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.

Catalog Confessions launches the week of March 5 to coincide with the 10th annual Depression on College Campuses Conference.

Submissions will be gathered via selected Library bookdrops March 5th-16th and then digitized and displayed on the Shapiro Lobby screens during the month of April.

Cards and envelopes will also be provided at the following drop-off locations, Hatcher Graduate Library, Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Taubman Health Sciences Library, and the book drop on the first floor in the School of Art & Design.

Share your secret beginning March 5th.

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.

Fluxus emerged in the early 1960s as a loose, international network of artists, composers, and designers-"led" by Lithuanian-born American artist George Maciunas (1931-1978)- that was noted for blurring the boundaries between art and life. Fluxus artists like Maciunas, Nam June Paik, George Brecht, and Yoko Ono, among many others, challenged the notion of high art by creating unassuming, often humorous objects and performances that redefined the terms of artistic production by demonstrating the idea that "anything can be art and anyone can do it." Because of their disregard for traditional artistic media, many of the objects in the exhibition are-often by design-acutely resistant to conventional forms of museum display. Variously conceived as carriers of ideas, absurdist send-ups of consumer products, and invitations to direct, playful participation by the viewer, these works attempt to undermine the idea that art is separate from the activity of living one's life. Through 116 works, Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life will introduce visitors to the study and appreciation of art as an exciting and intellectually rewarding experience, and to the notion that art is something that can play an active role in their own approaches to life's essential questions.

This exhibition was organized by the Hood Museum of Art and was generously supported by Constance and Walter Burke, Dartmouth College Class of 1944, the Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund, and the Ray Winfield Smith 1918 Fund. UMMA's installation is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Health System, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Arts at Michigan, and the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Join us at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the dedication of the gardens in 1962. Travel back in time to view images of the conservatory, buildings, and grounds as they were 50 years ago; learn about how faculty and students have been using the Botanical Gardens for research, teaching, and learning for decades, including exciting current work by Associate Professor of Architecture Moji Navvab; and catch a breath of warmer weather in the conservatory with a spring flower display. Free conservatory admission.

Free tickets required - contact bodiford@umich.edu

The social responsibility of museums regarding acquiring, maintaining and displaying objects will be discussed from scholarly and curatorial perspectives.

PROGRAM: Scarlatti - Gia il sole dal Gange; Fauré - Poème d’un jour; Barber - Op. 45, nos. 1-3; Quilter - Five Shakespeare Songs, Op. 23; Mahler - Rückert Lieder; Donizetti -Bella siccome un angelo from Don Pasquale

Chamber Singers, Eugene Rogers, Director PROGRAM: arr. DeCormier - Let Me Fly; Schumann - Liebst du um Schonheit; Keen - Homeward Bound; Ehret -The Sow Took the Measles; Haydn - God of Life from The Seasons; Brahms - Der Gang Zum Liebchen; arr. Fonseca - Muie Rendera; arr. thomas - My Good Lord’s Done Been Here

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

“Happy Birthday Dear Johann”. Students of Professor James Kibbie. Celebrating J.S. Bach’s 327th birthday

Outrageous characters connive and contrive, and one is exported via mummy case in this vintage comedy by Hart and Kaufman, directed by Nancy Heusel.

For reservations for group seating, please call 734-763-8587.

Dinner Entree Choices: Rib Eye of Beef or Vegetarian Butternut Squash Lasagna.

Order tickets online by clicking the website below!

The film tells the heartbreaking story of Evan Perry, a 15-year-old boy who took his own life after a lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder.

The panel discussion will feature Dr. Melvin McInnis (Principal Investigator of the Prechter Bipolar Research Fund at the U-M Depression Center) as the moderator. Panelists will be Dr. Cheryl King (from U-M’s Youth Depression and Suicide Prevention Program), Dana Perry (the filmmaker & Evan’s mother), and Catherine Starr (a grad student, who is part of the Prechter Fund’s Longitudinal Study on Bipolar Disorder).

Sunday, March 11, at the Michigan Theater

7 - 8:30 p.m. Screening of “Boy Interrupted” 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Panel Discussion

All event info, including link to buy tickets and sponsorship levels, can be found here http://www.prechterfund.org/boyinterrupted/default.asp

603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor

Massachusetts-based singer, storyteller, author, playwright, educator, performing artist, and frequent NPR commentator Bill Harley inhabits a special world of wit and wisdom. You may have heard Bill as a storyteller in one of his family shows, which appeal to all ages. But he's also an impressive performer in adult shows, with a rare ability to weave story and song togehter. "If Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes were to grow up, he'd be Bill Harley," raves Billboard. Bill is a two-time Grammy winner who, said Penguin Books of his stories and novels for kids, "has the uncanny ability to reaffirm life for listeners"—and that goes for listeners of all ages.

Rodney Dorsey, conductor PROGRAM: George - Firefly; Schwantner - From A Dark Millennium; Ticheli - Blue Shades; Sousa - Pride of the Wolverines

Internationally renowned pianist and chamber musician Joseph Kalichstein will perform works by Brahms, to include the Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op. 9, and the Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, Op. 34, with UM faculty Andrew Jennings (violin), Stephen Shipps (violin), Yizhak Schotten (viola), and Richard Aaron (cello). Supported in part by Arts@Michigan. PROGRAM: Brahms - Variations on an Original Theme in D Minor (after Sextet for Strings Op. 18); Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9; Bach - Chaconne from Partita no. 2 in D Minor; Brahms - Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 for Piano and Strings