What brings a pair of Pulitzer Prize winners to town in May? Nope, it’s not the U-M commencement. Novelists Richard Ford and Jeffrey Eugenides will be at 826Michigan’s “Storymakers Dinner” at Zingerman’s Roadhouse on May 12 to promote an anthology Ford edited for the benefit of the youth literacy group. In an April visit to Ann Arbor, Ford explained that as a solitary writer, “you don’t get to do too much for anybody,” so he welcomed the invitation to put together Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work. Along with Ford and Eugenides, ZZ Packer, Junot Diaz, Alice Munro, and a third Pulitzer Prize winner, Jhumpi Lahiri, all contributed to the collection. Tickets to the $100 fund-raiser are scarce, but the book’s on sale for $16.99 at 826’s Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair store.
Upcoming Events
- September 7, 2025 Annual Turner’s Trot 5K: U-M American Student Dental Association 9:00 am
- September 7, 2025 Annual Used Book Sale: American Association of University Women 10:00 am
- September 7, 2025 Plant Show & Sale: Michigan Cactus & Succulent Society/Southeast Michigan Bromeliad Society 10:00 am
- September 7, 2025 “Innovather”: Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum 10:00 am
- September 7, 2025 Country Fair: Wiard’s Orchards 11:00 am
- September 7, 2025 Mah-jongg Open Play: Ann Arbor District Library 11:00 am
- September 7, 2025 Sunday Artisan Market 11:00 am
- September 7, 2025 “Elemental Ecstatic Dance”: Our Play Ground 11:00 am
- September 7, 2025 “Investigate Labs”: U-M Museum of Natural History 11:00 am
- September 7, 2025 “Rally Day”: Northside Community Church 11:00 am
- September 7, 2025 “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”: Michigan Theater 11:00 am
- September 7, 2025 H.A.C. Ultimate 11:15 am
- September 7, 2025 Contact Improv 11:30 am
- September 7, 2025 Critter House Open Hours: Leslie Science & Nature Center 12:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 Group Runs: A2 Runners 12:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 One-Year Anniversary Party: Hear.Say Brewing + Theater 12:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 Open Board Games: Sylvan Factory 12:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 “Creature Encounters”: The Creature Conservancy 12:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 “Urinetown”: Professional Youth Theatre of Michigan 12:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 “Out of the Water and Back Again: A Whale’s Tale”: U-M Museum of Natural History Discovery Demos 12:30 pm
- September 7, 2025 52nd Anniversary Jamboree: Dawn Farm Benefit 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 Drop-In Knitting: Spun 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 Flower Farm Fall Open House 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 Letterpress Open Lab: Ann Arbor District Library 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 Shape Note Singing: Ann Arbor Sacred Harp 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 Tour: Kempf House Museum 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 U-M Field Hockey 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 U-M Women’s Soccer 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 “Fall Garden Tour”: The Good Thyme Garden Club 1:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 “Walking with Whales Tour”: U-M Museum of Natural History 1:30 pm
- September 7, 2025 DJ Workshop: Ann Arbor District Library 2:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 Sunday Drop-In Tour: U-M Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 2:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 U-M Volleyball 2:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 “Megamind”: Ann Arbor District Library 2:00 pm
- September 7, 2025 “Writing Through Play”: Ann Arbor District Library 2:00 pm