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:20260922T180324 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T210000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Welcome to JBA! : Japanese Food Night DESCRIPTION:\n\nWelcome to the Japan Business Association!We’d love to welcome you with homemade Japanese food and\, of course\, drinks! Enjoy some classic Japanese dishes\, Japanese beer\, sake\, and whisky\, meet new people\, and have a fun evening with JBA.\n*This event is open to both JBA members and non-members. JBA members receive a discounted ticket price.\n\n\nWhat to expect:\n　\n　Kushi-age\n　Live kitchen! Meat and vegetables on skewers\, breaded and deep-fried fresh on-site.\n　Yakisoba　Live kitchen! Japanese-style stir-fried noodles cooked fresh on-site.\n　Japanese-style Curry　A comforting home-style Japanese curry\, quite different from Indian curry.\n　Edamame　Lightly salted young soybeans. A simple\, high-protein Japanese favorite.\n　Drinks\n　Sake\, Japanese beer\, whisky\, sodas\, etc.\n*Menu items are subject to change.\n\nRegistration & Payment\n\nPlease register on this page and pay the ticket fee via Zelle:\nhayatot@umich.edu (Hayato Takahashi)\nVenmo is also accepted:\nhttps://venmo.com/u/hayatot813\n\nPrice:\n\nJBA Member: $15\nJBA Member + Partner: $30\nNon-JBA Member: $25\nNon-JBA Member + Partner: $50\n\n\n UID:151706-21912006@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The George CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T180445 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T234500 SUMMARY:Other:Brazilian Zouk Dance Lesson and Social DESCRIPTION:Ready to try something new? Come learn Brazilian Zouk and dance the night away!\nBrazilian Zouk is a Brazilian partner dance that features body rolls\, hair whips\, and a playful connection with your partner. Check out the event schedule below:\nCost: FREE!\nDate: Saturday\, October 3rd\nLocation: Michigan Union\, Anderson ABCD Room\n7 PM: Beginner's Lesson-no partner or experience required\, we'll teach you what you need to know!\n8 PM - 12 AM: Party! This is a time to dance and connect with others in our fun-loving community. There will be snacks\, a live DJ\, and plenty of room to dance! UID:152610-21914124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152610 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Anderson ABCD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T222125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T220000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Bursley (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:150881-21913477@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1st and 2nd Rotvig CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T181545 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260921T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs M15 Ann Arbor DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs M15 Ann Arbor UID:152599-21914045@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152599 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics - Men's Tennis,Athletics LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260920T220829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:UMS presents Shamel Pitts | TRIBE DESCRIPTION:After the jaw-dropping 2025 presentation of BLACK HOLE\, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE returns with its newest multidisciplinary dance work\, Marks of RED.\n\nA work of magical realism narrated by and featuring the viewpoints of six women\, Marks of RED is an Afrofuturistic meditation that explores the effect that memory has on our experiences\, senses\, bodies\, reality\, and imaginative possibilities.\n\nAnchored in the distinctive Gaga movement style in which Pitts was trained (he danced with Batsheva Dance Company for seven years)\, the work draws inspiration from sumo wrestling\, butoh dance\, and techno music\, molding ritual\, movement\, and sound into a rumination on Black embodiment. The multidisciplinary piece explores the deep complexity of self-expression and is the fourth installment of Shamel Pitts’ RED Series.\n\n“I know I’ve just witnessed a beautiful work when I leave the theater full of questions\; but more so when I leave the theater with answers and clarity.” (Dance Currents) UID:152494-21913824@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:UMS,Michigan Arts Festival,Dance,Afrofuturism LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T121730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Richard Shao & Rachel Wu\, piano DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate piano students Richard Shao & Rachel Wu perform a two-piano recital\, featuring substantial works by Chopin and Mozart. UID:150879-21910361@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150879 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:North Campus,Music,Free LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T124712 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Susan Werner DESCRIPTION:“Vulnerability has rarely been so witty or concise in modern song.” –Boston Herald\n\nOver the course of her twenty five year career\, Susan Werner has earned a reputation as “one of the most innovative songwriters working today” (Chicago Tribune). With formidable chops on guitar (she began playing at age 5) and piano (she was a guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz)\, along with a graduate degree in voice performance\, her shows are a one-woman master class in musicianship. Although best known as an acoustic songwriter that came up through coffeehouses and folk festivals\, the Chicago-based artist has written songs in the style of Gershwin and Cole Porter (I Can’t Be New\, 2004)\, gospel music (The Gospel Truth\, 2007)\, traditional Cuban “son” (An American In Havana\, 2016)\, and New Orleans junk piano (NOLA\, 2019). In 2014 she composed the music and lyrics to the musical theater score Bull Durham\, The Musical (MGM). Her songs have been recorded by Tom Jones\, Michael Feinstein\, and Shemekia Copeland\, and her latest recording of originals\, The Birds of Florida\, took flight in 2022. UID:146112-21898400@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146112 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved + Gold Circle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T121745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Time Passes: 8 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett DESCRIPTION:Born in colonized Ireland just after the turn of the twentieth century\, Samuel Beckett wrote about how power works\, and how it works on people -- especially the dispossessed and the destitute. His own experience hiding from the Gestapo in the French countryside surfaces in most famous play\, *Waiting for Godot* (1953). \n\n*Time Passes* presents eight short plays written after *Godot*\, from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Showcasing Beckett's verbal play and visual precision\, as well as his political imagination\, they meet our own moment -- fierce\, funny\, uncompromising\, and compassionate as ever. \n\nFeatured plays: \n*Act Without Words II*\n*Play* \n*Come and Go*\n*Footfalls*\n*Rockaby*\n*Catastrophe*\n*What Where*\n*Quad*\n\nWritten by Samuel Beckett\n\nDirected by Malcolm Tulip UID:148638-21904554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148638 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Theater,North Campus,Storytelling LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T222121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T214500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261003T230000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Transdisciplinary Fellows (2026-2027) (Housing) DESCRIPTION: UID:149272-21913737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Meet in Munger First Floor Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T180425 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261004T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261004T233000 SUMMARY:Other:Katie Johanni Memorial Tournament @ OSU DESCRIPTION:WCWP will be traveling to Columbus to compete in the Katie Johanni Memorial Tournament hosted by the Ohio State Women's Club Water Polo Team. The event is 10/2-10/4. UID:152228-21913404@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152228 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mccorkle Aquatic Pavilion CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T180423 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261004T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261004T200000 SUMMARY:Other:OSU Open Invite DESCRIPTION:Michigan Club Tennis Team will compete at Ohio State University at the OSU Open Invite! UID:152196-21913217@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152196 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Franklin County, Ohio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260921T181519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261004T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261004T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Second Year Studio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nAugust 24 - October 18\, 2026\nExhibition Reception: October 1\, 1-2:30 p.m.\n\nIn their second year\, Stamps students complete a major milestone: Second Year Studio (SYS). It’s a course where\, per the syllabus\, students \"develop the capacity to work independently by identifying\, exploring\, and pursuing a single independent project that involves multiple iterations.\" \n\nStamps Lecturer & Student Exhibitions Coordinator Sally Clegg notes\, \"Each student takes their own path\, encountering questions that can shape the direction of their creative practice—how do I manage my time? How much constraint vs. freedom do I thrive on? What subject matter do I care about most deeply? How do my ideas about my future goals intersect with the work I want to make now?\" At the end of the semester\, students formally report on their experience in a presentation called the Sophomore Review\, and a faculty panel offers individualized feedback. \n\nInstalled throughout the Art & Architecture Building\, the Second Year Studio Exhibition showcases the art and design work created in this pivotal course by our rising third-year and transfer students\, and invites first-year students and other newcomers to explore both the building and the creative possibilities ahead. The show features 50 students who have volunteered to participate\, yet it honors every Stamps major who reaches the SYS milestone. The pieces on view span a wide array of media and capture a specific moment in each maker’s path: experiments in previously unfamiliar methods\, emergent passions\, creative risks taken\, iterations and reiterations\, and the seeds of so much future work.\n\nAs Course Coordinator\, Stamps Assistant Professor Pedram Baldari both teaches and works directly with all the faculty overseeing each section to collaboratively support the entire class. He offers this reflection on the diverse collection of work on view in this year’s exhibition.\n\nThese works engage a wide range of questions and concerns. Students investigate memory\, identity\, materiality\, ecology\, technology\, labor\, social relationships\, and the built environment through equally diverse formal approaches. While these subjects recur across the exhibition\, what stands out most is not a dominant thematic direction\, but a shared commitment to sustained inquiry.\n\nSYS is intentionally structured around a different learning model than project-based courses. Rather than responding to predetermined assignments\, students identify their own questions and spend an entire semester developing them through research\, experimentation\, critique\, and multiple iterations. The emphasis is not on arriving quickly at a resolved outcome\, but on cultivating the capacity to work independently\, remain responsive to new discoveries\, and allow the project itself to evolve through sustained engagement.\n\nAs a result\, the exhibition presents more than a collection of finished works. It documents different ways of investigating\, testing\, and refining ideas. Some students advance through material experimentation\, others through drawing\, installation\, performance\, digital media\, social engagement\, or speculative approaches. Each project reflects a distinct methodology that has developed through repeated cycles of making\, reflection\, critique\, and revision. In a sense\, the dialectical process generated by the nature of this course is the most significant thread connecting this year’s exhibition. It marks a point at which students begin moving beyond solving assignments toward constructing independent practices\, developing the habits of inquiry\, critical reflection\, and experimentation that will continue to shape their work well beyond SYS.\n\n\n\nExhibiting Artists and Designers\n