Fair / Festival:Harvest Fest 2026
2026-09-27 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) | Campus Farm
This open house event is a dynamic celebration of U-M's student-driven food initiatives, emphasizing sustainability, social justice, and creativity. Join us for lawn games, arts and crafts, live music, delectable food demonstrations, artistry, and informative tables from both student and community organizations.

Buses will run on a continuous loop, departing from the Central Campus Transit Center starting at 12:40 PM. Expect a bus every 20 minutes between these locations.

Sporting Event:Women's Soccer vs Nebraska
2026-09-27 13:00 | U-M Soccer Stadium
Women's Soccer vs Nebraska

Performance: The SeAH Korean Art Song Gala
2026-09-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Hill Auditorium
The SeAH Korean Art Song Gala is a high-profile Korean Performing Arts Initiative event. The first half of the concert will feature student performances of Korean song, interwoven with historical and cultural narration by SMTD’s Dr. Matthew Thompson, and will end with a performance by SMTD’s alum Jack Morin (’25), whose Korean song performances have garnered millions of views online. The second half of the concert will showcase the world-renowned Korean soprano Sumi Jo, joined by Thompson at the piano.

The concert marks the first time that Korean song performance has been taught at U-M and is generously supported by the SeAH corporation and numerous campus entities: the Arts Initiative, the Jessye Norman Fund, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the Nam Center for Korean Studies, and the Office of the President. Concert proceeds will be used to support future Korean Performing Arts Initiative events.

Matthew Thompson, artistic director

Not eligible for the Flex Series discount.

Sporting Event:Volleyball vs Washington
2026-09-27 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Volleyball vs Washington

Performance:Dan Tyminski Band
2026-09-27 19:30 | ARK Reserved + Gold Circle
The pinnacle of modern bluegrass music

Dan Tyminski was six years old when his parents began taking him to fiddle contests, square dances, and bluegrass festivals across New England. For a young musician who would later become one of the biggest names in modern-day bluegrass, those early experiences were life changing.

"Watching live music always spoke to me much louder than sitting in front of my record player," he remembers. "I loved it. Wherever music was being played, I wanted to go watch. Years later, I still feel that way."

Throughout his 30+ year career, Tyminski has left his mark in every corner of modern music. His voice famously accompanies George Clooney’s performance of the Stanley Brothers’ classic song, “I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow,” in the film, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and his vocal collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii on the song “Hey Brother” was a global smash, having been streamed more than a billion times to date. His diverse solo projects and years of work with Alison Krauss and Union Station have yielded troves of award-winning music.

In recent years, Tyminski’s live shows with the Dan Tyminski Band have become bluegrass fan favorites and are regularly on the must-see lists among music fans of any genre.

Over the course of his career, Tyminski has also evolved into a prolific songwriter, penning songs with Monty Criswell, Phillip Lammonds, Kristian Bush, Ashley Monroe, Chris Stapleton and many others.

Dan has been honored with 14 Grammy Awards and is a four-time Male Vocalist of the Year honoree by the International Bluegrass Music Association.

Lecture / Discussion:Guerline Jozef | 2026 Wallenberg Medal and Lecture
2026-09-29 16:30 - 18:15 | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium
Guerline Jozef, the co-founder and executive director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, will receive the 2026 Wallenberg Medal on Tuesday, September 29th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium. In keeping with the tradition of the Wallenberg Lecture, Jozef will draw on her personal experience to share with the audience her understanding of how one person can make a difference.

Guerline M. Jozef, a servant leader rooted in faith, is a globally recognized human rights advocate, thought leader, and strategist who has worked to transform the conversation on migration, race, and justice. Jozef is the executive director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), a Haitian-American-women-led organization serving immigrants, with a particular focus on Black immigrants at the US-Mexico border and beyond. With the HBA, she has built a movement that centers people of African descent in migration while amplifying the voices of the most marginalized. She is the creator of “Tales from the Borderlands and Beyond,” and co-founder of both the Black Immigrants Bail Fund (BIBF) and the Cameroon Advocacy Network.

Her influence has been recognized nationally and internationally. She was named one of the Washingtonian’s 500 Most Influential People of 2025, one of Politico’s 40 Most Influential People on Race, Politics, and Policy of 2021, and one of the BBC’s Top 100 Women of 2024. She was honored with the Afro-Caribbean Diaspora IMPACT Award from the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhil), the 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, the AFL-CIO’s 2024 GMLK Human Rights Award, the 2024 Haitian Impact Awards, and the 2023 Midwin Charles Legacy Award from the 1804 Haitian Roundtable. She has been recognized by the Women’s Refugee Commission (Voices of Courage Award, 2024), The Haitian Times (Newsmaker of the Year, 2022), the National Haitian-American Elected Officials Network, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Arthur C. Helton Human Rights Award among others.

Ms. Jozef has been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, Time Magazine, The Miami Herald, The Haitian Times, Politico, and DemocracyNow. She has testified before the United Nations, the United States Congress, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), and recently brought her advocacy to the international stage during the IV International Forum of Parlamentarians in Barranquilla, Colombia. Guerline went to the border for Haitians—but she stayed for everyone seeking safety and protection.

“Guerline Jozef is a powerful advocate for the dignity and rights of migrants who has linked the experience of migration at the US-Mexico border to global human rights movements. She works tirelessly to give voice to the marginalized and to shape a more just future for all,” said Sioban Harlow, chair of the Wallenberg Medal Executive Committee and Professor Emerita of Epidemiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Global Public Health.

Free and open to the public. Wheelchair and ADA accessible. ASL and CART provided.

Performance:Concert Band
2026-09-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Hill Auditorium
Please join the Concert Band for its first concert of the academic year, a concert that celebrates "Breaking Traditions." Just like the USA broke with traditions and fought for independence, this concert celebrates those who ask questions (McTee), take risks (*Space Jump*), contribute to greater society (Sandler), break down barriers (Ruiz-Rest), and ultimately fight for what is right – the ability to live free of tyranny (Navarro).

Courtney Snyder, conductor
John Mange, graduate student conductor (Sandler)

PROGRAM
"The Unquestioned Answer" from *Double Play*, Cindy McTee
*Space Jump*, Adrian Wong
*Rosie the Riveter*, Felicia Sandler
Title TBA (world premiere), José Ruiz-Resto
*Libertadores*, Oscar Navarro

Performance:Pure Prairie League
2026-09-29 20:00 | ARK Reserved + Gold Circle
One of Country-Rock’s pioneering forces

From their beginnings in mid-Sixties Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring the propulsive team of drummer Scott Thompson and bassist Jared Camic, Keyboard Master Randy Harper, Guitar Ace/vocalist Jeff Zona and Pedal Steel/Saxophonist John Heinrich, PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE continues to embellish the rich 50-plus year history of one of Country-Rock’s pioneering forces. As one reviewer recently wrote: “PPL’s sound combines sweet memories with edgy, contemporary muscle. Their vocals are as strong as Kentucky moonshine and the musicianship and performance skills are as sharp as a straight razor”.

Their eponymous first album - featuring the Norman Rockwell/Saturday Evening Post cover that introduced fans to PPL’s trademark cowpoke “Sad Luke” - has been hailed as a “major early influence in the emerging popularity of Country-Rock music”. Their second effort, the multi-platinum “Bustin’ Out” brought us the Craig Fuller-penned classic “Amie”, along with other gems of the genre. With “Two Lane Highway”, nine more albums and countless shows, a legacy has been forged and enriched, highlighting contributions from several noteworthy members, including original co-founder George Ed Powell, Cincinnati’s legendary Goshorn Brothers, Country Hall of Famers Gary Burr and Vince Gill, award-winning writer Jeff Wilson (3 Top-20 singles), top Nashville session vocalist Curtis Wright and a host of other guest appearances from Chet Atkins, Johnny Gimble, EmmyLou Harris, David Sanborn, Eagle Don Felder, Nicolette Larson, Rosemary Butler, Jenifer Wrinkle, Jeff (Birdman) Kirk, Mat Britain and many more.

Now in their sixth decade, Pure Prairie League continues to lead the way for the new generation of Country/Rockers such as Keith Urban, Nickel Creek, Wilco, Counting Crows and so many others that cite PPL as a major influence.

Now, with the release of their new album “Back On Track” PPL brings it all back home with a dozen new songs that complete the circle begun in 1970 and continues to this day.

Performance:Hazlett
2026-09-30 20:00 | ARK Reserved
Artist presale: June 16, 10am

Public on sale: June 18, 10am

Raw introspective indie-folk

Sweden-based, Australian-born Hazlett returns to the road following the success of his latest full-length album, "last night you said you missed me". Hazlett divulges: "When I started this whole thing I wanted anyone who starts to listen to feel like they’re part of this whole thing with me—growing and finding ourselves along the way.” Over the past several years, Hazlett and his unique brand of Indie Folk have quietly built a devoted following through his heartfelt songwriting and captivating live performances. Whether it's an intimate club, historic theatre, or on festival stages around the world, his ability to create genuine connection with audiences continues to set him apart. From lush acoustic textures to stripped-back ballads, anchored by songs like “doing my best”, “Blame The Moon” and “queen of the season, each piece unfolds like a page from a well-worn journal, exploring themes of self-preservation, distance, yearning, and quiet hope. For the restless hearts, the gentle souls, and the dreamers, the live show and albums it gravitates around are both a confession and a cathartic hug. It reminds us that home is not always a place. Sometimes, it’s a song that stays a while.

Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea
2026-10-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room)
Enjoy coffee, tea, and refreshments in a beautiful, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome.

Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series
2026-10-01 15:30 - 16:30
Abstract:

Biography:

Performance:Time Passes: 8 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett
2026-10-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-10-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-10-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre
Samuel Beckett, best known for his plays *Waiting for Godot* and *Endgame*, was a leader in the Theatre of the Absurd movement. His works remain the best-known and most-performed absurdist plays, which are known for their tragicomic tone and the notion that life has no meaning.

In this series of short plays, which were written in the mid-20th century, Beckett plays with language, settings, repetition, and relationships to find the ridiculous underpinnings of life, death, and everything else.

Featured plays:
*Act Without Words II*
*Play*
*Come and Go*
*Footfalls*
*Rockaby*
*Catastrophe*
*What Where*
*Quad*

Written by Samuel Beckett

Directed by Malcolm Tulip

Performance:University Philharmonia Orchestra
2026-10-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Hill Auditorium
The UPO performs a program of works by Dvořák, Mozart, Liebermann, and Brahms. Lowell Liebermann's Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra, op. 50 will feature soloist Tieran Holmes (BM ’26, flute, music education), a winner of the 2026 SMTD Concerto Competition.

Jayce Ogren, conductor
Tieran Holmes, piccolo (Liebermann)

PROGRAM

Slavonic Dance in G minor, op. 46, #8
Antonín Dvořák

Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, "Prague"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra, op. 50
Lowell Liebermann

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25
Johannes Brahms, orch. Arnold Schoenberg

Conference / Symposium:Responding to Federal Retreat: Reimagining Environmental & Energy Law in the Great Lakes Region
2026-10-02 08:30 - 16:15 | Jeffries Hall - 1225
The conference “Responding to Federal Retreat: Reimagining Environmental and Energy Law in the Great Lakes Region” will convene students, professors, lawyers, government representatives, and industry leaders to reflect on the latest developments in environmental and energy law in response to the withdrawal of federal regulation and enforcement. The conference, which is free and open to the public, will focus on pressing issues in the Great Lakes region, with an emphasis on opportunities for state, local, and tribal governments to advance environmental protection and energy goals and mandates.

See a complete schedule at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BXO6vm_UJ-r2VGXF9uWeejDQ4T7SsGuEWYWErakPA70/edit?usp=sharing

RSVP at: https://forms.gle/VPPKsQx39QWaujXs9.

Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation
2026-10-02 12:00 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being.

All U-M students, faculty, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required.

*What will you learn?*

The guided meditation practice involves three simple steps: relaxation, rejuvenation, and meditation.

Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow this with a rejuvenation method to detox the mind to let go of stress and complex emotions, and will leave you feeling light and refreshed. Lastly, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice.

*Why Meditate?*

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony.

*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708

*Event Details*

Heartfulness Guided Meditation
Fridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)
Join Via Zoom Meeting
Register to receive Passcode (see “Related links”

This wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.

Lecture / Discussion:Open Slot
2026-10-02 15:00 - 16:00 | East Hall - 1084
Abstract: TBA

Contact: TBA

Sporting Event:Field Hockey vs Iowa
2026-10-02 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Field Hockey vs Iowa

Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Bowling Green
2026-10-02 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Ice Hockey vs Bowling Green

Meeting:Friends of the UMMP Fossil Club
2026-10-02 19:30 - 22:30 | Research Museums Center - RMC 1006
The Friends of the U-M Museum of Paleontology (FUMMP) meet once a month, usually on the first Friday, with both an in-person component at the Research Museum Center (RMC) and Zoom option. The exterior building doors are locked for security reasons and someone will start letting people in the doors at RMC from 7:00 - 7:30pm, and the Zoom room will open around 7:15pm. The meeting will start at 7:30pm with a few business details discussed until about 7:45pm when the presentation or program will begin.

Dr. Matt Friedman, UMMP Director and Curator will be presenting a talk to the group this month entitled, "Drawing back the curtain: The dawn of modern marine fish diversity".

Contact bauerjen@umich.edu to request access to the Zoom link.

Learn more about the Friends of the UMMP on their website: http://michiganbasinfossils.org/.

Performance:Holly Bowling
2026-10-02 20:00 | ARK Reserved
Cast aside any and all expectations.

Solo pianist Holly Bowling is an artist who repeatedly defies convention, breaks ceilings, and eludes simplistic labels, while bringing virtuosic playing, emotional immersion, and a thirst for invention to everything that she does. Acclaimed by Rolling Stone and having jammed with a long list of impressive company (Bob Weir, Jim James, Warren Haynes, John Scofield, Branford Marsalis, and many more), Holly has established herself as a virtuoso pianist with her own musical voice.

Holly has fostered a strong sense of identity while musically shapeshifting to the task at hand, from joining Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh for extended explorations of “Dark Star,” to recording dance tracks with LP Giobbi. She is a frequent guest of Greensky Bluegrass, with whom she recorded The Iceland Sessions EP in 2023 as well as appearing on the previous year’s Stress Dreams. Her solo piano arrangements span across genres, featuring songs from The National and Nine Inch Nails to Phish and the Grateful Dead, and have been featured in several independent films in addition to opening the door to performances at storied venues from Carnegie Hall to Red Rocks.

In 2015, Holly arrived as an exciting outlier on Distillation Of A Dream: The Music Of Phish Reimagined For Solo Piano. A year later, Better Left Unsung, her sophomore release featuring the music of the Grateful Dead, landed in the top 25 of Billboard’s Classical Album Chart.

Holly co-founded improvisational rock outfit Ghost Light in 2018 with JRAD’s Tom Hamilton with whom she also released an instrumental duo album, Lacuna, in 2022.

After releasing 2020’s Seeking All That’s Still Unsung (a second reimagining of Grateful Dead staples), Holly looks to flip the script once more with an upcoming album of original compositions.

Fans can count on her musical shapeshifting adventure continuing to cover new ground as she takes listeners with her into the unknown.

Performance:Arthur Greene, piano
2026-10-03 20:00 - 21:30 | Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
The Department of Piano presents Professor Arthur Greene in recital.

FACULTY BIO:

https://smtd.umich.edu/profiles/arthur-greene/

Performance:Susan Werner
2026-10-03 20:00 | ARK Reserved + Gold Circle
“Vulnerability has rarely been so witty or concise in modern song.” –Boston Herald

Over the course of her twenty five year career, Susan Werner has earned a reputation as “one of the most innovative songwriters working today” (Chicago Tribune). With formidable chops on guitar (she began playing at age 5) and piano (she was a guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz), along with a graduate degree in voice performance, her shows are a one-woman master class in musicianship. Although best known as an acoustic songwriter that came up through coffeehouses and folk festivals, the Chicago-based artist has written songs in the style of Gershwin and Cole Porter (I Can’t Be New, 2004), gospel music (The Gospel Truth, 2007), traditional Cuban “son” (An American In Havana, 2016), and New Orleans junk piano (NOLA, 2019). In 2014 she composed the music and lyrics to the musical theater score Bull Durham, The Musical (MGM). Her songs have been recorded by Tom Jones, Michael Feinstein, and Shemekia Copeland, and her latest recording of originals, The Birds of Florida, took flight in 2022.
