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SUMMARY:Performance:Alicia Witt - Album Release Show
DESCRIPTION:Between Heaven and Earth\, the haunting and deeply personal new album from Alicia Witt\, arrives August 28 via Thirty Tigers. Recorded live in New York City with producer Joe Henry and a band assembled specifically for the project\, the album exists in a space suspended between transcendence and intimacy\, channeling what Witt describes as “eternal unconditional love” and “the place suspended between heaven and earth.”\n\nThe album was profoundly shaped by the influence and memory of David Lynch\, whose impact on Witt stretches back to her first film role as Alia in Dune at age seven. “I can’t imagine who I would be without David Lynch\,” Witt reflects. “He is weaved throughout the fabric of my life.” Throughout Between Heaven and Earth\, Witt explores what she learned from Lynch “regarding love. The eternal nature of it\, the idea that only love is real.” She describes his presence as palpable throughout the making of the record: “David was with us every day in the studio. All six of us in the band felt his presence.”\n\nWhile widely recognized for her acclaimed acting career spanning film\, television\, and stage\, music has remained a constant throughline in Witt’s life. A classically trained pianist who supported herself as a musician when she first moved to Los Angeles\, Witt has long integrated music into her creative identity\, both through her own songwriting and in many of the roles she has portrayed onscreen. She's released multiple full-length albums\, including Revisionary History (2015)\, The Conduit (2021)\, and I Think I'm Spending Christmas With You (2024). Between Heaven and Earth represents the latest chapter in that ongoing musical journey.\n\nTracked live over four days with vocals and instrumentation recorded simultaneously\, the album embraces what Witt calls a “visceral and eternal” energy\, one that “could never be replicated.” Guided by Henry’s vision and the chemistry of the musicians in the room\, the songs were created instinctively and in the moment\, with minimal overdubs and an openness to what Witt repeatedly refers to as “that place” — the transcendent emotional state she connects to through Transcendental Meditation\, prayer\, creativity\, and Lynch’s work itself.\n\nThe songs on Between Heaven and Earth explore themes of longing\, fate\, healing\, surrender\, nostalgia\, gratitude\, and connection through what Witt describes as a lens of “insistent optimism.” The title track embraces “a mystical connection with a brand new person\,” rooted in “childlike faith in the possibility” and the belief that “it does no harm to dream.” On “Artifacts\,” Witt examines “releasing ancient lessons that no longer serve\,” gently excavating old wounds and learning “how to love.” “Kindred” channels the feeling of “walls crumbling” and “barriers evaporating in a fabric made of light and destiny\,” while “Build Me A Dream” reflects on “constructing the reality we wish to exist in” and recognizing “an eternal soul connection.”\n\nElsewhere\, songs like “Freeze Frame\,” “Test Drive\,” and “Blue Moon” meditate on alternate timelines\, nostalgia\, and the peaceful acceptance of connections that were not meant to remain. “Thank You\,” featuring John Paul White\, transforms heartbreak into gratitude\, reflecting on relationships that “cleared the way for new relationships and opportunities to come in.” On “Love Anyway\,” Witt sings about unconditional love that remains even when unreturned: “The love is what’s important. You love and give love without condition or expectation.”\n\nClosing the album is “The Director\,” a bonus track Witt describes as “communication with David” and “a collection of his words to me since he passed away.” The song was completed spontaneously during the album’s final day in the studio\, recorded in a single uninterrupted performance while the microphones continued running during lunch break. “I just knew when I played this one that it had arrived and was complete at last\,” she recalls.\n\nFor Witt\, Between Heaven and Earth is ultimately about connection — to spirit\, to memory\, to other people\, and to something larger than ourselves. “Too often\, it seems to me\, people imagine love in a vacuum\,” she explains. “I know love to be eternal and unconditional.” The result is an album rooted not in bitterness or regret\, but in surrender\, gratitude\, wonder\, and the belief that “only love can change minds and hearts.”\n\n“What all of these songs have in common is that there is no bitterness\, no angst\, no revenge\, nothing resembling hatred or regret\,” Witt says. “This is my offering. May it bring you exactly where you need it to bring you.”\n\nALICIA WITT MEET & GREET VIP RECEPTION\n\nPackage includes:\nOne GA ticket to the show\nPre-show Meet & Greet with Alicia\nAutographs (Bring your own\, or purchase items at the Merch table)
UID:148624-21904540@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148624
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix,Art
LOCATION:ARK Reserved
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DTSTAMP:20261002T120819
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261101T193000
SUMMARY:Performance:Gretchen Pleuss and The Pontiac Trail Blazers
DESCRIPTION:Poetic songwriting\, exquisitely delivered\n\nGretchen Pleuss is an Ann Arbor\, Michigan based poet and singer-songwriter whose \"vocal delivery and skillful finger picking call to mind the folk singers who graced the stage of the Gaslight Café during the 60's Greenwich Village folk renaissance. Fans of Joni Mitchell\, Nick Drake\, and other folk luminaries will appreciate Gretchen's gorgeous arrangements and thought-provoking songwriting\" - Dan Jarvis\, Midwest Action.\n\nTo date\, Gretchen has played at an array of prominent venues and festivals throughout the United States\, Canada\, the UK\, and Ireland and opened for acts such as Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket\, Bill Payne of Little Feat\, Lisa Loeb\, Loudon Wainwright III\, Chely Wright\, and Damien Jurado. Her discography includes three L.P.s\, numerous singles\, and ongoing collaborations with artists such as Adam Reifsnyder (Walk The Moon\, Honeybucket) and SEER Music. \n\nIn addition to recording and performing\, Gretchen is passionate about writing songs with others to assist their healing journeys. She serves on the Board of Directors for Lost Voices\, an organization that facilitates songwriting programs with youth who have experienced trauma. She also writes songs with military veterans in weekend workshops for Project D.R.E.W. (Delivering Restorative Energy to our Warriors).
UID:153018-21914928@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153018
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix
LOCATION:ARK Reserved
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DTSTAMP:20261029T130356
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T235900
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Who Hid Gary Goose? Goosechase
DESCRIPTION:Gary Goose is not in the CCI office!!!! Join the \"Who Hid Gary Goose\" Goosechase to solve missions that will help us find Gary. As you earn points\, you'll compete with fellow classmates for a top spot on the leaderboard. The 1st place winner gets a $100 gift card\, join now and start solving!
UID:154221-21917400@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154221
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Competition,Gift Card,Goosechase,Missions,Prizes
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://join.goosechase.com/6b801f63-39c9-4565-9610-dcd04e4e2ece
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DTSTAMP:20261015T103734
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T210000
SUMMARY:Other:2026 First-Generation Celebration Week
DESCRIPTION:Join us November 2nd through November 6th in celebrating first-generation college students in honor of National First-Generation College Student Day!  All week long\, we will be putting on events to support and bring visibility to the nearly 5\,000 first-generation college students on our campus. For more information about First-Generation Celebration Week events visit the U-Mich First-Gen website here:https://firstgen.umich.edu/first-gen-week/.
UID:153215-21915430@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153215
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Firstgenweek2026,Firstgenweek
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DTSTAMP:20260818T121511
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T080000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS
DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan.  Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work.  \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space.  In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience.
UID:150411-21909386@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Diversity,Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Women's Studies,Detroit,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Culture
LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20260826T132935
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T230000
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:150276-21908538@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Library,Free,Disability,Comics,Accessibility
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260814T155307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T230000
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:150290-21908841@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Maps,Library,Free
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor
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