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On display are dozens of pink flamingo lawn ornaments imaginatively themed and decorated by U-M Art School students, community members, and Ann Arbor Public School students; fantastic topiary creatures such as Nessie the garden serpent and others creatively grown and decorated by our expert horticulturists; perennial garden favorites like whirligigs and gnomes; lush seasonal plantings; and more. A must-see garden! While you're visiting Matthaei, be sure to vote for your favorite flamingo June 19 through July 15. Voting cards and ballot box located in the lobby at Matthaei. Best in Show Flamingos announced on Saturday, July 17, 2 pm. Gardens and trails at Matthaei are free and open 7 days a week. Display opens June 19 and continues through the summer at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. For more information visit our website: www.mbgna.umich.edu or call 734-647-7600.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"1664-916419@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/1664", "building_id":"", "building_name":"", "campus_maps_id":"", "room":"", "location_name":null, "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":[], "website":"", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum", "group_id":"1072", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":104, "first_occurrence":916355 } , "3291-921138": { "datetime_modified":"20100817T114436", "datetime_start":"20100822T100000", "datetime_end":"", "has_end_time":0, "date_start":"2010-08-22", "date_end":"", "time_start":"10:00:00", "time_end":"", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"On Beauty and the Everyday: The Prints of James McNeill Whistler", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"On Beauty and the Everyday: The Prints of James McNeill Whistler", "event_subtitle":"", "event_type":"Exhibition", "event_type_id":"7", "description":"UMMA's rare and important collection of James McNeill Whistler works on paper represents one of the finest holdings of Whistler's graphic output in North America. This major exhibition features more than 100 works of art from UMMA's Whistler collection, which covers the artist's entire career in Europe, ranging from his student days and exposure to the vanguard artistic movements of the 19th century to the groundbreaking and atmospheric lithographs and etchings of his mature style. It is the first exhibition devoted to Whistler's works at UMMA since 1994.\n\nNearly all of the Whistler works came to the Museum through the bequest of Margaret Watson Parker, an early collector of both Whistler's prints as well as Japanese art. The exhibition explores Whistler's illustrious life and career; his artistic themes and concerns, including portraiture and his well-known series from England, Italy, and France; the interests and legacy of early-20th-century Whistler collector Margaret Watson Parker; and the tools and techniques that Whistler employed as a printmaker.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"3291-921138@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/3291", "building_id":"1000151", "building_name":"Museum of Art", "campus_maps_id":"11", "room":"", "location_name":"Museum of Art", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["visual arts"], "website":"http:\/\/www.umma.umich.edu", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)", "group_id":"1177", "website":"http:\/\/www.umma.umich.edu\/" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":87, "first_occurrence":921137 } , "3292-913217": { "datetime_modified":"20101111T175654", "datetime_start":"20100822T100000", "datetime_end":"", "has_end_time":0, "date_start":"2010-08-22", "date_end":"", "time_start":"10:00:00", "time_end":"", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"UMMA Projects: Jakob Kolding", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"UMMA Projects: Jakob Kolding", "event_subtitle":"", "event_type":"Exhibition", "event_type_id":"7", "description":"UMMA is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in a North American museum of Berlin- based artist Jakob Kolding. Kolding's work revolves around the experience of life in the contemporary built environment, particularly the relationships and contradictions that emerge between how architectural spaces are planned and how they are actively used. His collages, drawings, posters, and mixed-media sculptures incorporate a wide range of source material, sampling and mixing the visual idiom of modernist art and architecture, the language of sociological inquiry, and such popular cultural forms as hip-hop and electronic music, skateboarding, and soccer. Kolding's dynamic compositions encourage us to actively question the relationship between space and behavior, and to imagine forms of self-expression that use the built environment in creative new ways.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"3292-913217@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/3292", "building_id":"1000151", "building_name":"Museum of Art", "campus_maps_id":"11", "room":"", "location_name":"Museum of Art", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["visual arts"], "website":"http:\/\/www.umma.umich.edu", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)", "group_id":"1177", "website":"http:\/\/www.umma.umich.edu\/" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":59, "first_occurrence":913213 } , "1937-917894": { "datetime_modified":"20101111T175801", "datetime_start":"20100822T140000", "datetime_end":"", "has_end_time":0, "date_start":"2010-08-22", "date_end":"", "time_start":"14:00:00", "time_end":"", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Guided Tour", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Guided Tour: Turning Point: Japanese Studio Ceramics in the Mid-20th Century", "event_subtitle":"Turning Point: Japanese Studio Ceramics in the Mid-20th Century", "event_type":"Presentation", "event_type_id":"16", "description":"Contemporary Japanese ceramics are currently highly prized, avidly collected, and frequently exhibited. UMMA became actively engaged with the medium in the 1960s, and thanks to astute acquisitions made with the help of John Stephenson, Catherine B. Heller Professor Emeritus, School of Art and Design, the Museum has a priceless selection of ceramics dating from the 1930s through 1970s by leading figures and \u201cliving national treasures\u201d\u009d such as Hamada Sh\u00c3\u00b4ji, Kawai Kanjir\u00c3\u00b4, and Yagi Kazuo. The collection of approximately 50 works offers a focused look at the Japanese studio pottery movement at a moment of exceptional creativity and lasting influence.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"1937-917894@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/1937", "building_id":"1000151", "building_name":"Museum of Art", "campus_maps_id":"11", "room":"", "location_name":"Museum of Art", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["multicultural","visual arts"], "website":"http:\/\/www.umma.umich.edu", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)", "group_id":"1177", "website":"http:\/\/www.umma.umich.edu\/" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":917894 } , "2977-921868": { "datetime_modified":"20100720T182854", "datetime_start":"20100822T200000", "datetime_end":"", "has_end_time":0, "date_start":"2010-08-22", "date_end":"", "time_start":"20:00:00", "time_end":"", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Suzanne Westenhoefer", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Suzanne Westenhoefer", "event_subtitle":"", "event_type":"Performance", "event_type_id":"15", "description":"Suzanne Westenhoefer got her start when the Sally Jessy Raphael Show featured her in an episode devoted to \"Lesbians Who Don't Look Like Lesbians.\" Since then it's been one bold, bawdy, and hilarious triumph after another, as Suzanne has kept asking tough questions that uncover laughs underneath. She comes to Michigan with her \"Totally Inappropriate\" tour, featuring her trademark mostly unscripted humor. \"The audience and I participate in the creation of each night's show,\" Suzanne explains, and every show on her tour will feature new material inspired by her experiences in that day's city. \"Straight audiences love her outrageousness,\" says the decidedly un-outrageous USA Today of Suzanne Westenhoefer, and there isn't a quicker-witted comedian in the business.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"2977-921868@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/2977", "building_id":"", "building_name":"", "campus_maps_id":"", "room":"", "location_name":null, "has_livestream":0, "cost":"General Admission $26, Reserved $33.", "tags":[], "website":"http:\/\/www.mutotix.com", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)", "group_id":"1053", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":921868 } }