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We're thrilled to announce acquisition of the papers of screenwriter and director Lawrence Kasdan, adding them to our Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Collection. Kasdan is the most successful filmmaker ever to have graduated from @UMich. myumi.ch/D8qxE
Apply for the Anti-Racist Digital Research Institute (a week-long institute + mini-grant). We'll provide knowledge & resources to help you build skills in anti-racist research methods & digital methods to advance your project. Apply 11/13 to 12/19 2025. myumi.ch/kP1r1
11/13, 6pm, Hatcher Gallery: Watch a screening of the 2024 documentary Made in Ethiopia, which follows three women's search for prosperity as Chinese factory complexes expand in rural Ethiopia. Director Xinyan Yu & Professor Kelly Askew will join the Q&A. myumi.ch/W6w7R
Have you heard of Marie Tharp? A revolutionary in cartography, she collaborated with Bruce Heezen to produce the 1st scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor, revealing it was covered with canyons, ridges, & mountains. #MapMonday The Floor of the Oceans: myumi.ch/W6gND
11/11: Join us for a Creative Arts Meetup — an open, mixed-media session where artists, makers, and community members are welcome to show their work, create, collaborate, network, or simply hang out. We'll have art supplies on hand for open-lab projects. myumi.ch/e3dJw
Celebrate Native American heritage, history, art, languages, and traditions. We offer resources and collections, including movies. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth myumi.ch/4m5z3
Register for a workshop on painting and drawing portraits on salvaged materials. No experience needed, and we'll provide the materials! Nov 11, 5-7pm, in the Shapiro Gallery. Cardboard Reliquary: A Portraiture Workshop with Narsiso Martinez: myumi.ch/4m5JP
Today 2-6pm: Play video games! Stop by the Shapiro Gallery (3rd floor) to play and learn from these Indigenous video games in recognition of Native American Heritage Month: "Never Alone," and "When Rivers Were Trails." myumi.ch/z92Rb
Applications are open for our research fellowships! These fellowships support researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections. Applications are due 30 January 2026! Learn more at myumi.ch/z9x98
Justice InDeed published an interactive map so residents can search for Washtenaw County properties to see if they have racially restrictive covenants, plus a DIY toolkit to help homeowners & neighborhoods repeal racist restrictions from their properties: myumi.ch/z92R9
Wed 11/5, 2-6pm: Play video games! Stop by the Shapiro Gallery (3rd floor) to play and learn from these Indigenous video games in recognition of Native American Heritage Month: "Never Alone," and "When Rivers Were Trails." myumi.ch/z92Rb
Did you know that Isle Royale is one of the least-visited national parks in the U.S.? This 1939 pictorial map depicts the rich history and wildlife of the island, capturing its remote wilderness long before it became a national park. #MapMonday myumi.ch/P3wdP
Miss Parloa was a household name in late 19th century America. Juli McLoone, curator of the library's Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive, tried an October-appropriate recipe from Miss Parloa's 1897 cookbook: fried apples. Read the blog post: myumi.ch/NrQJj
Congratulations to Education Librarian Karen E. Downing, recipient of the faculty senate University Librarian Achievement Award for 2025. So well deserved! myumi.ch/15PQM
Friday: Watch frightening foreign-language movies in the Hatcher Gallery on Halloween! Free. With subtitles. Viewer discretion is advised. myumi.ch/z9gQr 10:00 a.m. — Tetsuo the Iron Man — Japan 11:25 a.m. — Bacurau — Brazil 1:45 p.m. — Possession — UK & Germany
On this day in 1938, "The War of the Worlds" broadcast by Orson Welles supposedly caused panic across the country — it was a drama about a Martian invasion, presented as breaking news. Explore 1300+ fan letters to find out what the audience really thought: myumi.ch/79mVG
The (very cool) rare books on display in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor) represent topics about the art and history of bookbinding — from essays in the books series "Suave Mechanicals." myumi.ch/3REQz
Today,10/28: Use a proof press to print your own recipe cards: Apple Fritters from The American Cottage Cookery-Book (1856), Fried Apples from Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper (1897), or both! In the Shapiro Gallery, 4-5pm. myumi.ch/A1G5A
Our library student ambassadors plan student-focused events, and last Friday that meant a Creepy Crafts Party. The Michigan Daily was there: myumi.ch/bVNzr
Today, 6pm on Zoom: a vampire film! Watch & discuss "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979). The film is a contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the cross of not being able to get old and die. You still have time to register & get the link: myumi.ch/D8Zjx
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