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Sep 17 2026

Holly Bass, a Black woman wearing an American flag head wrap and a red jacket.

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Holly Bass: We Hold These Truths 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater

Sep 22 2026

A Black man sits, laughing, in a studio filled with colorful beads

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Olayami Dabls: Culture Keeper 5:30 pm Location: Rackham Auditorium

Sep 24 2026

A man wearing a pink shirt walks through a beaded curtain created to show the images of Black figures

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet, Beyond the Eye: Image, Memory, and the Afterlives of Empire 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater

Oct 01 2026

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Vijay Gupta: Book of Hours 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater

Oct 08 2026

A procession of people: the two leading it hold either end of a long wooden pole, draped with bundles of dried grasses.

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Amy Franceschini / Futurefarmers: Presence as Practice 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater

Oct 12 2026

An image from a museum diorama shows native americans gathered for a burial ceremony

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Aanikoobijigan: [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater

Oct 15 2026

An Adidas sneaker designed by Shane Ward

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Shane Ward: Fearless by Design 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater

Oct 22 2026

An art installation blending computer server racks, black cooling fans, and white panels decorated with intricate gold floral patterns against a brick wall.

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Holly Herndon: Protocol 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater

Oct 29 2026

The Beast, surprised, holds Belle in this still from the Disney animated adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES James Baxter: Animation, It’s Alive! 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater

Nov 05 2026

An interactive art installation featuring a large glowing screen that reads "SAY OUT LOUD **MY VOICE HAS POWER**" next to four red vintage floor lamps with numbered shades and telephone receivers.

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley 5:30 pm Location: Michigan Theater