Thursday, September 5, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium
“Doc” Fletcher,
The History of Tiger Stadium
On September 27, 1999, the last professional baseball game was played in Tiger Stadium, ending a history of professional athletics at Detroit’s “The Corner,” Michigan and Trumball, that began in 1895. Hear the story of the field and the players who graced it.
Monday, September 23, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium
George Colburn,
Young Hemingway and His Enduring Eden: The Michigan Years, 1899-1921
Enjoy a new documentary exploring Northern Michigan’s role in the development of Nobel Laureate
Ernest Hemingway.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium
Presentation and two exhibit openings - one event!
Join us to celebrate the works of the three photographers, whose combined 66 years of service to CMU literally shaped visual history of the University. Honoring Peggy Brisbane, Robert Barclay, and Steve Jessmore. On the same night, an exhibit featuring personal works of these photographers opens in the Baber Room:
Hands, Blues & Views.
Shaping Memories Through 3 Lenses
On exhibit in the Clarke Historical Library, Sept. 26, 2019 – Feb. 2020
Hands, Blues & Views - Personal Work of Peggy Brisbane, Robert Barclay & Steve Jessmore
On display in the Baber Room, Sept. 23 - Nov. 27, 2019
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium
George Robson, Bath Schoolhouse Disaster
On May 18, 1927, violence in Bath Township, Michigan (12 miles north of Lansing) killed 38 elementary school age children and 6 adults, and left another 58 people injured. Learn about the school board treasurer who took revenge on a community he believed had wronged him. This presentation is made possible by the John and Audrey Cumming Endowment.
Monday, October 14, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium
An Evening with Poet Tess Gallagher
Tess Gallagher is an award-winning poet, essayist, and short story writer. She is one of the last, still active writers to have studied creative writing under Theodore Roethke, the Saginaw-raised, Pulitzer Prize—winning poet. The presentation is made possible, in part, by the Friends of Theodore Roethke, a non-profit organization in Saginaw, Michigan.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium
Nicole M. Watson, The Michigan Grayling
In the nineteenth century, the grayling was among Michigan’s most well-known sport fish. By the early twentieth century, it was extinct throughout the state. Learn about the grayling’s history and the efforts
to return it to Michigan’s rivers.