Happening @ Michigan

School of Criticism and Theory Conference

Half-hour lectures by some of the top scholars in the humanities.

8:15 Greetings: Daniel Herwitz and Marjorie Levinson...

Rock Climbing Day Trip

Mar 25-26

Have you ever wanted to try Rock Climbing? Whether you've been to a climbing gym or not, there's nothing quite like real rock...

The 49th Ann Arbor Film Festival

Artist Talk: Wang Bing

“Wang’s epic documentaries define the brave political outspokenness, tenacity and artistic sophistication that continues to inspire a...

Smith Lecture: Sea level rise: What do we know and what do we need to know?

Gary Mitchum, Professor, College of Marine Sciences, University of South Florida

Mitchum is one of the world's leading experts on monitoring of global sea level rise. Sponsored by Geological Sciences.

Interdisciplinary Music Forum: Faculty-led Workshop

The Anthropology of Musical Materials. Led by Kelly Askew (anthropology) and Meilu Ho (musicology)

50th Annual International Dinner

Tickets: Students $5, non-students $10, Families $15...

Lecture: Gregg Pasquarelli, SHoP Architects

Lecture Title: Out of Practice

March 25, 2011 05:30 PM...

Mark Webster Reading Series

One MFA student of fiction and of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging...

Dance MFA Thesis Concert: En-com-pass

The performance showcases the 2011 Master of Fine Arts in Dance candidates Jessica Bonenfant, Sean Hoskins, and Susie Thiel. The program...

Little Women

University Opera Theatre & University Philharmonia Orchestra. A delightful 1998 opera by Mark Adamo based on the beloved novel by...

Masters Chamber Recital: Benjamin Thauland, trumpet

PROGRAM: Bach - Grosser Her und starker Konig from Christmas Oratorio; Kennan - Sonata for Trumpet and Piano; Ewazen - Concerto for Trumpet...

Organ Studio Recital

Students in the French Baroque Class of Marilyn Mason will perform Francois Couperin\&##39;s Messe Pour Les Paroisses

Senior Recital: Courtney Lubin, violin

PROGRAM: Bach - Partita No. 2; Corigliano - The Red Violin Caprices; Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No. 1

The Ark at UMMA Student Songwriters Series Finale

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

The Spring Standards

Third Dissertation Recital: Philip Alejo, double bass

PROGRAM: Oscher - Cancion para Britta; Ginastera - Variaciones Concertantes; Ponce - Estrellita; Chavez - Madrigal, Sonatina for Cello and...

Sujal Parikh Memorial Symposium on Health and Social Justice

2011 Theme: The Social (Justice) Network

This symposium is in honor of Sujal Parikh, an inspiring global health and social justice advocate. As a University of Michigan medical...

Saturday Morning Conversations... Work and Faith

Join Black Scholars & Professionals (BSAP) on Saturday, March 26th for:...

Water Discovery Day

Discover water! Find out what makes water wonderful and why it is the basis of all life. Take the journey of a water drop around the Museum....

Water Discovery Day

Discover water! Find out what makes water wonderful and why it is the basis of all life. Take the journey of a water drop around the...

Advancing Architectural Praxis

March 26, 2011 09:30 AM...

Advancing Architectural Praxis

March 26, 2011 09:30 AM...

Ann Arbor Art Center Workshops at UMMA

The Narrative Book: Using Silhouettes to Tell a Story

Learn about the importance of silhouettes to many contemporary artists such as Kara Walker and William Kentridge and use their work as a...

Michigan Harpsichord Saturday

Performances by Edward Parmentier and others, free walk-in harpsichord lessons with UM students, open rooms for harpsichord playing....

Dance MFA Thesis Concert: En-com-pass

The performance showcases the 2011 Master of Fine Arts in Dance candidates Jessica Bonenfant, Sean Hoskins, and Susie Thiel. The program...

Second Dissertation Recital: Jamie Dahman, tenor

PROGRAM: Massenet - Elegie; Hahn - Chansons grises; Schumann - In der Nacht from Spanisches Liederspiel; Beethoven - An die ferne Geliebte;...

Second Dissertation Recital: Paul Jon Haebig, organ

PROGRAM: Bach - Clavierubung, Part III

funKtion tryouts

Tryout for a multicultural all-male hip-hop dance troupe!

Since its inaugural performance at Festifall, 1999, funKtion has been dedicated to bringing its talent and energy to the University of...

Masters Recital: Alex Young, trumpet

PROGRAM: Bitsch - Quatre Variations Sur un Theme de Domenico Scarlatti; Ewazen - Sonata for Trumpet and Piano; Torelli - Sonata in D Major...

Dance MFA Thesis Concert: En-com-pass

The performance showcases the 2011 Master of Fine Arts in Dance candidates Jessica Bonenfant, Sean Hoskins, and Susie Thiel. The program...

Little Women

University Opera Theatre & University Philharmonia Orchestra. A delightful 1998 opera by Mark Adamo based on the beloved novel by...

Newfound Road

Performing Arts Technology Showcase

Works including live performance with electronics, electro-acoustic compositions, recordings, and video will be presented by students in...

Senior Recital: Sean Benolken, euphonium and tuba

PROGRAM: Muczynski - Impromptus Op. 32; Strauss - Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11; Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major...

Women’s Glee Club

Julie Skadsem, conductor. Works by Orban, Bach, Holst, Stravinsky, Daley, Clausen & Dalglish. A commissioned piece by Mark Buckles...

Student Recital: Axios Wind Quintet

Cecilia Kang, clarinet; Mira Magrill, flute; Stacie Mickens, horn; Nermis Mieses, oboe; Eric Rutherford, bassoon PROGRAM: Bach - Choral...

The 49th Ann Arbor Film Festival

"What the Hell Was That?"

Within the realm of cinema, experimental film is often misunderstood. Join us for an educational screening and discussion hosted by Dan...

Little Women

University Opera Theatre & University Philharmonia Orchestra. A delightful 1998 opera by Mark Adamo based on the beloved novel by...

Senior Recital: Joanna Hui, violin

PROGRAM: Brahms - Violin Sonata in A Major; Kreisler - Caprice Viennois; Bach - Partita No. 2 in D Minor; Bartok - Rhapsody No. 1

Artist Panel

Discussion with formerly incarcerated Michigan artists

Join us as a panel of formerly incarcerated artists discuss works in the 16th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners and the process...

Love Flows: An Islamic Dance Drama with Gamelan

F. X. Widaryanto, a famous Javanese choreographer, and his dance and music students of the University of Michigan Gamelan. A dance drama of...

Love Flows: An Islamic Dance Drama with Gamelan

F. X. Widaryanto, a famous Javanese choreographer, and his dance and music students of the University of Michigan Gamelan (owned by the Stearns Collection)

Like his uncle the Prophet Mohammad, Amir Hamzah feels great brotherly love for all humans. In Javanese culture, water is a crucial symbol...

1st Annual Black Business Undergraduate Society Business Ventures Scholarship Banquet

Join the Black Business Undergraduate Society as we honor black, student-owned businesses and the entrepreneurs who made them possible....

Madcat, Kane & Maxwell Street

Jazz Showcase

A concert featuring the best of the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation, featuring guest bassist Buster Williams, student...

Masters Recital: Scott Bartlett, bassoon

PROGRAM: Siqueira - Drei Etuden; de Oca - Laberintos de Espejso; Desenns - Trio fro clarinet, bassoon and piano; Piazzolla - Escolaso;...

Millennium Development Goals and Water

A display of posters that highlight the 8 U.N. Millennium Developmental Goals and their relevance to LSA’s Winter 2011 theme of...

"UN Women: Fragmentation or 'Delivering as One?'"

International Law Workshop

Christine M. Chinkin, Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London; William...

Pauline Kaldas and T.J. Anderson

Presented by the Zell Visiting Writers Series, Arab American Studies, and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies

Pauline Kaldas is the author of Dinarzad's Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction (co-editor, 2004), Letters...

Voice Department Student Recital

Shaking Up 21st-Century Shakespeare: An Introduction to the UK’s Propeller Theater Company

Guitars, gurneys, and gore play a part in this all-male Shakespeare company’s upcoming production of Richard III. The company likewise...

Second Dissertation Recital: Ing-Jhu Emily Lai, Collaborative Piano

PROGRAM: Guridi - Seis Canciones Castellanas; Mompou - combat del Somni; Granados - Canciones Amatorias; Nin - Folksongs from Viente Cantos...

Steve Poltz

"On Men, Women and the Rest of Us."

Performance by Kate Bornstein

Actor, playwright and performance artist Kate Bornstein will give a performance that addresses sex positivity and gender anarchy....

Music Education Lecture: Once From the Top: Reframing the Role of the Conductor in Ensemble Teaching, Steven Demorest (University of Washington)

Michigan Forescast: The New State Regime

A look at Corrections

Join us for a panel discussion about the challenges facing the Michigan Department of Corrections with a new governor and state legislature...

Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Bizarre and Wonderful Adaptations of Deep Sea Fishes

A Lecture with William Fink, Curator of Fishes, Director of the Museum of Zoology, and a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology....

Truth is Stranger than Fiction: Bizarre and Wonderful Adaptations of Deep Sea Fishes

William Fink, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director, Museum of Zoology

Conditions are extreme in the depths of the oceans: it’s cold and dark, pressures are crushingly high, and food is scarce. Yet deep sea...

Second Dissertation Recital: Ana Maria Otamendi Sanchez, Collaborative Piano

PROGRAM: Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring); Tchaikovsky - Piano tio Op. 50 in A Minor

Senior Recital: Michael Kaufman, clarinet

PROGRAM: Cahuzac - Cantilene; Weiner - Peregi Verbunk; Cahuzac - Arlequin; Arnold - Divermento for Flute Oboe and Clarinet; von Weber -...

University Symphony Orchestra and University Philharmonia Orchestra

The Sixth Symphony is perhaps the most deeply personal of all the Mahler\&##39;s symphonies. It\&##39;s tremendous range of sound...

The Conservation Treatment of a Rare 18th c. German Atlas, or Step Away from the Leather Dressing!

In 2007, a copy of Mattheus Seutter's "Atlas novus sive tabulæ geographicæ" (ca. 1740) came to the University...

Ford Motor Company Distinguished Lecture in Physics

Nobel Laureate William D. Phillips (Atomic Physics Division, NIST)

Dr. William D. Phillips, a Nobel Laureate in physics, the leader of the Laser Cooling and Trapping Group in the National Institute of...

Masterclass: Ben Pierce, tuba

University of Arkansas professor of tuba and euphonium and alumnus of the UM works with UM students in a masterclass.