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:20131015T154313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:19691231T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T095900 SUMMARY:Other:Student Organization Training Sessions DESCRIPTION:The Center for Campus Involvement would like to extend an invitation to our registered student organizations and their members to join us for our educational training sessions throughout this semester. We have three different types of training sessions:\n\nNew Student Organization Training: This will give new student organizations the basics of what it means to be a student organization on campus\, an over view of policies and benefits of becoming an recognized organization on campus. If you are thinking about starting an organization or just started one\, this training is for you.\n \nCore Training (VSO\, SSO and New Orgs): This session focuses on what it means to be an organization on campus including your rights and responsibilities as well as policies and procedures that you will come in contact with on a daily basis for your organization.\n\nSponsored Student Organization Training: SSO's this session will give you more information on your additional responsibilities as a sponsored student organization. It will also walk though what your sponsorship means and how you are affiliated with your sponsoring unit. \n\nTo register for our sessions\, please visit the Center for Campus Involvement on Maize Pages and click on the “Forms” link on the left-hand side of the page. Choose from the sessions that correspond to your type of student organization. Each of these sessions will provide the same information\; however\, you are more than welcome to attend multiple sessions.\n\nTopics include\, but are not limited to: general information about CCI and our mission\, what exactly are student organizations and where do you fit in here at the U\, expectations of student organizations\, registration and Maize Pages\, as well as addressing any needs or questions you may have. Hope to see you at one of our sessions and Go Blue! UID:15250-1194150@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ccistudentorgs,getinvolved,leadershiptraining,umich LOCATION:Michigan Union - Locations change based on Date CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131107T145246 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T233000 SUMMARY:Other:Science as Art Contest DESCRIPTION:\nThe Science Learning Center (SLC) is excited to announce a 2014 Science As Art Contest for currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students. \n\nWe are seeking submissions of artwork that express scientific principles\, concepts\, ideas\, processes\, and/or structures. The artwork may be visual\, literary\, musical\, video or performance-based. Depending upon the number and types of submissions received\, cash prizes will be awarded based on categories which may include: Best Overall\; By Discipline\; By Format\; Quality of Artistic Expression\; Individual and Team\; or Student Status such as 1st year\, sophomore\, etc.\n\nThe submission deadline is Friday\, January 10th\, 2014. Entries will be submitted electronically to scienceasart@umich.edu. Entries will be judged by a faculty and staff team with diverse backgrounds in science\, literature\, education\, and art. \n\nFrom 3–5 PM on Friday\, January 31\, we will host a Science As Art Contest Exhibition and Awards Ceremony in the Gallery in Room 100 of Hatcher Graduate Library on the UM’s Central Campus. We will invite the contest winners and finalists to display and discuss their work with the University Community.\n\nMore information about the contest is available at http://tinyurl.com/UMICHScienceAsArt. If you have any questions about the contest\, please contact us at scienceasart@umich.edu.\n\n UID:15486-1194891@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15486 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,biology,chemisty,contest,dance,film,literary,music,physics,science,visual arts LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1720 Chemistry CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131016T162546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T233000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: AfroKilt DESCRIPTION:AfroKilt explores the connections between Africa and Scotland through textiles – specifically\, the role of Anchor thread\, an embroidery thread with a unique versatility of color and texture. Anchor thread originates from Scotland’s oldest thread manufacturer J&P Coats and is found in contemporary Nigerian embroidered robes.\n\nBased on former Penny Stamps School of Art and Design student Sally Volkmann's senior project\, \"AfroKilt\, The Thread That Binds\,” the exhibit contains text and images from Volkmann’s trip to Scotland\, maps from the Clark Library collection\, fabric samples\, and more. UID:15270-1194220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15270 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:africa,library,scotland LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131001T153854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T233000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Soundscapes of Childhood DESCRIPTION:Compositions of voice\, words\, song\, and environmental sounds combine with personal stories and images of Nichols Arboretum to inspire reflection on how outdoor experience and a sense of “place” influence personal meanings of home. This exhibit of student work contributes to the common good by collecting\, preserving\, communicating\, and sharing individual audio-walk journeys.\n\nPresented by the University of Michigan Library in collaboration with the University of Michigan Residential College.\n UID:14982-1193548@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:exhibit,student show,the sound outside LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery in Room 100 (enter from Diag) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131010T150221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents “Ceramic Animals” DESCRIPTION:Marie Lane is an Ann Arbor ceramist who is legally blind due to glaucoma. Lane creates useful and whimsical ceramics incorporating various techniques\, and finished with either ceramic glaze or acid wash. She has received instruction from Sadashi Inuzuka\, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor\, Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. The exhibit is presented from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. through Dec. 9 in the Gifts of Art Gallery\, Taubman Health Center South Lobby\, Floor 1.\n\n UID:15189-1194083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15189 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:visual arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Gifts of Art Gallery, Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131008T142616 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A New Perspective: Digital Photography DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert P. Kelch retired from his position as Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2009. He enjoyed a wonderful career in academic medicine ̶ as a pediatric endocrinologist\, physician investigator and administrator. Retirement has given Kelch much more time and energy to devote to his lifelong interest in photography. He especially enjoys photographing beautiful scenes\, animals and objects during his many travels and around his home in South Haven\, Michigan. \n\n100% of artist proceeds will go to the Gifts of Art endowment. For more information\, please visit: http://www.med.umich.edu/goa/donations.htm UID:15152-1193936@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130708T150346 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Botanical Watercolors DESCRIPTION:Local artist\, teacher and floral painter Joanne Porter has always been inspired by the seasonal variations in the garden. In her watercolors\, she captures the freshness of spring\, the warm palette of summer and the crispness of fall. Using many layers of watercolor paint\, Porter conveys the delicate movement of the flowers as well as their richness of color. Her educational background includes a BFA and MFA from the U-M School of Art & Design\, and her work has been in one person gallery shows and on permanent display in hospitals\, businesses and schools throughout southeastern Michigan. UID:13845-1186722@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/13845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131018T102404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Gifts of Art presents Ceramic Animals DESCRIPTION:An Ann Arbor ceramist who is legally blind due to glaucoma\, Marie Lane discovered the world of clay in the fall of 2002. She enjoys creating an assortment of useful and whimsical ceramics incorporating various techniques. Her tactile reliefs and handcrafted creations are finished with either ceramic glaze or acid wash. Examples of each of these techniques are included in this exhibit. She has received instruction from Professor Sadashi Inuzuka of the U-M School of Art and Design from 2002-2012\, the Ox-Bow School for the Arts and locally at Yourist Studio. UID:15283-1194422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15283 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131018T102404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Gifts of Art presents Ceramic Animals DESCRIPTION:An Ann Arbor ceramist who is legally blind due to glaucoma\, Marie Lane discovered the world of clay in the fall of 2002. She enjoys creating an assortment of useful and whimsical ceramics incorporating various techniques. Her tactile reliefs and handcrafted creations are finished with either ceramic glaze or acid wash. Examples of each of these techniques are included in this exhibit. She has received instruction from Professor Sadashi Inuzuka of the U-M School of Art and Design from 2002-2012\, the Ox-Bow School for the Arts and locally at Yourist Studio. UID:15283-1194479@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15283 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130404T143131 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Paperweights & Studio Glass DESCRIPTION:The American studio glass movement started in 1962 with glass workshops held at the Toledo Museum of Art. The workshops\, taught by Harvey Littleton along with scientist Dominick Labino\, introduced a small furnace built for working glass that made it possible for artists to work in independent studios. The studio glass movement quickly spread north to Michigan\, and in 1982\, a decision was made that studio glass would be the focus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn permanent art collection\, which is housed at the Alfred Berkowitz Gallery. This exhibition is a portion of that collection\, spotlighting studio glass art by major artists working in the medium\, including Dominick Labino\, Marvin Lipofsky and Richard Ritter. UID:13301-1184370@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/13301 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – Level B2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131008T143303 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Pierced Porcelain DESCRIPTION:In this current body of work\, Kate Tremel is interested in taking a fresh look at traditional pottery forms within a functional context. She has returned to a technique that she learned years ago as an exchange student in Peru - thinning and shaping porcelain using a wooden paddle and river stone. Tremel finds the challenge of piercing the thin walls of the clay at their most fragile state to be an exercise in understanding the fleeting tenuousness of beauty itself. Among other things\, Tremel is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:15153-1193993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131018T103728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Poodle Stories: Whiteware Clay DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artist Lilli Blackburn creates functional and sculptural works in clay. In this body of work\, poodles are represented in various dilemmas of life. The functional white ware is lighthearted\, so simple tasks such as eating and drinking can become playful. Each piece is individually handcrafted with feedback from her standard parti (two-colored) poodle\, who loves to crack a joke. Blackburn earned a BFA from Ohio State University\, and her studio is Grins Clay. UID:15286-1194651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15286 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Main Corridor, Floor 2. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131018T101250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Retaining Identity: Mixed Media Painting DESCRIPTION:U-M Geriatrics Center Silver Club Memory Loss programs embrace creative enrichment for its members. To further their creative programming\, two of the groups\, the Day Program and Elderberry Club\, have partnered with U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design. Professor Anne Mondro’s students and club members share experiences and expertise to create one of a kind works of art. Retaining Identity captures the spirit of creativity and embraces a shared experience. UID:15281-1194365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15281 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery – South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131018T102830 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stitched Impressions: Art Quilts DESCRIPTION:Textile artist Carole Harris is a Detroit native. Her mother introduced her to needle arts at an early age. After receiving a BFA in art and interior design from Wayne State\, she began to explore fibers as an art form. Many of her art quilts have architectural themes but she is most fascinated by the interplay of hue and pattern\, often drawing inspiration from the color\, energy\, movement\, and rhythms of ethnographic rituals as well as jazz\, blues and gospel music. Harris’ goal is to make her quilts dance with the same excitement\, exuberance and joy that music gives her. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally and internationally\, and she is much in demand as a lecturer and juror. UID:15284-1194537@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15284 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131018T103311 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Art of Storytelling: Fabric Appliqué DESCRIPTION:Chris Roberts-Antieau’s work is about the mysterious origin of joy and the wonder of childhood. To create her witty fabric paintings\, she first hunts for her palette of fabrics: linens\, flannels\, cottons\, calicos\, even velvet. Then she cuts her designs freehand\, using the sewing machine as a drawing tool to define the borders of her figures with a beautiful\, almost invisible satin-stitch. Roberts-Antieau then finishes her pieces with hand embroidery work\, and frames the finished art behind glass in hand-painted frames. On exhibit in permanent collections across the country\, the joy in Roberts-Antieau’s award winning work is contagious. UID:15285-1194594@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15285 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:health and wellness,visual arts LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Main Corridor, Floor 2. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130925T135958 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sibande On Campus: Exhibit: The wait seems to go on forever (mural\, 2008) DESCRIPTION:Rising young South African artist Mary Sibande constructs elaborate visual narratives to consider race\, gender\, and class in post-colonial South Africa. Rooted in her own family’s history of three generations of women as domestic servants\, Sibande’s larger-than-life figures clothed in yards of fabric confront the viewer with the stark limits of cultural heritage as well as the possibility of transformation. Sibande’s Ann Arbor fellowship includes an original installation at the U-M Institute for the Humanities gallery\, a Penny Stamps lecture\, an open studio at the Stamps School on North Campus\, and exhibition of Sibande’s existing work at Gallery DAAS\, the U-M Museum of Art\, and the Stamps School Slusser Gallery. UID:14842-1193267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:multicultural,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130822T132305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:American Foodways: The Jewish Contribution DESCRIPTION:Highlighting Jewish contributions to American culinary history from 1660 to 2013\, this exhibit includes Jewish-American charity cookbooks representing all fifty states from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive at the University of Michigan Library. Many other treasures will also be on display\, including the first Jewish cookbook published in America (1871). Original early works will be on display in the Audubon Room\, with examples of 20th and 21st century items in the North Lobby cases of the Hatcher Library.\n\nCurated by Jan Longone\, Adjunct Curator in the U-M Special Collections Library\, and Avery Robinson\, Graduate Student in Judaic Studies\, the exhibit is available during Audubon Room hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 1-7pm.\n\nPlease join us for an exhibit lecture and reception on September 24 at 4:00 p.m. UID:14336-1192115@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:culinary,food,jewish community,jewish studies,university library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130903T132758 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Harmon of Michigan DESCRIPTION:The Bentley Historical Library is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibit\, “Harmon of Michigan” focusing on the life and career of University of Michigan football legend Tom Harmon. The exhibition\, in conjunction with the \"unretiring\" of Harmon's famed number 98 jersey this season\, highlights Harmon’s college career at Michigan\, both as a student and an athlete. Using archival documents\, photographs\, and artifacts\, including material recently acquired through Harmon’s son\, Mark Harmon\, the exhibit traces Harmon’s career as the University of Michigan’s first Heisman Trophy winner\, World War II pilot and war hero\, and a pioneering radio and television broadcaster. The exhibit is curate by Greg Kinney.\n UID:14425-1192370@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:bentley historical library,michigan football,north campus,tom harmon LOCATION:Bentley Historical Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130727T231034 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T100000 SUMMARY:Other:50 Shades of Green – A Dynamic Look at the Color of Nature DESCRIPTION:Using examples from the conservatory’s collection and touching on art\, science\, psychology\, research\, environmental issues\, and literature\, the winter exhibit illuminates the many meanings of “green.” Also\, holiday open house Nov. 30 & Dec. 1: live music\, seasonal activities\, holiday items in the Garden Store\, and fresh-cut wreaths and greens. Free admission. Presented by Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum. UID:13959-1188884@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/13959 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conservatory,exhibit,matthaei botanical gardens LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130912T105020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Performing Still Images: David Claerbout and Matthew Buckingham\" DESCRIPTION: UID:14631-1192870@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14631 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:visual arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Hours are noon-5 p.m. Sundays; closed Mondays. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130910T135243 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CCS Noon Lecture Series. \"Qing Perceptions of British India and the Dilemmas of Frontier Integration\, 1760-1842\" DESCRIPTION:After 1760\, an increasing portion of the Qing frontier abutted areas in which the British and Russian empires exerted direct or indirect influence. This talk\, concentrating primarily on the case of India\, examines the bureaucratic\, strategic\, and intellectual challenges posed for the Qing state by the expansion of its rivals. In particular\, it considers how a government that had been accustomed to managing a diverse and fragmented borderland adapted to the fact that the activities of other empires\, evident across widely separated and non-contiguous regions\, formed part of an increasingly integrated web of imperial competition.\n \nMatthew W. Mosca received his PhD in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University in 2008. He is currently assistant professor in the Lyon G. Tyler Department of History at the College of William and Mary. In the 2013-2014 academic year he holds a Mellon Fellowship for Assistant Professors at the School of Historical Studies\, Institute of Advanced Study.\n \nThis presentation is co-sponsored by the U-M Center for South Asian Studies\, organizer of the Winter Term 2014 LSA Theme Semester “India in the World.” For more information\, please contact their center at 734-615-4059\; csas@umich.edu \; or access their website at: www.ii.umich.edu/csas. UID:14587-1192592@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14587 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:british imperialism,china,india LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Room 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131003T101600 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Chinese Now : Contemporary Portraits DESCRIPTION:The Confucius Institute and Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan host an art exhibition \"Chinese Now: Contemporary Portraits\" presented by 31 faculty members from the School of Arts\, Renmin University of China. Professor TANG Keyang (Associate Professor\, School of Arts\, \nRenmin University of China) succinctly explains what this exhibition tries to accomplish. \"In this exhibition\, the people of China are brought to life in the vision of the artists. Freed from the limitations of a single concept\, style\, image\, or form\, the only thing the Chinese people represented here have in common is a disregard for the stereotypes long associated with them. The concern of this exhibition is in establishing the cultural sensibilities of contemporary China\, just as different peoples\, at different times\, have engaged art as a vital social response to the movement of history. As Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee has noted\, engagement with these cultural sensibilities allows an audience to grasp “certain core feelings\, the stuff which moves us” so inherent in the drama of life. In presenting this exhibition\, the hope is that an understanding of these core feelings will form the basis for meaningful intercultural dialogue.\" UID:15040-1193670@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art exhibition,china,visual arts LOCATION:Work Gallery 306 South State Street CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131121T092558 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Dr. Chuan He \, Professor\, Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago will present a seminar titled: Reversible DNA and RNA methylation in biological regulation.\" The seminar will be held in 5330 MS I from 12-1pm on Tuesday\, December 3\, 2013. UID:15596-1195051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15596 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biological chemistry LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 5330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130917T110938 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T133000 SUMMARY:Meeting:My Brothers DESCRIPTION:The My Brothers Committee invites you to join us for:\nMy Brothers: A Lunch Series for Self-Identified Men of Color\n\n*Free Lunch Provided by Ahmo's*\n \nDate: Tuesdays\, 9/17\, 10/8\, 11/12\, 12/3 \n\nTime: 12:00pm -1:30pm (early arrival encouraged\; late arrivals welcomed)\nLocation: The Parker Room\, 2nd floor of the Michigan Union across from the MESA Office. (Please note this change in location for the first session only. All future sessions will be held in the former location\, CSG Chambers.)\n\n\nOur Mission: My Brothers seeks to empower men of color around issues of identity\, intercultural competency\, and health and wellness that affect them in an open atmosphere. The program welcomes all University of Michigan men of color – undergraduate and graduate\, faculty and staff.\n UID:14699-1192975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14699 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fellowships,free lunch,men,men of color,mental health,minority men,multicultural,nerworking LOCATION:Michigan Union - CSG Chambers CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130130T103042 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Beating the Blues DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays – Beating the Blues. This session will give students information on what depression is and is not. It will also explore ways to help students feel more energized and well equipped to navigate through their difficult situation or depressed mood. \n\nMeets every Tuesday during the semester\, Led by Amanda Byrnes\, LMSW\n\nEach Tuesday 4:15-5:30 p.m. you and other interested students will meet with a counselor and focus on one of the most frequent concerns of U-M students. These are the very issues that U-M students have told us are the most common issues they deal with every day. The counselor will share some helpful information\, talk about strategies and clinical resources\, and she or he will also make time for you to share a little bit about your concerns (if you wish to do so). \n\n UID:12281-1192653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/12281 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:beating the blues,health and wellness LOCATION:Michigan Union - CAPS Office 3100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131126T092544 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define China's Ascent DESCRIPTION:Alumnus Damien Ma (CCS MA '06) will discuss his new book (co-authored with William Adams)\, which turns the conventional wisdom on its head by showing why China’s economic growth will constrain rather than empower it.\n\nIn this book\, Damien Ma and William Adams reveal why\, having 35 years of ferocious economic growth\, China’s future will be shaped by the same fundamental reality that has shaped it for millennia: scarcity. Ma and Adams drill deep into Chinese society\, illuminating all the scarcities that will limit its power and progress. Beyond scarcities of natural resources and public goods\, they illuminate China’s persistent poverties of individual freedoms\, cultural appeal\, and ideological legitimacy – and the corrosive loss of values and beliefs amongst a growing middle class shackled by a parochial and inflexible political system. Everyone knows “the 21st century is China’s to lose” – but\, as with so many things that “everyone knows\,” that’s just wrong. Ma and Adams get beyond cheerleading and fearmongering to tell the complex truth about China today. This is a truth you need to hear – whether you’re an investor\, business decision-maker\, policymaker\, or citizen.\n\nReception to follow. Copies of the book can be purchased and signed by the author during the reception. UID:15638-1195361@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15638 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:china LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Room 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131114T111841 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Linking landscape design and conservation DESCRIPTION:The School of Natural Resources and Environment will gather to honor Professor Robert Grese at 5 p.m. on Dec. 3 as he is named the Theodore Roosevelt Professor. The Roosevelt Professor is one of seven endowed professorships at SNRE. Grese will present his Roosevelt Professorship lecture\, \"Linking landscape design and conservation: historical American traditions and current applications\,\" followed by a reception at Ford Commons. Both events are free and open to the public. UID:15547-1195002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15547 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:environment LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131119T113548 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T180000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Sustainability Scholars Information Meeting DESCRIPTION:Are you a sophomore with a passion for the environment and sustainability? Want hands-on sustainability leadership training? Interested in funding for field-based sustainability courses and experiences?\n\nIf you answered “YES\,\" then you’ll want to come to an Sustainability Scholars Information Meeting on December 3\, 2013 from 5 to 6 p.m. in 1028 Dana. The Graham Sustainability Institute's Education Director Mike Shriberg will provide details about the 11-credit\, supplemental studies program\, and several Sustainability Scholars will talk about what the program has meant to them. Food and refreshments will be served.\n\n\n UID:15575-1195028@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15575 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:undergraduate sustainability scholars graham institute supplementary field studies LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131203T000019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T173000 SUMMARY:Performance:Graduate Opera Scenes DESCRIPTION:Directed by Kay Castaldo Graduate students perform scenes and romantic duets. UID:15080-1193803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15080 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:music LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131109T153402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lecture: Ann Markusen DESCRIPTION:Ann Markusen is Director of the Arts Economy Initiative at the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs and President of Markusen Economic Research Services. She is a frequent public speaker and advisor to public agencies\, policymakers\, cultural businesses\, economic developers\, and nonprofit arts organizations across the US\, in Europe\, Japan\, Korea\, Australia and Brazil. Markusen’s recent California’s Arts and Cultural Ecology (2011)\, Nurturing California’s Next Generation Arts and Cultural Leaders (2011)\, Creative Placemaking (2010)\, Los Angeles: America’s Artist Super City (2010)\; Native Artists: Careers\, Resources\, Space\, Gifts (2009)\, San Jose Artists’ Resource and Space Study (2008)\, Leveraging Investments in Creativity Artist Data User Guide (2008)\, Crossover: How Artists Build Careers across Commercial\, Non-profit and Community Work (2006)\, Artists’ Centers (2006)\, and The Artistic Dividend (2003). Markusen holds a Foreign Service Bachelor's Degree from Georgetown University and M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics. Michigan State University. She has taught at Colorado\, California Berkeley\, Northwestern\, and Rutgers Universities.\nhttp://www.hhh.umn.edu/projects/prie UID:15498-1194939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:architecture,lecture,planning LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - A+A Auditorium (Rm 2104) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131105T084532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T180000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Yiddish Movie Night - East and West DESCRIPTION:A drama about the lively contrast and interaction between American and European Jews. Directed by Ivan Abramson and Sidney M. Goldin\, and starring Molly Picon\, Jacob Kalich\, and Sidney Goldin. Austria\, 1923. Accompanied live by Timmy L. Johnson on the keyboard.\n\n\nFor a longer description:\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014339/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl\n UID:15446-1194832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/15446 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:jewish studies LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Room 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130925T170055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:MI Favorite Comic DESCRIPTION:Three semi-finals\, where students showcase their comedic talents\, are held in the Michigan League Underground on October 22nd\, November 12th\, and December 3rd. The winner of each event (selected by audience vote) go on to compete at a finale event in February\, in the Michigan League Ballroom\, for the top prize and the title of 2014 MI Favorite Comic. Each semi-final also has a student host and the finale has a guest host/emerging national comedian feature. UID:14852-1193361@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:cciprograms,free,getinvolved,mifavoritecomic,umich LOCATION:Michigan League - Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130909T095348 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Prisoners of the White House: The Isolation of America's Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership DESCRIPTION:Ken Walsh\, White House correspondent for U.S. News\, will discuss the attempts by different Presidents to break from the isolation of the White House\, which President Truman described as “the great white jail\,” and President Clinton called “the crown jewel of the federal penitentiary system.” Prisoners of the White House examines each administration’s methods\, from Roosevelt to Obama\, to access the public mood and stay connected with the nation within an increasingly insular White House. UID:14532-1195011@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:presidents,white house LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130529T114834 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lee Murdock DESCRIPTION:Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories of the Great Lakes\, songs made of hard work and hard living\, of ships that come in and ships that have gone down. Tonight\, Lee arrives in port with his Christmas Ship Concert\, a holiday show commemorating the turn-of-the-century tradition of carrying Christmas trees to Great Lakes port cities. At the end of the lumber season every year\, Great Lakes captains would carry one final cargo\, heralding the holiday season with a deck piled high with fresh-cut evergreen trees and garlands. It's a one-of-a-kind seasonal celebration\, and a great way to see the man Dirty Linen called \"the premier interpreter of songs and tales about the Great Lakes.\" UID:13655-1185434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/13655 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:christmas ship concert,lee murdock,music,the ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20131203T000018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20131203T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Student Composers Concert DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Sherwood-Gabrielson - String Quartet no. 1\; Jarrar - Voices of Qalandia\; Heredia - Golpes Bajos\; Grant - The White Heat\; Dyskant-Miller - Colony Collapse\; Suburban Piano Quartet - place a stone on a mountaintop\; Fasoldt - Night Reflections\; Pegram - EASY AS THAT\; Gonzalez - Three Landscapes. UID:14103-1189065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/14103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:music LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR