Joe Veazey, the artist behind the famous Atlanta Rap Map, spent two years eating at 150+ barbecue joints to make this map. It charts 180+ restaurants, 25 barbecue legends, and the full regional history of American barbecue, all painted by hand. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/kVwjV

In the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room: The People’s Bicentennial. Original artifacts document the work of the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC), which challenged the official, corporate-sponsored commemoration of the 1976 bicentennial. https://myumi.ch/nVk1V

Happening NOW in the Clark Library: the opening of "Muted Volumes: Book-objects, patterned papers, and the closed stacks of Buhr," an exhibit of handbound unopenable book-objects as symbolic stand-ins for books languishing in offsite storage. https://myumi.ch/Mpbk6

Zooniverse volunteers helped us transcribe and digitize our collection of letters that were sent to Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre in the aftermath of his War of the Worlds broadcast. Watch "My Dear Mr. Welles: War of the Worlds Fan and Hate Mail": https://myumi.ch/bDZVy

100 years ago on May 12, 1926, the first undisputed sighting of the North Pole took place by airplane! Advances in arctic exploration led to the creation of many maps of the top of our globe in the 1920s, including this one from 1929. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/G2w8E

Ella Hall was a Black landlord and cook in Ann Arbor. Her manuscript cookbook (1920-1940ish) resides in our Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive, and a facsimile will be released by U-M Press in June. Read about Hall, her cookbook, and her cornbread! https://myumi.ch/qw87D

Fri 5/8, Clark Library, 2pm: Giovanni Scorcioni, owner of Facsimile Finder, a provider and maker of high quality facsimiles based in San Marino, gives a presentation on how ornate facsimiles (of manuscript copies from ca. 700-1600 CE) are made. https://myumi.ch/VD5Wg

A yellow submarine, Strawberry Fields, and Penny Lane all on one map! This 1974 pictorial map brings together the birthplaces, homes, schools, and other whimsical imagery associated with each Beatle. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/VD5dM

Thanks for joining us on the Diag to celebrate graduations! We really loved seeing happy grads with their friends and families and dogs. And thanks to President Grasso and his adorable dog for joining in the fun! #GoBlue #MGoGrad

You made it to the end, grads, and we're honored to have been part of your journey. We're here cheering you on and encouraging you to keep growing, changing, and learning! #MGoGrad #GoBlue

Bring your camera/phone and your friends/family — we're cold but cheerful and back on the Diag taking photos! Take photos with our giant block M until 6pm today. Free! Congratulations, grads! #GoBlue #MGoGrad

Bring your camera/phone — we're on the Diag right now taking photos. We're happy to capture just the grad...or your entire happy gang! Congratulations, graduates! #GoBlue #MGoGrad @umich.edu#GoBlue

Road trip! A Toledo Museum of Art exhibit features some unique, rarely-seen items from our collection. "Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World" includes items from our collection of papyri and our Campbell Bonner Collection of Magical Amulets: https://myumi.ch/RQxJw

Thursday/Friday, 1-6pm: Memorialize your time at the University of Michigan! Bring a camera/phone and we'll help capture photos of you and your friends and family — cap and gown not required. Look for the large block M on the Diag in front of the Hatcher Library. #GoBlue #MGoGrad

Summer is almost upon us! And where better to visit than Northern Michigan? This 1910 map depicts the “delightful vacation land,” including fishing locations, train routes, and a close-up of Mackinac Island. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/QwyAj

TODAY in Shapiro, 6-8pm: Paws and unwind during this stressful exam time! Pet, play with, and bask in the presence of therapy dogs from Therapaws of Michigan. Also enjoy fun crafts, activities and swag!

You're almost there, and we're here for you! You can study 24 hours at Shapiro as usual Sunday-Friday, plus we're staying open late (until midnight) this Friday and Saturday. Wishing all U-M students stellar results on finals!

TODAY: Step into a musical journey spanning more than 500 years, tracing Korea’s evolving soundscape from the reign of King Sejong (15th century) to today’s global phenomenon of K-pop. Drop by Asia Library (4th fl Hatcher), 4-6pm, for this pop-up exhibit: https://myumi.ch/Qw2Z8

Earth Day is this week, so we’re sharing a City of Ann Arbor Green Map from our collection. This map showcases environmental centers, museums, parks, and scientific sites in the area, all of which advance our town’s sustainability. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/pVnW5

The end is nigh. We know students are studying for finals, so we're keeping the Shapiro Library open late on Friday and Saturday for the next two weekends as they (you?) study for finals. We'll still be open overnight Sunday-Friday.

TODAY, 4-6p: Third Thursdays at the Library open houses: https://myumi.ch/egXd2 * East Asian Dragons in Art, Literature, & Festive Traditions * Detroit: A City of Neighborhoods, Featuring the Art of Sam Karres * The Lawrence Kasdan Papers * Coastal Areas and Their Communities

4/14 (today): At our ongoing Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) you can network with other artists, share your works in progress, get feedback from peers, and learn new skills. All are welcome. https://myumi.ch/3RwEP

4/15: Join the U-M African Studies Center for "Digitization, Preservation and Performance of the Archive: How to Build a Library." It starts at 2pm with a panel discussion in Tisch Hall, with a later documentary screening at UMMA. The details: https://myumi.ch/5k7zg

4/16, 4-6p: Third Thursdays at the Library open houses: https://myumi.ch/egXd2 * Detroit: A City of Neighborhoods, Featuring the Art of Sam Karres * The Lawrence Kasdan Papers * Coastal Areas and Their Communities * East Asian Dragons in Art, Literature, & Festive Traditions

Newly arrived Evercade Cartridges. We have console and handheld Evercade systems to play these.

The Grand Canyon was designated as a national park in 1919. This 1940 “hysterical” map colorfully depicts the canyon through cartoon details and satirical commentary, even asking if it’s a “trifle overdone." #MapMonday Find it in the Clark Library: https://myumi.ch/4mAyE

4/14 (Tuesday), 4-6pm, Shapiro Library: Paws and unwind during this stressful exam time! Pet, play with, and simply bask in the presence of dogs from Therapaws of Michigan. Also enjoy fun crafts, activities, and swag! #LibraryStudentAmbassadors https://myumi.ch/15D3p

4/13: Bring your personal electronics to the Hatcher Gallery on Monday for recycling! While you're there, learn about campus waste reduction programs and Planet Blue Ambassador reuse and repair initiatives. Get the details: https://myumi.ch/4mA9w

4/14, Hatcher Gallery, 5:30pm: Join us for a screening of the documentary The Librarians (2025), which explores the national battle over book banning in the U.S., followed by a panel discussion of the film. You can also browse a banned book display. https://myumi.ch/w92WX

4/10: Join us for “AI in Language Instruction,” a panel comprised of U-M instructors of Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, and Urdu, who will share their approaches to integrating AI into language teaching and learning. You can join in person or online. https://myumi.ch/79zJ5

4/10, Shapiro Gallery, 10am-noon: Stop by on Friday to support students' work at the Shapiro Student Filmfest! Treat yourself to light refreshments and watch short films created by U-M students. https://myumi.ch/8qWJG

4/9: Aisha Imam, director of the Reed Society for the Sacred Arts, leads a discussion with calligraphers and an illumination artist who specialize in Ottoman classical book arts. Stay to view pieces from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. https://myumi.ch/R3PQd

Experience art and life through an artist's eyes, with scenes of music, dance, restaurants, and faces from Detroit's Greektown community. View this exhibit in the Clark Library, 2nd floor Hatcher. Echoes of the Past: Greektown as Seen by Sam Karres: https://myumi.ch/G2j6q

4/9: Learn about The Alternative Press from conversation between poet and scholar Rebecca Kosick and co-founder Ken Mikolowski. A Life's Work in Boxes: Perspectives on Archival Collecting and Research: https://myumi.ch/G2X7q

This Japanese map turns Buddhist cosmology into geography, and the whole thing was carved into a single woodblock in the 1700s! Every line you see was cut by hand, in reverse, before being pressed onto paper. Zoom in on the details here: https://myumi.ch/A1q24 #MapMonday

Explore the artistry, symbolism, and regional diversity of traditional Syrian garments. On display in the rotunda of the Clark Library (2nd floor Hatcher) — Threads of Heritage: Syrian Textiles as Living History. https://myumi.ch/Xy9JQ

Curator Juli McLoone shares her experience making (and tasting) Malinda Russell's Indian Meal Batter Bread (1866). Russell's "A Domestic Cook Book" is the oldest known cookbook by an African American woman. Maybe you'll be inspired to make this cornbread? https://myumi.ch/4m73Q

TODAY: Explore erasure as an artistic practice, archival condition, and lived political reality. Join this half-day symposium in the Hatcher Gallery. https://myumi.ch/pVGPA

U-M faculty, students, staff. Having a hard time finding an article or book or book chapter? Place a request, and we'll find it for you — from our stacks, from within our e-resources, or from anywhere in the world. We'll track it down! https://myumi.ch/bVmPe

3/31: Maxamed Abu-maye, assistant professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Ohio State University, speaks on his project, "Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence." https://myumi.ch/n1PJN

Did you know that there are 13 major volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest? This map colorfully visualizes why: at the Cascadia subduction zone, the Juan de Fuca Plate slides beneath North America, creating several explosive volcanoes. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/D8ER8

3/31: Plan ahead to spend Tuesday evening playing a wide array of video games and board games with your friends! The Computer and Video Game Archive in the Shapiro Library will have its doors open for exploration. You could win library swag! https://myumi.ch/MkymA

4/1: In honor of the 30th National Poetry Month, join us for a half-day symposium exploring erasure as an artistic practice, archival condition, and lived political reality. See the full schedule: https://myumi.ch/pVGPA

3/27, 12-2pm: Learn about the art of zines, handmade booklets focusing on niche topics. Create your own zine from a piece of paper, art supplies, and newspaper scraps — or bring your own zines to distribute and trade! Zine Make and Trade Day: https://myumi.ch/Z2d5y

3/31: Don't miss next week's conversation between Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Lynette Clemetson, director of Wallace House Center for Journalists, as they reflect on the 250th anniversary of the United States. https://myumi.ch/xwWMN

3/26: Join us in a community-based art event! Using short writing/drawing prompts about mixed race identities, we hope you'll help us populate a community-created mosaic of responses. https://myumi.ch/5kZXV

3/26: Learn about the role of neighborhood taverns as sites for gathering and political mobilization after the Revolutionary War. Join us in person or via Zoom for "Taverns and the Post-Revolutionary Republican Experiment" with Kirsten Wood: https://myumi.ch/4mZpP

An upcoming visit by three practitioners of Ottoman classical book arts offers the rare opportunity for a look at how contemporary artists learn from their mentors, even those whose works are centuries old. Read about it: https://myumi.ch/E8bdG

3/24, 6-8pm: Join us in the Design Lab (Shapiro Library) on Tuesday for another Creative Arts Meetup. Network with other artists, share your works in progress, get feedback from peers, and learn new skills. https://myumi.ch/e3dJw

Read the 2nd installment about our rare atlas from 1570, Abraham Ortelius’s "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (Theater of the World). Learn about Ortelius, how he obtained maps, and the provenance of our copy of the atlas: https://myumi.ch/VV9xx #MapMonday