Happening @ Michigan

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...

Influence, Hybridization, or Transculturation? Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Music of Medieval Spain

Dwight Reynolds, Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Part of The Connecting Sea: Charting the Mediterranean across the Disciplines. See http://www.ii.umich.edu/ces-euc for all events.

Interdisciplinary Music Forum: Discussion of Readings

BFA Design Portfolio Exhibit Opening Reception

Dept. of Musicology Distinguished Lecture Series: Poppea s Progress - Ellen Rosand (Yale)

PLEASE NOTE CORRECTED START TIME OF 5:00 PM. The appearance of a new DVD of L’incoronazione di Poppea in 2009, the fifth within a decade,...

Lecture: Joseph Rosa, University of Michigan Museum of Art

Lecture Title: Curating Architecture

Most recently announced the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s new director, Joseph Rosa was previously the Art Institute of...

11th Annual Farrand Public Lecture: Walking Whales and Missing Links

Philip Gingerich, Ermine Cowles Professor of Paleontology and Director, U-M Museum of Paleontology

Scientists long before Darwin wondered why whales, which are mammals, not fish, live in the sea. The discovery of the tiny vestigial hind...

PureRhythM

Come be entertained at RhythM Tap Ensemble and Pure Dance Xtreme's annual Winter dance showcase!...

Robert Plant & The Band of Joy

Former Lead man for Led Zeppelin is coming to Hill Auditorium!

Senior Recital: Kirsten Filbrandt, bassoon

PROGRAM: Mignone - Concertino; Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 and No. 6; Marquez - Danza de Mediodia; Mockert - Suite Argentina...

The Ragbirds

Islamic Music Concert

Arabic instrumental music and recitation of Arabic epic poetry

Penn Masala

As part of Aurora 2011, the South Asian Awareness Network presents internationally recognized A Capella group Penn Masala!

Cross Country Skiing Day Trip

Jan 22

Explore what Michigan winters have to offer! Let's get outside and enjoy the Michigan winter wonderland while learning to...

Conference: Islam and the Performing Arts

Eight scholars presenting papers on the Islamic performing arts in Africa, Egypt and Southeast Asia.

Dis(Order): Creativity and Control: A Workshop for Art Educators

Artist and educator Olivia Gude, professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will lead a workshop in...

Percussion Ensemble

CRESCENDOS. January\&##39;s Percussion Ensemble concert features our eight graduating seniors, who will perform the material they are...

Masters Recital: Doyeon Kim, piano

PROGRAM: Bach - Well Tempered Clavier Book 2 No. 6 in D Minor; Haydn - Paino Sonata No. 31 in A -flat Major; Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 2...

Kafka Fragments

Professors Freda Herseth, mezzo-soprano, and Andrew Jennings, violin, present one of the 20th century's most powerful and challenging...

Leon Redbone

No one knows where he came from or who he really is. Leon Redbone wears dark glasses and a Panama hat, and, despite that fact that he's...

Masters Recital: Yuta Sugano, piano

PROGRAM: Schubert - Eight Selected Dances, Piano Sonata NO. 4 in A Minor, Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major

SMTD at UMMA: Kafka Fragments

Professors Freda Herseth, mezzo-soprano, and Andrew Jennings, violin, present one of the 20th century’s most powerful and challenging...

Senior Recital: Scott Verduin, percussion

PROGRAM: Mellits - Stick; Ligeti - Continuum; Hamilton - Parellel Passages; Cheung - Etude in E Minor; Koykkar - Musica per Due; Wahlund -...

Stearns Collection Virginia Howard Lecture Series: La Centra Galante: 18th-century Music with Doc Rossi

Originally from Michigan, Doc Rossi has performed across North America and Europe and has recorded with various groups, playing Early Music,...

Mahler's Resurrection: Life Sciences Orchestra

The U-M Life Sciences Orchestra presents one of the all-time masterpieces of classical music: Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2,...

Senior Recital: Corie Lint, cello

PROGRAM: Ligeti - Sonata for Solo Cello; Bach - Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major; Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

Senior Recital: Glenn Tucker, jazz piano

PROGRAM: Tucker - Bopolous, The Waiting Game; Dorsey/Madeira/Mertz - I m Glad There Is You; Tucker - Hip Hop, Universal Perception, Blues...

Nellie McKay

You should know that Nellie McKay is hard to categorize. She's done Brecht on Broadway, opened for Lou Reed at Carnegie Hall, sung...