Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Why I Fight, or Team Wristband (January 14, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89908 89908-21667887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 14, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

“Why I Fight, or Team Wristband” a short film adaptation of the 2019 Michigan Quarterly Review story by James Munro Leaf, dramatizes the perils of being defined by a mental illness and the complex and varied reactions of patients in the psychiatric system. It probes the presumption of labels and the complex dynamics of power. Directed, edited and adapted by Andy Kirshner and Gillian Eaton, the film features a diverse cast and crew of faculty and students from U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance and U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts, including Professor Malcolm Tulip.

Through collaboration with the U-M Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program and other university units, the film will premiere virtually, January 14th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. A panel on mental illness and the arts will expand on themes in “Why I Fight, or Team Wristband” and invite conversation with audience members. The panel will include individuals who live with mental illness; U-M faculty experts in related fields; and practitioners in the arts. The discussion will also explore the role of creativity in healing and mental wellness. Dr. Melvin McInnis, Director of the Prechter Program, and other U-M mental health experts, will moderate the panel.

Register for the event at https://michmed.org/7VVZy

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Jan 2022 13:46:22 -0500 2022-01-14T19:00:00-05:00 2022-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Film Screening Detail from portrait by Rives Wiley.
Critical Conversations: Embodiment (January 27, 2022 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91012 91012-21675441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2021-22. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

Presentations begin at 12:30pm, followed by discussion. The session concludes at 2:00.

Link to RSVP:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4U2XWgyopSNN_-1cUIV8iPFjjVtAbw3jXXCpZ2LIlLNS55Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:26:45 -0500 2022-01-27T12:30:00-05:00 2022-01-27T14:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion wooden human model poses on the table
Black History Month Art Showcase (February 18, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92261 92261-21688749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join this art showcase to celebrate Black art and performances on campus. Student artists will be speaking about their art throughout an afternoon of performances. Desserts will be served at the event!

This event is co-hosted with MESA.

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:19:49 -0500 2022-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2022-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Campus Involvement Exhibition Black History Month Art Showcase
ROGATIVA FRACTURA: FREDDIE MERCADO (March 1, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92690 92690-21694679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of American Culture

A carnivalesque walk and transgressive vigil, the result of all the experiences that mark us and separate us in the course of our lives, creating emotional, spiritual, physical, and existential cracks. An intense search for an honest identity from the androgynous ambiguity that inhabits us. A performative procession from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Museum of Art to the Ramón Figueroa Chapel Amphitheatre, transmitted live as part of the Coloquio Del Otro Lao: Perspectivas y Debates sobre lo Cuir (Perspectives and Debates on Queerness), followed by video projections and conversation in English and Spanish related to the FRACTURA exhibit at the Casa de los Contrafuertes in Old San Juan. Event curated and moderated by Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes.

ARTIST BIO:
Freddie Mercado Velázquez is a Puerto Rican visual and performance artist who focuses on the crossings between painting, sculpture, installation, and performance art. A graduate of the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico, he has been exploring drag and androgyny for over thirty years, creating fantastic characters, disconcerting dolls, and monstrous figures that expand our notions of trans-Caribbean identities. His exhibit FRACTURA was recently reviewed in ARTFORUM.

Watch here: https://www.uprm.edu/delotrolao/

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:20:55 -0500 2022-03-01T14:00:00-05:00 2022-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of American Culture Livestream / Virtual Poster with a picture of the artist and information about the event.
An Unmasking of Thyself (March 25, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93552 93552-21705386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 25, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Friday, March 25, 2022
7:00 - 9:30 PM
Dance Building, Studio 1
1000 Baits Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS) Capstone Presentation, The Imani Talk.

Join us for a night of screen dance films, movement, and reflections.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:05:07 -0400 2022-03-25T19:00:00-04:00 2022-03-25T21:30:00-04:00 Dance Building Center for World Performance Studies Lecture / Discussion Unmasking of Thyself
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra (April 1, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93375 93375-21704088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 1, 2022 8:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Friday, April 1 | 8:00 PM
The Keene Theater, East Quad
701 E. University Ave.
Free and open to the public

Center for World Performance Studies will host Jonathan Scales, one of the most innovative steel pannists on the planet, redefining and challenging traditional expectations of his signature instrument. In his hands, the sonic palette of an instrument often associated with cruise ships and tropical resorts is radically expanded to mimic the role of horns, piano, vibraphone or marimba due to his stunning, virtuosic technique.

Although Scales’ writing produces songs that are ultimately accessible and danceable, the compositions can be remarkably complex and difficult to perform. As a result, the power trio whimsically named Jonathan Scales Fourchestra has always had a fluid lineup of top-notch musicians.

Guests entering the Keene Theater must wear a face covering.

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Performance Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:21:03 -0400 2022-04-01T20:00:00-04:00 2022-04-01T21:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Performance Photo by Sandlin Gaither
Vaisakhi Night (April 10, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90907 90907-21734391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 10, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Sikh Student Association

Vaisakhi is an important part of the Sikh religion and Punjabi culture that is celebrated throughout the US and in India. Vaisakhi is the remembrance of the birth of Khalsa, as well as a celebration of the Punjabi New Year and the spring harvest. At this event we will have a speaker, cultural and religious performances, food, and a presentation.

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Fair / Festival Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:31:21 -0400 2022-04-10T18:00:00-04:00 2022-04-10T21:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Sikh Student Association Fair / Festival Vaisakhi Night Event Flyer
How to Have the Best Music Festival Experience (April 15, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94419 94419-21738329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 15, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Health Service

Are you attending a music festival for the first time this summer? Have you attended before but not since pre-COVID? Come to a webinar presented by Wolverine Wellness! We will be discussing how to have the best music festival experience including general safety, alcohol and other drug safety, and information about Naloxone. We will be discussing different places you can get a Naloxone kit for free. Please come with questions about enjoying music festivals this summer. Contact Emily Giovanelli with questions at emilygio@umich.edu

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Well-being Thu, 07 Apr 2022 16:28:03 -0400 2022-04-15T15:00:00-04:00 2022-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Health Service Well-being Band members in yellow lights
RC Convocation & Open House 2022 (September 9, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97802 97802-21795153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 9, 2022 4:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Join the RC community for our official Fall kick-off event! Catherine Badgley, Director of the RC, will give a short welcome to the Class of 2026 followed by food, fun, and exploration.

Come for the short ceremony, stay to learn all about RC classes and majors, meet different student groups, and try your hand at improv or visual art.

ALL RC Students Welcome to Attend!!

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Rally / Mass Meeting Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:05:11 -0400 2022-09-09T16:30:00-04:00 2022-09-09T20:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Rally / Mass Meeting RC Courtyard
Evening of Scenes (September 30, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99612 99612-21798401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 30, 2022 8:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

The RC Players are hosting their ICONIC Evening of Scenes THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!!!!

Check it out at 8 pm in the Keene Theater on both days!

The RC Players are a completely student-run theatre group at the University Michigan. Students write, direct, perform and produce all of our shows.

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Performance Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:08:56 -0400 2022-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 2022-09-30T22:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Evening of Scenes Program
Evening of Scenes (October 1, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99612 99612-21798402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 1, 2022 8:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

The RC Players are hosting their ICONIC Evening of Scenes THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!!!!

Check it out at 8 pm in the Keene Theater on both days!

The RC Players are a completely student-run theatre group at the University Michigan. Students write, direct, perform and produce all of our shows.

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Performance Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:08:56 -0400 2022-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 2022-10-01T22:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Evening of Scenes Program
Latinx Heritage Month 2022 Closing Performance (October 12, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99433 99433-21798201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 5:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs and Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives invite you to join us for a night of music and dialogue with LADAMA! LADAMA consists of four members - Lara Klaus from Brazil, Daniela Serna from Colombia, Maria Fernanda Gonzalez from Venezuela, and Sarah Lucas from the U.S. who are all socially engaged musical artists. LADAMA has been on a journey to share rhythms and create a pedagogy aiming to empower women and girls to connect through voice, percussion, and movement. The night will consist of a performance, workshop, and dialogue. Capacity is limited to 90 individuals; register today! Register here: https://myumi.ch/n8WgG

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Performance Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:26:25 -0400 2022-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 2022-10-12T18:30:00-04:00 North Quad Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Performance Top: Latinx Heritage Month logo followed by Latinx Heritage Month Closing Performance By: LADAMA (picture of the respective group members included at the side). Who are they? A Latin alternative band of four women musicians and activists. Program description then follows: Wednesday, October 12th From: 5 PM-6:30 PM North Quad Space 2435, 105 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Our sponsors' logos at the bottom: Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, and North Quad Programming.
Latinx Heritage Month Celebration with LADAMA performance (October 12, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99926 99926-21798896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 5:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: North Quad Programming

Join U-M's Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs and North Quad Programming in celebrating Latinx Heritage Month and the important contributions that the Latinx community has made to our University and community as a whole. There will be entertainment, food, and a special musical performance from LADAMA. LADAMA is an ensemble of women musicians from across the Americas who, as well as performing as a touring band, strive to engage youth in their respective communities in the process of music-making, composition and audio production through collaboration and performance workshops. They are Mafer Bandola (Venezuela), Lara Klaus (Brazil), Daniela Serna (Colombia) and Sara Lucas (U.S.). With rhythm and percussion driving their original compositions sung in Spanish, Portuguese and English they combine disparate, traditional roots music with pop. The result is a sonic experience through which we can view our future as a world that communicates across continents and cultures, with sound and story.
If you are interested in attending please RSVP at https://myumi.ch/n8WgG

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Performance Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:11:28 -0400 2022-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 2022-10-12T18:30:00-04:00 North Quad North Quad Programming Performance Flyer for LADAMA performance for Lantinx Heritage Month
Sonya Belaya & Laura Sofía Pérez in Conversation (November 1, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100823 100823-21800392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

East Quad 1807
Tuesday, November 1 | 6:00-7:30 PM
Open to all.

A conversation with Sonya Belaya and Laura Sofía Pérez discussing their practices and most recent collaboration, "Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns".

This work will be performed at the Duderstadt Video Studio on Thursday, November 3 at 8pm. You can view this work in-person or via live stream:
https://lsa.umich.edu/world-performance/news-events/all-events.detail.html/99930-21798902.html

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:05:35 -0400 2022-11-01T18:00:00-04:00 2022-11-01T19:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Lecture / Discussion Sonya Belaya
Sonya Belaya (November 3, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99930 99930-21798902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 3, 2022 8:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Seats for tonight's performance are filled and we are no longer accepting requests.

There will be a live-streaming starting tonight at 8pm, which will stay available for a couple days. Hope you can join us virtually!

Thursday, November 3 | 8:00 PM
https://www.dc.umich.edu/partners-2/media-and-studio-arts/video-studio/

In-person:
Open Dress Rehearsal Wed, November 3 | 8:00 PM
Thursday, November 3 | 8:00 PM
Duderstadt Video Studio
2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI
Free and open to the public with RESERVED SEATING.

Virtual:
View the live-stream performance:
Thursday, November 3 | 8:00 PM
https://www.dc.umich.edu/partners-2/media-and-studio-arts/video-studio/

The Center for World Performance Studies presents Sonya Belaya's multidisciplinary piece *Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns*, a multidisciplinary performance that uses cognitive distortions to understand the experiences of immigrant women artists as it relates to assimilation, segregation, and mental health care. Alongside research of social work practices with immigrant communities, Belaya documents the expertise of these artists to examine communal care of immigrant women in the United States.

Featuring filmed interviews of immigrant women artists living in New York City, live video projection mixing, movement, and music written for string quartet + jazz quintet. Sonya Belaya in collaboration with Laura Sofía Pérez, featuring Grey McMurray and students at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Sonya Belaya is a Russian-American pianist, singer, composer, and improviser, who divides her time between Michigan and New York. Committed to multiplicity, she is a diverse music-maker invested in vulnerable art and the development of strong, personal collaborations. Her work centers on the integration of womxn’s trauma as musical narrative, with a focus on storytelling as a symbol of powerful vulnerability. Sonya is a 2020-2021 Resident Artist at Roulette Intermedium, made possible by the Jerome Foundation. She has performed as a pianist and singer with members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New Music Detroit, Wild Up, Michigan Opera Theatre, Russian Renaissance, and Bang on a Can All-Stars. Sonya’s lead project is “Dacha”, an octet flowing freely through influences of creative music, jazz, folk, and contemporary music. The ensemble seeks to preserve and re-contextualize the ancestral memories of Russian folk traditions. Consisting of musicians from diverse music backgrounds, the project uses storytelling and improvisation as a governing principle to transcend these differences for deeper musical dialogue. Dacha was born out of a necessity to find a sense of home and belonging, when Belaya’s mother went missing in 2014. This resulted in the first project, “Songs My Mother Taught Me”, a five song cycle released in May 2019. Belaya released a second album with the ensemble, “Dacha: Live at Roulette”, in September 2020.

Laura Sofía Pérez is an interdisciplinary artist who works in video, film, sound, and installation. She received her MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts. Her work draws from feminist and avant-garde cinema, phenomenological philosophy, Caribbean Postcolonial theory, and ancestral knowledge. She often works in collaborative settings of experimentation and improvisation with artists of varying disciplines and backgrounds to voice common perspectives on political, cultural, and social issues. Recent artist residencies and programs include La Práctica at Beta-Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2019), BAiR Emerging at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada (2020), and the AfA Masterclass: Radical Care with Terike Haapoja (2020).

If you require accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777 or cwps.information@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Performance Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:43:11 -0400 2022-11-03T20:00:00-04:00 2022-11-03T21:30:00-04:00 Center for World Performance Studies Performance Sonya Belaya
Graduate Student Capstone Presentations (November 29, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101172 101172-21800902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 7:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

November 29, 7:00-9:30pm
Space 2435, North Quad
105 S. State Street (corner of State St. & Washington St.)
Light reception to follow

Nolan Ehlers, MM in Percussion Performance

*Afro Cuban Expression: Santería, Music, and Community*
Nolan Ehlers will be presenting on Santería, folkloric Afro Cuban music, and his experience studying in Cuba and New York City. Those interested in religious studies and Cuban culture may find this presentation particularly engaging.

Godfrey Lubuulwa, MM in Improvisation and Music Education

*Ugandan Traditional Music in Fusion with Jazz: A Case Study of Music Pedagogies in Baxmba Waves Band*
The fusion of Jazz with Ugandan traditional music, a case study of pedagogies in Baxmba Waves band. I examine how the learning approaches in Baxmba Waves Band can find space in the Ugandan music curriculum.

Njeri Rutherford, MFA in Dance

*Where are all the Black People?: Movement in the African Diaspora*
This lecture demonstration will examine Black Dance performance in Afro Cuban and American cultures.

If you require accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777 or cwps.information@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:00:17 -0500 2022-11-29T19:00:00-05:00 2022-11-29T21:30:00-05:00 North Quad Center for World Performance Studies Presentation Graduate Capstone Presentations
PERFORMANCE TALKS (December 7, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101395 101395-21801298@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 5:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Wednesday, December 7
5:00-6:30 PM
1405 East Quad
701 E. University Ave.
Free and open to the public

A female duo that creates musical performances, *I Broke the Vase* (Eva Matsigkou, Nefeli Sani) make small rituals that are linked to their music, but also to their spiritual and bodily pursuits. They apply processes, such as deep listening, sound exploration, free improvisation, phonetic expression, speech, composition, site-specific projects and anything else that can contribute to the desired result, trying to overcome the barriers of censorship and musical and/or social stereotypes. They use instruments, objects, microphones, electronics, voices, recordings and loops.

From Athens, Greece, *I Broke the Vase* will visit the University of Michigan as part of a visiting artist/scholars residency supported by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

CWPS Performance Talks is a series of events in collaboration with local arts presenters, which aims to bring performers to campus to foster intellectual exchange between students, faculty and practitioners, as a means of illuminating global perspectives on performance practice.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777, at least one week 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.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:21:27 -0500 2022-12-07T17:00:00-05:00 2022-12-07T18:30:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Lecture / Discussion I Broke the Vase
Philippine Music Ensemble (December 8, 2022 6:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101599 101599-21801562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 8, 2022 6:45pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Thursday, December 8, 2022
6:45 PM
Keene Theater
East Quad
701 E University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
Free and open to the public.

Refreshments to follow, provided by Fil-Am Chef Jonathan Peregrino @JPMakesAndBakes

The University of Michigan fall 2022 class of ‘SEAS 455: Philippine Music Ensemble’ with instructor, Gean Almendras, will present an evening of Indigenous and Traditional music from the Philippines. This concert will feature several pieces of gong and percussion ensemble music from the Maranao, Maguindanao, and Sama-Tausūg Indigenous communities of the southern Philippines; to be followed by folk songs and serenades from the Rondalla ensemble that emerged from the Spanish colonial period.

Presented by the University of Michigan Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for World Performance Studies, and the Philippine Arts & Culture Ensemble of Michigan.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777, at least one week 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.

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Performance Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:55:13 -0500 2022-12-08T18:45:00-05:00 2022-12-08T20:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Performance Philippine Music Ensemble