Auditions:Emcee Wanted!!! Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards
2016-02-16 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Detroit) | http://bit.ly/1VRcx4v
The Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards is looking for a host for their event on March 30!!!Desired Qualifications:
Comfortable speaking in front of large groups
Script Writing
Selfie-taking skills
JOKESIf you're interested or know someone who would be great, please apply:http:/bit.ly/1VRcx4vApplications/Nominations are due on February 21

Community Service:Face Off Blood Challenge 2016
2016-02-16 00:00 - 23:59 | Michigan Union, Michigan League, Pierpont Commons, select residence halls, other buildings on campus
This year's Face Off Blood Challenge will run from January 18th through February 25th, pitting Michigan against Michigan State University. Whether you have never donated before or donate every year, we need your help! Please make an appointment to donate on the American Red Cross website, www.redcrossblood.org, using the sponsor code "goblue". There you will be able to view all of the drives in the Ann Arbor area. The American Red Cross will give all presenting donors a Face Off t-shirt, while supplies last. We want to acknowledge that, due to blood donation eligibility requirements set by the Food and Drug Administration and the American Red Cross, not everyone will be able to donate. However, all of our drives aim to provide an inclusive atmosphere. To learn more about blood donation requirements, please visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements.Please eat iron rich foods and drink plenty of water before you donate blood so that you are healthy on the day of your donation! Thank you once again for giving the gift of life. Please contact blooddrivesunited@umich.edu with any questions, and keep bleeding maize and blue!

Other:Harnessing the Wind to Pump Water: Elementary School Outreach via GradSWE's SWEEET
2016-02-16 00:00 - 23:59 | Adams STEM Academy and King Elementary
Join the GradSWE outreach team in this semester's SWEEET (Society of Women Engineers Elementary Engineering Topics). Volunteers will facilitate weekly hands-on sessions to build a wind-powered water pump over a course of 5-8 weeks. These one-hour sessions will begin in February at two local elementary schools.Please use the Doodle link to sign up and indicate all days/times that you are available. Doodle: http://doodle.com/poll/kpg7qin4fd3dwvd7 We are using this Doodle to determine which DAY of the week, and which TIME to schedule SWEET. Use this as an indicator of the DAY of the week, not the DATE. SWEET is a weekly recurring program for 5-8 weeks. For example, if Monday 9-10am is most popular, volunteers will go to the school every Monday 9-10am for a few weeks. Substitute teachers will be available if you can't make it to one of your assigned weeks.

Other:MIW Application Deadline-Winter 2016
2016-02-16 00:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
The application deadline for MIW Fall 2016 and early admission Winter 2017 is February 19th. Please apply through M-Compass.

Other:CEW offers Funding for Event Co-sponsorship for 2016
2016-02-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Education of Women
The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) is seeking opportunities to partner with units on campus via its Frances and Sydney Lewis (FSL) Visiting Leaders Fund. This endowment fund brings visiting women leaders to campus who are distinguished scholars and/or practitioners in their fields. Any U-M department, unit or organization (student, staff or faculty) may submit a funding request to CEW via our online Google application form. Requests for event support will be evaluated based on their consistency with the purpose of the FSL Visiting Leaders Fund and should be submitted at least six (6) weeks before the proposed programming. Please note that only those events submitted via the CEW online form will be considered.

DEADLINES:
2016 Winter Semester: December 15, 2015
2016 Fall Semester: August 1, 2016

In addition, CEW can provide promotional support for events by listing on our online calendar. To learn more about how CEW can support your U-M event, please refer to this CEW webpage: http://www.cew.umich.edu/RFP)

Questions about event co-sponsorship may be directed to Janice Reuben, CEW Senior Associate for Programs & Outreach, at 734.764.6005 (reubenjs@umich.edu).

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Gathering of Friends: Linocut Prints
2016-02-16 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — South Lobby, Floor 1
Laura B. DeLind has been cutting and hand-printing linocuts for over 40 years. She enjoys linoleum as a print medium because it is unpretentious, has no pre-existing texture, and lends itself to bold, spontaneous images. DeLind is fascinated by black and white design and the interactions of positive and negative space. Her prints are inspired by organic shapes, birds providing a ready-made “excuse” to explore pattern. DeLind’s work has been exhibited regionally and nationally.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Walk Along the Shore: Digital Imaging
2016-02-16 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
Inspired by the places where land meets the waters of the Great Lakes, Robert deJonge uses his skills with a camera, computer, and printer to build images that explore our spiritual, emotional, and physical connection to this unique place that defines Michigan. From intimate portraits of wildflowers to the grand expanse of the night sky, it is a rich palette to work with, and deJonge captures it with elegance and intention. In his words, “I’m not just interested in pretty pictures – I’m interested in the story these places have to tell and the questions they ask.”

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Art from My Heart: Ceramics
2016-02-16 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — North Lobby, Floor 1
Daria White Paik grew up in Seoul, Korea where she received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1983. In 1988, she moved to the US where she gained her foundation in ceramics at the University of Alabama. When she works with clay, she starts with a blank state of mind, and her work comes from her heart. She feels that creativity cannot be learned; only the techniques can be taught. When she touches clay, she forgets time, seeing the only prerequisite for art as a spark of creativity. Paik now teaches at the Ann Arbor Art Center, is a student advisor at Washtenaw Community College, and is a member of the Ann Arbor Potter’s Guild.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Found Object Fish: Mixed Media
2016-02-16 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
Steve Palmer was born in Berkeley, California and raised by a poet and a painter, so it was in his blood to
become an artist. Now located in Traverse City, Michigan, Palmer creates fish sculptures using crutches and paddles for bases. He then makes fins, teeth, tails, and eyes from unique items and fills in the form with found objects. Before retirement, he was a teacher and school administrator, and he holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. Early in Palmer’s artistic career, he worked in pottery, batik, photography and glass before finally settling on mixed media sculpture.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Fresh Water Michigan: Oil Painting & Photography
2016-02-16 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
Michigan native Karin Wagner Coron is an artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Eastern Michigan University who works in oil, oil pastel, graphite and mediums on paper and canvas. As a child, Wagner Coron often played outside, ran in the woods and fields, and developed a deep inward connection to the land. Her work reflects that relationship. Her husband Steven Coron, also with a BFA from EMU, is an artist with a deep affinity for the Great Lakes who teaches fine arts at Community High school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In his current photographic work, he captures single digital images, which he edits and joins to create digital panoramic photomontages.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Garden Inspired Art Pottery
2016-02-16 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — South Lobby, Floor 1
Maggie Bandstra uses stoneware, black wax and matt glazes to create her garden inspired pottery. These designs begin by sketching flowers from her garden and then abstracting interesting shapes from the sketches. These sketches are used when designing the pottery. Bandstra lives and has her studio in Grand Haven, Michigan. She teaches art for Hudsonville Public Schools and serves as curator for community art events.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Scenes in Fabric
2016-02-16 08:00 - 17:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
Lenore Crawford uses fabric to express her love of French architecture and flowers. The pieces are inspired by photos she has taken, and she creates her fiber art with an eye for color and realism using a raw edged fusing technique. Small amounts of fabric paint provide detail and shading. The texture and warmth achieved from the fabric itself lends the work an impressionistic softness. Capturing the beauty of everyday life and her surroundings in fiber is her passion.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Splits & Music: Snowflake Paper Cuttings
2016-02-16 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — North Lobby, Floor 1
This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his book Splits as well as a collection of snowflakes about music. Each of these exquisite designs are intricate works of art, yet as a group, they tell stories that encompass much more than the sum of their parts. In addition to their pictorial detail, the perfect symmetry of snowflake design contributes to the metaphorical meanings. A former U-M physician, Clark, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. The annual free snowflake making workshop will be held on Thursday, January 7 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in the Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Works by Belle Kogan: First Female Industrial Designer
2016-02-16 08:00 - 17:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2
This exhibition presents industrially-produced art pottery pieces designed by Belle Kogan (1902–2000), for Red Wing Potteries in Red Wing, Minnesota. Kogan is considered the first prominent female industrial designer in the United States, a founder of the profession, and one of the 20th century's most significant designers. Her design aesthetic was heavily influenced by the geometric and streamlined shapes of Art Deco. Belle Kogan Associates, her New York–based studio, was the first American female-led design firm. Her contracts with Red Wing Potteries produced over 400 different art pottery shapes from the late 1930s to the early 1960s, as well as several dinnerware and kitchenware lines. Belle Kogan and her firm designed products not only in ceramics but also clocks and small appliances, glassware, and pieces in silver, plastics, wrought iron and wood.

Exhibition:Jon Onye Lockard: Celebrating His Life and Legacy, 1932-2015
2016-02-16 08:00 - 22:00 | Tappan Hall - Fine Arts Library
This exhibit, on display in the Fine Arts Library, honors the life and work of the late U-M Professor Jon Onye Lockard, who was instrumental in the development of African-American arts and culture in Michigan. His distinctive style of artistic expression captured the spirit of civil rights and black pride.

As an artist and educator, Lockard was a mentor to many on the University of Michigan campus and beyond. Among other accolades, he was a founder of the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. His paintings can be viewed across the U-M campus, including many of the murals in residence hall multicultural lounges.

Hours: Sun 1-10pm, Mon-Thurs 8am-10pm, Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 1-6pm

Join us for a reception on Tuesday, February 23, 3-6pm in the Fine Arts Library, with honored guest Mrs. Leslie Kamil, the artist's widow. Light refreshments will be served.

Exhibition:Recent Acquisitions and Hidden Treasures from the Clark Library's Map Collection
2016-02-16 08:00 - 23:59 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor Hatcher
The Clark Library's Map Collection continually acquires maps, atlases, and works on cartography. Thanks to library support and the generosity of many donors we actively add hundreds of titles annually, including Nolli's incredibly detailed map of Rome (1748), a restored edition of Taylor & Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland (1777), an 1881 astral lantern used for astronomy teaching, and many current international works. These and many other items will be on display.

Exhibition:Shakespeare on Page and Stage: A Celebration
2016-02-16 08:30 - 19:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
This exhibit is a historical journey through different versions of Shakespeare’s plays as they were edited for publication or interpreted for the stage. Starting with the Second Folio (1632), our display includes a selection of landmark editions by authors and scholars like John Dryden, Nicholas Rowe, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, and Edmond Malone. It explores the staging and costuming of productions such as Charles Kean’s archaeologically-informed, elaborately-costumed 1856 production of The Winter’s Tale, and Maurice Browne-Ellen Van Volkenburg 1930 production of Othello casting Paul Robeson as the first black actor to play Othello in a century.

Most of the titles included in this display come from the McMillan Shakespeare Library. Materials are also displayed from the Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volkenburg Papers, 1792-1968 and the Zelma Weisfeld Archive, 1954-2006. All these books and artifacts are held in the Special Collections Library.

Audubon Room Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 7 pm, Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 1 pm to 7 pm

Exhibition:A Yemeni Community: Photographs from the 1970s
2016-02-16 09:00 - 16:30 | Detroit Center - Monts Hall
Before the decline of its industrial landscape, Lackawanna, New York was a lively steel city that employed more than half its population at the Bethlehem Steel plant. In this city was a small, but unique community of immigrants from the country of Yemen.

When photographer Milton Rogovin visited the city in 1977, he was fascinated by the people’s interest in embracing modern-day American experiences while embracing their old-world Yemeni traditions.

Now this unique blend of culture and identity can be experienced at the University of Michigan Detroit Center with the photo exhibition, “A Yemeni Community: Photographs from the 1970s,” an exhibition of the Arab American National Museum.

Born in 1909, Milton Rogovin was raised during the Great Depression and became politically active as a direct result of his childhood experiences with poverty. He studied optometry at Columbia University and opened a shop in Buffalo, New York in 1938. He purchased his first camera in 1942 and, in 1958, spawned a lifelong passion for documentary photography when he collaborated with a music professor to document music at churches. Rogovin began to photograph coal miners from across the world in 1962. These photos were ultimately used in his first and one of his most popular books, “The Forgotten Ones.”

Located in Monts Hall, “A Yemeni Community” runs from January 15 – February 27, 2016. The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, including complimentary parking and admission.

Exhibition:Converging Paths: The Photography of Pawel Figurski
2016-02-16 09:00 - 17:00 | 202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
Converging Paths: The Photography of Pawel Figurski explores the invisible boundary between the sacred and profane and the people who pass through those spaces, leaving one world to enter another. Figurski focuses his gaze on the ways in which his subjects’ relationship to faith are transformed through the act of pilgrimage and through the encounter with sacred spaces. He is particularly interested in the intrusion of the quotidian into the realm of the sacred.

While the exhibition deals primarily with religious life in Figurski’s native Poland, the artist brilliantly captures Eastern Europe’s diverse religious worlds, tracing a plurality of spiritual paths, whether in the pilgrimages of Hasidic Jews to Lezajsk, or those of Orthodox Christians in Romania and Moldova..

Religious life in that part of the world is sociologically interesting and aesthetically arresting. It is this intersection of the social and aesthetic domains that make Figurski’s photographs so captivating.

Pawel Figurski is a graduate of the prestigious Lodz film school. He has shot and directed music videos, television serials and documentary films, for which he received several awards, including an Emmy (2005). For almost a decade (2002-2011), he documented Jewish life in Eastern Europe as part of the Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories at Indiana University. Figurski's photography, in Converging Paths, explores the invisible boundary between the sacred and profane and the people who pass through those spaces, leaving one world to enter another.

Presented in conjunction with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Copernicus Program in Polish Studies.

Exhibition:Exhibition On-View: AGG Lab
2016-02-16 09:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location - Gallery
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents...Exhibition On-View: AGG Lab.

Exhibition On-View: January 16 – February 21

Identity—human, animal and architectural—can no longer be defined by a singular character. It is a complex behavioral hybrid, in the process of responsive and adaptive change, a state of Deleuzian “becoming”, expressing plastic identity through the territorializing of behavioral traits. This differentiated identity becomes an instrument for spatializing innovative lineages, as it reconstitutes ideas of space and time and reshapes the cultural landscape through morphogenetic means.

The work scrutinizes the notion of the generic through the process of recombining physical members, growing new appendages and intensifying the human perception of normality. Regenerative bodies develop through differentiation from singular cells. These differentiated assemblages with multi coded surfaces act as malleable bilateral collectives with a varied capacity for new growth possibilities.

AGGLAB/LABORATORIA. www.agglab.com Agg lab is a San Francisco based design collaborative and interdisciplinary research practice led by Alexandra Neyman and Monica Tiulescu. Agglab is interested in production of generative tectonic languages which diverge from specific typological classification established in singular design fields.

LABORATORIA is a research practice led by Alexandra Neyman focusing on experimental research which is invested in the development and production of an array of affective architectural environments through generative architectural tectonic languages, both formal and methodological, that is fluctuating between growth and regeneration through digital and analogue algorithmic techniques of design and fabrication.

In collaboration with AAU Architecture students:

Yi Wang, Saraswati Sri Lalitadewi Latumahina, Sami Almidani, Rapeepong Tanmanee, Ke Wang, Jesus Gutierrez, Si Beck Nam, Alnofai Amany, Andrade Anderson, Andreas Christina, Arabshahi Alireza, Baker Ryan, Chen Chao, Conrad Nathan, Duarte Kenia, Fabelhaft, Nasira, Gao, Yuan, Jean, Rodly, Jiang, Dinghong, Liu, Yaxin, Liu, Yumin, Mead, Matthew, Wan, Jane Gee-Yeng, Wang, Ximai, Zhu, Jiongyu, Domingcil Rhonuel, Kanamori Fernanda, Ameziane, Lamiae, Li Yu-Hsin, Ma Cheng, Sathawarintu Chayakorn, Ela Edjang, Imelda, Ghimire, Verna, Ingle Dylan, Mlynar Lyndsay, Oye Kenta, Rojas Naomi, Ruiz Alvaro.

About University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning:

The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan is a leader in interdisciplinary education and research with a focus on creating a more beautiful, inclusive and better built environment. The college and its alumni are committed to pushing the boundaries of architectural practice, advancing global engagement, and significantly enhancing diversity in the profession. The college offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture (currently ranked #6 nationally; ranked #1 in 2010 by Design Intelligence Report), Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Urban Design, and PhD programs.

Exhibition:Extreme Time
2016-02-16 09:00 - 17:00 | Ruthven Museums Building
Think you know all about time? What about things that happen in femtoseconds or eons? Time in the natural world is so extreme, you can’t even perceive most of its scale unaided. You’ll be amazed by the types of time you can explore in our new exhibit, and learn more about everyday time and how we measure it, too! The exhibit is open!

Exhibition:Magnificent China Exhibition Highlights Natural Wonders
2016-02-16 09:00 - 16:30 | Detroit Center
Kick off the New Year with the latest Monts Hall exhibition, “Magnificent China: A Photography Exhibition,” January 15 – February 20.

Featuring breathtaking landscapes and cultural scenes captured by photographer Xu Zengquan, "Magnificent China" highlights the numerous natural wonders of the eastern world.

An electrical engineer from Dexter, Michigan, Zengquan has a unique perspective to the world of photography. “When I take pictures, I feel as if I could look through a window of limitless space and time. I feel a spiritual kinship with nature’s beauty and splendor," he says. A number of Zengquan’s photos have been exhibited by the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan and were once requested for use by the Smithsonian Free Gallery of Art.

The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, including complimentary parking and admission.

For more information, contact the Detroit Center at (313) 593-3584 or detroitcenter@umich.edu.

Exhibition:Niklaus Troxler: 40 Years of Jazz Posters
2016-02-16 09:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
January 15 - February 20, 2016
Public Lecture: Friday, January 15, 5-6 pm at Chrysler Center Auditorium
Opening Reception: Friday, January 15, 6-8 pm at Work and Slusser Galleries

The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce Niklaus Troxler: 40 Years of Jazz Posters, on view from January 15 - February 20, 2016. This exhibition spans two galleries, Slusser Gallery on U-M’s North Campus in the Art & Architecture Building (2000 Bonisteel Blvd) and Work Gallery in downtown Ann Arbor (306 S. State St., Ann Arbor). Both locations will host an exhibition reception on Friday, January 15 from 6-8 pm, following a public lecture with Niklaus Troxler at 5 pm in the Chrysler Center Auditorium (2121 Bonisteel Blvd.). The exhibition, talk, and reception are free and open to the public.

Curated by Stamps professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo, Niklaus Troxler: 40 Years of Jazz Posters explores work by designer Niklaus Troxler, a Swiss-born professor and design consultant widely known for his founding of the annual Willisau Jazz Festival in 1975. His pioneering design pieces for Willisau Jazz Festival have been benchmarks in the field of graphic and poster design for about forty-five years and are now in important museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Museum of Modern Art Toyama, Museum for Art and Industry Hamburg, the German Poster Museum in Essen and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Troxler’s work centers on the enrichment of the human experience and quality solutions to visual communication design. Troxler continually seeks to better the means of human communication by teaching and designing for the modern world. Niklaus Troxler: 40 Years of Jazz Posters is on view through February 20, 2016.

Exhibition Venues

Slusser
Open during exhibitions Monday through Friday: 9 am - 5 pm, Saturday: 12 - 5 pm. Closed Sundays and Holidays. Free Admission, Handicapped Accessible.
2000 Bonisteel Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069

Work: Ann Arbor
Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Saturday, 12 pm to 7 pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays and Holidays. Free Admission.
306 State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Exhibition:Scent of a Beaver: An Installation by Kent Monkman
2016-02-16 09:00 - 17:00 | 202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
Based on the rococo masterpiece The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Scent of a Beaver is a sculptural installation that features the artist Kent Monkman’s alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle dangling on a swing between a French and English general. With Miss Chief dressed in an opulent silk and fur gown, the work functions as a metaphor for the power relationships between the major players that shaped the social fabric, political structures, and economy of North America. True to Monkman’s modus operandi, Scent of a Beaver takes on white-washed, colonialist notions of history and overturns them, employing kitsch as a path toward self-determination and veering away from painful, misrepresented histories. It is this sort of conversion that is at the crux of Monkman’s powerful work—the transformation from age-old traditional stories which distort and oppress into something a little fantastical, a bit cathartic, and ultimately redeeming.

About the artist:

Kent Monkman is well known for his provocative reinterpretations of romantic North American landscapes. He explores themes of colonization, sexuality, loss, and resilience—the complexities of historic and contemporary Native American experience—in a variety of mediums including painting, film and video, performance, and installation.

Monkman’s glamorous diva alter-ego Miss Chief appears in much of his work as an agent provocateur, trickster, and supernatural being who reverses the colonial gaze, upending received notions of history and indigenous people. With Miss Chief at center stage, Monkman has created memorable site-specific performances at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Compton Verney, and most recently at the Denver Art Museum. His award-winning short film and video works have been screened at various national and international festivals, including the 2007 and 2008 Berlinale, and the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

Exhibition:From Christianity to Islam: Egypt between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
2016-02-16 10:00 - 17:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space
Selected papyri from the University of Michigan's Papyrology Collection illustrate the government, society, and religious culture of Egypt during its transition from Byzantine Christian to Arab Islamic rule (4th to 8th centuries AD). Texts Greek, Coptic Egyptian, and Arabic, many never before on public display, further highlight the richness and diversity of the U-M Collection.

On display Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm.

Workshop / Seminar:Teaching for Student Retention in Engineering: What Can GSIs Do?
2016-02-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms
Extensive research on why students leave engineering suggests that individual instructors can play a key role in supporting and retaining a diverse student body. In this workshop, specific classroom strategies and teaching behaviors that improve student success in engineering will be presented, as will practical advice for GSIs seeking to implement these ideas. Although underrepresented groups may have the most to gain, these strategies are likely to improve student retention and enhance the academic performance of all students

Other:Voices Valiant
2016-02-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location - Chapel
Voices Valiant is a vocal music ensemble at the University of Michigan for adults over the age of 50.

This chorus is designed for adults who:
-- love to sing
-- enjoy learning through music
-- enjoy the social community that music can provide want to improve their mental and physical health through music.

There is no audition necessary.

Voices Valiant will rehearse in three cycles in 2015-16: Fall Cycle, Winter Cycle, and Spring Cycle. Each cycle consists of 10 rehearsals and a performance. Whether you have experience reading music and singing in a choir, or if this is your first choral experience, you will enjoy being a member of this unique group.

2015-16 repertoire theme: Everything Old is New Again!

Exhibition:Soviet Constructivist Posters
2016-02-16 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
During the 1920s the Soviet Union emerged on the world stage. The first decade was full of hope for a new social order that would reject the values and traditions of Tsarist rule. Centered in Moscow, a group of young artists, spearheaded in part by Vladimir (1899-1982) and Georgy Stenberg (1900-1933), championed an art that promoted the egalitarian ideals of the New Order and contributed to the growth of the Soviet Union. Known as the Constructivists, they advocated for utilitarian art that was easily accessible and spoke to the masses. Among their most provocative and visionary works were posters advertising Soviet films.

UMMA’s exhibition, Soviet Constructivist Posters: Branding the New Order features a selection of posters by the Stenbergs and other Constructivists for some of early cinema’s most inventive films including, Sergei Eisenstein’sOctober and Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera.

Using dynamic compositions, bold colors, and emblematic images, these posters announced that the Soviet Union was a progressive nation that could propel society into a utopian future. Their revolutionary aesthetic became associated with the workers’ movement and helped to shape how it was understood both at home and abroad. Though Constructivism went out of favor in the 1930s with the rise of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), Constructivist designs continued to have an influence abroad. Today, their legacy can be seen in advertisements and other promotional materials made for the public eye.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

Careers / Jobs:The Secret to Successful Interviews: How to find and land the job you want
2016-02-16 11:00 - 12:00
Tom Gimbel, Founder & CEO of LaSalle Network, a professional services firm specializing in staffing and recruiting, will host "The Secret to Successful Interviews," a complimentary webinar for students, on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM ET.

During this webinar, Tom Gimbel, founder & CEO of LaSalle Network, will share valuable insights into what companies are looking for in their next candidate and how you as a potential candidate can make a lasting impression. After the webinar, you'll know how to go the extra mile preparing for interviews, answer tough questions effectively, ask insightful questions and follow up memorably.

Please join us for the webinar here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5371000324375001090

Workshop / Seminar:Health, History, Demography and Development (H2D2)
2016-02-16 11:30 - 13:00 | Lorch Hall - 201
Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) kills more than 1.5 million people annually and now ranks alongside HIV as the leading infectious disease cause of death worldwide. There have been calls for more drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) prevalence studies yet only 8.3% of the population in high burden countries live in regions with at least two data points to estimate trends. We develop an innovative, low-cost method for estimating disease prevalence that relies solely on routinely-collected data from diagnostic laboratories, provides continuous surveillance and accounts for under-detection. We use TB test result data from South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Service, which includes test records from over 11 million patients, to estimate the prevalence of MDR-TB between 2004-2011. We develop a theoretical model of the clinician’s decision to perform drug susceptibility testing and use a simulated maximum likelihood estimation (SMLE) method and a method of simulated moments (MSM) to estimate model parameters. We estimate that at least one-third of MDR-TB cases went undiagnosed between 2004-2011. The MDR-TB rate in South Africa could be as high as 3.29 - 3.37% and the official World Health Organization estimate of 2.5% based on notification rates is therefore too low. We find that clinician behavior in the province of Mpumalanga is consistent with a sub-optimal approach of MDR testing only after observing the failure of first-line drug therapy. These findings highlight the need for investment in early detection of MDR-TB and more effective treatment. Using routinely collected data to monitor population prevalence rates is an effective low-cost strategy to guide health policy in low resource settings

Lecture / Discussion:Affirmative Action Debate
2016-02-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Hutchins Hall
This year, Fisher v. University of Texas will be argued during the 2015-16 term of the Supreme Court. The case is expected to review the use of race in admissions decisions by institutions of higher education. Come hear Professor Heriot and Professor Mortenson weigh in on this controversial topic over lunch. The event will be moderated by Professor Crane.

Lecture / Discussion:Department of Biological Chemistry Faculty Candidate Seminar Series
2016-02-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall
Dr. Andy Chang, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry at Standford University, will be giving a faculty candidate seminar on Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 at 12:00 noon in North Lecture Hall, MS II.

The talk is titled: " A Molecular Mechansim of Acute Oxygen Sensing."

Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series
2016-02-16 12:00 - 13:30 | School of Social Work Building - Room 1636
Bright Sheng
Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor
School of Music, Theater and Dance
University of Michigan

David Rolston
Associate Professor
Asian Languages and Cultures
University of Michigan

On September 10th, 2016, the San Francisco Opera will present the world premiere of a new opera which it commissioned based on “Dream of the Red Chamber,” the most popular novel in the history of Chinese literature, with music by Bright Sheng, and libretto by David Henry Hwang and Bright Sheng. On Thursday, February 18, at 8 pm, the Department of Opera at U-M's School of Music, Theater and Dance will present a workshop for the opera at the Stamps Auditorium of the Arthur Miller Theater on North Campus. Please note that this workshop is only open to U-M faculty, students and staff.

The talk will be a discussion between Professor Bright Sheng and Professor David Rolston, both LRCCS Faculty Associates, on the operatic adaptation approach to the novel, and concludes with video presentation of concert performance (with orchestra and singers) of some of the musically and dramatically crucial arias in the opera.

Performance:Opera discussion: Dream of the Red Chamber
2016-02-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location - School of Social Work Building, Room 1636
The Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies hosts a discussion between David Henry Hwang, playwright, screenwriter and librettist; Bright Sheng, Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor, SMTD; and David Rolston, associate professor, Asian Languages and Cultures.

Meeting:PEW Series Meeting
2016-02-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Haven Hall - Eldersveld Room (5670)
Held in the Eldersveld Room on the 5th floor of Haven Hall

Performance:Strings Showcase
2016-02-16 15:00 | Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
A monthly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding SMTD string students. Join us to celebrate the talent and hard work of our fantastic young artists.

This concert will be live-streamed at http://www.music.umich.edu/live-stream/

Lecture / Discussion:Another 1973: Remembering Gay Liberation and Reproductive Freedom Transversally
2016-02-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room
In 1973, homosexuality was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, and the Supreme court legalized abortion with Roe v. Wade. That same year witnessed efforts in New York to prevent Sylvia Rivera of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries from speaking at the Christopher Street Liberation Day commemoration, and to expel lesbian feminist transsexual musician Beth Elliot from the Lesbian Conference in Los Angeles. How might the entangled histories of gay liberation, the women's movement, and transgender activism have played out more amicably in the decades ahead if feminist arguments for appropriate health care and sexual liberationist arguments for depathologization had addressed the problem of transsexuality differently?

Susan Stryker is director of the Institute for LGBT Studies and associate professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Arizona. Her numerous contributions to trans studies as a writer, editor, and filmmaker include the two-volume Transgender Studies Reader, the introductory text Transgender History, the documentary film Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria, and the new academic journal TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly.

Careers / Jobs:Exploring Careers for PhDs outside of academia using the MBTI
2016-02-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Program Room (3003) The Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Are you a PhD student who is interested in exploring career options outside of academia? Join us to learn about MBTI Theory to explore the fit between personality and non-academic career options, with other PhD students. In order to attend, please RSVP through Handshake. Space is limited to 25 students. Registration ends at 11:00 p.m. on 2/15/2016.

Lecture / Discussion:Positive Links Speaker Series
2016-02-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Ross School of Business - Colloquium, 6th Floor
(Registration link under "Web and Social" at the bottom the page)

Gain inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in people. Join us at the Positive Links Speaker Series to learn from leading Positive Organizational scholars. Connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders at our receptions that immediately follow each session.

HOSTED BY: Jane Dutton, the Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Psychology at Michigan Ross

SESSION DESCRIPTION: How do individuals and organizations learn from success? While it sounds easy, it is not. And yet, learning from success is a critical component of what makes organizations positive. University of Louisville College of Business Associate Professor Ryan Quinn explores the opportunities and challenges of this kind of learning. Quinn shares research that helps us see what works and guides the audience with tools designed to facilitate learning from success. By using tools like these, we can create new possibilities for ourselves and our organizations, and never stop getting better.

RYAN QUINN is an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville’s College of Business. He researches, teaches, trains, and consults on topics related to leadership and change management. He teaches in the Full-Time, Professional, Weekend and Executive MBA programs, and has also taught in Executive Education and undergraduate programs. He has consulted around the world for Fortune 500 companies, private firms, start-up businesses, non-profits, and government institutions, and is a principal at Lift Consulting. He has also been involved in educational consulting and training, including his involvement in the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education’s Turnaround Specialist program and Wallace Foundation program, helping to train school system administrators to transform public schools and reduce achievement gaps. Ryan’s research focuses on two topics in particular: (1) the role that our psychological states play in our leadership, and (2) how organizations and individuals learn from success.

Ryan has a B.S. in statistics from Brigham Young University, a Ph.D. in Management and Organizations from Michigan Ross, a graduate certificate in the study of complex systems from the University of Michigan, and has studied international business and corporate strategy in Hitotsubashi University in Japan. He has taught at the Olin School of Business in Washington University in St. Louis, the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, and the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. Ryan has also been heavily involved in the Positive Organizational Scholarship movement, focusing many of his research questions on understanding what makes organizations and the people within them flourish, excel, and exceed expectations.

Ryan has published articles in outlets such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Organization Science, Human Resource Management, Journal of Management, Business & Economy, and The Washington Post. The second edition of the award-winning book he co-authored with his father, Lift: The Fundamental State of Leadership (Berrett-Koehler) will be published in the summer of 2015.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public. Most sessions are live-streamed via a link from our Events page, and then a listing is added to our Videos page post-session. For more information, visit poslinksseries.com.

The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Diane and Paul Jones (Ross School of Business MBA 1975) for their generous gift in support of the 2015-2016 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Careers / Jobs:UROP Peer Advisor Training for Networking
2016-02-16 16:10 - 17:30 | 4151 Undergraduate Science Building 204 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
This train-the-trainer session is for UROP Peer Advisors focused on Networking. Networking is about asking good questions, finding commonalities and building relationships this interactive training will help student learn how about networking and the skills/tools needed.

Presentation:Ready, Set, Go Global
2016-02-16 17:00 - 17:30 | Angell Hall - CGIS Office, G155
Take a big step toward a study abroad experience at UM by attending a Ready, Set, Go Global session. Learn more about study programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid, the CGIS application process, courses in your major, and credit transfer.
RSGG sessions are offered Monday through Friday from 5–5:30pm in the CGIS office in G155 Angell Hall. Attending an RSGG session is a required part of applying to a CGIS study abroad program.

Social / Informal Gathering:Craft the Stress Away
2016-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Pierpont Commons
Got stress? Join us in the Atrium of Pierpont on Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 6-8 PM to paint your own canvas, color, eat free food, and more! Craft all of that stress away!

Social / Informal Gathering:Craft the Stress Away
2016-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Pierpont Atrium

Lecture / Discussion:Lecture: Nina Rappaport
2016-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Art and Architecture Building - Auditorium (Rm 2104)
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents..."Vertical Urban Factory", a lecture by Nina Rappaport.

Nina Rappaport is an architectural critic, curator, and educator. She is publications director at Yale School of Architecture and editor of the biannual publication Constructs (numbering 35), the exhibition catalogs (numbering 48), as well as the school’s book series (22 to date). She is the director of the project/think tank the Vertical Urban Factory, which includes an exhibition with graphic design by Sarah Gephart of MGMT Design and the exhibit design by Studio Tractor. The show was most recently displayed at EPFL's Archizoom in Lausanne, and the Gallery at Industry City, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The original show opened in New York at the Skyscraper Museum in January 2011 and traveled to Detroit's MOCAD and Toronto's Design Exchange and Urban Space in 2012 and spring 2013, London's Museum of Architecture, in summer 2014. Rappaport curated a separate exhibition on East Asian factories for NYU's East Asian Studies Department in Spring 2012.

Her book, Vertical Urban Factory, investigating the modernist and contemporary factory in terms of the technology, factory in the city, and the architectural issues as they impact workers, is forthcoming with Actar November 2015 and is designed by MGMT Design. She received a research grant from New York State Council on the Arts for the project along with numerous contributions. VUF is a project of the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her previous books include Ezra Stoller: Photographer with co-editor Erica Stoller (Yale University Press, 2012) and Support and Resist: Structural Engineers and Design Innovation (The Monacelli Press, 2007).
She has contributed essays to Architecture, Architectural Record, 306090, Praxis, Perspecta, Scapes, Metropolis, Future Anterior, and Tec21 among other journals and publications. She has taught seminars and studios on urban theory and industrial urbanism in the Syracuse in NYC architecture program, Barnard College, Parsons School of Design and Yale School of Architecture. She was a Design Trust for Public Space Fellow and co-author of the book, Long Island City: Connecting the Arts (Episode Books, 2006).

She is a founder of Docomomo-New York/Tri-State and currently a Vice President. Her seminars and studios have included Alternative Urbanisms, Industrial Urbanisms, The Post Industrial Factory, Eco-Urbanism, and Vertical Urban Factory.

About University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning:

The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan is a leader in interdisciplinary education and research with a focus on creating a more beautiful, inclusive and better built environment. The college and its alumni are committed to pushing the boundaries of architectural practice, advancing global engagement, and significantly enhancing diversity in the profession. The college offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture (currently ranked #6 nationally; ranked #1 in 2010 by Design Intelligence Report), Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Urban Design, and PhD programs.

Other:SACNAS General Meeting
2016-02-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Taubman Health Sciences Library
Hello Sacnistas!It is time for our first general meeting of the Winter 2016 semester!Please join us in the Taubman Health Sciences Library Room 2958 on Tuesday, February 16 from 6pm-7pm. We hope to see you all there!

Recreational / Games:Salads UP Fitness Competition with Rec Sports
2016-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Central Campus Recreation Building (Bell Pool) - TBD
As part of our Member Appreciation Month festivities, drop in the CCRB on Tuesday, February 16 between 6:00 and 8:00pm to show us what you’re made of! The more activities you do, the more entries to win you can earn! Prizes will include a Salads UP Gift Card, adidas swag, coupons, and more!

Competition is open to currently registered UM students and Recreational Sports members.

https://recsports.umich.edu/article/february-member-appreciation-month

Other:Michigan vs OSU Watch Party
2016-02-16 18:30 - 21:00 | Michigan League
Join us February 16th starting at 6:30PM in the Vandenberg Room of the Michigan League to support Michigan Men's Basketball as they go head to head with OSU. Streaming of the game, pizza, & snacks will be provided!

Social / Informal Gathering:Michigan vs OSU Watch Party
2016-02-16 18:30 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location

Careers / Jobs:Resume and Cover Letter Workshop for Sigma Delta Tau
2016-02-16 18:30 - 19:30 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Closed session for the members of Sigma Delta Tau.

Lecture / Discussion:Cartoonist Brian Fies Discusses His Eisner Award-Winning Graphic Novel "Mom’s Cancer"
2016-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Off Campus Location - Ann Arbor District Library Downtown: Multi-Purpose Room
In the webcomic and graphic novel Mom’s Cancer, Brian Fies told the story of his mother’s diagnosis and treatment for cancer, and its effect on his family.

Mom's Cancer began as a serialized Internet comic, with new installments added throughout 2004. Readership grew by word-of-mouth. People who needed the story found it and told their friends about it.

The story won the comics industry's Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, the Harvey Award, and the German Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Youth Literature Prize) and became a pioneering work in the new field of “graphic medicine.”

Brian will talk about why and how he created Mom’s Cancer, and the wider social communities he’s entered as a result. The event includes a book signing and books will be for sale.

Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist who lives in Northern California with his wife, twin teenage daughters, and three cats. Mom's Cancer is his first graphic novel.

This event is co-sponsored by the following U-M Departments in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts: The Department of American Culture; Instructional Support Services; Office of Undergraduate Education; and the Program in Biology.

For more information about this event, call the Library at 327-4555 or visit our website at aadl.org.

Other:Debate
2016-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Michigan Union
Resolution Pending

Presentation:Guest Speaker: R.N. Bianca Waller from the Department of Otolaryngology
2016-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Michigan League
R.N. Bianca Waller has been gracious enough to devote her time towards presenting her experience over in Africa and the surgieries she had assisted with. In addition, we will also discus officer positions, ways to get involved in the club, and future volunteering opportunities in the local community will also be discussed.

Careers / Jobs:Help! What's an MMI? for AMSA
2016-02-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Palmer Commons, 100 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Join the Career Center as we explore the multiple mini interview for medical school with the AMSA Pre-Medical Chapter at U-M.

Careers / Jobs:Interview Skills for Couzens Hall
2016-02-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Couzens Hall Couzens Hall 1300 E Ann St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
This is an interview skills workshops for the residents of Couzens Hall.

Performance:Nrityopahara - a collage of solo Indian classical dance presentations
2016-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
SPICMACAY - University of Michigan Chapter is back with its next event; this time a visual treat in the ancient and popular traditional Indian classical dance forms, Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi. We would like to invite you to our upcoming event, Nrityopahara, a collage of solo Indian classical dance presentations featuring Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant.

Dr. Jayant is an acclaimed Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer and is an awardee of Padma Shri (India's 4th Highest Civilian Honor) and the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy Award.

Date: Tuesday, Feb 16, 2016

Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Place: Helmut Stern Auditorium,
University of Michigan-Museum of Art (UMMA),
525 S State St,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Directions here)

ADMISSION FREE!

To learn more about the event and organization, please visit

https://www.facebook.com/SpicMacayUofM/

https://maizepages.umich.edu/organization/spicmacay

Hoping to see you all there! Please forward it to everyone!

Sincerely,

SPICMACAY team

About: This event is organized by SPICMACAY or the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth at the University of Michigan, that aims at promoting an understanding of the richness and depth of the Indian culture through the showcase of Indian classical arts by organizing performances by inviting Indian artists from across the globe.

Artist Bio: Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant is a well known Indian classical dancer, performing the two dance styles of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. She is also a two time national awardee having received the Padmashri ( The 4th highest civilian award of India) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi (India's apex cultural body ) award for Bharatanatyam. She is also a TED speaker, with a much viewed and highly rated talk

http://www.ted.com/talks/ananda_shankar_jayant_fights_cancer_with_a_dance

http://www.anandashankarjayant.com/ibelieve.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ-5swhJHUk

For more information about Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi:

Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi, dance forms known for its grace, purity, tenderness and sculpturesque poses, originate from southern part of India and have contributed to a great extent to India's rich and varied cultural heritage. If you are interested to know more about Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi, please visit the following links.

http://rangashree.org/bharatanatyam-description.html

http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-dance/classical/kuchipudi.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharata_Natyam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchipudi

Other:Prayer Meeting
2016-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Campus Chapel
Join us for worship, fellowship and and an opporunity to get to know the Lord and one another better.

Workshop / Seminar:Study Tables hosted by the Leaders and Best Program
2016-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Student Activities Building - 3009 Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives
Looking for some assistance in your courses, or just a productive space to get work done? These daily study tables are hosted by the Leaders and Best Program in the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives.

Our mentors (Academic Success Partners) are available for tutoring help! Study Tables are free and will cover various subjects - see notes under the date for the subject that will be covered during that time.

Open to the community! Bring a friend! Computer and whiteboard work spaces available.

Presentation:Ecological Balance: Natives, Invasives, and Weeds
2016-02-16 19:30 | Matthaei Botanical Gardens
How do we interpret interactions and nurture what’s important in the natural world around us? Jacqueline Courteau, professional ecologist, will discuss the complexities of ecosystems, and monitoring what happens in those systems over time. Info: sierraclub.org.

Performance:Shawn Colvin
2016-02-16 20:00 | Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI
On her new album, "Uncovered," acclaimed singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin shines with sensitivity, casting new light on an exquisitely curated collection of songs from some of the most admired writers in popular music history. "Uncovered"'s 12 tunes include songs by Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder, Robbie Robertson, and Graham Nash to name a few, but in their selection and delivery, they are pure Shawn Colvin. As Shawn says: "Unless a song moves you, it doesn't matter what you do with it." Born in Vermilion, South Dakota, and raised in part in Illinois and Ontario, Shawn was already a well-traveled and seasoned performer by the time she won her first Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album with her debut, "Steady On," in 1989. In the decades since, Shawn has released a string of superlative albums and established an enduring reputation as one of America’s great live performers. Her lasting appeal is due in part to her willingness to lay herself bare coupled with a dry wit. "The title 'Uncovered' has a few meanings," Shawn explains. "It means uncovering as in an excavation, and uncovered in the sense of vulnerability. This album was made very spontaneously, we didn't over-think or overdub it. One of my friends said to me, 'You sound so exposed on this record!' and I think that's the thematic key, vulnerability."

Dinner & Show package ($65) available: Includes dinner at Café Felix (Prix Fixe Menu with an Amuse-Bouche to start followed by three different options of appetizers and three options of entrees) and seating held at The Ark for the show.

Exercise / Fitness:Open Swing Meeting
2016-02-16 21:30 - 23:00 | Pond Room 1st Floor Michigan Union
Our weekly open swing dance. We play music and give lessons and just let people dance. No experience needed and no partner needed. New members always welcome!!!
