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Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen
Mar 13–Sep 6, 2026
Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS
Mar 13–Sep 6, 2026
Poster of a heroic man riding a dinosaur.
Poster of a stone statue against a sunrise over a bridge.
From Monarchy to Modernity: Travel, Identity, & the Czechoslovak First Republic (1918–1938)
Apr 23–Nov 1, 2026
Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime
Apr 23–Nov 1, 2026
Poster of a soldier climbing a tower of books toward a city.

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illustrated poster with three men on horses blowing horns
Docent Tour: From Monarchy to Modernity
Thursday, Jun 11, 2026, 5–6pm
a movie poster with the title Cabin in the Sky in bright red, block letters at a diagonal angle above two stylized, illustrated figures facing each other and gesturing expressively
Screening & Conversation: Cabin in the Sky and Black Women’s Stardom
Thursday, Jun 11, 2026, 6:30–9pm
poster advertising the Sleaze Ball from 1992, featuring a disco ball with a banner across it that says "a benefit" superimposed over several black and white images of a body
Drink & Draw: Drag Cabaret
Saturday, Jun 13, 2026, 7–9:30pm

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Poster of a woman in a yellow outfit in front of a tiled wall with colorful paint text on it.
Jun 4, 2026
Blackface/Boldface/Typeface: The Black Image & the Word
Rating: G
vintage poster advertising the film The Flying Ace
May 20, 2026
Detroit Design Week: Posters and Black History
Rating: G
A poster of a man in uniform sitting down and reading a book on top of a green rectangle.
May 6, 2026
Reading in Wartime?
Rating: G
Poster of two men standing without shirts on, holding the US flag and a condom on the other.
Apr 23, 2026
What makes for a good AIDS poster?
Rating: R