Performance:Katie Geddes
2018-08-30 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Off Campus Location
Washtenaw County's own Katie Geddes sings traditional and contemporary folk, country-folk, and folk-pop tunes. A deft interpreter of familiar songs, she brings something new to songs in which you think you've heard it all. Katie's captivating voice and velvety-smooth delivery bring new insight to the compositions of writers such as John Prine, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Michael Nesmith, and Lennon and McCartney. Her CD "We Are Each Other's Angels" featured an inspired roster of guest artists including Michael Johnson, Mary McCaslin, Don Henry, and Small Potatoes, and has received extensive airplay around the country and around the world. When not doing her own gigs, Katie has been known to moonlight singing harmony for folk-rock legend Melanie and local favorite Matt Watroba, and unannounced special guests at her shows are always a possibility.

Film Screening:Movie on the Diag
2018-08-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Diag - Central Campus
Find us on the diag to watch a free screening of Marvel's Black Panther.

Film Screening:Movie on the Diag & Grove
2018-08-30 20:00 - 23:00 | Diag - Central Campus
Join us on the Central Campus Diag and North Campus Grove for a free screening of the Black Panther!

Film Screening:Movie on the Diag & Grove
2018-08-30 20:00 - 23:00 | The Grove

Film Screening:Movie on the Grove
2018-08-30 20:00 - 23:00 | The Grove
Head on over to the North Campus Grove to watch a free screening of Marvel's Black Panther!

Social / Informal Gathering:Transfer Student Meet-Up: Movie on the Diag: Black Panther
2018-08-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Diag - Central Campus - Flagpole
Calling all transfer students! Meet up at the Diag flagpole for the Movie on the Diag event! Here's your chance to meet other transfer students and enjoy a free movie!

Lecture / Discussion:Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico
2018-08-31 00:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics
2018-08-31 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry
2018-08-31 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography
2018-08-31 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography
2018-08-31 08:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Nature Illustrated: Oil & Acrylic Painting
2018-08-31 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
John Megahan grew up in the Pacific Northwest. The mountains of Idaho, Oregon and Washington instilled in him a deep love and appreciation for nature. In college he studied art and biology, and after graduation worked as a freelance illustrator for commercial and educational institutions. Since 1996, he has been a scientific illustrator for the U-M Museum of Zoology. In addition to scientific illustration and painting, he occasionally teaches at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, the University of Oregon, and illustrates children’s books.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Not Your Grandmother’s Dolls
2018-08-31 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
Charlie Patricolo has been creating, engineering and executing dolls for 25 years, and teaching doll making for 20. She studied at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and has been a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild since 2002. When teaching, Patricolo feels that, “Watching someone go from ‘I can’t do this’ to ‘I can’t believe I did this!’ is pretty fantastic!” Her inspiration often comes when she isn’t looking for it: in songs and books when a line rings out so clearly it cannot be ignored, or a piece of fabric that refuses to be left behind. Patricolo is now based in North Carolina, but lived most of her life in Michigan.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting
2018-08-31 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil
2018-08-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1
Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
