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:20150119T124107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Face Off Blood Challenge vs. MSU DESCRIPTION:Help Michigan beat Michigan State by donating blood! With over 35 drives in buildings all across campus there are plenty of opportunities to save lives - your pint can save up to three lives. Visit redcrossblood.org and use the sponsor code \"goblue\" to make an appointment. UID:20541-1328344@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Michigan League, Residential Dorms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T125123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:\n\nAfter Effects: April 6\, 2015\n\nFilmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015 \n\nFinal Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015 \n\niMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!\n\nRegister online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21687-1358899@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150407T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:After Effects: April 6\, 2015Filmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015Final Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015iMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!Register online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21712-1401469@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T120007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Regionals Tournament DESCRIPTION:32 team Midwest Regionals Tournament where the top teams will qualify for nationals (located in NC) UID:20482-1362662@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Madison, WI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150220T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:MTango Beginners Series DESCRIPTION:MTango is a student organization dedicated to spreading the joy of Argentine tango in the University of Michigan community and beyond. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding teachers at affordable prices\, and we look for instructors who are not only excellent dancers and experienced teachers but are also articulate and personable people. We also host social dance parties and share our talents through performances. MTango offers a popular intensive beginner's series in Argentine tango (no partner or experience required)\, as well as classes for more advanced dancers. It's a great way to meet people\, listen to awesome music\, relax\, share a few dances\, and have lots of fun!Classes occur weekly every Friday from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm UID:20546-1361254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Fireside Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each monthfrom 5:30-7:00pm in the Fireside Cafe!Below are the featured activities:February 10 from 5:30-7pm:Valentines and Cookies!February 24 from 5:30-7pm: DIY Marble Magnets UID:21204-1364547@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Mug Mondays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Michigan Union MUG has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more each week in the Union MUG on Mondays from 5-6:30pm\, located in the Michigan Union Ground Floor! Below are the featured activities:February 2 from 5-6:30pm: DIY Snow GlobesFebruary 9 from 5-6:30pm: Paper Flowers CraftFebruary 16 from 5-6:30pm: Make your own mini flowerpot polar bears and penguinsFebruary 23 from 5-6:30pm: Box of Sunshine (yellow things to brighten your day!) UID:21203-1363736@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Charleston Spring Regatta DESCRIPTION:Competetive Dinghy Regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:21183-1363014@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Charting the Wolverine DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the intersection of maps and art. Artist Elaine Wilson weaves the two together seamlessly in her project “Charting the Wolverine\,” a series of her illustrations and paintings following the train route from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Wilson’s finished project is displayed in whole\, supported by a small array of her sketchbooks\, preliminary drawings and maps from U-M collections. UID:20279-1280103@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 2nd Floor, Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Commonwealth Cup DESCRIPTION:Flywheel and BFly go to Virginia.  UID:21344-1363018@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Martinsville, VA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T102728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing the Cherubim: Snowflake Paper Cuttings DESCRIPTION:This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite\, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his two collections\, “Chasing the Cherubim” and “Fiery Furnace”. Cherubim\, the higher order of angels\, are guardians representing divine authority in human life. Clark explores themes of changing human experience and consciousness and the evolution of authority though images of these winged beings and other manifestations. A former U-M physician\, Clark\, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake\, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. UID:20079-1342634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Civil War Soldiers DESCRIPTION:Shayne Davidson is an experienced genealogist who received an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare\, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops\, Company G. The portraits incorporate portions of the men’s military records in the artwork\, and a mini-biography of the soldier\, written by the artist\, accompanies each portrait. Davidson also studied painting and drawing at Cooper Union in New York City and received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts. UID:21149-1335611@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life Line: Scratchboard Etchings DESCRIPTION:While Chicagoan Lisa S. Goesling has spent her life creating art\, she discovered scratchboards (boards made of clay and India ink) while undergoing a cancer diagnosis in 2006. The idea that adversity teaches us to turn the negative into a positive is a great analogy for transforming these black boards into thriving works of art. Her past careers in graphic design and art direction continue to influence her art by incorporating the fundamentals of design\, such as composition\, pattern\, texture\, contrast\, line\, etc. Using nature as her muse\, Goesling scratches fine lines into a layer of ink until meticulous images appear in the clay. UID:21146-1335499@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141125T110919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Life: Watercolor DESCRIPTION:LeAnne Mawby Sowa is a west Michigan artist who paints with an appreciation of history and love of the Great Lakes. Her lighthouses and lake scenes are reminiscent of summer vacation times exploring the state’s wonders. Sowa’s colors are vibrant\, and she also brings to life the historic beauty of barns and other places far from the shoreline. Her artistic education is through self exploration\, workshops and a few college classes\, including Hertfordshire College in Ware\, England. UID:20086-1264569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Splendor: Wildlife & Floral Photography DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artists Dick and Sue Rigterink use digital photography to share the joy and splendor of nature. By stopping fast motion\, their photographs capture the moment and the personalities\, whether a bird in flight or song\, or a chipmunk jumping for a flower. They focus attention on the diversity\, habitats\, behavior\, and beauty of local\, recognizable wildlife to evoke memories in viewers. Dick has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State and a Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Sue has a Bachelor’s from Michigan State in Mathematics. Their wildlife photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and National Wildlife Federation. UID:21143-1342693@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Playground Valentine: Art Jewelry & Objects DESCRIPTION:Amber D. Harrison is a Michigan based studio artist practicing contemporary art jewelry and object making. She works as a fabricator hand cutting and forming each piece while exploring the implementation of play. Her goal is to transfer her own memories into a whimsical and wearable world\, evoking the recollections or imaginations of others. She recently exhibited in the 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show\, one of the top craft shows in the United States. Harrison earned her BFA from the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:21150-1335667@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Storytelling Whimsical Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Story greatly influences the clay sculptures of Leanne Schnepp. By combining animal and human forms and characteristics\, she tells stories of connection and transformation. Humans\, coyotes\, frogs\, and birds interact and “converse\,” and mischievous children become monsters and tumble about. There is a sense of play and whimsy in the work and the opportunity for viewers to use their imagination. Schnepp earned her BFA at Michigan State University and has worked as an artist and teacher for the past 20 years. She currently lives and works in East Lansing. UID:21144-1335387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stunningly Ordinary: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Michigan based artist Amy Fell finds great beauty\, charm\, and even mystery in the everyday articles that surround us. Fell uses a variety of techniques — including dramatic lighting\, large scale presentation\, detailed rendering and bold color — to celebrate the objects that provide comfort and support in our day-to-day lives. Fell studies oil painting at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center as well as regularly attending workshops of nationally acclaimed artists. She exhibits her work in juried shows and is very active in the arts community in the Detroit metropolitan area. UID:21148-1335555@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150310T132434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table DESCRIPTION:The Dinnerware Museum\, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012\, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware from all over the world along with fine art referencing dinnerware created from ceramic\, metal\, glass\, paper\, plastic and more. This exhibition highlights portions of eight memorable place settings of American tableware dating from the 1930s to the present\, including sets designed by the leading 20th century designers Eva Zeisel\, Russel Wright\, Glidden Parker\, and Don Schreckengost as well as new dinnerware by contemporary artist Julia Galloway in 2014. UID:21151-1335756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141218T105602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Re-Imaging Gender - A Juried Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Our understandings of gender have shifted dramatically in recent decades. No longer is gender a matter of an immutable binary\, or a set of predetermined preferences and predilections. This exhibition--the first of its kind--both celebrates and interrogates the visual aspects of the re- imaging of gender.\n\nRe-imaging Gender features the work of 15 promising artists who take on one of the most important challenges facing contemporary art: how to render the modern spectrum of gender\, going beyond the simple male/female binary to include a wide variety of identities and sexualities.\n\nThe Re-imaging artists\, MFA students enrolled at Michigan and CIC universities (Big 10\, plus Chicago)\, responded to an IRWG-issued Call for Art. The result is an exhibition of 17 works in a variety of media\, including photography\, paint\, lithograph\, mixed media\, and video\, which reflect new understandings of gender.\n\nThe exhibit will be displayed at the Lane Hall Gallery\, a space shared by IRWG and the U-M Department of Women’s Studies\, from January 15 - June 26\, 2015. UID:20407-1287610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Literary Arts,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery space on first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141020T154734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Now or Never\": Collecting\, Documenting\, and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:World War I was far from over in the Middle East when the Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on 11 November 1918. As the European colonial powers sought to divide up the territory of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire\, the forces of Turkish nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal fought a war of independence claiming victory and announcing the establishment of a Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. It was in the context of continued conflict that University of Michigan Professor of Archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927) traveled to the Near East. Accompanied by his wife Isabelle (Mary) Badger Kelsey (1867-1944)\, his fifteen-year old son Easton Trowbridge Kelsey (b. 1904) and University of Michigan staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866-1947)\, Kelsey visited a region of the world that not only had experienced four-years of destructive war and devastating famine\, but also was the site of genocide.\n\nThe initial mission was to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post war chaos. To initiate the mission\, Prof. Kelsey wrote an urgent letter to Miss Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Library on October 3\, 1918. He solicited her support for an immediate expedition into the aftermath of war for “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor” no record of these Christian communities would remain. It was “now or never” he writes that ancient and medieval manuscripts may be purchased from “unappreciative hands” for a token price. It was now or never that Greek\, Syriac\, Persian and Armenian manuscripts could be easily picked up and the “possession of these\, and their proper preservation\, will be a gain to science of inestimable value.” Little did Kelsey know that his travels to the Near East would also become a moment of witnessing. Kelsey’s diaries and Swain’s photographs on exhibit leave an important historical record that links them personally and the University of Michigan to one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history.\n\nOrganizers: Kathryn Babayan\, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies\, U-M\; and Melanie Tanielian\, assistant professor of history\, U-M. UID:19668-1235328@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,International,Museum LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T161818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Now or Never: Collecting\, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:Diaries written by U-M professor of archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858–1927) and photographs taken by U-M staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866–1947) are a historical record that links them—and the University of Michigan—to one of the largest preservation efforts in history. Kelsey wrote\, “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor\,” no record of these Christian communities would remain.\n\nKelsey and Swain initially traveled to the Near East to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post World War I chaos\, as the war was far from over in the Middle East when Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on November 11\, 1918. Two Armenian manuscripts that were purchased as a consequence of the expedition are on display.\n\nLecture and opening reception will take place at 4 p.m. on January 14 in the Hatcher Library Gallery\, adjacent to the exhibit.\n\nExhibit materials are courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library and U-M Library Special Collections. UID:20513-1296063@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T112540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner DESCRIPTION:Experience the acclaimed works of artist M. Saffell Gardner at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, February 19 – March 20\, 2015 with the exhibition “The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner.” Located in Lester P. Monts Hall\, “Artistry” features an extensive collection of Gardner’s paintings and creative works. \n\nAbout the Artist: M. Saffell Gardner is a master painter\, mixed media artist\, art historian and educator. A graduate of Wayne State University holding a BFA and MFA in painting\, Gardner's artistic talents have transcended a career spanning more than five decades. As recently as 2014\, Gardner's work appeared at the 9338 Campau Gallery and 2014 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids. In 2013\, he was invited to participate in “The Venice Biennale 2013.\" In 2000\, he was selected as the Chivas Regal Artist in Residence at the Charles H. Wright Museum. A commissioned painting entitled “Door of No Return” is currently in the museum’s permanent collection. Gardner has also co-curated “Vision in a Cornfield” for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Gardner’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of multiple healthcare systems including: Blue Cross Blue Shield\, Henry Ford Hospital\, Total Healthcare and the Detroit Medical Center. His work is also on display at several Detroit Public Schools including Cass Technical High School\, Renaissance High School\, Southeastern High School and the Detroit School of Arts. In addition\, to his work the metro Detroit area\, Gardner has also exhibited throughout the United States\, Jamaica\, Brazil\, Ghana and Africa. UID:21679-1358655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center - Monts Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T125058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Death Dogs DESCRIPTION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presents Death Dogs exhibition from February 6 - May 3\, 2015. UID:21334-1345541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Exhibition,History,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Upjohn Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150109T121922 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dykes\, Dads\, and Moms to Watch out For: The Comics of Alison Bechdel DESCRIPTION:The Institute for the Humanities is pleased to present the first comprehensive\, curated exhibition of the work of Alison Bechdel\, cartoonist\, graphic memoirist\, and 2014 McArthur \"Genius.\" Bechdel's work explores the overlap of the personal and the political\, \"using the interplay of word and image to weave sophisticated narratives.\" The musical adaptation of her acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic\, which originated at the Public Theater\, opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\n\"Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution among lesbians and discerning non-lesbians all over the planet. And her more recent\, darkly humorous graphic memoirs about her family have forged an unlikely intimacy with an even wider range of readers.\n\nBechdel self-syndicated Dykes to Watch Out For for twenty-five years\, from 1983 to 2008. The award-winning generational chronicle has been called “one of the pre-eminent oeuvres in the comics genre\, period.” (Ms. magazine)\n\nIn 2006 she published Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Time magazine named it the Best Book of 2006\, describing the tightly architected investigation into her closeted bisexual father’s suicide “a masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds\, and their mysterious debts to each other.” Fun Home was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. It has been adapted into a musical by the playwright Lisa Kron and the composer Jeanine Tesori. It opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in September 2013 and ran through several extensions. It opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\nIn her work\, Bechdel is preoccupied with the overlap of the political and the personal spheres\, the relationship of the self to the world outside. Her 2012 memoir Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama delved into not just her relationship with her own mother\, but the theories of the 20th-century British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. In the New York Times Book Review\, Katie Roiphe wrote\, “There’s a lucidity to Bechdel’s work that in certain ways … bears more resemblance to poetry than to the dense\, wordy introspection of most prose memoirs. The book delivers lightning bolts of revelation\, maps of insight and visual snapshots of family entanglements in a singularly beautiful style.”\n\nAlison’s comics have appeared in The New Yorker\, Slate\, McSweeney’s\, The New York Times Book Review\, and Granta. She received a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship.\n\nAlison lives in Vermont\, where she is a Marsh Professor at Large at the University of Vermont.\" UID:20743-1314928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Exhibition,Storytelling,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T114651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Impart: The 2015 Stamps Faculty Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The 2015 Faculty Exhibition features current creative practice and work in a spectrum of media\, from paintings\, prints and ceramics\, to installation\, performance and kinetic work.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 16 - February 20\nOpening Reception: Tuesday\, January 20 from 5-7 pm\nSlusser Gallery UID:21258-1342792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21258 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Slusser Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T110131 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Turning Bad Communication Habits Into Good Ones DESCRIPTION:Communication does not come easy to everyone. Once bad communication habits take hold it can be hard to break them.\n\nYou will learn to:\n\nExamine the basics of “active listening” to sharpen your listening skills\nCommunicate diplomatically in a variety of sensitive situations\nDetermine ways to deliver criticism that results in a positive behavior change\nUse techniques for saying “No” in a confident\, calm manner without feeling guilty\n\nYou will benefit by:\n\nGaining confidence in communicating with others who are resistant to change\nFeeling more comfortable when persuading others to see it your way\nStrengthening professional relationships using rapport-building techniques\nEstablishing credibility and projecting confidence in the workplace\n\nAudience:\nAnyone who would like to develop skills to establish credibility\, persuade and influence others\, and to shine in the workplace\n\nSchedule Selection(s) Competencies: AM BI CO DO UID:21248-1342746@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Networking,Workshop LOCATION:Administrative Services Building - HRD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150216T145934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:4 Little Girls DESCRIPTION:4 Little Girls is Spike Lee's first documentary\, produced in 1997 and nominated for an Academy Award that year. It is the story of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in September\, 1963\, which resulted in the deaths of four young girls\, told through interviews and historic footage.\n\nFollowing the film Dale Long\, a survivor of that bombing at the age of 11\, will lead a discussion on \"From outrage to social change: How the murder of four girls helped trigger sustained change.\"\n\nThe film is shown at 10 a.m.\, with a discussion to follow at 11:45. The public is welcome to come for all or part of the event.\n\nLunch will be provided. UID:21594-1357058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21594 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Multicultural,Rackham,Social Justice LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th floor amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323691@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323781@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150129T095226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Four Little Girls: Film and Discussion DESCRIPTION:\"4 Little Girls\" is Spike Lee's first documentary\, produced in 1997 and nominated for an Academy Award that year. It is the story of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in September\, 1963\, which resulted in the deaths of four young girls\, told through interviews and historic footage.\n\nFollowing the film Dale Long\, a survivor of that bombing at the age of 11\, will lead a discussion on \"From outrage to social change: How the murder of four girls helped trigger sustained change.\"\n\nDale Long is a nationally recognized speaker on social justice issues and has addressed organizations such as the National Urban League and the Congressional Black Caucus. He is active in Big Brothers and Sisters of America and in 1989 received the Big Brother of the Year Award.\n\nThe film will be shown at 10 a.m.\, with lunch and discussion to follow at approximately 11:45 a.m. The public is invited to attend all or part of the event. UID:21188-1337683@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Film,History,Social Impact,Social Justice LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th floor amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141126T120448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Nicholas Delbanco: A Literary Life DESCRIPTION:This exhibit\, drawn from the papers of teacher and author Nicholas Delbanco\, Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature and Director of the Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards Program at U-M\, spans decades and continents and illustrates the extensive range of Delbanco's life and work.\n\nOpen Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:20095-1265734@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Literary Arts,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Hatcher South, Special Collections CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T083309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Most Open Open Show DESCRIPTION:The Most Open\, Open Show\nInstall February 11 &12\, 12pm-6pm\nOpen February 13-20\nat the Duderstadt Gallery\, North Campus\, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor\nEarly Submission February 8\n\nAn exhibition of art making\, creating\, and thinking without restrictions. This show is non-curated\, non-juried\, any medium\, no deadlines\, no charge.* All are invited to add their work to the constantly evolving installation at any time. However\, there will be limited display/installation equipment available. First come first served. \n\n*If your work is 30+ lbs / four feet in length/width or needs special accommodations (i.e. visual\, audio\, technological\, etc). please email your name\, title\, medium and the accommodations that you request to themostopenopenshow@umich.edu. \n\nPlease forward our show’s open call to anybody in your organization that may be interested! Thank you so much for your help! UID:21233-1342617@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21233 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Gallery, North Campus CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T133453 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Uncanny Valley DESCRIPTION:Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker\n(collaboratively working under the name Future Retrieval)\n\nThe objects presented merge the strengths of our studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. Ornament and detail collide with a fascination of taxidermy and natural order. Each object contains a history\, reaching back and highlighting ideals of time and labor.\nThree-dimensional scans and photographs have been rapid prototyped\, processed in the studio\, and molded into porcelain mimicking the world of European decorative arts. Inspired also by German animal sculptures and cut silhouettes\, we are using digital translation to both highlight and transform these details that fascinate us. The interest in new technologies and industrial methods is that each piece is handmade\, but maintains the record of a computer driven interpretation. Our intention is to make art objects that reference design and are held together by craft.\n\nBio \nFuture Retrieval\n\nGuy Michael Davis was born in 1978 and raised in Bartlesville\, OK. Katie Parker was born in 1980 in Jonesboro Arkansas\, and grew up in Plano\, Texas. They both attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1999-2003 and received BFA degrees in ceramics.\nKatie went straight to graduate school at The Ohio State University from 2003-2005\, Guy followed suit three years later from 2006-2008. Both Katie and Guy received MFA degrees in ceramics. \nCurrently\, Katie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati\, running the ceramics department. Guy works for multiple designers across the country\, and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. For several years\, they have also been collaborating together\, making objects that combine new technology\, porcelain\, and good craft. The objects merge the strengths of their individual studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally\, with recent shows in New York City\, Jingdezhen China\, Cardiff Wales\, Philadelphia\, Kansas City\, and Tempe Arizona. This summer they were both artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha\, NE. UID:20670-1311546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20670 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T104113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Infusing action into counseling sessions through experiential and adventure tools and techniques DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Professor M. Antonio Alvarez\, MSW\, LMSW\,\nUniversity of Michigan School of Social Work\n\nIn the last few years\, more practitioners have infused their practice\nwith adventure and experiential methods\, techniques and tools. In\nlight of this development\, this workshop is designed to help move this\nprocess along. This 1.5-hour workshop will quickly familiarize\nparticipants with an adventure–based therapy model and demonstrate its\nuse in actively engaging clients around a variety of therapeutic\nissues. This workshop will be valuable for professionals who work with\nclients who may need hands-on experience and modeling of how to\nincorporate adventure activities into their practice. UID:21682-1358647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21682 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:Michigan Union - Central Student Government (CSG) chambers, 3rd floor Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141201T143728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, UMMA invites Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, to curate an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of three-dimensional objects.\n As a scientist\, Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This type of study inevitably raises questions regarding the cognition of the objects around us—how\, in the absence of perspective\, are we to read elements like color\, contrast variation\, and depth of field in the dark outlines of objects? How do we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it? How many two-dimensional projections are needed for us to understand what we are looking at\, and at what level of detail?\nThis exhibition poses such questions by juxtaposing three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis using a similar process with which he creates models of cellular components. The presentation aims to provide a glimpse of the impressions of the selected works from varied directions through interplay with their own projections and our minds.\nThe UMMA Flip Your Field series asks noted University of Michigan faculty members to consider artwork outside their field of specialization in order to guest curate an exhibition using works from UMMA's renowned collection. The UMMA Flip Your Field series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20123-1348303@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Biology,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Information and Technology,Media,Medicine,Museum,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T183355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection DESCRIPTION:For more than 25 years\, Los Angeles-based collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard have built a world-class collection of contemporary art that is focused on men and male identity as its subject matter. This exhibition features works from their vast holdings in photography. Guest curator Mario Codognato examines the lives of men in contemporary Western societies—with all their contradictions—through themes of competition and solidarity\, confrontation with identity\, and diverse explorations of the body and sexuality (as both sign and experience). Together\, these thematic groups form a fictional\, somewhat idealized\, tale in 13 chapters\, inviting viewers to reflect upon their own stories as well.\n\nDrawing upon the Hergott Shepard collection as well as select works gifted by the collectors to the Hammer Museum at UCLA\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA)\, the exhibition will include more than 60 works by some of the most important names in late 20th and early 21st century art\, including Doug Aitken\, John Baldessari\, Matthew Barney\, Rineke Dijkstra\, Gilbert and George\, Nan Goldin\, Robert Mapplethorpe\, Catherine Opie\, Herb Ritts\, Thomas Ruff\, Andres Serrano\, and Wolfgang Tillmans.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21357-1348911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21357 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T170643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Medicinal Plants and Gardens: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This exhibition celebrates the upcoming 2015 opening of the new Medicinal Garden at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The earliest botanical garden at the University was a pharmaceutical garden established in 1897 just off the Diag\, at the heart of Central Campus. The new garden\, developed in partnership with the College of Pharmacy and Medical School faculty\, will continue that legacy\, aiming to explore the botanical origins of historical and current medicines\, and to promote a better understanding of the profound relationship between plants and human health.\nPreceding the garden’s opening\, this exhibition at UMMA will feature rarely seen archival plant specimens\, deposited by pharmaceutical companies at the University Herbarium\, along with newer herbarium specimens that reveal the captivating forms of these medicinal plants. These dried and pressed plant specimens will be accompanied by the presentation of the few remaining historic images of the original pharmaceutical garden\, as well as a drawing of the layout of new garden at Matthaei\, which is uniquely organized according to the systems of the human body that these medicinal plants are used to treat.\nThis exhibition is part of the U-M Collections Collaborations series\, co-organized by and presented at UMMA and designed to showcase the renowned and diverse collections at the University of Michigan. The U-M Collections Collaborations series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20122-1348422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Culture,Discussion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,History,Medicine,Museum,Outdoors,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150320T123018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Freshman Friday DESCRIPTION:Everyone Welcome! Come meet new people\, begin exploring your interests and learn more about Career Center resources. Lunch will be provided! UID:20930-1323615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20930 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T124313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science. The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science. The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. UID:20702-1313048@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T112443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Cycles DESCRIPTION:Check out the Future Cycles on display. They're hybrid vehicles that combine the weather protection\, carrying capacity and visibility of a car with the low energy usage of a bicycle to create a vehicle that is half car\, half bicycle.\n\nBuilt by Cameron Van Dyke\, a graduate student at the University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design\, Future Cycles were created as part of his master's thesis. They recently appeared at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.\n\nJoin us for a reception in the Duderstadt Gallery on March 13\, 5:00-8:00 p.m. UID:21719-1359778@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Library LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150212T101018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Joyce Bell: \"The Black Power Movement and American Social Work\" DESCRIPTION:The U-M School of Social Work is hosting the University of Pittsburgh's Joyce Bell\, who will give a talk on her book\, \"The Black Power Movement and American Social Work\".\n\nThere will be 3 panelists reacting to the book talk:\nAssistant Professor Desmond Patton (Social Work)\nAssistant Professor Rachel Best (Sociology)\nGraduate Student Grace Adofoli (Social Work and Public Health)\nLunch will be served. Registration required.\nhttp://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/development-ceus/index.html?eventID=E1797 UID:21498-1353553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Social Justice LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1840 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150123T161633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Masculinity\, Autonomy and Attachment in Buddhist Burma DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ward Keeler\, professor of anthropology\, The University of Texas at Austin\n\nTaking religious discourse and practices as commentary (witting or unwitting) as well as instances of social relations\, Professor Keeler sees in the institution of the monkhood in Burma an idealized rendering of how people\, and especially males\, should enter into relations with others. Specifically\, Burmese males should seek to maximize their autonomy. Whereas in many societies\, masculinity implies sexual athleticism and the exercise of power\, in Buddhist Burma withdrawing from attachments wins individuals special prestige. Monks\, for whom both sexual activity and overt intervention in worldly affairs are forbidden\, instantiate this idealized pattern particularly dramatically. UID:21103-1332221@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Southeast Asia LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Room 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue University Tournament DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 21st2:15pm University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University 6:15pm University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University  Sunday\, February 22nd12:10pm University of Illinois vs. University of Michigan 3:10pm Purdue University vs. University of Michigan  UID:21057-1363022@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21057 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lafayette CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T115359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:William Lewis: Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918 DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, January 27 - Saturday\, February 21\nOpening Reception: Tuesday\, February 3\, 4:30-6:30 pm\nWork Gallery\, 306 S. State Street\n\n“I’ve had that war with me my whole life. It’s on my mind always.”\n\n- William Lewis\n\nWorld War I\, the war that ushered in the modern era\, spanned just four years. But it’s been part of Stamps Emeritus faculty\, William Lewis’ imagination for almost a century. Now the 96-year-old artist has a rare solo exhibition at Work Gallery\, called Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918.\n\nLewis was born at the end of the war. As a young child\, he poured over the images of its devastation and triumphs in the books and magazines that filled his grandparent’s attic. He witnessed the war’s psychological aftermath firsthand in the behavior of his four uncles and father who had fought in the conflict.\n\nFor Lewis\, “I was a child brought up with some of these men\, their books\, their photos\, their nightmares. Since then\, these images have been with me. Fascination? Yes. Revulsion? That\, too. It all left a kind of inheritance\, one I’ve tried to translate into paintings using various media.”\n\nSome of the images in Fragments of the Great War have the violent abstract beauty of JM Turner landscapes\, some contain actual letters and medals from the war itself. All are intensely personal\, yet mindful of their role as historical messengers. Each piece carries a caption that locates the viewer to a particular time and place. \n\n“Photographs have been an extraordinarily powerful resource - I draw from them\, adapt elements of them\, and in truth\, try to see beyond the image on the print or reproduction\,” says Lewis. \n\n“Needless to say\, there has been much reading to accompany the images all these years.”\n\nBeyond illuminating a particular event or battle\, the works also foreground the role of the war in altering our modern world.\n\n“The development of new technologies and machines for war\, as an aspect of the industrial revolution\, radically altered Western Civilization\,” confirms Lewis. “But ultimately\, I think of the wars as a failure by governing societies to meet their potential. The wars are a failed attempt to gain a prize\, usually through greed rather than intelligent use of knowledge.”\n\nBill Lewis’ work stands in testimony\, not to those profiteers\, but to the family men\, like Bill’s own relatives\, whose lives were forever altered by their experiences of the “war to end all wars.”\n\nThe exhibit is on display at Work Gallery from January 27th - February 21\, 2015.\n\nWorld War I\, the war that ushered in the modern era\, spanned just four years. But it’s been part of Stamps Emeritus faculty\, William Lewis’ imagination for almost a century. Now the 96-year-old artist has a rare solo exhibition at Work Gallery\, called Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918.\n\nLewis was born at the end of the war. As a young child\, he poured over the images of its devastation and triumphs in the books and magazines that filled his grandparent’s attic. He witnessed the war’s psychological aftermath firsthand in the behavior of his four uncles and father who had fought in the conflict.\n\nFor Lewis\, “I was a child brought up with some of these men\, their books\, their photos\, their nightmares. Since then\, these images have been with me. Fascination? Yes. Revulsion? That\, too. It all left a kind of inheritance\, one I’ve tried to translate into paintings using various media.”\n\nSome of the images in Fragments of the Great War have the violent abstract beauty of JM Turner landscapes\, some contain actual letters and medals from the war itself. All are intensely personal\, yet mindful of their role as historical messengers. Each piece carries a caption that locates the viewer to a particular time and place. \n\n“Photographs have been an extraordinarily powerful resource - I draw from them\, adapt elements of them\, and in truth\, try to see beyond the image on the print or reproduction\,” says Lewis. \n\n“Needless to say\, there has been much reading to accompany the images all these years.”\n\nBeyond illuminating a particular event or battle\, the works also foreground the role of the war in altering our modern world.\n\n“The development of new technologies and machines for war\, as an aspect of the industrial revolution\, radically altered Western Civilization\,” confirms Lewis. “But ultimately\, I think of the wars as a failure by governing societies to meet their potential. The wars are a failed attempt to gain a prize\, usually through greed rather than intelligent use of knowledge.”\n\nBill Lewis’ work stands in testimony\, not to those profiteers\, but to the family men\, like Bill’s own relatives\, whose lives were forever altered by their experiences of the “war to end all wars.”\n\nThe exhibit is on display at Work Gallery from January 27th - February 21\, 2015. UID:21259-1342810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition LOCATION:Work Gallery 306 South State Street CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150320T123014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Staying Organized with AdviseStream While Applying to Medical School DESCRIPTION:Come learn how to use AdviseStream as a way to stay on top of your medical school application process! UID:21197-1337916@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150320T123017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Emerging Wolverines: Transfer Student Group DESCRIPTION:Emerging Wolverines is an interactive 4 week long group experience for transfer students who want to:\n\n*Learn about themselves in a small group environment \n*Explore career and campus opportunities\, using MBTI (personality assessment tool) theory\n* Gain clarity about your present and future goals\n\nTo participate\, apply online here! (Deadline 1/26)\n\nWEBSITE: www.careercenter.umich.edu UID:20916-1323601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20916 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T151905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Coffee Hour to socialize and network with other students\, scholars\, and families. You can join and leave at anytime during the event. No registration is required. UID:18675-1343108@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18675 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Networking,Social LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Community Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150128T114120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Tipping Etiquette DESCRIPTION:While tipping is not mandatory in most of the United States\, it is expected in many circumstances for service. We will discuss typical tipping customs in the U.S. such as when you should tip and how much it would be considered acceptable. UID:20563-1308678@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20563 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:etiquette LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Community Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T145359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Museum Studies Program discussion/event DESCRIPTION:Artist Tyree Guyton’s art installations along Detroit’s Heidelberg Street have inspired and healed its local community for decades. Recent arson fires have destroyed many of the buildings. The artist will discuss plans on revitalizing this important site. UID:21279-1343102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Detroit,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room (4th floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T134939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:U-M Museum Studies Program presents: Inextinguishable—A Conversation with Detroit Artist Tyree Guyton DESCRIPTION:Rackham Graduate School\n4th Floor East Conference Room\n\nFor almost 30 years\, the abandoned houses that dot Detroit’s Heidelberg Street have provided the backdrop to a kaleidoscopic display of outdoor art installations that aim to inspire and provide healing to the local community. In 2013 and 2014\, a series of 12 arson fires gutted six installations on the Street\, the most devastating assault on the Heidelberg Project in over 20 years. Renowned artist Tyree Guyton has used this opportunity to re-double his efforts on the Heidelberg Project. Debris and ash have been cleared away and new art emerges from the foundations of the burned out structures\, working through the walls of charred basements\, surfacing with creative new visions and voice.\n\nIn his first major public appearance since the fires\, Tyree Guyton discusses new construction on Heidelberg Street\, a forthcoming history of the site\, a new museum\, more work with the local community\, and exciting ideas for new art resulting from the fires.\n\nThe community grounded model provided by the Heidelberg Project continues to fascinate museum professionals\, providing a connection from the non-collecting museums first proposed by John Cotton Dana in the early 20th century to the socially relevant museums advocated in our own time by Stephen Weil and Elaine Heumann Gurian.\n\nJoin us for a conversation on perseverance and the creative spirit with Tyree Guyton—an icon whose flame exceeds the 12 collective arsons that were visited upon his site.\n\nA reception will follow along with opportunities for the audience to meet and ask questions of the artist.\n\nFor more information\, please contact the U-M Museum Studies Program. UID:21399-1350788@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Detroit,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,Museum,Social,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150320T183018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Emerging Wolverines: First-year Student Group DESCRIPTION:Emerging Wolverines is an interactive 4 week long group experience for first year students who want to:\n\n* Learn about themselves in a small group environment \n* Explore career and campus opportunities\, using MBTI (personality assessment tool) theory\n* Gain clarity about your present and future goals\n\nTo participate\, apply online here! (Deadline 1/26)\n\nWEBSITE: www.careercenter.umich.edu UID:20920-1323605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150121T124250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Infra Eco Logi Urbanism Exhibition DESCRIPTION:A gallery talk and reception will take place on Wednesday\, January 21\, 2015. Associate Professor Geoffrey Thün and his team will discuss the exhibition and the concepts behind its development.\nThe Infra Eco Logi Urbanism exhibition posits an approach and a vision for architecture at the urban scale within the contemporary post-metropolitan condition. The project assembles a multi-year investigation that examines extant and emerging urban systems within the Great Lakes Megaregion of North America\, and a develops a design proposition to leverage energy and mobility infrastructures toward resilient urban and public ends\, addressing questions of politics and urban society.\nThe exhibition is organized as a territory\, gathering a diverse body of work including regional cartographies\, network analyses\, historical research\, writings\, photographs\, design drawings and physical models. In aggregate\, it presents a position from which to apprehend urban questions\, a vision\, a design methodology that operates across scales from the regional to the specific\, and an event around which to discuss regional systems and the role of design in figuring their futures.\nInfra Eco Logi Urbanism is a project\, exhibition and forthcoming publication by RVTR\, a research-based design practice founded by U-M Taubman College architecture associate professor Geoffrey Thün and assistant professor Kathy Velikov\, and Ryerson University architecture chair Colin Ripley. The exhibition was previously on display at Yale University. www.rvtr.com \n\nThis exhibition runs from January 22 - February 22\, 2015. UID:21036-1330365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21036 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Architecture,Education,Exhibition,History LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Liberty Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150210T091751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T173100 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Les Fantomes de Lovanium DESCRIPTION:A documentary about the mediation of popular painting in the memory of state violence and student resistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The screening will be followed by Q & A with the filmmaker.\n\nThis screening is part of the \"Congolese Popular Painting in Film and Performance: Sapin Makengele and Cecile Michel at the University of Michigan\,\" a series of events that will run from February 20-27. UID:21450-1351672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Culture,Film,History,Politics,Social Impact,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - Auditorium 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150413T174201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T210000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Biological Software Weekly Meeting DESCRIPTION:If you're interested in participating in a competition\, learning computer programming\, and/or creating genetic research software tools\, come join us at our weekly meetings in the USB. UID:17439-1311610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/17439 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:competition,computer science,genetic research,igem,interdisciplinary,software LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 4163 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T133802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Uncanny Valley DESCRIPTION:Gallery Opening Reception\n\nGuy Michael Davis and Katie Parker\n(collaboratively working under the name Future Retrieval)\n\nThe objects presented merge the strengths of our studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. Ornament and detail collide with a fascination of taxidermy and natural order. Each object contains a history\, reaching back and highlighting ideals of time and labor.\nThree-dimensional scans and photographs have been rapid prototyped\, processed in the studio\, and molded into porcelain mimicking the world of European decorative arts. Inspired also by German animal sculptures and cut silhouettes\, we are using digital translation to both highlight and transform these details that fascinate us. The interest in new technologies and industrial methods is that each piece is handmade\, but maintains the record of a computer driven interpretation. Our intention is to make art objects that reference design and are held together by craft.\n\nBio \nFuture Retrieval\n\nGuy Michael Davis was born in 1978 and raised in Bartlesville\, OK. Katie Parker was born in 1980 in Jonesboro Arkansas\, and grew up in Plano\, Texas. They both attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1999-2003 and received BFA degrees in ceramics.\nKatie went straight to graduate school at The Ohio State University from 2003-2005\, Guy followed suit three years later from 2006-2008. Both Katie and Guy received MFA degrees in ceramics. \nCurrently\, Katie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati\, running the ceramics department. Guy works for multiple designers across the country\, and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. For several years\, they have also been collaborating together\, making objects that combine new technology\, porcelain\, and good craft. The objects merge the strengths of their individual studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally\, with recent shows in New York City\, Jingdezhen China\, Cardiff Wales\, Philadelphia\, Kansas City\, and Tempe Arizona. This summer they were both artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha\, NE. UID:20671-1311597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Food,Free,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Galllery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T095417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Fourth Annual Sankofa Film Series DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present the fourth annual Sankofa Film Series\, beginning Friday\, February 20 at 6 p.m.\n\nBest known for its inspirational and thought-provoking documentaries\, the 2015 Sankofa Film Series will showcase six extraordinary films featuring Alice Walker\, Raz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts\, Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou.\n\nAll films begin at 6 p.m. (end times vary) and include complimentary admission\, parking and light refreshments for all guests. Following each screening\, a guest speaker will lead a brief discussion on the selected documentary.\n\nFor more information about this event\, please contact the Detroit Center: (313) 593-3584 or detroitcenter@umich.edu\n\n\nSANKOFA FILM SERIES SCHEDULE\n\nFriday\, February 20\, 2015\nFilms:\n- Alice Walker: A Stitch in Time\n- Alice Walker: Everyday Use\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m.\nGuest Speaker(s): Textile Artist\, Carole Harris and Quilters Hilda Vest\, Pat Millender\n\nFriday\, March 13\, 2015\nFilm: Raz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts: Portraits of a Revolutionary Artist\nTime: 6-9 p.m.\n\nFriday\, April 24\, 2015\nFilms:\n- Langston Hughes: His Life and Times\n- Langston Hughes: Salvation\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m. \nGuest Speaker(s): Writer\, Abba Elethea (James W. Thompson) \n\nFriday\, May 15\, 2015\nFilm: Maya Angelou: Creativity with Bill Moyers\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m.\n\nABOUT\nAlice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet. Born on February 9\, 1944\, in Eatonton\, Georgia\, Walker worked as a teacher\, lecturer and social worker throughout her career. She took part in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement\, which inspired her first collection of poetry\, “Once\,” which was published in 1968. Walker also won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel\, \"The Color Purple.”\n\nRaz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts is one of America’s most inspirational revolutionary artists and activists. A Detroit native born in 1941\, he was a prominent force in the Black Labor Movement of the 1960s. Pitts\, a founding member and former President of the Michigan chapter of the National Conference of Artists\, has been voted Metro Times Artist of the Year. He has also been an Artist in Residence for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.\n\nLangston Hughes (1902-1967) was an American poet\, novelist\, playwright and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form known as \"jazz poetry.\" He was also a pioneer in the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. He published his first poem in 1921\, and his first book of poetry\, “The Weary Blues\,” in 1926. He went on to write numerous works of poetry\, plays and books\, including his first published novel\, “Not Without Laughter\,” in 1929. Outside of his literary work\, Hughes also wrote a popular column for the Chicago Defender.\n\nMaya Angelou (1928-2014) was an author\, poet and civil rights activist. Born in St. Louis\, Missouri\, Angelou is best known for her 1969 memoir\, \"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'\" the first non-fiction best seller by an African-American woman. In 1971\, she published \"Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die\,\" a collection of poetry that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. In 1993\, she recited one of her most famous poems\, \"On the Pulse of Morning\" at President Bill Clinton's first inauguration. Angelou received several honors throughout her life\, including two NAACP Image Awards for outstanding literary work. As an activist\, Angelou was viewed as a respected spokesperson for African American and women's rights. UID:21676-1358608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21676 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Detroit,Discussion,Festival,Film,Writing LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150121T120748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LECTURE: ACHIM MENGES DESCRIPTION:Achim Menges is a registered architect in Frankfurt and professor at Stuttgart University\, where he founded the Institute for Computational Design in 2008. Since 2009 he has also been Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He graduated with honours from the AA School of Architecture where he subsequently taught as Studio Master of the Emergent Technologies and Design Graduate Program from 2002 to 2009\, as visiting professor from 2009 to 2012 and as Unit Master of Diploma Unit 4 from 2003 to 2006. \nAchim Menges’ practice and research focuses on the development of integral design processes at the intersection of morphogenetic design computation\, biomimetic engineering and robotic fabrication that enables a highly articulated\, performative built environment. His projects and design research work has received various international awards\, has been published and exhibited worldwide\, and forms part of several renowned museum collections\, among others\, the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.\nRefreshments will be served outside of the lecture hall at 5:30pm UID:21031-1330298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21031 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - 2104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Fencing Championship Tournament DESCRIPTION:Midwest Fencing Championships UID:18723-1363026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Northwestern University, Evanston, IL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150212T122854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:A Night at the Set XXVI DESCRIPTION:A Night at the Set XXVI is the 26th annual multicultural talent showcase presented by Kappa Alpha Psi. UID:21508-1353779@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Greek Life,Multicultural,Student Org LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T135515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Mark Webster Reading Series DESCRIPTION:One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry\, each introduced by a peer\, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. We encourage you to bring your friends - a Webster reading makes for an enjoyable and enlightening Friday evening. UID:21400-1350789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21400 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Culture,Discussion,Free,Graduate School,Language,Literature,Museum,Poetry,Social,Storytelling,UMMA,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T102011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Cheryl Wheeler DESCRIPTION:It has always seemed as if there were two Cheryl Wheelers\, with fans of the New England songwriter relishing watching the two tussle for control of the mic. There is poet Cheryl\, writer of some of the prettiest\, most alluring and intelligent ballads on the modern folk scene. And there is her evil twin\, comic Cheryl\, a militant trend defier and savagely funny social critic. The result is a series of delightful contrasts\, for really Cheryl Wheeler is a woman of many musical personalities—heart-wrenching romantic balladeer\, marvelous observational humorist\, poet of ordinary New England scenes and people\, committed activist\, irascible grump. Come by and pick up a copy of Cheryl's latest\, \"Cheryl Wheeler Live\,\" featuring Ark favorite Kenny White and such hits-to-be as \"Lady Gaga's Singing Program.\" UID:20014-1256631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T181509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Ed Parmentier and Aaron Berofsky - POSTPONED TBA DESCRIPTION:Program features Corelli\, Bach\, and Leclair. UID:20990-1328581@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20990 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Stupid F###ing Bird DESCRIPTION:Dept. of Theatre & Drama\n\nA comedy by Aaron Posner\n\nDirected by Daniel Cantor\n\nAn irreverent\, contemporary\, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull. This play contains profanity. UID:18252-1244245@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Theater LOCATION:Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141219T121516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Symphony Band Chamber Winds DESCRIPTION:Andrea Brown and John Pasquale\, guest conductors. \n\nJoshua Roach\, graduate student conductor. \n\nSymphony Band members organize into small groups of 10 musicians each to perform older works refitted for modern instruments and contemporary works based on styles of long ago. \n\nPROGRAM: A Renaissance Suite\, John Pasquale\, conductor\; Bonelli- “Toccatta” from Il primo libro de Ricercari et Cazoni\; Gabrielli- Ego sum qui sum\; Gabrielli- “O che felice giorno\,” “Canzon Duodecimi Toni” from Sacre Symphoniae\; Hovhanness- Tower Music\, Joshua Roach (conductor)\; Persichetti- Serenade\, op. 1\, no. 1\, Joshua Roach\, conductor\; Schubert- Marche Militaire no. 1 in D\, op. 51\, d. 733\, Little Symphony\, Andrea Brown\, conductor UID:18199-1206343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18199 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150106T181511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Tempest DESCRIPTION:Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio Production\n\nA drama by William Shakespeare\n\nDirected by Malcolm Tulip\n\nAn enduring masterpiece of redemption and renewal filled with magic and mystery. UID:18253-1244248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150211T003502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T020000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UMix Presents: Mardi Gras DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, February 20th from 10pm to 2am in the Michigan Union for UMix presents Mardi Gras! There will be a showing of the movie Innocence at 10:30pm\, mask decorating\, airbrush tattoos and more including a 10:30 pm and midnight buffet! UID:21479-1352458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Games,Umix LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150221T000029 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T020000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UMix Presents: Mardi Gras DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, February 20th from 10pm to 2am in the Michigan Union for UMix presents Mardi Gras! There will be a showing of the movie Innocence at 10:30pm\, mask decorating\, airbrush tattoos and more including a 10:30 pm and midnight buffet! UID:21481-1352644@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21481 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141217T074408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T020000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter UMix Dates 2015 DESCRIPTION:UMix\, Michigan's Premier Friday Night program\, is 10pm - 2am in the Michigan Union with our Free Midnight buffet and plenty of activities! Please check the Center for Campus Involvement website for up to date information at UID:20424-1288076@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20424 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Food,Free,Umix LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150119T124107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Face Off Blood Challenge vs. MSU DESCRIPTION:Help Michigan beat Michigan State by donating blood! With over 35 drives in buildings all across campus there are plenty of opportunities to save lives - your pint can save up to three lives. Visit redcrossblood.org and use the sponsor code \"goblue\" to make an appointment. UID:20541-1328345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Michigan League, Residential Dorms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150220T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T213000 SUMMARY:Other:MTango Beginners Series DESCRIPTION:MTango is a student organization dedicated to spreading the joy of Argentine tango in the University of Michigan community and beyond. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding teachers at affordable prices\, and we look for instructors who are not only excellent dancers and experienced teachers but are also articulate and personable people. We also host social dance parties and share our talents through performances. MTango offers a popular intensive beginner's series in Argentine tango (no partner or experience required)\, as well as classes for more advanced dancers. It's a great way to meet people\, listen to awesome music\, relax\, share a few dances\, and have lots of fun!Classes occur weekly every Friday from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm UID:20546-1361255@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR