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DTSTAMP:20260527T152759
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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Digital IDEAS Summer Institute
DESCRIPTION:Digital IDEAS is the Digital Studies Institute’s annual summer institute exploring the cultural\, political\, and social dimensions of digital technologies. Bringing together graduate students\, artists\, scholars\, technologists\, and activists from across disciplines\, the institute creates space for collaborative inquiry\, experimentation\, and critical dialogue around technology\, media\, and justice.\n\nThe 2026 Digital IDEAS theme\, AFTER\, asks participants to consider what comes after technological\, environmental\, political\, and social rupture. Through the interconnected strands of Aftermaths\, Afterlives\, Afterworlds\, and the Hereafter\, participants will explore questions of memory\, survival\, repair\, speculation\, and collective futures in relation to digital culture and emerging technologies.\n\nDigital IDEAS 2026 will take place May 31–June 5 at the University of Michigan. This year’s institute is a closed event for registered participants and invited guests only.\n\nDigital IDEAS 2026 is co-sponsored by the Center for Russian\, Eastern European\, and Eurasian Studies\; Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Department of American Culture\; Department of English Language and Literature\; Department of Film\, Television\, and Media\; Department of Sociology\; Institute for Research on Women and Gender\; Life Changing Education\; Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society\; School of Information\; and Sweetland Center for Writing.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact Sarah Torsch\, DSI Academic Program Specialist\, at dsi-studentservices@umich.edu
UID:148175-21903184@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148175
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:digital,Digital Cultures,Digital Culture,digital technology,Digital Studies Institute,Digital Studies,Digital Scholarship
LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040
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DTSTAMP:20260327T152736
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260531T193000
SUMMARY:Performance:Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls present Floyd Mercantile
DESCRIPTION:In April 2025\, Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls\, along with guitarist Ross Bellenoit\, traveled to Floyd\, a small mountain town located in the Blue Ridge Highlands of Southwest Virginia\, for five uninterrupted days of recording. What emerged is Floyd Mercantile — a record that feels both intimate and timeless.\n\nThe makeshift studio was a decommissioned general store called (you guessed it!) Floyd Mercantile — a weathered wooden building standing across the road from an open pasture where cows wandered and grazed in the gentle early spring. (One cow even volunteered to be on the album cover.) Inside those old walls\, the trio recorded the album live — no isolation booths\, no heavy overdubbing — just three musicians in a room\, listening closely and letting the songs unfold in real time.\n\nThe sessions were recorded by Jeff Oehler and filmed in their entirety by partner Sue Bibeau and their associate Skylar Locke. Together\, Sue and Jeff comprise Beehive Pro\, an audio\, visual\, and design collective famed for their intimate recordings and thoughtfully considered visuals.\n\nThey captured not just the sound\, but the atmosphere — the wood floors\, the daylight through the dusty windows\, and the creak of the porch boards could all be considered session players on this album.\n\nThe repertoire bridges eras. Mostly comprised of songs Peter and Jenna wrote separately\, there are a few gems from the Great American Songbook: “Skylark\" (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer)\, “Them There Eyes\" (Maceo Pinkard/Doris Tauber/William Tracey)\, and “I'll Be Seeing\nYou\" (Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal).\n\n\nThe visual and sonic tones of the project reflect the periods these songs evoke — even the newly composed tracks feel in conversation with another time. The goal was not nostalgia\, but continuity: to stand inside the lineage of American song and add something honest and present to it.\n\nFloyd Mercantile is not just an album. It’s a document of place. Of three musicians in a room. Of songs — old and new — allowed to breathe in the quiet of a Virginia afternoon.
UID:145910-21898088@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145910
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix
LOCATION:ARK Reserved
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DTSTAMP:20260303T152543
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260531T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260531T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Echoes of the Past: Greektown as Seen by Sam Karres
DESCRIPTION:Explore the personal sketchbooks of Sam Karres\, Greek-American painter and artist\, as he illustrates the daily life of residents in Greektown\, Detroit. This exhibit highlights Detroit’s Greek-American community and urban scenery during the late 20th century. Experience art and life through Sam’s eyes with scenes of music\, dance\, restaurants\, and the faces of the community. Let the vivid watercolor paintings and expressive sketches transport you to a Greektown of the past\, and learn more about Sam Karres’ life as an artist.\n\nFeaturing works from the Sam Karres Archive\, 1955-2012\, held by the University of Michigan Library's Special Collection Research Center. Curated by Annelie Zissis and Arthur Pfeifer-Rubey\, Library Engagement Fellows.
UID:146151-21898512@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146151
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Library,Free
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260414T144814
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260531T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260531T233000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Muted Volumes: Book-Objects\, Patterned Papers\, and the Closed Stacks of Buhr
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit in the Clark Library rotunda focuses on handmade decorative patterned papers when exploring books stored at the library's Buhr Offsite Shelving Facility. Decorative paper\, noticed when walking through the stack's aisles or surprising you when you casually flip through a book\, can really catch your eye. But because the Buhr stacks are closed from browsing\, the density and dimensionality of its nearly 3 million books are reduced to title searches on a screen.\n\nAs a response to these reflections\, artist and library staff member Stephanie Osorio shares her handbound unopenable book-objects as symbolic stand-ins for forgotten books at Buhr — the books that don’t get a chance to be noticed. Along with the book-objects are the carved woodblocks that made prints to decorate them. Some books from Buhr that inspired this project with their original decorated patterned papers will also be on display.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening reception on Thursday\, May 14th\, 5pm - 6:30pm\, for an opportunity to hear from the artist and engage with the book-objects.
UID:147739-21901686@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147739
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260611T103250
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260601T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260601T235900
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Cook Scholars Summer Read
DESCRIPTION:We voted on the book by Monday\, June 8th\, 11:59pm and Sunrise on the Reaping (Hunger Games\; Suzanne Collins) won over Dune Messiah (Frank Herbert). Votes automatically registered participants to receive the winning book and also reserve a space to attend the movie watch party in Ann Arbor when the movie is released.\n\n“They will not use my tears for their entertainment.” ~Haymitch Abernathy\n\nGETTING A BOOK\nFor voting participants\, copies will be available for pick up from the Cook Family Foundation offices (120 W Exchange St #202\, Owosso) or will be delivered to you\; please indicate your preference when voting.\nIf you didn’t order one\, but still want to read. Copies are available both at the Shiawassee District Library. with a library card (ebook and audio) and through the MLibrary system (ebook and audio) by logging in with your uniqname. You’re also welcome to pick up your own copy. \n\nGETTING INVOLVED \nParticipate in two online book discussions and/or answer two quiz questions by the discussion date(s). The Wiki Fandom link (above) provides plots and a synopsis.\n\nDiscussion A: Monday\, July 13\, 7-8pm. Online Link. Read Part I \"The Birthday\" and Part II: \"The Rascal.\" \nDiscussion B: Thursday\, July 30\, 7-8pm. Online Link. Read Part III \"The Poster\" and the Epilogue.\n200 Points per Session\n\nSend a book pic--where are you reading? Upload a PNG/JPG to Canvas or email to Jeri (pjeri@umich.edu).\n200 Points\n\nEveryone who earns at least 200 points has a reserved seat for the watch party in January! More details on the Cook Scholars SU26 Canvas page and in the biweekly newsletters.
UID:148412-21904200@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148412
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Storytelling,Undergraduate Students,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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