Conference / Symposium:Midwest BLGTA College Conference
2011-02-27 08:00 (America/Detroit) | Hill Auditorium
MBLGTACC is the largest student-focused, student-planned LGBTQA conference in the United States. Highlights include speakers, entertainment and workshops all geared toward building our collective capacity for LGBTQ rights, education and advocacy.

Exhibition:No Agua, No Vida: The Slow Death of the Colorado River Delta
2011-02-27 08:00 - 23:30 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery in Room 100
No Water, No Life. Without water from the Colorado River, cities like Las Vegas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Diego would not exist as we know them. It turns out that when the flow of the Colorado River was divided between seven U.S. states and Mexico, more water was promised to each player than actually exists in the river.

Photographer John Trotter has been documenting the Colorado River and the downstream effects that damming the river has had on people and the environment. His project explores the perception of the river as a seemingly unlimited, plentiful resource, as well as the consequences of this belief.

This exhibit is sponsored by the U-M LSA Winter 2011 Water Theme Semester, the University Library, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and Latino/a Studies.

Exhibition:Celebrating 400 Years of the King James Bible
2011-02-27 08:30 - 19:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
The Bible exhibit is back! This exhibit traces the roots of the King James Version of the Bible, showing both its direct ancestors and other, related works up to its appearance in 1611. Attention is also given to the materials upon which the Biblical text was preserved, from papyrus to parchment to paper. Original, rare documents are on display.

All of the materials displayed in the exhibit are from the University of Michigan Library's Papyrus Collection and Special Collections Library.

The exhibit is available during Audubon Room hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 1-7pm.

Exhibition:Mai-Thu Perret: An Ideal for Living
2011-02-27 10:00 | Museum of Art
Contemporary Swiss artist Mai-Thu Perret's multidisciplinary practice fuses feminist politics with classic modernist abstraction and utopian dreams. Her installations synthesize a range of media and genres--including literature, design, craft, and performance–-conjuring an imaginary alternate history of twentieth-century art, design, and social activism. Much of Perret's work over the past decade has stemmed from "The Crystal Frontier", the fictional archive of a female utopian commune called New Ponderosa. From paintings and sculptures to ceramics and textiles or film, Perret's works infuse the formal vocabulary of modernism with a distinctly handmade aesthetic. Perret's exhibition at UMMA will present an episodic overview of her work from the past decade and will include numerous works never before exhibited in North America.

Performance:Ring of Steel Action Theatre
2011-02-27 10:00 - 13:00
Theatrical combat is a multidisciplinary art that combines acting with elements of fencing, martial arts, dance, and music to develop a safe and effective performance. It is a distinct area of study; essentially a marital art where the focus is not to injure your partner. As with any martial art, years of training are needed before an individual is prepared to safely share their skills on the stage.

The Ring of Steel offers theatrical combat training in a wide range of weapons and combat styles, based in large part on Aikido and late period rapier.

Workshop / Seminar:Family Reading & Science Workshop: "Water World: Water = Life"
2011-02-27 13:00 | Ruthven Museums Building - Exhibit Museum of Natural History
For ages 6-11 with an adult. Pre-register at (734) 764-0480. Part of a series of three hands-on water workshops. Also available at 39 public libraries in SE Michigan! More information at www.lsa.umich.edu/exhibitmuseum ; click on the "Family Reading and Science" quicklink. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History with funding from Toyota USA Foundation.

Workshop / Seminar:Water World: Water = Life
2011-02-27 13:00 | Off Campus Location - U-M Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor
Water is essential for all life, but different organisms use it differently. Some things have adapted to living in it. Some (like us) use it in our cells. Explore the ways water affects life on Earth.

For children ages 6-11 with an adult.
Free, but please pre-register at (734) 764-0480.
This workshop is also offered at 39 public library locations throughout southeast Michigan.
Visit the Museum’s website and click on the “Family Reading and Science” quicklink to find a library location near you.

This workshop is one of a series of three hands-on family science workshops on the theme of water offered in January, February, and March 2011.

Visit watersemester.com to learn more about the U-M’s Winter 2011 LSA Theme Semester on WATER.

Presented by the U-M Exhibit Museum of Natural History with generous funding from the Toyota USA Foundation.

Performance:Jeremy Kittel Band
2011-02-27 19:30
