Happening @ Michigan

Masterclass: Karen Brunssen, voice

Co-chair, Department of Music Performance, Northwestern University. Mezzo-soprano. Karen Brunssen\&##39;s past solo appearances include...

Caravan of Thieves

Concert Band

Rodney Dorsey, conductor 20th Century Masters PROGRAM: Krenek - Three Merry Marches; Shostakovich - Two Pieces from Scarlatti; Vaughan...

Askwith Media Library Water Film Series: Waterlife (2009)

Directed by Kevin McMahon

A look at the natural beauty and environmental crisis surrounding the Great Lakes. Web link: http://waterlife.nfb.ca/ Web link:...

Lecture: Chip Lord, University of California, Ant Farm

Wallenberg Studio Lecture II

UCSC Professor Emeritus Chip Lord was trained as an architect and is a media artist who produces both single-channel films and video...

First Dissertation Recital: Paul Jon Haebig, Collaborative Piano

Accompanying for Pioneer High School Solo and Ensemble

Kurt Elling

Stephen Prothero on Religion in America

Stephen Prothero is professor of religion at Boston University and author of "Religious Literacy" and "God is Not One"....

Brown Bag Organ Series: Daniel Mikat

Thirty minutes of organ solo music performed by local musicians. Bring lunch or purchase at the Crossroads Cafe. PROGRAM: Bach - Toccata,...

Dr. Stephen Prothero on Religious Literacy:

What Every American Needs to Know -- And Doesn't

Stephen Prothero is a noted lecturer, author, and frequenter of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. A guest of the Association of...

Science Café: Water, Oil, and Energy

Steve Hamilton, Michigan State University W. K. Kellogg Biological Station and Andrew Maynard , University of Michigan School of Public Health

Recent oil spills have made the risks of oil extraction and use to our aquatic ecosystems very clear. What are the real results of these...

Bright Circle

Producers Russ Bolinger and Shawn Kakuk will introduce and screen their film, "Bright Circle," an independent documentary about...

Water, Oil, and Energy

Science Café

Discussion lead by, Steve Hamilton, of the Michigan State University W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and Andrew Maynard of the University of...

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Presented by the Residential College and the Zell Visiting Writers Series

Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of American Salvage, will read in the Residential College's Keene Theater. American Salvage was a finalist...

The Wailers

The Modern History of the Languages of North African Jewry

A Survey with the Aid of the Historical Jewish Press

Lecturer: Yaron Tsur, Tel Aviv University

EEB Thursday Seminar Series

Can ecology inform conservation policy when the world is becoming irretrievably different? Presented by Dr. Jason McLachlan, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame

Ongoing global environmental change requires us to anticipate unprecedented ecological dynamics. However, because ecology lacks general...

I, the Other

Mohsen Melliti, director (78 min., 2007). Giuseppe and Yousef are two fishermen, one Sicilian, and the other, a Tunisian who has been living...

The Other

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

Writers Series: Mary Gaitskill

Mary Gaitskill is most recently the author of Don't Cry. She is also the author of Veronica (nominated for the National Book Award),...

Zell Visiting Writers Series Presents: Mary Gaitskill

Fiction Reading

Mary Gaitskill is most recently the author of Don't Cry. She is also the author of Veronica (nominated for the National Book Award),...

U-M Wikipedians hold first Trivia Night

Quick, what’s the fifth most visited website in the world? Wikipedia, which turns ten years old this January and is known for its mission...

Enhancing the Magic

Bringing the Next Generation of Disney Magic, Storytelling, and Personalization to Our Flagship Park

Christopher Beatty, Senior Concept Designer-Director at Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale, California, will discuss how Disney can...

Enhancing the Magic: Bringing the Next Generation of Disney Magic, Storytelling, and Personalization to Our Flagship Park

presented by Christopher Beatty (Walt Disney Imagineering)

Christopher Beatty is a Senior Concept Designer-Director at Walt Disney Imagineering in California. In this presentation, he will discuss...

Battlefield Band

Interdisciplinary Music Forum: Faculty-led Workshop

Primary Sources and the Challenge of Institutional Histories. Led by Mark Clague (musicology) and Michael Mauskapf (graduate student,...

Lecture: Alex Lehnerer, University of Illinois

Lecture Title: The Only One in a Crowded Room

Alex Lehnerer is an architect and urban designer, received his Ph.D. from the ETH in Zurich and is currently based in Chicago where he holds...

Projectorhead Film Series: The Abyss (1989)

Directed by James Cameron

A civilian diving team are enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species. For...

Student Recital: Double Reed Ensemble

PROGRAM: Fux - Gloria in Excelsis Deo; Leinbach - Hosanna; Chabrier - Danse Villageoise; Fasch - Sonate F-Dur; Jacob - Phantasy-Quartet;...

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...

The Kruger Brothers

The Penis Monologues

U-Club Poetry Slam hosts The Penis Monologues in support of The Vagina Monologues.

Cross Country Skiing Day Trip

Feb 12

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

UM Jazz Combo Workshop

A day-long workshop (8:00 am - 6:00 pm) featuring adjudications of high school jazz combos, masterclasses by University of Michigan Jazz...

Saturday Morning Physics: Ice and Water

Henry Pollack, Professor Emeritus, Geological Sciences

As Earth's climate warms, many of the planet's glaciers and polar ice sheets will be lost, with substantial impacts on...

Drawing Buddha

An Exploration of Buddhist Art from across Asia

The perfect proportions of a Buddha–the graciousness of his physical form–represent one of the ten powers of a Buddha. By studying...

World tour

Event description: Celebrate the cultural diversity at U-M! Student organizations showcase their cultures with performances, songs, dance,...

UM Jazz Combo Workshop Final Concert

Featuring two selected high school combos, University of Michigan student combos and a performance by the UM Jazz Faculty.

Dance on Film Festival

Direct from New York City’s Dance on Camera Festival, this selection of screendance shorts from around the world represents the dynamic...

Mustard's Retreat

Second Dissertation Recital: Vince Yi, countertenor

PROGRAM: Vinci - Bramar di perdere from Aftaserse; Wolf - Er ists; Schumann - Er ists; Wolf - Der Gartner; Schumann - Der Gartner; Debussy -...

Senior Recital: Zachary Stern, saxophone

PROGRAM: Piazzolla - Historie du Tango; Yuyama - Divertimento; Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema; Bolocm - Concert Suite for Solo E-flat Alto...

Behind the Scenes Day

A rare opportunity to visit behind the scenes at the four museums of the Ruthven Museums Building on the University of Michigan Central...

The Printing of the King James Bible

Learn about the printing of the King James Bible from Pablo Alvarez, Curator and Outreach Librarian, U-M Special Collections Library....

Dance on Film Festival

Special screening of Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance by Charles Atlas.

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

Merce Cunningham's revolutionary take on modern dance is brilliantly explained in the film "A Lifetime of Dance" (Charles...

F.O.K.U.S. & MESA/Trotter Present... Screening of [Black August]. with special guest dream hampton. 2/13

Hip Hop Project.

F.O.K.U.S. & MESA/Trotter and The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Present...

Second Dissertation Recital: Carrie Pierce, cello

PROGRAM: Bolcom - Suite No. 1 in C Minor for Solo Cello, Capriccio; Schoenfield - Cafe Music

Dance on Film Festival

Direct from New York City’s Dance on Camera Festival, this selection of screendance shorts from around the world represents the dynamic...

My Folky Valentine

Annie & Rod Capps & More

Student Woodwind Chamber Music Recital

A recital of wind trios, quartets, and quintets.