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“Third Thursdays at the Library”: U-M Library
Monthly open house featuring rotating highlights from the library’s Special Collections Research Center, maps from the Clark Library, and items from other collections. Curators on hand to answer questions. 6th fl.: “Homerathon.” Manuscripts and early printed editions of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. 4th fl.: “Mushi no Utaawase Emaki Scroll.” Display of a portion of a 56-foot-long 19th-century Japanese picture scroll. 2nd fl.: “Go for Gold! Snowy Maps for the Winter Olympics.” Maps and atlases that feature snow sports like skiing and snowmobiling, along with maps of Olympic venues from years past. 1st fl.: “From Itsy Bitsy Spider to Anansi: Tales and Nursery Rhymes Around the World.” Display of nursery rhymes, poems, and songs used to teach children language and impart cultural values and beliefs. 4–6 p.m., Hatcher Library, enter from the Diag. Free. (734) 936–2309.
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