A series that includes:

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Hatcher North Lobby: Someone Talked! - World War II Posters from the U-M Library

Library Gallery:  United We Win:  The University of Michigan During World War II, an exhibit of photographs, posters, and other materials from the collections of the U-M Library and the Bentley Historical Library.

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November 11, Veteran's Day, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Library Gallery:  CD release party celebrating SOMEONE TALKED! MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II featuring Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano; Robert White, tenor; William Bolcom, piano; and Hazen Schumacher, narrator; with a special appearance by students from Joan Morris' class in Cabaret Performance. The performers will offer a generous sampling of songs and narration from the CD, conceived to resemble a radio show of the times.

November 17, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Library Gallery: Michigan on the March, A presentation about life on the University of Michigan campus during World War II.  The program will include a brief talk by Brian A. Williams, Associate Archivist, Bentley Historical Library, and excerpts from the film Michigan on the March which was produced by the University of Michigan News Service in 1944.

November 19, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Library Gallery:  Film screening of the Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, a 1980 documentary on women who entered the labor force at defense plants and other workplaces outside the home duing World War II.  Introduced by Beth Strickland, Women's Studies Librarian at the Uniersity of Michigan.

The performance and exhibit made possible in part by gifts from Pearson M. and Robert C. Macek and Bernard J. Sivak, M.D.