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DTSTAMP:20260306T115746
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist)
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n     Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n   \n     Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities
UID:143403-21893079@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547
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DTSTAMP:20260317T171335
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T163000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images
DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives.
UID:146709-21899519@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20251212T105136
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16.
UID:142417-21890886@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
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DTSTAMP:20251212T085640
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T210000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution.  \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial.
UID:138431-21890651@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260211T175258
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T140000
SUMMARY:Community Service:Community Health and Engagement at The Ypsilanti Farmers Market – Health Screenings & Medication Safety
DESCRIPTION:U-M College of Pharmacy Community Health and Engagement\nFrom hosting flu vaccine clinics to administering safe medication disposal events\, our students actively participate in community service.\n\nEvent Information:\nVolunteers will be discussing: Health Screenings & Medication Safety\n\nConnect with College of Pharmacy Students at Our Wellness Event!\nEmpowering your health starts with knowledge and the College of Pharmacy students are here to help! Stop by our interactive booth to explore:\n\nCancer Screenings: Learn about the importance of early detection\, recommended screenings\, and how you can take charge of your health.\nBirth Control Options & Education: Get clear\, up-to-date information on the different birth control methods available\, along with expert guidance to help you make informed choices.\n\nStop by and build your confidence with answers and resources for every stage of life. Friendly\, approachable students are ready to chat\, share materials\, and empower you with the tools to make healthy decisions.\nYour health is our priority\, let’s make wellness accessible\, together!
UID:144052-21894591@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144052
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Service,Education,Free,Health & Wellness,Medicine,Pharmacy,Public Health,Well-being
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Ypsilanti Farmers Market
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DTSTAMP:20260314T060126
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T190000
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Great Lakes Conference Championships
DESCRIPTION:Our postseason begins with the Great Lakes Conference Championships!  This event allows us to qualify for Nationals!
UID:144823-21895981@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144823
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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LOCATION:Hillsdale College
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DTSTAMP:20260401T155706
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T160000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Open House
DESCRIPTION:Make the Observatory part of your weekend! Tour the historic building\, view our exhibits\, participate in astronomy activities\, and view the sun with our solar telescope (weather dependent). Families welcome\, admission is always free. Registration not required.
UID:143099-21892091@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143099
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,Family,free,history,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes,tour
LOCATION:Detroit Observatory
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DTSTAMP:20260220T142035
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T113000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | Magnets and Amplitudes: A Glimpse into the Quantum Realm
DESCRIPTION:Aaron Chan\, \"Extreme Magnetic Fields: How and Why\"\nLaboratory experimental apparatus can produce magnetic fields up to 100T—about 30 times stronger than hospital MRI machines and 10\,000 times larger than a regular fridge magnet. In this talk\, I will discuss the cutting-edge technology used by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory to produce such powerful magnetic fields and the interesting physical phenomena probed in such extreme environments. \n\nJustin Berman\, \"Bootstrapping High-Energy Theories from Low-Energy Clues\"\nA key goal of particle physics theories is to predict how particles scatter off one another. However\, experimentally probing these interactions at very high energies is extremely difficult. In this talk\, I explain how fundamental principles of physics let us “bootstrap” low-energy data into predictions about high-energy particles\, independent of the underlying theory. By using this bootstrap technique\, I show that we can find upper and lower limits on the masses of particles in an approximation of the real world\, which predict the existence and properties of a massive particle that has not yet been observed.\n\nWe celebrate the Van Loo Family Student Presentations this Saturday!\n\nLecture and Q&A\, live-streamed on: https://myumi.ch/5kVRx
UID:144048-21894588@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144048
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,College Of Engineering,Complex Systems,Faculty,Family,Free,Graduate And Professional Students,Graduate Students,Lecture,Lifelong Learning,Mathematics,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science,Smoke-free
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182
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