We invite you to browse panels about the scripts of ancient Egypt, indigenous languages of Central and South America, languages of Southeast Asia, and more – including the English language and language used in graffiti and comics.

This exhibit highlights the possibilities for exploration and discovery within the library’s collections, which are impressive on many levels. The sheer number of materials, including more than 8.5 million volumes in locations all over campus, and access to millions of digital books, journals and images, makes it one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The collection encompasses ancient documents written on papyrus, electronic journals reporting on the latest advances in science and medicine, and materials from nearly every period, culture, and way of thought in between.

Photo Competition Rules and Criteria

Criteria for entries: -must be a two dimensional image -submitted as a jpeg, gif, or pdf file -resoultion must be at least 300 dpi -image must depict or represent any or all parts of North Campus -Short description of the content and how it represents North Campus

examples of entry:

photograph, photograph/mixed media (2D), photoshop etc..

How to submit entries: -deadline for submission: March 5, 2012 by 11:59pm EST -One entry per person. Up to 3 images per entry, they shall be judged together.

-Submit entries to: NorthCampusPhoto@gmail.com

-add as a jpeg, gif, or pdf file attachment -include Submission Form with entry

Judging Process: The winners shall be selected by a diverse panel of judges. The judges shall select “Honorable Mention” pieces first. Then, from the “Honorable Mention” pool, the judges will select first, second, and third place winners.

Winners/ Prizes: Winners will be notified via email. All Honorable Mention Pieces will be up for display in the Duderstadt connector from March 12 - 16.

Prizes will be as follows:

First Place: $300

Second Place $150

Third Place $75

Honorable Mention will receive a small gift

North Campus

This is the first part of a two-part exhibition introducing exciting, recently acquired works from UMMA's collections gifted to the museum during the past five years. Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice, Part I presents a first look at artworks, mostly prints, drawings, and photographs by artists as diverse as Annie Leibovitz, Edward Steichen, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Carole McNamara, Senior Curator of Western Art, chose works that focus on some of the enduring and compelling themes that have occupied artists in Europe and America. One is the preoccupation with the human form as an expression of ideas, feelings, and sensations. This selection begins with the tradition of the academic nude study and progresses to embrace different genres, from both secular and religious contexts. Another selection-landscapes and cityscapes-are each opportunities for artists to speak to our relationship to the natural world-both in how we experience landscape as well as how we construct our own urban environments.

This exhibition is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.

The tiny dramas that comprise Robert Wilson's Video 50 contain aspects of his hallmark aesthetic: surreal or dream-like imagery, the absence of a linear narrative, the conflation of seemingly unrelated characters and micro-stories, and a mesmerizingly slow pace. Video 50 consists of a randomly arranged set of 30-second "episodes," a few of which feature notable French personalities of the 1970s-perfumier Hélène Rochas stares down a mugger, culture minister Michel Guy struggles to open a dresser drawer-and Wilson thought of these as miniature portraits or character studies. The creator and director of aggressively experimental theater, Wilson first came to prominence with works from the mid-1970s such as The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973) and Einstein on the Beach (1976). These lavish, unusually long productions broke and then redefined every convention of theater. In Video 50 his shorter time-based portraits explore the intersection of narrative and still-life, seductively dissolving the distance between viewer and subject.

PROGRAM: Onslow - Nonet, Op. 77; Strauss - Serenade in E-flat Major, Op. 7; Dallapiccola - Cinque Canti; Tommasini - Taking Sides

Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio Production. A musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. Directed by Malcolm Tulip, Lynn Shankel, Music Director. Adapted from Frank Wedekind\&##39;s 1891 expressionist play about the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, Spring Awakening traces the journey from youth to adulthood with power, poignancy, and passion. Recommended for mature audiences due to mature content, including brief partial nudity, sexual situations and strong language. Tickets available at the League Ticket Office, 734-764-2538.

Freshman Students of Professor Adam Unsworth and Bryan Kennedy will perform works for horn and piano. PROGRAM: Hindemith - Sonata for Horn and Piano; Strauss - Concerto for Horn and Orchestra; Beckel - The Glass Bead Game; Hindemith - Sonata for Four Horns.

In comparing history museums in Berlin and Washington, the changing landscape of national museums in both capitals throughout the last twenty years will be explored. The discussion will address specific exhibitions, analyze the politics of history inscribed into their displays, and explore the connections and points of dissonance in their research.

PROGRAM: Brahms - Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52; Kern/Hammerstein - "Make Believe" from Showboat; Bock/Harnick - "Do You Love Me?" from Fiddler on the Roof; Lloyd Webber/Hart - "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera; Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115 Co-sponsored by the University Musical Society

Tuesdays through April 10th. Participate in the ancient practice of yoga in the beautiful surroundings of the Museum of Art this winter. Based in the Hatha style, this one-hour class encourages relaxation, strength, flexibility, and balance with an emphasis on integrated breathing techniques in standing, sitting, and supine yoga postures. All levels welcome. Contact 734.975.3056 or cmgi@umich.edu for more information.

Tuesdays, January 10–April 10. Advance registration required: mhealthy.umich.edu/exercise; class #1012204-04; $70 UM employees/$80 non-UM

Throughout our history, “The Church” has been a pillar for the black community, and served as the foundation from which many of our most prominent leaders have ascended. Sunday dinner is also a significant tradition in the black community. We have combined both of these traditions together as part of this Black History Month program.

"The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events, prized by its devotees...where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic" (John Rockwell, The New York Times). Coming to Ann Arbor directly from Dance Films Association\&##39;s 40th Dance On Camera Festival in New York City, this screening of screendance shorts, selected specifically for Ann Arbor audiences, celebrates the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance as combined with the intimacy of film. DFA\&##39;s Festival is the oldest dance film festival in the world and sparked a global explosion of activity. Co-sponsored by Departments of Dance and Screen Arts & Cultures; for more information, contact Prof. Peter Sparling at 647-2288 or petespar@umich.edu

"The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events, prized by its devotees...where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic." —New York Times.

Coming to Ann Arbor directly from Dance Films Association's 40th Dance On Camera Festival in New York City, this screening of screendance shorts, selected specifically for Ann Arbor audiences, celebrates the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance as combined with the intimacy of film. DFA's Festival is the oldest dance film festival in the world and has sparked a global explosion of screendance activity.

The SMTD@UMMA performance series is made possible in part by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund.

What better time than Valentine's Day to get to know some married couples who make music together? "My Folky Valentine” is The Ark's annual celebration of romance! Each year we present a few of the region's top musical couples, in the round during Valentine's Day week. Your hosts, Annie and Rod Capps, invite some of their most talented friends from around the region to share the stage for an evening of grand collaboration and anything but love songs! ... Okay, well, maybe a few love songs. Tonight's guest couples come from around the state and beyond, including: Small Potatoes (the delightful Chicago duo of Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso), the Milroys (Ferndale Americana songwriters CJ and John Milroy), and Shari Kane and Dave Steele (Ann Arbor blues players extraordinaire), along with Annie and Rod.

PROGRAM: Purcell - Music for Awhile; Fairest Isle; If Music be the Food of Love; Man is for the Woman Made; Debussy - Ariettes Oubliées; Wolf - from Italienisches Liederbuch; Strauss - Drei Lieder de Ophelia; Previn - Sallie Chisum remembers Billy the Kid