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DTSTAMP:20170629T101358
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Detroiters Speak - Summertime Edition
DESCRIPTION:This session will feature the following speakers (detailed bios below):\n\nDr. Melba Joyce Boyd (Distinguished Professor in African American Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit\, and an Adjunct Professor in Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor)\n\nDanielle McGuire (Adjunct Associate Professor in the History Department at Wayne State University\, Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians)\n\nRonald D. Glotta (Attorney\, Glotta & Associates\; AV® Preeminent™ Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®\, Michigan Association for Justice member)\n\nSPEAKER BIOS:\n\nDR. MELBA JOYCE BOYD\nDr. Melba Joyce Boyd is a Distinguished Professor in African American Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit\, and an Adjunct Professor in Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor. She is an award-winning author or editor of 13 books\, nine of which are poetry. Death Dance of a Butterfly received the 2013 Library of Michigan Notable Books Award for Poetry\, Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall received the 2010 Independent Publishers Award\, the 2010 Library of Michigan Notable Books Award for Poetry\, and was a Finalist for the 2010 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the 2010 ForeWord Award for Poetry. She wrote the official poem for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History\, which is inscribed in the museum dedication wall.\n\nWrestling with the Muse: Dudley Randall and the Broadside Press received the 2005 Honor for Nonfiction from The Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Boyd’s critically acclaimed and widely reviewed\, Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper\, 1825-1911\, (1994) was the first comprehensive study of Harper. Boyd’s poetry\, essays and creative nonfiction have appeared in anthologies\, academic journals\, cultural periodicals and newspapers in the United States and Europe. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Bremen\, and has a Doctor of Arts in English from the University of Michigan\, and B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from Western Michigan University.\n\nDANIELLE MCGUIRE\nDanielle McGuire is the author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women\, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power (Knopf\, 2010)\, which won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award from the Organization of American Historians and the Lillian Smith Book Award. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the History Department at Wayne State University where she won numerous teaching and research awards. Her dissertation on sexualized racial violence and the African American freedom struggle received the Lerner Scott Prize for best dissertation in women’s history. Her essay\, “It was Like We Were All Raped: Sexualized Violence\, Community Mobilization and the African American Freedom Struggle\,” published in the Journal of American History\, won the A. Elizabeth Taylor Prize for best essay in southern women’s history and was reprinted in the Best Essays in American History. McGuire is a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians and has appeared on CNN\, MSNBC\, National Public Radio\, BookTV (CSPAN) and dozens of local radio stations throughout the United States and Canada. Her essays have appeared on the Huffington Post\, TheGrio.com and TheRoot.com.\n\nRONALD D. GLOTTA\nRonald D. Glotta defines himself as an attorney who believes in the militant representation of workers against the ravages of capitalism. Over the past five decades\, he has honed his expertise in the areas of workers' compensation law and social security law. He has spent the majority of his career at the helm of Glotta & Associates\, a law firm located in Detroit\, Mich. There\, he maintains a large and loyal clientele comprised of more than 100 clients.\n\nMr. Glotta earned a JD from the University of Michigan in 1966 after receiving a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Kansas. After graduating from law school\, he was hired by a workers' compensation firm in Muskegon\, Mich. \"I felt like a fish thrown in water - it was exactly what I wanted to do\,\" he says. He soon established his own law firm in order to provide the best possible services to his clients. In recognition of his commendable work\, Mr. Glotta has been repeatedly distinguished as an AV® Preeminent™ Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®. He is also a member of the Michigan Association for Justice.\n\nIn addition to his work in the office and courtroom\, Mr. Glotta is the author of \"The Road to Hell Is Not Paved with Good Intentions.\" The book examines societal structures in the United States that abuse and oppress basic human freedoms. More information about the book can be found on his firm's website\, and theroadtohellonline.com. Both sites feature articles and audio commentaries by Mr. Glotta as well. He has also been quoted in the following publications: \"Muscle and Blood: The Massive Hidden Agony of Industrial Slaughter in America\,\" by Rachel Scott\; \"Black Rage: Two Black Psychiatrists Reveal the Full Dimensions of the Inner Conflicts and the Desperation of Black Life in the United States\,\" by William Grier\; \"Whose Detroit? Politics\, Labor\, and Race in a Modern American City\,\" by Heather Thompson\; and\, \"Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution\,\" by Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin. \"My position is that every human being wants to believe that their life has importance. The way you do that is by making a difference\,\" Mr. Glotta notes. \"Struggling for a decent human society is the way that I do it.\"
UID:41399-9209124@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41399
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,African American,Detroit,Discussion,Food,Free,History,Multicultural,Social Justice
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20170629T131131
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T195500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T202000
SUMMARY:Performance:A2SF U-M Bicentennial Performance: Australia's Strange Fruit\, \"Tall Tales on the High Sea\"
DESCRIPTION:As a highlight of the University of Michigan Bicentennial celebration\, Australia’s Strange Fruit are entering new and exciting waters to tell even taller tales in this world premiere!\n\nFilled with equal measures of spectacle\, disaster\, and beauty\, this fantastic voyage follows the antics of three eccentric mariners as they explore the power of the imagination in a quest for common ground. Be amazed as these world-renowned acrobats dip and sway atop incredible sway-pole masts as their vessel “The Fabulist” pitches and rolls above Top of the Park.\n\nAustralia’s Strange Fruit is famous for their beautifully costumed\, choreographed dancers gracefully dipping and bowing above the crowd on elevated poles. Since 1994\, this Melbourne company has performed at over 600 international festivals in over 55 countries\, to well over 5 million people. They last joined us in 2011\, attracting record attendance at Top of the Park\, consistently drawing over 3\,000 people to each of their performances\, and are the most demanded return performers in our annual audience surveys.
UID:41423-9217258@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41423
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Bicentennial
LOCATION:Ingalls Mall
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DTSTAMP:20170628T181508
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T213000
SUMMARY:Performance:Art of the Duo Jazz Workshop Recital
DESCRIPTION:Join participants of Ellen Rowe and Sunny Wilkinson's Art of the Duo Jazz Workshop for an evening of great ensemble and solo vocal jazz arrangements.
UID:41411-9211155@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41411
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20170419T150920
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Darrin Bradbury
DESCRIPTION:Check back soon for more details.
UID:40623-8644269@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40623
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:The Ark
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20170104T172727
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170629T235900
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Student Experience: Flappers\, Mappers\, and the Fight for Equality on Campus
DESCRIPTION:Join flappers as they stroll through 1926 Ann Arbor with a beautiful pictorial map and experience the busy student life of the 1920s\, celebrate two University of Michigan alumna who have greatly influenced the field of cartography\, and explore the rise of diversity and the fight for equality on campus through protest posters from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of the U-M Library’s Special Collections.
UID:37210-8820351@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/37210
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Bicentennial,Exhibition,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor Hatcher
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DTSTAMP:20170509T115127
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ceramic Houses
DESCRIPTION:Olga Stowers was born in Siberia and grew up in Moscow\, Russia where she earned her degree in finance. She has always been interested in creating art\, and started working with clay three years ago in Ann Arbor. Stowers has made different clay pieces\, but houses and buildings are her favorites. Stower’s pieces demonstrate her unique style and great attention to detail.
UID:40848-8805427@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40848
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20170509T115840
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Coloring with the Masters: Art Quilts
DESCRIPTION:For this exhibition\, the Aussome Study Group (ASG) picked some of their current favorite artists – MaryAnn Beckwith\, Peter Max\, Louis Tiffany\, Dr. Seuss\, Ugo Nespolo\, Rick Loudermilk and George Rodrigue – and created art based on their work. This exhibit also contains images and information about each of the inspiration artists. The work of ASG award winning artists\, Mary Andrews\, Lois Ann Fulton\, Robbie Payne and Carol Tamasiunas\, has appeared in Quilting Arts and Fiberarts magazines and the book\, The Natural World\, and they have exhibited their work locally\, nationally and internationally.
UID:40849-8805511@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40849
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20170509T121959
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Fiber Musings
DESCRIPTION:Boisali Biswas is a studio artist working in mixed media fibers\, currently residing in West Bloomfield\, Michigan. She is originally from India\, and her formative years were spent at Visva-Bharti International University\, founded by the Nobel Laureate\, Rabindranath Tagore. She has an attunement with nature and a deep rooted attachment to the traditional art forms of her culture rich homeland. Living in this country for over two decades and incorporating styles\, techniques\, and inspirations of western culture into her Indian background has made her art into a cauldron of multicultural assemblages.
UID:40854-8807882@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40854
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
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DTSTAMP:20170809T125615
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents His Eye Is on the Sparrow: Watercolor
DESCRIPTION:Combining a passion for painting and a love of nature\, Catherine McClung has shown her work in the Ann Arbor Art Fair since 1980. In both Michigan and Florida\, she walks every day observing and photographing birds to use as a reference for her watercolor paintings. Over a two-year period\, she created paintings of all of the 33 birds mentioned in the Bible. McClung also created china patterns for Lenox tableware. In 2002\, the Michigan Governor’s office asked her to represent the state by designing an ornament for the White House Christmas tree.
UID:40851-8807713@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40851
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20170509T114354
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170630T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Photography Through China
DESCRIPTION:Zengquan Xu is a retired electrical engineer who worked professionally in the local automotive industry. Since his teens\, photography has been his lifetime hobby. He has a great love for travel photography and landscapes\, especially subjects that are culturally related. Using both film and digital photography\, Xu prints his work on paper and canvas. Supporting materials for this exhibit will be in both English and Chinese\, and it is in partnership with the U-M Confucius Institute.
UID:40847-8805343@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/40847
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
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