Michigan Humanities

Firekeeper’s Daughter Book Discussion
2024-01-23 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Detroit) | Troy Historic Village, 60 W. Wattles Road, Troy, MI, 48098
Troy Historic Village and Troy Public Library present two free book discussions inside Niles-Barnard House at the Village. Join us for a warm beverage, a little friendly trivia competition, and lively group discussion on Firekeeper’s Daughter. Discussion topics are different each time, so come to one or both of the programs! Coffee and cocoa provided courtesy of Biggby.

Sunday Afternoon Live presents Samuel Fedele
2024-01-21 16:00 - 17:30 | First Congregational Church, 145 Capitol Ave NE, Battle Creek, MI, 49017
Sunday Afternoon Live is a small outreach group sponsored by First Congregational Church of Battle Creek. Our mission is to enrich the cultural life of the greater Battle Creek Community and to continue the tradition of the church (FCCBC) as a patron of artistic creativity and expression. We endeavor to do this by sponsoring a series of free concerts that present musical artistry that is exciting, beautiful, varied and enjoyable. Samuel Fedele is a local resident currently studying piano performance. He is a newcomer, but well known in the community, and will appeal to our classical music enthusiasts.
Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

Sunday Concert Series
2024-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Loutit District Library, 407 Columbus Avenue, Grand Haven, MI, 49417
The Sunday Concert Series is back! In January, we are pleased to welcome the Traditional Celtic Band, Uneven Ground. Uneven Ground blends its traditional Celtic and Irish music with vocals, fiddle, guitar, tin whistle, flute, mandolin, and bodhran to escort you on an exclusive musical journey. Grounded from the roots of traditional Irish folk music, Uneven Ground offers energetic pub tunes combined with familiar folk songs for an interactive, foot-stomping program for all ages.
Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities

Where the Wild Things Are
2024-01-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Chesterfield Township Library, 50560 Patricia Avenue, Chesterfield, MI, 48051, United States
Magic Carpet Theatre will present a live theatre performance titled “Where the Wild Things Are.
Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities

"Max's Merry Everything" Children's Play at Sandcastles Children's Museum
2023-12-17 13:00 - 14:30 | Sandcastles Childrens Museum, 129 E Ludington Ave, Ludington, MI, 49431
Max’s Merry Everything! (Childrens’ Holiday Play) by Debbie Nellis & Rick Plummer! Come Celebrate Holiday Traditions & Friendship. Today we have 2 shows, Sunday, December 17th. 1pm. and 3pm. Today we have 2 shows, Sunday, December 17th, at 1pm. and 3pm. Limited Seating, will be on the third-floor stage. $10.00 per ticket.
Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities

MasterWorks 03: Mozart and Bizet
2023-12-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 E Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI, 48824
The concert opens with W.A. Mozart’s spirited and buoyant Symphony No. 35 “Haffner.” Then hear Lansing Symphony’s Principal Trumpet, Neil Mueller, perform the world premiere of David Biedenbender’s new Trumpet Concerto. The concert closes with a piece by French composer Georges Bizet that was not discovered and performed until nearly eighty years after it was written. Bizet’s Symphony No. 1 in C major is his only symphony and showcases his lyrical and expressive qualities while maintaining a Mozartian lightheartedness and levity.
Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

Barry County Great Michigan Read
2023-11-28 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-10-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Hastings Public Library, 227 E State St, Hastings, MI, 49058, United States
To sign up participants should go to this link. https://formsbcf.org/view.php?id=71045

Beth Nahrain - Writers of Mesopotamia
2023-11-11 10:00 - 14:00 | Chaldean Community Foundation, 3601 15 Mile Rd, Sterling Heights, MI, 48310, United States

Movement Workshop with Nadia Kayrallah and Doris Bittar
2023-11-11 | Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, Michigan, 48126
Colonial Colonnade at the Arab American National Museum: a multidisciplinary project.

Colonial Colonnade Opening Celebration
2023-11-10 | Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, Michigan, 48126

Colonial Colonnade Exhibit Opening
2023-11-09 | Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, Michigan, 48126

Black History 101 Mobile Museum - Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop
2023-11-06 10:00 - 15:00 | MI
The Black History 101 Mobile Museum is a national award-winning traveling exhibit that educates and informs the public about the rich and diverse history of African Americans. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the exhibit will showcase over 150 original artifacts reflecting the evolution of hip-hop culture and its impact on American society, highlighting the contributions of Black artists and innovators in the genre.

This insightful exhibit takes an interesting angle in viewing hip-hop culture through the lens of social movements such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Stop the Violence Movement, The Million Man March, and Black Lives Matter. The exhibit also includes historical and cultural artifacts from the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Jim Crow, Civil Rights Era, Black Power, and Black Arts Movement.

Join University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities at noon for “Using Hip-Hop Artifacts to Understand Hip-Hop Culture and its Connection to Broader Black Social, Cultural, and Political Movements” with Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, founder of the Black History 101 Mobile Museum. Details at https://events.umich.edu/event/109913.

University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities organizes programs that examine and interrogate humanities traditions broadly across space and time. The Institute aims to deepen synergies among the humanities, the arts, and disciplines across the university, and to bring the insights of the humanities to public life.

Great Michigan Read - Author Tour Stop
2023-10-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Kent District Library – Kentwood Branch, 4950 Breton Rd SE, Kentwood, Michigan, 49508
Michigan Humanities’ Great Michigan Read creates a statewide discussion around a Michigan themed book. Through partnerships with libraries, schools, book clubs, and a wide range of other non-profit organizations, the Great Michigan Read facilitates statewide reading and programs to bridge communities around a common conversation. This year’s book is Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley. This event provides you with an opportunity to meet Angeline and learn more about her work!

Know Us: Detroit 2023
2023-10-06 - 2023-10-08 | MI
Know Us: Detroit 2023 celebrates and amplifies the history, culture and progress of Detroit’s Black and Brown communities. Located in the heart of music and culture, Know Us: Detroit 2023 is the premier annual experience for community-centric knowledge, connectivity and collaboration.
Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Bridging Michigan Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

Snapshots & Straight Talk: Devin Allen in Conversation with Imani Mixon
2023-10-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Institute for the Humanities University of Michigan, Institute for the Humanities University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
Devin Allen is a self-taught photographer who gained national attention when his photograph of the Baltimore Uprising was published on the cover of Time magazine in 2015. His book, No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, came out last year and he’s the founder of a youth photography educational program called Through Their Eyes.Imani Mixon was born and raised at the magnetic center of the world’s cultural compass — Detroit, Michigan. She is a long-form storyteller who is inspired by everyday griots who bear witness to their surroundings and report it back out. Equal parts urgent and essential, her multimedia work centers the experiences of Black women and independent artists.Join University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities as Imani Mixon talks to Devin Allen about his life and work, the tension between truth and beauty, capturing community, and maintaining authenticity. This event is part of LSA’s fall 2023 Arts & Resistance theme semester.*

University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities organizes programs that examine and interrogate humanities traditions broadly across space and time. The Institute aims to deepen synergies among the humanities, the arts, and disciplines across the university, and to bring the insights of the humanities to public life.

Great Michigan Read - Author Tour Stop
2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Romeo District Library, 65821 Van Dyke Ave, Washington, Michigan, 48095

Great Michigan Read - Author Tour Stop
2023-09-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Marion Public Library, 120 E Main St, Marion, Michigan, 49665

Great Michigan Read - Author Tour Stop
2023-09-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Antrim Senior, Inc. Community Center, 102 Maple St, Bellaire, Michigan, 49615

Great Michigan Read - Author Tour Stop
2023-09-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, 211 N 1st Ave, Alpena, Michigan, 49707

Jackson Civil War Muster
2023-08-26 09:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 | Cascades Falls Park, 1401 S Brown St, Jackson, Michigan, 49203
The Jackson Civil War Muster is the largest, longest-running Civil War event in the Midwest, welcoming people of all ages. Each year this weekend draws 25,000 to 30,000 from throughout Michigan, Canada, and destinations as far as Sweden. The event encourages visitors to interact with living historians by stepping back in time into the village of Jacksonburg, and to experience the extravagant military ball, as well as witness the excitement of two battles. Last year, the event featured the music of Camp Chase Fife & Drum Core and the United States Christian Commission period Coffee Wagon, both of which will be returning in 2023!
Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Bridging Michigan Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

IN & ON OUR OWN TERMS - Shakespeare in Prison. A Program of Detroit Public Theatre.
2023-08-20 15:00 - 16:30, 2023-08-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Detroit Public Theatre, 3960 Third Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 48201
Join Detroit Public Theatre at the theatre this August for IN & ON OUR OWN TERMS, the first in-person performance featuring SIP alums alongside members of Prison Creative Arts Project‘s Linkage Community! IN & ON OUR OWN TERMS will feature a number of artists sharing stories from their own experience that would not typically be part of the broader narrative about mass incarceration. The performance will not define any artist by the experience of having been incarcerated; rather, it will amplify stories that only these artists can tell—stories that are important to the artists to tell, and an opportunity to use the medium of theatre to share them with the community.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome (but not expected!) at the door. Performances will take place at Detroit Public Theatre (3960 Third Ave., Detroit) on August 19 at 7:00pm and August 20 at 3:00pm. If you’d like to give Detroit Public Theatre a heads up that you think you’ll be there, click here [https://buff.ly/3O27PTZ]. Or just show up! Either way, we hope to see you at the theatre!

Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra 2023
2023-08-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Gallup Park, 271 W. State,, Port Austin, Michigan, 48467
Enjoy a free open air concert in beautiful Gallup Park. Hosted by Port Austin Artist in Residence. Picnic on the hillside and enjoy the perfect acoustics the park has to offer.

Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlewomen
2023-08-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Three Rivers Public Library, 88 N Main St, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093
Join Three Rivers Public Library for a celebration of the local women that helped influence the next generation of women to become physicians, lawyers, professors, and activist ecologists! Sign up is recommended, contact TRPL at 269-273-8666 or go to https://www.eventbrite.com/o/three-rivers-public-library-15891595896

This program is hosted by Three Rivers Public Library in partnership with the Smithsonian’s Spark! Places of Innovation exhibition. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

Pullman Square Summer Concert Series - Descarga Musical playing Norteno, Tierra Caliente and Colombian Cumbia
2023-08-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Pullman Town Square, 5593 109th Ave, Pullman, Michigan, 49450
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Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities –Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

Dinosaur Day with PaleoJoe
2023-08-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Anna Howard Shaw Memorial Park, 428 S Michigan Ave, Big Rapids, Michigan, 49307
PaleoJoe will take the Big Rapids community on a trip back in time to learn about prehistoric animals and plants. This program will be located in the Anna Howard Shaw Memorial Park.

Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

Live From the Carriage Barn Stage featuring The Hackwells
2023-08-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Sanilac County Historic Village & Museum, 228 S. Ridge St, Port Sanilac, MI, 48469
Join the Sanilac County Historic Village and Museum for the 2nd annual concert series! The Hackwells are an Americana/folk/country band. Each member of the band writes and sings lead. They sing about prison graveyards, flea market beauty queens, and other people’s faults. They’re known for alternative country music, delivered with a bit of swagger.

Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities –Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

ASR Cruisin' Through the Decades: Live Music: 80s - Miranda and the M80s
2023-08-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Hamburg Township Library, 10411 Merrill Road, Hamburg, Michigan, 48139
Join the Hamburg Township Library for the Adult Summer Reading ‘Cruisin’ Through the Decades: 60s, 70s & 80s’ Live Music Concert Series. In June there will be music of the 60s, in July music of the 70s and in August the music of the 80s. This is an outdoor concert that will take place by the Library in the park area by the pavilion. Bring a friend! Bring a blanket or settle in on your own lawn chair and listen to some great music from the 1960s. Bring your own Carry-Out and enjoy the fun! Tacos El Mariachi Loco Food Truck will be at this event.
Enjoy the music of the 1980s with ‘Miranda and the M80s’. The band is out of the Lansing area is looking forward to coming down our way.
Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities – Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.

Motown Eagles Tribute Band Concert
2023-08-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Orion Township Library, 825 Joslyn Rd, Lake Orion, Michigan, 48362
Motown Eagles, Detroit’s premier Eagles tribute band since 2016, performs the iconic hits of the Eagles. Join Orion Township Library as they share the timeless music of the Eagles outside on the library’s back lawn. In case of rain, the concert will be moved indoors.

Funding for this program was provided by Michigan Humanities –Arts and Humanities Touring Grant. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Michigan Humanities or the aforementioned entities.
