Bestselling novelist Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin, among others, is joined by Michigan Public host April Baer to discuss how literature and storytelling foster openness, compassion, and imagination. Followed at 7 p.m. by a Community Story Exchange, a workshop in which participants pair with another attendee, share a personal story in response to a shared prompt, and then retell their partner’s story in the first person. 5:30 p.m., UMMA, Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State. Free. (734) 936–3518.