Performances & Events
North University and Thayer Street directly adjacent to Hill Auditorium will be closed for construction during the 2026 fall semester. We recommend event attendees arrive early, anticipate limited parking, and consider public transit options.
Construction will limit access to the Thayer Street Parking Structure. The Power Center Fletcher Street Parking Structure or the Palmer Structure are the nearest alternatives.
Increased traffic and limited parking may impact attendees of events at Hill Auditorium, Rackham Auditorium, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, and the Power Center.
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Stearns Collection Lunchtime Concert Series
Cafeteria Auditorium, NCRC Building 18, 2800 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Free - no tickets required
October 6 marks the return of the monthly Lunchtime Concert Series presented by the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. These free 45 minute programs feature instruments from the collection and music from around the globe. U-M staff, faculty, and members of the public are welcome to bring their lunch to the auditorium adjacent to the cafeteria in NCRC Building 18 at 12:00 pm.
Free - no tickets required
University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs a 30 minute recital on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.
Free - no tickets required
SMTD Faculty perform works by Bizet, Bolcom, Donizetti, Karamanov, Strauss, and Verdi. Featuring: David Blalock, tenor; Jeni Houser, soprano; Valdis Jansons, baritone; Caitlin Lynch, soprano; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; and Kirk Severtson, piano.
Free - no tickets required
Jayce Ogren conducts a program of works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Huang Ruo, Zosha Di Castri, György Ligeti, and Michael Daugherty.
Free - no tickets required
Tiffany Ng & Bjorn Brolin-Olson perform a 30 minute recital on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.
Division Street Pipes
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Free - no tickets required
Division Street Pipes concerts features talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department on Thursdays at 12:15pm on the Richards-Fowkes organ at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. These 30-minute performances are free and open to the public, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening.
Free - no tickets required
Lon Mitchell performs a 30 minute recital on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.
Reserved Seating $40 / $34 | Students $16 (fees included)
Come from Away is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001.
Time Passes: 8 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett
Arthur Miller TheatreWalgreen Drama Center
General Admission by Floor $35 | Students $16 (fees included)
Time Passes presents eight short plays written after Godot, from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Showcasing Beckett’s verbal play and visual precision, as well as his political imagination, they meet our own moment — fierce, funny, uncompromising, and compassionate as ever.
“Crumbs from the Table of Joy” by Lynn Nottage
Newman StudioWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
The Department of Theatre & Drama presents a faculty-led studio production of Crumbs from the Table of Joy by Lynn Nottage. In 1950, a grieving husband moves his two teenage daughters from Florida to Brooklyn, burying himself inside a timely spiritual movement. Intellectually curious and tentatively embracing city life, seventeen year old Ernestine navigates her unpredictable family dynamics amidst evolving political, racial, and religious landscapes. First come, first serve seating. There will be no overflow seating above the posted capacity.
