Town Hall
Bestselling Author – Denise Kiernan
University of Michigan Union Ballroom 530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesDenise Kiernan has been working as a writer for nearly 20 years. Her most recent book, The Girls of Atomic City, is a New York Times, LA Times, and NPR bestseller. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Discover, and many more publications. She has also … Continue reading "Bestselling Author – Denise Kiernan"
Generational Study Pioneer – Chuck Underwood
WCC - Morris Lawrence Building 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesChuck Underwood is one of the founding scholars who pioneered the field of generational study. As founder/principal of The Generational Imperative, Inc., he travels throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe for consulting assignments, training seminars, research, and keynote speaking engagements. He also authors magazine and newspaper columns, guest lectures at colleges, and is regularly interviewed … Continue reading "Generational Study Pioneer – Chuck Underwood"
Author, Newspaper Columnist, Speaker – Rochelle Pennington
WCC - Morris Lawrence Building 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesRochelle Pennington is an award-winning newspaper columnist and is the author of ten books including Highlighted in Yellow (available in four languages; co-authored with H. Jackson Brown), The Historic Christmas Tree Ship (featured on national television), and An Old-Fashioned Christmas (a Midwest Booksellers Choice Award nomination for outstanding non-fiction, 2009). Her work has been included … Continue reading "Author, Newspaper Columnist, Speaker – Rochelle Pennington"
American Historian, Authority on Lincoln and the Civil War – Louis Masur
Louis Masur is a Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University. A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and Princeton University, he is a cultural historian who has written on a variety of topics. His most recent work is Lincoln’s Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction & The Crisis of … Continue reading "American Historian, Authority on Lincoln and the Civil War – Louis Masur"
Interpreter of American and European Music – Orin Grossman
WCC - Morris Lawrence Building 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesOrin Grossman has been delighting audiences the world over with his unique approach to performing and explaining great American and European music. Dr. Grossman began piano theory instruction at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of five. He studied music at Harvard College, graduating magna cum laude and continued his … Continue reading "Interpreter of American and European Music – Orin Grossman"
Town Hall: James Delgado, Underwater Explorer, Archaeologist, Journalist and Historian
WCC - Morris Lawrence Building 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesJames Delgado, maritime archaeologist, has spent decades in the fascinating world of underwater exploration, from diving in the shallows to supervising cutting-edge modern expeditions that have spanned the seven seas. He has worked on some of the most famous shipwreck sites in history, such as the RMS Titanic and the USS Arizona. His expeditions have … Continue reading "Town Hall: James Delgado, Underwater Explorer, Archaeologist, Journalist and Historian"
Town Hall: Tina Rivers Ryan – Art Historian and Critic
WCC - Morris Lawrence Building 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesArt Historian Tina Rivers Ryan is currently Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Ryan earned a B.A. from Harvard, three Master’s Degrees, and a Ph.D. from Columbia, and specializes in art from the 1960s to present day, with a focus on the uses of new media technologies. … Continue reading "Town Hall: Tina Rivers Ryan – Art Historian and Critic"
Town Hall: Colin Woodard
Virtual Lecture by Zoom"American Nations: The Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America" - An award-winning author and journalist whose books include American Nations: A History of The Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, which was named a book of the year by The New Republic and The Globalist and won the Maine Literary Prize for Non-Fiction, … Continue reading "Town Hall: Colin Woodard"
Town Hall: Joseph Luzzi
Virtual Lecture by Zoom"The Power of Literature in a Time of Crisis" - Joseph Luzzi is an award-winning author and widely sought after speaker whose recent books include My Two Italies, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, History, and the Mysteries of Love, a Vanity … Continue reading "Town Hall: Joseph Luzzi"
Town Hall: Carol Berkin
Virtual Lecture by Zoom"Revolutionary Mothers" - This former Presidential Professor of History brings the early days of our country to life as she examines the times, the issues and the personalities of our Founders. She explodes myths of the American Revolution, examines the evolution of the US Constitution from concept to passage, and sheds light on some early … Continue reading "Town Hall: Carol Berkin"
