Community Calendar

Gary Graham is an American fashion designer and artist. He founded his eponymous women’s wear line in New York City in 1999, gaining notice for its exquisite detailing, fine craftsmanship, and historical erudition. For twenty years, his designs were sold at his Tribeca retail flagship store and through luxury retailers worldwide. He now produces small-batch collections in his rural upstate New York studio under the moniker GaryGraham422, drawing inspiration from historical figures and antique textiles to create visionary 21st-century fashion.

Alongside his design work, he maintains a robust artistic practice. Working with institutions such as the Old Manse, Hancock Shaker Village, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, and the American Folk Art Museum, Graham has created installations, clothing collections, drawings, and sculpture inspired by these sites’ histories, architecture, and curated objects. His talk, Extracting Ghosts, will focus on his research-based, site-specific work.

He has collaborated with artists such as Kara Walker (costume design for her 2024 – 2026 installation Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), currently on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) and Meredith Monk (the 2015 sound installation The Conversation at the Peabody Essex Museum). His work is held in the permanent collections of the Peabody Essex Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. In his only foray into reality TV, he was a finalist on season two of the Amazon fashion design competition series Making the Cut.

Graham earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. He currently holds a teaching position in the Textiles Department at the Rhode Island School of Design.

With support from Design Core Detroit.

This project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.

Series presenting partners: Detroit PBS, ALL ARTS, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.

You won't want to miss this family friendly 5K "Fore the Cause" that will be held on Green Oaks Golf Course. The event will be timed by A2 Race management. Whether you are a competitive runner or just want to get out and walk/run with family and friends, this is the race for you! You will make your way around the course passing fairways, bunkers, ponds and greens. this course is fully enclosed and will be on natural surfaces.

Medals will be given to the top 3 finishers in each age category (age breakdown dependent on number of registrations).
Will be held rain or shine. Race day registration opens at 7:00am. Race starts at 8:00am

All proceeds from this event benefit the Art Serafinski Scholarship Fund. The scholarship named in honor of former longtime director Art Serafinski, has a purpose to provide youth recreation opportunities with our department.

This scholarship is need-based and designed to allow children up to age 17 to participate in our recreation classes and leagues at a discounted rate if eligible. Those eligible will receive 50% off their registration fees and up to $250 in aid per child per calendar year.

The Michigan Art Gallery at Schmidt's Antiques proudly announces the opening of a major retrospective exhibition featuring over fifty never-before-seen European and American landscape paintings as well as portraits by renowned Ann Arbor artist Leon Makielski (1885–1974).
The European works were painted during Makielski’s early years studying and traveling across the continent, primarily in Paris. The American works include atmospheric scenes from Vermont, painted during travels to New England around the time Makielski met poet Robert Frost, and landscapes from Virginia, drawn from visits to his family in Appalachia.
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 6th, 2025 / 3PM-7PM
Public Exhibition & Sale: Open every Saturday until October 11th / 9AM-5PM
Works will be available for purchase in the gallery and online at www.michiganartgallery.com.
*Please note: This sale is on the third floor of our gallery, which is a converted 1910s barn without elevator access. Please email info@schmidtsantiques.com or call 734-434-2660 with any inquiries regarding access.
To learn more about The Michigan Art Gallery, please contact:
The Michigan Art Gallery at Schmidt's Antiques 5138 W. Michigan Avenue Ypsilanti, MI 48197 @michiganartgallery @schmidtsantiquesinc (T) 734-434-2660 (E) info@schmidtsantiques.com

Join the Kelsey Museum for our Fall Family Day as we explore what archaeology is, the technology archaeologists use to uncover the past, and the challenges facing the field today! We will have archaeologists on-site to showcase the technology and robotics they employ to investigate both land and sea.

This event is free and open to the public and will feature hands-on activities and gallery tours. We encourage FIRST® Robotics LEGO® League groups to attend. Learn more at https://myumi.ch/Q6njG.

Alla Boara seeks to bring recognition and new life to Italy’s diverse history of regional folk music. Their modern arrangements of traditional folk songs are variously surprising, playful, mournful, tender and bewitching.

Their dynamic work aims to inspire audiences of all ethnic heritages to treasure their musical roots and consider historical songs’ contemporary cultural relevance. The group has received critical acclaim for its originality and accessibility.

Nearly fifty years ago, a groundbreaking moment changed the course of history. On
October 7, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed Public Law 94-106, opening enrollment
to women at all US service academies.

On the 50th anniversary of that signing, Kathleen Kornahrens will tell of her experience
as a member of the first class to include women at the US Air Force Academy. She will
be joined by her classmate Colonel Gail Colvin, USAF (Ret.) to examine the legacy of
President Ford’s signature.

Following the talk there will be a sale and signing of Kathleen’s book, “Bring Me Men…”
Brought Women: Marching with the First Female Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Thursday, October 9
3:00 – 5:00 pm: Check in, Meet and Greet
4:30 pm: $10 table sale #1
Dinner On Your Own
6:00 – 8:00 pm: Photo Exhibit Opening with Cheryl Chedister

Friday, October 10
9:00 – 5:00 pm: Argus Museum Open to the Public
Off-site – Photo Walk with Jared Haas
Photo Contest: Shoot in Ann Arbor: turn film in at 4:00 pm Friday, October 10
4:00 – 7:00 pm: Drop-in Open House
5:00 pm: $10 table sale #2
6:00 pm: On-site informal dinner (suggested donation)
7:00 pm: Presentation: Jason Kluttz, X-Ray photography

Saturday, October 11
9:30 am: Meet and Greet breakfast (suggested donation)
9:30 am: Silent Auction Opens
10:00 am: Presentation: Cheryl Chedister - Photographic Show presentation and discussion
11:00 am: Presentation: Argus Museum updates, Fundraising Efforts/Results, updates on the museum revamp.
Noon: On-site informal Lunch (suggested donation)
1:00 pm: $10 table sale #3 or Free table
2:00 pm: Keynote Presentation: Jim Widergren - Around the World in 1976: Discovering Photography with an Argus C3
4:00 pm: Annual Membership Meeting with Zoom
6:00 pm: On-site informal dinner (suggested donation)
Photo Contest Results
7:00 pm: Live Auction
7:30 pm: Silent Auction ends
8:00 pm: Close

The Pretty 'n' Pink Luncheon with Special Guest Kim Adams of WDIV TV as our Emcee. All proceeds benefit the HOPE Retreat for Breast Cancer Survivors, a Sisters HOPE program. 10:00 am Boutique Shopping, Raffle, Cash Bar 12:00 pm Lunch is served. Special "Program Elevate Your Style! Timeless Tips by Mary Morang"

At the intersection of theatre, performance and media arts, Émilie Monnet’s work is most often presented in the form of interdisciplinary theatre or performative installations. Her artistic approach favours collaborative and multilingual creative processes, and explores themes of memory, history, transformation and love.

In 2011, she founded Onishka Productions to build bridges and nurture relationships between Indigenous artists and communities throughout the world, notably via the Indigenous Contemporary Scene platform, which has presented events in Montréal at Musée de l’art contemporain, Festival TransAmériques, and Offta; and in Edinburgh at both the International Festival and Fringe. Her work Marguerite: le feu received acclaim at the Festival d’Avignon in 2023, and was presented at the National Arts Centre in June 2025. Nigamon/​Tunai, the performance installation co-created with Indigenous artist Waira Nina from the Colombian Amazon, premiered at Festival TransAmériques in May 2025 and toured Colombia and Brazil.

She also often collaborates with other Indigenous artists to bring their visions to the stage. Her latest credits include directing Uvattini, the multimedia performance of Elisapie’s latest album, as well as directing a theatrical adaptation of Michel Jean’s bestselling novel Kukum.Émilie’s mother is Algonquin Anishinaabe and her father is French. She currently lives in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyaang / Montréal.

Presented in partnership with the University Musical Society.

This project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.

Series presenting partners: Detroit PBS, ALL ARTS, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.

CREDIT:
Performer: Wendat performer Catherine Dagenais-Savard. Image by Pascal Gely/​Hans Lucas.