BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T000000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Submit to As I See It Photo Competition DESCRIPTION:Arts At Michigan and University Unions Arts & Programs are seeking student photographs for the October 2010 “As I See It” Photo Competition! In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps this month\, the theme for this round of competition will be “Peace”\, and all photos should relate to that theme\, either literally or symbolically. \n\nSubmissions will be reviewed by Arts At Michigan and UUAP staff\, and finalists will be displayed for public jurying in October 2010\, both in the Unions and via online voting. The student who submitted the photo that receives the most votes will be awarded an exciting prize package that includes $200\, plus gift cards for UMMA\, The Michigan Theatre\, The Performance Network and Borders! First and Second Runners Up will also receive great prizes.\n\nSubmission deadline is noon on October 8th! UID:3787-910500@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3787 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:visual arts LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175607 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T000000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:U-M and the Peace Corps: It All Started Here DESCRIPTION:This dynamic exhibit showcases the unique role of University of Michigan students and faculty in the creation and popularizing of the Peace Corps. As Sargent Shriver said\, \"It might still be just an idea but for”¦those Michigan students and faculty.\" The exhibit highlights the development of student activism as well as important historical events.\n\nNormal Library Hours: http://www.lib.umich.edu/hours/list.php?singlebuilding=4 UID:3498-909728@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Library Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T203000 SUMMARY:Other:Google or Microsoft @ umich.edu? Help Us Decide! DESCRIPTION:U-M has invited Microsoft and Google to conduct demonstrations of their online collaboration tools. Please join us for a presentation that will include an overview of the online collaboration tool suites\, information on how the tools could enhance collaboration at U-M\, and an opportunity to ask questions.\n\nThere are two general information sessions and one technical session for each vendor. Microsoft will hold sessions on September 28 and Google will hold sessions on October 7.\n\nAt these sessions\, you will: -- Learn more about how the university can significantly and quickly enhance our available collaborative tools -- See demonstrations of Microsoft and Google product suites\; Q & A with the vendors -- Provide input to decision-making related to collaboration tool adoption. UID:3742-914081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3742 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100909T114609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Trace to Text: Highlights from the U-M Papyrus Collection DESCRIPTION:This exhibit provides a behind-the-scenes look at the work of papyrologists: how they conserve scraps of often badly damaged papyri\, decipher traces of ink\, read and translate the resulting text\, edit and interpret its contents\, and make this available to both scholars and the general public. Modern technology\, such as digitization and multi-spectral imaging\, is aiding papyrologists in all of these efforts.\n\nTexts on display are some of the highlights of the collection. They include a wonderful drawing of an elephant\, a letter from a newly enlisted soldier to his mother\, and\, of course\, some pages of the oldest manuscript with letters of St. Paul (one of the most famous texts of the collection).\n\nIn its 90-year history\, the University of Michigan Papyrus Collection has trained more students and scholars in the field of papyrology than any other institution in North America. Founded by the visionary Francis W. Kelsey\, the Papyrus Collection has been the training ground for papyrologists from around the world and home to many great resident scholars\, such as Herbert and Louise Youtie\, Ludwig Koenen\, and Traianos Gagos\, who died on April 26\, 2010.\n\nPapyrology is the field of scholarship that deciphers and studies the texts written –primarily on papyrus– by people living in the ancient Mediterranean world between 2\,500 BCE and 1\,000 CE. Most of these texts are found in Egypt where the climate is dry enough to preserve this fragile material. It is a highly specialized and technical field\, requiring intensive training in language (Egyptian\, ancient Greek\, Latin\, Arabic)\, history\, and the unique set of skills necessary for reading original documents.\n\nThe exhibit is open during Audubon Room hours: Sun 1-7pm\, Mon-Fri 8:30-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm.\n\nThis Exhibit is in Honor of Traianos Gagos (1960-2010). UID:3497-917733@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3497 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T103000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How Topic Modeling is Useful in Digital Libraries DESCRIPTION:Using topic modeling to automatically generate subject headings from huge digital collections sounds like a great idea...but does it really work in practice? Find out how topic modeling is being investigated for use in digital libraries.\n\nTopic modeling is a new computer science algorithm that “learns” the relationships among items and then assigns topic (subject) headings accordingly. But how well does this work in practice?\n\nWe explored this question of usability\, utility and value of topic modeling by conducting user studies of collections of digital books (HathiTrust) and images (History of Art\, etc.) from UM and Yale. We first focused on measuring the coherence\, meaning\, and interpretability of learned topics\, and from this developed a new method to score topic coherence. After building topics into user interfaces for books and images\, and developing test scenarios\, we launched a large-scale study (upwards of 700 users) to assess the value of these topics to end-users. The study was conducted using unmoderated user testing software\, obviating the presence of anyone other than the user.\n\nWe will present preliminary results from that work\, and will summarize potential opportunities–along with some known limitations–presented by topic modeling in digital libraries.\n\nZingerman's refreshments provided! UID:3495-920763@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3495 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery in Room 100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100902T202613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lecture on the Weather DESCRIPTION:This multi-media stage work by John Cage\, based on the texts of Henry David Thoreau\, brings together speech\, music\, film\, lighting\, and a weather soundscape to form a softly political piece as relevant today as the year it was written. \n\nCage (1912-1992) was well known as an experimental composer\, philosopher\, writer\, and visual artist. A protean figure of the postwar avant-garde\, Cage collaborated with Merce Cunningham and visual artists including Joseph Beuys\, Robert Rauschenberg\, and Nam June Paik.\n\nExhibit celebration is Nov. 3\, 5-7pm\, in the gallery. UID:3471-916190@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3471 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:visual arts,social justice,music,film LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100817T114436 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T100000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:On Beauty and the Everyday: The Prints of James McNeill Whistler 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. UID:3291-921178@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3291 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:visual arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175737 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T100000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Out of the Ordinary: Selections from the Bohlen Wood Art and Fusfeld Folk Art Collections DESCRIPTION:This exhibition\, which runs from September 11 through Spring of 2011\, allows visitors to explore two extraordinary collections of art–the Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Collection of Wood Art and the Daniel and Harriet Fusfeld Folk Art Collection. The Bohlen collection presents an astonishing range of contemporary artworks fashioned from wood and includes works that explores traditional and non-traditional vessel forms as well as works that are more purely sculptural. The outstanding objects that make up the Fusfeld collection are both geographically and historically wide-ranging\, including work by early nineteenth-century itinerant folk portraitists as well as late twentieth-century sculpture and painting by “outsider” artists from the American South\, Midwest\, and Northeast. UID:3293-916106@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:visual arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T100000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:UMMA Projects: Jakob Kolding 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. UID:3292-913256@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3292 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:visual arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100930T155754 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Affinity of Form DESCRIPTION:A photography exhibition by Stanford Lipsey will open on Thursday\, October 7 and will run through Tuesday\, November 2\, 2010. The exhibition of 45 digital images\, titled “Affinity of Form” (which also is the title of his recently published book)\, uses the juxtaposition of photographs to build a comparative concept within a set of two images. Lipsey graduated from the University of Michigan in 1948 with a degree in economics and while a student here he was a photographer for the Michigan Daily and Photography Editor for the Michiganensian. The Student Publications Building was named for Stanford Lipsey in 2005. UID:3907-915722@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3907 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:visual arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Fall 2010 Noon Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:Masami Imai\, Associate Professor\, Economics\, Wesleyan University UID:3685-916530@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3685 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100827T222433 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Language Use and Choice Among Jews in Postwar Warsaw\, 1860-1939 DESCRIPTION:Lecturer: Kalman Weiser\, York University UID:3415-915953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3415 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Alumni Center - A & B CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T161500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Artes Tecnicas - Interview with Astronaut George David Zamka DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!! https://www.engin.umich.edu/form/artestecnicas\n\nArtes Tecnicas - Interview with Astronaut George Zamka\n\nDate: Thursday\, October 7th Time: 3:30PM -4:10PM Location: Johnson Rooms\, Lurie Engineering Center.\n\nGabriel Arroyo (Junior\, Aerospace Engineering) and Yemina Leszczuk (Senior\, Materials Science and Engineering) will Interview Colonel Zamka\, about his inspirations for joining the Astronaut Corps\, and how his cultural and educational background affected his success. Two sessions will be conducted\, the first in English\, the second in Spanish.\n\nYou are invited to participate as an audience member\; there will be a Q&A Session UID:3942-912446@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3942 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:multicultural LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Room, 3rd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175721 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Conversations on Europe DESCRIPTION:Madeleine Hosli\, Netherlands Visiting Professor of Political Science\, U-M\; and professor of international relations\, Leiden University. UID:3327-914982@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3327 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101001T113521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The seminar title is taken from Collins book co-authored with Martha Crump. The presentation integrates the science (theory and empirical work)\, ethics\, and policy issues surrounding the six causes of amphibian decline/extinction. At the heart of the talk is a discussion of the theory surrounding the role of pathogens in decline vs. extinction and how our work on ranaviruses and the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium contributes to our understanding of when to expect decline as opposed to decline to extinction. UID:3910-916807@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3910 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1210 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Engineering and Operations in Practice - A Space Station Assembly Mission from Space Shuttle Endeavour DESCRIPTION:Colonel George David Zamka\, Astronaut and Shuttle Commander will describe the Challenges of Building in Space.\n\nBio: Colonel Zamka was born in Jersey City\; raised in New York City\; Irvington\, NY\; Medellin\, Colombia\; and Rochester Hills.\n\nGraduated from Rochester Adams High School\, Rochester Hills Michigan\, in 1980\; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy in 1984.\n\nZamka was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps after graduating from the United States Naval Academy in May 1984. Later\, he received a Masters of Science degree in Engineering Management from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1997.\n\nSelected as a pilot by NASA in June 1998\, he reported for astronaut candidate training in August 1998. He has served in various technical and leadership roles in the astronaut office\, to include space rendezvous and proximity operations\, landing and rollout instructor\, and lead for shuttle systems within the Shuttle Operations Branch. Zamka served as lead for the shuttle training and procedures division and as supervisor for the astronaut candidate class of 2004. In 2007 he completed his first space flight as pilot on STS-120. For his second space flight\, Zamka commanded the crew of STS-130\, that flew in February of 2010. Colonel Zamka has logged over 692 hours in space. UID:3943-916650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3943 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175849 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Presents: Marije Vogelzang DESCRIPTION:Designers who work with the subject of food are often called 'food designers'. According to Marije Vogelzang\, food is already perfectly designed by nature. Instead\, her designs focus around the verb 'to eat'. Vogelzang is inspired by the origin of food and the preparation\, etiquette\, history and culture around it. For this reason\, she doesn't consider herself a 'food designer'\, but as the first 'eating designer' in The Netherlands.\n\nStudio Marije Vogelzang has a wide-ranging practice\, working on restaurant concepts\, medical and educational projects as well as designing art installations and creating new food rituals.\n\nVogelzang gives inspirational\, critically acclaimed lectures around the world about her work and vision. She tries to show the exploration and potential of a new approach on the act of eating. UID:2953-920839@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/2953 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:multicultural LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100826T222410 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Writers Series DESCRIPTION:Kazim Ali is the author of two books of poetry\, The Far Mosque\, and The Fortieth Day. He is also the author of the novel Quinn's Passage\, named one of “The Best Books of 2005” by Chronogram magazine\, The Disappearance of Seth\, and Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities. His work has been featured in many national journals such as Best American Poetry 2007\, American Poetry Review\, Boston Review\, Barrow Street\, jubilat and Massachusetts Review. He teaches at Oberlin College and at the Stonecoast MFA program\, and is a founding editor of Nightboat Books. Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Press.\n\nUMMA is pleased to be the site for the Department of English Program in Creative Writing Zell Visiting Writers Series\, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from UM alumna Helen Zell ('64). For more information\, please see www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/mfaeve.asp. UID:3379-910057@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3379 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:literary arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100819T073445 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T180000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Zell Visiting Writers Series: Kazim Ali DESCRIPTION:Kazim Ali is is the author of two books of poetry\, The Far Mosque\, and The Fortieth Day\, in addition to Orange Alert: essays on poetry\, art\, and the architecture of silence\, published as part of the University of Michigan Press's Poets on Poetry series in October 2010. He is also the author of the novels Quinn's Passage\, named one of “The Best Books of 2005” by Chronogram magazine\, and The Disappearance of Seth\, and of the trans-genre memoir Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities. A second trans-genre volume of essays\, lyric prose and memoir is forthcoming in 2011 from Tupelo Press. His work has been featured in many national journals such as Best American Poetry 2007\, American Poetry Review\, Boston Review\, Barrow Street\, Jubilat and Massachusetts Review. He teaches at Oberlin College and at the Stonecoast MFA program\, and is a founding editor of Nightboat Books. UID:1516-915268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/1516 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:literary arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100826T220652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:American Dance Legacies: Paul Taylor Across the Decades DESCRIPTION:In anticipation of the UMS presentation of the Paul Taylor Dance Company October 7 – 9\, Angela Kane\, Chair of UM Dance Department\, will lead a panel discussion with members of the company on Paul Taylor's body of work\, his impact on modern dance\, and constructions of American identity in his repertoire. For more information\, please visit the UMS website at http://www.ums.org. UID:3381-912593@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3381 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:dance LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20100730T124259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FREE! Backwoods 911: Wilderness Medicine Basics Clinic DESCRIPTION:This clinic will introduce the basics of first aid and responding to emergency situations in the backcountry. We will touch on being creative with the resources we have and providing the best and safest care to participants and ourselves. UID:3075-910126@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3075 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Elbel Field Locker Building - Outdoor Adventures Rental Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:\"Proud to Be Me\" Dance DESCRIPTION:he University of Michigan-Flint Ellen Bommarito LGBT Center is kicking off National Coming Out Week with the “Proud to Be Me” Dance\, Thursday\, October 7th from 7:00pm-10:00pm in the Happenings Room located in the University Center. Join UM-Flint's LGBT community as we dance the night away and celebrate who we are! Enjoy an evening of dancing\, food and friends! Featuring DJ Dan for your evening entertainment. This event is welcome to ALL so come get your dance on! UID:3888-913362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3888 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:multicultural LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Candy and Passion – A Sweet Life DESCRIPTION:Charlie Frank\, Candymaker and head of Zingerman's Candy Manufactory\, will talk about his path to a life making candy\, his enthusiasm for his work\, how candy is made at Zingerman's\, and how everybody can relate to his passion for”¦SUGAR! Candy tasting and a Q&A will follow.\n\nFree and open to the public. UID:3725-909826@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3725 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery in Room 100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Steel Wheels DESCRIPTION:Based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia\, the Steel Wheels are truly an Americana band\, rooted in musical styles that explore the territories among blues\, bluegrass\, old-time sing-alongs and foot-stomping fiddle tunes. They are subtle innovators who respect the past but make their own tunes. The Steel Wheels fit among musicians like Langhorne Slim\, Gillian Welch\, or Adrienne Young and Little Sadie (with whom they've shared the stage) –- deft musicians making a name for themselves by creating their own particular permutations of traditional forms. Yet they also share much with new Americana favorites like the Avett Brothers or Old Crow Medicine Show\, with charisma that causes toes to tap and energy to break out. The Steel Wheels count among their fans former Statler Brother Jimmy Fortune and indie folk favorites Over the Rhine\, as well as Robin and Linda Williams\, who sing harmony on the new Wheels' album\, \"Red Wing.\" The album's title track\, a sweetly lyrical modification of the old-time tune of the same name\, gives a good idea of what this band is about. The Steel Wheels did a great show at the Circus in May during their all-bicycle tour of Michigan\, and they're an Americana band on a rapid rise. UID:2713-921046@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/2713 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:music LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20101111T175633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20101007T230000 SUMMARY:Performance:Poetry Slam DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 8:30\, and the event starts PROMPTLY at 9pm.\n\nCost is $5 per person.\n\nThere is an OPEN MIC session from 9-9:30pm where poets showcase their skills without being judged.\n\nThe SLAM is a competition wherein 7 poets have 3 minutes to give the crowd their best work. The winner of the slam will be photographed\, automatically entered into the GRAND SLAM\, and will receive a special prize!\n\nFrom 10:15-11pm\, there will be a featured poet!\n\nCome...Listen...Perform...ENJOY!!! UID:3696-911690@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/3696 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:literary arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - The University Club (U-Club) CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR