Happening @ Michigan

MLK Weekend Dogsledding in the UP

Jan 14-17

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is a winter wonderland of fun. Imagine driving your own dogsled and feeling the force of these excitable...

MLK Weekend Ice Climbing in Canada

Jan 14-17

Ever scaled a frozen waterfall with only crampons and an ice axe? Whether you have or you haven't - come ice climb with Outdoor...

Interdisciplinary Music Forum: Graduate Student Workshop

Led by Jessica German (musicology) and Evan Ware (music theory)

Research Through Making Exhibition Opening Reception

The 2010 Research Through Making Faculty research grants were awarded to faculty for the production of a research or creative project that...

The Ark at UMMA: Student Songwriters Series Showcase

This series, now in its second year, invites student songwriters from the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, and Washtenaw...

Yellow Room Gang

The Yellow Room Gang is an octet of Michigan songwriters: "One Shining Moment" composer David Barrett, Detroit native and Great...

Photo Emulsion Transfers: Images from the Collection

Ann Arbor Art Center Workshops at UMMA

Create a beautiful representation of a work from UMMA collections and learn the popular photographic techniques of emulsion lift and image...

Second Dissertation Recital: Philip Alejo, double bass

PROGRAM: Dragonetti - Bantis bravura passage from I Giuochi d Agrigento; Bottesini - Fantasia Lucia di Lammermoor, Two Songs; de Falla -...

Collage

A fast-moving juxtaposition of musical styles, forms and mediums presented without the interruption of applause, the Collage Concert...

Dissertation Lecture Recital: David Leifer, piano

The Evolution of American Ragtime. PROGRAM: Joplin/Chauvin - Heliotrope Bouquet; Blake - Charleston Rag; Bolcom - Eubie’s Luckey Day,...

Family Reading and Science Workshop

Water Wonder: What is water and what can it do?

For ages 6-11 with an adult. Part of a series of three hands-on water workshops. Also available at 39 public libraries in SE Michigan! More...

MESA/Trotter Center 40th Anniversary Reception

Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs & Trotter Multicultural Center

Speakers, performers, student panel. Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres....

Chinese New Year Gala

A Celebration of Traditional Chinese New Year!

Beausoleil

Garrison Keillor calls BeauSoleil the best Cajun band in the world! Over three decades of exploring the panorama of Louisiana music,...

UMove Fitness: Special Drop-in Exercise Classes

All those with UM Rec Sports facility access are welcome to attend special drop-in exercise classes on MLK Day. No registration required....

MLK Day Celebration: The Dream - A World of Brotherhood

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance Faculty and the University of Michigan University Choir present musical and...

The Freedom to Marry and Our Inheritance from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Evan Wolfson, Freedom To Marry

Evan Wolfson is the founder and Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality...

Having to Think: Dr. King's Call for Critical Thinking

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, MLibrary welcomes Dr. Bertice Berry, an award-winning entertainer, lecturer and comedian....

Eden is West

Costa-Gavras, director

Part of The Connecting Sea: Charting the Mediterranean across the Disciplines. Link to http://www.ii.umich.edu/ces-euc...

Triathlon Club Mass Meeting

Winter Semester Mass meeting

Winter semester mass meeting for the Triathlon Club. Anyone interested in participating winter semester or learning more about the club is...

Clay Cook VS Levi Lowrey

Beyond Testimony

New Ways of Listening to Survivors of the Holocaust and Other Genocides

Lecturer: Henry Greenspan, University of Michigan

Context for Classics: New Perspectives on an Old Classic

Visitors to the Museum's Apse can't help but notice the dramatic figure of Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii. This statue,...

Askwith Media Library Water Film Series

Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008)

Documentary based on the book by Maude Barlow, who will speak on January 20. Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Student Round Table

Sponsored by the Master of Urban Planning Program

The students of the Master of Urban Planning Program, have made a tradition of having an event dedicated to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther...

Bitch / Ferron

Masters Recital: Mi Rae Sohn, oboe

PROGRAM: Schumann - Romance for Violin and Piano; Kirsch - Ganymed for Oboe Solo; Dutilleux - Sonata for Oboe and Piano; Bach - Sonata in G...

Schumann Piano Chamber Music Festival Concert No. 3

Program features faculty, students and alumni of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance: Emily Lai, SunAh Lee,...

The Career Center's and MESA's Winter Career Expo

The Winter Career Expo offers a way to network with organizations and continue a job and internship search, with more than 50 organizations...

Science Café: The Past, Present, and Future of Ice

Jeremy Bassis, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, College of Engineering, and Sarah Aciego, Geological Sciences

Join two UM faculty members whose work explores ice, its history, and how fast it is melting for a discussion of ice, climate, and policy....

Making Folk A Threat Again: Music for Liberation

The F-Word Presents: An evening with artist and activist Evan Greer

Evan Greer is a radical genderqueer singer/songwriter and musician who tours and facilitates interactive workshops through high-energy...

Spectrum Center 40th Anniversary Film Series

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

Spectrum Center 40th Anniversary Film Series...

Orientation Leader Mass Meeting

The Office of New Student Programs is seeking orientation leaders to assist with 2011 summer parent and student orientation programs....

Masterclass: Peter Takacs, piano

Professor of Piano at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Judeo-Arabic

The Language of Arabic-Speaking Jews

Lecturer: Benjamin Hary, Emory University

Celebrating Engineering Innovations in Africa with Dr. Moses Kizza Musaazi

College of Engineering MLK Keynote Address

Dr. Musaazi is an Electrical Engineer whose expertise and innovations have made a significant difference in safe water, sustainable...

Center for Global Health Research Discussion Series on Global Health

Global Health Comparative Effectiveness Evaluations

The Center for Global Health invites the University community to a series of trans-disciplinary research discussions about global health. UM...

Conversations on Europe. “Fiscal federalism in Europe: Good (and bad) lessons from Brazil, Germany, and the United States.”

Mark Hallerberg, professor of public management and political economy. Hertie School of Governance. Sponsors: CES-EUC, Department of...

Discussion on the Influential Nature & Ethics of Hip Hop

This discussion is part of "Shaping Sounds," the University of Michigan's first hip hop Beat Battle presented by F.O.K.U.S....

EEB Thursday Seminar Series

Tracking the dynamics of microbial communities that shape Earth and environment, presented by Dr. Gregory J. Dick, U-M Geological Services

Microorganisms have had (and continue to have) a profound influence on our planet, but only with recent advances in molecular tools has...

Shaping Sounds

The Ethics of Hip Hop and Beatbox Discussion and Workshop

Discuss the impact of misogyny, sexism, homophobia, etc displayed in rap music on the attitudes and behavior of youth, in both urban and...

Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch

The freshwater crisis is the greatest ecological crisis of our time as major portions of the planet run out of this element needed for life....

Zell Visiting Writers Series Presents: John Beer and Ish Klein

Canarium Books Reading

Ish Klein's book, Union! came out April 2009 through the Canarium Press. Her book, For the New Manchurians, will come out from the...

MLibrary Spotlight Series

Info Exchange for student clubs related to water

As part of its Spotlight Series, the University of Michigan Library is inviting members of student water clubs to take place in an...

Ko Tawa: Where Are the Glass Cabinets?

Paul Tapsell from the University of Otago (New Zealand) will speak about strategies for displaying ancestral treasures of the Maori culture...

Voyage from South Africa -- Living in Johannesburg and Ann Arbor

Global Learning Series: A Northwood Resident Cultural Exchange

People from all over the world are living at the University of Michigan campus. Take this opportunity to expand your knowledge about...

Guest Recital: Peter Takacs, piano

Professor of Piano at Oberlin Conservatory. Music of Chopin: PROGRAM: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Nocturne in D-flat, Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat...

Rachael Davis, Jake Armerding

Third Thursdays

This exciting performance series falls on the third Thursday of each month and features different student performers who work in a variety...

Shaping Sounds

What’s in a beat? Is it just the thump-thump-thump coming out of speakers? What about the everyday, almost mundane noise that surrounds...