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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. 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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":"3291-921146@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 } , "3292-913224": { "datetime_modified":"20101111T175654", "datetime_start":"20100831T100000", "datetime_end":"", "has_end_time":0, "date_start":"2010-08-31", "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. 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Both accomplished performers and songwriters in their own right, they met at a writer's night in Nashville in 1999, began working together, and became what they call musical soulmates. Their song \"Heaven's My Home,\" was nominated for a Grammy in its recording by the Duhks and was featured in the film \"The Secret Life of Bees.\" Sam & Ruby gently blend R&B, folk, and pop into a sound that's immediately warm and welcoming, but, Ruby says, \"We try not to fear honesty in our writing and tackle the things that hurt, the things that aren't always pretty. Sam & Ruby were recently named Discovery Artist of the Year by Sirius-XM radio's Coffee House channel. They're joined on tonight's show by Sweden's Abalone Dots, who mix bluegrass, country music, Swedish folk sounds, and harmony singing. Recording for the major label Sony\/BMG, they performed at Nashville's legendary 12th & Porter club and basically blew away the crowd of assembled country music industry heavyweights. Naming Alison Krauss, Nickel Creek, Eva Cassidy, Joni Mitchell, the Trio (Dolly, Emmylou, and Linda), and the Be Good Tanyas as influences, they're poised to become Sweden's next big musical export, and they recently appeared at San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"81-909909@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/81", "building_id":"", "building_name":"", "campus_maps_id":"", "room":"", "location_name":null, "has_livestream":0, "cost":"General Admission $15, Reserved $22.", "tags":["music"], "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":909909 } }