From the Psychology Today page…

It is the part of the brain that is phylogenetically very primitive. Many people call it the "Lizard Brain,” because the limbic system is about all a lizard has for brain function. It is in charge of fight, flight, feeding, fear, freezing up, and fornication.

Well, this evening at the DIA, it’s all about higher brain functions.

Detroit City Chess Club simul match with Jessica Hyatt

In The Museum
Friday, Jun 7, 2024, 5:45 p.m.
Admission gratis

Join us for the Detroit City Chess Club simul match with Jessica Hyatt. Hyatt, 18, is the highest-rated African American female chess player in history! With a peak United States Chess Federation (USCF) rating of 2168, and a FIDE rating of 1948, she is on her way to clinching the master title!

In 2019, Hyatt won the New York State Scholastic Championships, and has since been invited by the USCF to represent the US internationally as a part of their youth team (2019–present). In 2022, Hyatt received a special honoree at the Liberty Science Center’s Genius Gala.

In 2023, she became the Pan-American Youth Female Under-18 Blitz Champion, the KCF All-Girls Nationals Champion, and represented the US for the World Youth Chess Championships. Along with chess, Hyatt plays ranked junior tennis and golf, and is a jazz pianist.

Thank you, Ms Hyatt. I’m totally in awe and at the same time completely intimidated by you.

The Real Reel: A Poetry Performance with InsideOut Literary Arts

Kresge Reception area
Friday, Jun 7, 2024, 6 p.m.
Admission gratis

Join InsideOut Literary Arts and some of Detroit’s finest youth and adult poets for a reading celebrating the creative and enduring legacy of African Americans in film, from its very beginning through the start of the Civil Rights Movement.

Inspired by Regeneration Black Cinema 1898 – 1971, the event will showcase new poetic works written during visits to the exhibition. Featuring performances by MARS Marshall. La Shaun phoenix Moore, Kahn Davison, Brittany Rogers, Scheherazade Washington Parrish, Charisma Holly, and Kya Mills.

Feed your mind.

Stay sick, scratch glass, turn blue, climb walls…but don’t get caught!
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  • raoulraoulOPM
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    19 days ago

    2024-06-09 UPDATE: from WXYZ Detroit, Famous teen chess player visits with students at DIA, gets tour of Detroit…

    Taking on 25 games at once!

    Jessica Hyatt, a senior in high school in New York and a student who is just a few points away from becoming the first African American woman in the United States to earn the Chess Master title, paid them a visit at the Detroit Institute of Arts on Friday.

    Then she played a 25-board Simul in the Great Hall, which means she played 25 chess players at the same time and won all 25 games, which is quite unusual.