will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Known for her genre-defying practice that spans dance\, theater\, visual art\, and writing\, Bass is an award-winning artist and cultural worker based in Washington\, DC. Her work — held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery — frequently engages communities through workshops\, devised theater\, and participatory installations.
UID:150262-21908486@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150262
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260819T131021
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading\, Q&A\, and Book Signing with Jaswinder Bolina
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters26\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nJaswinder Bolina is an American poet and essayist whose work frequently explores the intersections of language\, race\, and the South Asian immigrant experience. Born in Chicago to Punjabi immigrant parents\, he earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago\, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan\, and a Ph.D. in English from Ohio University. Bolina currently resides in Florida\, where he serves as Chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing and teaches in the M.F.A. program at the University of Miami.\n\nOften blending personal narrative with politics and metaphysics\, Bolina’s poetry is noted for its investigation of the “perceptual and sonic ground” of modern life. He is the author of four full-length poetry collections\, including his debut *Carrier Wave* (2007)—adapted from his M.F.A. thesis at the University of Michigan—*Phantom Camera *(2013)\, and *The 44th of July* (2019). His most recent collection\, *English as a Second Language and Other Poems* (2023)\, which was awarded the 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award from Claremont Graduate University\, continues his deep dive into cultural identity. Beyond poetry\, Bolina gained significant recognition for his 2020 essay collection\, *Of Color*\, which provides a poignant examination of racial perception and the complexities of the American dream. \n\nBolina’s writing has been recognized with numerous awards. His accolades include the Green Rose Prize for *Phantom Camera*\, the Colorado Prize for Poetry for *Carrier Wave*\, and a long-listing for the PEN America Open Book Award for *The 44th of July*. His work has been featured in *The New Yorker\, Poetry\, The Paris Review\,* and other journals.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). For Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) . All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:150544-21909581@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150544
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Undergraduate,Writing,zell visiting writers series
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260817T121728
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T170000
SUMMARY:Tours:History & Architecture Tours — Every Hour
DESCRIPTION:Part of UMMA's Re-opening Celebration Weekend.\n\nSee UMMA and Alumni Memorial Hall with fresh eyes! Go behind the scenes to uncover the building's history\, learn how its historic marble floor was renovated\, and explore UMMA's newly opened fall exhibitions. Tours depart every hour from noon to 5 p.m.\n\nFree and open to the public\, no registration required.
UID:63024-15536918@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63024
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Environment,Faculty,History,International,Museum,Philosophy,Politics,Social,Social Justice,Staff,UMMA
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121812
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T170000
SUMMARY:Other:UMMA's Fall Opening Celebration
DESCRIPTION:After an eight-month renovation\, UMMA's Alumni Memorial Hall reopens this fall with newly restored marble floors and a renewed sense of possibility. To celebrate\, we're filling October and November with exhibitions\, tours\, films\, conversations\, and special events—plenty of reasons to stop by and see what we've done with the place.\n\nJoin us on Saturday\, Oct 10 for a special Reopening Celebration to rediscover this landmark space and experience an exciting lineup of exhibitions\, art activities\, and conversation. Learn about UMMA's architecture and recent construction process on a guided tour. Throughout the building\, explore new exhibitions\, including Rick Lowe’s Black Wall Street Journey: Re and De Imagining Black Progress and Holly Bass's *We Hold These Truths.*\n\nHear directly from Rick Lowe during an afternoon panel discussion. Check out Art at Home with artists and curators to see works from the University of Michigan’s Art Lending Collection\, a beloved program that brings original artwork into the living spaces of U-M students. New\, exclusive UMMA swag available while supplies last!\n\nFree and open to the public.
UID:150261-21908485@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150261
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Whole Museum
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121814
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T141500
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Black Wall Street Journey: In Conversation with Rick Lowe
DESCRIPTION:Part of UMMA's Re-opening Celebration Weekend!\n\nJoin us for a discussion with artist Rick Lowe on the occasion of the opening of his largest solo museum exhibition in the United States—*Black Wall Street Journey: Re and De Imagining Black Progress*. Inspired by the rebuilding of Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood following the 1921 Tulsa Massacre\, Lowe started *Black Wall Street Journey* in 2018 and has since produced numerous public art presentations\, installations\, research\, and other projects. At UMMA\, *Re and De Imagining Black Progress* includes new paintings\, sculpture\, and public installations that turn eight years of research into bold visual form that together examine how Black prosperity\, resilience\, and self-determination are represented\, measured\, and understood.\n\nA significant amount of Lowe’s research took place during his three-year residency at U-M’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) and included deep engagement with researchers\, data scientists and dozens of students. To mark the opening\, Lowe will be joined by key collaborators Director of ISR Kathleen Cagney\, U-M Political Science Professor Christian Davenport\, and exhibition curator Abigail Winograd. Together they will reflect on the research that informed the exhibition and this innovative collaboration where social science and artistic vision & practice come together.\n\nFree and open to the public. No registration required.
UID:150264-21908488@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150264
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121812
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261010T160000
SUMMARY:Other:Art Making with Holly Bass
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning artist Holly Bass at the *Century Table* for hands-on art making inspired by her exhibition\, *We Hold These Truths.* Reflect on the questions and ideas raised by Bass’s work. Then transform your own perspective into a creative response. This interactive activity is one of many featured during UMMA’s Fall Opening Celebration.\n\nFree and open to the public\; no registration required. All ages are welcomed.
UID:63440-15696245@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63440
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applications,Art,Detroit,Family,Festival,International,Museum,Music,Science,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121813
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261011T140000
SUMMARY:Tours:UMMA Highlights Tour: Art\, Architecture and Renewal
DESCRIPTION:See Alumni Memorial Hall with fresh eyes! Go behind the scenes to uncover the building’s history\, learn how its historic marble floors were renovated\, and explore Holly Bass’s *We Hold These Truths* and Rick Lowe’s *Black Wall Street Journey*.\n\nFree and open to the public. Please register.
UID:150702-21909981@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150702
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121813
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261011T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261011T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Exhibition Tour: American Sampler with Jason Young
DESCRIPTION:Professor Jason Young will lead a conversation about *American Sampler: Activating the Archive*. This research-driven\, immersive exhibition in UMMA’s Vertical Gallery is a collaboration with the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of anarchism\, protest\, and social movements housed in the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center.\n\nThe exhibition centers on 1950s–1970s movements for Black freedom\, civil rights\, and antiwar activism\, clarifying the aspirations and effects as well as the violent opposition these movements encountered. *American Sampler* invites visitors to examine how legacies of grassroots organizing and protest in U.S. history shape the present.\n\nFree and open to the public. Please register.\n\n 
UID:150701-21909980@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150701
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery, Vertical Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260805T103133
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261028T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:America at 250: History\, Memory\, and Truth
DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled from the original March\, 2026 date!\n\nFree and open to the public. Registration is not required but we would appreciate it if you let us know you're coming at https://myumi.ch/bDEz9.\n\nMuseums are the classrooms of our country. They play a crucial role in helping us understand the nation’s complex past. Join us for a dynamic conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III\, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Lynette Clemetson\, Director of Wallace House Center for Journalists\, as they reflect on the significance of the 250th anniversary of the United States.  At a moment in which discussions about our shared past and collective future feel especially urgent\, this event offers an opportunity to learn from a leader who has devoted his career to informing and inspiring Americans to strive for the public good. \n\nQ & A will follow and copies of Secretary Bunch's book *A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush\, Obama\, and Trump* will be available for purchase. \n\nParking is available at the Thayer Parking Structure\, 216 S. Thayer\, at the standard charge of $10/vehicle.\n\nLonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16\, 2019. As Secretary\, he oversees 21 museums\, 21 libraries\, the National Zoo\, numerous research centers\, and several education units and centers. Two new museums—the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum—are in development. Bunch was the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Bunch chronicled the creation of the museum in his book\, *A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush\, Obama\, and Trump*\, and is the first historian to be Secretary of the Institution. Since 2024\, Bunch has been Honorary Professor of Practice at Queen’s University Belfast. A member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences\, Bunch received France’s highest award\, The Legion of Honor\, in 2021.\n\nLynette Clemetson is Director of Wallace House Center for Journalists\, home of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists and the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists at the University of Michigan. She came to the university from NPR where she was Senior Director of Strategy and Content Initiatives\, developing and guiding projects across broadcast\, digital and events to develop new audiences. Her career in journalism spans newspapers\, magazines and audio across a range of platforms. As a reporter\, she was a Washington-based correspondent for *The New York Times *and *Newsweek*\, writing about politics\, social issues and demographic change. Prior to her domestic correspondent work\, she was an international correspondent for *Newsweek *based in Hong Kong\, where she covered the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule in 1997. She moved into digital strategy and leadership in 2008 as the founding managing editor of TheRoot.com\, launched for The Washington Post Company with Henry Louis Gates Jr. She is also the former Director of Content Strategy at Pew Center on the States.\n\n*This 2026 Marc and Constance Jacobson Lecture is presented by the Institute for the Humanities in partnership with Wallace House Center for Journalists. Additional support provided by the Initiative for Democracy & Civic Empowerment\, Life-Changing Education\, Museum Studies Program\, U-M Library\, and the U-M Museum of Art*.
UID:142899-21891778@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142899
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,american culture,Art,Art History,Democracy,Discussion,History,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Museum
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T121815
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261109T210000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Film Sampler: The Janes
DESCRIPTION:Join us for *Film Sampler*\, a series of film screenings focused on themes of protest and resistance.\n\nWatch a screening of *The Janes *(2010\, 101 min)\, followed by a talk back.\n\nPolice arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names\, blindfolds and safe houses\, they built an underground service for women seeking safe\, affordable\, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE.\n\nThese screenings are free and open to the public\, no registration or ticket required.\n\n*Film Sampler*\, organized in partnership with the U-M Department of Film\, Television\, and Media (FTVM)\, is offered in conjunction with the UMMA exhibition American Sampler: Activating the Archive.
UID:150703-21909982@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150703
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260819T140120
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading\, Q&A\, and Book Signing with Tony Tulathimutte
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters26\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nTony Tulathimutte is the author of *Private Citizens* and *Rejection*. A graduate of Stanford University's Symbolic Systems program\, he took creative writing classes with Adam Johnson\, ZZ Packer\, and Elizabeth Tallent. After graduating\, he published a handful of stories\, one of which won an O. Henry Award\, as he worked for a small Bay Area UX firm. He got accepted to the Iowa Writers' Workshop the same week he was laid off in 2010. \n\nAt Iowa he finished most of a draft of his debut novel *Private Citizens*\, which was called \"the first great Millennial novel\" by *New York Magazine* after its publication in 2016\, and received a Whiting Writers' Award. In 2017 he founded CRIT\, an independent class he teaches out of his apartment in Brooklyn\, whose alumni have gone on to publish 34 books to date. He has written for *The Paris Review\, N+1\, The New York Times\, The New Republic\, The Believer\, Playboy\, The Nation\,* and others. \n\nTony's second book is a novel-in-stories\, *Rejection*\, published in 2024. *Rejection* has been translated into seven languages\, and was nominated for the National Book Award\, the Story Prize\, and the Clark Prize\, and received a Jack Galef Literary Arts award. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). \nFor Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor). All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:150547-21909586@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150547
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Undergraduate,Writing,zell visiting writers series
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260819T145251
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading\, Q&A\, and Book Signing with Diana Khoi Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters26\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nPoet and multimedia artist Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of two poetry collections\, *Root Fractures* (Scribner\, 2024) and *Ghost Of *(Omnidawn Publishing\, 2018)\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the *L.A. Times* Book Prize. She is also the author of the chaplet *Unless* (Belladonna*\, 2019)\, which received the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Colorado Book Award. Her video work has recently been exhibited at the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art. Nguyen is a Kundiman fellow and member of the Vietnamese artist collective She Who Has No Master(s). A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship\, and winner of the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest and 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award\, she currently teaches at the University of Pittsburgh.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor).\nFor Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor). All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150555
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Undergraduate,Writing,zell visiting writers series
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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