SOLD OUT! Baseball on the professional, amateur, and youth levels is now popular in North America, parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, and parts of East Asia. Come enjoy an evening at the ball park with special event of “Wolverines in the D” night, and watch the Detroit Tigers defend their home turf against the Minnesota Twins! Wolverines in the D night supports the Pat Maloy Scholarship Fund, which was created by former students of the University professor Bernard “Pat” Maloy who passed away in 2001 after a courageous battle with esophageal cancer. Come show your UM pride and support! Cost: Non-refundable $40 per person for transportation, admission to game, and a “Wolverines in the D” shirt (to be picked up in Comerica Park). Students, scholars, friends, and families are welcome. Same price for all, regardless of age. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Register: In order to reserve your spot for this trip, you must sign up and pay at the front desk of the International Center on Central Campus. Cash only and exact change is appreciated. A UMID must be presented by the person purchasing the tickets. Limited space is available. Meeting location and time: please be on time! Participants may choose to board the bus from either Central Campus or North Campus at one of the locations designated below. Upon our return, participants may choose to be dropped off at Central or North Campus locations.

Questions: Erin Wehrenberg at erinwehr@umich.edu

Pick-up Central campus 4:00; North Campus 4:20; Game start 7:05

Valerie Mann has been showing her work professionally throughout the US and in Canada and Germany for 23 years. She grew up on a large family farm in Indiana, went to University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana to earn a BFA in painting, then to MSU to earn an MFA in sculpture. Now working and teaching in Ann Arbor, Mann’s use and study of tools inspired this body of work. Used every day and sometimes taken for granted, tools are indispensable in the making of art. These favorite tools are beautifully designed and well-thought out for their specific job.

A driving force in Monte Nagler’s artist quest is to have others see the world in a finer light and to appreciate life a little more. He has the ability to make visible what others can only sense, sharing with viewers the emotional beauty he experiences. Nagler’s photographs, which have won numerous awards, are found in many private and public collections, including the Detroit Institute of Art, the U-M Museum of Art and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. He is also a noted writer, lecturer and teacher of photography and the author of six highly successful photography books.

By day, Jean-Marc Fontaine is a molecular biologist, and by night and weekend, he is an artist. He spent his childhood and youth in Normandy, France, and his dream of becoming a scientist grew together with his imagination and passion for oil painting and drawing. After moving to the US in 1998, Fontaine became fascinated with sculpting. This self-taught artist explores funny and familiar subjects, with close attention to details in human anatomy. Viewers will meet French, Belgian, British and American characters. Fontaine hopes that “…these cartoon characters will bring a smile to patients (children and adults, alike).”

Elizabeth Busey has been inspired by global travel to explore the forces that shape our world – growth, pressure, erosion and decay. Through this exploration, she highlights patterns from many disparate perspectives in order to celebrate their universality in the natural world. Her work is created by printing multiple layers of ink onto cotton rag paper, where a single linoleum block is gradually reduced with each color layer. Busey is a primarily self-taught printmaker who produces her work in Bloomington, Indiana on a press made of recycled steel.

Traditional kunqu, a genre of classical Chinese theatre, comes alive in the large scale photographs of Xu, Zengquan. The viewer experiences the personalities of the characters and the spirit of the dance, opening a window into traditional Chinese culture and history. Now a local practicing engineer, Xu was born into a family of 10 brothers and sisters, in Jiangsu, China, and discovered his passion for photography in his teens. His work has been published by the Smithsonian Institution. Gifts of Art is pleased to present this exhibition in partnership with the U-M Confucius Institute.

Darryl Baird is Associate Professor of Art at U-M Flint in graphic design and photography. This body of photographic work is a series of highly magnified plant sections offered as homage to natural life cycles and the inherent potential for beauty in mature forms. These images are a means to explore the cycles of all living things and a way to find understanding through the process. For this series, Baird used antique lenses and the now discontinued Polaroid Positive/Negative 55 film. His work is included in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Art in Houston, Texas and U-M Museum of Art in Ann Arbor.

This year, Gifts of Art celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Employee Art Exhibition! This eagerly anticipated annual event showcases the exceptional talent and creativity of the people who work at the University of Michigan Health System, and for the first time this year, family members too! There are ribbon awards for Best in Category and Best in Show, and a People's Choice award will be determined by the votes of visitors to the exhibit. Winners will be announced at the Artist Reception and Award Ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 from 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the exhibition gallery, which will be hosted by Dr. Ora H. Pescovitz, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs.

Visit the Pierpont Commons Wall Gallery located just outside of the Commons Cafe to see this beautiful exhibit featuring framed photography of nature in North America.

​Photographs by Artists: Sue and Dick Rigterink

Artist Statement: These images communicate the diversity, characteristics, habitats, behavior, and beauty of the plants and animals with whom we share the earth. Rather than simply looking, we hope you will pause, observe and really see. By stopping movement, the patterns and grace of those around us are there for us to learn from, enjoy and protect.

The exhibit will be displayed until Friday, September 28th.

All pieces in the exhibit are for sale. Please contact the Center for Campus Involvement (uminvolvement@umich.edu) if you are interested in purchasing art from this exhibit.

Travel, an essential activity of human societies, has evolved into an industry with social, economic and environmental impacts. From pilgrimage and exploration to trade and tourism, advances in transportation have enabled new types of travel and created new places, some existing solely for the vacationer. This exhibition highlights changes in travel including information on early pilgrimages, exploration narratives, the grand tour of Europe, women travellers, World’s Fairs, the birth of the family vacation and specialized tourism using maps and narratives from the Library collections.

The exhibit "Translating Homer: from Papyri to Alexander Pope" includes papyri and early printed books illustrating how the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems originally composed in the oral tradition, were first written down, edited, and eventually translated into the main European languages. This journey of transmission and interpretation throughout the centuries ends with the first editions of Alexander Pope’s renderings of the poems.

Visitors to the exhibit will hear a series of readings from the poems in the original Greek and in several other languages, including Latin, English, Dutch, and Spanish.

The exhibit is part of the LSA Fall 2012 theme semester, Translation.

Are your walls looking a little bare? Check out the Back to School Poster Sale - the largest of its kind on campus all year. With the start of the school year, now is the perfect time to add some color to your walls. We have thousands of posters to choose from!

Call 734-764-0352 for exhibit availability.

Visit the Michigan Union Art Lounge to see this art exhibit featuring landscape oil on canvas paintings from some of the most beautiful places in Michigan.

Exhibit: “Beautiful Michigan” - Landscape Paintings, Oil on Canvas

Artist: Anil Dhir

Artist Statement: For a painter, Michigan offers one of the most beautiful landscapes, whether here in Ann Arbor, up-north or anywhere else. These paintings are my attempt to capture some of the Michigan beauty. I believe that a great painting is a like a beautifully composed piece of music. My wish is to create a painting with a simple aim of honestly capturing the very essence of what I saw, and be able to make the viewer feel what I felt. (To read the full artist statement, please visit campusinvolvement.umich.edu, it is also posted with the exhibit.)

The exhibit will be displayed until Friday, October 5th.

All pieces in the exhibit are for sale. Please contact the Center for Campus Involvement (uminvolvement@umich.edu) if you are interested in purchasing art from this exhibit.

Please note: The Center for Campus Involvement (CCI) provides opportunities for student and professional artists to display work suitable for a general audience. CCI hosting an artist’s work does not mean we endorse the artist’s point of view; we recognize the free speech rights of our exhibitors.

Canan Tolon’s paintings and installations serve as visual records of the passing of time. Each swipe captures the gesture as well as the memory of the gesture, now already in the past. Each panel appears to duplicate itself beyond any final tally, proliferating in the room.

Upon first glance, Tolon’s constructs evoke a sense of freedom in their repetition. They appear infinite, suggestive of vast open spaces, like the modern landscapes viewed out of a train window, or the documentary film reels from the mid- twentieth century. They draw us in, inviting our dreams and interpretations. In this momentary introspection, we contemplate our own histories.

Then, like the first day of any highly anticipated tomorrow, after the proverbial summer full of expectation…expecting things to change, to be different, to be new again, we are struck with a profound disillusionment, stranded in a place full of promise that never delivers. In a turn, the world of photographic familiarity Tolon has created collapses in on itself. — Amanda Krugliak, arts curator

This Institute for the Humanities original installation was made possible by the generosity of the 2012 Kidder Residency in the Arts. The installation is based on Canan Tolon’s observations and experiences during her time in Ann Arbor, and many of the materials used are salvage materials from her visits to Detroit architectural yards.

Each week, writers will bring in typed copies of their short stories, plays, poems, novels, essays, or freelance magazine articles. Fellow writers will offer friendly and appreciative criticism on all aspects of writing. Participants are asked to provide copies of their essays to share with the group. For 23 years, Joy Rome was a Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Class continues Fridays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon September 7 - August 30 at TSRC.

The study group will consider decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment and other constitutional provisions concerned with race. In the course of our discussions, we will necessarily also consider theories about how the Constitution should be interpreted and about the role of the Supreme Court in our constitutional system. Reading materials will be distributed either prior to or at the first meeting of the study group. Terry Sandalow is Dean Emeritus of the Law School and the Edson R. Sunderland Professor of Law at the University of Michigan.

This juried exhibition explores the intersection of identity and place. How does place shape identity? How does identity shape the places we choose to inhabit?

Tuesday through Saturday

This exhibition explores the intersection of identity and place. How does place shape identity and how does identity shape the places we choose to inhabit?

Designed specifically for the lunch hour, UMMA staff will offer 30 minutes of conversation about art in the UMMA galleries around fresh and entertaining themes such as inspiration, love, heroes, and more. Meet at the Information Desk.

The group will survey modern art, stressing its historical contexts, with slide lectures and discussion. Reading materials will be suggested and sometimes distributed. The class will be given by Roger Green, Ph.D., a former art critic for Booth Newspapers, who is now teaching art history at EMU.

No class 11/23

Desperate to get your homework done before the weekend chaos begins??

Need a relaxing place to escape that talkative roommate, get some tutoring help, or seek new intellectual inspiration??

Well, Fun Friday in Space 2435 may be just the place for you!!!

Featuring: -Chai Chat with the Global Scholars Program (1-3pm) -Drop-in tutoring with Sweetland Center for Writing, Open Michigan and various Spanish/language tutors -Relaxing study stations -Drop-in Yoga with UMove during midterm and finals weeks

Every Friday, 1-5pm in Space 2435 at North Quad

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!!!!

This workshop will allow students to discuss and develop academic next steps and career plans with a CSP advisor and Career Center coach.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. This course, sponsored by the UM Career Center and LSA SG, has been designed to offer University of Michigan students and alumni/ae an affordable opportunity to jumpstart their preparation for the December 2012 LSAT and beyond. Course details and registration at:

http://www.careercenter.umich.edu/article/lsat-familiarization-course

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

The group will look at the roots of the American musical and follow its development to the current time, starting with the European influence, continuing with American Yiddish theater, vaudeville and the African-American contribution. The second section will cover the musical up to about 1930and the last section will cover the mid-twentieth century until today. Please go to the OLLI website for more details. Barbara Mackey, PhD in Theater History, has taught musical theater.

Researched and organized by a team of Ph.D. candidates in the School of Architecture at Princeton University led by Professor Beatriz Colomina. The team included: Craig Buckley, Anthony Fontenot, Urtzi Grau, Lisa Hsieh, Alicia Imperiale, Lydia Kallipoliti, Olympia Kazi, Daniel Lopez-Perez, and Irene Sunwoo.

This exhibition tracks the critical function of independent architectural publications that were the engine of an intensely creative period of experimental architectural practice in the 1960s and 1970s. Known as "little magazines," the periodicals that proliferated during this period appeared in response to the political, social and artistic changes of the time. The show includes manifestoes, pamphlets, building instruction manuals, and a survey of magazine covers as well as professional magazines, complemented by interviews with editors and designers of these publications.

Generous support for this exhibition was given by The Guido A. Binda Lecture and Exhibition Fund

Open Friday - Sunday

The group will read and discuss this book by Jon Butler, Grant Wacker and Randall Palmer, three eminent historians of religion. It traces religious development in the United States from colonization up to the 21st century. While Americans have experienced massive cultural changes, secularization and exposure to a variety of beliefs, most have remained incurably religious. Facilitated by John Cameron.

Learn about RefWorks and Zotero to organize your article and book citations and let the software create your bibliographies for you! Learn how to import citations from ERIC and other education resources, create folders to organize citations by subject or class, and more.

All sessions are free, but registration is required.

Opening reception 6PM-9PM Thurnau Prof. of Dance Peter Sparling’s screendance installation, Clonal Renderings will be shown as part of: I know you’re there, but who am I?: Explorations of Identity and Place. This juried exhibition explores the intersection of identity and place. How does place shape identity? How does identity shape the places we choose to inhabit?

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) CJS's Fall Film Series of 2012 features silent films by Yasujiro Ozu with professional benshi (narrator), Ichiro Kataoka, performing theatrical narration at each screening. Most films will also include a live music accompaniment.

PASSING FANCY (Dekigokoro) Kihachi spends much of his time raising his son alone, but one day, he meets a girl named Harue who has nobody to rely on. Deciding to place her under his friend Otome’s care, Kihachi’s continued contact spurs on his growing feelings of love for Harue, but she is attracted to another man. Kihachi’s son Tomio, suffering from bullies at his school, looks on in annoyance at his father’s struggle to win her favor. (100 min, 35 mm, 1933)

Pre-recorded musical accompaniment.

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor. Featuring soloist David Halen, the newest member of the SMTD violin faculty, and longtime concertmaster of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. The program opens with the John Adams\&##39;s exuberant and fantastic Short Ride on a Fast Machine, and concludes with Mahler\&##39;s First Symphony. The USO is winner of both the Grammy Award and the American Prize. PROGRAM: Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, David Halen, violin; Mahler - Symphony No. 1. Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 in the Lower Lobby

Integrating movement, original music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s performance work is assembled with recklessness and rigor, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk. Kidd Pivot’s distinct choreographic language, which fuses classical elements with the complexity and freedom of structured improvisation, is marked by a strong theatrical sensibility and a keen sense of wit and invention. The Tempest Replica is based on motifs from Shakespeare’s play. Artistic director Crystal Pite stages a game of revenge and forgiveness, reality and imagination. Canadian Crystal Pite danced with William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt and serves as associate choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater. Her company has been based in Vancouver since its founding in 2002.

Integrating movement, original music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s performance work is assembled with recklessness and rigor, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk. Kidd Pivot’s distinct choreographic language, which fuses classical elements with the complexity and freedom of structured improvisation, is marked by a strong theatrical sensibility and a keen sense of wit and invention. The Tempest Replica is based on motifs from Shakespeare’s play. Artistic director Crystal Pite stages a game of revenge and forgiveness, reality and imagination. Canadian Crystal Pite danced with William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt and serves as associate choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater. Her company has been based in Vancouver since its founding in 2002.

MTango is a student organization dedicated to spreading the joy of Argentine tango in the University of Michigan community and beyond. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding teachers at affordable prices, and we look for instructors who are not only excellent dancers and experienced teachers but are also articulate and personable people. We also host social dance parties and share our talents through performances. MTango offers a popular intensive beginner's series in Argentine tango (no partner or experience required), as well as classes for more advanced dancers. It's a great way to meet people, listen to awesome music, relax, share a few dances, and have lots of fun!

Please arrive 15 minutes before the first class starts to complete sign in for the series.

Welcome to UMix! UMix Late Night is a series of fun, late night activities and events for University of Michigan students between 10pm – 2am most Friday nights throughout the school year. UMix provides opportunities for students to have fun, gain programming experience,and to interact responsibly. UMix offers a variety of programs such as arts and crafts, live entertainment recreational sports, movies, dances, and many other social events catering to the interests of a diverse student population. Free food is always served at midnight!

We're excited to kickoff a new school year! Stop by to pick up giveaways, explore the entertainment options, and mark your calendars for future events.

Come celebrate creative expression through meeting some of U of M's premier performance student organizations!

More ways to join the fun:

+ Screening of Rock of Ages at 10:30 PM

+ Spray painting your own graffiti art

+ Tailgate-theme midnight buffet

FREE ADMISSION WITH VALID UMID!