Exhibition:A Few Good Women: Michigan Women in the Military During WWII
2012-11-19 08:00 - 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Michigan Union - Art Lounge
This exhibit from the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame highlights women who served in the US military during WWII. During WWII women served in the Army and Navy Nurses Corps, Coast Guars SPARS, Marine Corps, Navy WAVES, Women Army Corps (WACs) and Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs)

Exhibition:Bowling, Burgers & Dogs: Digital Color Photography
2012-11-19 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – South Lobby, Floor 1
After receiving a BFA from Rutgers University, Denise Rohde went on to study photography with renowned photographer Art Sinsabaugh at the University of Illinois. Working for years in a darkroom, the switch to digital allowed her to draw from her painting and printmaking experience. Being able to combine mediums digitally has unleashed her imagination. Denise moved to Ann Arbor eight years ago from Champaign, Illinois, and she has found Michigan to be an "eyeful." Some of her exhibits include the University of Illinois, Roulette NYC, Peachtree Plaza Atlanta and the Kodak Pavilion, Epcot Center.

1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Brillo Blox & More: Sand Art Sculpture
2012-11-19 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – South Lobby, Floor 1
Farmington Hills, Michigan artist Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan has a portfolio of work that includes trompe l'oeil clay, glass mosaics, printmaking, mixed media, and most recently, sand art. In addition to local gallery exhibitions and community installations, her work has been displayed through the U.S. Arts and Embassy Program and showcased in Norway, Barbados and Brazil. Kaplan presently works at Children's Hospital in Detroit where she creates art with children and adolescent patients to provide an atmosphere for healing. The Brillo Blox sand art sculpture is comprised of 12 cubes and is designed as a puzzle than can be assembled as an abstract sculpture. These puzzle cubes highlight the different pictures used in the advertising of Brillo over the past 100 years.

1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Contemporary Cubism: Painting & Woodcut Prints
2012-11-19 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
Bright colors, strong edges, and intersecting geometric forms are the hallmarks of Patrick Dengate's current studio work. Drawing from the tradition of 20th century Cubism, Dengate presents paintings and woodcuts with subjects ranging from Utah canyons, Costa Rican towns, busy rail yards, and ships on the Great Lakes. His work is featured in the recently published book Eyes On: Landscapes, a compilation of 50 contemporary painters from around the world. Dengate's work is on display in several corporate collections in Michigan and can be found in private collections across the US, Canada and Europe.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Expressions of Light: Photography by Monte Nagler
2012-11-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Cancer Center - Level 1
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.

Exhibition:Many Faces of Advanced Practice Nursing
2012-11-19 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
This exhibit features portraits of and stories by Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who work at the University of Michigan Health System. Stories by these nurses with advanced training overlay their portraits with words. Led by Assistant Professor Laurie Hartman, this collaboration with Gifts of Art shines a spotlight on APRNs, explaining how in their work they conduct evaluations, order and interpret diagnostic tests, deliver various treatments and prescribe medications. Nurses, who tend to treat patients in a holistic manner, viewing humans across the lifespan as biological, psychological, social and spiritual beings, are consistently among the most highly trusted professionals in the nation.

1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:One Acre Ceramics: Handcrafted Stoneware
2012-11-19 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
Thomas and Sarah Gelsanliter are full-time ceramic artists creating unique handmade tiles and pottery at their studio, One Acre Ceramics, located in southeastern Michigan. Thomas received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2002, and his intricate designs are influenced by historical furniture, industrial plate ware, and classic Arts & Crafts and folk art iconography. Sarah is largely self-taught as a potter and spent a year living in Japan, visiting studio potters throughout the country. She throws all of the pottery on the wheel, finishing and assembling each piece when partially dry. A palette of luminous glazes highlight the hand-carved designs and crisp lines, giving each piece a polished, radiant finish.

1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Origami Tessellations & Fractals
2012-11-19 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Main Lobby, Floor 1
This exhibit features origami artists who enjoy folding fractals, tessellations and corrugations out of paper - an area of origami that explores pattern and texture in art and design. Each artist approaches this in their own unique way, and their work highlights the variety and beauty of this little known branch of origami. The artists hail from around the US, and were selected for their expertise and artistry in folding these beautiful patterns. The show was curated by Beth Johnson and includes work by Malachi Brown, Tom Crain, Rebecca Harris, Beth Johnson, Chad Killeen and Ben Parker.

1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Reminiscence of Ann Arbor: Oil on Canvas
2012-11-19 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Main Lobby, Floor 1
Born and raised in China, Mingshi Huang studied at Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan, where he earned his graduate degrees. Huang travels extensively between the US and China and currently teaches at Nanjing University in Jiangsu Province. Recently, he completed several monumental, museum commissioned sculptures in China. This exhibition is a reminiscence of Huang’s work done while in Ann Arbor. Although his interests spread from representational to expressionist, Huang is rooted in a traditional ground. His figure paintings and landscapes reflect his masterful approach to traditional realism.

1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Exhibition:Chris Jordan: “Running the Numbers”
2012-11-19 09:00 - 17:00 | Art and Architecture Building - Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
The exhibit will be presented through Nov. 20 in the Jean Paul Slusser Gallery in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design. Saturday hours are noon-7 p.m.

Exhibition:Proclaiming Emancipation: The Exhibit
2012-11-19 09:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Room 100 Gallery

Class / Instruction:The Shah of Iran and Understanding the Present Regime’s Animosity Towards the Great Satan (the U.S.)
2012-11-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location - Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 2900 Jackson Ave
The political and cultural clashes between secularism and religious fundamentalism can be traced to the late Shah and his father Reza Khan who established the Pahlavi Regime. We will discuss the conflicts between the Shah and Prime Minister Mossadeq, later Ayatollah Khomeini, and the overthrow of the Shah in 1979. After the stolen 2007 Iranian Presidential elections and economic sanctions by the West, the present clerical regime faces great challenges to its survival. Abbas Milani’s “The Shah” and “The Myth of the Great Satan” will be discussed. It would be helpful to read them in advance, but not required. Handouts of principal information will be mailed to participants. Al Gourdji lived in Iran for the first 19 years of his life.

No class 11/26.

Exhibition:African Art and the Shape of Time
2012-11-19 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
African Art and the Shape of Time explores how African art gives material form to diverse concepts of temporality, history and memory. African art is often interpreted in Western analytical frameworks as expressions of timeless myths and rituals, interrupted only by the colonial encounter. African Art and the Shape of Time complicates such conventional views by considering diverse modes for reckoning time and its philosophical, social, and religious significance. The exhibition includes 30 works from the University of Michigan Museum of Art, National Museum of African Art, Fowler Museum at UCLA, as well as several Detroit area private collections, and is organized around five themes that explore the multiplicity of time in Africa: The Beginning of Things, Embodied Time, Moving Through Time, Global Time, and "NOW."

This exhibition is generously supported by the University of Michigan Health System. Additional support provided by the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Exhibition:Benjamin West: General Wolfe and the Art of Empire
2012-11-19 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
Benjamin West's iconic painting The Death of General Wolfe (1776) depicts the death of James Wolfe, the British commander at the 1759 Battle of Quebec during what in this country is known as the French and Indian War. In conflating a momentous contemporary event with the genre of large-scale history painting, West flouted the conventions of academic painting and the work became one of the most celebrated paintings in Britain. The artist went on to produce six versions of the painting, one of which belongs to the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. Through approximately 40 works from Michigan, Canadian, and British collections, this ambitious and thematically focused exhibition will include the Clements canvas as well as other depictions of James Wolfe and his death on the battlefield.

Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, the University of Michigan Health System, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and Office of the Vice President for Research, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, and THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (of R. & P. Heydon).

Exhibition:Discovering Eighteenth-Century British America through the William L. Clements Library Collection
2012-11-19 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
This significant exhibition provides glimpses of British America in the 1700s and is designed to complement the Museum's concurrent exhibition "Benjamin West: General Wolfe and the Art of Empire," which features the Clements collection's major painting "The Death of General Wolfe." William L. Clements assembled an outstanding array of primary sources on North America dating between 1492 and 1800, with a heavy emphasis on early European exploration and discovery and the eighteenth-century wars for control of the continent. The exhibition features a mix of rare items from Mr. Clements’s original donation and pieces the Library has acquired since 1923 to complement and enhance its strength in eighteenth-century American history.

Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Exhibition:Jesper Just: "This Nameless Spectacle"
2012-11-19 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
Visitors encountering Danish artist Just’s exhibit will find themselves captivated in stages, as the experience of viewing it unfolds over time. In this breathtaking installation, as in much of his work, Just situates the viewer in his signature landscape of beauty, provocation, and a general uneasiness that is as seductive as it is ominous. The storyline is at once deceptively simple and perplexing: a wheelchair-bound protagonist travels through a neighborhood in the outskirts of Paris to her apartment, while a young male character appears to follow her. Once home, she is able to leave her wheelchair but is overcome by a powerful seizure. One of Just’s unique strengths is his ability to engage the viewer in an open-ended, unresolved narrative in a manner that is more intriguing than frustrating. It is impossible to parse but equally impossible to abandon, and this is the essence of Just’s gift for hypnotic storytelling.
Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.

Exhibition:YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
2012-11-19 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
The Seoul-based art collaborative, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries (YHCHI) is known for innovative video works that exist at the nexus of visual art and digital literature. Blurring the boundaries between media, technologies, and cultural histories, YHCHI has gained international acclaim for their "net art" productions-mostly black- and-white videos of quickly flashing capitalized text in a generic font with synchronized music. This exhibition will present a newly commissioned piece by UMMA, which will be added to the artists' website, yhchang.com.

This exhibition is generously supported by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, and the Nam Center for Korean Studies. Additional support provided by the Dr. Robert and Janet Miller Fund.

Other:Noon Public Skate
2012-11-19 12:00 - 12:50 | Yost Ice Arena
Come skate where the University of Michigan Hockey team skates!!

Open to the Public

Cost: $3 ($2 additional cost for skate rental)

Lecture / Discussion:The Alchemy of Air: How Two German Chemists Fed the World and Fueled a World War
2012-11-19 12:00 | Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
In the first half of the twentieth century humanity faced disaster as soil fertility declined and populations increased. Global starvation appeared inevitable. A call went out to the world's scientists to find a solution, and, in an unprecedented breakthrough, they did. The answer -- the reason we are now facing an epidemic of obesity rather than mass famine -- came from a pair of German chemists who figured out how to make bread out of air, built factories as large as small cities, saved billions of lives -- and whose work helped kill millions more.

Exhibition:Geometry of War: Fortification Plans for 18th Century America
2012-11-19 13:00 - 16:45 | William Clements Library - Great Room
Exhibit is open M-F from 1pm to 4:45 pm

Class / Instruction:Investing in Retirement
2012-11-19 13:00 - 14:30 | Off Campus Location - Jewish Community Center, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr.
You will learn about investing methods and how to minimize risks. We will cover new asset allocation methods, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETF's, annuities, real estate and other assets. You will learn how to deal with today's low interest rates and potential high inflation later. Retirement tax considerations will also be discussed. George Levy, Ph.D. invests as a hobby and studies investing strategies. He is not a registered investment advisor nor will he try to sell any investments or services.

Workshop / Seminar:More About Dreamweaver CS6 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
2012-11-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Faculty Exploratory, 209
Wouldn’t it be great if you could rearrange the layout of your entire website with a few minor changes to one file? We’ll begin with an overview of simple formatting of fonts, colors, and images through CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in Dreamweaver, and progress to higher-level tasks like using CSS to control and change your overall layout and graphic design.

Participants should have a basic knowledge of Dreamweaver and some understanding of the concept of Style Sheets. Although Dreamweaver will be used for most of the class, there may also be some coding involved.

Class / Instruction:The New Politics of Extremism
2012-11-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location - Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Road, Suite C, Ann Arbor.
We will read and discuss “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks”, by Thomas Mann and Norman Orenstein, a liberal and a conservative. Amazon’s book description tells of how our main political parties have given up traditions of compromise and that they now endanger our system of constitutional democracy. The authors offer ideas for how the media should better educate the public and how the public must begin to view critical issues strategically rather than emotionally.

Gerry Lapidus will lead the first class and volunteers will be requested to lead the subsequent discussions.

Lecture / Discussion:Michigan's Recession and Recovery: Opportunities for the Research, Non-profit, and Civic Engagement Communities
2012-11-19 13:30 - 15:30 | Off Campus Location - U-M Detroit Center, Ann Arbor Room, 3663 Woodward Avenue, Detroit
This event will bring together a variety of stakeholders to discuss the recession and the current slow economic recovery in Michigan.

Researchers Sarah Burgard and Kristin Seefeldt will present results from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study (MRRS), based on recent interviews with more than 800 households in the Detroit area.

Featured panelists include Sarah Burgard, associate professor of sociology; Sheldon Danziger, H.J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy; Harvey Hollins III, director, Office of Urban and Metropolitan Initiatives, state of Michigan; Bill O'Brien, director, Harriet Tubman Center, Detroit; Rochelle Riley, columnist, Detroit Free Press; and Kristin Seefeldt, assistant professor of Social Work, U-M.

Class / Instruction:Latin American Women Writers--OLLI Study Group
2012-11-19 15:00 - 16:45 | Off Campus Location - Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Road, Suite C, Ann Arbor.
The class will present a collection of short stories by Latin American women writers. A brief discussion of the short story as a literary form will be included. For that purpose we will read “Some Aspects of the Short Story” by Julio Cort’azar. All reading material will be provided in class. Facilitated by Eliana Moya-Raggio.

Lecture / Discussion:CREES Lecture
2012-11-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Room 100
Irina Prokhorova, editor-in-chief of the New Literary Observer Publishing House, literary scholar, and Russian opposition figure.

Irina Prokhorova, literary critic and cultural historian, is the head of the New Literary Observer magazine and publishing house. After writing her doctoral thesis on English modernism, Prokhorova became editor of the magazine Literaturnoe Obozrenie (Literary Review). In 1992, she founded the first independent academic journal in Russia, Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie (The New Literary Observer), dealing with the theory and history of literature and literary criticism. This periodical has now become the leading Russian intellectual journal covering not only literature, but also offering an objective picture of contemporary Russian culture, revising outdated categories and clichés in the Russian humanities, and exploring the problems of Russian literature within a wider global cultural context. In 1995, Irina Prokhorova founded a publishing house of the same name. Its activity includes 20 book series ranging from philosophy to children's literature, art studies, modern poetry, new cinema, history, and everyday culture.

She was honored by the Government of the Russian Federation for the New Literary Observer magazine (2002), and received the independent American award, Liberty, for her contribution to the development of Russo-American cultural relations (2003). In 2005, Prokhorova became Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), and a laureate of the Andrey Belyi prize for literature (2006).

Ms. Prokhorova is also co-founder of the Mikhail Prokhorov Fund. The priority of the Fund is to support the development of new cultural institutions and initiatives in Russia, as well the promotion of Russian culture in the global intellectual community.

Part of the series Pluralism in Politics and Culture, a new initiative jointly sponsored by CREES and WCED that examines the foundations of free and open societies. The project builds on the university’s rich legacy of study and support of the dissident culture in the former Soviet Union and on several existing efforts at U-M. The series focuses on multiple facets of political pluralism, including its legal, cultural, and economic dimensions, and explore them in a broader historical context.

Lecture / Discussion:CREES Lecture: A Conversation with Irina Prokhorova
2012-11-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, Room 100
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies is proud to bring Irina Prokhorova, literary critic and cultural historian, and head of the New Literary Observer magazine and publishing house, to Ann Arbor. This event is part of the series Pluralism in Politics and Culture, a new initiative jointly sponsored by CREES and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies that examines the foundations of free and open societies, and is co-sponsored by the University Library.

Lecture / Discussion:Experimental Theatre in China Today
2012-11-19 16:00 | Michigan League - Michigan Room (second floor)
Speaker's abstract: A brief overview of theater’s development in China and introduction to some of the most influential playwrights and directors, including Yu Rongjun in Shanghai and Meng Jinghui in Beijing. Accompanied by photographs and video clips, this presentation will explain how forces such as politics, globalization, and commercialization have shaped performances on stage in contemporary China, and how artists like Yu and Meng have renewed the popularity of theater for young urban audiences.

Workshop / Seminar:Building Your Investment Portfolio (Fidelity Investments)
2012-11-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Center for the Education of Women - CEW, 330 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Presenter:Sherise Steele, Planning and Guidance Consultant

This workshop will help you build the foundation of your financial plan, review savings options for your retirement and non-retirement goals, and review basic principles of savings.

In this session, attendees will learn how to

”¢ Build a basic asset allocation model
”¢ Discuss historical performance of each asset class
”¢ Define asset allocation and diversification
”¢ Create a diversified target asset mix and execute changes
”¢ Identify the risks of not being diversified

Sherise Steele joined Fidelity as a workplace planning and guidance consultant in 2007. She is also a registered securities representative and licensed insurance representative in the state of Michigan. Sherise received her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.

This session will be repeated on December 10 from 12:00 -1:30 pm. Location TBD!

Workshop / Seminar:Building Your Investment Portfolio (Fidelity Investments)
2012-11-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Center for the Education of Women - 330 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Presenter:Sherise Steele, Planning and Guidance Consultant

This workshop will help you build the foundation of your financial plan, review savings options for your retirement and non-retirement goals, and review basic principles of savings.

In this session, attendees will learn how to

”¢ Build a basic asset allocation model
”¢ Discuss historical performance of each asset class
”¢ Define asset allocation and diversification
”¢ Create a diversified target asset mix and execute changes
”¢ Identify the risks of not being diversified

Sherise Steele joined Fidelity as a workplace planning and guidance consultant in 2007. She is also a registered securities representative and licensed insurance representative in the state of Michigan. Sherise received her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.

This session will be repeated on December 10 from 12:00 -1:30 pm. Location TBD!

PLEASE REGISTER ON THE CEW WEBSITE!

Workshop / Seminar:Interviewing and Resume - Launch Your Presentation (Alpha Epsilon Phi)
2012-11-19 18:45 - 19:45 | Off Campus Location - 1205 Hill Street
This workshop will be geared towards Juniors in Alpha Epsilon Phi looking for internships and center around how to present your story through interviews and resume.

At this workshop students will:
-Be better able to understand and articulate their story with their career field in mind.
-Conduct peer resume critiques.
-Practice typical interview questions.

Rushi Vyas will be facilitating this workshop. You may contact him at rvyas@umich.edu if you have any questions.

Performance:Voice Department Recital
2012-11-19 18:45 | Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium

Class / Instruction:Learning to Love Opera–OLLI Study Group
2012-11-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Off Campus Location - University Living, 2865 S. Main
This course prepares participants for HDTV satellite broadcast of live opera performances from the Metropolitan Opera House during its 2012 season. The format includes observation and discussion of related opera performances (DVDs), feature and documentary films, and occasional guest lectures by University of Michigan faculty. A syllabus is available online at www.univliving.com. Facilitated by Richard Adelman. This class meets Mondays and Tuesdays. Contact office for specific dates.

Performance:Michigan Youth Ensembles
2012-11-19 19:00 | Hill Auditorium
Jazz Improvisation Ensemble, Mark Kirschenmann, Director Band, Rodney Dorsey, Conductor Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Elliott, Conductor

Lecture / Discussion:Writing Compelling Nonfiction with Thomas Hager
2012-11-19 19:00 | Michigan League - Kalamazoo Room
Thomas Hager, author of "The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler," will present a talk about his writing process.

Lecture / Discussion:Biodiversity of Aquatic Plants–Temperate Versus Neotropics
2012-11-19 19:45 | Matthaei Botanical Gardens
A discussion on whether northeastern North America is the Amazonia of diversity for aquatic plants. Presented by Michigan Botanical Club.

Performance:Jazz Combos
2012-11-19 20:00 | Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre
Robert Hurst, director. Students from the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation perform jazz standards and original compositions.

Performance:Student Composers’ Concert
2012-11-19 20:00 | Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
PROGRAM: Amchin - Toons; Biedenbender - Liquid Architecture; Gonzalez - (in three parts); Dyskant-Miller - They Move with No One Watching: Dances; Smith - Portrait; Grant - Completely and Utterly Lost; Henry - Sonate pour flÈ—te, alto et harpe Dillon Henry; Ura - 18:6:3:2; Peterson - Manor Park for solo cello; Browne - Who Are We This Time; Undergraduate Composition Seminar - Music for a Silent Film
