Sorry for the lack of post. I've been bombarded with readings, and behind-the-screen legwork that I have to put in order to put my proposal sustainable. Let me start to update you with an exciting news.

Cranbrook Art Museum is re-opening. It has been the talk for everyone around campus for a while now. The D-day is going to be on November, 11th, and programs are crazy magnetic for 11 days afterwards.

The schedule is below.

Friday, November 11
Public Hours: 9pm – 12 midnight

7:00 – 9:00 PM: ArtMember’s Opening Reception.

Collections Wing Tours (Tours depart from the Archives Reading Room in the Lower Level).

7:30 PM & 8:30 PM: Bob Turek presents, "A Cautionary Tale - A Musical in Two Acts."

9:00 PM – Midnight:  Public Opening Reception. Cash Bar.
EMERGENCE presents “A Night of Music: Night One." Featuring: Invincible, The Rarities, and The Cupcake Collective. For a full description, click here.

Saturday, November 12
Public Hours: 10am -11pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour

1:00 –2:30 PM: Cranbrook Academy of Art Alumni Panel, featuring artists Nick Cave, Samantha Fields, Shannon Goff, Kate Clark, and more.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour

4:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour

7:00 PM:  In Dialogue: Artist Anthony Burrill and the Musicians of Acid Washed.

8:00—10:00 PM:  Concert: Live from Berlin and Paris - Acid Washed.

Sunday, November 13
Public Hours: 10am – 9pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

12 Noon: Family and Youth Tour of No Object Is an Island Exhibition.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

1:00 PM -3:00 PM: Family Day - “Pressed and Bound” Bookbinding Workshop with Terry Conrad. For a full description, click here.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

4:00 PM: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Featuring: Marian Tanau (violin), Cristina Muresan (violin), James VanValkenburg (viola) and Haden McKay (cello) performing Mozart, Beethoven, and Sibelius.

Monday, November 14
Public Hours: 10am – 9pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

7:00 PM: In Dialogue, On Design:  Graphic Designer Katherine McCoy and Product Designer Michael McCoy.

Tuesday, November 15
Public Hours: 10am – 9pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

7:00 PM: In Dialogue, On Weaving: Artist Ann Hamilton and Artist Gerhardt Knodel.

Wednesday, November 16
Public Hours: 10am – 9pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

7:00 PM: In Dialogue, On Science:  Artist Susan Goethel Campbell and Geologist John Zawiskie
Note: This program will take place in the newly renovated, state-of-the-art Acheson Planetarium at Cranbrook Institute of Science. Attendance is limited to the first 75 guests. Cranbrook Art Museum admission fees apply to this program.

Thursday, November 17
Public Hours: 10am – 9pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

7:00 PM: In Dialogue: Architect Monica Ponce de Leon.

Friday, November 18
Public Hours: 10am – 11pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

7:00 PM: In Dialogue, On Fiction: Artist Hernan Bas and Writer Bill Harris.

8:00 –10:00 PM: EMERGENCE presents “A Night of Music: Night Two." Featuring: Miz Korona, Jessica Care Moore, and The Foundation All Stars. Plus a screening of The Revival, Invincible's documentary series highlighting women in Hip Hop. For a full description, click here.

Saturday, November 19
Public Hours: 10am – 11pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

8:00 –10:00 PM: EMERGENCE presents “A Night of Music: Night Three." Featuring: Underground Resistance DJs, Tunde Olaniran, and 14KT. For a full description, click here.

Sunday, November 20
Public Hours: 10am – 9pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

12 Noon: Family and Youth Tour of No Object Is an Island Exhibition.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

1:00 PM -3:00 PM:  Family Workshop: Storytelling and Mythmaking with Author Judy Sima.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

Monday, November 21
Public Hours: 10am – 9pm

11:00 AM: No Object Is an Island Exhibition Tour.

1:00 PM: Collections Wing Tour.

2:00 PM: Saarinen House Tour.

5:00 PM: Closing Dialogue: Cranbrook Academy of Art’s Ten Artists-in-Residence.

Wednesday, November 23 - Sunday, March 25
Regular Museum Hours
Wednesdays: 10am – 5pm
Thursdays and Fridays: 10am – 8pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 10am – 5pm
No Object is an Island: New Dialogues with the Cranbrook Collection.

I'm looking forward to see some of you during these series of events.