BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230408T180016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Away Series Vs Northwestern DESCRIPTION:Nonconference Double-Header at Northwestern. UID:107000-21815097@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107000 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Caleb Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230331T001509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy DESCRIPTION:Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy\, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities\, communications\, and safety. \nThis work stems from artist Caroline Sinders'\; previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of '\;infrastructural'\; and '\;architectural'\; spaces\, both online and offline\, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures\, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure\, and open\, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research\, Sinders analyzed how structures\, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth\, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience\, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque\, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.\nCaroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art &\; Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders'\; residency and practice in this Q&\;A.\nSinders is an award winning critical designer\, researcher\, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab\, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years\, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence\, intersectional justice\, systems design\, harm\, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern\, the United Nations\,the European Commission\, Ars Electronica\, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London\, UK and New Orleans\, USA. UID:107057-21815219@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230331T001509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T210000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy\, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities\, communications\, and safety.\nThis work stems from artist Caroline Sinders'\; previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of '\;infrastructural'\; and '\;architectural'\; spaces\, both online and offline\, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures\, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure\, and open\, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research\, Sinders analyzed how structures\, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth\, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience\, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque\, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.\nCaroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art &\; Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders'\; residency and practice in this Q&\;A.\nSinders is an award winning critical designer\, researcher\, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab\, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years\, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence\, intersectional justice\, systems design\, harm\, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern\, the United Nations\,the European Commission\, Ars Electronica\, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London\, UK and New Orleans\, USA. UID:107058-21815242@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107058 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230407T122018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Trot Topics DESCRIPTION:A dedicated space for sacred conversation\, spoken word\, and community dialogue on relevant topics impacting the BIPOC experience. UID:104221-21808680@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/104221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Sankofa Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230408T001532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Africa Festival of Arts DESCRIPTION:Click here to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/university-of-michigan-africa-festival-of-arts-day-one-tickets-587841057427.\n \nThe University of Michigan African Graduate Student Association presents the inaugural Africa Festival of Arts on April 7-8th 2023. This two-day affair hosted at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) in Ann Arbor and the black-owned Norwest Gallery in Detroit\, will feature showcases and works from a variety of African artists to celebrate and share African art with the Ann Arbor and Detroit communities. Our theme for the festival is “Saltwater Demands a Psalm\". Our festival headliner is Kweku Abimbola\, a UM alumnus from the Helen Zell Writers program. Kweku will be debuting his first full-length poetry collection\, Saltwater Demands a Psalm\, for which our festival theme is named. The début collection received the First Book Award from the Academy of American Poets in 2022. \n \nOther featured artists include Dr. Tawanda Chabikwa\, an interdisciplinary artist-scholar and Assistant Professor University of Texas El Paso\, fashion designer\, Hawi Sisay Midekssa\, and many more. This festival is a celebration of African art and it offers an immersive exploration of several themes of African and black life and culture through different mediums using water as a metaphor. The performances include expressions of joy\, injustice\, pain\, and hope as encapsulated by water’s fluidity.\n \nDay One: Join us in the UMMA Apse for a fun evening including artist performances\, art-making and dancing. Offerings include:\n Fashion showcase by Hawii (Hawi Sisay Midekssa) Performance by Ndini Wako (Dr. Tawanda Chabikwa) Poetry reading and Q&A with Kweku (Kweku book signing)  Storytelling by Elizabeth James  Music by DJ Blakito  Art making with Ann Arbor District Library \nAnd many more...\n \nDay Two: Saturday\, April  8th 2023 1-5PM Venue: Norwest Gallery\, Detroit 19556 Grand River Ave\, Detroit\, MI 48223\n \nJoin us for an afternoon of cultural exchange in Detroit. . Offerings include:\n Jit Workshop (Hardcore Detroit & Zimbabwe Cultural Centre Detroit) Kweku poetry reading  Open mic Workshop with Ndini Wako (Dr. Tawanda Chabikwa) \nAnd many more.. \n \nThis event is free but space is limited. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served. RSVP for day two here.\n \n \n\nThe Inaugural Africa Festival of Arts is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)\, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, the African Studies Center\, and the Ann Arbor District Library. UID:106464-21814314@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/106464 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Art,Culture,Detroit,Festival,Free,Graduate,Interdisciplinary,Library,Museum,Music,Poetry,Storytelling,UMMA,Workshop LOCATION:Museum of Art - University of Michigan Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230403T094109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Impact Spring Show DESCRIPTION:No description is provided. \nPlease visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/3672/4075 for more detail. UID:107111-21815322@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107111 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230407T121657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:1989 DESCRIPTION:1989 is a new\, devised performance that centers on Irina Nistor\, a TV translator in Romania who secretly dubbed thousands of American movies that were censored under the oppressive dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. She voiced every role in the movies — from Sylvestor Stallone in Rocky to Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray in Dirty Dancing\, and neighbors and friends would gather illegally to watch the videos behind closed doors. 1989 explores the final months leading up to the 1989 Romanian revolution through the lens of these “video nights” — through the relationships among those who watched the movies and navigated their interactions in the shadow of extreme austerity and authoritarian rule.\n\nPerformers: Isabel Chilian\, Tatiana Cloobeck\, Maia Drone\, Sam Labowitz\, CC Meade\, Ulises Otero\, Ella Saliba\, Jack Weaver Director: Zoe Aja Moore Assistant Director: Tiara Partsch Dramaturgs: Reese Leif\, Carter Van Erp Costume: Jean Nardone Lighting: Taylor Scott  UID:107346-21815895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230323T192911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T220000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Astronomy April Fools DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor invites you out for a night of confusion and delight. To celebrate the many strange happenings throughout astronomical history\, we will be presenting a series of short talks designed to test the limits of your history and astronomy knowledge. Each talk could be about something true\, something wrong\, or...something fake? Confused\, yet? We certainly are!\n\nYes\, we know April 7 is not actually on April Fools Day\, but you'd be a fool not to check out these fantastic talks!\n\nTalks will begin at 8PM and are followed by tours (these are true\, we promise) of the historic observatory and telescope observing. Telescope observing depends on the weather. UID:106652-21814636@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/106652 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230327T121643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T213000 SUMMARY:Other:Colin Taber\, double bass DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Colin Taber performs. UID:106790-21814825@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/106790 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220918T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Everybody DESCRIPTION:A modern interpretation of \"Everyman\,\" one of the first plays on record. \nWritten by Obie Award winner Brendan Jacobs-Jenkins (Octoroon). Directed by Andrew White. UID:95745-21790856@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95745 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:North Campus,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230324T181648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T230000 SUMMARY:Performance:Everybody DESCRIPTION:A modern spin on “Everyman\,” the classic inquiry of life\, love\, and death (and one of the first plays on record).\nFeaturing a different cast (chosen by lottery) at every performance!\nWritten by Obie Award winner Brendan Jacobs-Jenkins (“Octoroon”). Directed by Andrew White (from the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago).  UID:105731-21812861@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/105731 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230402T215634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Friends by Chance\, Orphans by Choice! A Free Improv Comedy Show DESCRIPTION:Join the Impro-fessionals for an hour of FREE improv comedy fun for orphans and soon-to-be orphans alike! UID:106571-21814481@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/106571 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Comedy,Free,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Angell Hall - Auditorium B CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230407T083459 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gamelan DESCRIPTION:Gamelan Kyai Telaga Madu and Gamelan Madu Biru will be performing with guest artist I Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena\, playing traditional and new works for several types of gamelan.\n\nDirected by Gavin Ryan UID:107216-21815633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107216 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,gamelan,Humanities,Javanese Gamelan,live performance,Music,north campus,performance,performing arts LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230407T135741 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gamelan DESCRIPTION:Gamelan Kyai Telaga Madu and Gamelan Madu Biru will be performing with guest artist I Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena\, playing traditional and new works for several types of gamelan.\n\nDirected by Gavin Ryan UID:107372-21815921@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230407T140054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230407T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:heartstrings – BFA Senior Concert\, Department of Dance DESCRIPTION:Senior BFA dance majors present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Featuring new dance works and performances by Jamie Meyer\, Nana Otaka\, Nina Sciré\, and August Jade.\n\nTickets are free\, available one hour before the performance.\nThis performance on Friday\, April 7 will be livestreamed. UID:106144-21813845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/106144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR