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SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Second Year Studio Exhibition
DTSTART:20260917T110000Z
DTEND:20260918T020000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T062136Z
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CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:August 24 - October 18\, 2026\nExhibition Reception: October 1
 \, 1-2:30 p.m.\n\nIn their second year\, Stamps students complete a major 
 milestone: Second Year Studio (SYS). It’s a course where\, per the sylla
 bus\, students \\"develop the capacity to work independently by identifyin
 g\, exploring\, and pursuing a single independent project that involves mu
 ltiple iterations.\\" Each student takes their own path\, encountering que
 stions that can shape the direction of their creative practice. At the end
  of the semester\, students formally report on their experience in a prese
 ntation called the Sophomore Review and receive direct feedback from a pan
 el of Stamps faculty members. \n\nInstalled throughout the Art & Architect
 ure Building\, the Second Year Studio Exhibition showcases the art and des
 ign work created in this pivotal course by our rising third-year and trans
 fer students\, and invites first-year students and other newcomers to expl
 ore both the building and the creative possibilities ahead. The show featu
 res 50 students who have volunteered to participate\, yet it honors every 
 Stamps major who reaches the SYS milestone. \n\nThe works in this year’s
  exhibition engage a wide range of questions and concerns. Students invest
 igate memory\, identity\, materiality\, ecology\, technology\, labor\, soc
 ial relationships\, and the built environment through equally diverse form
 al approaches. While these subjects recur across the exhibition\, what sta
 nds out most is not a dominant thematic direction\, but a shared commitmen
 t to sustained inquiry.\n\n–Sally Clegg\, Lecturer & Student Exhibitions
  Coordinator & Pedram Baldari\, Assistant Professor\n\nExhibiting Artists 
 and Designers\n\n\nNailah Aguilar\n\nAkylah Archer\n\nZachary Berenbaum\n\
 nSamantha Blaine\n\nLauren Boyce\n\nKas Brajkovic\n\nAnna Browne\n\nLilah 
 Chow\n\nIsabella Cortes\n\nMagdalena Dimovski\n\nLeah Elliott\n\nAya Fadle
 lzebair\n\nM. Faurote\n\nClaire Fuller\n\nNoelle Gall\n\nLacy Galligan\n\n
 Abigail Garcia\n\nElise Goldberg\n\nAva Grace\n\nElla Graeb\n\nDeja Green\
 n\nGrace Hardy\n\nKore Hernández\n\nMikayla Holcomb\n\nReese Johnson\n\nO
 onagh Kossman\n\nKade Kuba\n\nAvelina Kusiak\n\nOliver Levans\n\nAlef Liu\
 n\nFiona Maier\n\nCaitlyn McConville\n\nTyler Meerschaert\n\nEve Mellis\n\
 nErica Meunier\n\nAlexis Minor\n\nCatherine Mitzel\n\nCharlotte Mullin\n\n
 Anupama Narayan\n\nMia Noel\n\nAva Paananen\n\nDominique Robinson\n\nSophi
 e Scott\n\nVictoria Selektor\n\nSamridhi Sharma\n\nJanet Shasha\n\nSadie S
 mith\n\nGabriella Spagnuolo\n\nAva Sproull\n\nJesse Strohauer\n\nDavid Wan
 g\n\nZimu Wang\n\nLily Whitcomb\n\nLexi Wu\n\nMelaniya Zazovskaya
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:CCPS Photo Exhibition. This is the Place
DTSTART:20260917T120000Z
DTEND:20260917T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T062136Z
UID:149978-21907714@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:There are nearly one million refugees currently living in Pola
 nd. While the vast majority arrived from Ukraine\, Poland has also welcome
 d forcibly displaced people from Central Asia\, Latin America\, Africa\, a
 nd the Middle East. While refugees may be different\, they all search for 
 a place that reminds them of home.\nIn *This Is The Place*\, a project sup
 ported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)\, Anna Liminowicz asked refugees t
 o show what\, in Poland\, reminds them of their home. These portraits and 
 the personalized confessions her subjects handwrote in their native langua
 ges tell poignant stories about safety and hope.\nAnna Liminowicz is an aw
 ard-winning photographer and reportage journalist based in Warsaw\, Poland
 . A frequent contributor to the *The New York Times*\, *The Guardian*\, *T
 he Wall Street Journal*\, *The Washington Post*\, *El Pais*\, *Der Spiegel
 * and UNHCR\, Liminowicz divides her time  between assignments and long-te
 rm personal projects\, mainly focusing on social issues like identity and 
 loss\, and what uplifts her subjects. She has covered the war in Ukraine a
 nd Ukrainian refugees in Poland since the start of Russia's full-scale inv
 asion\, and received the 2022 Grand Press Photo Award for her project “T
 oo Precious to Leave Behind”.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make 
 this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that adv
 ance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for 
 the university to arrange.
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LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditi
 ons\, and the Women Who Made Them
DTSTART:20260917T120000Z
DTEND:20260918T030000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T062136Z
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CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arb
 or Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and
  detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessle
 r (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, th
 is celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and t
 he 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 cura
 tors — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library
  — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where t
 hey will share the research that went into creating the exhibit.
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LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library\, 2nd Floor
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix
  Lembersky
DTSTART:20260917T120000Z
DTEND:20260917T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T062136Z
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CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage desi
 gner\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within
  the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Len
 ingrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realis
 t and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Real
 ism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known a
 rtistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. F
 or political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformis
 t work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnes
 sed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersk
 y reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with h
 ope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalize
 d people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial work
 ers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their
  circumstances\, Lembersky  portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\
 , and admiration.  \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more
  than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, an
 d personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Gal
 ina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddau
 ghter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWo
 rks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact we
 isercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can
  do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercent
 er@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some acc
 ommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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SUMMARY:Poster Invasion
DTSTART:20260917T130000Z
DTEND:20260917T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260904T183444Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join Poster Invasion in collaboration with MUB Board and find 
 some new and cool posters for your dorm room! Find us in the MUB Superior 
 Room from 9am-5pm\, all week!
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Ballad for Rodney
DTSTART:20260917T130000Z
DTEND:20260917T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T062136Z
UID:150287-21908780@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for the Humanities’ presentation of Cosmo Whyt
 e’s* Ballad for Rodney* (2024) is organized as part of Whyte’s upcomin
 g solo exhibition at the Stamps Gallery entitled *Cosmo Whyte: Under the Q
 uiet\, Beyond the Eye*.\n\nThis “curtain painting” operates simultaneo
 usly as painting and sculpture\, inviting the viewer to physically engage 
 with the surface\, passing through to another layer underneath. \n\nAbout 
 the artist\nCosmo Whyte (b. 1982\, St. Andrew\, Jamaica) is an interdiscip
 linary artist who employs drawing\, installation\, and sculpture to create
  conceptual work exploring interstitial subjectivity through an engagement
  with both intimate and public archives\, as well as Black spatiality and 
 forms of resistance. He received his MFA from the University of Michigan. 
 In 2022\, he joined the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture as an ass
 istant professor.\n\n\nWhyte’s work has been exhibited nationally and in
 ternationally\, including at MOCA Georgia\, Atlanta\, GA\; Museum of Conte
 mporary Art\, Chicago\, IL\; The High Museum of Art\, Atlanta\, GA\; The D
 rawing Center\, New York\, NY\; Atlanta Contemporary\, Atlanta\, GA\; Cent
 re Georges Pompidou\, Paris\, France\; and the National Gallery of Jamaica
 \, Kingston\, Jamaica\, among others. His work is in public museum collect
 ions including the High Museum\, Atlanta\, GA\; Museum of Contemporary Art
 \, Chicago\, IL\; International African American Museum\, Charlotte\, NC\;
  MOCA Georgia\, Atlanta\, GA\; National Gallery of Jamaica\; Pérez Art Mu
 seum Miami\, among others. Whyte lives and works between Montego Bay\, Jam
 aica and Los Angeles\, CA.
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LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room
 \, #1022
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:The People’s Bicentennial
DTSTART:20260917T130000Z
DTEND:20260918T000000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T062136Z
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DESCRIPTION:This selection of original artifacts documents the work of the
  Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC)\, which challenged the official\, c
 orporate-sponsored commemoration of the 1976 bicentennial. This year we ce
 lebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Indepen
 dence.\n\nItems on display are from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection\, whi
 ch documents social protest movements and radical history.\n\nHOURS\nSunda
 y 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday 9am-8pm\nFriday 9am-4pm\nSaturday 11am-5pm
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LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floo
 r)
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 19
 10s\, 1920s\, and 1930s
DTSTART:20260917T130000Z
DTEND:20260917T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T182442Z
UID:152203-21913234@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from
  the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collecti
 ons Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Frida
 y\, 9:00am-4:30pm.
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LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections\, 6th floor
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Art Exhibit: Hands on Fire
DTSTART:20260917T130000Z
DTEND:20260917T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T002211Z
UID:152223-21913375@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Jim Cogswell: Hands on Fire\n\n**August 31 to October 9\, 2026
 **\n**Public Reception: Friday\, September 18\, 4:30 to 6:30 pm**\n\nJim C
 ogswell’s Hands on Fire is a solo exhibition of mixed media drawings at 
 the Residential College Gallery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
 . The exhibition features sixty works on paper completed between 2024 and 
 2026.\n\nThis body of work responds to Greek Cypriot filmmaker Michael Cac
 oyannis’ cinematic adaptations of three tragedies by Euripides dealing w
 ith the Trojan War and its aftermath: Electra (1962)\, The Trojan Women (1
 971)\, and Iphigenia (1977). The work is in close conversation with Vinyl 
 Euripides (2022)\, Cogswell’s adhesive vinyl installation on three floor
 s of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Athens\, Greece\, which also res
 ponded to the cinematic trilogy. By following Cacoyannis’ adaptations\, 
 Cogswell builds on a cross-cultural history of restaging these tragedies t
 o examine the human suffering caused by war\, imperial overreach\, and abu
 se of power\; and the dehumanizing consequences of revenge as a course of 
 justice.\n\nWithin each drawing multiple scenes from the three narratives 
 are overlaid within single frames\, suggesting the unseen entanglements th
 at bind these ancient stories into such a persistent vision of our human p
 osition.\n\nThe grid of paintings encircling the gallery proposes a linear
  narrative but delivers instead a sequence that loops and turns on itself\
 , a stuck frame that stutters until bursting in flames. The grid also evok
 es the net that is a central feature of the series--the web of fate and ci
 rcumstance that governs each of our lives\, that determines who we are and
  what is possible for us at any given moment in history.\n\nThe drawings a
 re also characterized by a repeated motif of hands as consuming flames. Ha
 nds have unlimited expressive and narrative potential. They testify to the
  centrality of making in the development of human cognition. They are remi
 nders of the constructed world and the laborers responsible for bringing i
 t into being. We use hands as a form of communication to shape and express
  our inner states. Hands teach us to feel and to reason\, to count and to 
 indicate. They give us agency\, as creators but also as destroyers. They g
 ive form to our willingness to act in the world\, in greed or compassion.\
 n\n---\n\n**This exhibition is made possible with funding from the Stamps 
 School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan Office of Research.*
 *\n\nFrom the Artist\n\nI am grateful to the Modern Greek Program in the D
 epartment of Classical Studies\, College of Literature\, Science\, and the
  Arts at the University of Michigan\, for their ongoing support for my res
 earch and the dissemination of this project.
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LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery
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SUMMARY:Preschool ArtStart
DTSTART:20260917T143000Z
DTEND:20260917T150000Z
DTSTAMP:20260903T001016Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join library staff for fun process-based arts and crafts for c
 hildren age 2 to 5 years\, accompanied by an adult.\n\n\n\nThis event with
  the same activity will repeat on Monday\, September 14 at Traverwood\, We
 dnesday\, September 16 at Pittsfield\, and Thursday\, September 17 at Mall
 etts Creek.\n\n\n\nThis event is for Age 2–5.
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LOCATION:Malletts Creek Branch of AADL\, 3090 E Eisenhower Parkway\, Ann A
 rbor\, Michigan\, 48108\, South\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free Thursdays at the KIA
DTSTART:20260917T150000Z
DTEND:20260918T000000Z
DTSTAMP:20260912T003152Z
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DESCRIPTION:Enjoy free admission and extended hours until 8pm on Thursdays
 \, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Acces
 s for All program and the Efroymson Family Fund.
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
DTSTART:20260917T150000Z
DTEND:20260917T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T002211Z
UID:138033-21881330@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:From September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is 
 partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-based
 \, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, dire
 cted by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA
  ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed b
 y Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artist
 s annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experim
 ental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and 
 Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street 
 that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to cre
 ate new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 -
  December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna
  (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA 
 ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) 
 artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3
  \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated b
 y CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\
 n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation compri
 sed of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of 
 the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumferenc
 e\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. 
 The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is r
 elegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and eas
 ily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an obj
 ect of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role
  to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwe
 ll\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an
  artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installatio
 n\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, work
 ing with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and si
 tes in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within
  the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural sy
 stems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience 
 itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\,
  precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio 
 Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his 
 MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. 
 His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as t
 he Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Spe
 culum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFar
 m\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Ar
 t Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, Interna
 tional Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotic
 s Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the Universi
 ty of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\
 nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the
  courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculptu
 re made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recolog
 y San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage
  container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon e
 ntry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at 
 the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to t
 he artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site
  responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. 
 Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis ex
 hibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equall
 y To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both ti
 tles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator curren
 tly based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects
 \, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the p
 assage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveyin
 g phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, p
 rocess\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s en
 counters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the
  University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio A
 rt and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lect
 urer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is 
 exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at
  Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies in
 cluding Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Pr
 airie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. 
 Website / Instagram
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SUMMARY:“Nature Lab”: U-M Museum of Natural History
DTSTART:20260917T150000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Every Tues.–Sun. All age 6 & up invited into the museum’s 
 labs to use scientific tools and museum specimens. The newest program lets
  participants try out simulated snake senses (sight\, hearing\, and smell)
  to experience the world as if they were a snake. No live snakes. 11 a.m.
 –3 p.m.\, 1105 North University. Free. (734) 764–0478\, ummnh.org.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Who Counts? A History of Voting in America”
DTSTART:20260917T160000Z
DTEND:20260917T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T002211Z
UID:152024-21912635@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Changes over the course of the nineteenth century in how Ameri
 cans voted\, from voice vote to public ballot box to private voting booth\
 , also saw changes in the material culture that surrounded voting. Ballots
  and ballot boxes\, campaign pins and ribbons\, blank lists and pre-printe
 d party tickets\, lanterns and banners–the creative forces of the Americ
 an print industry filled the country’s cities and small towns with the e
 phemera of electioneering.\n\nAs you look at the items in this exhibit\, t
 hink about what they tell us about how Americans in the past felt about vo
 ting\, and about how voting felt. How did Election Days feel when they wer
 e full of parades and music and public drinking? What was it like to vote 
 when everyone around you knew who you voted for? And\, most of all\, who c
 ounted as a voter\, and who did the counting?\n\nOn view September 11-Dece
 mber 22\, weekdays from 12-4 pm.
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LOCATION:William Clements Library
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152024?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye
DTSTART:20260917T160000Z
DTEND:20260917T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T062310Z
UID:149541-21906598@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall
  2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary ar
 tist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from 
 Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He i
 s currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, 
 UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate
  Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as 
 a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, re
 fusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static o
 r neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encou
 nter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across ge
 nerations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, b
 etween what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between insti
 tutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to co
 nsider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities 
 that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-eco
 nomic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border poli
 tics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a 
 timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with 
 support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Lat
 in American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library.
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LOCATION:Off Campus Location
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:For Thee and All the World to See: May 18 G
 wangju and the Visual Tenacities of South Korean Democracy
DTSTART:20260917T170000Z
DTEND:20260917T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T182534Z
UID:150847-21910304@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts,education
DESCRIPTION:Description:\nPresented as part of the University of Michigan
 ’s Democracy Week\, this symposium explores the enduring legacy of the M
 ay 18\, 1980 Gwangju Democratization Movement and the role of visual media
  in shaping South Korea’s democratic consciousness. Organized in conjunc
 tion with an exhibition of 90 curated images from the Gwangju 5·18 Archiv
 es on campus\, the event bridges historical analysis with living memory. S
 urvivors and eyewitnesses will share their reflections alongside scholars 
 to examine how images and personal testimony break through censorship and 
 serve as vital tools for historical justice—connecting Gwangju’s strug
 gle to global conversations on human rights.\n\nThis event is organized by
  Nam Center for Korean Studies and co-sponsored by the May 18 Archives\, C
 enter for Democracy & Civic Empowerment\, Department of Political Science\
 , Center for Emerging Democracies\, the Donia Human Rights Center\, and As
 ia Library.\n\nOfficial event poster: https://myumi.ch/G7Ge1\n\nParking in
 formation: https://myumi.ch/WDpNd \n\nProgram: https://myumi.ch/NXnGp\n\n1
 :00 - 1:05 / Opening Remarks \nJuhn Ahn / University of Michigan \n\n1:05 
 - 1:15 / May 18 Gwangju: Brief Historical Overview \nJi Yeon Hong / Univer
 sity of Michigan \n\n1:15 - 2:15 / Witnessing and Documenting Gwangju \nDa
 vid Dolinger / Former Peace Corps Volunteer \n“Called by Another Name 
 – Gwangju’s Impact on a Life”\n\nNa Kyung-taek / Former Jeonnam Dail
 y Photojournalist \n“A Reporter's Eyewitness Account of the Command to O
 pen Fire” \n\nQ & A\n\n2:30 - 3:10 / O-IL-PAL: South Korean Democracy as
  Performance and Event\nHayana Kim / Ohio State University \n\\"The Gwangj
 u Uprising and the Performativity of South Korean Democracy\\" \n\nSohl Le
 e / Stony Brook University \n\\"The Photographs of Gwangju in 1980: Uneven
  Disseminations and Reactivated Events\\" \n\n3:10 - 3:25 / Gwangju in the
  World \nThierry Bonzon / Université Gustave Eiffel \n\n3:25 - 4:00 / Q &
  A\n\n\nSpeakers: \nJuhn Ahn / University of Michigan\nDirector of the Nam
  Center for Korean Studies and associate professor of Buddhist and Korean 
 studies\, Juhn Y. Ahn earned his B.A. in Asian studies and religion from t
 he University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, and his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies 
 from UC Berkeley. He taught East Asian religions at the University of Toro
 nto from 2006 to 2011. After a year researching religion and Koryŏ histor
 y at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton\, NJ\, he joined U-M's 
 Department of Asian Languages and Cultures in 2011. His research covers Ea
 st Asian religions\, Buddhism\, Chan and Zen\, traditional medicine\, and 
 premodern Korean cultural and economic histories. He has published widely 
 on Japanese Zen\, Zen master Hakuin Ekaku\, traditional medicine in Japan\
 , Korean Buddhism and Sŏn monasticism\, and Korean film. Major publicatio
 ns include *Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Centu
 ry Korea* (2018)\, *Transgression in Korea* (2018)\, and translations like
  *The Orthodox Path of Seon* (2023) and *Gongan Collections I* (2012). He 
 is currently co-editing a volume on Koryŏ and contributing to the Cambrid
 ge Histories Series\, and is the recipient of awards including the Puri Aw
 ard\, Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship\, and Kyujanggak Fellowship.\n\nJi Yeon 
 Hong / University of Michigan\nJi Yeon Hong is an associate professor of p
 olitical science and the Korea Foundation Chair Professor of Korean Politi
 cs at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on authoritarian po
 litics\, democratization\, political violence\, and elite behavior under d
 ictatorship in East Asia. Her scholarship has been widely published in lea
 ding field publications\, including *the American Journal of Political Sci
 ence*\, *British Journal of Political Science*\, and *Journal of Politics*
 . \n\nHer academic path is deeply rooted in the historic political movemen
 ts she witnessed firsthand. Raised in Seoul\, South Korea\, her experience
  observing the country's democratization during the 1980s and 1990s inspir
 ed her to pursue political science. After earning her Bachelor’s and Mas
 ter’s degrees from Seoul National University and her Ph.D. from New York
  University\, she served on the faculty at the Hong Kong University of Sci
 ence and Technology (HKUST) from 2014 to 2022\, where she observed another
  defining wave of pro-democracy activism before joining U-M.\n\nDavid Doli
 nger / Former Peace Corps Volunteer\nDavid L. Dolinger is a scientist and 
 global health professional currently working in India. He has played key r
 oles in the development and commercialization of diagnostic solutions with
  a focus on their practical implementation and use in low- and middle-inco
 me countries. His work sits at the intersection of laboratory science\, re
 gulatory rigor\, and a long-standing commitment to social justice and pati
 ent-centered care. Over the years he has also taken on advisory and collab
 orative roles with diagnostic manufacturers and global health partners foc
 used on expanding access to high-quality testing in low- and middle-income
  countries. \n\nHowever\, this passion and drive would not have fermented 
 to the level if it had not been for his life-forming experiences as a Peac
 e corps volunteer in the Republic of Korea. At the young age of 22\, he tr
 avelled for the first time outside of the United States\, landing in south
  Jeolla province in the small county of Yeongam. He worked in the local he
 alth center focusing on tuberculosis control. It was there that he started
  to understand how diagnostic tests are the foundation of good health care
 . It was his experiences in and participation in the May 18 Democratizatio
 n Movement\, in Gwangju that grounded him and has driven him through his l
 ife to utilize his talents and understanding of diagnostics to focus on th
 ose that are marginalized and ignored.\n\nNa Kyung-taek / Former Photojour
 nalist\nNa Kyung-taek\, former head of the Yonhap News Bureau for Gwangju 
 and Jeonnam\, began his career in journalism in 1967. As a pioneering phot
 ojournalist\, he captured the frontlines of the May 18 Democratization Mov
 ement\, exposing the truth to the world through his lens. His unwavering j
 ournalistic integrity earned him both the Courageous Journalist Award and 
 the Korea Journalist Award.\n\nFollowing his retirement\, Mr. Na continued
  to serve the public through university lectures and welfare foundation wo
 rk. He has remained dedicated to sharing the historical significance of Ma
 y 18 globally\, authoring books such as *When That Day in May Comes Again 
 and We Saw*\, and hosting photo exhibitions across South Korea and interna
 tionally\, including in Germany and the United States.\n\nSohl Lee / Stony
  Brook University\nSohl Lee is associate professor of art history at Stony
  Brook University (SUNY)\, specializing in modern and contemporary Asian a
 rt\, decolonial visual culture\, socially engaged art\, and ecological art
  history\, with a particular interest in oceanic and transpacific framewor
 ks. Her first book\, *The Minjung Art Movement: Decolonization and Democra
 cy in South Korea* (Duke University Press\, 2026)\, historicizes an influe
 ntial movement of activist art from the 1970s and 1980s. Her current book 
 project\, *Seaweed as Method: Art History with Oceans\, Multispecies Life\
 , and Empire* examines the global visual cultures of seaweeds through the 
 intertwined lenses of ecology\, decolonization\, food sovereignty\, and In
 digenous onto-epistemologies. She is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’
 s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2020) and has received grants and fell
 owships from the Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC)\, the Korea Found
 ation\, the Korean Ministry of Culture\, the Academy of Korean Studies\, t
 he Getty Research Institute\, and the Andy Warhol Foundation\, among other
 s.\n\nHayana Kim / Ohio State University\nHayana Kim is an assistant profe
 ssor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Ohio
  State University. As an interdisciplinary performance and media historian
  of twentieth- and twenty-first-century South Korea\, her research centers
  on cultures of democracy in contemporary South Korea. Her teaching is at 
 the intersections of Korean studies\, Asian diasporic studies\, and theatr
 e\, performance\, and media studies. Kim is currently working on her book 
 manuscript entitled *Making P’an for a New World: The Kwangju Uprising\,
  Women\, and the Performativity of South Korean Democracy*. This project\,
  based on extensive archival and ethnographic research\, investigates the 
 role of the body and affect in advancing democracy in South Korea by illum
 inating various forms of performances that women in Kwangju and in broader
  Chŏlla Province created to bring out insurgent cultural spaces where dea
 ths disavowed by the state and concealed from the public eye emerge into c
 ommunal memories. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in *Journal of A
 sian Studies*\, *Asian Theatre Journal*\, and in edited collections publis
 hed by Cambridge University Press\, Chonnam National University\, among ot
 hers. She received her Ph.D. from the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in T
 heatre and Drama at Northwestern University.\n\nThierry Bonzon / Universit
 é Gustave Eiffel\nThierry Bonzon\, associate professor (Maître de confé
 rences) in contemporary history at Université Gustave Eiffel\, conducts r
 esearch at the intersection of First World War history and the historical 
 analysis of photography as a primary source. His first line of inquiry exa
 mines the local dynamics of wartime sacrifice\, social policy\, and pacifi
 st movements—notably explored through the \\"La France pétitionne\\" pr
 oject and the co-organization of the international conference Les défense
 urs de la paix\, 1899–1917\, which integrated Peace Studies into French 
 historiography. His second field explores photojournalism and image-based 
 history through two distinct geographical and temporal contexts: a collect
 ive project analyzing over 2\,000 photographer-correspondents for l'Humani
 té documenting social and urban changes in the Paris region (1950s–1990
 s)\, and a current investigation into the photographic archives of the May
  1980 Gwangju Uprising in South Korea. Together\, these projects bridge ar
 chival discovery\, public history\, and the study of visual media as a fun
 damental tool for constructing historical memory.\n\n*If there is anything
  we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Pleas
 e be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may req
 uire more time for the university to arrange.*\n\n*Part of the Internation
 al Institute Theme Year: Sovereignty*\nhttps://myumi.ch/ii-theme
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LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150847?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Other:IdeaHub Call for Art
DTSTART:20260917T170000Z
DTEND:20260918T030000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T062310Z
UID:152121-21913033@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Are you a member of a student organization? Are you feeling ar
 tsy? Submit a piece of artwork by October 26th for the chance for it to be
  displayed in the IdeaHub meeting rooms!
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T062310Z
LOCATION:Michigan Union - IdeaHub (2nd Floor)
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152121?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
X-SOURCE-NAME:Sporting Event
X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.umich.edu/list
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ikebana International
DTSTART:20260917T170000Z
DTEND:20260917T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T011022Z
UID:10003987-1789650000-1789657200@annarborobserver.com
CATEGORIES:arts,education
DESCRIPTION:All invited to learn about and practice this Japanese style of
  flower arranging. Floral materials provided upon request\, bring your own
  container and tools. 1–3 p.m.\, Westminster Presbyterian Church\, 1500 
 Scio Church Rd. $25. Preregistration required at a2ikebana@gmail.com. More
  info at ikebanaannarbor.org.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T011022Z
URL:https://annarborobserver.com/event/ikebana-international/?utm_source=c
 aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
X-SOURCE-NAME:Ann Arbor Observer
X-SOURCE-URL:https://annarborobserver.com/guide/u-m-football-schedule
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Democracy in Motion: The Advancement of Dem
 ocracy in Korea and the Students at the Frontline
DTSTART:20260917T200000Z
DTEND:20260917T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T062310Z
UID:150278-21908575@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Nearly eighty years have passed since the establishment of the
  Republic of Korea in the South and the Democratic People’s Republic of 
 Korea (DPRK) in the North in 1948. This exhibit features selected library 
 collections that trace the history and major milestones of Korean democrac
 y\, with particular attention to the vital role of student movements.\n\nA
 t pivotal moments in modern Korean history\, students stood at the forefro
 nt of resistance to authoritarian rule and military oppression. Their acti
 vism became a powerful force in the pursuit of political freedom and contr
 ibuted significantly to the advancement of democracy in Korea. Spanning th
 e period from Korea’s first president\, Syngman Rhee\, to current presid
 ent Lee Jae-myung\, this exhibit invites visitors to reflect on Korea’s 
 long\, complex\, and ongoing journey toward democratization. \n\nPresented
  by the library in conjunction with Democracy Week at Michigan and in coll
 aboration with the Nam Center for Korean Studies.\n\nThird Thursdays at th
 e Library is a themed monthly open house where we share materials from our
  collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport and collect a stamp
  from each of this month's Third Thursday locations — Asia Library\, Cla
 rk Library\, International Studies\, and the Special Collections Research 
 Center — to win a prize!
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T062310Z
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Asia Library\, 4th Floor
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150278?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:One Hundred Years in the One Hundred Acre W
 ood: Winnie-the-Pooh Has a Birthday
DTSTART:20260917T200000Z
DTEND:20260917T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T062310Z
UID:150282-21908579@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the 100th anniversary of A.A. Milne’s \\"Winnie-th
 e-Pooh.\\" We'll feature original editions\, pop-up and movable book versi
 ons of the stories\, and other tales featuring Pooh\, Piglet\, Kanga\, Roo
 \, Eeyore\, Tigger\, Owl\, Rabbit\, and Christopher Robin.\n\nJoin us in t
 he Special Collections Research Center (on the 6th floor of Hatcher) for T
 hird Thursdays at the Library\, a themed monthly open house where we share
  materials from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport 
 and collect a stamp from each of the four Third Thursday Open Houses — A
 sia Library\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and Special Collecti
 ons Research Center — to win a poster.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T062310Z
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center\, 
 6th floor
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150282?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
X-SOURCE-NAME:Sporting Event
X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.umich.edu/list
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Soul of America: 250 Years Through Books
DTSTART:20260917T200000Z
DTEND:20260917T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T062310Z
UID:150693-21909933@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:The online exhibit \\"Soul of America: 250 Years Through Books
 \\" (https://myumi.ch/DW8eE) shares a personal perspective on American ide
 ntity through the lens of University of Michigan Press books. Stop by the 
 Press archive (never normally open to visitors) to view almost 100 years o
 f original publications from the University of Michigan's publishing arm a
 nd to pick up a free copy of the exhibit catalog.\n\nLarnell Gross\, Honor
 s BA student in Political Communication\, created the exhibit to celebrate
  the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, and will be on
  hand to chat and sign your catalog! Head to the 4th floor of the Shapiro 
 Library\, room 4172.
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LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Room 4172\, 4th floor
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150693?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:The Work of Women Cartographers\, on Campus
  and Beyond!
DTSTART:20260917T200000Z
DTEND:20260917T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T062310Z
UID:150696-21909976@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the opening of the exhibit “Down in Ann Arbor Town
 : Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them\\" with
  us! (https://myumi.ch/9JprE)  See an original copy of the iconic\, centur
 y-old “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map alongside some of our favorite maps
  by women cartographers and a selection of maps showing how campus has bee
 n mapped over time.\n\nJoin us (on the 2nd floor of Hatcher) for Third Thu
 rsdays at the Library\, a themed monthly open house where we share materia
 ls from our collections. While you’re here\, pick up a passport and coll
 ect a stamp from each of the four Third Thursday Open Houses — Asia Libr
 ary\, Clark Library\, International Studies\, and Special Collections Rese
 arch Center — to win a poster.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T062310Z
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library\, 2nd Floor
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150696?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Other:Third Thursday | Late Night at the Kelsey!
DTSTART:20260917T200000Z
DTEND:20260917T233000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T062310Z
UID:147869-21909486@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts,free
DESCRIPTION:The Kelsey Museum is open late! On the third Thursday of each 
 month\, the Kelsey will be open from 4:00 to 7:30 PM. Come check out the g
 alleries after work\, after school\, or after dinner downtown.\n\nThis eve
 nt is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns
  regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at h
 ttps://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647
 -4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more t
 ime for the university to arrange.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T062310Z
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147869?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:“Third Thursdays at the Library”: U-M Library
DTSTART:20260917T200000Z
DTEND:20260917T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T011022Z
UID:10003988-1789660800-1789668000@annarborobserver.com
CATEGORIES:arts,community
DESCRIPTION:Monthly open house featuring rotating highlights from the libr
 ary’s Special Collections Research Center\, maps from the Clark Library\
 , and items from other collections. Curators on hand to answer questions. 
  \nToday on the 6th fl.: “One Hundred Years in the One Hundred Acre Wood
 : Winnie-the-Pooh Has a Birthday.” Original editions of A.A. Milne’s b
 eloved children’s stories\, along with pop-up versions and other tales. 
  \nToday on the 4th fl: “Democracy in Motion: The Advancement of Democra
 cy in Korea and the Students at the Frontline.” Items that trace the his
 tory and major milestones of Korean democracy\, with particular focus on t
 he role of student movements.  \nToday on the 2nd fl.: “Down in Ann Arbo
 r Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them.
 ” A chance to view the library’s new exhibit (see Galleries).  \n4–
 6 p.m.\, Hatcher Library\, enter from the Diag. Free. (734) 936–2309.
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URL:https://annarborobserver.com/event/315497/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm
 _medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Building Pipe Cleaner Bouquets with Alpha Delta Alpha
DTSTART:20260917T210000Z
DTEND:20260917T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260828T022405Z
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CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Come build a pipe cleaner bouquet and get to know the Alpha De
 lta Alpha sorority!
LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T022405Z
LOCATION:Alpha Delta Alpha
URL:https://events.mtu.edu/event/building-pipe-cleaner-bouquets-with-alpha
 -delta-alpha?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor
 -mi
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SUMMARY:“They Wanted Cicero\, They Got Gladiators: Bare-Knuckle Boxers a
 nd the Fight for Citizen Identity”: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Dig
 ging Deeper Thursday Night Lecture Series
DTSTART:20260917T210000Z
DTEND:20260917T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T070836Z
UID:10004002-1789664400-1789668000@annarborobserver.com
CATEGORIES:arts,education
DESCRIPTION:Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster\, PA) government prof
 essor Dean Hammer discusses democratic principles and civic empowerment in
  ancient Rome. Light refreshments. 5–6 p.m.\, 434 S. State. Free. (734) 
 764–9304.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T070836Z
URL:https://annarborobserver.com/event/they-wanted-cicero-they-got-gladiat
 ors-bare-knuckle-boxers-and-the-fight-for-citizen-identity-u-m-kelsey-muse
 um-of-archaeology-digging-deeper-thursday-night-lecture-series/?utm_source
 =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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X-SOURCE-URL:https://annarborobserver.com/guide/u-m-football-schedule
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Adult ArtMaking Workshop: Design in Relief – Linocut Printmaking
  (SOLD OUT)
DTSTART:20260917T213000Z
DTEND:20260917T233000Z
DTSTAMP:20260912T001814Z
UID:11787@cranbrookartmuseum.org
CATEGORIES:arts,education
DESCRIPTION:Join us for artist-led workshops on select Thursday evenings a
 nd Saturday mornings. Each two-hour workshop will feature a different artm
 aking theme\, drawing inspiration from artwork in our collection. All leve
 ls of artistic experience are welcome as participants are encouraged to ex
 periment with new materials and creative techniques.  \n\nSelect Thursda
 ys from 5:30–7:30pm\; select Saturdays from 10:30am-12:30pm. $25 per par
 ticipant\, intended for ages 16 and up. Pre-registration is required throu
 gh our website. All materials are provided.\n\n \n\nUpcoming Adult ArtMak
 ing Workshops:\n\nSeptember 17\, 19: Design in Relief – Linocut Printmak
 ing\nDesign\, carve\, and print your own bold linocut design. Inspired by 
 designs in Cranbrook Art Museum’s collection\, experiment with relief pr
 intmaking using rubber linocut and adding unique typography.
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LOCATION:Cranbrook Art Museum\, 39221 Woodward Ave\, Box 801\, Bloomfield 
 Hills\, MI\, 48303\, United States
URL:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/adult-artmaking-workshop-design-
 in-relief-linocut-printmaking-2/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut
 m_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
X-SOURCE-NAME:Contemporary Art Museum In Detroit
X-SOURCE-URL:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:“We Hold These Truths …”: U-M Stamps School of Art & Design 
 Penny Stamps Speaker Series
DTSTART:20260917T213000Z
DTEND:20260917T230000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T070836Z
UID:10003993-1789666200-1789671600@annarborobserver.com
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:(See preview) Washington\, D.C.–based performance artist Hol
 ly Bass discusses her career and work\, including her new exhibition (open
 ing Oct. 3) which explores how Americans have celebrated and reimagined th
 e nation’s founding across three anniversary years (1876\, 1976\, and 20
 26) and examines how national ideals and histories are passed between gene
 rations. 5:30–7 p.m.\, Michigan Theater. Free. (734) 936–0671\, stamps
 .umich.edu.
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URL:https://annarborobserver.com/event/we-hold-these-truths-u-m-stamps-sch
 ool-of-art-design-penny-stamps-speaker-series/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm
 _medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Glaze-A-Tile: Gutman Gallery
DTSTART:20260917T213000Z
DTEND:20260918T000000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T070836Z
UID:10002509-1789666200-1789675200@annarborobserver.com
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, September 17\, 2026. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.\nWhe
 re: Gutman Gallery\n118 N 4th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104 \nThis workshop w
 ill be held at the Gutman Gallery (not at the Motawi studio). \nWorkshop p
 articipants will receive step-by-step instruction in Motawi’s signature 
 bulb-glazing process. We’ll provide two bisque (unglazed) tiles\, bulbs 
 filled with our rich glaze colors\, and a suggested glazing guide. Follow 
 our recommendations or unleash your creativity and create your own unique 
 colorways! \nDuring the Saturday\, September 12 workshop\, participants wi
 ll glaze two 4×4 Pine Forest tiles in their choice of two exclusive works
 hop colorways.
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 urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Artful Evening: "I\, Too\, Sing America": The Harlem Renaissance i
 n Art\, Music\, and Theatre
DTSTART:20260917T220000Z
DTEND:20260917T230000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T003450Z
UID:10001342-1789668000-1789671600@www.kiarts.org
CATEGORIES:arts,music,theater
DESCRIPTION:“Art is the inner voice of the people.” —Alain Locke \nJ
 oin us for a discussion of one of the most vibrant and significant movemen
 ts in American art history – the Harlem Renaissance. Three scholars will
  reflect on the period’s rich legacy in the fields of visual art\, music
 \, and theatre. Moderated by Bianca Washington\, the panel will include Dr
 . Amy Mooney (Professor of Art History at Columbia College Chicago)\, Rev.
  Millard Southern (PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies at WMU)\, an
 d Dr. Quincy Thomas (Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Kalamazoo Coll
 ege). \n\nRegister \n\nDr. Amy Mooney\, Panelist on Visual Art\n			Dr. Amy
  M. Mooney is a Professor of Art History at Columbia College Chicago. Her 
 publications include a monograph\, Archibald J. Motley\, Jr.\, as well as 
 contributions to anthologies and catalogs including Alma Thomas: Everythin
 g is Beautiful\, Beyond Face: New Perspectives in Portraiture\, Archibald 
 Motley: Jazz Age Modernist\, Black Is Black Ain’t\, and Romare Bearden i
 n the Modernist Tradition. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Amer
 ican Council of Learned Societies\, the National Portrait Gallery\, the Sm
 ithsonian American Art Museum\, and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
  In collaboration with Dr. Deborah Willis\, she launched a digital humanit
 ies project\, “Say It with Pictures” Then and Now that recovers and ex
 amines Chicago’s African American studio photographers from the 1890s in
 to the 1930s. This project will be the basis for an exhibition at the Newb
 erry Library in 2027 where she will work with contemporary artists to crea
 te a new body of work in response to these important histories. While serv
 ing as the 2019-2020 Terra Foundation Visiting Professor of American Art a
 t Oxford University\, she delivered Regarding the Portrait\, a four-part l
 ecture series that draws from her forthcoming book\, Progressive Visions: 
 Portraiture in the United States\, 1890-1950\, which investigates the soci
 al function of portraiture. Dr. Mooney earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art Hi
 story at Rutgers University.\n		Show Panelist Bio\n\nRev. Millard Southern
 \, Panelist on Music\n\n			Rev. Millard Southern III is a third-generation
  minister\, currently serving as the pastor of the historic Allen Chapel A
 .M.E. Church in Kalamazoo. A native of Chicago\, he received a BA in Econo
 mics from Drake University and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological
  Seminary in New York. Rev. Southern is an avid scholar of jazz music and 
 a trumpet player himself. He is now finishing his Ph.D. in Interdisciplina
 ry Studies at Western Michigan University\, using the music of Wynton Mars
 alis to investigate the relationship between jazz\, theology\, and democra
 cy. Rev. Southern regularly creates programming opportunities that bring m
 usic to youth and adult audiences in Kalamazoo. Recent highlights have inc
 luded a 2025 Trumpet Summit at WMU and a concert by Wynton Marsalis in 202
 6\, which was followed by a public one-on-one conversation on jazz and Ame
 rican culture. He has also collaborated with the KIA’s education departm
 ent on multiple programs\, bringing music and visual art into conversation
  with one another.\n		Show Panelist Bio\n\nDr. Quincy Thomas\, Panelist on
  Theatre\n\n			Dr. Quincy Thomas earned a Ph.D. in Theatre and a Performan
 ce Studies certification from Bowling Green State University. As an actor\
 , director\, intimacy coordinator\, and playwright\, their offerings focus
  on subjects such as counter-storytelling\; Black performativity in Americ
 an media\; representations of the marginalized in popular culture\; stand-
 up and solo performance\; and performative writing. Dr. Thomas is an Assis
 tant Professor of Theatre Arts at Kalamazoo College\, where they also serv
 e as department co-chair. They apply their passion for theatre\, performan
 ce studies\, and film while speaking to issues surrounding cultural margin
 alization and misrepresentation in the arts\, specifically of racial and e
 thnic minorities\, women\, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Their most
  recent directorial offerings have included: Harlem Duet (Kalamazoo Festiv
 al Playhouse and Face Off Theatre)\, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Kalamazoo F
 estival Playhouse)\, California Suite (Kalamazoo Civic Theatre)\, A New Le
 af (Queer Theatre Kalamazoo)\, and Chicken and Biscuits (Farmer’s Alley 
 Theatre). They have most recently appeared onstage as Lopakhin in The Cher
 ry Orchard (Kalamazoo Civic Theatre)\, and as a member of the Crawlspace E
 viction improv troupe Always Hallways. Other favorite roles have included 
 Blue/Orange (Christopher)\, Clybourne Park (Albert)\, As You Like It (Touc
 hstone)\, Love’s Labours Lost (Lord Longeville)\, Noises Off (Selsdon)\,
  and White Rabbit\; Red Rabbit (Actor). Their original play The Whites Exp
 lain It All was selected as the full-length play for the 2023 Region III K
 ennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.\n		Show Panelist Bio\n\nB
 ianca Washington\, Panel Moderator\n\n			Bianca Washington received her BA
  at Western Michigan University and her MFA in Acting and Theatre Educatio
 n at The Pennsylvania State University. She studied abroad in London\, Sou
 th Africa\, and Toronto\, performing and engaging in master classes and re
 search. After her training\, she ventured to New York City to gain a fulle
 r understanding of the industry\, serving as an understudy at the Pearl Th
 eatre Company and as a volunteer at the 52nd Street Project. Upon her retu
 rn to Michigan\, she began adjunct teaching at Western Michigan University
 \, Lake Michigan College\, and Kalamazoo College. Washington has been teac
 hing at the collegiate level for seven years and has educated young people
  in the arts for more than ten years. She toured for over a decade with he
 r family’s theatre company\, Washington Productions. It was there where 
 she learned the magic and art of The Griot\, African storytelling\, and sh
 e gives credit to her uncle\, Dr. Von Washington\, and aunt\, Fran Washing
 ton\, for providing profound professional experience and education in the 
 craft. Washington is one of the proud founding members of Face Off Theatre
  Company\, which focuses on producing and supporting artists of color and 
 their stories in Kalamazoo and other local communities. Acting credits inc
 lude: Primary Trust (Corrina and Others)\, POTUS (Jean)\, Been Lovin’ Yo
 u: August Wilson Collection of Scenes (Tonya and Clarissa)\, At the Table 
 (Lauren)\, Disgraced (Jory)\, Good People (Kate)\, In Search Of Giants (Al
 ice/Malinda)\, RACE (Susan)\, The Colored Museum (Medea/Flight Att.)\, Rad
 io Golf (Mame)\, Oedipus (Jocasta)\, Twelfth Night (Viola) and many more. 
 Directing credits include: Water by the Spoonful\, The Meeting\, Home on t
 he Morning Train\, Brave No World\, Student Body\, Ships\, Shells and Chai
 ns\, Theatre for Community Health\, and others. \n		Show Panelist Bio
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URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-i-too-sing-america-the-har
 lem-renaissance-in-art-music-and-theatre/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
X-SOURCE-NAME:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kiarts.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Faux Stained Glass
DTSTART:20260917T220000Z
DTEND:20260917T233000Z
DTSTAMP:20260903T001016Z
UID:69458@annarborwithkids.com
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Choose from a pre-made design or draw your own\, then color it
  with markers and add shimmering foil to create a stained-glass-inspired p
 iece to display in a frame.\n\n\n\nThis event is for Teen–Adult.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T001016Z
LOCATION:Traverwood Branch of AADL\, 3333 Traverwood Dr\, Ann Arbor\, Mich
 igan\, 48105\, North Ann Arbor\, United States
URL:https://annarborwithkids.com/events/faux-stained-glass/?utm_source=cal
 discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
X-SOURCE-NAME:Concert
X-SOURCE-URL:https://annarborwithkids.com/articles/farmers-market-guide
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Tours:Third Thursday Tour | Highlights of the Kelsey
DTSTART:20260917T220000Z
DTEND:20260917T223000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T062310Z
UID:150466-21909481@events.umich.edu
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special evening event at the Kelsey Museum! This
  Third Thursday experience features a 30-minute tour of ancient Mediterran
 ean history and artifact highlights from the Kelsey collection.\n\nThis ev
 ent is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concern
 s regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at 
 https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 64
 7-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more 
 time for the university to arrange.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T062310Z
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150466?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi
 um=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
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X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.umich.edu/list
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:“Third Thursday Tour”: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
DTSTART:20260917T220000Z
DTEND:20260917T223000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T070836Z
UID:10004001-1789668000-1789669800@annarborobserver.com
CATEGORIES:arts
DESCRIPTION:Thirty-minute docent-led tour of ancient Mediterranean artifac
 ts in the museum collection. 6 p.m.\, 434 S. State (meet at the Maynard en
 trance). Free. (734) 764–9304.
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URL:https://annarborobserver.com/event/third-thursday-tour-u-m-kelsey-muse
 um-of-archaeology-2/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=a
 nn-arbor-mi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:“Babylonia”: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Book Club
DTSTART:20260917T220000Z
DTEND:20260917T230000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T070836Z
UID:10004003-1789668000-1789671600@annarborobserver.com
CATEGORIES:arts,literary
DESCRIPTION:All invited to join a discussion of Costanza Casati’s 2025 n
 ovel about the rise to power of the Assyrian Empire’s only female ruler\
 , Semiramis. Light refreshments. 6–7 p.m.\, 434 S. State\, rm. 125\, 434
  S. State. Preregistration required\; see lsa.umich.edu/kelsey. Free. (734
 ) 764–9304
LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T070836Z
URL:https://annarborobserver.com/event/babylonia-u-m-kelsey-museum-of-arch
 aeology-book-club/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann
 -arbor-mi
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X-SOURCE-URL:https://annarborobserver.com/guide/u-m-football-schedule
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Slime Making with Alpha Gamma Delta
DTSTART:20260917T230000Z
DTEND:20260918T000000Z
DTSTAMP:20260828T183139Z
UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52865770673711
CATEGORIES:arts,community,food
DESCRIPTION:Come make slime and get to know the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority
 !
LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T183139Z
LOCATION:Alpha Gamma Delta
URL:https://events.mtu.edu/event/craft-snack-bar-with-alpha-gamma-delta?ut
 m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=ann-arbor-mi
X-SOURCE-NAME:Michigan Tech Events Calendar Calendar
X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.mtu.edu/event/hockey_game_watch_-_ann_arbor_mi
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