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:20190319T135250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Newsies DESCRIPTION:For more information about Young People's Theater and their season offerings visit:\nhttps://youngpeoplestheater.com/ UID:62303-15346457@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Muto,Power Center,Umich,Young Peoples Theater,Ypt LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190401T150340 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Scientist Spotlight DESCRIPTION:Visit with University of Michigan scientists and participate in engaging\, hands-on activities to learn about their cutting-edge research! These researchers are Science Communication Fellows with the U-M Museum of Natural History's Portal to the Public program and represent various scientific fields. Suitable for upper elementary through adult audiences. UID:62769-15460135@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62769 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Family,Free,Natural Sciences,Research LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190509T181507 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Pre-Candidate Recital: Melissa Coppola\, piano DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Wild - Grand Fantasy on “Porgy and Bess”\; Bolcom - Piano Concerto (arr. for two pianos and percussion)\; Bolcom - Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise. UID:63504-15761517@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190509T121535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Robert Jones & Matt Watroba DESCRIPTION:Ever since their first meeting\, over 20 years ago\, Robert Jones and Matt Watroba have been musical partners. Their relationship started when they hosted back-to-back radio shows on WDET-FM\, Detroit. Later on they started performing together and in doing so discovered a friendship based on mutual respect and a love for traditional American music. Now Matt and Robert literally travel the nation extolling the virtues of “Music That Matters.\" For Matt and Robert\, American roots music (folk\, blues\, spirituals\, work songs\, chants\, etc.) is music that matters. This is the music that America and the world have in common. It is music that reflects history\, social change\, migration\, hopes and dreams. It is music that is rich and diverse\, direct and powerful. Robert and Matt have performed this powerful program at hundreds of schools\, festivals\, coffeehouses\, and conferences\, to resounding acclaim\, and now they've released a new joint album\, \"Common Chords.\" UID:61720-15176765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61720 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190313T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library DESCRIPTION:A multi-venue exhibition of site-specific installations\, performances\, interventions\, and events by University of Michigan faculty\, staff\, and students\, Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is curated by Guna Nadarajan\, dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, in partnership with the University of Michigan Library. The exhibition will be located in several locations within Shapiro Undergraduate Library\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, and the Art\, Architecture & Engineering Library. \n\nThe continued proliferation of digital formats and systems for the embodiment\, distribution\, and delivery of knowledge increasingly displace the book as form. As a result\, the spacial limitations of libraries are challenged. The value of the book and the function of the library demand cultural attention. In this moment\, we ask ourselves: what is the future of the library? What is the future of the book? This exhibition seeks to instigate and showcase creative responses to the challenges to the book and the library in the forms we have inherited as well as to project ways of reimagining futures for/of books and libraries.\n\nBookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is supported by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, the University of Michigan Library\, the University of Michigan Office for Research (UMOR)\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n\n  UID:60521-14903653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190502T102851 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T230000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Mr. Jimmy DESCRIPTION:Part of the Cinetopia Film Festival\n\nIn snowbound Tokamachi\, Japan\, teenaged Akio Sakurai took refuge in his room\, escaping to another world with a pair of headphones and a pile of Led Zeppelin records. Moving to Tokyo\, Akio worked as a kimono salesman by day\, but by night became \"Mr. Jimmy\,\" adopting the guitar chops and persona of Jimmy Page. For 35 years\, Akio recreated vintage Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in small Tokyo clubs\, until the “real” Jimmy Page stopped by one night\, and Akio’s life changed forever. Inspired by Mr. Page’s ovation\, Akio quits his “salary man” job\, leaving behind his family to move to Los Angeles and join “Led Zepagain.” Soon cultures clash\, and Akio’s idyllic vision of America meets with reality. \n\nWith special guest appearance by director Peter Dowd at both screenings.\n\nMore details about the film can be found on the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9617752/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 UID:63467-15716666@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63467 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Japanese Studies,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190502T112030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T214500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T231500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Fonotune: An Electric Fairytale DESCRIPTION:In another time and place\, where people barely communicate and an impending apocalypse is in the air\, lone drifter Mono makes an odyssey to experience mysterious rock star Blitz’s final cosmic performance out in the Big White Nothing\, a desert surrounding the city. Here\, people escape from reality\, and each other\, through music. A constant companion in their headphones is Radio\, nihilistic DJ of radio station FONOTUNE\, playing his own joyous soundtrack to destruction! On his journey\, Mono shares fleeting connections with a gang of strangers: Teen-hooker Stereo\, lo-fi cowboy Analog\, and the sassy Bubblegum. Their paths finally collide in an audiovisual showdown with the mythical musician many thought dead or long-gone.\n\nMore details about the film on the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2570500/ UID:63470-15716753@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63470 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190519T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T235959 SUMMARY:Other:World Series Tournament! DESCRIPTION:For the second year in a row\, the Wolverines will be traveling to Georgia for the NCSA World Series!  UID:63482-15857388@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:South Commons Softball Complex CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T131914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Bending the Lines: Acrylic on Canvas by Bala Thiagarajan DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in India\, Bala Thiagarajan has a passion for colors and patterns that are inspired by Indian culture. Her henna-inspired designs as Mandala paintings are an attempt to capture the ephemeral nature of these everyday art forms onto more enduring surfaces. Mandalas are used for facilitating personal growth\, healing\, grounding and transformation. Thiagarajan’s paintings greet viewers with the familiarity of repetitive patterns\, while creating an exciting opportunity to explore texture and geometry. Based in Wood Dale\, Illinois\, Thiagarajan exhibits her work throughout the Midwest and will be participating in the 2019 Ann Arbor South University Art Fair. UID:61743-15179048@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi DESCRIPTION:After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran\, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery\, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures\, patterns\, shapes and colors\, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient\, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free\, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art\, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” UID:61746-15179132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T132405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden DESCRIPTION:Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design\, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint\, Michigan native\, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA\, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University. UID:62142-15302267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190516T140334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider DESCRIPTION:Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard\, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design\, and she works with cloth\, paint\, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small\, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally\, and her work is in both private and public collections. UID:61755-15179544@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,gallery,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T133201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years\, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep\, saturated color in her studio in Evanston\, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest\, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition\, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago. UID:61751-15179297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand DESCRIPTION:Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing\, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques\, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya\, India\, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal. UID:61749-15179214@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T133017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder DESCRIPTION:Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction\, including a Newbery Award winning book for children\, Step Gently Out\, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program \"Creatures of Light\"\, produced by National Geographic Television\, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves\, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior. UID:62143-15302349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery, South Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T131932 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of presents Art\, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway DESCRIPTION:In Juliette Hemingway’s work\, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it\, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing\, autism\, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism\, and for her\, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora\, Colorado. UID:62140-15302184@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190426T150827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant\, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social institutions and social injustice placed upon the shoulders of her characters. Her lead characters\, typically women\, must balance their needs with those of others in order to find their true voice. This U-M student-curated exhibit is the result of a semester-long course devoted to her films and career.\n\nSavoca contributed her papers — spanning her career as a director\, producer\, and screenwriter — to the Screens Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library. Her archive represents nearly three decades of indie filmmaking\, and includes notes\, notebooks\, photos\, and script drafts.\n\nSee the symposium schedule for Character Driven: Exploring the Career and Archives of Nancy Savoca: https://www.lib.umich.edu/announcements/symposium-celebrates-filmmaker-nancy-savoca UID:63404-15669564@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190501T155840 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Theorizing and Historicizing: Political Economy\, Rights\, and Moral Worth DESCRIPTION:The symposium we have organized for Margaret Somers reflects the depth and breadth of her research practices and commitments\, involving scholars who bridge as widely as possible all her areas of interest\, and who have engaged with her work in varying capacities in their own work. UID:63325-15710565@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,History,Sociology LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T121510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:George Shirley Vocal Competition: African American Vocal Repertoire DESCRIPTION:The George Shirley Vocal Competition is a three day event consisting of rehearsals\, master classes and recitals from competitors ranging from high school to pre-professional levels. The competition's aim is to shed light on African American areas and composers and carry on the tradition through the performance and composition of African American Classical music. UID:63636-15824832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63636 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190220T133848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Nam Center for Korean Studies 2019 NEKST Conference DESCRIPTION:Please check http://bit.ly/NEKST2019 for more information.\n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event\, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:58073-14401074@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58073 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 | 10th Floor Event Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190423T152643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T163000 SUMMARY:Other:Kitchen Favorites Sale: A Campus Farm and U-M Sustainable Food Program Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:A sale of heirloom vegetables and herbs grown by U-M Campus Farm students. Proceeds benefit Campus Farm. Plus\, Herb Study Group on hand with herb samples and information on growing herbs. UID:63334-15644857@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:campus farm,herbs,sale,vegetables LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T103959 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T111500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Cosmic Recipe: Setting the Periodic Table DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63495-15757421@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63495 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180815T103906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nLead support for \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science. UID:53718-13452706@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190510T121534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color  to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nUMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:\n\nLead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, and College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\n\nExhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund\n\nUniversity of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, School of Social Work\, Department of Political Science\, and Department of Women's Studies UID:58562-14511161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58562 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Politics,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190306T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY\n \nIn celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project\, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative\, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge\, memory\, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture\, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2\, 2018 and UMMA through June 2\, 2019.\n \n#CosmogonicTattoos\n\nLead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.\n  UID:58558-14510943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190405T121617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Oshima Tsumugi Kimono DESCRIPTION:Fashioned in the Amami islands of Japan\, Oshima Tsumugi silk has long been admired for its understated beauty\, incredible softness\, and comfortable year-round lightness. The rich fabric is created through a remarkable and  laborious process: from pattern design and cotton-thread binding\, to over 100 rounds of plant and mud dyeing and weaving. This series of steps may take up to one year. Despite the high production values and complexities\, Oshima Tsumugi kimono can be worn only for non-ceremonial occasions\, since woven fabric is considered to be a less elevated technique than paint-dyed fabric.\n \nThis special installation introduces UMMA audiences to one of the ten exceptional Oshima Tsumugi kimono recently donated to the Museum by Kazuko Miyake. Thanks to Mrs. Miyake and her older sister\, Shizuko Iwata\, who previously gifted her kimono and other formal garment collection\, UMMA holds more than 300 traditional Japanese ensembles.\n\nThis kimono was recently gifted to UMMA by Ms. Kazuko Miyake. UID:58566-14511709@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190430T124440 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Forum Demo: Fantastic Fluids DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above. \n\nExplore the fascinating world of fluid dynamics! Together we will discuss what a “fluid” is\, and through experimentation\, we will learn how fluids move and interact. Learn how wind creates waves and test the surface tension of different liquids. How do fluids mix? Can you ever un-mix them? This demo is filled to the brim with experiments. Funded by the National Science Foundation. UID:63448-15702312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63448 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Children,Discussion,Family,Free,Museum,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Science Forum CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190429T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS\, DISASTERS\, CONSUMPTION\, LOSS\, AND JUSTICE\n \nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene\, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues\, the exhibition presents photography\, video\, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials\, disasters\, consumption\, loss\, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists\, including Sammy Baloji\, Liu Bolin\, Dana Levy\, Mary Mattingly\, Pedro Neves Marques\, Gabriel Orozco\, Trevor Paglen\, and Thomas Struth\, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness\, wonder\, and curiosity about the world to come.\n \nRead the exhibition press release here.\n \n  \n\nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith\, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, UF Office of the Provost\, National Endowment for the Arts\, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation\, Ken and Laura Berns\, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman\, Ken and Linda  McGurn\, Susan Milbrath\, an anonymous foundation\, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere\, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn\, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters\, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment\, Harn Program Endowment\, and the Harn Annual Fund.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. \n  UID:59263-14721808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,International,Museum,Social,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing DESCRIPTION:AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION IN TWO CITIES\n \nIn The Bloodstained Shirt (2018)\, Chinese artist Wang Qingsong restages in Highland Park\, Michigan\, an iconic 1959 drawing by Wang Shikuo of peasants rising up against a cruel landlord and triumphantly reclaiming their right to the land. Wang’s projects are usually located in China\, but while visiting southeast Michigan he was struck by the similarities between the effects of inequitable real estate development on local communities in Detroit\, Highland Park\, and his native Beijing. His large-scale photograph\, set in an abandoned factory building in Highland Park and featuring more than seventy volunteers\, collapses two moments in history to present a vivid reminder of the human consequences of the ruthless pursuit of profit and the power of collective action. The exhibition includes works created in collaboration with area residents that give voice to their concerns and their hopes for transformation and renewal.\n \nThis project\, which bridges between Detroit\, Michigan\, and Beijing\, China\, resonates with UMMA's mission to engage in conversation about local and global issues. UMMA is pleased to present this art project in which the participation of UM faculty members\, students\, and Detroit's community members has been critical.\n \n Watch the Chinese Contemporary Art: Curation\, Collection\, and Connection Symposium here.\n\nLead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan\, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:58564-14511505@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58564 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Faculty,History,Museum,symposium,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190805T094318 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T120000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Paleo Prep Lab Chat DESCRIPTION:Join us at the visible labs in the atriums for a discussion about the science happening inside. All ages welcome. Please check the Welcome Desk for times.\n\nStop by and chat with an educator in front of the Paleo Prep Lab near the mastodons and learn about the tools and skills needed to prepare and cast fossils for research and display. UID:62760-15460091@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62760 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Children,Family,Free,Museum,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63494-15757357@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63494-15757365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190508T105014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Ancient Color DESCRIPTION:The Roman world was a colorful place. Although we often associate the Romans with white marble statues\, these statues — as well as Roman homes\, clothing\, and art — were vibrant with color. This exhibition examines colors in the ancient Roman world\, how these colors were produced\, where they were found\, what the Romans thought about them\, and how we study them today. We hope that visitors will think about what different colors mean to them\, and how these meanings compare to the roles of colors in the ancient Roman world.\n\nCurators: Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts\n\nView the online exhibition: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/ancient-color/ UID:59301-14728378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59301 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190319T135250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:Newsies DESCRIPTION:For more information about Young People's Theater and their season offerings visit:\nhttps://youngpeoplestheater.com/ UID:62303-15346460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Muto,Power Center,Umich,Young Peoples Theater,Ypt LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190430T125119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Scientist in the Forum DESCRIPTION:Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes\, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up. UID:62757-15460102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Children,Family,Free,Museum,Natural Sciences,Research,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63494-15757373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T145337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Friday Night AI DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of AI to engage with Michigan AI experts as they discuss the ethical implications of self-driving cars:\n* Should autonomous vehicles have the ability to make ethical judgments? \n* Can we settle on a universal moral code for cars? \n* When something goes wrong\, who or what should be held responsible?\n\nBenjamin Kuipers\, Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan\, and Edwin Olson\, Associate Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan and CEO of May Mobility\, will address these and other open questions in this public AI event.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \nRegistration is open now: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/friday-night-AI UID:63511-15824908@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Michigan Engineering,Research LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T145337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Friday Night AI DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of AI to engage with Michigan AI experts as they discuss the ethical implications of self-driving cars:\n* Should autonomous vehicles have the ability to make ethical judgments? \n* Can we settle on a universal moral code for cars? \n* When something goes wrong\, who or what should be held responsible?\n\nBenjamin Kuipers\, Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan\, and Edwin Olson\, Associate Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan and CEO of May Mobility\, will address these and other open questions in this public AI event.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \nRegistration is open now: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/friday-night-AI UID:63511-15824914@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Michigan Engineering,Research LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190227T162132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Saturday Sampler Tour | Archaeology DESCRIPTION:When you visit the Kelsey Museum\, do you find yourself wondering how the artifacts on display were excavated? What techniques were used in the 1920s versus today? What can an artifact really tell us about the life of someone who lived thousands of years ago and very far away? On this tour\, we’ll answer these questions by looking closely at artifacts from the ancient Near East\, Greece\, Egypt\, and Rome. \n\nSaturday Sampler tours are free and open to all visitors. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this tour\, please contact the education office (734-647-4167) at least two weeks in advance. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange. UID:61695-15170145@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61695 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63494-15757381@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190815T072646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Forum Demo: Cow’s Eye Dissection DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above. \n\nHave you ever wondered what makes our eyes work or how we see? We’ll dissect a cow’s eye to take a closer look at the organ that helps us see the world. How is it similar to and different from our eyes\, and those of other animals? Learn the parts of the eye and how they work together to illuminate our sight. UID:63449-15702330@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63449 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Children,Discussion,Family,Free,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Science Forum CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190518T181529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:UMMA Pop Up: Neal Anderson | Jon Hammonds Duo DESCRIPTION:Neal Anderson is a trumpeter\, improviser\, and composer based in Detroit\, MI. He is a member of the Ann Arbor-based group\, Rhyta Musik\, and his debut album as a leader\, Parallel Fifths\, was featured on CW50's Detroit Proud playlist. His compositions pay melodic homage to Lee Morgan and Roy Hargrove while establishing a wistful\, sometimes playful\, but always thoughtfully distinctive voice of his own. Neal earned a BFA in Jazz Performance in 2014 from the University of Michigan\, where he studied with Bill Lucas\, Andrew Bishop\, and Robert Hurst. \n \nJon Hammonds is a bass player based in Ann Arbor. Active in jazz and improvised music\, Jonathan is also currently a member of the Ann Arbor Symphony and the National Arb Orchestra. He received a Bachelor of Music in 2012 from the University of Michigan where he studied with Robert Hurst and Diana Gannett\, and a Master of Music from Yale University in 2014\, studying under Donald Palma. \n \nMore on Facebook and on YouTube. \n\n UID:63438-15696243@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63438 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Family,Museum,Music,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190805T094609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Biodiversity Lab Chat DESCRIPTION:Join us at the visible labs in the atriums for a discussion about the science happening inside. All ages welcome. Please check the website or Welcome Desk for times.\n\nJoin an educator in front of the Biodiversity Genomics Lab on the second floor\, near the giant pterosaur\, to learn about how and why scientists process DNA samples from plants and animals around the world. All ages welcome.\n\nWednesdays\, 11 a.m.\nSaturdays and Sundays\, 3:30 pm. UID:62767-15460127@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Children,Family,Free,Museum,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T161500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63496-15757437@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63496 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190319T135250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Newsies DESCRIPTION:For more information about Young People's Theater and their season offerings visit:\nhttps://youngpeoplestheater.com/ UID:62303-15346458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Muto,Power Center,Umich,Young Peoples Theater,Ypt LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190506T131200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T213000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:One Last Look: A Celebration and Temporary Farewell to the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:Celebrate and learn about the planned addition to U-M’s historic Detroit Observatory\, the 2nd oldest building on campus and the birthplace of U-M as a research university.\nWe welcome you to join us to learn about the Observatory’s past and its place in history\, as well as see plans for the addition and the Observatory’s future. Speakers will present a brief history of the U-M Detroit Observatory as well as an overview of plans for the visitor/education-center addition\, followed by the keynote address by Thomas Levenson of MIT\, author of Levenson is the author of The Hunt for Vulcan…And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet\, Discovered Relativity\, and Deciphered the Universe. Following the program\, guests will be invited to visit the Detroit Observatory and\, weather permitting\, to stargaze using the historic 1857 Fitz 12\" refracting telescope.\n\nReception 7:30 pm\, Program 8:00 pm\, Visit Detroit Observatory 9:30 pm. \n\nThe event is free and open to the public. We are strongly encouraging advance registration at https://is.gd/eDNkfd or by calling 734.763.3639 UID:63486-15751183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63486 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Discussion,history,lecture,Natural Sciences,observing,Science,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190122T150939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lucy Kaplansky DESCRIPTION:Presented by The Ark UID:60215-14849116@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60215 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190509T121708 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lucy Kaplansky DESCRIPTION:The daughter of the famed Polish-Canadian mathematician Irving Kaplansky (who once wrote a song based on the first 14 digits of pi that his daughter has been known to perform)\, Lucy Kaplansky started out singing in Chicago bars. Then\, barely out of high school\, she took off for New York City. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers—Suzanne Vega\, John Gorka\, Bill Morrissey\, Cliff Eberhardt\, and others—where she fit right in. She's a singer-songwriter with an extraordinary feel for the range of human emotion. Lucy puts her own spin on contemporary songwriter folk with warm\, powerful vocals and guitar playing that draws guitar gods (or geeks) to talk shop with her. Lucy Kaplansky\, says the Boston Globe\, \"is becoming the troubadour laureate of modern city folk.\" She comes to Michigan with a new album on themes of nature\, \"Everyday Street.\" UID:60284-14857782@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60284 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190313T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library DESCRIPTION:A multi-venue exhibition of site-specific installations\, performances\, interventions\, and events by University of Michigan faculty\, staff\, and students\, Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is curated by Guna Nadarajan\, dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, in partnership with the University of Michigan Library. The exhibition will be located in several locations within Shapiro Undergraduate Library\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, and the Art\, Architecture & Engineering Library. \n\nThe continued proliferation of digital formats and systems for the embodiment\, distribution\, and delivery of knowledge increasingly displace the book as form. As a result\, the spacial limitations of libraries are challenged. The value of the book and the function of the library demand cultural attention. In this moment\, we ask ourselves: what is the future of the library? What is the future of the book? This exhibition seeks to instigate and showcase creative responses to the challenges to the book and the library in the forms we have inherited as well as to project ways of reimagining futures for/of books and libraries.\n\nBookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is supported by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, the University of Michigan Library\, the University of Michigan Office for Research (UMOR)\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n\n  UID:60521-14903654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190506T132212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190518T230000 SUMMARY:Other:One Last Look: A Celebration and Temporary Farewell to the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:Celebrate and learn about the planned addition to U-M’s historic Detroit Observatory\, the 2nd oldest building on campus and the birthplace of U-M as a research university.\nFollowing a program at the Taubman Biomedical Sciences Research Building\, guests and the public are invited to visit the Detroit Observatory and\, weather permitting\, to stargaze using the historic 1857 Fitz 12\" refracting telescope.\n\nReception 7:30 pm\, Program 8:00 pm\, Visit Detroit Observatory 9:30 pm.\n\nThe event is free and open to the public. We are strongly encouraging advance registration at https://is.gd/eDNkfd or by calling 734.763.3639 UID:63488-15751184@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63488 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,observing,telescope viewing,umich200,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190519T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T235959 SUMMARY:Other:World Series Tournament! DESCRIPTION:For the second year in a row\, the Wolverines will be traveling to Georgia for the NCSA World Series!  UID:63482-15857389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:South Commons Softball Complex CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T131914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Bending the Lines: Acrylic on Canvas by Bala Thiagarajan DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in India\, Bala Thiagarajan has a passion for colors and patterns that are inspired by Indian culture. Her henna-inspired designs as Mandala paintings are an attempt to capture the ephemeral nature of these everyday art forms onto more enduring surfaces. Mandalas are used for facilitating personal growth\, healing\, grounding and transformation. Thiagarajan’s paintings greet viewers with the familiarity of repetitive patterns\, while creating an exciting opportunity to explore texture and geometry. Based in Wood Dale\, Illinois\, Thiagarajan exhibits her work throughout the Midwest and will be participating in the 2019 Ann Arbor South University Art Fair. UID:61743-15179049@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi DESCRIPTION:After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran\, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery\, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures\, patterns\, shapes and colors\, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient\, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free\, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art\, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” UID:61746-15179133@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T132405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden DESCRIPTION:Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design\, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint\, Michigan native\, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA\, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University. UID:62142-15302268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190516T140334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider DESCRIPTION:Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard\, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design\, and she works with cloth\, paint\, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small\, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally\, and her work is in both private and public collections. UID:61755-15179545@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,gallery,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T133201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years\, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep\, saturated color in her studio in Evanston\, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest\, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition\, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago. UID:61751-15179298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand DESCRIPTION:Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing\, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques\, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya\, India\, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal. UID:61749-15179215@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T133017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder DESCRIPTION:Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction\, including a Newbery Award winning book for children\, Step Gently Out\, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program \"Creatures of Light\"\, produced by National Geographic Television\, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves\, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior. UID:62143-15302350@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery, South Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T131932 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of presents Art\, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway DESCRIPTION:In Juliette Hemingway’s work\, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it\, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing\, autism\, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism\, and for her\, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora\, Colorado. UID:62140-15302185@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190601T180007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Sperry Women's National Championship DESCRIPTION:The College Sailing/Sperry Women’s Nationals is a four-day event. The event starts with the Women’s National Semifinal on May 21-22\, in which 36 schools compete for a chance to advance to the Finals. Split into two 18 boat fleets\, the top 9 from each fleet will earn a berth in the Finals. These top 18 teams will sail in the finals on May 23-24 for a chance at the College Sailing/Sperry Women's National Championship. UID:62207-15965859@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62207 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sail Newport, Newport, RI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190426T150827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant\, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social institutions and social injustice placed upon the shoulders of her characters. Her lead characters\, typically women\, must balance their needs with those of others in order to find their true voice. This U-M student-curated exhibit is the result of a semester-long course devoted to her films and career.\n\nSavoca contributed her papers — spanning her career as a director\, producer\, and screenwriter — to the Screens Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library. Her archive represents nearly three decades of indie filmmaking\, and includes notes\, notebooks\, photos\, and script drafts.\n\nSee the symposium schedule for Character Driven: Exploring the Career and Archives of Nancy Savoca: https://www.lib.umich.edu/announcements/symposium-celebrates-filmmaker-nancy-savoca UID:63404-15669565@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T121510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:George Shirley Vocal Competition: African American Vocal Repertoire DESCRIPTION:The George Shirley Vocal Competition is a three day event consisting of rehearsals\, master classes and recitals from competitors ranging from high school to pre-professional levels. The competition's aim is to shed light on African American areas and composers and carry on the tradition through the performance and composition of African American Classical music. UID:63636-15824833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63636 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190423T152643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T163000 SUMMARY:Other:Kitchen Favorites Sale: A Campus Farm and U-M Sustainable Food Program Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:A sale of heirloom vegetables and herbs grown by U-M Campus Farm students. Proceeds benefit Campus Farm. Plus\, Herb Study Group on hand with herb samples and information on growing herbs. UID:63334-15644858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:campus farm,herbs,sale,vegetables LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T103959 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T111500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Cosmic Recipe: Setting the Periodic Table DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63495-15757429@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63495 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190430T124440 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Forum Demo: Fantastic Fluids DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above. \n\nExplore the fascinating world of fluid dynamics! Together we will discuss what a “fluid” is\, and through experimentation\, we will learn how fluids move and interact. Learn how wind creates waves and test the surface tension of different liquids. How do fluids mix? Can you ever un-mix them? This demo is filled to the brim with experiments. Funded by the National Science Foundation. UID:63448-15702321@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63448 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Children,Discussion,Family,Free,Museum,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Science Forum CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190805T094318 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T120000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Paleo Prep Lab Chat DESCRIPTION:Join us at the visible labs in the atriums for a discussion about the science happening inside. All ages welcome. Please check the Welcome Desk for times.\n\nStop by and chat with an educator in front of the Paleo Prep Lab near the mastodons and learn about the tools and skills needed to prepare and cast fossils for research and display. UID:62760-15460096@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62760 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Children,Family,Free,Museum,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63494-15757389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180815T103906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nLead support for \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science. UID:53718-13452760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190510T121534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color  to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nUMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:\n\nLead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, and College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\n\nExhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund\n\nUniversity of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, School of Social Work\, Department of Political Science\, and Department of Women's Studies UID:58562-14511162@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58562 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Politics,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190306T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY\n \nIn celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project\, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative\, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge\, memory\, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture\, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2\, 2018 and UMMA through June 2\, 2019.\n \n#CosmogonicTattoos\n\nLead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.\n  UID:58558-14510944@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190405T121617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Oshima Tsumugi Kimono DESCRIPTION:Fashioned in the Amami islands of Japan\, Oshima Tsumugi silk has long been admired for its understated beauty\, incredible softness\, and comfortable year-round lightness. The rich fabric is created through a remarkable and  laborious process: from pattern design and cotton-thread binding\, to over 100 rounds of plant and mud dyeing and weaving. This series of steps may take up to one year. Despite the high production values and complexities\, Oshima Tsumugi kimono can be worn only for non-ceremonial occasions\, since woven fabric is considered to be a less elevated technique than paint-dyed fabric.\n \nThis special installation introduces UMMA audiences to one of the ten exceptional Oshima Tsumugi kimono recently donated to the Museum by Kazuko Miyake. Thanks to Mrs. Miyake and her older sister\, Shizuko Iwata\, who previously gifted her kimono and other formal garment collection\, UMMA holds more than 300 traditional Japanese ensembles.\n\nThis kimono was recently gifted to UMMA by Ms. Kazuko Miyake. UID:58566-14511710@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190429T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS\, DISASTERS\, CONSUMPTION\, LOSS\, AND JUSTICE\n \nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene\, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues\, the exhibition presents photography\, video\, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials\, disasters\, consumption\, loss\, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists\, including Sammy Baloji\, Liu Bolin\, Dana Levy\, Mary Mattingly\, Pedro Neves Marques\, Gabriel Orozco\, Trevor Paglen\, and Thomas Struth\, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness\, wonder\, and curiosity about the world to come.\n \nRead the exhibition press release here.\n \n  \n\nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith\, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, UF Office of the Provost\, National Endowment for the Arts\, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation\, Ken and Laura Berns\, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman\, Ken and Linda  McGurn\, Susan Milbrath\, an anonymous foundation\, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere\, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn\, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters\, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment\, Harn Program Endowment\, and the Harn Annual Fund.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. \n  UID:59263-14721809@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,International,Museum,Social,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing DESCRIPTION:AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION IN TWO CITIES\n \nIn The Bloodstained Shirt (2018)\, Chinese artist Wang Qingsong restages in Highland Park\, Michigan\, an iconic 1959 drawing by Wang Shikuo of peasants rising up against a cruel landlord and triumphantly reclaiming their right to the land. Wang’s projects are usually located in China\, but while visiting southeast Michigan he was struck by the similarities between the effects of inequitable real estate development on local communities in Detroit\, Highland Park\, and his native Beijing. His large-scale photograph\, set in an abandoned factory building in Highland Park and featuring more than seventy volunteers\, collapses two moments in history to present a vivid reminder of the human consequences of the ruthless pursuit of profit and the power of collective action. The exhibition includes works created in collaboration with area residents that give voice to their concerns and their hopes for transformation and renewal.\n \nThis project\, which bridges between Detroit\, Michigan\, and Beijing\, China\, resonates with UMMA's mission to engage in conversation about local and global issues. UMMA is pleased to present this art project in which the participation of UM faculty members\, students\, and Detroit's community members has been critical.\n \n Watch the Chinese Contemporary Art: Curation\, Collection\, and Connection Symposium here.\n\nLead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan\, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:58564-14511506@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58564 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Faculty,History,Museum,symposium,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63494-15757397@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190508T105014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Ancient Color DESCRIPTION:The Roman world was a colorful place. Although we often associate the Romans with white marble statues\, these statues — as well as Roman homes\, clothing\, and art — were vibrant with color. This exhibition examines colors in the ancient Roman world\, how these colors were produced\, where they were found\, what the Romans thought about them\, and how we study them today. We hope that visitors will think about what different colors mean to them\, and how these meanings compare to the roles of colors in the ancient Roman world.\n\nCurators: Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts\n\nView the online exhibition: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/ancient-color/ UID:59301-14728379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59301 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190430T125119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Scientist in the Forum DESCRIPTION:Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes\, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up. UID:62757-15702348@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Children,Family,Free,Museum,Natural Sciences,Research,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Science Forum CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63494-15757405@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T145337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Friday Night AI DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of AI to engage with Michigan AI experts as they discuss the ethical implications of self-driving cars:\n* Should autonomous vehicles have the ability to make ethical judgments? \n* Can we settle on a universal moral code for cars? \n* When something goes wrong\, who or what should be held responsible?\n\nBenjamin Kuipers\, Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan\, and Edwin Olson\, Associate Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan and CEO of May Mobility\, will address these and other open questions in this public AI event.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \nRegistration is open now: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/friday-night-AI UID:63511-15824909@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Michigan Engineering,Research LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T145337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Friday Night AI DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of AI to engage with Michigan AI experts as they discuss the ethical implications of self-driving cars:\n* Should autonomous vehicles have the ability to make ethical judgments? \n* Can we settle on a universal moral code for cars? \n* When something goes wrong\, who or what should be held responsible?\n\nBenjamin Kuipers\, Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan\, and Edwin Olson\, Associate Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan and CEO of May Mobility\, will address these and other open questions in this public AI event.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \nRegistration is open now: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/friday-night-AI UID:63511-15824915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Michigan Engineering,Research LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190319T135250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T170000 SUMMARY:Performance:Newsies DESCRIPTION:For more information about Young People's Theater and their season offerings visit:\nhttps://youngpeoplestheater.com/ UID:62303-15346459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Muto,Power Center,Umich,Young Peoples Theater,Ypt LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190405T121614 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq DESCRIPTION:In celebration of UMMA’s new Power Family Program for Inuit Art\, the Museum presents a special exhibition of two incredible\, intertwining stories. One traces the development of contemporary Inuit art in the Canadian Arctic from the 1950s to the present. The other relates the fascinating story of the Power family’s important role in supporting and promoting Inuit art from the outset\, bringing public attention to its artistic strength and cultural importance. The Power family’s collection is unusual in its strong representation of early contemporary carvings\, incised drawings on ivory and antler\, soapstone sculptures\, and prints that evolved as Inuit artists developed their own artistic voices and responded creatively to their changing world. \n\nThis exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art\, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power. UID:61512-15119369@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Family,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63494-15757413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190815T072646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Forum Demo: Cow’s Eye Dissection DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above. \n\nHave you ever wondered what makes our eyes work or how we see? We’ll dissect a cow’s eye to take a closer look at the organ that helps us see the world. How is it similar to and different from our eyes\, and those of other animals? Learn the parts of the eye and how they work together to illuminate our sight. UID:63449-15702339@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63449 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Children,Discussion,Family,Free,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Science Forum CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T181528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:The World to Come & Food: Feeding the World DESCRIPTION:Join Lilly Fink Shapiro\, Program Manager of the U-M Sustainable Food Systems Initiative\, and Michigan Farmer of the Year\, Jerry Ann Hebron of Detroit's Oakland Avenue Farm for a discussion about food waste\, farm labor\, and the politics of seeds. UMMA Assistant Curator of Photography Jennifer Friess will frame the discussion in the context of works in the exhibition The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene\, which explores the negative impact of human activity on the planet. This program is the second of a two-part series focusing on food sustainability\, access\, and justice.  The second program\, \"Feed Lots and our Industrialized Food System\" takes place on July 14. \n\nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith\, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, UF Office of the Provost\, National Endowment for the Arts\, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation\, Ken and Laura Berns\, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman\, Ken and Linda McGurn\, Susan Milbrath\, an anonymous foundation\, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere\, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn\, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters\, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment\, Harn Program Endowment\, and the Harn Annual Fund.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability.  UID:63219-15595494@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Discussion,Exhibition,Food,Museum,Politics,Sustainability,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190805T094609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Biodiversity Lab Chat DESCRIPTION:Join us at the visible labs in the atriums for a discussion about the science happening inside. All ages welcome. Please check the website or Welcome Desk for times.\n\nJoin an educator in front of the Biodiversity Genomics Lab on the second floor\, near the giant pterosaur\, to learn about how and why scientists process DNA samples from plants and animals around the world. All ages welcome.\n\nWednesdays\, 11 a.m.\nSaturdays and Sundays\, 3:30 pm. UID:62767-15460131@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Children,Family,Free,Museum,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190507T091751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T161500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs\, Earth’s geology\, weather\, and more\, all with surround sound and in new\, comfortable seats! The Dome has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs\, easy-access seats\, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour before show in the Museum Store. UID:63496-15757445@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63496 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - Planetarium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T121510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:George Shirley Vocal Competition: African American Vocal Repertoire Winners Concert DESCRIPTION:Performances by the contestants of the three divisions (pre-professional\, high school\, and college).\n\nThe George Shirley Vocal Competition: African American Vocal Repertoire (GSVC) is an annual competition\, held at The University of Michigan. The competition offers singers and composers the opportunity to work with and receive feedback from world-renowned judges\, including George Shirley. More than $20\,000 in prizes are awarded annually. The competition is open to singers and composers of all races and ethnicities\, ages 14-32 for vocalists and 18-35 for composers.\n\nFor more information and a full schedule of events visit georgeshirleycompetition.org. UID:63625-15818716@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63625 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190509T122011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Howie Day DESCRIPTION:Citing the likes of Jeff Buckley\, Radiohead\, and Dave Matthews among his influences\, Howie Day used their music as a basis for his own original direction. Howie\, like Patty Griffin\, was a product of Bangor\, Maine\, who made a splash in Boston's coffeehouse scene. He released his first album\, \"Australia\,\" in 2000. A lot has happened since then. Howie's music went in a rock direction\, and he got the attention of industry heavyweight Chris Blackwell and was signed to the major Epic label. He got a gold record for his album \"Stop the World Now\,\" and he's been romantically linked to Britney Spears. What hasn't changed is that he writes songs imbued with a wide-eyed sense of boundless emotion\, and clothes them in gorgeous arrangements that include innovative looping techniques. Howie's live shows are wonderful experiments in diverse song and instrumentation\, and if you haven't experienced this unique artist yet\, you're missing out! The Brian Jarvis Band opens. UID:60285-14857783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60285 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190313T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190519T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library DESCRIPTION:A multi-venue exhibition of site-specific installations\, performances\, interventions\, and events by University of Michigan faculty\, staff\, and students\, Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is curated by Guna Nadarajan\, dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, in partnership with the University of Michigan Library. The exhibition will be located in several locations within Shapiro Undergraduate Library\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, and the Art\, Architecture & Engineering Library. \n\nThe continued proliferation of digital formats and systems for the embodiment\, distribution\, and delivery of knowledge increasingly displace the book as form. As a result\, the spacial limitations of libraries are challenged. The value of the book and the function of the library demand cultural attention. In this moment\, we ask ourselves: what is the future of the library? What is the future of the book? This exhibition seeks to instigate and showcase creative responses to the challenges to the book and the library in the forms we have inherited as well as to project ways of reimagining futures for/of books and libraries.\n\nBookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is supported by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, the University of Michigan Library\, the University of Michigan Office for Research (UMOR)\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n\n  UID:60521-14903655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190601T180007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Sperry Women's National Championship DESCRIPTION:The College Sailing/Sperry Women’s Nationals is a four-day event. The event starts with the Women’s National Semifinal on May 21-22\, in which 36 schools compete for a chance to advance to the Finals. Split into two 18 boat fleets\, the top 9 from each fleet will earn a berth in the Finals. These top 18 teams will sail in the finals on May 23-24 for a chance at the College Sailing/Sperry Women's National Championship. UID:62207-15965860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62207 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sail Newport, Newport, RI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190519T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T160000 SUMMARY:Other:World Series Tournament! DESCRIPTION:For the second year in a row\, the Wolverines will be traveling to Georgia for the NCSA World Series!  UID:63482-15857390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:South Commons Softball Complex CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T131914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Bending the Lines: Acrylic on Canvas by Bala Thiagarajan DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in India\, Bala Thiagarajan has a passion for colors and patterns that are inspired by Indian culture. Her henna-inspired designs as Mandala paintings are an attempt to capture the ephemeral nature of these everyday art forms onto more enduring surfaces. Mandalas are used for facilitating personal growth\, healing\, grounding and transformation. Thiagarajan’s paintings greet viewers with the familiarity of repetitive patterns\, while creating an exciting opportunity to explore texture and geometry. Based in Wood Dale\, Illinois\, Thiagarajan exhibits her work throughout the Midwest and will be participating in the 2019 Ann Arbor South University Art Fair. UID:61743-15179050@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi DESCRIPTION:After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran\, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery\, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures\, patterns\, shapes and colors\, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient\, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free\, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art\, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” UID:61746-15179134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T132405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden DESCRIPTION:Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design\, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint\, Michigan native\, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA\, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University. UID:62142-15302269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190516T140334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider DESCRIPTION:Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard\, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design\, and she works with cloth\, paint\, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small\, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally\, and her work is in both private and public collections. UID:61755-15179546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,gallery,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T133201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years\, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep\, saturated color in her studio in Evanston\, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest\, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition\, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago. UID:61751-15179299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand DESCRIPTION:Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing\, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques\, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya\, India\, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal. UID:61749-15179216@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T133017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder DESCRIPTION:Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction\, including a Newbery Award winning book for children\, Step Gently Out\, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program \"Creatures of Light\"\, produced by National Geographic Television\, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves\, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior. UID:62143-15302351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery, South Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T131932 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of presents Art\, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway DESCRIPTION:In Juliette Hemingway’s work\, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it\, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing\, autism\, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism\, and for her\, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora\, Colorado. UID:62140-15302186@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190614T140151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:she was here\, once DESCRIPTION:The mobility and displacement of the Black body\, from port to holding cell\, to ward and out\, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially\, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain\, otherness\, power and triumph\, \"she was here\, once\" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.\n\nIn summer 2018\, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond\, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement\, sound\, and solidarity\, eight Black women and girls\, wearing large needle felted wool masks\, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond\, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).\n\nThe multi-layered piece has produced a short film\, mini documentary\, photography\, and performance masks\, on display in her solo exhibition\, \"she was here\, once\" in Lane Hall.\n\nLane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.\n\nAccessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall\, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.\n\nContact Heidi Bennett\, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.\n\nCosponsors: Department of Women's Studies\, Stamps School of Art & Design\, Department of English\, Art History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, Center for the Education of Women+ UID:59501-14875217@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Diversity,Exhibition,Film,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190426T150827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant\, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social institutions and social injustice placed upon the shoulders of her characters. Her lead characters\, typically women\, must balance their needs with those of others in order to find their true voice. This U-M student-curated exhibit is the result of a semester-long course devoted to her films and career.\n\nSavoca contributed her papers — spanning her career as a director\, producer\, and screenwriter — to the Screens Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library. Her archive represents nearly three decades of indie filmmaking\, and includes notes\, notebooks\, photos\, and script drafts.\n\nSee the symposium schedule for Character Driven: Exploring the Career and Archives of Nancy Savoca: https://www.lib.umich.edu/announcements/symposium-celebrates-filmmaker-nancy-savoca UID:63404-15669566@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190308T100300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency DESCRIPTION:\"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency\,\" by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin\, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home\, privacy\, and safety.\n\nThe exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery\, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication\, luxury\, and modernism.\n\nIn a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet\, for Martin and Muñoz\, \"Blind House\" serves as \"a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy.\" Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk UID:58928-15710580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Economics,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190513T102530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Deutschtisch DESCRIPTION:The Deutschtisch for Spring 2019 is associated with German 100. All are welcome! The group will meet MW 12:00-12:45. You can find the group with your ears (i.e. listen for a group of people speaking German). Look for the group:\nMost days: At Maizie's Kitchen in the Michigan League.\nOccasionally in good weather: in the \"Courtyard Garden\" of the League\, across from UHS (one way to get to it would be to go directly through the League from the front doors (facing the Bell Tower) to the back doors).\nTo be sure of the location\, come to the end of class at 11:50 in 2108 MLB to walk to lunch with the group\, or email the instructors to confirm the location: Vera Irwin in the first half of the semester\, Maria Measel in the second half of the semester. UID:63583-15806529@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Kitchen CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T162820 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Special Astronomy/Physics Seminar | Tidal Stellar Streams as Probes of Dark Matter: Detection and Dynamical Analysis DESCRIPTION:Tidal stellar streams have gained a lot of popularity in the field of astrophysics. These orbit-like structures\, that are formed by the tidal disruption of a globular cluster or a satellite galaxy by the potential of the host galaxy\, serve as “fossils” that encode information regarding the accretion history of our Galaxy. Recently\, it has also been realized that analysis of the morphology and dynamics of star streams provide powerful means to constrain the Milky Way’s gravitational potential and its dark matter distribution\, and can also be useful in probing the very nature of the dark matter particle itself.\n\nThe talk is intended to provide a short introduction on “stellar stream” systems and their importance in various scientific studies. The other highlight of the talk would be the STREAMFINDER algorithm (an algorithm designed to detect stellar streams in the astrophysical catalogues) and the new panoramic sky map of the stellar streams of the Milky Way halo that we obtained by analyzing ESA/Gaia DR2. Towards the end\, I will also mention some of the recent studies that I have been involved in which also employ stellar streams. UID:63696-15824935@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63696 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Natural Sciences,Physics,Undergraduate LOCATION:West Hall - 335 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190604T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Chicago Food & Bev Summer Immersion (Kraft Heinz\, RXBAR\, & Levy Restaurants) DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN ON MONDAY\, APRIL 15TH AND CLOSE ON MONDAY\, MAY 6TH!\n\nWant to experience Chicago? Spend two days in Chicago visiting Food & Bev companies Kraft Heinz\, RXBAR\, and Levy Restaurants! \n\nThis Immersion experience allows students to meet with various staff at each location\, learn about different internships/jobs/graduate programs within different industries\, and put your knowledge to the test in interactive activities. This is a great experience for students wanting to learn about what it's like to work in Food & Bev & live in the Chicago area! \n\nPrevious attendees have said that - \"I loved getting to know more about these amazing companies in such an intimate setting!\" \"Looking forward to the next one!\" \"Super informative experience that allowed me to get a glimpse of real world work experiences. It was fun getting to see the city on the way!\" \n\nApplications will open on Monday\, April 15th and close on Monday\, May 6th. Priority will be given to students that submit their application early. Don't wait - slots fill quickly & the application may close early! Please note that by applying to this Immersion you are agreeing to attend should you be selected. \n\n---------- \n\nAGENDA FOR THE TRIP \n\nMonday\, May 20th\n- 12:30 PM CST: Students arrive at Kraft Heinz. Lunch will be provided.\n- 3:00 PM CST: Kraft Heinz visit will end. You are free to explore the city!\n\nTuesday\, May 21st\n- 8:30 AM CST: Meet at RXBAR.\n- 12:00 PM CST: Meet with Levy Restaurants. Lunch will be provided.\n- 3:00 PM CST: The Immersion is now over. You are now free to explore the city.\n\n---------- \n\nPlease click 'RSVP for Event' to fill out your application. By applying for this Immersion\, you are confirming your ability to attend this event should you be selected. Students must be able to attend the full program in Chicago to participate. University Career Center staffwill be along with you on the Immersion to guide you through the days\, and more details will be provided to the selected participants. Transportation is NOT provided for students for this event. Students will be responsible for transportation\, some meals & lodging. If the expense is a concern\, please contact uccemp@umich.edu to discuss other options! Students are advised to bring 3 copies of their updated resume to the event. UID:62699-15427613@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62699 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190604T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Chicago Summer Finance Immersion (BP\, Belvedere Trading\, & Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) DESCRIPTION:*****APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN ON MONDAY\, APRIL 15TH AND CLOSE ON FRIDAY\, APRIL 26TH! \n\nWant to experience Chicago? Spend two days in Chicago visiting BP\, Belvedere Trading\, and the Chicago Federal Reserve! \n\nThis Immersion experience allows students to meet with various staff at each location\, learn about different internships/jobs/graduate programs within different industries\, and put your knowledge to the test in interactive activities. This is a great experience for students wanting to learn about what it's like to work in Finance & live in the Chicago area!\n\nPrevious attendees have said that - \"I loved getting to know more about these amazing companies in such an intimate setting!\" \"Looking forward to the next one!\" \"Super informative experience that allowed me to get a glimpse of real world work experiences. It was fun getting to see the city on the way!\" \n\nApplications will open on Monday\, April 15th and closeon Friday\, April 26th. Priority will be given to students that submit their application early. Don't wait - slots fill quickly & the application may close early! Please note that by applying to this Immersion you are agreeing to attend should you be selected. \n\n ---------- \n\nAGENDA FOR THE TRIP \n\nMonday\, May 20th \n- 1:00 PM CST: Students arrive at Chicago Federal Reserve. All students are responsible for getting to each location on their own.\n- 4:00 PM CST: Visit will end. You are free to explore the city! \n\nTuesday\, May 21st \n- 8:30 AM CST: Students meet at BP. \n- 11:00 AM CST: Visit with BP ends. Students then have a short break untilthe next visit. \n- 12:00 PM CST: Visit with Belvedere Trading. Lunch will be provided. \n- 3:00 PM CST: The Immersion is now over. You are now free to explore the city! \n\n---------- \n\nPlease click 'RSVP for Event' to fill out your application. By applying for this Immersion\, you are confirming your ability to attend this event should you be selected. Studentswill be notified if they have been selected or have been placed on the waitlist by Monday\, April 29th. Students must be able to attend the full program in Chicago to participate. University Career Center staff will be along with you on the Immersion to guide you through the days\, and more details will be provided to the selected participants. Transportation is NOT provided for students for this event. Students will be responsible for transportation\, some meals & lodging. If the expense is a concern\, please contact uccemp@umich.edu to discuss other options! Students are advised to bring 3 copies of their updated resume to the event. UID:62980-15528491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, United States of America CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190716T142324 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Dissertation Defense: Group Sparsity in Regression and PCA DESCRIPTION:In the field of high-dimensional statistics\, it is commonly assumed that only a small subset of the variables are relevant and sparse estimators are pursued to exploit this assumption. Sparse estimation methodologies are often straightforward to construct\, and indeed there is a full spectrum of sparse algorithms covering almost all statistical learning problems. In contrast\, theoretical developments are more limited and often focus on asymptotic theories. In applications\, non-asymptotic results may be more relevant.\n\nThe goal of this work is to show how non-asymptotic statistical theory can be developed for sparse estimation problems that assume group sparsity. We discuss three different problems: principal component analysis (PCA)\, sliced inverse regression (SIR) and multivariate regression. For PCA\, we study a two-stage thresholding algorithm and provide theories that go beyond the common spiked-covariance model. SIR is then related to PCA in some special settings\, and it is shown that the theory of sparse PCA can be modified to work for SIR. Regression represents another important research direction in high-dimensional analysis. We study a linear regression model in which both the response and predictors are grouped\, as an extension of group Lasso. \n\nDespite the distinctions in these problems\, the proofs of consistency and support recovery share some common elements: concentration inequalities and union probability bounds\, which are also the foundation of most existing sparse estimation theories. The proofs are presented in modules in order to clearly reveal how most sparse estimators can be theoretically justified. Moreover\, we identify those modules that are possibly not optimized to show the limitation of the existing proof techniques and how they could be extended. UID:63733-15839172@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - Room 438 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190417T151607 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T150000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Mah-Jongg -- Session 2 DESCRIPTION:Mah-Jongg is a Chinese game resembling Gin Rummy\, but is played with colorful tiles instead of cards. It is easy to learn and can become quite addictive! Classes start with a brief lecture\, followed by actual playing of the game with continuous guidance from the instructor. Mah-Jongg sets will be provided. \n\nInstructor Stuart Baggaley has taught his modified and simplified version of the game at many venues. He is a British World War II veteran (RAF) who emigrated from Norway in 1957\, leaving the Fulbright Foundation in Oslo. He retired from UM Medical School (Anatomy) in 1990.\n\nThis six session study group for those 50 and over will meet for two hours on Mondays and Tuesdays beginning May 20th. UID:63236-15595508@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:game,Lifelong Learning,Retirement,seminar LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T145337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Friday Night AI DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of AI to engage with Michigan AI experts as they discuss the ethical implications of self-driving cars:\n* Should autonomous vehicles have the ability to make ethical judgments? \n* Can we settle on a universal moral code for cars? \n* When something goes wrong\, who or what should be held responsible?\n\nBenjamin Kuipers\, Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan\, and Edwin Olson\, Associate Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan and CEO of May Mobility\, will address these and other open questions in this public AI event.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \nRegistration is open now: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/friday-night-AI UID:63511-15824910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Michigan Engineering,Research LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T145337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Friday Night AI DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of AI to engage with Michigan AI experts as they discuss the ethical implications of self-driving cars:\n* Should autonomous vehicles have the ability to make ethical judgments? \n* Can we settle on a universal moral code for cars? \n* When something goes wrong\, who or what should be held responsible?\n\nBenjamin Kuipers\, Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan\, and Edwin Olson\, Associate Professor in the AI lab at the University of Michigan and CEO of May Mobility\, will address these and other open questions in this public AI event.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \nRegistration is open now: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/friday-night-AI UID:63511-15824916@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Michigan Engineering,Research LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190513T121848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:RNA Innovation Seminar\, Theme: Genetics DESCRIPTION:Andrew Liu\, Ph.D. candidate\nHyun Kang lab\n\"Meta-prediction of gene expression levels from genotypes across multiple tissues and datasets\"\n\n~and~\n\nMarissa Cloutier\, Ph.D.\, \npostdoctoral fellow\nSundeep Kalantry Lab\n\"Maternal Control of Paternal X-inactivation\" UID:59776-14786527@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59776 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biosciences,Chemistry,Drug Discovery,Postdoctoral Research Fellows LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190528T105052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T205400 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T223000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Ramadan Community Iftars DESCRIPTION:U-M’s Muslim Students’ Association and Islamophobia Working Group invite Muslims and non-Muslim allies to join our Ramadan iftar meals at sunset throughout May and early June. Ramadan is the Islamic holy month\, when Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn to sunset. Come to break bread\, to show solidarity\, and to learn more about each other. To ensure that there is plenty of food\, please RSVP for each of the iftars here: myumi.ch/Jyyrn \n \nIFTAR SCHEDULE \n \nMost iftars will be at Trotter Multicultural Center (428 South State Street)\, unless otherwise listed. All addresses are in Ann Arbor. \n \n 8:39pm\, MONDAY\, MAY 6: Trotter \n 8:40pm\, WEDNESDAY\, MAY 8: International House (921 Church Street) \n 8:42pm\, THURSDAY\, MAY 9: Trotter \n 8:47pm\, MONDAY\, MAY 13: Trotter \n 8:49pm\, WEDNESDAY\, MAY 15: Weiser Hall 10th Floor (500 Church Street) \n 8:50pm\, THURSDAY\, MAY 16: Trotter \n 8:54pm\, MONDAY\, MAY 20: Trotter\, sponsored by the Program on Intergroup Relations \n 8:56pm\, TUESDAY\, MAY 21: Muslim Community Association (2301 Plymouth Road). A shuttle bus will depart from the Central Campus Transit Center at 8:30pm and return to central campus by 10:30pm. More details will be provided by email to those who RSVP. \n 8:57pm\, THURSDAY\, MAY 23: Trotter \n 9:00pm\, MONDAY\, MAY 27: Trotter \n 9:02pm\, WEDNESDAY\, MAY 29: Trotter \n \n \nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event\, we are eager to help. Please contact asbates@umich.edu. We are able to make most accommodations very easily\, but advance notice is appreciated as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. All facilities are wheelchair accessible. Vegetarian and halal food options will be provided at every meal\; please indicate additional dietary restrictions on the RSVP form. UID:63342-15651040@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63342 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,international,Muslim LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190313T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190520T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library DESCRIPTION:A multi-venue exhibition of site-specific installations\, performances\, interventions\, and events by University of Michigan faculty\, staff\, and students\, Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is curated by Guna Nadarajan\, dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, in partnership with the University of Michigan Library. The exhibition will be located in several locations within Shapiro Undergraduate Library\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, and the Art\, Architecture & Engineering Library. \n\nThe continued proliferation of digital formats and systems for the embodiment\, distribution\, and delivery of knowledge increasingly displace the book as form. As a result\, the spacial limitations of libraries are challenged. The value of the book and the function of the library demand cultural attention. In this moment\, we ask ourselves: what is the future of the library? What is the future of the book? This exhibition seeks to instigate and showcase creative responses to the challenges to the book and the library in the forms we have inherited as well as to project ways of reimagining futures for/of books and libraries.\n\nBookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is supported by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, the University of Michigan Library\, the University of Michigan Office for Research (UMOR)\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n\n  UID:60521-14903656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190601T180007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Sperry Women's National Championship DESCRIPTION:The College Sailing/Sperry Women’s Nationals is a four-day event. The event starts with the Women’s National Semifinal on May 21-22\, in which 36 schools compete for a chance to advance to the Finals. Split into two 18 boat fleets\, the top 9 from each fleet will earn a berth in the Finals. These top 18 teams will sail in the finals on May 23-24 for a chance at the College Sailing/Sperry Women's National Championship. UID:62207-15965861@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62207 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sail Newport, Newport, RI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T110252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CESSET Workshop DESCRIPTION:The proposed National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center\, CESSET: Comprehensive Energy Storage Solutions in Electrified Transportation is a first-of-its-kind partnership between battery\, electric grid and system researchers and policy and economic experts at five leading universities. The goal is to optimize combined mobility and the electric utility system by linking models\, sensing\, data analytics\, power electronics\, controls\, materials chemistry\, economics\, and life cycle analysis all under one roof. \n\nThis is a private\, invite-only event to discuss the project and prepare a proposal for NSF. For more information\, please email Susan Fancy at sfancy@umich.edu. UID:63611-15814660@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63611 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:#Sustainability,Climate,Energy LOCATION:Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T131914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Bending the Lines: Acrylic on Canvas by Bala Thiagarajan DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in India\, Bala Thiagarajan has a passion for colors and patterns that are inspired by Indian culture. Her henna-inspired designs as Mandala paintings are an attempt to capture the ephemeral nature of these everyday art forms onto more enduring surfaces. Mandalas are used for facilitating personal growth\, healing\, grounding and transformation. Thiagarajan’s paintings greet viewers with the familiarity of repetitive patterns\, while creating an exciting opportunity to explore texture and geometry. Based in Wood Dale\, Illinois\, Thiagarajan exhibits her work throughout the Midwest and will be participating in the 2019 Ann Arbor South University Art Fair. UID:61743-15179051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi DESCRIPTION:After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran\, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery\, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures\, patterns\, shapes and colors\, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient\, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free\, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art\, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” UID:61746-15179135@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T132405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden DESCRIPTION:Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design\, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint\, Michigan native\, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA\, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University. UID:62142-15302270@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190516T140334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider DESCRIPTION:Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard\, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design\, and she works with cloth\, paint\, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small\, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally\, and her work is in both private and public collections. UID:61755-15179547@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,gallery,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T133201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years\, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep\, saturated color in her studio in Evanston\, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest\, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition\, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago. UID:61751-15179300@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand DESCRIPTION:Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing\, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques\, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya\, India\, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal. UID:61749-15179217@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T133017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder DESCRIPTION:Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction\, including a Newbery Award winning book for children\, Step Gently Out\, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program \"Creatures of Light\"\, produced by National Geographic Television\, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves\, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior. UID:62143-15302352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery, South Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T131932 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of presents Art\, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway DESCRIPTION:In Juliette Hemingway’s work\, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it\, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing\, autism\, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism\, and for her\, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora\, Colorado. UID:62140-15302187@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190614T140151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:she was here\, once DESCRIPTION:The mobility and displacement of the Black body\, from port to holding cell\, to ward and out\, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially\, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain\, otherness\, power and triumph\, \"she was here\, once\" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.\n\nIn summer 2018\, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond\, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement\, sound\, and solidarity\, eight Black women and girls\, wearing large needle felted wool masks\, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond\, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).\n\nThe multi-layered piece has produced a short film\, mini documentary\, photography\, and performance masks\, on display in her solo exhibition\, \"she was here\, once\" in Lane Hall.\n\nLane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.\n\nAccessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall\, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.\n\nContact Heidi Bennett\, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.\n\nCosponsors: Department of Women's Studies\, Stamps School of Art & Design\, Department of English\, Art History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, Center for the Education of Women+ UID:59501-14875164@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Diversity,Exhibition,Film,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190426T150827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant\, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social institutions and social injustice placed upon the shoulders of her characters. Her lead characters\, typically women\, must balance their needs with those of others in order to find their true voice. This U-M student-curated exhibit is the result of a semester-long course devoted to her films and career.\n\nSavoca contributed her papers — spanning her career as a director\, producer\, and screenwriter — to the Screens Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library. Her archive represents nearly three decades of indie filmmaking\, and includes notes\, notebooks\, photos\, and script drafts.\n\nSee the symposium schedule for Character Driven: Exploring the Career and Archives of Nancy Savoca: https://www.lib.umich.edu/announcements/symposium-celebrates-filmmaker-nancy-savoca UID:63404-15669567@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190308T100300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency DESCRIPTION:\"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency\,\" by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin\, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home\, privacy\, and safety.\n\nThe exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery\, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication\, luxury\, and modernism.\n\nIn a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet\, for Martin and Muñoz\, \"Blind House\" serves as \"a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy.\" Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk UID:58928-15710581@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Economics,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190508T105014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Ancient Color DESCRIPTION:The Roman world was a colorful place. Although we often associate the Romans with white marble statues\, these statues — as well as Roman homes\, clothing\, and art — were vibrant with color. This exhibition examines colors in the ancient Roman world\, how these colors were produced\, where they were found\, what the Romans thought about them\, and how we study them today. We hope that visitors will think about what different colors mean to them\, and how these meanings compare to the roles of colors in the ancient Roman world.\n\nCurators: Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts\n\nView the online exhibition: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/ancient-color/ UID:59301-14728381@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59301 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180815T103906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nLead support for \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science. UID:53718-13452814@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190510T121534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color  to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nUMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:\n\nLead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, and College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\n\nExhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund\n\nUniversity of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, School of Social Work\, Department of Political Science\, and Department of Women's Studies UID:58562-14511163@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58562 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Politics,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190306T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY\n \nIn celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project\, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative\, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge\, memory\, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture\, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2\, 2018 and UMMA through June 2\, 2019.\n \n#CosmogonicTattoos\n\nLead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.\n  UID:58558-14510945@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190605T063005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:CVS Health Virtual Career Event DESCRIPTION:Our Virtual Job fair is your chance to chat with us from wherever you are located! Share your experience\, ask questions and get to knowour team -- all online\, from any device.\n\nCombining CVS Health and Aetna was a transformative moment for our company and our industry\, establishing CVS Health as the nation’s premier health innovation company. Through our health services\, insurance plans and community pharmacists\, we’re pioneering a bold new approach to total health. As a CVS Health colleague\, you’ll be at the center of it all.\n\nWe offer a diverse work experience that empowers colleagues for career success. In addition to skill and experience\, we also seek to attract and retain colleagues whose beliefsand behaviors are in alignment with our core values of collaboration\, innovation\, caring\, integrity and accountability.\n\nOur online job fair makes it easy and fun for you to participate. After signing in from your home\, office\, smartphone or tablet\, you’ll participate in 1-on-1 chats with our representatives. The chats are text-based and timed\, allowing you to quickly meet us\, exchange contact information\, and walk away with your questions answered. UID:63763-15867516@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190405T121617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Oshima Tsumugi Kimono DESCRIPTION:Fashioned in the Amami islands of Japan\, Oshima Tsumugi silk has long been admired for its understated beauty\, incredible softness\, and comfortable year-round lightness. The rich fabric is created through a remarkable and  laborious process: from pattern design and cotton-thread binding\, to over 100 rounds of plant and mud dyeing and weaving. This series of steps may take up to one year. Despite the high production values and complexities\, Oshima Tsumugi kimono can be worn only for non-ceremonial occasions\, since woven fabric is considered to be a less elevated technique than paint-dyed fabric.\n \nThis special installation introduces UMMA audiences to one of the ten exceptional Oshima Tsumugi kimono recently donated to the Museum by Kazuko Miyake. Thanks to Mrs. Miyake and her older sister\, Shizuko Iwata\, who previously gifted her kimono and other formal garment collection\, UMMA holds more than 300 traditional Japanese ensembles.\n\nThis kimono was recently gifted to UMMA by Ms. Kazuko Miyake. UID:58566-14511711@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190429T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS\, DISASTERS\, CONSUMPTION\, LOSS\, AND JUSTICE\n \nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene\, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues\, the exhibition presents photography\, video\, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials\, disasters\, consumption\, loss\, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists\, including Sammy Baloji\, Liu Bolin\, Dana Levy\, Mary Mattingly\, Pedro Neves Marques\, Gabriel Orozco\, Trevor Paglen\, and Thomas Struth\, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness\, wonder\, and curiosity about the world to come.\n \nRead the exhibition press release here.\n \n  \n\nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith\, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, UF Office of the Provost\, National Endowment for the Arts\, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation\, Ken and Laura Berns\, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman\, Ken and Linda  McGurn\, Susan Milbrath\, an anonymous foundation\, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere\, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn\, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters\, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment\, Harn Program Endowment\, and the Harn Annual Fund.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. \n  UID:59263-14721810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,International,Museum,Social,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing DESCRIPTION:AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION IN TWO CITIES\n \nIn The Bloodstained Shirt (2018)\, Chinese artist Wang Qingsong restages in Highland Park\, Michigan\, an iconic 1959 drawing by Wang Shikuo of peasants rising up against a cruel landlord and triumphantly reclaiming their right to the land. Wang’s projects are usually located in China\, but while visiting southeast Michigan he was struck by the similarities between the effects of inequitable real estate development on local communities in Detroit\, Highland Park\, and his native Beijing. His large-scale photograph\, set in an abandoned factory building in Highland Park and featuring more than seventy volunteers\, collapses two moments in history to present a vivid reminder of the human consequences of the ruthless pursuit of profit and the power of collective action. The exhibition includes works created in collaboration with area residents that give voice to their concerns and their hopes for transformation and renewal.\n \nThis project\, which bridges between Detroit\, Michigan\, and Beijing\, China\, resonates with UMMA's mission to engage in conversation about local and global issues. UMMA is pleased to present this art project in which the participation of UM faculty members\, students\, and Detroit's community members has been critical.\n \n Watch the Chinese Contemporary Art: Curation\, Collection\, and Connection Symposium here.\n\nLead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan\, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:58564-14511507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58564 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Faculty,History,Museum,symposium,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190605T123006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T143000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Recent Grads! Your 90-min Job Search DESCRIPTION:*parts of this event will be based on The 2-Hour Job Search book by Steve Dalton. You can find more info here: https://2hourjobsearch.com/\n\nRECENT GRADS\, still SEARCHING for a JOB?! THIS IS FOR YOU! Feeling like you're down-to-the-wire in your job search? Have you applied to tons of jobs only to hear nothing back?\n\nIt's all about your strategy!\n\nJoin us for a virtual group coaching session with a UCC career coach and strategist. This is not for recent alums that have 30 companies to target and have a list of and have been doing informational interviews with alumni already. I would schedule a 1:1 appointment with a career coach to talk additional ideas and help. \n\nRSVP here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/310591/share_preview\n\nDuring our 90 MIN working session\, you'll walkaway with...\n1. A list of at least 20 employers to target\n2. At least 3informational interview requests to alumni\n3. A list of at least 10 positions to apply to\n4. Customized advice that is specific to your search. Ask any questions that you have!\n\nWe'll dive in right away\, so you'll need to:\n1. RSVP here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/310591/share_preview\n2. Be able to access Google Meets/Hangouts -- mostly compatible with Google Chrome web browser.\n3. Have your resume ready-to-go (see our online resources or make an appointment if you need help here) \n4. Have your LinkedIn and UCAN profile set up (umich.peoplegrove.com) \n UID:63639-15824836@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63639 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190423T175213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:19th Annual James V. Neel Lecture in Human Genetics DESCRIPTION:The James V. Neel Lecture will take place Tuesday\, May 21\, 2019 at 2:00 pm in BSRB Kahn Auditorium. The speaker is Dr. James Lupski\, from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston\, Texas. The Lecture honors James V. Neel\, former Chair of the Department of Human Genetics for over 25 years\, and a pioneer in the field of genetics.\n\nDr. Lupski is The Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair in Molecular and Human Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics. He received his initial scientific training at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory as an Undergraduate Research Participant (URP). At New York University\, he received his undergraduate degree in chemistry and biology (1979) and earned a doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology\, and an M.D. in 1985. In 1986\, he moved to Houston\, Texas for clinical training in pediatrics (1986-1989) and medical genetics (1989-1992) and then established his own laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine where he remains\, and as of 1995\, as the Cullen Professor.\n\nDr. Lupski's research focuses on understanding mutational mechanisms and linking specific mutations and genes to human disease. Dr. Lupski started his laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine in 1989\, where he still resides. His most significant contributions to genomics are centered around conceptualizing and understanding the mechanisms underlying genomic disorders. This is seen through his studies of Charcot-Marie Tooth (CMT) disease - specifically\, duplication of the CMT1A gene. In 1991\, Dr. Lupski showed that CMT1A copy number variation (CNV) and gene dosage are causes of CMT-related peripheral nerve dysfunction. In 2014\, he and his colleagues found that the presence of three copies of CMT1A on one chromosome 17\, a phenomenon known as triplication\, causes a more severe form of CMT. His group was also the first to describe non-allelic homologous recombination as a mechanism for CNV formation and chromosomal aberrations. These discoveries\, with parallels and potential applications to other genomic disorders\, furthered scientific understanding of the relationships between genetic variants and disease outcomes\, helped define the field of genomic medicine\, and are paving the way for precision medicine. \n\nIn 2018\, Dr. Lupski was named as the recipient of the Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award from the American Society of Human Genetics. This award recognizes individuals whose professional achievements have fostered and enriched the development of human genetics as well as its assimilation into the broader context of science\, medicine\, and health.\n\nFollowing the lecture\, there will be a poster session/reception. For more information\, contact the Department of Human Genetics\, 734-647-3149. UID:63339-15644918@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63339 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Chemistry,Discussion,Faculty,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,lecture,Medicine,Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190605T123007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:MBTI: Summer APAs DESCRIPTION:This is an event for the summer Academic Peer Advisors at Newnan Academic Advising Center (LSA) to learn about the Meyers-Briggs Typology Indicator and their own personal types. UID:63792-15875630@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63792 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Newnan Advising Center, Conference Room G243, 435 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190605T123006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T164500 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Royal Caribbean Cruises Webinar | Part 2 | A day in the life DESCRIPTION:This Webinar is for any student seeking to learn more about what it's like to work for Royal Caribbean! We'll have 4 recent grads currently at Royal Caribbean that will answer some questions related to what it is like to work at Royal Caribbean. \n\nThis is Part 2 of a 3 - part series. UID:63764-15867517@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63764 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190528T105052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T205600 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T223000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Ramadan Community Iftars DESCRIPTION:U-M’s Muslim Students’ Association and Islamophobia Working Group invite Muslims and non-Muslim allies to join our Ramadan iftar meals at sunset throughout May and early June. Ramadan is the Islamic holy month\, when Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn to sunset. Come to break bread\, to show solidarity\, and to learn more about each other. To ensure that there is plenty of food\, please RSVP for each of the iftars here: myumi.ch/Jyyrn \n \nIFTAR SCHEDULE \n \nMost iftars will be at Trotter Multicultural Center (428 South State Street)\, unless otherwise listed. All addresses are in Ann Arbor. \n \n 8:39pm\, MONDAY\, MAY 6: Trotter \n 8:40pm\, WEDNESDAY\, MAY 8: International House (921 Church Street) \n 8:42pm\, THURSDAY\, MAY 9: Trotter \n 8:47pm\, MONDAY\, MAY 13: Trotter \n 8:49pm\, WEDNESDAY\, MAY 15: Weiser Hall 10th Floor (500 Church Street) \n 8:50pm\, THURSDAY\, MAY 16: Trotter \n 8:54pm\, MONDAY\, MAY 20: Trotter\, sponsored by the Program on Intergroup Relations \n 8:56pm\, TUESDAY\, MAY 21: Muslim Community Association (2301 Plymouth Road). A shuttle bus will depart from the Central Campus Transit Center at 8:30pm and return to central campus by 10:30pm. More details will be provided by email to those who RSVP. \n 8:57pm\, THURSDAY\, MAY 23: Trotter \n 9:00pm\, MONDAY\, MAY 27: Trotter \n 9:02pm\, WEDNESDAY\, MAY 29: Trotter \n \n \nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event\, we are eager to help. Please contact asbates@umich.edu. We are able to make most accommodations very easily\, but advance notice is appreciated as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. All facilities are wheelchair accessible. Vegetarian and halal food options will be provided at every meal\; please indicate additional dietary restrictions on the RSVP form. UID:63342-15651041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63342 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,international,Muslim LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190313T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190521T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library DESCRIPTION:A multi-venue exhibition of site-specific installations\, performances\, interventions\, and events by University of Michigan faculty\, staff\, and students\, Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is curated by Guna Nadarajan\, dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, in partnership with the University of Michigan Library. The exhibition will be located in several locations within Shapiro Undergraduate Library\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, and the Art\, Architecture & Engineering Library. \n\nThe continued proliferation of digital formats and systems for the embodiment\, distribution\, and delivery of knowledge increasingly displace the book as form. As a result\, the spacial limitations of libraries are challenged. The value of the book and the function of the library demand cultural attention. In this moment\, we ask ourselves: what is the future of the library? What is the future of the book? This exhibition seeks to instigate and showcase creative responses to the challenges to the book and the library in the forms we have inherited as well as to project ways of reimagining futures for/of books and libraries.\n\nBookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is supported by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, the University of Michigan Library\, the University of Michigan Office for Research (UMOR)\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n\n  UID:60521-14903657@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190601T180007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Sperry Women's National Championship DESCRIPTION:The College Sailing/Sperry Women’s Nationals is a four-day event. The event starts with the Women’s National Semifinal on May 21-22\, in which 36 schools compete for a chance to advance to the Finals. Split into two 18 boat fleets\, the top 9 from each fleet will earn a berth in the Finals. These top 18 teams will sail in the finals on May 23-24 for a chance at the College Sailing/Sperry Women's National Championship. UID:62207-15965862@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62207 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sail Newport, Newport, RI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190521T130241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T235900 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Incoming Freshman UROP Fall 2019-Winter 2020 Application DESCRIPTION:Our \"Traditional UROP Program\" has been our longest running program over the past 30 years. This Academic Year program\, in which students participate for both Fall and Winter Terms\, is designed for University of Michigan first and second year undergraduate students enrolled on the Ann Arbor campus who are seeking a first time research experience. Student research assistants work alongside a faculty member\, research scientist or professional practitioner on an ongoing or new research project. The priority deadline for incoming U-M freshman to apply to participate in the UROP program is May 31st at 11:59pm. \nhttps://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/fall-winter-programs/traditional-urop.html UID:63774-15873584@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Education,Interdisciplinary,Research,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190527T060008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ACRA National Championship DESCRIPTION:Race UID:63635-15921393@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63635 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Gainesville, GA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190424T094938 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:20th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (Day 1) DESCRIPTION:The 20th Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO XX) will take place from May 22–24\, 2019 at the University of Michigan\, in Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, USA. It will be organized by the Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering.\n\nThe conference will be preceded by a Summer school (May 20-21). \n\nThe IPCO conference is under the auspices of the Mathematical Optimization Society. It is held every year\, except for those in which the International Symposium on Mathematical Programming takes place. The conference is a forum for researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. The aim is to present recent developments in theory\, computation\, and applications in these areas.\n\nRegistration is now open. UID:63313-15636677@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63313 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T131914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Bending the Lines: Acrylic on Canvas by Bala Thiagarajan DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in India\, Bala Thiagarajan has a passion for colors and patterns that are inspired by Indian culture. Her henna-inspired designs as Mandala paintings are an attempt to capture the ephemeral nature of these everyday art forms onto more enduring surfaces. Mandalas are used for facilitating personal growth\, healing\, grounding and transformation. Thiagarajan’s paintings greet viewers with the familiarity of repetitive patterns\, while creating an exciting opportunity to explore texture and geometry. Based in Wood Dale\, Illinois\, Thiagarajan exhibits her work throughout the Midwest and will be participating in the 2019 Ann Arbor South University Art Fair. UID:61743-15179052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi DESCRIPTION:After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran\, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery\, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures\, patterns\, shapes and colors\, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient\, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free\, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art\, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” UID:61746-15179136@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T132405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden DESCRIPTION:Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design\, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint\, Michigan native\, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA\, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University. UID:62142-15302271@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190516T140334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider DESCRIPTION:Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard\, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design\, and she works with cloth\, paint\, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small\, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally\, and her work is in both private and public collections. UID:61755-15179548@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,gallery,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T133201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years\, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep\, saturated color in her studio in Evanston\, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest\, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition\, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago. UID:61751-15179301@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand DESCRIPTION:Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing\, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques\, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya\, India\, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal. UID:61749-15179218@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T133017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder DESCRIPTION:Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction\, including a Newbery Award winning book for children\, Step Gently Out\, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program \"Creatures of Light\"\, produced by National Geographic Television\, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves\, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior. UID:62143-15302353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery, South Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T131932 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of presents Art\, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway DESCRIPTION:In Juliette Hemingway’s work\, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it\, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing\, autism\, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism\, and for her\, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora\, Colorado. UID:62140-15302188@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190614T140151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:she was here\, once DESCRIPTION:The mobility and displacement of the Black body\, from port to holding cell\, to ward and out\, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially\, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain\, otherness\, power and triumph\, \"she was here\, once\" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.\n\nIn summer 2018\, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond\, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement\, sound\, and solidarity\, eight Black women and girls\, wearing large needle felted wool masks\, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond\, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).\n\nThe multi-layered piece has produced a short film\, mini documentary\, photography\, and performance masks\, on display in her solo exhibition\, \"she was here\, once\" in Lane Hall.\n\nLane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.\n\nAccessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall\, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.\n\nContact Heidi Bennett\, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.\n\nCosponsors: Department of Women's Studies\, Stamps School of Art & Design\, Department of English\, Art History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, Center for the Education of Women+ UID:59501-14875182@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Diversity,Exhibition,Film,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190426T150827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant\, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social institutions and social injustice placed upon the shoulders of her characters. Her lead characters\, typically women\, must balance their needs with those of others in order to find their true voice. This U-M student-curated exhibit is the result of a semester-long course devoted to her films and career.\n\nSavoca contributed her papers — spanning her career as a director\, producer\, and screenwriter — to the Screens Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library. Her archive represents nearly three decades of indie filmmaking\, and includes notes\, notebooks\, photos\, and script drafts.\n\nSee the symposium schedule for Character Driven: Exploring the Career and Archives of Nancy Savoca: https://www.lib.umich.edu/announcements/symposium-celebrates-filmmaker-nancy-savoca UID:63404-15669568@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190207T160815 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T163000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Using the Three Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program™ DESCRIPTION:Manual materials handling activities present significant ergonomic challenges for workers and is associated with many musculoskeletal disorders such as strains\, sprains and low back pain. The 3D Static Strength Prediction Program™ (3D SSPP™) is an ergonomics job analysis and design tool developed by the University of Michigan Center for Ergonomics to quantify biomechanical requirements during manual materials handling tasks. This 2 day workshop is devoted to training individuals with an ergonomics background how to use the computer software and interpret its output. UID:60945-14990937@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60945 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Continuing Education,Education,Engineering,Ergonomics,Industrial and Operations Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T110252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CESSET Workshop DESCRIPTION:The proposed National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center\, CESSET: Comprehensive Energy Storage Solutions in Electrified Transportation is a first-of-its-kind partnership between battery\, electric grid and system researchers and policy and economic experts at five leading universities. The goal is to optimize combined mobility and the electric utility system by linking models\, sensing\, data analytics\, power electronics\, controls\, materials chemistry\, economics\, and life cycle analysis all under one roof. \n\nThis is a private\, invite-only event to discuss the project and prepare a proposal for NSF. For more information\, please email Susan Fancy at sfancy@umich.edu. UID:63611-15814661@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63611 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:#Sustainability,Climate,Energy LOCATION:Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190308T100300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency DESCRIPTION:\"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency\,\" by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin\, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home\, privacy\, and safety.\n\nThe exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery\, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication\, luxury\, and modernism.\n\nIn a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet\, for Martin and Muñoz\, \"Blind House\" serves as \"a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy.\" Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk UID:58928-15710582@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Economics,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190508T105014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Ancient Color DESCRIPTION:The Roman world was a colorful place. Although we often associate the Romans with white marble statues\, these statues — as well as Roman homes\, clothing\, and art — were vibrant with color. This exhibition examines colors in the ancient Roman world\, how these colors were produced\, where they were found\, what the Romans thought about them\, and how we study them today. We hope that visitors will think about what different colors mean to them\, and how these meanings compare to the roles of colors in the ancient Roman world.\n\nCurators: Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts\n\nView the online exhibition: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/ancient-color/ UID:59301-14728382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59301 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190521T105647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:PhD Defense: Tony Shin DESCRIPTION:Title: Fast-Neutron Multiplicity Counting Techniques for Nuclear Safeguards Applications\n\nChair: Prof. Sara Pozzi\n\nAbstract: Nuclear safeguards inspections are performed in accessible facilities of Nonnuclear Weapons States by international inspectorates such as the International Atomic Energy Agency. The objective of the safeguards inspections is to detect diversion of significant quantities of fissile material\, defined as 8 kg plutonium and 25 kg of highly enriched uranium. The fidelity of detecting clandestine diversion of fissile material depends on the speed\, precision\, and accuracy of characterizing pertinent physical properties. Special nuclear materials emit multiplets of correlated neutrons that exhibit characteristic signatures. Traditional neutron multiplicity counting is a well- established method that uses an array of capture-based neutron detectors embedded in polyethylene to measure the emitted time-correlated neutrons. However\, traditional systems are only sensitive to the emitted neutron multiplicity distribution as the polyethylene thermalizes the emitted neutrons and modulates the initial angular and energy information.\nOrganic scintillators are scatter-based detectors that directly detect the emitted fast neutrons and therefore measured quantities are closely related to the emitted neutron properties. The time-correlated response of an array of organic scintillators can be used to measure portions of the emitted neutron multiplicity\, energy\, and angular distribution simultaneously\, offering a unique capability unavailable to capture-based systems. The absence of polyethylene allows time-correlation analysis to be implemented on much shorter time scales\, which improves measurement precision benefiting the speed and precision of detecting mass diversions.\nThis dissertation summarizes the feasibility and improvements of a fast-neutron multiplicity counting system for nondestructive assay of special nuclear material. Experimental results of passive (Pu-bearing material) and active (U-bearing material) nondestructive assay are presented\, demonstrating the system capability for estimating fissile mass and detecting fissile mass diversions. New point kinetics equations for analytic estimation of the fissile mass were derived to account for the inherent phenomena of neutron cross-talk\, where a single neutron enters and registers counts in multiple detectors adversely increasing the observed multiplicity counts. The newly derived equations are verified with experimental results showing improved accuracy of estimating fissile mass when accounting for the spurious cross-talk counts. This work also summarizes experiments performed to characterize angular and energy-angle correlations of special nuclear material in relevant configurations to investigate additional capabilities unavailable to traditional systems. Experimental results are presented for the first time that relate the observed neutron-neutron angular and energy-angle correlations as a function of fissile material physical properties (i.e.\, leakage multiplication\, α-ratio). UID:63768-15871559@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Energy,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences LOCATION:Cooley Building - 2906 Baer Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190423T154523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden Bloom Season DESCRIPTION:The largest collection of heirloom peonies in North America comes alive in spring with as many as 10\,000 blooms at peak. Bloom time varies with weather. Visit our dedicated peony website for bloom updates as the season progresses\, beginning mid-May: peony.mbgna.umich.edu. UID:63336-15644874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:nichols arboretum peony garden,peony,peony garden LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190716T142122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T123000 SUMMARY:Other:Dissertation Defense: Large Data Approaches to Thresholding Problems DESCRIPTION:Advances in computational hardware has greatly expanded the power to collect and store data. With collection of greater data sets\, comes greater difficulties in estimation\, warranting more analysis and novel methods to handle. This is still true in threshold estimation\, the estimation of discontinuities. To this end we present this body of work in thresholding problems in long data sequences and data with growing dimensions. The former setting\, more commonly known as the change point problem\, we introduce and analyze a method which can estimate change points with greater computational efficiency than existing procedures\, without compromising the accuracy of the estimators. For the latter problem\, also known as the change plane problem\, we will study the case when the dimension of the problem grows with the sample size\, a setting not well-studied in existing literature\, and lay the groundwork with asymptotic results. UID:64296-16282455@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/64296 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - Room 438 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180815T104044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nLead support for \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science. UID:53719-13452867@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190510T121534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color  to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nUMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:\n\nLead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, and College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\n\nExhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund\n\nUniversity of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, School of Social Work\, Department of Political Science\, and Department of Women's Studies UID:58562-14511164@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58562 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Politics,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190522T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bauhaus Architectural Exhibition TEST! DESCRIPTION:Bauhaus Architectural Exhibition TEST\n\n UID:63804-15884188@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Albertine Monroe-Brown Study-Storage Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190805T094609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T113000 SUMMARY:Other:Biodiversity Lab Chat DESCRIPTION:Join us at the visible labs in the atriums for a discussion about the science happening inside. All ages welcome. Please check the website or Welcome Desk for times.\n\nJoin an educator in front of the Biodiversity Genomics Lab on the second floor\, near the giant pterosaur\, to learn about how and why scientists process DNA samples from plants and animals around the world. All ages welcome.\n\nWednesdays\, 11 a.m.\nSaturdays and Sundays\, 3:30 pm. UID:62767-15460123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Children,Family,Free,Museum,Natural Sciences,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190306T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY\n \nIn celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project\, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative\, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge\, memory\, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture\, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2\, 2018 and UMMA through June 2\, 2019.\n \n#CosmogonicTattoos\n\nLead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.\n  UID:58558-14510946@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190405T121617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Oshima Tsumugi Kimono DESCRIPTION:Fashioned in the Amami islands of Japan\, Oshima Tsumugi silk has long been admired for its understated beauty\, incredible softness\, and comfortable year-round lightness. The rich fabric is created through a remarkable and  laborious process: from pattern design and cotton-thread binding\, to over 100 rounds of plant and mud dyeing and weaving. This series of steps may take up to one year. Despite the high production values and complexities\, Oshima Tsumugi kimono can be worn only for non-ceremonial occasions\, since woven fabric is considered to be a less elevated technique than paint-dyed fabric.\n \nThis special installation introduces UMMA audiences to one of the ten exceptional Oshima Tsumugi kimono recently donated to the Museum by Kazuko Miyake. Thanks to Mrs. Miyake and her older sister\, Shizuko Iwata\, who previously gifted her kimono and other formal garment collection\, UMMA holds more than 300 traditional Japanese ensembles.\n\nThis kimono was recently gifted to UMMA by Ms. Kazuko Miyake. UID:58566-14511712@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190429T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS\, DISASTERS\, CONSUMPTION\, LOSS\, AND JUSTICE\n \nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene\, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues\, the exhibition presents photography\, video\, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials\, disasters\, consumption\, loss\, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists\, including Sammy Baloji\, Liu Bolin\, Dana Levy\, Mary Mattingly\, Pedro Neves Marques\, Gabriel Orozco\, Trevor Paglen\, and Thomas Struth\, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness\, wonder\, and curiosity about the world to come.\n \nRead the exhibition press release here.\n \n  \n\nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith\, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, UF Office of the Provost\, National Endowment for the Arts\, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation\, Ken and Laura Berns\, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman\, Ken and Linda  McGurn\, Susan Milbrath\, an anonymous foundation\, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere\, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn\, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters\, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment\, Harn Program Endowment\, and the Harn Annual Fund.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. \n  UID:59263-14721811@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,International,Museum,Social,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing DESCRIPTION:AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION IN TWO CITIES\n \nIn The Bloodstained Shirt (2018)\, Chinese artist Wang Qingsong restages in Highland Park\, Michigan\, an iconic 1959 drawing by Wang Shikuo of peasants rising up against a cruel landlord and triumphantly reclaiming their right to the land. Wang’s projects are usually located in China\, but while visiting southeast Michigan he was struck by the similarities between the effects of inequitable real estate development on local communities in Detroit\, Highland Park\, and his native Beijing. His large-scale photograph\, set in an abandoned factory building in Highland Park and featuring more than seventy volunteers\, collapses two moments in history to present a vivid reminder of the human consequences of the ruthless pursuit of profit and the power of collective action. The exhibition includes works created in collaboration with area residents that give voice to their concerns and their hopes for transformation and renewal.\n \nThis project\, which bridges between Detroit\, Michigan\, and Beijing\, China\, resonates with UMMA's mission to engage in conversation about local and global issues. UMMA is pleased to present this art project in which the participation of UM faculty members\, students\, and Detroit's community members has been critical.\n \n Watch the Chinese Contemporary Art: Curation\, Collection\, and Connection Symposium here.\n\nLead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan\, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:58564-14511508@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58564 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Faculty,History,Museum,symposium,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190429T092123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) DESCRIPTION:Details to come. UID:63407-15692025@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Seminar LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 3240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190513T102530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Deutschtisch DESCRIPTION:The Deutschtisch for Spring 2019 is associated with German 100. All are welcome! The group will meet MW 12:00-12:45. You can find the group with your ears (i.e. listen for a group of people speaking German). Look for the group:\nMost days: At Maizie's Kitchen in the Michigan League.\nOccasionally in good weather: in the \"Courtyard Garden\" of the League\, across from UHS (one way to get to it would be to go directly through the League from the front doors (facing the Bell Tower) to the back doors).\nTo be sure of the location\, come to the end of class at 11:50 in 2108 MLB to walk to lunch with the group\, or email the instructors to confirm the location: Vera Irwin in the first half of the semester\, Maria Measel in the second half of the semester. UID:63583-15806542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Kitchen & Market CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T153805 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Midweek Mindfulness Guided Sits DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays at 12:15pm\n\nAs part of the CEW+Inspire initiative\, CEW+ holds regular mindful meditation sits on Wednesdays throughout the academic year.\n\nBeing present in the moment is a skill that can be learned when practiced on a regular basis. Evidence-based meditation has been shown to reduce implicit age and race bias\, reduce the symptoms of anxiety\, depression\, and pain\, improve cognitive functioning\, and assist in ending ruminating thought patterns. Come join a drop in\, guided mindful meditation sit and practice being aware and fully present in the moment.\n\nFree and open to all levels of practice. Registration is helpful for planning or for notification of a canceled session but is not required. UID:62246-15551641@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62246 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:center for the education of women,cew,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,first-generation,Free,Health & Wellness,Inclusion,LGBT,Mindfulness,Nontraditional Students,Self-care,Well-being,Wellness,women,women of color,women's health LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190515T153248 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Finding Your Center: Staying Grounded While Navigating Decisions DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nMorgan Hull\, LLMSW\, Program Coordinator & Doreen Murasky\, LMSW\, ACSW Student Program Manager\, Senior\n\nEvery day\, whether big or small\, hard or easy\, you make decisions\; from the kind of breakfast you will eat to changing jobs or returning to school. These choices\, although a part of life\, can be stressful. This interactive workshop is created to dedicate a space for you to hit ‘pause’ and find your center. You will leave equipped with tools and resources to help reduce stress by staying grounded while navigating the many decisions of life.\n\nThis workshop is free and open to the public. RSVP on our website: cew.umich.edu\n\nThe workshop will take place from 1:00pm-2:30pm\, followed by 30 minutes of optional networking.\n\nMap\, directions\, and accessibility info available here: cew.umich.edu/contact UID:63078-15553743@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63078 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:career,center for the education of women,Free,Health & Wellness,Mindfulness,Professional Development,Well-being,Wellness,Workshop LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190606T183006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T221500 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Health Care Virtual Job Fair DESCRIPTION:HRSA’s Virtual Job Fairs connect healthcare organizations with students\, trainees\, and clinicians interested or already practicing in underserved communities. Our Virtual Job Fairs are live\, fully interactive and\, most importantly\, free online events that occur online throughout the year. \n\nWho should attend? \nWe invite medical\, nursing\, dental\, and mental/behavioral health students\, trainees and clinicians to attend\, and learn about the thousands of opportunities nationwide. \n\nWhat happens during a Virtual Job Fair? \nRecruiters/representatives from healthcare facilities nationwide have 15 minutes to present inside a “virtualbreakout room.” There\, the presenter discusses their organization\, the community they serve\, and their currently available positions. Those seeking career opportunities are able to interact with up to 100 organizations during one event. \n\nWednesday\, May 22nd \nRegister today! Click here: https://adobe.ly/2DGVIs8 \n\nWhat should you do in advance? \nCreate a profile (https://bit.ly/2L9ksig) on the Health Workforce Connector (www.connector.hrsa.gov)\, that way interested organizations can follow-up with you after the event. \n UID:63772-15873582@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63772 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190502T204140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Film & Discussion: The Human Element DESCRIPTION:In an arresting new documentary from the producers of RACING EXTINCTION\, THE COVE and CHASING ICE\, environmental photographer James Balog captures the lives of everyday Americans on the front lines of climate change. With rare compassion and heart\, THE HUMAN ELEMENT’s coast-to-coast series of captivating stories inspires us to reevaluate our relationship with the natural world. Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/k34FhplukXQ\n\nPlease join us for this free film screening! A discussion of comprehensive\, bipartisan legislation in Congress to tackle climate change will follow the film.\n\n#GrassrootsClimate #ClimateChangesHealth #ClimateAction #TheHumanElement UID:63479-15720822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Climate Change,Discussion,Environment,Film,Free,Public Health,Social Justice,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190313T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190522T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library DESCRIPTION:A multi-venue exhibition of site-specific installations\, performances\, interventions\, and events by University of Michigan faculty\, staff\, and students\, Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is curated by Guna Nadarajan\, dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, in partnership with the University of Michigan Library. The exhibition will be located in several locations within Shapiro Undergraduate Library\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, and the Art\, Architecture & Engineering Library. \n\nThe continued proliferation of digital formats and systems for the embodiment\, distribution\, and delivery of knowledge increasingly displace the book as form. As a result\, the spacial limitations of libraries are challenged. The value of the book and the function of the library demand cultural attention. In this moment\, we ask ourselves: what is the future of the library? What is the future of the book? This exhibition seeks to instigate and showcase creative responses to the challenges to the book and the library in the forms we have inherited as well as to project ways of reimagining futures for/of books and libraries.\n\nBookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is supported by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, the University of Michigan Library\, the University of Michigan Office for Research (UMOR)\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n\n  UID:60521-14903658@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190527T060008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ACRA National Championship DESCRIPTION:Race UID:63635-15921394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63635 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Gainesville, GA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190601T180007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Sperry Women's National Championship DESCRIPTION:The College Sailing/Sperry Women’s Nationals is a four-day event. The event starts with the Women’s National Semifinal on May 21-22\, in which 36 schools compete for a chance to advance to the Finals. Split into two 18 boat fleets\, the top 9 from each fleet will earn a berth in the Finals. These top 18 teams will sail in the finals on May 23-24 for a chance at the College Sailing/Sperry Women's National Championship. UID:62207-15965863@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62207 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sail Newport, Newport, RI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190521T130241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T235900 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Incoming Freshman UROP Fall 2019-Winter 2020 Application DESCRIPTION:Our \"Traditional UROP Program\" has been our longest running program over the past 30 years. This Academic Year program\, in which students participate for both Fall and Winter Terms\, is designed for University of Michigan first and second year undergraduate students enrolled on the Ann Arbor campus who are seeking a first time research experience. Student research assistants work alongside a faculty member\, research scientist or professional practitioner on an ongoing or new research project. The priority deadline for incoming U-M freshman to apply to participate in the UROP program is May 31st at 11:59pm. \nhttps://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/fall-winter-programs/traditional-urop.html UID:63774-15873585@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Education,Interdisciplinary,Research,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190522T095241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T235900 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:UROP Changing Gears Program Applications Open DESCRIPTION:The Changing Gears Program is designed for community college students and students transferring from 4-year institutions to the University of Michigan. Students must have at least Sophomore standing. Priority Deadline to apply is June 7th. \nhttps://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/fall-winter-programs/changing-gears-program.html UID:63794-15879672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63794 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,AEM Featured,Applications,Education,first-generation,Interdisciplinary,Research,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190424T095013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:20th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (Day 2) DESCRIPTION:The 20th Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO XX) will take place from May 22–24\, 2019 at the University of Michigan\, in Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, USA. It will be organized by the Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering.\n\nThe conference will be preceded by a Summer school (May 20-21). \n\nThe IPCO conference is under the auspices of the Mathematical Optimization Society. It is held every year\, except for those in which the International Symposium on Mathematical Programming takes place. The conference is a forum for researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. The aim is to present recent developments in theory\, computation\, and applications in these areas.\n\nRegistration is now open. UID:63330-15644852@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63330 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T131914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Bending the Lines: Acrylic on Canvas by Bala Thiagarajan DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in India\, Bala Thiagarajan has a passion for colors and patterns that are inspired by Indian culture. Her henna-inspired designs as Mandala paintings are an attempt to capture the ephemeral nature of these everyday art forms onto more enduring surfaces. Mandalas are used for facilitating personal growth\, healing\, grounding and transformation. Thiagarajan’s paintings greet viewers with the familiarity of repetitive patterns\, while creating an exciting opportunity to explore texture and geometry. Based in Wood Dale\, Illinois\, Thiagarajan exhibits her work throughout the Midwest and will be participating in the 2019 Ann Arbor South University Art Fair. UID:61743-15179053@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi DESCRIPTION:After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran\, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery\, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures\, patterns\, shapes and colors\, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient\, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free\, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art\, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” UID:61746-15179137@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T132405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden DESCRIPTION:Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design\, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint\, Michigan native\, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA\, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University. UID:62142-15302272@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190516T140334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider DESCRIPTION:Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard\, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design\, and she works with cloth\, paint\, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small\, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally\, and her work is in both private and public collections. UID:61755-15179549@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,gallery,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T133201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years\, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep\, saturated color in her studio in Evanston\, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest\, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition\, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago. UID:61751-15179302@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190228T132831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand DESCRIPTION:Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing\, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques\, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya\, India\, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal. UID:61749-15179219@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,visual arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T133017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder DESCRIPTION:Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction\, including a Newbery Award winning book for children\, Step Gently Out\, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program \"Creatures of Light\"\, produced by National Geographic Television\, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves\, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior. UID:62143-15302354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery, South Lobby - Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190314T131932 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of presents Art\, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway DESCRIPTION:In Juliette Hemingway’s work\, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it\, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing\, autism\, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism\, and for her\, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora\, Colorado. UID:62140-15302189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190614T140151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:she was here\, once DESCRIPTION:The mobility and displacement of the Black body\, from port to holding cell\, to ward and out\, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially\, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain\, otherness\, power and triumph\, \"she was here\, once\" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.\n\nIn summer 2018\, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond\, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement\, sound\, and solidarity\, eight Black women and girls\, wearing large needle felted wool masks\, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond\, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).\n\nThe multi-layered piece has produced a short film\, mini documentary\, photography\, and performance masks\, on display in her solo exhibition\, \"she was here\, once\" in Lane Hall.\n\nLane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.\n\nAccessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall\, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.\n\nContact Heidi Bennett\, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.\n\nCosponsors: Department of Women's Studies\, Stamps School of Art & Design\, Department of English\, Art History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, Center for the Education of Women+ UID:59501-14875200@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Diversity,Exhibition,Film,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190426T150827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant\, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social institutions and social injustice placed upon the shoulders of her characters. Her lead characters\, typically women\, must balance their needs with those of others in order to find their true voice. This U-M student-curated exhibit is the result of a semester-long course devoted to her films and career.\n\nSavoca contributed her papers — spanning her career as a director\, producer\, and screenwriter — to the Screens Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library. Her archive represents nearly three decades of indie filmmaking\, and includes notes\, notebooks\, photos\, and script drafts.\n\nSee the symposium schedule for Character Driven: Exploring the Career and Archives of Nancy Savoca: https://www.lib.umich.edu/announcements/symposium-celebrates-filmmaker-nancy-savoca UID:63404-15669569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190207T160815 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T163000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Using the Three Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program™ DESCRIPTION:Manual materials handling activities present significant ergonomic challenges for workers and is associated with many musculoskeletal disorders such as strains\, sprains and low back pain. The 3D Static Strength Prediction Program™ (3D SSPP™) is an ergonomics job analysis and design tool developed by the University of Michigan Center for Ergonomics to quantify biomechanical requirements during manual materials handling tasks. This 2 day workshop is devoted to training individuals with an ergonomics background how to use the computer software and interpret its output. UID:60945-14990940@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60945 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Continuing Education,Education,Engineering,Ergonomics,Industrial and Operations Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190514T120549 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:#UMTweetCon2019 DESCRIPTION:#UMTweetCon2019 will connect U-M scholars across a diverse set of disciplines in an interdisciplinary exchange about common challenges and lessons learned. We further seek to facilitate new connections to help U-M scholars create opportunities for future joint research\, collaborative grant writing\, training and other activities. Conference attendance will be open to anyone interested in learning about the wide array of Twitter data applications in current research at the University.\n\nThe conference is sponsored by the Social Science and Social Media Collaborative\, the Michigan Institute for Data Science\, the #Parenting Rackham Interdisciplinary Group\, and coordinated by the Center for Political Studies and the Institute for Social Research. UID:61765-15179575@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61765 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,Data Curation,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Health Data,Information and Technology,Interdisciplinary,Multidisciplinary Design,Research,Science,Social Sciences,Technical Communications LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190308T100300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency DESCRIPTION:\"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency\,\" by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin\, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home\, privacy\, and safety.\n\nThe exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery\, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication\, luxury\, and modernism.\n\nIn a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet\, for Martin and Muñoz\, \"Blind House\" serves as \"a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy.\" Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk UID:58928-15710583@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Economics,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190508T105014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Ancient Color DESCRIPTION:The Roman world was a colorful place. Although we often associate the Romans with white marble statues\, these statues — as well as Roman homes\, clothing\, and art — were vibrant with color. This exhibition examines colors in the ancient Roman world\, how these colors were produced\, where they were found\, what the Romans thought about them\, and how we study them today. We hope that visitors will think about what different colors mean to them\, and how these meanings compare to the roles of colors in the ancient Roman world.\n\nCurators: Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts\n\nView the online exhibition: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/ancient-color/ UID:59301-14728383@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59301 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190423T154523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden Bloom Season DESCRIPTION:The largest collection of heirloom peonies in North America comes alive in spring with as many as 10\,000 blooms at peak. Bloom time varies with weather. Visit our dedicated peony website for bloom updates as the season progresses\, beginning mid-May: peony.mbgna.umich.edu. UID:63336-15644875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:nichols arboretum peony garden,peony,peony garden LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180815T104044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nLead support for \"Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science. UID:53719-13452920@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190510T121534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s DESCRIPTION:Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s\, that question was hotly debated as artists\, critics\, and the public grappled with the relationship between art\, politics\, race\, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed\, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse\, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many\, the decision by women artists and artists of color  to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler\, Sam Gilliam\, Al Loving\, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.\n\nUMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:\n\nLead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, and College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\n\nExhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund\n\nUniversity of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, School of Social Work\, Department of Political Science\, and Department of Women's Studies UID:58562-14511165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58562 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Politics,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190522T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bauhaus Architectural Exhibition TEST! DESCRIPTION:Bauhaus Architectural Exhibition TEST\n\n UID:63804-15884189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Albertine Monroe-Brown Study-Storage Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190306T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190523T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY\n \nIn celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project\, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative\, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge\, memory\, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture\, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2\, 2018 and UMMA through June 2\, 2019.\n \n#CosmogonicTattoos\n\nLead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.\n  UID:58558-14510947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR