BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Detroit
TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20070311T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20071104T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260119T121637
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T123000
SUMMARY:Performance:MLK Symposium Concert: Brilliant Black Women
DESCRIPTION:Music by brilliant Black women composers and songwriters including Yvette Janine Jackson\, Jessie Montgomery\, Nina Simone\, and the University of Michigan’s own Emmy-award-winning Jasmine Arielle Barnes will be performed on the 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Memorial Tower. These women\, unbowed and unbroken by systemic discrimination in the field of music\, lead their respective genres from radio opera to jazz. Faculty\, staff and student performers include Tiffany Ng\, Jessi Grieser\, Kentaro Toyama\, Gabriel Johnson and Vinson Lam.\n\nWatch in person or via the livestream. If attending in person\, dress for the weather. The 10th-floor bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the carillon in Lurie Tower on North Campus.
UID:143611-21893464@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143611
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Music,Free,Diversity,Faculty
LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251007T105011
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T160000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:National Popcorn Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate National Popcorn Day with the Connector Community Assisants! Enjoy a bag of fresh popped popcorn in The Connector!
UID:140280-21886867@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140280
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:free,Free Food,Grab N Go,Food
LOCATION:The Connector
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260224T101438
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm.
UID:143999-21894395@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:history,Exhibition,Exhibit,Americana
LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251215T103707
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T150000
SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Scientist Spotlight: MLK Jr. Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Only for the curious! The U-M Museum of Natural History is hosting a very special version of our popular Scientist Spotlight in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2026.
UID:142743-21891323@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142743
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Science
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260112T181647
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T123000
SUMMARY:Performance:Unbowed\, Unbroken: A Lurie Carillon Concert
DESCRIPTION:As part of the MLK Symposium\, the U-M Carillon Guild presents a Lurie Carillon concert of music by Black composers and songwriters across genre and period\, including Emmy-award-winning Jasmine Arielle Barnes’ *In-Visibility* (2024)\, Robert Slavit’s “Freedom is a Constant Struggle\,” arranged by Yvette Janine Jackson\, and Florence Price’s *Adoration*\, arranged by Tiffany Ng. Carillonists Adam Lenhart\, Sarah Penrose\, and Meghan Wysocki will perform as part of the Carillon Guild at the University of Michigan.\n\nVisitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.
UID:143785-21894010@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143785
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Diversity,Free,Music,North Campus
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260413T104859
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T134500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight
DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you.
UID:141325-21894386@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:museums,Undergraduate,Space,Science,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Planetarium,Natural Sciences,natural history museum,Museum,Family,Children,Astronomy
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260105T121614
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T153000
SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Black American Music in Honor of MLK Day
DESCRIPTION:*This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.*\n\nOn Martin Luther King Jr. Day\, composer/pianist Stephen Rush will lead a group of musicians performing music by significant Black American composers\, including Cecil Taylor\, John Coltrane\, Sun Ra\, Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell.
UID:142830-21891722@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142830
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:North Campus,Faculty,Diversity,Free,Music
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR