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DTSTAMP:20261001T160941
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy
DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM
UID:153178-21915277@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:photography,advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators
LOCATION:Lane Hall
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DTSTAMP:20260915T123553
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T163000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm.
UID:152203-21913249@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Library,Free,Culinary History
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor
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DTSTAMP:20260803T143529
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T130000
SUMMARY:Tours:Dabls in Detroit Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Olayami Dabls for a guided tour of the MBAD African Bead Museum\, a one-of-a-kind cultural destination that reimagines what a museum can be. Featuring an art gallery\, bead shop\, buildings transformed into canvases\, and two city blocks of immersive outdoor installations\, the museum invites visitors into a vibrant artistic landscape. As you explore with the artist\, you'll examine how traditional perspectives on African and European art shape what we see\, how we assign value\, and how we interpret works of art—offering a thought-provoking experience that challenges assumptions and sparks new ways of seeing. Register to attend at https://myumi.ch/2j346. \n\nPresented in conjunction with Olayami Dabls' exhibition *Grand Vision*\, on view in the Institute for the Humanities Gallery Sept. 22 - Oct. 28. More info at https://myumi.ch/gk1zd.
UID:149771-21907168@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149771
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts,African American,Humanities,american culture,Detroit,Michigan Arts Festival
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20261002T082141
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dabls In Detroit Tour
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, October 2\, 2026\, the Institute for the Humanities is sponsoring a free chartered bus trip and guided tour of the Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum in Detroit. Founder and artist Olayami Dabls will lead an exclusive tour of the museum\, outdoor campus installations\, and a nearby community mural at Grand River and West Warren Avenue. The visit offers students an engaging experience with African diasporic art\, history\, storytelling\, and public art. The bus will leave 202 S. Thayer St. at 9 AM and return at 1 PM. 
UID:151423-21911577@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151423
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Lobby of South Thayer Building
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DTSTAMP:20260928T153704
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T200000
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:150658-21909782@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Library,Free,Culinary History
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor
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