Skip to main content

Posts tagged with events in Blog Beyond the Reading Room

Showing 1 - 10 of 110 items
two men positioned around a film camera, one with eye to the lens
•
  • Philip A Hallman
The Lawrence Kasdan Papers: Previews of Coming Attractions
Join us this Thursday, April 16th, between 4-6p for our final Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester featuring the Lawrence Kasdan Papers!
lines of arabic text framed by marbled borders and floral designs in gold and colors
•
  • Evyn Kropf
This week: Islamic calligraphy and illumination in the library
Join us this week for a conversation and collection visit with artists specializing in Ottoman classical book arts!
Head and shoulder photo of a blonde woman smiling and holding some kind of small baked good (maybe cake or cornbread?)
•
  • Juli McLoone
CANCELED | Making Sense of the American South through Baking
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been canceled, but we plan to reschedule for Fall 2026.

Join us on Friday, April 17th from 2:00-300pm in the Hatcher Gallery Event Space for the first Longone Lecture, a biennial lecture series exploring the history of food and drink in the United States. We are delighted to welcome our first speaker, Rebecca Sharpless, Professor of History at Texas Christian University. Dr. Sharpless writes on the intersections of food, women, and work in the American South. This event is hybrid and a zoom link is also available.
conservator in lab with hands extended over pages from a rare book in a treatment bath
•
  • Marieka Kaye
Conservation Close-up
Join us this Thursday, March 19th, between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester featuring conservation work!
Bearded and top-hatted Uncle Sam figure pointing at the viewer next to event title "The Price of Milk"
•
  • Juli McLoone
The Price of Milk | Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
Please join the Special Collections Research Center and the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative at 5:00pm on Thursday, March 12th for a screening of episode 4 of the documentary series The Price of Milk: The Kids Are Not Alright, followed by a panel discussion with Oatly Global VP of Sustainability Erin Augustine and Food Studies scholar Margot Finn.
Slide depicting three books on rum, Coffee, and Taverns, with small inset headshots of authors, and a series title "Drinking the Revolution" along the bottom
•
  • Juli McLoone
Drinking the Revolution: A Lecture Series
The William L. Clements Library; the University of Michigan Library, Special Collections Research Center; and the U.S. at 250 program invite you to join a three-part series titled "Drinking the Revolution," exploring the role of beverages in Revolutionary America and the Early Republic. The first lecture will take place on Thursday, Jan. 22nd, 4-5:30pm in the Hatcher Gallery. Join us in person or via zoom.
Rectangular covers and pentagonal flap with bands of colorful floral vegetal designs surrounded by brown leather frame boarders
•
  • Juli McLoone
Book Cloth: From Textile Bindings to Fashionable Fabric Samples
Join us this Thursday, January 15th, between 4-6p for our first Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
colorful painted landscape scene with beach, boats and cargo at water's edge, boats, and rainbow over the sea
•
  • Juli McLoone
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Join us this Thursday, December 18th, between 4-6p for our final Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
woman sitting on a man's back on a set with cameras and director's chair
•
  • Katie Marie Jones
Ezra Stone: The Busiest Man in Hollywood
Join us this Thursday, November 20th, between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
undyed canvas straitjacket on a half body mannequin
•
  • Katie Marie Jones
Rare BOO👻ks and other Spooky Selections from Special Collections
Join us this Thursday, October 16th, between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!