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:20150119T124107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Face Off Blood Challenge vs. MSU DESCRIPTION:Help Michigan beat Michigan State by donating blood! With over 35 drives in buildings all across campus there are plenty of opportunities to save lives - your pint can save up to three lives. Visit redcrossblood.org and use the sponsor code \"goblue\" to make an appointment. UID:20541-1328344@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Michigan League, Residential Dorms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T125123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:\n\nAfter Effects: April 6\, 2015\n\nFilmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015 \n\nFinal Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015 \n\niMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!\n\nRegister online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21687-1358899@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150407T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:After Effects: April 6\, 2015Filmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015Final Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015iMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!Register online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21712-1401469@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T120007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Regionals Tournament DESCRIPTION:32 team Midwest Regionals Tournament where the top teams will qualify for nationals (located in NC) UID:20482-1362662@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Madison, WI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150220T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:MTango Beginners Series DESCRIPTION:MTango is a student organization dedicated to spreading the joy of Argentine tango in the University of Michigan community and beyond. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding teachers at affordable prices\, and we look for instructors who are not only excellent dancers and experienced teachers but are also articulate and personable people. We also host social dance parties and share our talents through performances. MTango offers a popular intensive beginner's series in Argentine tango (no partner or experience required)\, as well as classes for more advanced dancers. It's a great way to meet people\, listen to awesome music\, relax\, share a few dances\, and have lots of fun!Classes occur weekly every Friday from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm UID:20546-1361254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Fireside Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each monthfrom 5:30-7:00pm in the Fireside Cafe!Below are the featured activities:February 10 from 5:30-7pm:Valentines and Cookies!February 24 from 5:30-7pm: DIY Marble Magnets UID:21204-1364547@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Mug Mondays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Michigan Union MUG has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more each week in the Union MUG on Mondays from 5-6:30pm\, located in the Michigan Union Ground Floor! Below are the featured activities:February 2 from 5-6:30pm: DIY Snow GlobesFebruary 9 from 5-6:30pm: Paper Flowers CraftFebruary 16 from 5-6:30pm: Make your own mini flowerpot polar bears and penguinsFebruary 23 from 5-6:30pm: Box of Sunshine (yellow things to brighten your day!) UID:21203-1363736@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Charleston Spring Regatta DESCRIPTION:Competetive Dinghy Regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:21183-1363014@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Charting the Wolverine DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the intersection of maps and art. Artist Elaine Wilson weaves the two together seamlessly in her project “Charting the Wolverine\,” a series of her illustrations and paintings following the train route from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Wilson’s finished project is displayed in whole\, supported by a small array of her sketchbooks\, preliminary drawings and maps from U-M collections. UID:20279-1280103@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 2nd Floor, Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Commonwealth Cup DESCRIPTION:Flywheel and BFly go to Virginia.  UID:21344-1363018@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Martinsville, VA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T102728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing the Cherubim: Snowflake Paper Cuttings DESCRIPTION:This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite\, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his two collections\, “Chasing the Cherubim” and “Fiery Furnace”. Cherubim\, the higher order of angels\, are guardians representing divine authority in human life. Clark explores themes of changing human experience and consciousness and the evolution of authority though images of these winged beings and other manifestations. A former U-M physician\, Clark\, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake\, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. UID:20079-1342634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Civil War Soldiers DESCRIPTION:Shayne Davidson is an experienced genealogist who received an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare\, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops\, Company G. The portraits incorporate portions of the men’s military records in the artwork\, and a mini-biography of the soldier\, written by the artist\, accompanies each portrait. Davidson also studied painting and drawing at Cooper Union in New York City and received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts. UID:21149-1335611@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life Line: Scratchboard Etchings DESCRIPTION:While Chicagoan Lisa S. Goesling has spent her life creating art\, she discovered scratchboards (boards made of clay and India ink) while undergoing a cancer diagnosis in 2006. The idea that adversity teaches us to turn the negative into a positive is a great analogy for transforming these black boards into thriving works of art. Her past careers in graphic design and art direction continue to influence her art by incorporating the fundamentals of design\, such as composition\, pattern\, texture\, contrast\, line\, etc. Using nature as her muse\, Goesling scratches fine lines into a layer of ink until meticulous images appear in the clay. UID:21146-1335499@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141125T110919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Life: Watercolor DESCRIPTION:LeAnne Mawby Sowa is a west Michigan artist who paints with an appreciation of history and love of the Great Lakes. Her lighthouses and lake scenes are reminiscent of summer vacation times exploring the state’s wonders. Sowa’s colors are vibrant\, and she also brings to life the historic beauty of barns and other places far from the shoreline. Her artistic education is through self exploration\, workshops and a few college classes\, including Hertfordshire College in Ware\, England. UID:20086-1264569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Splendor: Wildlife & Floral Photography DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artists Dick and Sue Rigterink use digital photography to share the joy and splendor of nature. By stopping fast motion\, their photographs capture the moment and the personalities\, whether a bird in flight or song\, or a chipmunk jumping for a flower. They focus attention on the diversity\, habitats\, behavior\, and beauty of local\, recognizable wildlife to evoke memories in viewers. Dick has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State and a Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Sue has a Bachelor’s from Michigan State in Mathematics. Their wildlife photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and National Wildlife Federation. UID:21143-1342693@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Playground Valentine: Art Jewelry & Objects DESCRIPTION:Amber D. Harrison is a Michigan based studio artist practicing contemporary art jewelry and object making. She works as a fabricator hand cutting and forming each piece while exploring the implementation of play. Her goal is to transfer her own memories into a whimsical and wearable world\, evoking the recollections or imaginations of others. She recently exhibited in the 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show\, one of the top craft shows in the United States. Harrison earned her BFA from the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:21150-1335667@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Storytelling Whimsical Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Story greatly influences the clay sculptures of Leanne Schnepp. By combining animal and human forms and characteristics\, she tells stories of connection and transformation. Humans\, coyotes\, frogs\, and birds interact and “converse\,” and mischievous children become monsters and tumble about. There is a sense of play and whimsy in the work and the opportunity for viewers to use their imagination. Schnepp earned her BFA at Michigan State University and has worked as an artist and teacher for the past 20 years. She currently lives and works in East Lansing. UID:21144-1335387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stunningly Ordinary: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Michigan based artist Amy Fell finds great beauty\, charm\, and even mystery in the everyday articles that surround us. Fell uses a variety of techniques — including dramatic lighting\, large scale presentation\, detailed rendering and bold color — to celebrate the objects that provide comfort and support in our day-to-day lives. Fell studies oil painting at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center as well as regularly attending workshops of nationally acclaimed artists. She exhibits her work in juried shows and is very active in the arts community in the Detroit metropolitan area. UID:21148-1335555@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150310T132434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table DESCRIPTION:The Dinnerware Museum\, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012\, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware from all over the world along with fine art referencing dinnerware created from ceramic\, metal\, glass\, paper\, plastic and more. This exhibition highlights portions of eight memorable place settings of American tableware dating from the 1930s to the present\, including sets designed by the leading 20th century designers Eva Zeisel\, Russel Wright\, Glidden Parker\, and Don Schreckengost as well as new dinnerware by contemporary artist Julia Galloway in 2014. UID:21151-1335756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141218T105602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Re-Imaging Gender - A Juried Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Our understandings of gender have shifted dramatically in recent decades. No longer is gender a matter of an immutable binary\, or a set of predetermined preferences and predilections. This exhibition--the first of its kind--both celebrates and interrogates the visual aspects of the re- imaging of gender.\n\nRe-imaging Gender features the work of 15 promising artists who take on one of the most important challenges facing contemporary art: how to render the modern spectrum of gender\, going beyond the simple male/female binary to include a wide variety of identities and sexualities.\n\nThe Re-imaging artists\, MFA students enrolled at Michigan and CIC universities (Big 10\, plus Chicago)\, responded to an IRWG-issued Call for Art. The result is an exhibition of 17 works in a variety of media\, including photography\, paint\, lithograph\, mixed media\, and video\, which reflect new understandings of gender.\n\nThe exhibit will be displayed at the Lane Hall Gallery\, a space shared by IRWG and the U-M Department of Women’s Studies\, from January 15 - June 26\, 2015. UID:20407-1287610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Literary Arts,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery space on first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141020T154734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Now or Never\": Collecting\, Documenting\, and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:World War I was far from over in the Middle East when the Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on 11 November 1918. As the European colonial powers sought to divide up the territory of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire\, the forces of Turkish nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal fought a war of independence claiming victory and announcing the establishment of a Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. It was in the context of continued conflict that University of Michigan Professor of Archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927) traveled to the Near East. Accompanied by his wife Isabelle (Mary) Badger Kelsey (1867-1944)\, his fifteen-year old son Easton Trowbridge Kelsey (b. 1904) and University of Michigan staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866-1947)\, Kelsey visited a region of the world that not only had experienced four-years of destructive war and devastating famine\, but also was the site of genocide.\n\nThe initial mission was to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post war chaos. To initiate the mission\, Prof. Kelsey wrote an urgent letter to Miss Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Library on October 3\, 1918. He solicited her support for an immediate expedition into the aftermath of war for “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor” no record of these Christian communities would remain. It was “now or never” he writes that ancient and medieval manuscripts may be purchased from “unappreciative hands” for a token price. It was now or never that Greek\, Syriac\, Persian and Armenian manuscripts could be easily picked up and the “possession of these\, and their proper preservation\, will be a gain to science of inestimable value.” Little did Kelsey know that his travels to the Near East would also become a moment of witnessing. Kelsey’s diaries and Swain’s photographs on exhibit leave an important historical record that links them personally and the University of Michigan to one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history.\n\nOrganizers: Kathryn Babayan\, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies\, U-M\; and Melanie Tanielian\, assistant professor of history\, U-M. UID:19668-1235328@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,International,Museum LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T161818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Now or Never: Collecting\, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:Diaries written by U-M professor of archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858–1927) and photographs taken by U-M staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866–1947) are a historical record that links them—and the University of Michigan—to one of the largest preservation efforts in history. Kelsey wrote\, “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor\,” no record of these Christian communities would remain.\n\nKelsey and Swain initially traveled to the Near East to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post World War I chaos\, as the war was far from over in the Middle East when Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on November 11\, 1918. Two Armenian manuscripts that were purchased as a consequence of the expedition are on display.\n\nLecture and opening reception will take place at 4 p.m. on January 14 in the Hatcher Library Gallery\, adjacent to the exhibit.\n\nExhibit materials are courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library and U-M Library Special Collections. UID:20513-1296063@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T112540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner DESCRIPTION:Experience the acclaimed works of artist M. Saffell Gardner at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, February 19 – March 20\, 2015 with the exhibition “The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner.” Located in Lester P. Monts Hall\, “Artistry” features an extensive collection of Gardner’s paintings and creative works. \n\nAbout the Artist: M. Saffell Gardner is a master painter\, mixed media artist\, art historian and educator. A graduate of Wayne State University holding a BFA and MFA in painting\, Gardner's artistic talents have transcended a career spanning more than five decades. As recently as 2014\, Gardner's work appeared at the 9338 Campau Gallery and 2014 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids. In 2013\, he was invited to participate in “The Venice Biennale 2013.\" In 2000\, he was selected as the Chivas Regal Artist in Residence at the Charles H. Wright Museum. A commissioned painting entitled “Door of No Return” is currently in the museum’s permanent collection. Gardner has also co-curated “Vision in a Cornfield” for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Gardner’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of multiple healthcare systems including: Blue Cross Blue Shield\, Henry Ford Hospital\, Total Healthcare and the Detroit Medical Center. His work is also on display at several Detroit Public Schools including Cass Technical High School\, Renaissance High School\, Southeastern High School and the Detroit School of Arts. In addition\, to his work the metro Detroit area\, Gardner has also exhibited throughout the United States\, Jamaica\, Brazil\, Ghana and Africa. UID:21679-1358655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center - Monts Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T125058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Death Dogs DESCRIPTION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presents Death Dogs exhibition from February 6 - May 3\, 2015. UID:21334-1345541@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Exhibition,History,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Upjohn Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150109T121922 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dykes\, Dads\, and Moms to Watch out For: The Comics of Alison Bechdel DESCRIPTION:The Institute for the Humanities is pleased to present the first comprehensive\, curated exhibition of the work of Alison Bechdel\, cartoonist\, graphic memoirist\, and 2014 McArthur \"Genius.\" Bechdel's work explores the overlap of the personal and the political\, \"using the interplay of word and image to weave sophisticated narratives.\" The musical adaptation of her acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic\, which originated at the Public Theater\, opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\n\"Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution among lesbians and discerning non-lesbians all over the planet. And her more recent\, darkly humorous graphic memoirs about her family have forged an unlikely intimacy with an even wider range of readers.\n\nBechdel self-syndicated Dykes to Watch Out For for twenty-five years\, from 1983 to 2008. The award-winning generational chronicle has been called “one of the pre-eminent oeuvres in the comics genre\, period.” (Ms. magazine)\n\nIn 2006 she published Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Time magazine named it the Best Book of 2006\, describing the tightly architected investigation into her closeted bisexual father’s suicide “a masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds\, and their mysterious debts to each other.” Fun Home was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. It has been adapted into a musical by the playwright Lisa Kron and the composer Jeanine Tesori. It opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in September 2013 and ran through several extensions. It opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\nIn her work\, Bechdel is preoccupied with the overlap of the political and the personal spheres\, the relationship of the self to the world outside. Her 2012 memoir Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama delved into not just her relationship with her own mother\, but the theories of the 20th-century British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. In the New York Times Book Review\, Katie Roiphe wrote\, “There’s a lucidity to Bechdel’s work that in certain ways … bears more resemblance to poetry than to the dense\, wordy introspection of most prose memoirs. The book delivers lightning bolts of revelation\, maps of insight and visual snapshots of family entanglements in a singularly beautiful style.”\n\nAlison’s comics have appeared in The New Yorker\, Slate\, McSweeney’s\, The New York Times Book Review\, and Granta. She received a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship.\n\nAlison lives in Vermont\, where she is a Marsh Professor at Large at the University of Vermont.\" UID:20743-1314928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Exhibition,Storytelling,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T114651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Impart: The 2015 Stamps Faculty Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The 2015 Faculty Exhibition features current creative practice and work in a spectrum of media\, from paintings\, prints and ceramics\, to installation\, performance and kinetic work.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 16 - February 20\nOpening Reception: Tuesday\, January 20 from 5-7 pm\nSlusser Gallery UID:21258-1342792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21258 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Slusser Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T110131 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Turning Bad Communication Habits Into Good Ones DESCRIPTION:Communication does not come easy to everyone. Once bad communication habits take hold it can be hard to break them.\n\nYou will learn to:\n\nExamine the basics of “active listening” to sharpen your listening skills\nCommunicate diplomatically in a variety of sensitive situations\nDetermine ways to deliver criticism that results in a positive behavior change\nUse techniques for saying “No” in a confident\, calm manner without feeling guilty\n\nYou will benefit by:\n\nGaining confidence in communicating with others who are resistant to change\nFeeling more comfortable when persuading others to see it your way\nStrengthening professional relationships using rapport-building techniques\nEstablishing credibility and projecting confidence in the workplace\n\nAudience:\nAnyone who would like to develop skills to establish credibility\, persuade and influence others\, and to shine in the workplace\n\nSchedule Selection(s) Competencies: AM BI CO DO UID:21248-1342746@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Networking,Workshop LOCATION:Administrative Services Building - HRD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150216T145934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:4 Little Girls DESCRIPTION:4 Little Girls is Spike Lee's first documentary\, produced in 1997 and nominated for an Academy Award that year. It is the story of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in September\, 1963\, which resulted in the deaths of four young girls\, told through interviews and historic footage.\n\nFollowing the film Dale Long\, a survivor of that bombing at the age of 11\, will lead a discussion on \"From outrage to social change: How the murder of four girls helped trigger sustained change.\"\n\nThe film is shown at 10 a.m.\, with a discussion to follow at 11:45. The public is welcome to come for all or part of the event.\n\nLunch will be provided. UID:21594-1357058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21594 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Multicultural,Rackham,Social Justice LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th floor amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323691@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323781@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150129T095226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Four Little Girls: Film and Discussion DESCRIPTION:\"4 Little Girls\" is Spike Lee's first documentary\, produced in 1997 and nominated for an Academy Award that year. It is the story of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in September\, 1963\, which resulted in the deaths of four young girls\, told through interviews and historic footage.\n\nFollowing the film Dale Long\, a survivor of that bombing at the age of 11\, will lead a discussion on \"From outrage to social change: How the murder of four girls helped trigger sustained change.\"\n\nDale Long is a nationally recognized speaker on social justice issues and has addressed organizations such as the National Urban League and the Congressional Black Caucus. He is active in Big Brothers and Sisters of America and in 1989 received the Big Brother of the Year Award.\n\nThe film will be shown at 10 a.m.\, with lunch and discussion to follow at approximately 11:45 a.m. The public is invited to attend all or part of the event. UID:21188-1337683@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Film,History,Social Impact,Social Justice LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th floor amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141126T120448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Nicholas Delbanco: A Literary Life DESCRIPTION:This exhibit\, drawn from the papers of teacher and author Nicholas Delbanco\, Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature and Director of the Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards Program at U-M\, spans decades and continents and illustrates the extensive range of Delbanco's life and work.\n\nOpen Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:20095-1265734@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Literary Arts,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Hatcher South, Special Collections CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T083309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Most Open Open Show DESCRIPTION:The Most Open\, Open Show\nInstall February 11 &12\, 12pm-6pm\nOpen February 13-20\nat the Duderstadt Gallery\, North Campus\, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor\nEarly Submission February 8\n\nAn exhibition of art making\, creating\, and thinking without restrictions. This show is non-curated\, non-juried\, any medium\, no deadlines\, no charge.* All are invited to add their work to the constantly evolving installation at any time. However\, there will be limited display/installation equipment available. First come first served. \n\n*If your work is 30+ lbs / four feet in length/width or needs special accommodations (i.e. visual\, audio\, technological\, etc). please email your name\, title\, medium and the accommodations that you request to themostopenopenshow@umich.edu. \n\nPlease forward our show’s open call to anybody in your organization that may be interested! Thank you so much for your help! UID:21233-1342617@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21233 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Gallery, North Campus CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T133453 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Uncanny Valley DESCRIPTION:Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker\n(collaboratively working under the name Future Retrieval)\n\nThe objects presented merge the strengths of our studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. Ornament and detail collide with a fascination of taxidermy and natural order. Each object contains a history\, reaching back and highlighting ideals of time and labor.\nThree-dimensional scans and photographs have been rapid prototyped\, processed in the studio\, and molded into porcelain mimicking the world of European decorative arts. Inspired also by German animal sculptures and cut silhouettes\, we are using digital translation to both highlight and transform these details that fascinate us. The interest in new technologies and industrial methods is that each piece is handmade\, but maintains the record of a computer driven interpretation. Our intention is to make art objects that reference design and are held together by craft.\n\nBio \nFuture Retrieval\n\nGuy Michael Davis was born in 1978 and raised in Bartlesville\, OK. Katie Parker was born in 1980 in Jonesboro Arkansas\, and grew up in Plano\, Texas. They both attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1999-2003 and received BFA degrees in ceramics.\nKatie went straight to graduate school at The Ohio State University from 2003-2005\, Guy followed suit three years later from 2006-2008. Both Katie and Guy received MFA degrees in ceramics. \nCurrently\, Katie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati\, running the ceramics department. Guy works for multiple designers across the country\, and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. For several years\, they have also been collaborating together\, making objects that combine new technology\, porcelain\, and good craft. The objects merge the strengths of their individual studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally\, with recent shows in New York City\, Jingdezhen China\, Cardiff Wales\, Philadelphia\, Kansas City\, and Tempe Arizona. This summer they were both artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha\, NE. UID:20670-1311546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20670 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T104113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Infusing action into counseling sessions through experiential and adventure tools and techniques DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Professor M. Antonio Alvarez\, MSW\, LMSW\,\nUniversity of Michigan School of Social Work\n\nIn the last few years\, more practitioners have infused their practice\nwith adventure and experiential methods\, techniques and tools. In\nlight of this development\, this workshop is designed to help move this\nprocess along. This 1.5-hour workshop will quickly familiarize\nparticipants with an adventure–based therapy model and demonstrate its\nuse in actively engaging clients around a variety of therapeutic\nissues. This workshop will be valuable for professionals who work with\nclients who may need hands-on experience and modeling of how to\nincorporate adventure activities into their practice. UID:21682-1358647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21682 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:Michigan Union - Central Student Government (CSG) chambers, 3rd floor Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141201T143728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, UMMA invites Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, to curate an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of three-dimensional objects.\n As a scientist\, Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This type of study inevitably raises questions regarding the cognition of the objects around us—how\, in the absence of perspective\, are we to read elements like color\, contrast variation\, and depth of field in the dark outlines of objects? How do we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it? How many two-dimensional projections are needed for us to understand what we are looking at\, and at what level of detail?\nThis exhibition poses such questions by juxtaposing three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis using a similar process with which he creates models of cellular components. The presentation aims to provide a glimpse of the impressions of the selected works from varied directions through interplay with their own projections and our minds.\nThe UMMA Flip Your Field series asks noted University of Michigan faculty members to consider artwork outside their field of specialization in order to guest curate an exhibition using works from UMMA's renowned collection. The UMMA Flip Your Field series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20123-1348303@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Biology,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Information and Technology,Media,Medicine,Museum,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T183355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection DESCRIPTION:For more than 25 years\, Los Angeles-based collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard have built a world-class collection of contemporary art that is focused on men and male identity as its subject matter. This exhibition features works from their vast holdings in photography. Guest curator Mario Codognato examines the lives of men in contemporary Western societies—with all their contradictions—through themes of competition and solidarity\, confrontation with identity\, and diverse explorations of the body and sexuality (as both sign and experience). Together\, these thematic groups form a fictional\, somewhat idealized\, tale in 13 chapters\, inviting viewers to reflect upon their own stories as well.\n\nDrawing upon the Hergott Shepard collection as well as select works gifted by the collectors to the Hammer Museum at UCLA\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA)\, the exhibition will include more than 60 works by some of the most important names in late 20th and early 21st century art\, including Doug Aitken\, John Baldessari\, Matthew Barney\, Rineke Dijkstra\, Gilbert and George\, Nan Goldin\, Robert Mapplethorpe\, Catherine Opie\, Herb Ritts\, Thomas Ruff\, Andres Serrano\, and Wolfgang Tillmans.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21357-1348911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21357 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T170643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Medicinal Plants and Gardens: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This exhibition celebrates the upcoming 2015 opening of the new Medicinal Garden at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The earliest botanical garden at the University was a pharmaceutical garden established in 1897 just off the Diag\, at the heart of Central Campus. The new garden\, developed in partnership with the College of Pharmacy and Medical School faculty\, will continue that legacy\, aiming to explore the botanical origins of historical and current medicines\, and to promote a better understanding of the profound relationship between plants and human health.\nPreceding the garden’s opening\, this exhibition at UMMA will feature rarely seen archival plant specimens\, deposited by pharmaceutical companies at the University Herbarium\, along with newer herbarium specimens that reveal the captivating forms of these medicinal plants. These dried and pressed plant specimens will be accompanied by the presentation of the few remaining historic images of the original pharmaceutical garden\, as well as a drawing of the layout of new garden at Matthaei\, which is uniquely organized according to the systems of the human body that these medicinal plants are used to treat.\nThis exhibition is part of the U-M Collections Collaborations series\, co-organized by and presented at UMMA and designed to showcase the renowned and diverse collections at the University of Michigan. The U-M Collections Collaborations series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20122-1348422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Culture,Discussion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,History,Medicine,Museum,Outdoors,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150320T123018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Freshman Friday DESCRIPTION:Everyone Welcome! Come meet new people\, begin exploring your interests and learn more about Career Center resources. Lunch will be provided! UID:20930-1323615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20930 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T124313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science. The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science. The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. UID:20702-1313048@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T112443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Cycles DESCRIPTION:Check out the Future Cycles on display. They're hybrid vehicles that combine the weather protection\, carrying capacity and visibility of a car with the low energy usage of a bicycle to create a vehicle that is half car\, half bicycle.\n\nBuilt by Cameron Van Dyke\, a graduate student at the University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design\, Future Cycles were created as part of his master's thesis. They recently appeared at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.\n\nJoin us for a reception in the Duderstadt Gallery on March 13\, 5:00-8:00 p.m. UID:21719-1359778@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Library LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150212T101018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Joyce Bell: \"The Black Power Movement and American Social Work\" DESCRIPTION:The U-M School of Social Work is hosting the University of Pittsburgh's Joyce Bell\, who will give a talk on her book\, \"The Black Power Movement and American Social Work\".\n\nThere will be 3 panelists reacting to the book talk:\nAssistant Professor Desmond Patton (Social Work)\nAssistant Professor Rachel Best (Sociology)\nGraduate Student Grace Adofoli (Social Work and Public Health)\nLunch will be served. Registration required.\nhttp://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/development-ceus/index.html?eventID=E1797 UID:21498-1353553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Social Justice LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1840 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150123T161633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Masculinity\, Autonomy and Attachment in Buddhist Burma DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ward Keeler\, professor of anthropology\, The University of Texas at Austin\n\nTaking religious discourse and practices as commentary (witting or unwitting) as well as instances of social relations\, Professor Keeler sees in the institution of the monkhood in Burma an idealized rendering of how people\, and especially males\, should enter into relations with others. Specifically\, Burmese males should seek to maximize their autonomy. Whereas in many societies\, masculinity implies sexual athleticism and the exercise of power\, in Buddhist Burma withdrawing from attachments wins individuals special prestige. Monks\, for whom both sexual activity and overt intervention in worldly affairs are forbidden\, instantiate this idealized pattern particularly dramatically. UID:21103-1332221@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21103 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Southeast Asia LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Room 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue University Tournament DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 21st2:15pm University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University 6:15pm University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University  Sunday\, February 22nd12:10pm University of Illinois vs. University of Michigan 3:10pm Purdue University vs. University of Michigan  UID:21057-1363022@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21057 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lafayette CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T115359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:William Lewis: Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918 DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, January 27 - Saturday\, February 21\nOpening Reception: Tuesday\, February 3\, 4:30-6:30 pm\nWork Gallery\, 306 S. State Street\n\n“I’ve had that war with me my whole life. It’s on my mind always.”\n\n- William Lewis\n\nWorld War I\, the war that ushered in the modern era\, spanned just four years. But it’s been part of Stamps Emeritus faculty\, William Lewis’ imagination for almost a century. Now the 96-year-old artist has a rare solo exhibition at Work Gallery\, called Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918.\n\nLewis was born at the end of the war. As a young child\, he poured over the images of its devastation and triumphs in the books and magazines that filled his grandparent’s attic. He witnessed the war’s psychological aftermath firsthand in the behavior of his four uncles and father who had fought in the conflict.\n\nFor Lewis\, “I was a child brought up with some of these men\, their books\, their photos\, their nightmares. Since then\, these images have been with me. Fascination? Yes. Revulsion? That\, too. It all left a kind of inheritance\, one I’ve tried to translate into paintings using various media.”\n\nSome of the images in Fragments of the Great War have the violent abstract beauty of JM Turner landscapes\, some contain actual letters and medals from the war itself. All are intensely personal\, yet mindful of their role as historical messengers. Each piece carries a caption that locates the viewer to a particular time and place. \n\n“Photographs have been an extraordinarily powerful resource - I draw from them\, adapt elements of them\, and in truth\, try to see beyond the image on the print or reproduction\,” says Lewis. \n\n“Needless to say\, there has been much reading to accompany the images all these years.”\n\nBeyond illuminating a particular event or battle\, the works also foreground the role of the war in altering our modern world.\n\n“The development of new technologies and machines for war\, as an aspect of the industrial revolution\, radically altered Western Civilization\,” confirms Lewis. “But ultimately\, I think of the wars as a failure by governing societies to meet their potential. The wars are a failed attempt to gain a prize\, usually through greed rather than intelligent use of knowledge.”\n\nBill Lewis’ work stands in testimony\, not to those profiteers\, but to the family men\, like Bill’s own relatives\, whose lives were forever altered by their experiences of the “war to end all wars.”\n\nThe exhibit is on display at Work Gallery from January 27th - February 21\, 2015.\n\nWorld War I\, the war that ushered in the modern era\, spanned just four years. But it’s been part of Stamps Emeritus faculty\, William Lewis’ imagination for almost a century. Now the 96-year-old artist has a rare solo exhibition at Work Gallery\, called Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918.\n\nLewis was born at the end of the war. As a young child\, he poured over the images of its devastation and triumphs in the books and magazines that filled his grandparent’s attic. He witnessed the war’s psychological aftermath firsthand in the behavior of his four uncles and father who had fought in the conflict.\n\nFor Lewis\, “I was a child brought up with some of these men\, their books\, their photos\, their nightmares. Since then\, these images have been with me. Fascination? Yes. Revulsion? That\, too. It all left a kind of inheritance\, one I’ve tried to translate into paintings using various media.”\n\nSome of the images in Fragments of the Great War have the violent abstract beauty of JM Turner landscapes\, some contain actual letters and medals from the war itself. All are intensely personal\, yet mindful of their role as historical messengers. Each piece carries a caption that locates the viewer to a particular time and place. \n\n“Photographs have been an extraordinarily powerful resource - I draw from them\, adapt elements of them\, and in truth\, try to see beyond the image on the print or reproduction\,” says Lewis. \n\n“Needless to say\, there has been much reading to accompany the images all these years.”\n\nBeyond illuminating a particular event or battle\, the works also foreground the role of the war in altering our modern world.\n\n“The development of new technologies and machines for war\, as an aspect of the industrial revolution\, radically altered Western Civilization\,” confirms Lewis. “But ultimately\, I think of the wars as a failure by governing societies to meet their potential. The wars are a failed attempt to gain a prize\, usually through greed rather than intelligent use of knowledge.”\n\nBill Lewis’ work stands in testimony\, not to those profiteers\, but to the family men\, like Bill’s own relatives\, whose lives were forever altered by their experiences of the “war to end all wars.”\n\nThe exhibit is on display at Work Gallery from January 27th - February 21\, 2015. UID:21259-1342810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition LOCATION:Work Gallery 306 South State Street CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150320T123014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Staying Organized with AdviseStream While Applying to Medical School DESCRIPTION:Come learn how to use AdviseStream as a way to stay on top of your medical school application process! UID:21197-1337916@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150320T123017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Emerging Wolverines: Transfer Student Group DESCRIPTION:Emerging Wolverines is an interactive 4 week long group experience for transfer students who want to:\n\n*Learn about themselves in a small group environment \n*Explore career and campus opportunities\, using MBTI (personality assessment tool) theory\n* Gain clarity about your present and future goals\n\nTo participate\, apply online here! (Deadline 1/26)\n\nWEBSITE: www.careercenter.umich.edu UID:20916-1323601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20916 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T151905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Coffee Hour to socialize and network with other students\, scholars\, and families. You can join and leave at anytime during the event. No registration is required. UID:18675-1343108@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18675 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Networking,Social LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Community Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150128T114120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Tipping Etiquette DESCRIPTION:While tipping is not mandatory in most of the United States\, it is expected in many circumstances for service. We will discuss typical tipping customs in the U.S. such as when you should tip and how much it would be considered acceptable. UID:20563-1308678@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20563 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:etiquette LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Community Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T145359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Museum Studies Program discussion/event DESCRIPTION:Artist Tyree Guyton’s art installations along Detroit’s Heidelberg Street have inspired and healed its local community for decades. Recent arson fires have destroyed many of the buildings. The artist will discuss plans on revitalizing this important site. UID:21279-1343102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Detroit,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room (4th floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T134939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:U-M Museum Studies Program presents: Inextinguishable—A Conversation with Detroit Artist Tyree Guyton DESCRIPTION:Rackham Graduate School\n4th Floor East Conference Room\n\nFor almost 30 years\, the abandoned houses that dot Detroit’s Heidelberg Street have provided the backdrop to a kaleidoscopic display of outdoor art installations that aim to inspire and provide healing to the local community. In 2013 and 2014\, a series of 12 arson fires gutted six installations on the Street\, the most devastating assault on the Heidelberg Project in over 20 years. Renowned artist Tyree Guyton has used this opportunity to re-double his efforts on the Heidelberg Project. Debris and ash have been cleared away and new art emerges from the foundations of the burned out structures\, working through the walls of charred basements\, surfacing with creative new visions and voice.\n\nIn his first major public appearance since the fires\, Tyree Guyton discusses new construction on Heidelberg Street\, a forthcoming history of the site\, a new museum\, more work with the local community\, and exciting ideas for new art resulting from the fires.\n\nThe community grounded model provided by the Heidelberg Project continues to fascinate museum professionals\, providing a connection from the non-collecting museums first proposed by John Cotton Dana in the early 20th century to the socially relevant museums advocated in our own time by Stephen Weil and Elaine Heumann Gurian.\n\nJoin us for a conversation on perseverance and the creative spirit with Tyree Guyton—an icon whose flame exceeds the 12 collective arsons that were visited upon his site.\n\nA reception will follow along with opportunities for the audience to meet and ask questions of the artist.\n\nFor more information\, please contact the U-M Museum Studies Program. UID:21399-1350788@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Detroit,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,Museum,Social,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150320T183018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Emerging Wolverines: First-year Student Group DESCRIPTION:Emerging Wolverines is an interactive 4 week long group experience for first year students who want to:\n\n* Learn about themselves in a small group environment \n* Explore career and campus opportunities\, using MBTI (personality assessment tool) theory\n* Gain clarity about your present and future goals\n\nTo participate\, apply online here! (Deadline 1/26)\n\nWEBSITE: www.careercenter.umich.edu UID:20920-1323605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150121T124250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Infra Eco Logi Urbanism Exhibition DESCRIPTION:A gallery talk and reception will take place on Wednesday\, January 21\, 2015. Associate Professor Geoffrey Thün and his team will discuss the exhibition and the concepts behind its development.\nThe Infra Eco Logi Urbanism exhibition posits an approach and a vision for architecture at the urban scale within the contemporary post-metropolitan condition. The project assembles a multi-year investigation that examines extant and emerging urban systems within the Great Lakes Megaregion of North America\, and a develops a design proposition to leverage energy and mobility infrastructures toward resilient urban and public ends\, addressing questions of politics and urban society.\nThe exhibition is organized as a territory\, gathering a diverse body of work including regional cartographies\, network analyses\, historical research\, writings\, photographs\, design drawings and physical models. In aggregate\, it presents a position from which to apprehend urban questions\, a vision\, a design methodology that operates across scales from the regional to the specific\, and an event around which to discuss regional systems and the role of design in figuring their futures.\nInfra Eco Logi Urbanism is a project\, exhibition and forthcoming publication by RVTR\, a research-based design practice founded by U-M Taubman College architecture associate professor Geoffrey Thün and assistant professor Kathy Velikov\, and Ryerson University architecture chair Colin Ripley. The exhibition was previously on display at Yale University. www.rvtr.com \n\nThis exhibition runs from January 22 - February 22\, 2015. UID:21036-1330365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21036 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Architecture,Education,Exhibition,History LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Liberty Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150210T091751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T173100 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Les Fantomes de Lovanium DESCRIPTION:A documentary about the mediation of popular painting in the memory of state violence and student resistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The screening will be followed by Q & A with the filmmaker.\n\nThis screening is part of the \"Congolese Popular Painting in Film and Performance: Sapin Makengele and Cecile Michel at the University of Michigan\,\" a series of events that will run from February 20-27. UID:21450-1351672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Culture,Film,History,Politics,Social Impact,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - Auditorium 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150413T174201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T210000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Biological Software Weekly Meeting DESCRIPTION:If you're interested in participating in a competition\, learning computer programming\, and/or creating genetic research software tools\, come join us at our weekly meetings in the USB. UID:17439-1311610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/17439 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:competition,computer science,genetic research,igem,interdisciplinary,software LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 4163 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T133802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Uncanny Valley DESCRIPTION:Gallery Opening Reception\n\nGuy Michael Davis and Katie Parker\n(collaboratively working under the name Future Retrieval)\n\nThe objects presented merge the strengths of our studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. Ornament and detail collide with a fascination of taxidermy and natural order. Each object contains a history\, reaching back and highlighting ideals of time and labor.\nThree-dimensional scans and photographs have been rapid prototyped\, processed in the studio\, and molded into porcelain mimicking the world of European decorative arts. Inspired also by German animal sculptures and cut silhouettes\, we are using digital translation to both highlight and transform these details that fascinate us. The interest in new technologies and industrial methods is that each piece is handmade\, but maintains the record of a computer driven interpretation. Our intention is to make art objects that reference design and are held together by craft.\n\nBio \nFuture Retrieval\n\nGuy Michael Davis was born in 1978 and raised in Bartlesville\, OK. Katie Parker was born in 1980 in Jonesboro Arkansas\, and grew up in Plano\, Texas. They both attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1999-2003 and received BFA degrees in ceramics.\nKatie went straight to graduate school at The Ohio State University from 2003-2005\, Guy followed suit three years later from 2006-2008. Both Katie and Guy received MFA degrees in ceramics. \nCurrently\, Katie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati\, running the ceramics department. Guy works for multiple designers across the country\, and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. For several years\, they have also been collaborating together\, making objects that combine new technology\, porcelain\, and good craft. The objects merge the strengths of their individual studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally\, with recent shows in New York City\, Jingdezhen China\, Cardiff Wales\, Philadelphia\, Kansas City\, and Tempe Arizona. This summer they were both artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha\, NE. UID:20671-1311597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Food,Free,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Galllery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T095417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Fourth Annual Sankofa Film Series DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present the fourth annual Sankofa Film Series\, beginning Friday\, February 20 at 6 p.m.\n\nBest known for its inspirational and thought-provoking documentaries\, the 2015 Sankofa Film Series will showcase six extraordinary films featuring Alice Walker\, Raz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts\, Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou.\n\nAll films begin at 6 p.m. (end times vary) and include complimentary admission\, parking and light refreshments for all guests. Following each screening\, a guest speaker will lead a brief discussion on the selected documentary.\n\nFor more information about this event\, please contact the Detroit Center: (313) 593-3584 or detroitcenter@umich.edu\n\n\nSANKOFA FILM SERIES SCHEDULE\n\nFriday\, February 20\, 2015\nFilms:\n- Alice Walker: A Stitch in Time\n- Alice Walker: Everyday Use\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m.\nGuest Speaker(s): Textile Artist\, Carole Harris and Quilters Hilda Vest\, Pat Millender\n\nFriday\, March 13\, 2015\nFilm: Raz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts: Portraits of a Revolutionary Artist\nTime: 6-9 p.m.\n\nFriday\, April 24\, 2015\nFilms:\n- Langston Hughes: His Life and Times\n- Langston Hughes: Salvation\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m. \nGuest Speaker(s): Writer\, Abba Elethea (James W. Thompson) \n\nFriday\, May 15\, 2015\nFilm: Maya Angelou: Creativity with Bill Moyers\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m.\n\nABOUT\nAlice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet. Born on February 9\, 1944\, in Eatonton\, Georgia\, Walker worked as a teacher\, lecturer and social worker throughout her career. She took part in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement\, which inspired her first collection of poetry\, “Once\,” which was published in 1968. Walker also won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel\, \"The Color Purple.”\n\nRaz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts is one of America’s most inspirational revolutionary artists and activists. A Detroit native born in 1941\, he was a prominent force in the Black Labor Movement of the 1960s. Pitts\, a founding member and former President of the Michigan chapter of the National Conference of Artists\, has been voted Metro Times Artist of the Year. He has also been an Artist in Residence for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.\n\nLangston Hughes (1902-1967) was an American poet\, novelist\, playwright and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form known as \"jazz poetry.\" He was also a pioneer in the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. He published his first poem in 1921\, and his first book of poetry\, “The Weary Blues\,” in 1926. He went on to write numerous works of poetry\, plays and books\, including his first published novel\, “Not Without Laughter\,” in 1929. Outside of his literary work\, Hughes also wrote a popular column for the Chicago Defender.\n\nMaya Angelou (1928-2014) was an author\, poet and civil rights activist. Born in St. Louis\, Missouri\, Angelou is best known for her 1969 memoir\, \"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'\" the first non-fiction best seller by an African-American woman. In 1971\, she published \"Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die\,\" a collection of poetry that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. In 1993\, she recited one of her most famous poems\, \"On the Pulse of Morning\" at President Bill Clinton's first inauguration. Angelou received several honors throughout her life\, including two NAACP Image Awards for outstanding literary work. As an activist\, Angelou was viewed as a respected spokesperson for African American and women's rights. UID:21676-1358608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21676 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Detroit,Discussion,Festival,Film,Writing LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150121T120748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LECTURE: ACHIM MENGES DESCRIPTION:Achim Menges is a registered architect in Frankfurt and professor at Stuttgart University\, where he founded the Institute for Computational Design in 2008. Since 2009 he has also been Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He graduated with honours from the AA School of Architecture where he subsequently taught as Studio Master of the Emergent Technologies and Design Graduate Program from 2002 to 2009\, as visiting professor from 2009 to 2012 and as Unit Master of Diploma Unit 4 from 2003 to 2006. \nAchim Menges’ practice and research focuses on the development of integral design processes at the intersection of morphogenetic design computation\, biomimetic engineering and robotic fabrication that enables a highly articulated\, performative built environment. His projects and design research work has received various international awards\, has been published and exhibited worldwide\, and forms part of several renowned museum collections\, among others\, the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.\nRefreshments will be served outside of the lecture hall at 5:30pm UID:21031-1330298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21031 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - 2104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Fencing Championship Tournament DESCRIPTION:Midwest Fencing Championships UID:18723-1363026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Northwestern University, Evanston, IL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150212T122854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:A Night at the Set XXVI DESCRIPTION:A Night at the Set XXVI is the 26th annual multicultural talent showcase presented by Kappa Alpha Psi. UID:21508-1353779@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21508 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Greek Life,Multicultural,Student Org LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T135515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Mark Webster Reading Series DESCRIPTION:One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry\, each introduced by a peer\, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. We encourage you to bring your friends - a Webster reading makes for an enjoyable and enlightening Friday evening. UID:21400-1350789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21400 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Culture,Discussion,Free,Graduate School,Language,Literature,Museum,Poetry,Social,Storytelling,UMMA,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T102011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Cheryl Wheeler DESCRIPTION:It has always seemed as if there were two Cheryl Wheelers\, with fans of the New England songwriter relishing watching the two tussle for control of the mic. There is poet Cheryl\, writer of some of the prettiest\, most alluring and intelligent ballads on the modern folk scene. And there is her evil twin\, comic Cheryl\, a militant trend defier and savagely funny social critic. The result is a series of delightful contrasts\, for really Cheryl Wheeler is a woman of many musical personalities—heart-wrenching romantic balladeer\, marvelous observational humorist\, poet of ordinary New England scenes and people\, committed activist\, irascible grump. Come by and pick up a copy of Cheryl's latest\, \"Cheryl Wheeler Live\,\" featuring Ark favorite Kenny White and such hits-to-be as \"Lady Gaga's Singing Program.\" UID:20014-1256631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T181509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Ed Parmentier and Aaron Berofsky - POSTPONED TBA DESCRIPTION:Program features Corelli\, Bach\, and Leclair. UID:20990-1328581@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20990 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Stupid F###ing Bird DESCRIPTION:Dept. of Theatre & Drama\n\nA comedy by Aaron Posner\n\nDirected by Daniel Cantor\n\nAn irreverent\, contemporary\, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull. This play contains profanity. UID:18252-1244245@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Theater LOCATION:Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141219T121516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Symphony Band Chamber Winds DESCRIPTION:Andrea Brown and John Pasquale\, guest conductors. \n\nJoshua Roach\, graduate student conductor. \n\nSymphony Band members organize into small groups of 10 musicians each to perform older works refitted for modern instruments and contemporary works based on styles of long ago. \n\nPROGRAM: A Renaissance Suite\, John Pasquale\, conductor\; Bonelli- “Toccatta” from Il primo libro de Ricercari et Cazoni\; Gabrielli- Ego sum qui sum\; Gabrielli- “O che felice giorno\,” “Canzon Duodecimi Toni” from Sacre Symphoniae\; Hovhanness- Tower Music\, Joshua Roach (conductor)\; Persichetti- Serenade\, op. 1\, no. 1\, Joshua Roach\, conductor\; Schubert- Marche Militaire no. 1 in D\, op. 51\, d. 733\, Little Symphony\, Andrea Brown\, conductor UID:18199-1206343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18199 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150106T181511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Tempest DESCRIPTION:Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio Production\n\nA drama by William Shakespeare\n\nDirected by Malcolm Tulip\n\nAn enduring masterpiece of redemption and renewal filled with magic and mystery. UID:18253-1244248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150211T003502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T020000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UMix Presents: Mardi Gras DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, February 20th from 10pm to 2am in the Michigan Union for UMix presents Mardi Gras! There will be a showing of the movie Innocence at 10:30pm\, mask decorating\, airbrush tattoos and more including a 10:30 pm and midnight buffet! UID:21479-1352458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Games,Umix LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150221T000029 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T020000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UMix Presents: Mardi Gras DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, February 20th from 10pm to 2am in the Michigan Union for UMix presents Mardi Gras! There will be a showing of the movie Innocence at 10:30pm\, mask decorating\, airbrush tattoos and more including a 10:30 pm and midnight buffet! UID:21481-1352644@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21481 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141217T074408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T020000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Winter UMix Dates 2015 DESCRIPTION:UMix\, Michigan's Premier Friday Night program\, is 10pm - 2am in the Michigan Union with our Free Midnight buffet and plenty of activities! Please check the Center for Campus Involvement website for up to date information at UID:20424-1288076@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20424 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Food,Free,Umix LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Charleston Spring Regatta DESCRIPTION:Competetive Dinghy Regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:21183-1363015@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Commonwealth Cup DESCRIPTION:Flywheel and BFly go to Virginia.  UID:21344-1363019@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Martinsville, VA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150119T124107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T180000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Face Off Blood Challenge vs. MSU DESCRIPTION:Help Michigan beat Michigan State by donating blood! With over 35 drives in buildings all across campus there are plenty of opportunities to save lives - your pint can save up to three lives. Visit redcrossblood.org and use the sponsor code \"goblue\" to make an appointment. UID:20541-1328345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Michigan League, Residential Dorms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T125123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:\n\nAfter Effects: April 6\, 2015\n\nFilmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015 \n\nFinal Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015 \n\niMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!\n\nRegister online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21687-1358900@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150407T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:After Effects: April 6\, 2015Filmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015Final Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015iMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!Register online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21712-1401470@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Fencing Championship Tournament DESCRIPTION:Midwest Fencing Championships UID:18723-1363027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Northwestern University, Evanston, IL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T120007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Regionals Tournament DESCRIPTION:32 team Midwest Regionals Tournament where the top teams will qualify for nationals (located in NC) UID:20482-1362663@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Madison, WI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150220T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150220T213000 SUMMARY:Other:MTango Beginners Series DESCRIPTION:MTango is a student organization dedicated to spreading the joy of Argentine tango in the University of Michigan community and beyond. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding teachers at affordable prices\, and we look for instructors who are not only excellent dancers and experienced teachers but are also articulate and personable people. We also host social dance parties and share our talents through performances. MTango offers a popular intensive beginner's series in Argentine tango (no partner or experience required)\, as well as classes for more advanced dancers. It's a great way to meet people\, listen to awesome music\, relax\, share a few dances\, and have lots of fun!Classes occur weekly every Friday from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm UID:20546-1361255@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue University Tournament DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 21st2:15pm University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University 6:15pm University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University  Sunday\, February 22nd12:10pm University of Illinois vs. University of Michigan 3:10pm Purdue University vs. University of Michigan  UID:21057-1363023@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21057 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lafayette CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Fireside Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each monthfrom 5:30-7:00pm in the Fireside Cafe!Below are the featured activities:February 10 from 5:30-7pm:Valentines and Cookies!February 24 from 5:30-7pm: DIY Marble Magnets UID:21204-1364548@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Mug Mondays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Michigan Union MUG has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more each week in the Union MUG on Mondays from 5-6:30pm\, located in the Michigan Union Ground Floor! Below are the featured activities:February 2 from 5-6:30pm: DIY Snow GlobesFebruary 9 from 5-6:30pm: Paper Flowers CraftFebruary 16 from 5-6:30pm: Make your own mini flowerpot polar bears and penguinsFebruary 23 from 5-6:30pm: Box of Sunshine (yellow things to brighten your day!) UID:21203-1363737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T102728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing the Cherubim: Snowflake Paper Cuttings DESCRIPTION:This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite\, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his two collections\, “Chasing the Cherubim” and “Fiery Furnace”. Cherubim\, the higher order of angels\, are guardians representing divine authority in human life. Clark explores themes of changing human experience and consciousness and the evolution of authority though images of these winged beings and other manifestations. A former U-M physician\, Clark\, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake\, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. UID:20079-1342635@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Civil War Soldiers DESCRIPTION:Shayne Davidson is an experienced genealogist who received an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare\, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops\, Company G. The portraits incorporate portions of the men’s military records in the artwork\, and a mini-biography of the soldier\, written by the artist\, accompanies each portrait. Davidson also studied painting and drawing at Cooper Union in New York City and received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts. UID:21149-1335612@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life Line: Scratchboard Etchings DESCRIPTION:While Chicagoan Lisa S. Goesling has spent her life creating art\, she discovered scratchboards (boards made of clay and India ink) while undergoing a cancer diagnosis in 2006. The idea that adversity teaches us to turn the negative into a positive is a great analogy for transforming these black boards into thriving works of art. Her past careers in graphic design and art direction continue to influence her art by incorporating the fundamentals of design\, such as composition\, pattern\, texture\, contrast\, line\, etc. Using nature as her muse\, Goesling scratches fine lines into a layer of ink until meticulous images appear in the clay. UID:21146-1335500@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Splendor: Wildlife & Floral Photography DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artists Dick and Sue Rigterink use digital photography to share the joy and splendor of nature. By stopping fast motion\, their photographs capture the moment and the personalities\, whether a bird in flight or song\, or a chipmunk jumping for a flower. They focus attention on the diversity\, habitats\, behavior\, and beauty of local\, recognizable wildlife to evoke memories in viewers. Dick has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State and a Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Sue has a Bachelor’s from Michigan State in Mathematics. Their wildlife photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and National Wildlife Federation. UID:21143-1342694@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Playground Valentine: Art Jewelry & Objects DESCRIPTION:Amber D. Harrison is a Michigan based studio artist practicing contemporary art jewelry and object making. She works as a fabricator hand cutting and forming each piece while exploring the implementation of play. Her goal is to transfer her own memories into a whimsical and wearable world\, evoking the recollections or imaginations of others. She recently exhibited in the 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show\, one of the top craft shows in the United States. Harrison earned her BFA from the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:21150-1335668@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Storytelling Whimsical Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Story greatly influences the clay sculptures of Leanne Schnepp. By combining animal and human forms and characteristics\, she tells stories of connection and transformation. Humans\, coyotes\, frogs\, and birds interact and “converse\,” and mischievous children become monsters and tumble about. There is a sense of play and whimsy in the work and the opportunity for viewers to use their imagination. Schnepp earned her BFA at Michigan State University and has worked as an artist and teacher for the past 20 years. She currently lives and works in East Lansing. UID:21144-1335388@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stunningly Ordinary: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Michigan based artist Amy Fell finds great beauty\, charm\, and even mystery in the everyday articles that surround us. Fell uses a variety of techniques — including dramatic lighting\, large scale presentation\, detailed rendering and bold color — to celebrate the objects that provide comfort and support in our day-to-day lives. Fell studies oil painting at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center as well as regularly attending workshops of nationally acclaimed artists. She exhibits her work in juried shows and is very active in the arts community in the Detroit metropolitan area. UID:21148-1335556@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Scarlet and Gray Classic DESCRIPTION:Club Volleyball ranking tournament at Ohio State UID:21355-1362666@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21355 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ohio State University Rec Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141020T154734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Now or Never\": Collecting\, Documenting\, and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:World War I was far from over in the Middle East when the Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on 11 November 1918. As the European colonial powers sought to divide up the territory of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire\, the forces of Turkish nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal fought a war of independence claiming victory and announcing the establishment of a Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. It was in the context of continued conflict that University of Michigan Professor of Archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927) traveled to the Near East. Accompanied by his wife Isabelle (Mary) Badger Kelsey (1867-1944)\, his fifteen-year old son Easton Trowbridge Kelsey (b. 1904) and University of Michigan staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866-1947)\, Kelsey visited a region of the world that not only had experienced four-years of destructive war and devastating famine\, but also was the site of genocide.\n\nThe initial mission was to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post war chaos. To initiate the mission\, Prof. Kelsey wrote an urgent letter to Miss Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Library on October 3\, 1918. He solicited her support for an immediate expedition into the aftermath of war for “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor” no record of these Christian communities would remain. It was “now or never” he writes that ancient and medieval manuscripts may be purchased from “unappreciative hands” for a token price. It was now or never that Greek\, Syriac\, Persian and Armenian manuscripts could be easily picked up and the “possession of these\, and their proper preservation\, will be a gain to science of inestimable value.” Little did Kelsey know that his travels to the Near East would also become a moment of witnessing. Kelsey’s diaries and Swain’s photographs on exhibit leave an important historical record that links them personally and the University of Michigan to one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history.\n\nOrganizers: Kathryn Babayan\, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies\, U-M\; and Melanie Tanielian\, assistant professor of history\, U-M. UID:19668-1235329@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,International,Museum LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T112540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner DESCRIPTION:Experience the acclaimed works of artist M. Saffell Gardner at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, February 19 – March 20\, 2015 with the exhibition “The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner.” Located in Lester P. Monts Hall\, “Artistry” features an extensive collection of Gardner’s paintings and creative works. \n\nAbout the Artist: M. Saffell Gardner is a master painter\, mixed media artist\, art historian and educator. A graduate of Wayne State University holding a BFA and MFA in painting\, Gardner's artistic talents have transcended a career spanning more than five decades. As recently as 2014\, Gardner's work appeared at the 9338 Campau Gallery and 2014 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids. In 2013\, he was invited to participate in “The Venice Biennale 2013.\" In 2000\, he was selected as the Chivas Regal Artist in Residence at the Charles H. Wright Museum. A commissioned painting entitled “Door of No Return” is currently in the museum’s permanent collection. Gardner has also co-curated “Vision in a Cornfield” for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Gardner’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of multiple healthcare systems including: Blue Cross Blue Shield\, Henry Ford Hospital\, Total Healthcare and the Detroit Medical Center. His work is also on display at several Detroit Public Schools including Cass Technical High School\, Renaissance High School\, Southeastern High School and the Detroit School of Arts. In addition\, to his work the metro Detroit area\, Gardner has also exhibited throughout the United States\, Jamaica\, Brazil\, Ghana and Africa. UID:21679-1358656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center - Monts Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150221T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Other:College Clash 7's Tournament DESCRIPTION:Tournament including Bowling Green\, MSU and Western Michigan. UID:21573-1356296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21573 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Brighton, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150221T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Empowerment Conference DESCRIPTION:Free one-day conference\, February 21st 9:00am-3:00pm\, hosted by NABA\, NSBE\, BBUS\, and ALPHA with breakfast and lunch provided. The purpose of the conference is to inspire and motivate young minorities at the University of Michigan to stay committed to their goals despite any hardships they may encounter. The overall objective is to devote a day to empowering students so they can leave this conference feeling like they can do all things\, and have adequate resources\, skills\, and connections to do so.  The agenda includes breakfast\, a host speaker\, 2 workshops\, lunch\, and a networking session.  Please click the link on the flyer or below to register for the conference! http://goo.gl/forms/hLuAFZE4rV UID:21534-1353891@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21534 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Palmer Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150221T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Privacy\, Technology\, and the Law: Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review Symposium DESCRIPTION:Join us as we explore how technological advances have caused doctrinal unrest for Fourth Amendment jurisprudence\, challenged our traditional theories about the values at stake in the discussion of privacy rights\, and shed light on the international implications of privacy laws and surveillance practices.9:00 AM - Check-in and Breakfast9:30 AM - Panel #1: Theories of Privacy in Light of “Big Data”11:15 AM - Light snacks and refreshments11:30 AM - Panel #2: A Global Perspective on Technology\, Privacy and the Law1:15 PM - Lunch1:45 PM - Panel #3: Technological Advances and Criminal Procedure This event is free and open to the public! UID:21431-1350920@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:South Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150210T150116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T173000 SUMMARY:Other:Dearborn Trip DESCRIPTION:Dearborn is the eighth largest city in Michigan. Its residents are primarily of European (German\, Polish\, Irish and Italian) and Middle Eastern (Lebanese\, Yemeni\, Iraq\, Syrian and Palestinian) heritage. UID:20676-1311601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20676 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323692@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323782@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Charting the Wolverine DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the intersection of maps and art. Artist Elaine Wilson weaves the two together seamlessly in her project “Charting the Wolverine\,” a series of her illustrations and paintings following the train route from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Wilson’s finished project is displayed in whole\, supported by a small array of her sketchbooks\, preliminary drawings and maps from U-M collections. UID:20279-1280104@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 2nd Floor, Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T161818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Now or Never: Collecting\, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:Diaries written by U-M professor of archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858–1927) and photographs taken by U-M staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866–1947) are a historical record that links them—and the University of Michigan—to one of the largest preservation efforts in history. Kelsey wrote\, “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor\,” no record of these Christian communities would remain.\n\nKelsey and Swain initially traveled to the Near East to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post World War I chaos\, as the war was far from over in the Middle East when Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on November 11\, 1918. Two Armenian manuscripts that were purchased as a consequence of the expedition are on display.\n\nLecture and opening reception will take place at 4 p.m. on January 14 in the Hatcher Library Gallery\, adjacent to the exhibit.\n\nExhibit materials are courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library and U-M Library Special Collections. UID:20513-1296064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150211T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dance Masterclass: Hou Ying and Zhang Peng DESCRIPTION:Hou Ying is a founding member of Shen Wei Dance Arts\, choreographer\, and artistic director of HouYingDance based in Beijing. \n\nZhang Peng\, is the professor of dance at the Shanghai University of Sport\, choreographer\, and vocalist focusing on traditional folk music of the Tujia ethnic group from southwestern Hunan Province\, China. \n\nThis performance is part of the Chinese Dance and Music Residency\n\nFollowing the masterclass there is an audition opportunity for the Hou Ying Dance Theater in the Betty Pease Studio Theatre. UID:20216-1276066@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20216 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Free LOCATION:Dance Building - Studio A CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141201T143728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, UMMA invites Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, to curate an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of three-dimensional objects.\n As a scientist\, Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This type of study inevitably raises questions regarding the cognition of the objects around us—how\, in the absence of perspective\, are we to read elements like color\, contrast variation\, and depth of field in the dark outlines of objects? How do we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it? How many two-dimensional projections are needed for us to understand what we are looking at\, and at what level of detail?\nThis exhibition poses such questions by juxtaposing three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis using a similar process with which he creates models of cellular components. The presentation aims to provide a glimpse of the impressions of the selected works from varied directions through interplay with their own projections and our minds.\nThe UMMA Flip Your Field series asks noted University of Michigan faculty members to consider artwork outside their field of specialization in order to guest curate an exhibition using works from UMMA's renowned collection. The UMMA Flip Your Field series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20123-1348233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Biology,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Information and Technology,Media,Medicine,Museum,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T173509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Guido van der Werve: Nummer veertien\, home DESCRIPTION:Nummer veertien\, home\, Dutch artist Guido van der Werve’s 54-minute film\, weaves together three stories of journeys away from home: the death of Frédéric Chopin in Paris and his sister’s quest to bring the composer’s heart back to his native Poland for burial\; Van der Werve’s own quest to retrace\, in reverse\, the route of Chopin’s heart in a three-week\, thousand-mile trek of biking\, running\, and swimming\; and the story of Alexander the Great\, a traveling warrior who is one of Van der Werve’s personal heroes.\n\nThe film explores themes that are common in Van der Werve’s work: extreme physical and mental endurance\, man’s struggle with the intensity of nature\, the interplay of history and geography\, the power of melancholy\, and the solitary traveler. The artist’s signature sensibility—simultaneously surreal and deadpan—is accentuated in the film by the full orchestra that accompanies him on every stage of his journey. Van der Werve spent a year composing the film’s score\, a classical requiem for forty voices and twenty strings\, and the film’s structure mirrors that of the requiem: three movements of four acts apiece\, with each act introduced by title shots to reinforce this organizational system. The tripartite framework underscores the three legs of Van der Werve’s personal triathlon and the three odysseys that intersect and inform one another throughout the film. \n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:21356-1348492@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21356 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Film,Free,Multicultural,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T184109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper DESCRIPTION:Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal\, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s based on how important paper and the written word are to civilization—including how easily writings and\, consequently knowledge\, can be lost. This exhibition\, consisting of 19 photographs from UMMA’s collection\, was inspired by the presence of the Frank Gehry chair made of cardboard in UMMA’s Design Gallery\, and of and the need to address how artists from different cultures (present-day America and communist Czechoslovakia) view a commodity as common as paper.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Center for European Studies\, Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies\, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. UID:21358-1348928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T094130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T113000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demos: Bug Brains and Neurobiology DESCRIPTION:Have you heard about the cool neurobiology research at the U-M? Join us to learn bug brain science and witness neuroscience in action! Start by exploring a neuron and learn how billions of them work together to help your brain communicate with your body. Discover how they send signals via electricity and then witness this first-hand by “bioamplifying” nerve impulses from cockroaches.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up. UID:20700-1313003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T094130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T113000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demos: Bug Brains and Neurobiology DESCRIPTION:Have you heard about the cool neurobiology research at the U-M? Join us to learn bug brain science and witness neuroscience in action! Start by exploring a neuron and learn how billions of them work together to help your brain communicate with your body. Discover how they send signals via electricity and then witness this first-hand by “bioamplifying” nerve impulses from cockroaches.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up. UID:20700-1344975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T183355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection DESCRIPTION:For more than 25 years\, Los Angeles-based collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard have built a world-class collection of contemporary art that is focused on men and male identity as its subject matter. This exhibition features works from their vast holdings in photography. Guest curator Mario Codognato examines the lives of men in contemporary Western societies—with all their contradictions—through themes of competition and solidarity\, confrontation with identity\, and diverse explorations of the body and sexuality (as both sign and experience). Together\, these thematic groups form a fictional\, somewhat idealized\, tale in 13 chapters\, inviting viewers to reflect upon their own stories as well.\n\nDrawing upon the Hergott Shepard collection as well as select works gifted by the collectors to the Hammer Museum at UCLA\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA)\, the exhibition will include more than 60 works by some of the most important names in late 20th and early 21st century art\, including Doug Aitken\, John Baldessari\, Matthew Barney\, Rineke Dijkstra\, Gilbert and George\, Nan Goldin\, Robert Mapplethorpe\, Catherine Opie\, Herb Ritts\, Thomas Ruff\, Andres Serrano\, and Wolfgang Tillmans.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21357-1348809@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21357 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T170643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Medicinal Plants and Gardens: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This exhibition celebrates the upcoming 2015 opening of the new Medicinal Garden at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The earliest botanical garden at the University was a pharmaceutical garden established in 1897 just off the Diag\, at the heart of Central Campus. The new garden\, developed in partnership with the College of Pharmacy and Medical School faculty\, will continue that legacy\, aiming to explore the botanical origins of historical and current medicines\, and to promote a better understanding of the profound relationship between plants and human health.\nPreceding the garden’s opening\, this exhibition at UMMA will feature rarely seen archival plant specimens\, deposited by pharmaceutical companies at the University Herbarium\, along with newer herbarium specimens that reveal the captivating forms of these medicinal plants. These dried and pressed plant specimens will be accompanied by the presentation of the few remaining historic images of the original pharmaceutical garden\, as well as a drawing of the layout of new garden at Matthaei\, which is uniquely organized according to the systems of the human body that these medicinal plants are used to treat.\nThis exhibition is part of the U-M Collections Collaborations series\, co-organized by and presented at UMMA and designed to showcase the renowned and diverse collections at the University of Michigan. The U-M Collections Collaborations series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20122-1348434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Culture,Discussion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,History,Medicine,Museum,Outdoors,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T124313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T130000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science. The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science. The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. UID:20702-1313049@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T115359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:William Lewis: Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918 DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, January 27 - Saturday\, February 21\nOpening Reception: Tuesday\, February 3\, 4:30-6:30 pm\nWork Gallery\, 306 S. State Street\n\n“I’ve had that war with me my whole life. It’s on my mind always.”\n\n- William Lewis\n\nWorld War I\, the war that ushered in the modern era\, spanned just four years. But it’s been part of Stamps Emeritus faculty\, William Lewis’ imagination for almost a century. Now the 96-year-old artist has a rare solo exhibition at Work Gallery\, called Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918.\n\nLewis was born at the end of the war. As a young child\, he poured over the images of its devastation and triumphs in the books and magazines that filled his grandparent’s attic. He witnessed the war’s psychological aftermath firsthand in the behavior of his four uncles and father who had fought in the conflict.\n\nFor Lewis\, “I was a child brought up with some of these men\, their books\, their photos\, their nightmares. Since then\, these images have been with me. Fascination? Yes. Revulsion? That\, too. It all left a kind of inheritance\, one I’ve tried to translate into paintings using various media.”\n\nSome of the images in Fragments of the Great War have the violent abstract beauty of JM Turner landscapes\, some contain actual letters and medals from the war itself. All are intensely personal\, yet mindful of their role as historical messengers. Each piece carries a caption that locates the viewer to a particular time and place. \n\n“Photographs have been an extraordinarily powerful resource - I draw from them\, adapt elements of them\, and in truth\, try to see beyond the image on the print or reproduction\,” says Lewis. \n\n“Needless to say\, there has been much reading to accompany the images all these years.”\n\nBeyond illuminating a particular event or battle\, the works also foreground the role of the war in altering our modern world.\n\n“The development of new technologies and machines for war\, as an aspect of the industrial revolution\, radically altered Western Civilization\,” confirms Lewis. “But ultimately\, I think of the wars as a failure by governing societies to meet their potential. The wars are a failed attempt to gain a prize\, usually through greed rather than intelligent use of knowledge.”\n\nBill Lewis’ work stands in testimony\, not to those profiteers\, but to the family men\, like Bill’s own relatives\, whose lives were forever altered by their experiences of the “war to end all wars.”\n\nThe exhibit is on display at Work Gallery from January 27th - February 21\, 2015.\n\nWorld War I\, the war that ushered in the modern era\, spanned just four years. But it’s been part of Stamps Emeritus faculty\, William Lewis’ imagination for almost a century. Now the 96-year-old artist has a rare solo exhibition at Work Gallery\, called Fragments of the Great War 1914-1918.\n\nLewis was born at the end of the war. As a young child\, he poured over the images of its devastation and triumphs in the books and magazines that filled his grandparent’s attic. He witnessed the war’s psychological aftermath firsthand in the behavior of his four uncles and father who had fought in the conflict.\n\nFor Lewis\, “I was a child brought up with some of these men\, their books\, their photos\, their nightmares. Since then\, these images have been with me. Fascination? Yes. Revulsion? That\, too. It all left a kind of inheritance\, one I’ve tried to translate into paintings using various media.”\n\nSome of the images in Fragments of the Great War have the violent abstract beauty of JM Turner landscapes\, some contain actual letters and medals from the war itself. All are intensely personal\, yet mindful of their role as historical messengers. Each piece carries a caption that locates the viewer to a particular time and place. \n\n“Photographs have been an extraordinarily powerful resource - I draw from them\, adapt elements of them\, and in truth\, try to see beyond the image on the print or reproduction\,” says Lewis. \n\n“Needless to say\, there has been much reading to accompany the images all these years.”\n\nBeyond illuminating a particular event or battle\, the works also foreground the role of the war in altering our modern world.\n\n“The development of new technologies and machines for war\, as an aspect of the industrial revolution\, radically altered Western Civilization\,” confirms Lewis. “But ultimately\, I think of the wars as a failure by governing societies to meet their potential. The wars are a failed attempt to gain a prize\, usually through greed rather than intelligent use of knowledge.”\n\nBill Lewis’ work stands in testimony\, not to those profiteers\, but to the family men\, like Bill’s own relatives\, whose lives were forever altered by their experiences of the “war to end all wars.”\n\nThe exhibit is on display at Work Gallery from January 27th - February 21\, 2015. UID:21259-1342811@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition LOCATION:Work Gallery 306 South State Street CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T123852 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Expanded View DESCRIPTION:This look at telescopes shows us the wide variety of devices that are used by astronomers to explore various aspects of deep space. Includes a brief star talk. UID:20701-1313027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20701 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T125058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Death Dogs DESCRIPTION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presents Death Dogs exhibition from February 6 - May 3\, 2015. UID:21334-1345542@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Exhibition,History,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Upjohn Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141029T152936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T143000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Dinosaur Tour! DESCRIPTION:Free docent-led tours of the dinosaur exhibits every Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. for the first 15 people to sign up. Sign up at the host table in the Rotunda lobby. First come\, first served (sorry\, reservations are not possible). Tours last approximately 30 minutes. Sponsored by U-M Credit Union. UID:19550-1345015@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19550 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150120T085618 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T160000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Korean Cinema NOW DESCRIPTION:The year is 1862. The late Joseon dynasty was a period of social and economic unrest in Korea\, and it was also a time of great tyranny. Due to continuous natural disasters and poor harvests\, poverty\, hunger and death are rampant. The aristocracy rule the country and\, concerned only with their own wealth\, they exploit and persecute the poor.\n\nIn these turbulent times\, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the authorities. They raid corrupt officials\, then share their booty with the vulnerable and impoverished. While the king stands powerless against them\, Kundo becomes a figure of fear to undeserving nobles\, and a ray of hope in the lives of long-suffering citizens. The members of Kundo believe that their cause is more important than their own lives.\n\nIn an era when one's status is decided by birth\, Dolmuchi was born to a poor butcher\, while Jo Yoon\, though born into a powerful and wealthy family\, is illegitimate. The two men strike a dangerous deal and Dolmuchi loses his mother and sister as a result. He is trampled by Jo Yoon who commands absolute power in his oppressive world. Bringing together the men who are on the fringes of this dark society\, Dolmuchi is accepted as a member of Kundo and opens his eyes to the world. Reborn under the new name \"Dolchi\,\" he draws his sword out of its sheath and disperses the shadow cast on the poor and helpless. Then before him\, the man who took away his family appears. Standing in front of Jo Yoon\, Dolchi challenges his arch-enemy to a final duel. UID:21004-1328999@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21004 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T123948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Sunstruck DESCRIPTION:Our Sun produces the energy that makes life on Earth possible. How does it do this? What is the Sun comprised of and how does it affect the Earth in other ways? Solar storms are a threat to our very existence\, and the eventual death of the Sun will mean the end of our planet. How is this similar to the lives and deaths of stars throughout our galaxy? UID:20310-1345506@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20310 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Family,Museum LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T094130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demos: Bug Brains and Neurobiology DESCRIPTION:Have you heard about the cool neurobiology research at the U-M? Join us to learn bug brain science and witness neuroscience in action! Start by exploring a neuron and learn how billions of them work together to help your brain communicate with your body. Discover how they send signals via electricity and then witness this first-hand by “bioamplifying” nerve impulses from cockroaches.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up. UID:20700-1313006@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T094130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demos: Bug Brains and Neurobiology DESCRIPTION:Have you heard about the cool neurobiology research at the U-M? Join us to learn bug brain science and witness neuroscience in action! Start by exploring a neuron and learn how billions of them work together to help your brain communicate with your body. Discover how they send signals via electricity and then witness this first-hand by “bioamplifying” nerve impulses from cockroaches.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up. UID:20700-1344982@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150121T124250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Infra Eco Logi Urbanism Exhibition DESCRIPTION:A gallery talk and reception will take place on Wednesday\, January 21\, 2015. Associate Professor Geoffrey Thün and his team will discuss the exhibition and the concepts behind its development.\nThe Infra Eco Logi Urbanism exhibition posits an approach and a vision for architecture at the urban scale within the contemporary post-metropolitan condition. The project assembles a multi-year investigation that examines extant and emerging urban systems within the Great Lakes Megaregion of North America\, and a develops a design proposition to leverage energy and mobility infrastructures toward resilient urban and public ends\, addressing questions of politics and urban society.\nThe exhibition is organized as a territory\, gathering a diverse body of work including regional cartographies\, network analyses\, historical research\, writings\, photographs\, design drawings and physical models. In aggregate\, it presents a position from which to apprehend urban questions\, a vision\, a design methodology that operates across scales from the regional to the specific\, and an event around which to discuss regional systems and the role of design in figuring their futures.\nInfra Eco Logi Urbanism is a project\, exhibition and forthcoming publication by RVTR\, a research-based design practice founded by U-M Taubman College architecture associate professor Geoffrey Thün and assistant professor Kathy Velikov\, and Ryerson University architecture chair Colin Ripley. The exhibition was previously on display at Yale University. www.rvtr.com \n\nThis exhibition runs from January 22 - February 22\, 2015. UID:21036-1330366@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21036 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Architecture,Education,Exhibition,History LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Liberty Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150204T181517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:Student Recital: Justin Zak\, horn DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Danzi - Sonata in E-flat Major\, op. 28\; Adler - Canto XI\; Brahms - Trio in E-flat Major\, op. 40. UID:21318-1344439@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21318 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150221T120010 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T170000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Community Service Hour DESCRIPTION:This is our weekly meeting where we discuss all the matters including projects\, events and internal business. This is open to everyone. UID:21574-1356297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21574 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:EECS 1311 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141205T181524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T173000 SUMMARY:Performance:Piano Exchange Concert Series: Oberlin Conservatory of Music DESCRIPTION:The U-M SMTD Department of Piano welcomes guest performers from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. UID:20203-1276052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150216T121517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T173000 SUMMARY:Performance:Student Recital: Anthony DeMartinis\, percussion DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Kitazume - Side by Side\; Debussy - La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin\; Wahlund - The Whimsical Nature of Small Particle Physics\; Harnetty - Could I tell you a little story about that?\; Burritt - Azure. UID:21584-1357049@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21584 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150116T143028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:A Musical Celebration of Chinese New Year DESCRIPTION:This concert features five vocalists from Wu Han Conservatory of Music\, China\, who will sing a program of folk and arts songs from Hubei\, Tibet\, Yunnan\, Xinjiang\, and other cultural and ethnic regions of China\, projecting Chinese people's festive and diverse celebrations of Chinese NewYear which announces the coming of Spring. The event is free and open to the public. UID:20958-1325121@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20958 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies,Concert,Festival LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150221T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T230000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Larry Nicholson Presents a Night at the Fights DESCRIPTION:USA boxing show in Grand Rapids\, MI UID:21535-1353994@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21535 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:MGGA/King Park Gym CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T180000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:SMTD@UMMA: Dance on Camera DESCRIPTION:Coming to Ann Arbor directly from Dance Films Association’s 43rd Dance On Camera Festival in New York City\, this screening celebrates the immediacy\, energy\, and mystery of dance combined with the intimacy of film. DFA’s Festival is the oldest dance film festival in the world and sparked a global explosion of activity. \n\n“The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events\, prized by its devotees...where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic\,” John Rockwell\, New York Times. \n\nThe SMTD@UMMA performance series is made possible in part by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:20181-1276025@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20181 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Film,Free,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T140509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T193000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:SMTD@UMMA: Dance on Camera 2015 DESCRIPTION:\"The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events\, prized by its devotees...where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic\" --John Rockwell\, New York Times\n\nComing to Ann Arbor directly from Dance Films Association's 43rd Dance On Camera Festival in New York City\, this screening celebrates the immediacy\, energy\, and mystery of dance combined with the intimacy of film. DFA's Festival is the oldest dance film festival in the world that sparked a global explosion of activity.\n\nThe SMTD@UMMA performance is made possible in part by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21401-1350792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21401 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Concert,Culture,Dance,Film,Free,Multicultural,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141219T121523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:SMTD@UMMA DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition HE: The Hergott Shepard Collection\, doctoral student composer Evan Ware presents works born of anguish\, vulnerability\, and healing\, including Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel and Ware’s own celebrated symphony The Quietest of Whispers. UID:20276-1279294@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T141149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:SMTD@UMMA: The Quietest of Whispers DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with UMMA's exhibition of HE: The Hergott Shepard Collection (on view February 14 - June 14\, 2015) which explores Western visions of masculinity and sexuality in the modern era\, composer Evan Ware presents works by men born of anguish\, vulnerability\, and healing\, including Ware’s own celebrated symphony The Quietest of Whispers\, performed by SMTD students and conducted by Kevin Fitzgerald.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund.\n\nThis performance is generously supported by Prue and Ami Rosenthal.\n\nThe SMTD@UMMA performance is made possible in part by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21402-1350794@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21402 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Concert,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Music,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T101211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:28th Annual Storytelling Festival DESCRIPTION:Each year The Ark brings audiences along on a journey to the land of the mind's eye with our February Storytelling Festival\, featuring talespinners from far and wide.\n\nMix together the magic and superstitions of the Hawaiian Islands with the history of Japan and Korea and you get finely spun stories from Alton Chung\, a man rooted in a unique culture and a one-of-a-kind perspective. Not only does he breathe life into traditional Asian folktales with sensitivity and deep connection\, but he can also touch into the fire of ancient Hawaiian legends and tell them with passion and respect. \n\nDetroit's Rev. Robert B. Jones Sr. says: \"I am a musician\, a storyteller\, a teacher\, an artist\, and a preacher. Over the past 30 years I have been blessed to make a significant portion of my living through music\, storytelling and art\, and I look forward to continuing to do so. ... As an artist I am inspired to create and pass on what I know about African American Roots music and the culture that produced it.\" Rev. Jones is a wonderful storyteller whose repertoire includes the stories of the great folk bluesman Leadbelly.\n\nLansing's Jennifer Pahl Otto creates whimsical stories for adults and children. A member of the Lansing Storytellers and the Ann Arbor Storytelling Guild\, she says she grew up in a house where every room\, every hallway\, every staircase was lined from floor to ceiling with books. My love of stories began there as a child\, most especially while listening to my mother read Winnie the Pooh to me—again and again. I have never stopped reading children’s literature and have spent the last 20 years handling children’s books on a daily basis as the director of the Lansing School District Reading Is Fundamental program. UID:19920-1249590@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Stupid F###ing Bird DESCRIPTION:Dept. of Theatre & Drama\n\nA comedy by Aaron Posner\n\nDirected by Daniel Cantor\n\nAn irreverent\, contemporary\, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull. This play contains profanity. UID:18252-1244246@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Theater LOCATION:Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150106T181511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150221T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Tempest DESCRIPTION:Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio Production\n\nA drama by William Shakespeare\n\nDirected by Malcolm Tulip\n\nAn enduring masterpiece of redemption and renewal filled with magic and mystery. UID:18253-1244249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T202842 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T230000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:#EndItMovement DESCRIPTION:On the 27th on February\, draw a red X on your hand\, post it to your Facebook\, and tag FreeHearts. Feel free to #EndItMovement so everyone knows that you stand against slavery.\n\nThe End It Movement is a day that is meant to shine a light on the approximately 27 million men\, women\, and children who are enslaved around the world today. This includes other countries\, as well as places like Ann Arbor\, Ypsilanti\, and Detroit. Slavery can take many forms including\, but not limited to\, forced domestic servitude\, forced sex work\, or forced manual labor. For more information\, visit the website provided below. UID:21755-1363077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Culture,Free LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Charleston Spring Regatta DESCRIPTION:Competetive Dinghy Regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:21183-1363016@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Commonwealth Cup DESCRIPTION:Flywheel and BFly go to Virginia.  UID:21344-1363020@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Martinsville, VA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T125123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:\n\nAfter Effects: April 6\, 2015\n\nFilmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015 \n\nFinal Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015 \n\niMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!\n\nRegister online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21687-1358901@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150407T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:After Effects: April 6\, 2015Filmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015Final Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015iMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!Register online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21712-1401471@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Fencing Championship Tournament DESCRIPTION:Midwest Fencing Championships UID:18723-1363028@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Northwestern University, Evanston, IL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T120007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Regionals Tournament DESCRIPTION:32 team Midwest Regionals Tournament where the top teams will qualify for nationals (located in NC) UID:20482-1362664@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Madison, WI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue University Tournament DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 21st2:15pm University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University 6:15pm University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University  Sunday\, February 22nd12:10pm University of Illinois vs. University of Michigan 3:10pm Purdue University vs. University of Michigan  UID:21057-1363024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21057 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lafayette CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Scarlet and Gray Classic DESCRIPTION:Club Volleyball ranking tournament at Ohio State UID:21355-1362667@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21355 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ohio State University Rec Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Fireside Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each monthfrom 5:30-7:00pm in the Fireside Cafe!Below are the featured activities:February 10 from 5:30-7pm:Valentines and Cookies!February 24 from 5:30-7pm: DIY Marble Magnets UID:21204-1364549@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Mug Mondays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Michigan Union MUG has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more each week in the Union MUG on Mondays from 5-6:30pm\, located in the Michigan Union Ground Floor! Below are the featured activities:February 2 from 5-6:30pm: DIY Snow GlobesFebruary 9 from 5-6:30pm: Paper Flowers CraftFebruary 16 from 5-6:30pm: Make your own mini flowerpot polar bears and penguinsFebruary 23 from 5-6:30pm: Box of Sunshine (yellow things to brighten your day!) UID:21203-1363738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T102728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing the Cherubim: Snowflake Paper Cuttings DESCRIPTION:This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite\, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his two collections\, “Chasing the Cherubim” and “Fiery Furnace”. Cherubim\, the higher order of angels\, are guardians representing divine authority in human life. Clark explores themes of changing human experience and consciousness and the evolution of authority though images of these winged beings and other manifestations. A former U-M physician\, Clark\, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake\, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. UID:20079-1342636@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Civil War Soldiers DESCRIPTION:Shayne Davidson is an experienced genealogist who received an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare\, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops\, Company G. The portraits incorporate portions of the men’s military records in the artwork\, and a mini-biography of the soldier\, written by the artist\, accompanies each portrait. Davidson also studied painting and drawing at Cooper Union in New York City and received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts. UID:21149-1335613@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life Line: Scratchboard Etchings DESCRIPTION:While Chicagoan Lisa S. Goesling has spent her life creating art\, she discovered scratchboards (boards made of clay and India ink) while undergoing a cancer diagnosis in 2006. The idea that adversity teaches us to turn the negative into a positive is a great analogy for transforming these black boards into thriving works of art. Her past careers in graphic design and art direction continue to influence her art by incorporating the fundamentals of design\, such as composition\, pattern\, texture\, contrast\, line\, etc. Using nature as her muse\, Goesling scratches fine lines into a layer of ink until meticulous images appear in the clay. UID:21146-1335501@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Splendor: Wildlife & Floral Photography DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artists Dick and Sue Rigterink use digital photography to share the joy and splendor of nature. By stopping fast motion\, their photographs capture the moment and the personalities\, whether a bird in flight or song\, or a chipmunk jumping for a flower. They focus attention on the diversity\, habitats\, behavior\, and beauty of local\, recognizable wildlife to evoke memories in viewers. Dick has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State and a Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Sue has a Bachelor’s from Michigan State in Mathematics. Their wildlife photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and National Wildlife Federation. UID:21143-1342695@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Playground Valentine: Art Jewelry & Objects DESCRIPTION:Amber D. Harrison is a Michigan based studio artist practicing contemporary art jewelry and object making. She works as a fabricator hand cutting and forming each piece while exploring the implementation of play. Her goal is to transfer her own memories into a whimsical and wearable world\, evoking the recollections or imaginations of others. She recently exhibited in the 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show\, one of the top craft shows in the United States. Harrison earned her BFA from the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:21150-1335669@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Storytelling Whimsical Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Story greatly influences the clay sculptures of Leanne Schnepp. By combining animal and human forms and characteristics\, she tells stories of connection and transformation. Humans\, coyotes\, frogs\, and birds interact and “converse\,” and mischievous children become monsters and tumble about. There is a sense of play and whimsy in the work and the opportunity for viewers to use their imagination. Schnepp earned her BFA at Michigan State University and has worked as an artist and teacher for the past 20 years. She currently lives and works in East Lansing. UID:21144-1335389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stunningly Ordinary: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Michigan based artist Amy Fell finds great beauty\, charm\, and even mystery in the everyday articles that surround us. Fell uses a variety of techniques — including dramatic lighting\, large scale presentation\, detailed rendering and bold color — to celebrate the objects that provide comfort and support in our day-to-day lives. Fell studies oil painting at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center as well as regularly attending workshops of nationally acclaimed artists. She exhibits her work in juried shows and is very active in the arts community in the Detroit metropolitan area. UID:21148-1335557@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141020T154734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Now or Never\": Collecting\, Documenting\, and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:World War I was far from over in the Middle East when the Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on 11 November 1918. As the European colonial powers sought to divide up the territory of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire\, the forces of Turkish nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal fought a war of independence claiming victory and announcing the establishment of a Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. It was in the context of continued conflict that University of Michigan Professor of Archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927) traveled to the Near East. Accompanied by his wife Isabelle (Mary) Badger Kelsey (1867-1944)\, his fifteen-year old son Easton Trowbridge Kelsey (b. 1904) and University of Michigan staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866-1947)\, Kelsey visited a region of the world that not only had experienced four-years of destructive war and devastating famine\, but also was the site of genocide.\n\nThe initial mission was to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post war chaos. To initiate the mission\, Prof. Kelsey wrote an urgent letter to Miss Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Library on October 3\, 1918. He solicited her support for an immediate expedition into the aftermath of war for “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor” no record of these Christian communities would remain. It was “now or never” he writes that ancient and medieval manuscripts may be purchased from “unappreciative hands” for a token price. It was now or never that Greek\, Syriac\, Persian and Armenian manuscripts could be easily picked up and the “possession of these\, and their proper preservation\, will be a gain to science of inestimable value.” Little did Kelsey know that his travels to the Near East would also become a moment of witnessing. Kelsey’s diaries and Swain’s photographs on exhibit leave an important historical record that links them personally and the University of Michigan to one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history.\n\nOrganizers: Kathryn Babayan\, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies\, U-M\; and Melanie Tanielian\, assistant professor of history\, U-M. UID:19668-1235330@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,International,Museum LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323693@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323739@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T124313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T130000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science. The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science. The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. UID:20702-1313050@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141201T143728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, UMMA invites Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, to curate an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of three-dimensional objects.\n As a scientist\, Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This type of study inevitably raises questions regarding the cognition of the objects around us—how\, in the absence of perspective\, are we to read elements like color\, contrast variation\, and depth of field in the dark outlines of objects? How do we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it? How many two-dimensional projections are needed for us to understand what we are looking at\, and at what level of detail?\nThis exhibition poses such questions by juxtaposing three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis using a similar process with which he creates models of cellular components. The presentation aims to provide a glimpse of the impressions of the selected works from varied directions through interplay with their own projections and our minds.\nThe UMMA Flip Your Field series asks noted University of Michigan faculty members to consider artwork outside their field of specialization in order to guest curate an exhibition using works from UMMA's renowned collection. The UMMA Flip Your Field series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20123-1348210@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Biology,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Information and Technology,Media,Medicine,Museum,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T173509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Guido van der Werve: Nummer veertien\, home DESCRIPTION:Nummer veertien\, home\, Dutch artist Guido van der Werve’s 54-minute film\, weaves together three stories of journeys away from home: the death of Frédéric Chopin in Paris and his sister’s quest to bring the composer’s heart back to his native Poland for burial\; Van der Werve’s own quest to retrace\, in reverse\, the route of Chopin’s heart in a three-week\, thousand-mile trek of biking\, running\, and swimming\; and the story of Alexander the Great\, a traveling warrior who is one of Van der Werve’s personal heroes.\n\nThe film explores themes that are common in Van der Werve’s work: extreme physical and mental endurance\, man’s struggle with the intensity of nature\, the interplay of history and geography\, the power of melancholy\, and the solitary traveler. The artist’s signature sensibility—simultaneously surreal and deadpan—is accentuated in the film by the full orchestra that accompanies him on every stage of his journey. Van der Werve spent a year composing the film’s score\, a classical requiem for forty voices and twenty strings\, and the film’s structure mirrors that of the requiem: three movements of four acts apiece\, with each act introduced by title shots to reinforce this organizational system. The tripartite framework underscores the three legs of Van der Werve’s personal triathlon and the three odysseys that intersect and inform one another throughout the film. \n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:21356-1348447@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21356 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Film,Free,Multicultural,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T184109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper DESCRIPTION:Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal\, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s based on how important paper and the written word are to civilization—including how easily writings and\, consequently knowledge\, can be lost. This exhibition\, consisting of 19 photographs from UMMA’s collection\, was inspired by the presence of the Frank Gehry chair made of cardboard in UMMA’s Design Gallery\, and of and the need to address how artists from different cultures (present-day America and communist Czechoslovakia) view a commodity as common as paper.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Center for European Studies\, Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies\, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. UID:21358-1348953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T183355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection DESCRIPTION:For more than 25 years\, Los Angeles-based collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard have built a world-class collection of contemporary art that is focused on men and male identity as its subject matter. This exhibition features works from their vast holdings in photography. Guest curator Mario Codognato examines the lives of men in contemporary Western societies—with all their contradictions—through themes of competition and solidarity\, confrontation with identity\, and diverse explorations of the body and sexuality (as both sign and experience). Together\, these thematic groups form a fictional\, somewhat idealized\, tale in 13 chapters\, inviting viewers to reflect upon their own stories as well.\n\nDrawing upon the Hergott Shepard collection as well as select works gifted by the collectors to the Hammer Museum at UCLA\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA)\, the exhibition will include more than 60 works by some of the most important names in late 20th and early 21st century art\, including Doug Aitken\, John Baldessari\, Matthew Barney\, Rineke Dijkstra\, Gilbert and George\, Nan Goldin\, Robert Mapplethorpe\, Catherine Opie\, Herb Ritts\, Thomas Ruff\, Andres Serrano\, and Wolfgang Tillmans.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21357-1348827@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21357 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T170643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Medicinal Plants and Gardens: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This exhibition celebrates the upcoming 2015 opening of the new Medicinal Garden at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The earliest botanical garden at the University was a pharmaceutical garden established in 1897 just off the Diag\, at the heart of Central Campus. The new garden\, developed in partnership with the College of Pharmacy and Medical School faculty\, will continue that legacy\, aiming to explore the botanical origins of historical and current medicines\, and to promote a better understanding of the profound relationship between plants and human health.\nPreceding the garden’s opening\, this exhibition at UMMA will feature rarely seen archival plant specimens\, deposited by pharmaceutical companies at the University Herbarium\, along with newer herbarium specimens that reveal the captivating forms of these medicinal plants. These dried and pressed plant specimens will be accompanied by the presentation of the few remaining historic images of the original pharmaceutical garden\, as well as a drawing of the layout of new garden at Matthaei\, which is uniquely organized according to the systems of the human body that these medicinal plants are used to treat.\nThis exhibition is part of the U-M Collections Collaborations series\, co-organized by and presented at UMMA and designed to showcase the renowned and diverse collections at the University of Michigan. The U-M Collections Collaborations series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20122-1348374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Culture,Discussion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,History,Medicine,Museum,Outdoors,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Charting the Wolverine DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the intersection of maps and art. Artist Elaine Wilson weaves the two together seamlessly in her project “Charting the Wolverine\,” a series of her illustrations and paintings following the train route from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Wilson’s finished project is displayed in whole\, supported by a small array of her sketchbooks\, preliminary drawings and maps from U-M collections. UID:20279-1280105@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 2nd Floor, Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T125058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Death Dogs DESCRIPTION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presents Death Dogs exhibition from February 6 - May 3\, 2015. UID:21334-1345543@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Exhibition,History,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Upjohn Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T141429 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T140000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Guided Tour: Engaging with Art DESCRIPTION:UMMA docents will guide visitors through the galleries on tours as diverse as their interests and areas of expertise. Each docent plans a theme and includes a variety of styles and media to illuminate his or her ideas. Themes may be repeated but each docent's approach and choice of objects is unique. UID:20124-1271505@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Discussion,Education,Exhibition,Film,Free,History,Multicultural,Museum,Research,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T161818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Now or Never: Collecting\, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:Diaries written by U-M professor of archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858–1927) and photographs taken by U-M staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866–1947) are a historical record that links them—and the University of Michigan—to one of the largest preservation efforts in history. Kelsey wrote\, “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor\,” no record of these Christian communities would remain.\n\nKelsey and Swain initially traveled to the Near East to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post World War I chaos\, as the war was far from over in the Middle East when Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on November 11\, 1918. Two Armenian manuscripts that were purchased as a consequence of the expedition are on display.\n\nLecture and opening reception will take place at 4 p.m. on January 14 in the Hatcher Library Gallery\, adjacent to the exhibit.\n\nExhibit materials are courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library and U-M Library Special Collections. UID:20513-1296065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T101312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Storytelling for Kids DESCRIPTION:The Saturday-night tellers from The Ark's 28th Annual Storytelling Festival return with a program for the family. \n\nMix together the magic and superstitions of the Hawaiian Islands with the history of Japan and Korea and you get finely spun stories from Alton Chung\, a man rooted in a unique culture and a one-of-a-kind perspective. Not only does he breathe life into traditional Asian folktales with sensitivity and deep connection\, but he can also touch into the fire of ancient Hawaiian legends and tell them with passion and respect. \n\nDetroit's Rev. Robert B. Jones Sr. says: \"I am a musician\, a storyteller\, a teacher\, an artist\, and a preacher. Over the past 30 years I have been blessed to make a significant portion of my living through music\, storytelling and art\, and I look forward to continuing to do so. ... As an artist I am inspired to create and pass on what I know about African American Roots music and the culture that produced it.\" Rev. Jones is a wonderful storyteller whose repertoire includes the stories of the great folk bluesman Leadbelly.\n\nLansing's Jennifer Pahl Otto creates whimsical stories for adults and children. A member of the Lansing Storytellers and the Ann Arbor Storytelling Guild\, she says she grew up in a house where every room\, every hallway\, every staircase was lined from floor to ceiling with books. My love of stories began there as a child\, most especially while listening to my mother read Winnie the Pooh to me—again and again. I have never stopped reading children’s literature and have spent the last 20 years handling children’s books on a daily basis as the director of the Lansing School District Reading Is Fundamental program. UID:19921-1249593@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19921 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141029T152936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T143000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Dinosaur Tour! DESCRIPTION:Free docent-led tours of the dinosaur exhibits every Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. for the first 15 people to sign up. Sign up at the host table in the Rotunda lobby. First come\, first served (sorry\, reservations are not possible). Tours last approximately 30 minutes. Sponsored by U-M Credit Union. UID:19550-1345077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19550 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T142040 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, was invited to be a Guest curator. Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This exhibition juxtaposes three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis and explores how we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it. Join docents and ponder this fascinating puzzle. UID:21403-1350804@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T140000 SUMMARY:Performance:Stupid F###ing Bird DESCRIPTION:Dept. of Theatre & Drama\n\nA comedy by Aaron Posner\n\nDirected by Daniel Cantor\n\nAn irreverent\, contemporary\, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull. This play contains profanity. UID:18252-1244247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Theater LOCATION:Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150106T181511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T140000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Tempest DESCRIPTION:Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio Production\n\nA drama by William Shakespeare\n\nDirected by Malcolm Tulip\n\nAn enduring masterpiece of redemption and renewal filled with magic and mystery. UID:18253-1244250@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T123948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Sunstruck DESCRIPTION:Our Sun produces the energy that makes life on Earth possible. How does it do this? What is the Sun comprised of and how does it affect the Earth in other ways? Solar storms are a threat to our very existence\, and the eventual death of the Sun will mean the end of our planet. How is this similar to the lives and deaths of stars throughout our galaxy? UID:20310-1345514@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20310 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Family,Museum LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150204T181515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Don Chisholm Vocal Jazz Masterclass: Sunny Wilkinson DESCRIPTION:Sunny Wilkinson has taken her place in that elite group of jazz vocalists who have stretched the boundaries and found themselves \"one of a kind.\" Her performance credits are impressive\, having sung with The Count Basie Band\, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass\, Clark Terry\, Mark Murphy\, Milt Hinton\, Curtis Fuller\, and Edgar Winter\, among others. Wilkinson performs regularly at jazz festivals and clubs across the country. She is the past president of the Michigan chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators and the past chairperson for IAJE’s Women’s Caucus. She is the co-founder of IAJE's Sisters in Jazz mentoring program. UID:20231-1276082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20231 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141222T121509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Joan Raeburn Holland\, harp\, with guest David Holland\, viola DESCRIPTION:This harp recital includes some very descriptive\, programmatic repertoire for the harp. Most of the pieces are original solo works for the harp\, including A Grand Sonata for Viola and Harp by Arnold Bax. UID:20281-1280176@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20281 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T094130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demos: Bug Brains and Neurobiology DESCRIPTION:Have you heard about the cool neurobiology research at the U-M? Join us to learn bug brain science and witness neuroscience in action! Start by exploring a neuron and learn how billions of them work together to help your brain communicate with your body. Discover how they send signals via electricity and then witness this first-hand by “bioamplifying” nerve impulses from cockroaches.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up. UID:20700-1313009@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T094130 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demos: Bug Brains and Neurobiology DESCRIPTION:Have you heard about the cool neurobiology research at the U-M? Join us to learn bug brain science and witness neuroscience in action! Start by exploring a neuron and learn how billions of them work together to help your brain communicate with your body. Discover how they send signals via electricity and then witness this first-hand by “bioamplifying” nerve impulses from cockroaches.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up.\n\nHands-on demonstrations are 20-30 minute interactive programs on the 2nd floor of the Museum.​ ​They include both brief presentations highlighting University research and engaging hands-on activities\, and are suitable for adults and children ages 5 and up. UID:20700-1344989@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150121T124250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Infra Eco Logi Urbanism Exhibition DESCRIPTION:A gallery talk and reception will take place on Wednesday\, January 21\, 2015. Associate Professor Geoffrey Thün and his team will discuss the exhibition and the concepts behind its development.\nThe Infra Eco Logi Urbanism exhibition posits an approach and a vision for architecture at the urban scale within the contemporary post-metropolitan condition. The project assembles a multi-year investigation that examines extant and emerging urban systems within the Great Lakes Megaregion of North America\, and a develops a design proposition to leverage energy and mobility infrastructures toward resilient urban and public ends\, addressing questions of politics and urban society.\nThe exhibition is organized as a territory\, gathering a diverse body of work including regional cartographies\, network analyses\, historical research\, writings\, photographs\, design drawings and physical models. In aggregate\, it presents a position from which to apprehend urban questions\, a vision\, a design methodology that operates across scales from the regional to the specific\, and an event around which to discuss regional systems and the role of design in figuring their futures.\nInfra Eco Logi Urbanism is a project\, exhibition and forthcoming publication by RVTR\, a research-based design practice founded by U-M Taubman College architecture associate professor Geoffrey Thün and assistant professor Kathy Velikov\, and Ryerson University architecture chair Colin Ripley. The exhibition was previously on display at Yale University. www.rvtr.com \n\nThis exhibition runs from January 22 - February 22\, 2015. UID:21036-1330367@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21036 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Architecture,Education,Exhibition,History LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Liberty Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150213T121518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T150000 SUMMARY:Performance:Senior Recital: Ben Woolsey\, organ DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Reger - Introduction and Passacaglia in D Minor\; Bach - Schmücke dich\, o liebe Seele\, BWV 654\; Bonnal - Paysage euskariens\; Rush - Lipsmacker\; Dupré - Cortège et Litanie\; Duruflé - Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain\, op. 7\; Alain - Litanies from Trois Pièces. UID:21545-1354682@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150210T121517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T173000 SUMMARY:Performance:Senior Recital: Samuel M. Mattenson\, clarinet DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Penderecki - 3 Miniature per clarinetto e pianoforte\; Gade - Fantasiestücke fur Klarinette und Pianoforte\; Cahuzac - Cantilène pour clarinette en si et piano\; Mandat - Tricolor Capers for solo B-Flat clarinet\; Khachaturian - Trio for Clarinet\, Violin\, and Piano. UID:21459-1351953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21459 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T180000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:SMTD@UMMA: Dance on Camera DESCRIPTION:Coming to Ann Arbor directly from Dance Films Association’s 43rd Dance On Camera Festival in New York City\, this screening celebrates the immediacy\, energy\, and mystery of dance combined with the intimacy of film. DFA’s Festival is the oldest dance film festival in the world and sparked a global explosion of activity. \n\n“The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events\, prized by its devotees...where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic\,” John Rockwell\, New York Times. \n\nThe SMTD@UMMA performance series is made possible in part by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:20181-1276026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20181 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Film,Free,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T140509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T193000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:SMTD@UMMA: Dance on Camera 2015 DESCRIPTION:\"The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events\, prized by its devotees...where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic\" --John Rockwell\, New York Times\n\nComing to Ann Arbor directly from Dance Films Association's 43rd Dance On Camera Festival in New York City\, this screening celebrates the immediacy\, energy\, and mystery of dance combined with the intimacy of film. DFA's Festival is the oldest dance film festival in the world that sparked a global explosion of activity.\n\nThe SMTD@UMMA performance is made possible in part by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21401-1350793@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21401 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Concert,Culture,Dance,Film,Free,Multicultural,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T102036 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:David Bromberg DESCRIPTION:A legend of the folk scene\, David Bromberg got his start in Greenwich Village coffee houses scene in the mid-1960s. His extraordinary guitar picking and exceptional stylistic range developed over the next decade. David's live shows\, rarer since he took up violin-making full time\, range from Texas swing to bluegrass\, blues\, classical music\, and anything else that might cross his mind. In the words of the New York Times\, Bromberg \"has such control of his audience that he can\, at one moment\, hold it in his hand with a tender\, touching yet funny anecdotal song\, and then set it romping and stomping with a raucous bit of raunch. He is electrifying.\" We might add that he picked up on the humor in country and classic blues as well as anyone else in the folk revival scene\, making his shows a great deal of fun. David appears this evening with his all-virtuoso quintet. UID:20302-1281221@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20302 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T121518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dissertation Lecture Recital: Agnieszka Zick\, piano DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Schubert - Piano Sonata in G Major\, op. 78\, D. 894 (“Fantasy”). UID:21633-1357934@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21633 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150213T121518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Masters Recital: Nathan Harris\, piano DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Rodrigo - Cuatro madrigales amatorios\; Wolf - Selections From Spanisches Liederbuch\; Turina - Poema en forma de canciones (Campoamor)\; Poulenc - Sonata for flute and piano\; Barber - Mélodies passagères (Rilke)\; Poulenc - Calligrammes (Apollinaire). UID:21546-1354683@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T111501 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T210000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Yoga For Sleep DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, February 22 at 8:00pm\, we will have our first-ever FREE Yoga for Sleep class!\n\nOur instructor\, Sunhay You\, is pursuing a dual Ph.D. in English and Women's Studies\, and has been teaching yoga for just over a year. You practices Yoga for a variety of reasons\, namely\, stress relief\, physical fitness\, and the ability to enhance strength and flexibility.\n\nYou will be teaching “Yoga Nidra”\, a sleep-like state which yogis report to experience during mediation. Yoga Nidra maintains one of the deepest possible states of relaxation while still remaining conscious. Benefits of Yoga Nidra are centered around mitigating stress and anxiety.\n\nNot only will you be able to step away from your studies to relax\, but the class will provide tools you can practice at home. Group-X passes will not be required to attend. Did we mention it’s FREE?\n\nWe hope you can join us Sunday for a valuable and timely class in the wake of midterms! UID:21717-1359775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21717 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Free,Health & Wellness,Rec Sports,Workshop LOCATION:Central Campus Recreation Building (Bell Pool) - Squash Court C CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T202842 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T230000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:#EndItMovement DESCRIPTION:On the 27th on February\, draw a red X on your hand\, post it to your Facebook\, and tag FreeHearts. Feel free to #EndItMovement so everyone knows that you stand against slavery.\n\nThe End It Movement is a day that is meant to shine a light on the approximately 27 million men\, women\, and children who are enslaved around the world today. This includes other countries\, as well as places like Ann Arbor\, Ypsilanti\, and Detroit. Slavery can take many forms including\, but not limited to\, forced domestic servitude\, forced sex work\, or forced manual labor. For more information\, visit the website provided below. UID:21755-1363078@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Culture,Free LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T234500 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Charleston Spring Regatta DESCRIPTION:Competetive Dinghy Regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:21183-1363017@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T234500 SUMMARY:Other:Commonwealth Cup DESCRIPTION:Flywheel and BFly go to Virginia.  UID:21344-1363021@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Martinsville, VA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T125123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:\n\nAfter Effects: April 6\, 2015\n\nFilmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015 \n\nFinal Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015 \n\niMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!\n\nRegister online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21687-1358902@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150407T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:After Effects: April 6\, 2015Filmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015Final Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015iMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!Register online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21712-1401472@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T234500 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Fencing Championship Tournament DESCRIPTION:Midwest Fencing Championships UID:18723-1363029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Northwestern University, Evanston, IL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T120007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Midwest Regionals Tournament DESCRIPTION:32 team Midwest Regionals Tournament where the top teams will qualify for nationals (located in NC) UID:20482-1362665@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Madison, WI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T200000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue University Tournament DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 21st2:15pm University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University 6:15pm University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University  Sunday\, February 22nd12:10pm University of Illinois vs. University of Michigan 3:10pm Purdue University vs. University of Michigan  UID:21057-1363025@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21057 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lafayette CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T120008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150222T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Scarlet and Gray Classic DESCRIPTION:Club Volleyball ranking tournament at Ohio State UID:21355-1362668@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21355 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ohio State University Rec Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Fireside Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each monthfrom 5:30-7:00pm in the Fireside Cafe!Below are the featured activities:February 10 from 5:30-7pm:Valentines and Cookies!February 24 from 5:30-7pm: DIY Marble Magnets UID:21204-1364550@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Mug Mondays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Michigan Union MUG has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more each week in the Union MUG on Mondays from 5-6:30pm\, located in the Michigan Union Ground Floor! Below are the featured activities:February 2 from 5-6:30pm: DIY Snow GlobesFebruary 9 from 5-6:30pm: Paper Flowers CraftFebruary 16 from 5-6:30pm: Make your own mini flowerpot polar bears and penguinsFebruary 23 from 5-6:30pm: Box of Sunshine (yellow things to brighten your day!) UID:21203-1363739@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Charting the Wolverine DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the intersection of maps and art. Artist Elaine Wilson weaves the two together seamlessly in her project “Charting the Wolverine\,” a series of her illustrations and paintings following the train route from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Wilson’s finished project is displayed in whole\, supported by a small array of her sketchbooks\, preliminary drawings and maps from U-M collections. UID:20279-1280106@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 2nd Floor, Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T102728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing the Cherubim: Snowflake Paper Cuttings DESCRIPTION:This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite\, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his two collections\, “Chasing the Cherubim” and “Fiery Furnace”. Cherubim\, the higher order of angels\, are guardians representing divine authority in human life. Clark explores themes of changing human experience and consciousness and the evolution of authority though images of these winged beings and other manifestations. A former U-M physician\, Clark\, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake\, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. UID:20079-1342637@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Civil War Soldiers DESCRIPTION:Shayne Davidson is an experienced genealogist who received an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare\, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops\, Company G. The portraits incorporate portions of the men’s military records in the artwork\, and a mini-biography of the soldier\, written by the artist\, accompanies each portrait. Davidson also studied painting and drawing at Cooper Union in New York City and received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts. UID:21149-1335614@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life Line: Scratchboard Etchings DESCRIPTION:While Chicagoan Lisa S. Goesling has spent her life creating art\, she discovered scratchboards (boards made of clay and India ink) while undergoing a cancer diagnosis in 2006. The idea that adversity teaches us to turn the negative into a positive is a great analogy for transforming these black boards into thriving works of art. Her past careers in graphic design and art direction continue to influence her art by incorporating the fundamentals of design\, such as composition\, pattern\, texture\, contrast\, line\, etc. Using nature as her muse\, Goesling scratches fine lines into a layer of ink until meticulous images appear in the clay. UID:21146-1335502@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141125T110919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Life: Watercolor DESCRIPTION:LeAnne Mawby Sowa is a west Michigan artist who paints with an appreciation of history and love of the Great Lakes. Her lighthouses and lake scenes are reminiscent of summer vacation times exploring the state’s wonders. Sowa’s colors are vibrant\, and she also brings to life the historic beauty of barns and other places far from the shoreline. Her artistic education is through self exploration\, workshops and a few college classes\, including Hertfordshire College in Ware\, England. UID:20086-1264572@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Splendor: Wildlife & Floral Photography DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artists Dick and Sue Rigterink use digital photography to share the joy and splendor of nature. By stopping fast motion\, their photographs capture the moment and the personalities\, whether a bird in flight or song\, or a chipmunk jumping for a flower. They focus attention on the diversity\, habitats\, behavior\, and beauty of local\, recognizable wildlife to evoke memories in viewers. Dick has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State and a Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Sue has a Bachelor’s from Michigan State in Mathematics. Their wildlife photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and National Wildlife Federation. UID:21143-1342696@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Playground Valentine: Art Jewelry & Objects DESCRIPTION:Amber D. Harrison is a Michigan based studio artist practicing contemporary art jewelry and object making. She works as a fabricator hand cutting and forming each piece while exploring the implementation of play. Her goal is to transfer her own memories into a whimsical and wearable world\, evoking the recollections or imaginations of others. She recently exhibited in the 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show\, one of the top craft shows in the United States. Harrison earned her BFA from the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:21150-1335670@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Storytelling Whimsical Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Story greatly influences the clay sculptures of Leanne Schnepp. By combining animal and human forms and characteristics\, she tells stories of connection and transformation. Humans\, coyotes\, frogs\, and birds interact and “converse\,” and mischievous children become monsters and tumble about. There is a sense of play and whimsy in the work and the opportunity for viewers to use their imagination. Schnepp earned her BFA at Michigan State University and has worked as an artist and teacher for the past 20 years. She currently lives and works in East Lansing. UID:21144-1335390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stunningly Ordinary: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Michigan based artist Amy Fell finds great beauty\, charm\, and even mystery in the everyday articles that surround us. Fell uses a variety of techniques — including dramatic lighting\, large scale presentation\, detailed rendering and bold color — to celebrate the objects that provide comfort and support in our day-to-day lives. Fell studies oil painting at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center as well as regularly attending workshops of nationally acclaimed artists. She exhibits her work in juried shows and is very active in the arts community in the Detroit metropolitan area. UID:21148-1335558@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150310T132434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table DESCRIPTION:The Dinnerware Museum\, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012\, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware from all over the world along with fine art referencing dinnerware created from ceramic\, metal\, glass\, paper\, plastic and more. This exhibition highlights portions of eight memorable place settings of American tableware dating from the 1930s to the present\, including sets designed by the leading 20th century designers Eva Zeisel\, Russel Wright\, Glidden Parker\, and Don Schreckengost as well as new dinnerware by contemporary artist Julia Galloway in 2014. UID:21151-1335759@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141218T105602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Re-Imaging Gender - A Juried Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Our understandings of gender have shifted dramatically in recent decades. No longer is gender a matter of an immutable binary\, or a set of predetermined preferences and predilections. This exhibition--the first of its kind--both celebrates and interrogates the visual aspects of the re- imaging of gender.\n\nRe-imaging Gender features the work of 15 promising artists who take on one of the most important challenges facing contemporary art: how to render the modern spectrum of gender\, going beyond the simple male/female binary to include a wide variety of identities and sexualities.\n\nThe Re-imaging artists\, MFA students enrolled at Michigan and CIC universities (Big 10\, plus Chicago)\, responded to an IRWG-issued Call for Art. The result is an exhibition of 17 works in a variety of media\, including photography\, paint\, lithograph\, mixed media\, and video\, which reflect new understandings of gender.\n\nThe exhibit will be displayed at the Lane Hall Gallery\, a space shared by IRWG and the U-M Department of Women’s Studies\, from January 15 - June 26\, 2015. UID:20407-1287613@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Literary Arts,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery space on first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141020T154734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Now or Never\": Collecting\, Documenting\, and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:World War I was far from over in the Middle East when the Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on 11 November 1918. As the European colonial powers sought to divide up the territory of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire\, the forces of Turkish nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal fought a war of independence claiming victory and announcing the establishment of a Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. It was in the context of continued conflict that University of Michigan Professor of Archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927) traveled to the Near East. Accompanied by his wife Isabelle (Mary) Badger Kelsey (1867-1944)\, his fifteen-year old son Easton Trowbridge Kelsey (b. 1904) and University of Michigan staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866-1947)\, Kelsey visited a region of the world that not only had experienced four-years of destructive war and devastating famine\, but also was the site of genocide.\n\nThe initial mission was to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post war chaos. To initiate the mission\, Prof. Kelsey wrote an urgent letter to Miss Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Library on October 3\, 1918. He solicited her support for an immediate expedition into the aftermath of war for “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor” no record of these Christian communities would remain. It was “now or never” he writes that ancient and medieval manuscripts may be purchased from “unappreciative hands” for a token price. It was now or never that Greek\, Syriac\, Persian and Armenian manuscripts could be easily picked up and the “possession of these\, and their proper preservation\, will be a gain to science of inestimable value.” Little did Kelsey know that his travels to the Near East would also become a moment of witnessing. Kelsey’s diaries and Swain’s photographs on exhibit leave an important historical record that links them personally and the University of Michigan to one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history.\n\nOrganizers: Kathryn Babayan\, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies\, U-M\; and Melanie Tanielian\, assistant professor of history\, U-M. UID:19668-1235331@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,International,Museum LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T161818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Now or Never: Collecting\, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:Diaries written by U-M professor of archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858–1927) and photographs taken by U-M staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866–1947) are a historical record that links them—and the University of Michigan—to one of the largest preservation efforts in history. Kelsey wrote\, “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor\,” no record of these Christian communities would remain.\n\nKelsey and Swain initially traveled to the Near East to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post World War I chaos\, as the war was far from over in the Middle East when Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on November 11\, 1918. Two Armenian manuscripts that were purchased as a consequence of the expedition are on display.\n\nLecture and opening reception will take place at 4 p.m. on January 14 in the Hatcher Library Gallery\, adjacent to the exhibit.\n\nExhibit materials are courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library and U-M Library Special Collections. UID:20513-1296066@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T112540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner DESCRIPTION:Experience the acclaimed works of artist M. Saffell Gardner at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, February 19 – March 20\, 2015 with the exhibition “The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner.” Located in Lester P. Monts Hall\, “Artistry” features an extensive collection of Gardner’s paintings and creative works. \n\nAbout the Artist: M. Saffell Gardner is a master painter\, mixed media artist\, art historian and educator. A graduate of Wayne State University holding a BFA and MFA in painting\, Gardner's artistic talents have transcended a career spanning more than five decades. As recently as 2014\, Gardner's work appeared at the 9338 Campau Gallery and 2014 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids. In 2013\, he was invited to participate in “The Venice Biennale 2013.\" In 2000\, he was selected as the Chivas Regal Artist in Residence at the Charles H. Wright Museum. A commissioned painting entitled “Door of No Return” is currently in the museum’s permanent collection. Gardner has also co-curated “Vision in a Cornfield” for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Gardner’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of multiple healthcare systems including: Blue Cross Blue Shield\, Henry Ford Hospital\, Total Healthcare and the Detroit Medical Center. His work is also on display at several Detroit Public Schools including Cass Technical High School\, Renaissance High School\, Southeastern High School and the Detroit School of Arts. In addition\, to his work the metro Detroit area\, Gardner has also exhibited throughout the United States\, Jamaica\, Brazil\, Ghana and Africa. UID:21679-1358658@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center - Monts Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150109T121922 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dykes\, Dads\, and Moms to Watch out For: The Comics of Alison Bechdel DESCRIPTION:The Institute for the Humanities is pleased to present the first comprehensive\, curated exhibition of the work of Alison Bechdel\, cartoonist\, graphic memoirist\, and 2014 McArthur \"Genius.\" Bechdel's work explores the overlap of the personal and the political\, \"using the interplay of word and image to weave sophisticated narratives.\" The musical adaptation of her acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic\, which originated at the Public Theater\, opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\n\"Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution among lesbians and discerning non-lesbians all over the planet. And her more recent\, darkly humorous graphic memoirs about her family have forged an unlikely intimacy with an even wider range of readers.\n\nBechdel self-syndicated Dykes to Watch Out For for twenty-five years\, from 1983 to 2008. The award-winning generational chronicle has been called “one of the pre-eminent oeuvres in the comics genre\, period.” (Ms. magazine)\n\nIn 2006 she published Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Time magazine named it the Best Book of 2006\, describing the tightly architected investigation into her closeted bisexual father’s suicide “a masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds\, and their mysterious debts to each other.” Fun Home was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. It has been adapted into a musical by the playwright Lisa Kron and the composer Jeanine Tesori. It opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in September 2013 and ran through several extensions. It opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\nIn her work\, Bechdel is preoccupied with the overlap of the political and the personal spheres\, the relationship of the self to the world outside. Her 2012 memoir Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama delved into not just her relationship with her own mother\, but the theories of the 20th-century British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. In the New York Times Book Review\, Katie Roiphe wrote\, “There’s a lucidity to Bechdel’s work that in certain ways … bears more resemblance to poetry than to the dense\, wordy introspection of most prose memoirs. The book delivers lightning bolts of revelation\, maps of insight and visual snapshots of family entanglements in a singularly beautiful style.”\n\nAlison’s comics have appeared in The New Yorker\, Slate\, McSweeney’s\, The New York Times Book Review\, and Granta. She received a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship.\n\nAlison lives in Vermont\, where she is a Marsh Professor at Large at the University of Vermont.\" UID:20743-1314931@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Exhibition,Storytelling,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323694@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323740@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141126T120448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Nicholas Delbanco: A Literary Life DESCRIPTION:This exhibit\, drawn from the papers of teacher and author Nicholas Delbanco\, Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature and Director of the Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards Program at U-M\, spans decades and continents and illustrates the extensive range of Delbanco's life and work.\n\nOpen Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:20095-1265737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Literary Arts,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Hatcher South, Special Collections CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T133453 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Uncanny Valley DESCRIPTION:Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker\n(collaboratively working under the name Future Retrieval)\n\nThe objects presented merge the strengths of our studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. Ornament and detail collide with a fascination of taxidermy and natural order. Each object contains a history\, reaching back and highlighting ideals of time and labor.\nThree-dimensional scans and photographs have been rapid prototyped\, processed in the studio\, and molded into porcelain mimicking the world of European decorative arts. Inspired also by German animal sculptures and cut silhouettes\, we are using digital translation to both highlight and transform these details that fascinate us. The interest in new technologies and industrial methods is that each piece is handmade\, but maintains the record of a computer driven interpretation. Our intention is to make art objects that reference design and are held together by craft.\n\nBio \nFuture Retrieval\n\nGuy Michael Davis was born in 1978 and raised in Bartlesville\, OK. Katie Parker was born in 1980 in Jonesboro Arkansas\, and grew up in Plano\, Texas. They both attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1999-2003 and received BFA degrees in ceramics.\nKatie went straight to graduate school at The Ohio State University from 2003-2005\, Guy followed suit three years later from 2006-2008. Both Katie and Guy received MFA degrees in ceramics. \nCurrently\, Katie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati\, running the ceramics department. Guy works for multiple designers across the country\, and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. For several years\, they have also been collaborating together\, making objects that combine new technology\, porcelain\, and good craft. The objects merge the strengths of their individual studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally\, with recent shows in New York City\, Jingdezhen China\, Cardiff Wales\, Philadelphia\, Kansas City\, and Tempe Arizona. This summer they were both artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha\, NE. UID:20670-1311549@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20670 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T124313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T130000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science. The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science. The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. UID:20702-1313051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150116T165536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T130000 SUMMARY:Other:Fun\, Food & Friendships: International Student Lunch Discussion DESCRIPTION:The International Student Lunch Discussion group is a space for students to have informal discussions covering a variety of topics such as: adjusting to U of M\, cultural adjustment\, making friends\, relationships\, and managing academic stress. No appointment needed! Free lunch to be provided\, but feel free to bring your lunch if you prefer. UID:20966-1325175@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20966 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,International LOCATION:Michigan Union - CAPS Annex, 3rd floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T112443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Cycles DESCRIPTION:Check out the Future Cycles on display. They're hybrid vehicles that combine the weather protection\, carrying capacity and visibility of a car with the low energy usage of a bicycle to create a vehicle that is half car\, half bicycle.\n\nBuilt by Cameron Van Dyke\, a graduate student at the University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design\, Future Cycles were created as part of his master's thesis. They recently appeared at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.\n\nJoin us for a reception in the Duderstadt Gallery on March 13\, 5:00-8:00 p.m. UID:21719-1359781@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Library LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T123732 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T130000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Group-X: Core Yoga DESCRIPTION:Core yoga is a dynamic\, Vinyasa- based class that focuses on utilizing and strengthening the core\, linking breath to movement. Be prepared to work all aspects of your core\, sweat\, and find strength and power from within. UID:21723-1363693@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness,Rec Sports LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T123012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Planning For Your Medical School Written Presentation: Personal Statement and Activities Descriptions DESCRIPTION:Come learn the basic of the written portion of your medical school application. We will cover planning for your personal statement as well as how to fill out the description of \"activities\" in the application. UID:21476-1352239@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21476 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150206T152418 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Stages of the Soul: Opportunities in the Second Half of Life DESCRIPTION:The tasks for personal growth in the second half of life are different from those in the first half of life. In this slide-lecture\, we look deeply at the \"stages of the soul:\" Call\, Search\, Struggle\, Breakthrough and Return. These stages offer a \"map\" of psycho-spiritual development that incorporates ideas such as individuation (Jung)\, ego-integrity (Erikson)\, and gero-transcendence (Tornstam)\, offering a vision of positive aging in later life.\n\nHarry Moody\, recently retired ice President and Director of Academic Affairs for AARP will deliver the keynote address. UID:21353-1347055@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21353 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Social Justice LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B798 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T202522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Adrian Matejka Q&A DESCRIPTION:Adrian Matejka was born in Nuremberg\, Germany and attended Indiana University and the MFA program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His first collection of poems\, The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books\, 2003)\, won the 2002 New York / New England Award. His second collection\, Mixology (Penguin\, 2009)\, was a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series and a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literature. His most recent book\, The Big Smoke (Penguin\, 2013) was awarded the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award\, the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award\, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation\, the Guggenheim Foundation\, and the Lannan Foundation. He teaches in the MFA program at Indiana University in Bloomington and is working on a new collection of poems and a graphic novel. UID:21297-1343375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21297 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - Hopwood Room, 1176 Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T183019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T143000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Staying Organized with AdviseStream While Applying to Medical School DESCRIPTION:Come learn how to use AdviseStream as a way to stay on top of your medical school application process! UID:21196-1337915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21196 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T183017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Applying to Medical School: What To Do\, How & When DESCRIPTION:This program is part of the Career Center's Gearing Up to Apply to Medical School Clinics Series. Check also similar programming on personal statements\, interviewing preparation\, gap years\, and how to stay organized with AdviseStream while applying. UID:21447-1351669@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21447 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150114T092954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:RCGD Seminar Series: BioSocial Methods- Elissa Chesler DESCRIPTION:Elissa Chesler\, The Jackson Laboratory\, Bioinformatics\, Genomics\, Neurobiology UID:20851-1321899@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20851 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Economics,Education,Information and Technology,Medicine,Philosophy,Psychology,Public Health,Public Policy,Research,Science,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T122517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CES Workshop DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Julie Kleinman\, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities and visiting assistant professor of French\, Oberlin College\n\nAt the height of the French presidential election season in 2007\, Paris’s Gare du Nord railway station erupted in what newspapers called a “riot” after the violent arrest of a Congolese man provoked confrontations between youth and police. The event staged the convergence of official and unofficial attempts to define and regulate spaces and subjects in Parisian public space. Drawing on media representations of the events\, political speeches\, and first person accounts\, I show how station users engaged with and contested the official ideology of French social and spatial classifications. The “riot” brings to light competing ways of seeing and imagining this public site—as non-space or as socially meaningful place\, as national emblem or as imperial legacy\, as political or as apolitical\, as peripheral margin or as a central hub. Proposing the analytic of a “theater of encounter” to understand this event and its representation\, I suggest that mobility infrastructure helps us rethink how racial and cultural categories map onto the French urban landscape.\n\nJulie Kleinman completed her PhD in Anthropology at Harvard University in 2013\, and is now a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at Oberlin College. She is currently working on her book manuscript\, which examines immigration and the politics of difference in French public space through the lens of Paris’s Gare du Nord railway station. She has published on these topics in Ethnologie Française\, Transition\, and City & Society. Julie recently returned from Mali where she has been doing research for her second project on return migration and migrant rights activism in Bamako. In 2015\, she will begin a position at Penn State University as assistant professor of French and African Studies. UID:20259-1278973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,france,race,transportation LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1644 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150220T092323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Distinguished University Professorship Lecture and Reception DESCRIPTION:\"My Journey in the Solar System\" \n\nThis talk will follow Professor Gombosi’s scientific journey. The importance of mentoring\, supporting students and early career scientists will also be discussed. Professor Gombosi’s transition from Communist Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to the University of Michigan will also be described and put in historical perspective. UID:20287-1280950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20287 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Lecture LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th Floor Amphitheatre and Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150114T142249 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Resume Basics DESCRIPTION:In this hands on workshop\, we will cover basic resume formats and strategies applicable to students and others embarking on a first job search\, as well as those considering re-entry into the workforce. Participants will have the opportunity to create or revise their own resume\, and there will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. Please bring a working draft of your resume (or at least a list of skills and past jobs/experiences) to this workshop.\n\nRegister at http://cew.umich.edu/progevents/resume-basics/20141219 UID:20881-1322260@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Free,Networking,Workshop LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150213T125816 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T180000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Take 2 Jokes and Call Me in the Morning: Is Laughter the New Aspirin? DESCRIPTION:Mark Cendrowski\, director of TV's The Big Bang Theory\, talks about humor and health\, and his career since graduating from U-M in the 1980s. He is joined by U-M director of Asthma programs\, Dr. Randy Brown. Hosted at the U-M School of Public Health main auditorium. UID:21547-1354684@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21547 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Comedy,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Public Health II - Auditorium M1020 first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T202854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Adrian Matejka Reading DESCRIPTION:Adrian Matejka was born in Nuremberg\, Germany and attended Indiana University and the MFA program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His first collection of poems\, The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books\, 2003)\, won the 2002 New York / New England Award. His second collection\, Mixology (Penguin\, 2009)\, was a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series and a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literature. His most recent book\, The Big Smoke (Penguin\, 2013) was awarded the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award\, the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award\, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation\, the Guggenheim Foundation\, and the Lannan Foundation. He teaches in the MFA program at Indiana University in Bloomington and is working on a new collection of poems and a graphic novel. UID:21298-1343376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21298 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T190021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:MUG Mondays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Michigan Union Underground has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be food\, crafts\, games\, and more each week in the Michigan MUG! With free takeaways\, coupons\, food\, and even prizes\, this is something that you don't want to miss! Come to the Michigan MUG each Monday from 5-6:30pm to see what is happening this week! UID:20681-1311965@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20681 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Free,Games LOCATION:Michigan Union - Ground Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T121510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Musicology Lecture: Professor Carolyn Abbate- CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:French opéra-comique and operetta were omnipresent in the daily life of German operatic culture\, cinema\, and theater for four critical decades from the 1890s to the 1930s. What values or meanings were given voice by this phenomenon? What characterized its artists\, opera producers\, film practitioners\, and critics? One answer can be found in the film operettas that were produced by UFA in Berlin from 1930-33\, with their frivolous plots\, and their ambiguous reception from the 1930s to the present. UID:18610-1211180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18610 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T183015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Residence Staff Round Robins DESCRIPTION:Closed session for the staff of Alice Lloyd\, Couzens\, and East Quad. UID:21797-1364098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21797 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T091437 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:#Black Lives Matter: A Minicourse by the Residential College DESCRIPTION:Historically and today\, environmental burdens -- such as exposure to the health risk of toxic chemicals -- have fallen more heavily on poor and minority communities than on others. These environmental injustices speak to how we value black lives. The environmental movement is a movement of people working for the right to a clean and healthy environment for all. Virginia Murphy (Faculty\, STP Program\, RC) will provide an overview of the EJ movement in the United States. Guy Williams\, the Director of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (DWEJ) and the 2014 Michigan Green Leader Winner\, will discuss the work of his organization. Since 1994\, DWEJ has been a voice for environmental justice in Michigan\, dedicated to empowering urban residents to take a meaningful role in the decision-making processes that impact their communities and help create neighborhoods where people can really live. UID:21325-1344971@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Ecology,Environment,Free,History,Lecture,Public Health,Public Policy LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1405 East Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T180007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Other:A Spiritual World DESCRIPTION:God is a spirit and since we are made in his image\, we are also spirit. Have you ever viewed the world not with your eyes but with your spirit\, the way God views it? How can seeing from God's perspective be beneficial to us? How do we view the world for what it really is\, a world of spirits? You'll be glad you took part in this eye-opening discussion! UID:20789-1317117@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20789 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Fireside Cafe (Look for sign on table) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150123T153858 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T203000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Global Village Square Series DESCRIPTION:The Global Village Square (GVS) series is designed to promote awareness of and appreciation for cultural diversity. It provides informal and interactive events that nurture a global learning community for U.S. and international students. GVS is co-sponsored by the International Center and the Ecumenical Center and International Residence (ECIR). UID:21102-1332218@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21102 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Community Room (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T183017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T203000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Resume Building for Student Athletes DESCRIPTION:We will be helping U-M student athletes build great resumes. The workshop will cover basic format and content questions about resumes\, and give specific suggestions on how to translate sports into outstanding bullet points. UID:21107-1332449@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21107 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross Academic Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T102050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Albert Lee DESCRIPTION:British guitar legend Albert Lee\, regarded by many as one of the world’s finest guitar players\, with a career spanning more than 50 years\, needs no introduction for country Music\, blues and rock fans. Widely hailed for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique\, Albert Lee helped to redefine country guitar for a whole generation of players with his song \"Country Boy.\" Albert’s many career highlights include two Grammy wins\, five years in the Eric Clapton band (at Clapton's request Albert recently played the Crossroads Festival with Eric at Madison Square Garden) and stints with the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman\, The Crickets\, the Everly Brothers\, Joe Cocker\, Emmylou Harris\, Rodney Crowell and many more. Take it from Emmylou\, who says\, “When Saint Peter asks me to chronicle my time down here on earth\, I'll be able to say—with pride if that's allowed—that for a while I played rhythm guitar in a band with Albert Lee.\" UID:20154-1273588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150210T121517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Pre-Candidate Recital: Tzu-Yin Huang\, piano DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Mozart - Piano concerto in A Major KV. 488\; Barber - Piano concerto op. 38. UID:21460-1351954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21460 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T202842 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T230000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:#EndItMovement DESCRIPTION:On the 27th on February\, draw a red X on your hand\, post it to your Facebook\, and tag FreeHearts. Feel free to #EndItMovement so everyone knows that you stand against slavery.\n\nThe End It Movement is a day that is meant to shine a light on the approximately 27 million men\, women\, and children who are enslaved around the world today. This includes other countries\, as well as places like Ann Arbor\, Ypsilanti\, and Detroit. Slavery can take many forms including\, but not limited to\, forced domestic servitude\, forced sex work\, or forced manual labor. For more information\, visit the website provided below. UID:21755-1363079@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Culture,Free LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T125123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:\n\nAfter Effects: April 6\, 2015\n\nFilmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015 \n\nFinal Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015 \n\niMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!\n\nRegister online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21687-1358903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150407T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:After Effects: April 6\, 2015Filmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015Final Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015iMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!Register online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21712-1401473@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T235959 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Fireside Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each monthfrom 5:30-7:00pm in the Fireside Cafe!Below are the featured activities:February 10 from 5:30-7pm:Valentines and Cookies!February 24 from 5:30-7pm: DIY Marble Magnets UID:21204-1364551@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150223T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Mug Mondays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Michigan Union MUG has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more each week in the Union MUG on Mondays from 5-6:30pm\, located in the Michigan Union Ground Floor! Below are the featured activities:February 2 from 5-6:30pm: DIY Snow GlobesFebruary 9 from 5-6:30pm: Paper Flowers CraftFebruary 16 from 5-6:30pm: Make your own mini flowerpot polar bears and penguinsFebruary 23 from 5-6:30pm: Box of Sunshine (yellow things to brighten your day!) UID:21203-1363740@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Charting the Wolverine DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the intersection of maps and art. Artist Elaine Wilson weaves the two together seamlessly in her project “Charting the Wolverine\,” a series of her illustrations and paintings following the train route from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Wilson’s finished project is displayed in whole\, supported by a small array of her sketchbooks\, preliminary drawings and maps from U-M collections. UID:20279-1280107@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 2nd Floor, Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T102728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing the Cherubim: Snowflake Paper Cuttings DESCRIPTION:This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite\, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his two collections\, “Chasing the Cherubim” and “Fiery Furnace”. Cherubim\, the higher order of angels\, are guardians representing divine authority in human life. Clark explores themes of changing human experience and consciousness and the evolution of authority though images of these winged beings and other manifestations. A former U-M physician\, Clark\, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake\, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. UID:20079-1342638@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Civil War Soldiers DESCRIPTION:Shayne Davidson is an experienced genealogist who received an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare\, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops\, Company G. The portraits incorporate portions of the men’s military records in the artwork\, and a mini-biography of the soldier\, written by the artist\, accompanies each portrait. Davidson also studied painting and drawing at Cooper Union in New York City and received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts. UID:21149-1335615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life Line: Scratchboard Etchings DESCRIPTION:While Chicagoan Lisa S. Goesling has spent her life creating art\, she discovered scratchboards (boards made of clay and India ink) while undergoing a cancer diagnosis in 2006. The idea that adversity teaches us to turn the negative into a positive is a great analogy for transforming these black boards into thriving works of art. Her past careers in graphic design and art direction continue to influence her art by incorporating the fundamentals of design\, such as composition\, pattern\, texture\, contrast\, line\, etc. Using nature as her muse\, Goesling scratches fine lines into a layer of ink until meticulous images appear in the clay. UID:21146-1335503@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141125T110919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Life: Watercolor DESCRIPTION:LeAnne Mawby Sowa is a west Michigan artist who paints with an appreciation of history and love of the Great Lakes. Her lighthouses and lake scenes are reminiscent of summer vacation times exploring the state’s wonders. Sowa’s colors are vibrant\, and she also brings to life the historic beauty of barns and other places far from the shoreline. Her artistic education is through self exploration\, workshops and a few college classes\, including Hertfordshire College in Ware\, England. UID:20086-1264573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Splendor: Wildlife & Floral Photography DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artists Dick and Sue Rigterink use digital photography to share the joy and splendor of nature. By stopping fast motion\, their photographs capture the moment and the personalities\, whether a bird in flight or song\, or a chipmunk jumping for a flower. They focus attention on the diversity\, habitats\, behavior\, and beauty of local\, recognizable wildlife to evoke memories in viewers. Dick has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State and a Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Sue has a Bachelor’s from Michigan State in Mathematics. Their wildlife photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and National Wildlife Federation. UID:21143-1342697@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Playground Valentine: Art Jewelry & Objects DESCRIPTION:Amber D. Harrison is a Michigan based studio artist practicing contemporary art jewelry and object making. She works as a fabricator hand cutting and forming each piece while exploring the implementation of play. Her goal is to transfer her own memories into a whimsical and wearable world\, evoking the recollections or imaginations of others. She recently exhibited in the 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show\, one of the top craft shows in the United States. Harrison earned her BFA from the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:21150-1335671@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Storytelling Whimsical Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Story greatly influences the clay sculptures of Leanne Schnepp. By combining animal and human forms and characteristics\, she tells stories of connection and transformation. Humans\, coyotes\, frogs\, and birds interact and “converse\,” and mischievous children become monsters and tumble about. There is a sense of play and whimsy in the work and the opportunity for viewers to use their imagination. Schnepp earned her BFA at Michigan State University and has worked as an artist and teacher for the past 20 years. She currently lives and works in East Lansing. UID:21144-1335391@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stunningly Ordinary: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Michigan based artist Amy Fell finds great beauty\, charm\, and even mystery in the everyday articles that surround us. Fell uses a variety of techniques — including dramatic lighting\, large scale presentation\, detailed rendering and bold color — to celebrate the objects that provide comfort and support in our day-to-day lives. Fell studies oil painting at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center as well as regularly attending workshops of nationally acclaimed artists. She exhibits her work in juried shows and is very active in the arts community in the Detroit metropolitan area. UID:21148-1335559@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150310T132434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table DESCRIPTION:The Dinnerware Museum\, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012\, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware from all over the world along with fine art referencing dinnerware created from ceramic\, metal\, glass\, paper\, plastic and more. This exhibition highlights portions of eight memorable place settings of American tableware dating from the 1930s to the present\, including sets designed by the leading 20th century designers Eva Zeisel\, Russel Wright\, Glidden Parker\, and Don Schreckengost as well as new dinnerware by contemporary artist Julia Galloway in 2014. UID:21151-1335760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141218T105602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Re-Imaging Gender - A Juried Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Our understandings of gender have shifted dramatically in recent decades. No longer is gender a matter of an immutable binary\, or a set of predetermined preferences and predilections. This exhibition--the first of its kind--both celebrates and interrogates the visual aspects of the re- imaging of gender.\n\nRe-imaging Gender features the work of 15 promising artists who take on one of the most important challenges facing contemporary art: how to render the modern spectrum of gender\, going beyond the simple male/female binary to include a wide variety of identities and sexualities.\n\nThe Re-imaging artists\, MFA students enrolled at Michigan and CIC universities (Big 10\, plus Chicago)\, responded to an IRWG-issued Call for Art. The result is an exhibition of 17 works in a variety of media\, including photography\, paint\, lithograph\, mixed media\, and video\, which reflect new understandings of gender.\n\nThe exhibit will be displayed at the Lane Hall Gallery\, a space shared by IRWG and the U-M Department of Women’s Studies\, from January 15 - June 26\, 2015. UID:20407-1287614@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Literary Arts,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery space on first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141020T154734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Now or Never\": Collecting\, Documenting\, and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:World War I was far from over in the Middle East when the Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on 11 November 1918. As the European colonial powers sought to divide up the territory of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire\, the forces of Turkish nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal fought a war of independence claiming victory and announcing the establishment of a Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. It was in the context of continued conflict that University of Michigan Professor of Archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927) traveled to the Near East. Accompanied by his wife Isabelle (Mary) Badger Kelsey (1867-1944)\, his fifteen-year old son Easton Trowbridge Kelsey (b. 1904) and University of Michigan staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866-1947)\, Kelsey visited a region of the world that not only had experienced four-years of destructive war and devastating famine\, but also was the site of genocide.\n\nThe initial mission was to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post war chaos. To initiate the mission\, Prof. Kelsey wrote an urgent letter to Miss Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Library on October 3\, 1918. He solicited her support for an immediate expedition into the aftermath of war for “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor” no record of these Christian communities would remain. It was “now or never” he writes that ancient and medieval manuscripts may be purchased from “unappreciative hands” for a token price. It was now or never that Greek\, Syriac\, Persian and Armenian manuscripts could be easily picked up and the “possession of these\, and their proper preservation\, will be a gain to science of inestimable value.” Little did Kelsey know that his travels to the Near East would also become a moment of witnessing. Kelsey’s diaries and Swain’s photographs on exhibit leave an important historical record that links them personally and the University of Michigan to one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history.\n\nOrganizers: Kathryn Babayan\, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies\, U-M\; and Melanie Tanielian\, assistant professor of history\, U-M. UID:19668-1235332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,International,Museum LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T161818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Now or Never: Collecting\, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:Diaries written by U-M professor of archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858–1927) and photographs taken by U-M staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866–1947) are a historical record that links them—and the University of Michigan—to one of the largest preservation efforts in history. Kelsey wrote\, “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor\,” no record of these Christian communities would remain.\n\nKelsey and Swain initially traveled to the Near East to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post World War I chaos\, as the war was far from over in the Middle East when Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on November 11\, 1918. Two Armenian manuscripts that were purchased as a consequence of the expedition are on display.\n\nLecture and opening reception will take place at 4 p.m. on January 14 in the Hatcher Library Gallery\, adjacent to the exhibit.\n\nExhibit materials are courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library and U-M Library Special Collections. UID:20513-1296067@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T112540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner DESCRIPTION:Experience the acclaimed works of artist M. Saffell Gardner at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, February 19 – March 20\, 2015 with the exhibition “The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner.” Located in Lester P. Monts Hall\, “Artistry” features an extensive collection of Gardner’s paintings and creative works. \n\nAbout the Artist: M. Saffell Gardner is a master painter\, mixed media artist\, art historian and educator. A graduate of Wayne State University holding a BFA and MFA in painting\, Gardner's artistic talents have transcended a career spanning more than five decades. As recently as 2014\, Gardner's work appeared at the 9338 Campau Gallery and 2014 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids. In 2013\, he was invited to participate in “The Venice Biennale 2013.\" In 2000\, he was selected as the Chivas Regal Artist in Residence at the Charles H. Wright Museum. A commissioned painting entitled “Door of No Return” is currently in the museum’s permanent collection. Gardner has also co-curated “Vision in a Cornfield” for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Gardner’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of multiple healthcare systems including: Blue Cross Blue Shield\, Henry Ford Hospital\, Total Healthcare and the Detroit Medical Center. His work is also on display at several Detroit Public Schools including Cass Technical High School\, Renaissance High School\, Southeastern High School and the Detroit School of Arts. In addition\, to his work the metro Detroit area\, Gardner has also exhibited throughout the United States\, Jamaica\, Brazil\, Ghana and Africa. UID:21679-1358659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center - Monts Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T125058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Death Dogs DESCRIPTION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presents Death Dogs exhibition from February 6 - May 3\, 2015. UID:21334-1345545@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Exhibition,History,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Upjohn Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150109T121922 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dykes\, Dads\, and Moms to Watch out For: The Comics of Alison Bechdel DESCRIPTION:The Institute for the Humanities is pleased to present the first comprehensive\, curated exhibition of the work of Alison Bechdel\, cartoonist\, graphic memoirist\, and 2014 McArthur \"Genius.\" Bechdel's work explores the overlap of the personal and the political\, \"using the interplay of word and image to weave sophisticated narratives.\" The musical adaptation of her acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic\, which originated at the Public Theater\, opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\n\"Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution among lesbians and discerning non-lesbians all over the planet. And her more recent\, darkly humorous graphic memoirs about her family have forged an unlikely intimacy with an even wider range of readers.\n\nBechdel self-syndicated Dykes to Watch Out For for twenty-five years\, from 1983 to 2008. The award-winning generational chronicle has been called “one of the pre-eminent oeuvres in the comics genre\, period.” (Ms. magazine)\n\nIn 2006 she published Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Time magazine named it the Best Book of 2006\, describing the tightly architected investigation into her closeted bisexual father’s suicide “a masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds\, and their mysterious debts to each other.” Fun Home was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. It has been adapted into a musical by the playwright Lisa Kron and the composer Jeanine Tesori. It opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in September 2013 and ran through several extensions. It opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\nIn her work\, Bechdel is preoccupied with the overlap of the political and the personal spheres\, the relationship of the self to the world outside. Her 2012 memoir Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama delved into not just her relationship with her own mother\, but the theories of the 20th-century British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. In the New York Times Book Review\, Katie Roiphe wrote\, “There’s a lucidity to Bechdel’s work that in certain ways … bears more resemblance to poetry than to the dense\, wordy introspection of most prose memoirs. The book delivers lightning bolts of revelation\, maps of insight and visual snapshots of family entanglements in a singularly beautiful style.”\n\nAlison’s comics have appeared in The New Yorker\, Slate\, McSweeney’s\, The New York Times Book Review\, and Granta. She received a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship.\n\nAlison lives in Vermont\, where she is a Marsh Professor at Large at the University of Vermont.\" UID:20743-1314932@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Exhibition,Storytelling,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T163103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Applied Micro IO Seminar DESCRIPTION:Speaker: JP Montero\, Environmental handles UID:21709-1358977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R1230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323695@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141126T120448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Nicholas Delbanco: A Literary Life DESCRIPTION:This exhibit\, drawn from the papers of teacher and author Nicholas Delbanco\, Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature and Director of the Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards Program at U-M\, spans decades and continents and illustrates the extensive range of Delbanco's life and work.\n\nOpen Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:20095-1265738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Literary Arts,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Hatcher South, Special Collections CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T133453 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Uncanny Valley DESCRIPTION:Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker\n(collaboratively working under the name Future Retrieval)\n\nThe objects presented merge the strengths of our studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. Ornament and detail collide with a fascination of taxidermy and natural order. Each object contains a history\, reaching back and highlighting ideals of time and labor.\nThree-dimensional scans and photographs have been rapid prototyped\, processed in the studio\, and molded into porcelain mimicking the world of European decorative arts. Inspired also by German animal sculptures and cut silhouettes\, we are using digital translation to both highlight and transform these details that fascinate us. The interest in new technologies and industrial methods is that each piece is handmade\, but maintains the record of a computer driven interpretation. Our intention is to make art objects that reference design and are held together by craft.\n\nBio \nFuture Retrieval\n\nGuy Michael Davis was born in 1978 and raised in Bartlesville\, OK. Katie Parker was born in 1980 in Jonesboro Arkansas\, and grew up in Plano\, Texas. They both attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1999-2003 and received BFA degrees in ceramics.\nKatie went straight to graduate school at The Ohio State University from 2003-2005\, Guy followed suit three years later from 2006-2008. Both Katie and Guy received MFA degrees in ceramics. \nCurrently\, Katie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati\, running the ceramics department. Guy works for multiple designers across the country\, and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. For several years\, they have also been collaborating together\, making objects that combine new technology\, porcelain\, and good craft. The objects merge the strengths of their individual studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally\, with recent shows in New York City\, Jingdezhen China\, Cardiff Wales\, Philadelphia\, Kansas City\, and Tempe Arizona. This summer they were both artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha\, NE. UID:20670-1311550@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20670 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141201T143728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, UMMA invites Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, to curate an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of three-dimensional objects.\n As a scientist\, Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This type of study inevitably raises questions regarding the cognition of the objects around us—how\, in the absence of perspective\, are we to read elements like color\, contrast variation\, and depth of field in the dark outlines of objects? How do we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it? How many two-dimensional projections are needed for us to understand what we are looking at\, and at what level of detail?\nThis exhibition poses such questions by juxtaposing three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis using a similar process with which he creates models of cellular components. The presentation aims to provide a glimpse of the impressions of the selected works from varied directions through interplay with their own projections and our minds.\nThe UMMA Flip Your Field series asks noted University of Michigan faculty members to consider artwork outside their field of specialization in order to guest curate an exhibition using works from UMMA's renowned collection. The UMMA Flip Your Field series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20123-1348257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Biology,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Information and Technology,Media,Medicine,Museum,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T173509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Guido van der Werve: Nummer veertien\, home DESCRIPTION:Nummer veertien\, home\, Dutch artist Guido van der Werve’s 54-minute film\, weaves together three stories of journeys away from home: the death of Frédéric Chopin in Paris and his sister’s quest to bring the composer’s heart back to his native Poland for burial\; Van der Werve’s own quest to retrace\, in reverse\, the route of Chopin’s heart in a three-week\, thousand-mile trek of biking\, running\, and swimming\; and the story of Alexander the Great\, a traveling warrior who is one of Van der Werve’s personal heroes.\n\nThe film explores themes that are common in Van der Werve’s work: extreme physical and mental endurance\, man’s struggle with the intensity of nature\, the interplay of history and geography\, the power of melancholy\, and the solitary traveler. The artist’s signature sensibility—simultaneously surreal and deadpan—is accentuated in the film by the full orchestra that accompanies him on every stage of his journey. Van der Werve spent a year composing the film’s score\, a classical requiem for forty voices and twenty strings\, and the film’s structure mirrors that of the requiem: three movements of four acts apiece\, with each act introduced by title shots to reinforce this organizational system. The tripartite framework underscores the three legs of Van der Werve’s personal triathlon and the three odysseys that intersect and inform one another throughout the film. \n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:21356-1348459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21356 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Film,Free,Multicultural,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T184109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper DESCRIPTION:Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal\, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s based on how important paper and the written word are to civilization—including how easily writings and\, consequently knowledge\, can be lost. This exhibition\, consisting of 19 photographs from UMMA’s collection\, was inspired by the presence of the Frank Gehry chair made of cardboard in UMMA’s Design Gallery\, and of and the need to address how artists from different cultures (present-day America and communist Czechoslovakia) view a commodity as common as paper.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Center for European Studies\, Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies\, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. UID:21358-1348978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T183355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection DESCRIPTION:For more than 25 years\, Los Angeles-based collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard have built a world-class collection of contemporary art that is focused on men and male identity as its subject matter. This exhibition features works from their vast holdings in photography. Guest curator Mario Codognato examines the lives of men in contemporary Western societies—with all their contradictions—through themes of competition and solidarity\, confrontation with identity\, and diverse explorations of the body and sexuality (as both sign and experience). Together\, these thematic groups form a fictional\, somewhat idealized\, tale in 13 chapters\, inviting viewers to reflect upon their own stories as well.\n\nDrawing upon the Hergott Shepard collection as well as select works gifted by the collectors to the Hammer Museum at UCLA\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA)\, the exhibition will include more than 60 works by some of the most important names in late 20th and early 21st century art\, including Doug Aitken\, John Baldessari\, Matthew Barney\, Rineke Dijkstra\, Gilbert and George\, Nan Goldin\, Robert Mapplethorpe\, Catherine Opie\, Herb Ritts\, Thomas Ruff\, Andres Serrano\, and Wolfgang Tillmans.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21357-1348861@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21357 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T170643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Medicinal Plants and Gardens: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This exhibition celebrates the upcoming 2015 opening of the new Medicinal Garden at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The earliest botanical garden at the University was a pharmaceutical garden established in 1897 just off the Diag\, at the heart of Central Campus. The new garden\, developed in partnership with the College of Pharmacy and Medical School faculty\, will continue that legacy\, aiming to explore the botanical origins of historical and current medicines\, and to promote a better understanding of the profound relationship between plants and human health.\nPreceding the garden’s opening\, this exhibition at UMMA will feature rarely seen archival plant specimens\, deposited by pharmaceutical companies at the University Herbarium\, along with newer herbarium specimens that reveal the captivating forms of these medicinal plants. These dried and pressed plant specimens will be accompanied by the presentation of the few remaining historic images of the original pharmaceutical garden\, as well as a drawing of the layout of new garden at Matthaei\, which is uniquely organized according to the systems of the human body that these medicinal plants are used to treat.\nThis exhibition is part of the U-M Collections Collaborations series\, co-organized by and presented at UMMA and designed to showcase the renowned and diverse collections at the University of Michigan. The U-M Collections Collaborations series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20122-1348387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Culture,Discussion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,History,Medicine,Museum,Outdoors,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T103207 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Vampire Times DESCRIPTION:Using the vampire as the emblem of the entire “Eastern” part of Europe\, Tomislav Longinovic (University of Wisconsin-Madison) analyzes the rise of the Gothic imaginary in literature\, music and film. Focusing on the Balkans as an exemplary territory plagued by violence\, this lecture traces the parallel rise of the nation and the vampire. The figure of the legendary bloodsucker is permeated with a negative cultural coding of excessive violence and sexuality. Yet\, this figure thrives in the European cultural subcontinent of the Balkans\, where nationalism is perceived by the centers of power\, knowledge and meaning as a particularly fierce one.\n\nThe connection between violent national imaginary and the post-Oriental condition the Balkan Slavs find themselves in after the Ottoman rule is analyzed by tracing the invention of “the serbs” as a prototypical example of the discursively engendered vampire nation. The European center refuses to see its own distorted mirror image in the abhorrent parasite requiring blood for its food. UID:20684-1312648@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20684 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Film,Free,International,Literature,Music,Politics LOCATION:Angell Hall - G127 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T112921 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:What's Wrong with Racial & Other Social Injustices? DESCRIPTION:Philosophy is not merely concerned with working out theories of justice for perfectly just societies. It also has something to say about how we should pursue justice in the real world\, and about the challenges we face in doing so. This panel will address these issues from a pragmatist\, social democratic\, and critical race theory perspective.\n \nElizabeth Anderson\, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Philosophy\, University of Michigan. Her research focuses on ethics\, social and political philosophy\, feminist theory\, social epistemology\, and the philosophy of economics and the social sciences.\n \nDerrick Darby\, Professor of Philosophy\, University of Michigan. His research focuses on social and political philosophy\, focusing especially on questions about the source and value of rights\, informed by the legacy of race and racism in the United States social.\n \nGregory Pappas\, Professor of Philosophy\, Texas A&M University. His research focuses on pragmatism (Dewey\, James)\, ethics\, Latin American philosophy\, philosophy of technology\, and socio-political theory. UID:21618-1357708@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21618 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Economics,History,International,Latin America,Media,Philosophy,Politics,Pre Law,Pre Med,Public Policy,Women's Studies LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T124313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T130000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science. The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science. The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. UID:20702-1313052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150211T124123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Dr. Arshad Desai\, Professor\, Cellular and Molecular Medicine\, UCSD and Ludwig Cancer Research\, will be presenting a Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar on Tuesday\, February 24th at 12:00pm in North Lecture Hall\, MS II. The title of his seminar is \"Whither Centrioles? A Chemical Biology Approach to Centriole/Centrosome Function in Mammals.\" UID:21490-1352900@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21490 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall, MS II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T112443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Cycles DESCRIPTION:Check out the Future Cycles on display. They're hybrid vehicles that combine the weather protection\, carrying capacity and visibility of a car with the low energy usage of a bicycle to create a vehicle that is half car\, half bicycle.\n\nBuilt by Cameron Van Dyke\, a graduate student at the University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design\, Future Cycles were created as part of his master's thesis. They recently appeared at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.\n\nJoin us for a reception in the Duderstadt Gallery on March 13\, 5:00-8:00 p.m. UID:21719-1359782@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Library LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150112T161338 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Rebecca Nedostup\, Associate Professor of History\, Brown University\n\nViewed from the angle of social experience\, the global and civil conflicts that enveloped China and Taiwan from the 1930s through the 1950s look less like discrete wars and revolutions\, and more like continual warfare. Drawing on local materials\, this talk describes this period as one of displacement and prolonged mobilization\, with consequences for community and sovereignty on numerous levels. The result raises questions about the continued utility of Cold War historical frameworks.\n\nRebecca Nedostup is Associate Professor of History at Brown University. She is the author of Superstitious Regimes: Religion and the Politics of Chinese Modernity (Harvard Asia Center\, 2009)\, and several other publications on religion and politics in modern China\, most recently “Finding Nature in Religion\, Hunting Religion from the Environment” in Religious Diversity & Ecological Sustainability in China (Routledge\, 2014\; Academy Press\, 2013). Her current work focuses on displacement\, community formation\, and the agency of the dead\; she is a co-organizer and co-editor of the ongoing project \"The Social Lives of Dead Bodies in Modern China\". This year she is a fellow at the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University\, where she is writing “Living and Dying in the Long War: Tales of Displacement in China and Taiwan\, 1937-1959.” UID:20810-1319328@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20810 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Room 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T110316 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Reflected Best-Self Exercise™ DESCRIPTION:Based on the Ross School of Business Center for Positive Organizations work\, the Reflected Best Self Exercise™ enables you to identify your unique strengths and talents. You will request positive feedback from significant people in your life and then synthesize that information into a cumulative portrait of your “best self.”\n\nYou will learn to:\n\nDetermine how to focus your energy on the areas of your job where you can have the most impact\nFind ways to organize your life and career so you can build on the things you love to do and are masterful at doing\nIdentify your unique strengths and how to apply them to maximize your personal productivity\nApply strategies to refine your personal development goals in order to be your best-self more often\n\nYou will benefit by:\n\nUnderstanding and articulating who you are and how you contribute when you are at your best\nExperiencing the power of positive feedback\nBecoming clear about who you are when you are at your best\n\nAudience:\nAnyone wanting to gain a better understanding of their abilities and talents\n\nProgram Recommendations:\nTake Charge of Your Career\n\nSchedule Selection(s) Competencies: BI CS DO UID:21249-1342748@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Networking,Workshop LOCATION:Administrative Services Building - HRD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141208T153137 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:WCED Lecture DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Larry Diamond\, director\, Center on Democracy\, Development\, and the Rule of Law\, Stanford University\n\nLarry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies\, where he directs the Center on Democracy\, Development\, and the Rule of Law. Diamond also serves as the Peter E. Haas Faculty Co-Director of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford. He is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Democracy and also serves as Senior Consultant (and previously was co-director) at the International Forum for Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy. During 2002-03\, he served as a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and was a contributing author of its report Foreign Aid in the National Interest. He has also advised and lectured to the World Bank\, the United Nations\, the State Department\, and other governmental and nongovernmental agencies dealing with governance and development. His latest book\, The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World (Times Books\, 2008)\, explores the sources of global democratic progress and stress and the prospects for future democratic expansion.\n\nSponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies\, with support from Rodger Young. UID:20260-1278974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20260 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:democracy,International,political science LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150324T183023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: How Do I Find an Internship? DESCRIPTION:Not sure what you are up to this summer? Join The Career Center to learn the techniques for a successful internship search! UID:20412-1288002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20412 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:LSWC Meeting DESCRIPTION:Hello everyone\, Next Tuesday 2/24/15 at 5 p.m.\, LSWC will meet at the Ginsberg Community Center for meeting. The Ginsberg Community Center is one block away at 1024 Hill Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104.  Thismeeting is open to LSWC members\, and anyone interested and invested in  social work with Latin@ populations. If you cannot attend this or any meeting\, please feel free to contact me\, so I may send you the meeting notes or meet with you in person. Looking forward to seeing you! Best\,Krysten González UID:21736-1360339@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ginsberg Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T130341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:P.R.O.F.S Lecture with Dr. Joel Heidelbaugh DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, February 24th from 5:30 to 7 pm for a lecture given by Dr. Joel Heidelbaugh\, faculty of the UM Medical School in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union. He will be sharing his experience on \"Life as a Family Physician\" as well as answer any questions that the audience might have on Medical School\, his job at the Medical Center or his private practice. UID:21765-1363694@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21765 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Networking LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150129T153559 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Fireside Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 5:30-7:00pm in the Fireside Cafe!\n\nBelow are the featured activities:\n\nFebruary 10 from 5:30-7pm: Valentines and Cookies!\n\nFebruary 24 from 5:30-7pm: DIY Marble Magnets UID:21201-1337922@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21201 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Food,Free LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Guest Dance Performance: Hou Ying and Peng Zhang DESCRIPTION:Hou Ying is a founding member of Shen Wei Dance Arts\, choreographer\, and artistic director of HouYingDance based in Beijing.\n\nZhang Peng\, is the professor of dance at the Shanghai University of Sport\, choreographer\, and vocalist focusing on traditional folk music of the Tujia ethnic group from southwestern Hunan Province\, China.\n\nThis performance is part of the Chinese Dance and Music Residency UID:20215-1276065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20215 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Free LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Residential College, Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150212T181519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Second Dissertation Recital: Andrew Mitchell\, trombone DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Bozza - Ballade for Tenor Trombone and Piano\; Dutilleux - Choral\, Cadence et Fugato for Trombone and Piano\; Saint-Saëns - Cavatine for Trombone and Piano\, op. 144\; Honegger - Hommage du Trombone Exprimant la Tristesse\; Defaye - À La Maniere de Bach for Trombone and Piano & À La Maniere de Vivaldi for Trombone and Piano\; Gotkovsky - Concerto for Trombone and Piano. UID:21537-1354028@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21537 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T181510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:University Symphony Orchestra and Choirs DESCRIPTION:Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby. \n\nKenneth Kiesler\, conductor. \nAntonina Chekhovskaya\, soprano\; Katherine Calcamuggio\, mezzo-soprano\; Carlos Santelli\, tenor\; and Paul Grosvenor\, bass.\n\nIt has been said that the Verdi Requiem is the composer’s greatest opera\, high praise for a piece by one of the greatest Italian opera composers. This piece for large orchestra and chorus with four soloists is one of the most powerful and moving creations of the human spirit. UID:18200-1206344@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18200 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T202842 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T230000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:#EndItMovement DESCRIPTION:On the 27th on February\, draw a red X on your hand\, post it to your Facebook\, and tag FreeHearts. Feel free to #EndItMovement so everyone knows that you stand against slavery.\n\nThe End It Movement is a day that is meant to shine a light on the approximately 27 million men\, women\, and children who are enslaved around the world today. This includes other countries\, as well as places like Ann Arbor\, Ypsilanti\, and Detroit. Slavery can take many forms including\, but not limited to\, forced domestic servitude\, forced sex work\, or forced manual labor. For more information\, visit the website provided below. UID:21755-1363080@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Culture,Free LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T125123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:\n\nAfter Effects: April 6\, 2015\n\nFilmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015 \n\nFinal Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015 \n\niMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!\n\nRegister online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21687-1358904@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150407T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:After Effects: April 6\, 2015Filmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015Final Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015iMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!Register online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21712-1401474@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150224T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stay & Play: Fireside Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Check out everything that the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe has to offer and have some fun while you're at it! There will be free crafts\, games\, and more on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each monthfrom 5:30-7:00pm in the Fireside Cafe!Below are the featured activities:February 10 from 5:30-7pm:Valentines and Cookies!February 24 from 5:30-7pm: DIY Marble Magnets UID:21204-1364552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Charting the Wolverine DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the intersection of maps and art. Artist Elaine Wilson weaves the two together seamlessly in her project “Charting the Wolverine\,” a series of her illustrations and paintings following the train route from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Wilson’s finished project is displayed in whole\, supported by a small array of her sketchbooks\, preliminary drawings and maps from U-M collections. UID:20279-1280108@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 2nd Floor, Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T102728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing the Cherubim: Snowflake Paper Cuttings DESCRIPTION:This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite\, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his two collections\, “Chasing the Cherubim” and “Fiery Furnace”. Cherubim\, the higher order of angels\, are guardians representing divine authority in human life. Clark explores themes of changing human experience and consciousness and the evolution of authority though images of these winged beings and other manifestations. A former U-M physician\, Clark\, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake\, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. UID:20079-1342639@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Civil War Soldiers DESCRIPTION:Shayne Davidson is an experienced genealogist who received an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare\, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops\, Company G. The portraits incorporate portions of the men’s military records in the artwork\, and a mini-biography of the soldier\, written by the artist\, accompanies each portrait. Davidson also studied painting and drawing at Cooper Union in New York City and received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts. UID:21149-1335616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life Line: Scratchboard Etchings DESCRIPTION:While Chicagoan Lisa S. Goesling has spent her life creating art\, she discovered scratchboards (boards made of clay and India ink) while undergoing a cancer diagnosis in 2006. The idea that adversity teaches us to turn the negative into a positive is a great analogy for transforming these black boards into thriving works of art. Her past careers in graphic design and art direction continue to influence her art by incorporating the fundamentals of design\, such as composition\, pattern\, texture\, contrast\, line\, etc. Using nature as her muse\, Goesling scratches fine lines into a layer of ink until meticulous images appear in the clay. UID:21146-1335504@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141125T110919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Life: Watercolor DESCRIPTION:LeAnne Mawby Sowa is a west Michigan artist who paints with an appreciation of history and love of the Great Lakes. Her lighthouses and lake scenes are reminiscent of summer vacation times exploring the state’s wonders. Sowa’s colors are vibrant\, and she also brings to life the historic beauty of barns and other places far from the shoreline. Her artistic education is through self exploration\, workshops and a few college classes\, including Hertfordshire College in Ware\, England. UID:20086-1264574@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Splendor: Wildlife & Floral Photography DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artists Dick and Sue Rigterink use digital photography to share the joy and splendor of nature. By stopping fast motion\, their photographs capture the moment and the personalities\, whether a bird in flight or song\, or a chipmunk jumping for a flower. They focus attention on the diversity\, habitats\, behavior\, and beauty of local\, recognizable wildlife to evoke memories in viewers. Dick has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State and a Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Sue has a Bachelor’s from Michigan State in Mathematics. Their wildlife photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and National Wildlife Federation. UID:21143-1342698@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Playground Valentine: Art Jewelry & Objects DESCRIPTION:Amber D. Harrison is a Michigan based studio artist practicing contemporary art jewelry and object making. She works as a fabricator hand cutting and forming each piece while exploring the implementation of play. Her goal is to transfer her own memories into a whimsical and wearable world\, evoking the recollections or imaginations of others. She recently exhibited in the 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show\, one of the top craft shows in the United States. Harrison earned her BFA from the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:21150-1335672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Storytelling Whimsical Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Story greatly influences the clay sculptures of Leanne Schnepp. By combining animal and human forms and characteristics\, she tells stories of connection and transformation. Humans\, coyotes\, frogs\, and birds interact and “converse\,” and mischievous children become monsters and tumble about. There is a sense of play and whimsy in the work and the opportunity for viewers to use their imagination. Schnepp earned her BFA at Michigan State University and has worked as an artist and teacher for the past 20 years. She currently lives and works in East Lansing. UID:21144-1335392@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stunningly Ordinary: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Michigan based artist Amy Fell finds great beauty\, charm\, and even mystery in the everyday articles that surround us. Fell uses a variety of techniques — including dramatic lighting\, large scale presentation\, detailed rendering and bold color — to celebrate the objects that provide comfort and support in our day-to-day lives. Fell studies oil painting at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center as well as regularly attending workshops of nationally acclaimed artists. She exhibits her work in juried shows and is very active in the arts community in the Detroit metropolitan area. UID:21148-1335560@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150310T132434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table DESCRIPTION:The Dinnerware Museum\, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012\, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware from all over the world along with fine art referencing dinnerware created from ceramic\, metal\, glass\, paper\, plastic and more. This exhibition highlights portions of eight memorable place settings of American tableware dating from the 1930s to the present\, including sets designed by the leading 20th century designers Eva Zeisel\, Russel Wright\, Glidden Parker\, and Don Schreckengost as well as new dinnerware by contemporary artist Julia Galloway in 2014. UID:21151-1335761@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141218T105602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Re-Imaging Gender - A Juried Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Our understandings of gender have shifted dramatically in recent decades. No longer is gender a matter of an immutable binary\, or a set of predetermined preferences and predilections. This exhibition--the first of its kind--both celebrates and interrogates the visual aspects of the re- imaging of gender.\n\nRe-imaging Gender features the work of 15 promising artists who take on one of the most important challenges facing contemporary art: how to render the modern spectrum of gender\, going beyond the simple male/female binary to include a wide variety of identities and sexualities.\n\nThe Re-imaging artists\, MFA students enrolled at Michigan and CIC universities (Big 10\, plus Chicago)\, responded to an IRWG-issued Call for Art. The result is an exhibition of 17 works in a variety of media\, including photography\, paint\, lithograph\, mixed media\, and video\, which reflect new understandings of gender.\n\nThe exhibit will be displayed at the Lane Hall Gallery\, a space shared by IRWG and the U-M Department of Women’s Studies\, from January 15 - June 26\, 2015. UID:20407-1287615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Literary Arts,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery space on first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20140903T165052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Welcome Wednesdays DESCRIPTION:Every week the Alumni Association hosts Welcome Wednesdays (WW) from 8 a.m. to noon at the Alumni Center (200 Fletcher St.\, next to the Michigan League).\n\nU-M students\, come enjoy a variety of free delicious bagel flavors along with coffee\, tea\, and hot chocolate help you kick start your Wednesday morning. Relax in the comfy chairs\, live CNN\, WiFi and student atmosphere at Welcome Wednesday. You can also learn more about Alumni Association student programs\, and pick up free blue books! Be sure to bring your UMID card (or number).\n\nStudent Organizations can participate by featuring their group at an information table. If your student organization is interested in hosting a table at Welcome Wednesdays please complete the Student Organization Participation Request Form. UID:18661-1212463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/18661 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Food,Free LOCATION:Alumni Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141020T154734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Now or Never\": Collecting\, Documenting\, and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:World War I was far from over in the Middle East when the Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on 11 November 1918. As the European colonial powers sought to divide up the territory of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire\, the forces of Turkish nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal fought a war of independence claiming victory and announcing the establishment of a Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. It was in the context of continued conflict that University of Michigan Professor of Archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927) traveled to the Near East. Accompanied by his wife Isabelle (Mary) Badger Kelsey (1867-1944)\, his fifteen-year old son Easton Trowbridge Kelsey (b. 1904) and University of Michigan staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866-1947)\, Kelsey visited a region of the world that not only had experienced four-years of destructive war and devastating famine\, but also was the site of genocide.\n\nThe initial mission was to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post war chaos. To initiate the mission\, Prof. Kelsey wrote an urgent letter to Miss Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Library on October 3\, 1918. He solicited her support for an immediate expedition into the aftermath of war for “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor” no record of these Christian communities would remain. It was “now or never” he writes that ancient and medieval manuscripts may be purchased from “unappreciative hands” for a token price. It was now or never that Greek\, Syriac\, Persian and Armenian manuscripts could be easily picked up and the “possession of these\, and their proper preservation\, will be a gain to science of inestimable value.” Little did Kelsey know that his travels to the Near East would also become a moment of witnessing. Kelsey’s diaries and Swain’s photographs on exhibit leave an important historical record that links them personally and the University of Michigan to one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history.\n\nOrganizers: Kathryn Babayan\, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies\, U-M\; and Melanie Tanielian\, assistant professor of history\, U-M. UID:19668-1235333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,International,Museum LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150225T160935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Casual Interference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Brian Jacob\, Professor Public Policy and Education UID:21843-1365177@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21843 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Education LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 3240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150225T163733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Casual Interference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sandra Black\, Professor of Economics University of Texas - Austin UID:21848-1365182@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Education LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 3240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T110556 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Verbal Combat to Consensus: The Gentle Way to Earn a Black Belt in Communication DESCRIPTION:It’s difficult to stay calm and focused when engaged in a heated or difficult conversation\, especially if you’re trying to influence the other person’s behavior and they’re not listening. Based upon the concepts developed by best selling author\, Dr. George Thompson\, in this session you will learn techniques to increase your ability to resolve these situations.\n\nYou will learn to:\n\nSummarize a concrete\, 5 step process to lower others resistance\nFind ways to change your own behaviors to increase others compliance\nIdentify the 5 basic desires of human interaction that fuel difficult situations\nDistinguish the difference between natural language and tactical language\nFormulate a plan for removing your ego from the conflict\n\nYou will benefit by:\n\nChoosing appropriate springboard and deflection statements to lower resistance\nUsing techniques to assist in lowering the need to react to others comments and\nbehaviors\nCreating a more supportive environment for resolution of difficult situations\n\nAudience:\nAnyone who is interested in advanced techniques for conflict resolution or decreasing resistance and increasing compliance from others\n\nSchedule Selection(s) Competencies: AM BI CO DO QS UID:21250-1342749@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Networking,Workshop LOCATION:Administrative Services Building - HRD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T161818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Now or Never: Collecting\, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:Diaries written by U-M professor of archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858–1927) and photographs taken by U-M staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866–1947) are a historical record that links them—and the University of Michigan—to one of the largest preservation efforts in history. Kelsey wrote\, “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor\,” no record of these Christian communities would remain.\n\nKelsey and Swain initially traveled to the Near East to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post World War I chaos\, as the war was far from over in the Middle East when Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on November 11\, 1918. Two Armenian manuscripts that were purchased as a consequence of the expedition are on display.\n\nLecture and opening reception will take place at 4 p.m. on January 14 in the Hatcher Library Gallery\, adjacent to the exhibit.\n\nExhibit materials are courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library and U-M Library Special Collections. UID:20513-1296068@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T112540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner DESCRIPTION:Experience the acclaimed works of artist M. Saffell Gardner at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, February 19 – March 20\, 2015 with the exhibition “The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner.” Located in Lester P. Monts Hall\, “Artistry” features an extensive collection of Gardner’s paintings and creative works. \n\nAbout the Artist: M. Saffell Gardner is a master painter\, mixed media artist\, art historian and educator. A graduate of Wayne State University holding a BFA and MFA in painting\, Gardner's artistic talents have transcended a career spanning more than five decades. As recently as 2014\, Gardner's work appeared at the 9338 Campau Gallery and 2014 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids. In 2013\, he was invited to participate in “The Venice Biennale 2013.\" In 2000\, he was selected as the Chivas Regal Artist in Residence at the Charles H. Wright Museum. A commissioned painting entitled “Door of No Return” is currently in the museum’s permanent collection. Gardner has also co-curated “Vision in a Cornfield” for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Gardner’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of multiple healthcare systems including: Blue Cross Blue Shield\, Henry Ford Hospital\, Total Healthcare and the Detroit Medical Center. His work is also on display at several Detroit Public Schools including Cass Technical High School\, Renaissance High School\, Southeastern High School and the Detroit School of Arts. In addition\, to his work the metro Detroit area\, Gardner has also exhibited throughout the United States\, Jamaica\, Brazil\, Ghana and Africa. UID:21679-1358660@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center - Monts Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150216T145457 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Performance:African Popular Painting Performance by Sapin Makengele DESCRIPTION:Congolese popular painter Sapin Makengele and Belgian filmmaker Cécile Michel will spend the afternoon at UMMA while Makengele creates a new painting that reflects on the current state of student politics and repression in the Congo. This live painting performance is an extension of a documentary film created by Makengele and Michel titled Les Fantômes de Lovanium (Ghosts of Lovanium) that captures the reactions and conversations of students and other onlookers as they gather to observe Makengele while he paints in public on the campus of the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\n\nCome join Makengele and Michel to witness the creation of Makengele’s newest painting and interact with the artists. Over the course of a few days\, Makengele will repeat the performance in Ann Arbor and produce a new painting in different locations around campus including the Institute for the Humanities on February 20\, Gallery DAAS on February 23-24\, and UMMA on February 25-26. For more information visit\nhttps://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/makengle-and-michel-at-uofm/\n\nThis residency and performances are made possible by the U-M Institute for the Humanities\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, International Institute\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of History\, Department of the History of Art\, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures\, Center for World Performance Studies\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, African Studies Center\, and Africa Workshop. UID:21405-1350807@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21405 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Film,Free,History,International,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T125058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Death Dogs DESCRIPTION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presents Death Dogs exhibition from February 6 - May 3\, 2015. UID:21334-1345546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Exhibition,History,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Upjohn Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150109T121922 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dykes\, Dads\, and Moms to Watch out For: The Comics of Alison Bechdel DESCRIPTION:The Institute for the Humanities is pleased to present the first comprehensive\, curated exhibition of the work of Alison Bechdel\, cartoonist\, graphic memoirist\, and 2014 McArthur \"Genius.\" Bechdel's work explores the overlap of the personal and the political\, \"using the interplay of word and image to weave sophisticated narratives.\" The musical adaptation of her acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic\, which originated at the Public Theater\, opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\n\"Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution among lesbians and discerning non-lesbians all over the planet. And her more recent\, darkly humorous graphic memoirs about her family have forged an unlikely intimacy with an even wider range of readers.\n\nBechdel self-syndicated Dykes to Watch Out For for twenty-five years\, from 1983 to 2008. The award-winning generational chronicle has been called “one of the pre-eminent oeuvres in the comics genre\, period.” (Ms. magazine)\n\nIn 2006 she published Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Time magazine named it the Best Book of 2006\, describing the tightly architected investigation into her closeted bisexual father’s suicide “a masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds\, and their mysterious debts to each other.” Fun Home was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. It has been adapted into a musical by the playwright Lisa Kron and the composer Jeanine Tesori. It opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in September 2013 and ran through several extensions. It opens on Broadway in April 2015.\n\nIn her work\, Bechdel is preoccupied with the overlap of the political and the personal spheres\, the relationship of the self to the world outside. Her 2012 memoir Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama delved into not just her relationship with her own mother\, but the theories of the 20th-century British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. In the New York Times Book Review\, Katie Roiphe wrote\, “There’s a lucidity to Bechdel’s work that in certain ways … bears more resemblance to poetry than to the dense\, wordy introspection of most prose memoirs. The book delivers lightning bolts of revelation\, maps of insight and visual snapshots of family entanglements in a singularly beautiful style.”\n\nAlison’s comics have appeared in The New Yorker\, Slate\, McSweeney’s\, The New York Times Book Review\, and Granta. She received a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship.\n\nAlison lives in Vermont\, where she is a Marsh Professor at Large at the University of Vermont.\" UID:20743-1314933@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Exhibition,Storytelling,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150325T123018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T103000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Career Co-Advising with Psychology DESCRIPTION:Schedule an appointment to meet with a Career Advisor and Psychology Concentration Advisor at the same time! To schedule an appointment\, click here \n\nWEBSITE: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/undergraduate/advising/facultycareercentercoadvising \n\nROOM: Psychology Undergraduate Office UID:20369-1286752@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20369 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323696@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323742@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323786@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141126T120448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Nicholas Delbanco: A Literary Life DESCRIPTION:This exhibit\, drawn from the papers of teacher and author Nicholas Delbanco\, Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature and Director of the Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards Program at U-M\, spans decades and continents and illustrates the extensive range of Delbanco's life and work.\n\nOpen Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:20095-1265739@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Literary Arts,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Hatcher South, Special Collections CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T133453 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Uncanny Valley DESCRIPTION:Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker\n(collaboratively working under the name Future Retrieval)\n\nThe objects presented merge the strengths of our studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. Ornament and detail collide with a fascination of taxidermy and natural order. Each object contains a history\, reaching back and highlighting ideals of time and labor.\nThree-dimensional scans and photographs have been rapid prototyped\, processed in the studio\, and molded into porcelain mimicking the world of European decorative arts. Inspired also by German animal sculptures and cut silhouettes\, we are using digital translation to both highlight and transform these details that fascinate us. The interest in new technologies and industrial methods is that each piece is handmade\, but maintains the record of a computer driven interpretation. Our intention is to make art objects that reference design and are held together by craft.\n\nBio \nFuture Retrieval\n\nGuy Michael Davis was born in 1978 and raised in Bartlesville\, OK. Katie Parker was born in 1980 in Jonesboro Arkansas\, and grew up in Plano\, Texas. They both attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1999-2003 and received BFA degrees in ceramics.\nKatie went straight to graduate school at The Ohio State University from 2003-2005\, Guy followed suit three years later from 2006-2008. Both Katie and Guy received MFA degrees in ceramics. \nCurrently\, Katie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati\, running the ceramics department. Guy works for multiple designers across the country\, and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. For several years\, they have also been collaborating together\, making objects that combine new technology\, porcelain\, and good craft. The objects merge the strengths of their individual studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally\, with recent shows in New York City\, Jingdezhen China\, Cardiff Wales\, Philadelphia\, Kansas City\, and Tempe Arizona. This summer they were both artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha\, NE. UID:20670-1311551@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20670 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141201T143728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, UMMA invites Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, to curate an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of three-dimensional objects.\n As a scientist\, Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This type of study inevitably raises questions regarding the cognition of the objects around us—how\, in the absence of perspective\, are we to read elements like color\, contrast variation\, and depth of field in the dark outlines of objects? How do we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it? How many two-dimensional projections are needed for us to understand what we are looking at\, and at what level of detail?\nThis exhibition poses such questions by juxtaposing three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis using a similar process with which he creates models of cellular components. The presentation aims to provide a glimpse of the impressions of the selected works from varied directions through interplay with their own projections and our minds.\nThe UMMA Flip Your Field series asks noted University of Michigan faculty members to consider artwork outside their field of specialization in order to guest curate an exhibition using works from UMMA's renowned collection. The UMMA Flip Your Field series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20123-1348327@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Biology,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Information and Technology,Media,Medicine,Museum,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T184109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper DESCRIPTION:Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal\, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s based on how important paper and the written word are to civilization—including how easily writings and\, consequently knowledge\, can be lost. This exhibition\, consisting of 19 photographs from UMMA’s collection\, was inspired by the presence of the Frank Gehry chair made of cardboard in UMMA’s Design Gallery\, and of and the need to address how artists from different cultures (present-day America and communist Czechoslovakia) view a commodity as common as paper.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Center for European Studies\, Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies\, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. UID:21358-1349002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T183355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection DESCRIPTION:For more than 25 years\, Los Angeles-based collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard have built a world-class collection of contemporary art that is focused on men and male identity as its subject matter. This exhibition features works from their vast holdings in photography. Guest curator Mario Codognato examines the lives of men in contemporary Western societies—with all their contradictions—through themes of competition and solidarity\, confrontation with identity\, and diverse explorations of the body and sexuality (as both sign and experience). Together\, these thematic groups form a fictional\, somewhat idealized\, tale in 13 chapters\, inviting viewers to reflect upon their own stories as well.\n\nDrawing upon the Hergott Shepard collection as well as select works gifted by the collectors to the Hammer Museum at UCLA\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA)\, the exhibition will include more than 60 works by some of the most important names in late 20th and early 21st century art\, including Doug Aitken\, John Baldessari\, Matthew Barney\, Rineke Dijkstra\, Gilbert and George\, Nan Goldin\, Robert Mapplethorpe\, Catherine Opie\, Herb Ritts\, Thomas Ruff\, Andres Serrano\, and Wolfgang Tillmans.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21357-1348878@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21357 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T170643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Medicinal Plants and Gardens: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This exhibition celebrates the upcoming 2015 opening of the new Medicinal Garden at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The earliest botanical garden at the University was a pharmaceutical garden established in 1897 just off the Diag\, at the heart of Central Campus. The new garden\, developed in partnership with the College of Pharmacy and Medical School faculty\, will continue that legacy\, aiming to explore the botanical origins of historical and current medicines\, and to promote a better understanding of the profound relationship between plants and human health.\nPreceding the garden’s opening\, this exhibition at UMMA will feature rarely seen archival plant specimens\, deposited by pharmaceutical companies at the University Herbarium\, along with newer herbarium specimens that reveal the captivating forms of these medicinal plants. These dried and pressed plant specimens will be accompanied by the presentation of the few remaining historic images of the original pharmaceutical garden\, as well as a drawing of the layout of new garden at Matthaei\, which is uniquely organized according to the systems of the human body that these medicinal plants are used to treat.\nThis exhibition is part of the U-M Collections Collaborations series\, co-organized by and presented at UMMA and designed to showcase the renowned and diverse collections at the University of Michigan. The U-M Collections Collaborations series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20122-1348399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Culture,Discussion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,History,Medicine,Museum,Outdoors,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150113T090346 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T115000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T125000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ELPP Lecture Series: Michael Vandenbergh on \"Private Climate Governance\" DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the latest installment of the ELPP Lecture Series. Professor Michael Vandenbergh of Vanderbilt Law School will speak about private climate governance.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\nMichael Vandenbergh is Professor of Law at Vanderbilt\; co-director of the Energy\, Environment and Land Use Program\; and director of the Climate Change Research Network. He is a leading scholar on environmental and energy law whose research explores the relationship between formal legal regulation and informal social regulation of individual and corporate behavior. UID:20822-1320486@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20822 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Law,Pre Law LOCATION:South Hall - Room 1020 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150301T060025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T235959 SUMMARY:Other:2015 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Synchronized Skating Team\, once qualified at the Midwestern Sectional Championships\, will compete at the 2015 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in the collegiate division.  UID:19950-1367742@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Dunkin' Donuts Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141208T153717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Michael D. Kennedy\, professor of sociology and international studies\, Brown University\n\nAs I write in Globalizing Knowledge: Intellectuals\, Universities\, and Publics in Transformation\, “globalizing knowledge refers to the process by which distant regions’ knowledgeabilities are implicated in the particular cultures fusing those understandings. The form of globalizing knowledge will vary given the different historical and institutional contexts that shape such learning. Globalizing knowledge is\, therefore\, relationally composed. The sociology of globalizing knowledge concerns the conditions\, manners\, and implications of that fusion.”\n\nPoland\, Kosova\, and Ukraine\, and the University of Michigan itself figure prominently in that book. In this presentation\, I consider the ways in which their presence shapes the particular fusion of horizons apparent in my approach to globalizing knowledge. In particular\, I link my approaches to solidarity\, difference\, knowledge networks and public engagement to my learning in these four contexts.\n\nMichael D. Kennedy (@Prof_Kennedy) is professor of sociology and international studies at Brown University. Throughout his career\, Kennedy has addressed intellectuals and professionals in East European social movements\, national identification\, and systemic change. For the last fifteen years\, he has also studied the sociology of public knowledge\, global transformations\, and cultural politics\, focusing most recently on the European Union\, energy security\, universities\, and social movements. Globalizing Knowledge: Intellectuals\, Universities\, and Publics in Transformation was recently published by Stanford University Press. Kennedy was the University of Michigan’s first vice provost for international affairs\, in addition to being director of an institute and five centers and programs at U-M. He has also served as the Howard R. Swearer Director of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. UID:20261-1278975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20261 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:higher education,International,Sociology LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T124313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T130000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science. The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science. The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. UID:20702-1313053@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T173509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Guido van der Werve: Nummer veertien\, home DESCRIPTION:Nummer veertien\, home\, Dutch artist Guido van der Werve’s 54-minute film\, weaves together three stories of journeys away from home: the death of Frédéric Chopin in Paris and his sister’s quest to bring the composer’s heart back to his native Poland for burial\; Van der Werve’s own quest to retrace\, in reverse\, the route of Chopin’s heart in a three-week\, thousand-mile trek of biking\, running\, and swimming\; and the story of Alexander the Great\, a traveling warrior who is one of Van der Werve’s personal heroes.\n\nThe film explores themes that are common in Van der Werve’s work: extreme physical and mental endurance\, man’s struggle with the intensity of nature\, the interplay of history and geography\, the power of melancholy\, and the solitary traveler. The artist’s signature sensibility—simultaneously surreal and deadpan—is accentuated in the film by the full orchestra that accompanies him on every stage of his journey. Van der Werve spent a year composing the film’s score\, a classical requiem for forty voices and twenty strings\, and the film’s structure mirrors that of the requiem: three movements of four acts apiece\, with each act introduced by title shots to reinforce this organizational system. The tripartite framework underscores the three legs of Van der Werve’s personal triathlon and the three odysseys that intersect and inform one another throughout the film. \n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:21356-1348470@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21356 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Film,Free,Multicultural,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T121500 SUMMARY:Performance:Brown Bag Recital Series: Paul Haebig DESCRIPTION:Thirty minutes of organ solo music performed by local musicians. Bring lunch or purchase at the Crossroads Cafe. \n\nPROGRAM: Coleridge-Taylor- Impromptu No. II in C Major\, op. 78\, No. 2\, Arietta\; Still- Reverie\; Hailstork- Adagio and Fugue in F Minor\, Every Time I Feel the Spirit\; Simpson-Currenton- O Come\, O Come\, Emmanuel\; Kerr- Arietta UID:20190-1276038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20190 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Public Health II - Community Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T105351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Working With Difficult People and Personalities DESCRIPTION:Overcoming the stress experienced when interacting with “difficult” people is a challenge. By focusing on personalities and behavioral styles\, this course outlines a positive approach to working around these personality conflicts.\n\nYou will learn to:\n\nIdentify categories of difficult people and why you perceive them that way\nFind coping strategies to effectively deal with difficult people and personality conflicts\nPrevent the development of problematic relationships\nIdentify the source of a dispute and determine what to do about it\nIdentify ways to effectively deflect the hostility of others\n\nYou will benefit by:\n\nExpanding your knowledge of personality types and interpersonal relations\nUtilizing skills acquired to diffuse personality conflicts that may arise\nGaining confidence in handling tough situations\nMaintaining composure and professional language in “hot” situations\n\nAudience:\n\nAnyone wanting to be more effective at handling their emotions when dealing with challenging people and situations\n\nProgram Note:\nParticipants will receive a copy of the bestselling book Dealing with People You Can’t Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst by Dr. Rick Brinkman and Dr. Rick Kirschner.\n\nSchedule Selection(s) Competencies: BI CO DO QS UID:21246-1342744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21246 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Discussion,Networking,Workshop LOCATION:Administrative Services Building - HRD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T121516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T153000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Schoenstein Competition in the Art of Organ Accompaniment DESCRIPTION:Competition\, first half 3:30 PM\, second half 7:00 PM.\n\nA competition for organ and sacred-music majors at U-M\, highlighting the use of the pipe organ to accompany choral music\, vocal solos\, and congregational hymns. \n\nChoral selections performed by the choir of First Presbyterian Church\, Tom Granum\, director. UID:20198-1276046@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20198 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T095612 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:French Canalettos? -- Cityscapes of the French Enlightenment DESCRIPTION:Unlike Canaletto’s views of Venice or London\, paintings by artists such as Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1715 – 1793) and Alexandre-Jean Noël (1752 – 1834) are not well-known today. Professor Jean Boutier discusses their cityscapes and the works of other artists.\n\nBoutier is Directeur d’Etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Marseille) and visiting scholar in the U-M Department of History. UID:21761-1363486@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21761 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,History,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library Instruction Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150120T092031 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center for Korean Studies Colloquium Series DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Hae Kwon Kim\, Professor of Biblical Studies\, Soongsil University\n\nThis lecture will be about how the Korean church has been distorted and tamed into a Neo-liberalistic\, market-totalitarian system that lost its prophetic and subversive stance toward the status-quo in the early 1990s\, amid the collapse of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc. The Korean church began to make the audacious assertion that any socially-geared Christian messages should be scrutinized because they could be stemming from an already falsified communist ideology\, so assured of the triumph of the free market and democracy over socially-oriented states and their communist ideology\, when in fact the USSR and its Eastern Europe allies were undergoing a regime change for many reasons.\n\nIt is against such a background that the Korean church distanced itself from the rich prophetic tradition of the Old Testament and expelled prophetic voices from Korean society itself. The disappearance of prophetic voice from Korea society in turn represented a serious disservice to Korea in many ways.\n\nFirst\, through its expulsion of a prophetic voice\, the Korean church has deprived itself of a self-critical and self-correcting capacity. Korean Christianity has rapidly changed into little more than a private religious company\, whose goal is to recruit as many clients as possible\, clients who wish to enter the promised paradise-based afterlife. Little wonder that Korean society was appalled at the abnormal changes in spiritual leadership at several mega-churches. The Korean church found itself crippled by its own corruption as it attempted to play a prophetic role in criticisms against the larger\, secular world\, because the Korean church itself had been disqualified as a prophetic voice.\n\nSecond\, the Korean church allowed many capitalist principles(competition\, incentives for evangelistic performance\, investment of tithes on stock markets) to erode its spiritual foundations\, especially by awarding individual Christians who excelled at recruiting nonbelievers to the Church. The Korean church made no effort to curb an inhumane and apathetic neo-liberal global economy from dismantling a democratic Korean society.\n\nThird\, Korean society is certainly not benefiting from the Korean Christianity because the latter has forfeited its paramount charge as Light of the World and Salt for the World. Any society without a transcendental and self-referential checks is likely to fall apart because it cannot prevent its own disintegration into an inhumane and non-sustainable Mammon-dominated Market.\n\nHae Kwon Kim is head chaplain and associate professor of biblical studies in the College of Humanities at Soongsil University in Seoul\, Korea. An ordained Presbyterian minister\, Kim is known for his exegeses of much of the Old Testament and translation of several commentaries on the Bible. He is chief editor of the International Journal of Christian Studies and the author of Modern Humanity and the Bible (Seoul: Soongsil University Press\, 2007) as well as Reading \"The Book of Acts\" from a Theology of God's Kingdom\, Volumes 1 and 2 (Seoul: The Blessed People) among many others. Kim received his BA from Seoul National University\, his MDiv/ThM from Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary\, and his ThM and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary. UID:21010-1329006@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21010 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Room 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T123111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Café: Can You Train Your Brain? DESCRIPTION:Speakers include Professor Priti Shah of the U-M department of Psychology and Ben Katz\, Ph.D. student in psychology and former researcher and game designer at Lumosity. Join us for a brain teasing conversation!\n\nScience Cafés provide an opportunity for audiences to discuss current science topics with experts in an informal setting. All Science Cafés take place at Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub\, 318 South Main Street\, Ann Arbor. Hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 PM\; program 6:00 PM–7:30 PM. UID:20699-1312999@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20699 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150121T121003 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LECTURE: MARK JARZOMBEK DESCRIPTION:Mark Jarzombek\, Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture\, is the Interim Dean of MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. Jarzombek works on a wide range of historical topics from the 12th century to the modern era with a particular focus on nineteenth and twentieth century aesthetics\, and the history and theory of architecture.\nHe is one of the country’s leading advocates for global history and has published several books and articles on that topic\, including the ground-breaking textbook entitled A Global History of Architecture (Wiley Press\, 2006) with co-author Vikram Prakash and with the noted illustrator Francis D.K. Ching. He is the sole author of Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective (Wiley Press\, 2013)\, which is a sensitive synthesis of first society architecture through time and includes custom-made drawings\, maps and photographs. The book builds on the latest research in archeological and anthropological knowledge while at the same time challenging some of their received perspectives. UID:21032-1330299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,History LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - 2104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150213T142925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T220000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Epidemics as entertainment: Screening of “Contagion” with U-M and CDC experts DESCRIPTION:Ebola. Measles. Flu. Three contagious diseases have captured the public’s attention in recent months – and continue to spread. \n\nOne more epidemic will enter the spotlight this month -- at least in Ann Arbor\, Michigan. Thankfully\, it will be contained to one location\, the Michigan Theater\, on one day: Wednesday\, Feb. 25\n\nThat’s when the 2011 movie “Contagion” will be shown starting at 7 p.m.\, as part of the theater’s Science on Screen series. The showing is sponsored by the U-M Medical School’s Center for the History of Medicine.\n\nFollowing the movie\, the audience will hear from a real-life contagion fighter\, Capt. Martin Cetron\, M.D.\, director of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, or CDC.\n\nThe movie tracks the progress of an epidemic of an unknown airborne virus\, and dramatizes the race to contain it and the fear it inspires. The Warner Brothers film stars Marion Cotillard\, Matt Damon\, Gwyneth Paltrow\, Jude Law\, Kate Winslet and Laurence Fishburne. \n\nThe work done by Cetron and his team at CDC may not have a soundtrack or special effects\, but it is crucial to preventing the introduction and spread of infectious diseases into the U.S. and preventing illness and death among those who travel here as immigrants\, refugees\, migrant workers\, and international travelers.\n\nIn his 23 years at CDC\, Cetron has led a number of domestic and international\noutbreak investigations and responses -- most recently\, efforts to prevent the Ebola virus from spreading from nations in west Africa to the U.S. \n\nCetron will be introduced by Howard Markel\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, director of the U-M Center for the History of Medicine and a medical historian who has studied epidemics throughout the centuries\, and steps societies have taken to control them. \n\nSome of Markel’s work\, including a major project on the 1918 flu pandemic\, has been funded by the CDC. He also serves on the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues\, which recently reported on the lessons of the Ebola crisis. \n\nScience on Screen gets support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Coolidge Corner Theatre. For information\, visit http://www.michtheater.org/shows/contagion . \n\nTo buy tickets\, which are $10\, $8 for students\, seniors and veterans\, and $7.50 for Michigan Theater members\, visit http://umhealth.me/UMcontagion. UID:21556-1354707@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21556 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film,Health & Wellness,Medicine,Public Health LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150224T143518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Public Meeting: The Specter of World War Returns DESCRIPTION:In recent weeks\, the possibility of a European-wide and even global war has once again emerged as an imminent danger. French President Francois Hollande has warned of the risk of \"total war\" in Europe. The leading German magazine Der Speigel published an article earlier this month under the headline\, \"The Nuclear specter returns.\" Former Soviet Union President Michael Gorbachev has spoken of the possibility of \"World War III.\"\n\nThe population of the world is being thrust to the brink of a global catastrophe over the crisis in Ukraine\, which has pitched a right-wing\, pro-NATO regime in Kiev against Russia-backed separatists in the east. The Obama Administration is currently considering providing military arms to the Ukrainian government\, which would be seen as a military provocation directed against Russia. Whatever the immediate outcome of negotiations between the different sides\, Eastern Europe is a geopolitical powder keg.\n\nWhat has brought the world again to the brink of world conflagration\, this time with nuclear weapons? The basic cause of world war lies in the imperialist system\, and responsibility for the current crisis lies squarely with the major capitalist powers\, above all the United States.\n\nThis meeting will discuss the historical background of the crisis in Ukraine and the underlying strategic\, political and economic imperatives that lie behind the reemergence of the specter of world war. UID:21809-1364467@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21809 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Economics,European,History,Politics LOCATION:Michigan League - Kalamazoo Room, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150325T183014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T210000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: PSIP Application Extravaganza DESCRIPTION:Closed meeting for members of PSIP to complete applications for summer internships. UID:21814-1364653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21814 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150211T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Guest Recital: Anthony Taylor\, clarinet DESCRIPTION:Anthony Taylor is a professor of clarinet at the University of North Carolina\, Greensboro. \n\nPROGRAM: Bach - Chromatic Fantasy\, BWV 903\; Smith - Five Pieces for Clarinet alone\; Pokorny - Different Geometry\; Carter - GRA\; Ziporyn - Four Impersonations\; Bermel - Thracian Sketches. UID:20285-1280436@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20285 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141230T001516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Guest Recital: Neil Rolnick with Jennifer Choi\, violin\, Kathleen Suopvé\, piano DESCRIPTION:Neil Rolnick\, a pioneer in the use of computers in performance\, beginning in the late 1970s\, his music has been performed around the world\, and appears on 18 commercial recordings. \n\nThough much of Rolnick’s work connects music and technology\, his music has always been highly melodic and accessible. Whether working with electronic sounds\, chamber ensembles\, orchestra\, or multimedia\, his music has been characterized by critics as “sophisticated\,” “hummable and engaging\,” and as having “good senses of showmanship and humor.” \n\nFrom 1981-2013\, Rolnick was a professor of music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\, where he was founding director of the iEAR Studios. \n\nPROGRAM: Digits for piano & computer & video (2005)\; Fiddle Faddle for violin & computer & video (2003)\; Hammer & Hair for violin & piano (2008)\; WakeUp for solo laptop (2013)\; Dynamic RAM & Concert Grand for piano & computer (2014)\; Rush- Taming the Ox (2008) UID:20213-1276063@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20213 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150225T180008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150225T220000 SUMMARY:Other:Images of Identities Improv Comedy Auditions DESCRIPTION:We're looking for the Nu Wave of IOI members! Come out and show us what you've got! UID:21799-1364280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21799 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150222T202842 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T230000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:#EndItMovement DESCRIPTION:On the 27th on February\, draw a red X on your hand\, post it to your Facebook\, and tag FreeHearts. Feel free to #EndItMovement so everyone knows that you stand against slavery.\n\nThe End It Movement is a day that is meant to shine a light on the approximately 27 million men\, women\, and children who are enslaved around the world today. This includes other countries\, as well as places like Ann Arbor\, Ypsilanti\, and Detroit. Slavery can take many forms including\, but not limited to\, forced domestic servitude\, forced sex work\, or forced manual labor. For more information\, visit the website provided below. UID:21755-1363081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Culture,Free LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150301T060025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T235959 SUMMARY:Other:2015 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Synchronized Skating Team\, once qualified at the Midwestern Sectional Championships\, will compete at the 2015 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in the collegiate division.  UID:19950-1367743@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Dunkin' Donuts Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T125123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T230000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:\n\nAfter Effects: April 6\, 2015\n\nFilmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015 \n\nFinal Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015 \n\niMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!\n\nRegister online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21687-1358905@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21687 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Information and Technology LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150407T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T235959 SUMMARY:Other:ISS Workshops DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with ISS to bring you workshops on After Effects\, Filmmaking Basics\, Final Cut Pro X and iMovie! Here are the dates for the following workshops:After Effects: April 6\, 2015Filmmaking Basics: February 23\, 2015 and March 25\, 2015Final Cut Pro X: March 11\, 2015 and April 1\, 2015iMovie: March 10\, 2015 and April 7\, 2015 All are welcome to sign-up for any workshop\, but register soon because there is limited seating!Register online here at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/iss/services/trainingsandworkshops UID:21712-1401475@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21712 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Modern Languages Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141209T121803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Charting the Wolverine DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the intersection of maps and art. Artist Elaine Wilson weaves the two together seamlessly in her project “Charting the Wolverine\,” a series of her illustrations and paintings following the train route from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Wilson’s finished project is displayed in whole\, supported by a small array of her sketchbooks\, preliminary drawings and maps from U-M collections. UID:20279-1280109@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 2nd Floor, Clark Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T102728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing the Cherubim: Snowflake Paper Cuttings DESCRIPTION:This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite\, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his two collections\, “Chasing the Cherubim” and “Fiery Furnace”. Cherubim\, the higher order of angels\, are guardians representing divine authority in human life. Clark explores themes of changing human experience and consciousness and the evolution of authority though images of these winged beings and other manifestations. A former U-M physician\, Clark\, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake\, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. UID:20079-1342640@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Civil War Soldiers DESCRIPTION:Shayne Davidson is an experienced genealogist who received an MFA from the University of Michigan. Her exhibition consists of 17 life-sized colored pencil portraits based on rare\, identified photos of a group of African-American men who served together for the Union in the 25th United States Colored Troops\, Company G. The portraits incorporate portions of the men’s military records in the artwork\, and a mini-biography of the soldier\, written by the artist\, accompanies each portrait. Davidson also studied painting and drawing at Cooper Union in New York City and received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts. UID:21149-1335617@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Life Line: Scratchboard Etchings DESCRIPTION:While Chicagoan Lisa S. Goesling has spent her life creating art\, she discovered scratchboards (boards made of clay and India ink) while undergoing a cancer diagnosis in 2006. The idea that adversity teaches us to turn the negative into a positive is a great analogy for transforming these black boards into thriving works of art. Her past careers in graphic design and art direction continue to influence her art by incorporating the fundamentals of design\, such as composition\, pattern\, texture\, contrast\, line\, etc. Using nature as her muse\, Goesling scratches fine lines into a layer of ink until meticulous images appear in the clay. UID:21146-1335505@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141125T110919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Life: Watercolor DESCRIPTION:LeAnne Mawby Sowa is a west Michigan artist who paints with an appreciation of history and love of the Great Lakes. Her lighthouses and lake scenes are reminiscent of summer vacation times exploring the state’s wonders. Sowa’s colors are vibrant\, and she also brings to life the historic beauty of barns and other places far from the shoreline. Her artistic education is through self exploration\, workshops and a few college classes\, including Hertfordshire College in Ware\, England. UID:20086-1264575@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Michigan Splendor: Wildlife & Floral Photography DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artists Dick and Sue Rigterink use digital photography to share the joy and splendor of nature. By stopping fast motion\, their photographs capture the moment and the personalities\, whether a bird in flight or song\, or a chipmunk jumping for a flower. They focus attention on the diversity\, habitats\, behavior\, and beauty of local\, recognizable wildlife to evoke memories in viewers. Dick has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State and a Master’s from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Sue has a Bachelor’s from Michigan State in Mathematics. Their wildlife photographs have been published in Audubon Magazine and National Wildlife Federation. UID:21143-1342699@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T115434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Playground Valentine: Art Jewelry & Objects DESCRIPTION:Amber D. Harrison is a Michigan based studio artist practicing contemporary art jewelry and object making. She works as a fabricator hand cutting and forming each piece while exploring the implementation of play. Her goal is to transfer her own memories into a whimsical and wearable world\, evoking the recollections or imaginations of others. She recently exhibited in the 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show\, one of the top craft shows in the United States. Harrison earned her BFA from the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. UID:21150-1335673@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21150 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T113935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Storytelling Whimsical Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Story greatly influences the clay sculptures of Leanne Schnepp. By combining animal and human forms and characteristics\, she tells stories of connection and transformation. Humans\, coyotes\, frogs\, and birds interact and “converse\,” and mischievous children become monsters and tumble about. There is a sense of play and whimsy in the work and the opportunity for viewers to use their imagination. Schnepp earned her BFA at Michigan State University and has worked as an artist and teacher for the past 20 years. She currently lives and works in East Lansing. UID:21144-1335393@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150127T114901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stunningly Ordinary: Oil Painting DESCRIPTION:Michigan based artist Amy Fell finds great beauty\, charm\, and even mystery in the everyday articles that surround us. Fell uses a variety of techniques — including dramatic lighting\, large scale presentation\, detailed rendering and bold color — to celebrate the objects that provide comfort and support in our day-to-day lives. Fell studies oil painting at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center as well as regularly attending workshops of nationally acclaimed artists. She exhibits her work in juried shows and is very active in the arts community in the Detroit metropolitan area. UID:21148-1335561@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150310T132434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table DESCRIPTION:The Dinnerware Museum\, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012\, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware from all over the world along with fine art referencing dinnerware created from ceramic\, metal\, glass\, paper\, plastic and more. This exhibition highlights portions of eight memorable place settings of American tableware dating from the 1930s to the present\, including sets designed by the leading 20th century designers Eva Zeisel\, Russel Wright\, Glidden Parker\, and Don Schreckengost as well as new dinnerware by contemporary artist Julia Galloway in 2014. UID:21151-1335762@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141218T105602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Re-Imaging Gender - A Juried Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Our understandings of gender have shifted dramatically in recent decades. No longer is gender a matter of an immutable binary\, or a set of predetermined preferences and predilections. This exhibition--the first of its kind--both celebrates and interrogates the visual aspects of the re- imaging of gender.\n\nRe-imaging Gender features the work of 15 promising artists who take on one of the most important challenges facing contemporary art: how to render the modern spectrum of gender\, going beyond the simple male/female binary to include a wide variety of identities and sexualities.\n\nThe Re-imaging artists\, MFA students enrolled at Michigan and CIC universities (Big 10\, plus Chicago)\, responded to an IRWG-issued Call for Art. The result is an exhibition of 17 works in a variety of media\, including photography\, paint\, lithograph\, mixed media\, and video\, which reflect new understandings of gender.\n\nThe exhibit will be displayed at the Lane Hall Gallery\, a space shared by IRWG and the U-M Department of Women’s Studies\, from January 15 - June 26\, 2015. UID:20407-1287616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Literary Arts,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery space on first floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141020T154734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Now or Never\": Collecting\, Documenting\, and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:World War I was far from over in the Middle East when the Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on 11 November 1918. As the European colonial powers sought to divide up the territory of the multiethnic Ottoman Empire\, the forces of Turkish nationalist leader Mustafa Kemal fought a war of independence claiming victory and announcing the establishment of a Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. It was in the context of continued conflict that University of Michigan Professor of Archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927) traveled to the Near East. Accompanied by his wife Isabelle (Mary) Badger Kelsey (1867-1944)\, his fifteen-year old son Easton Trowbridge Kelsey (b. 1904) and University of Michigan staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866-1947)\, Kelsey visited a region of the world that not only had experienced four-years of destructive war and devastating famine\, but also was the site of genocide.\n\nThe initial mission was to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post war chaos. To initiate the mission\, Prof. Kelsey wrote an urgent letter to Miss Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Library on October 3\, 1918. He solicited her support for an immediate expedition into the aftermath of war for “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor” no record of these Christian communities would remain. It was “now or never” he writes that ancient and medieval manuscripts may be purchased from “unappreciative hands” for a token price. It was now or never that Greek\, Syriac\, Persian and Armenian manuscripts could be easily picked up and the “possession of these\, and their proper preservation\, will be a gain to science of inestimable value.” Little did Kelsey know that his travels to the Near East would also become a moment of witnessing. Kelsey’s diaries and Swain’s photographs on exhibit leave an important historical record that links them personally and the University of Michigan to one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history.\n\nOrganizers: Kathryn Babayan\, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies\, U-M\; and Melanie Tanielian\, assistant professor of history\, U-M. UID:19668-1235334@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,International,Museum LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141223T161818 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Now or Never: Collecting\, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East DESCRIPTION:Diaries written by U-M professor of archaeology Francis Willey Kelsey (1858–1927) and photographs taken by U-M staff photographer George Robert Swain (1866–1947) are a historical record that links them—and the University of Michigan—to one of the largest preservation efforts in history. Kelsey wrote\, “unless peace comes soon enough to save the remnants” of Greek and Armenian society\, who have “been practically exterminated in certain large regions of Asia Minor\,” no record of these Christian communities would remain.\n\nKelsey and Swain initially traveled to the Near East to collect ancient manuscripts that were destined to disappear in the post World War I chaos\, as the war was far from over in the Middle East when Germany officially surrendered to the Entente forces on November 11\, 1918. Two Armenian manuscripts that were purchased as a consequence of the expedition are on display.\n\nLecture and opening reception will take place at 4 p.m. on January 14 in the Hatcher Library Gallery\, adjacent to the exhibit.\n\nExhibit materials are courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library and U-M Library Special Collections. UID:20513-1296069@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150218T112540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner DESCRIPTION:Experience the acclaimed works of artist M. Saffell Gardner at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, February 19 – March 20\, 2015 with the exhibition “The Artistry of M. Saffell Gardner.” Located in Lester P. Monts Hall\, “Artistry” features an extensive collection of Gardner’s paintings and creative works. \n\nAbout the Artist: M. Saffell Gardner is a master painter\, mixed media artist\, art historian and educator. A graduate of Wayne State University holding a BFA and MFA in painting\, Gardner's artistic talents have transcended a career spanning more than five decades. As recently as 2014\, Gardner's work appeared at the 9338 Campau Gallery and 2014 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids. In 2013\, he was invited to participate in “The Venice Biennale 2013.\" In 2000\, he was selected as the Chivas Regal Artist in Residence at the Charles H. Wright Museum. A commissioned painting entitled “Door of No Return” is currently in the museum’s permanent collection. Gardner has also co-curated “Vision in a Cornfield” for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Gardner’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of multiple healthcare systems including: Blue Cross Blue Shield\, Henry Ford Hospital\, Total Healthcare and the Detroit Medical Center. His work is also on display at several Detroit Public Schools including Cass Technical High School\, Renaissance High School\, Southeastern High School and the Detroit School of Arts. In addition\, to his work the metro Detroit area\, Gardner has also exhibited throughout the United States\, Jamaica\, Brazil\, Ghana and Africa. UID:21679-1358661@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center - Monts Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150216T145457 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:African Popular Painting Performance by Sapin Makengele DESCRIPTION:Congolese popular painter Sapin Makengele and Belgian filmmaker Cécile Michel will spend the afternoon at UMMA while Makengele creates a new painting that reflects on the current state of student politics and repression in the Congo. This live painting performance is an extension of a documentary film created by Makengele and Michel titled Les Fantômes de Lovanium (Ghosts of Lovanium) that captures the reactions and conversations of students and other onlookers as they gather to observe Makengele while he paints in public on the campus of the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\n\nCome join Makengele and Michel to witness the creation of Makengele’s newest painting and interact with the artists. Over the course of a few days\, Makengele will repeat the performance in Ann Arbor and produce a new painting in different locations around campus including the Institute for the Humanities on February 20\, Gallery DAAS on February 23-24\, and UMMA on February 25-26. For more information visit\nhttps://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/makengle-and-michel-at-uofm/\n\nThis residency and performances are made possible by the U-M Institute for the Humanities\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, International Institute\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of History\, Department of the History of Art\, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures\, Center for World Performance Studies\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, African Studies Center\, and Africa Workshop. UID:21405-1350808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21405 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Film,Free,History,International,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150205T125058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Death Dogs DESCRIPTION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presents Death Dogs exhibition from February 6 - May 3\, 2015. UID:21334-1345547@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Exhibition,History,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Upjohn Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323697@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323743@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150115T150956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Artists at Work DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of work in a variety of media by Matthaei-Nichols and U-M Bentley Historical Library staff. Includes photography\, textiles\, painting\, furniture\, and more. Open daily. Free admission. UID:20935-1323787@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20935 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Visual Arts LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141126T120448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Nicholas Delbanco: A Literary Life DESCRIPTION:This exhibit\, drawn from the papers of teacher and author Nicholas Delbanco\, Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature and Director of the Avery and Jule Hopwood Awards Program at U-M\, spans decades and continents and illustrates the extensive range of Delbanco's life and work.\n\nOpen Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:20095-1265740@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Literary Arts,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Hatcher South, Special Collections CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150124T202320 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:THE BENEFITS OF FACEBOOK FRIENDS: SOCIAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE DESCRIPTION:People across the globe collectively spend thousands of hours each day on social media\, but what are the social\, interpersonal\, and psychological effects of these activities?  In this presentation\, Prof. Ellison will summarize some of the research on these topics and present her own work examining the positive social and psychological implications of Facebook use\, as well as recent survey data about older adults’ use of social media.\n\nIn 2007 Dr. Ellison published one of the first academic articles on the relationship between Facebook use and social capital (which describes the resources we access through social relationships)\, and she has continued to explore this question.\n\nPlease check the OLLI web site for additional lectures in the 6-week series\, “Computers\, the Internet\, and Big Data: Benefits and Dangers”\, Thursdays\, February 19-April 2:\n\nhttp://www.olli-umich.org/programs_activities/lectures/4th_Lecture_Series.pdf UID:21112-1333345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21112 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lifelong Learning,Media,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T133453 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Uncanny Valley DESCRIPTION:Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker\n(collaboratively working under the name Future Retrieval)\n\nThe objects presented merge the strengths of our studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. Ornament and detail collide with a fascination of taxidermy and natural order. Each object contains a history\, reaching back and highlighting ideals of time and labor.\nThree-dimensional scans and photographs have been rapid prototyped\, processed in the studio\, and molded into porcelain mimicking the world of European decorative arts. Inspired also by German animal sculptures and cut silhouettes\, we are using digital translation to both highlight and transform these details that fascinate us. The interest in new technologies and industrial methods is that each piece is handmade\, but maintains the record of a computer driven interpretation. Our intention is to make art objects that reference design and are held together by craft.\n\nBio \nFuture Retrieval\n\nGuy Michael Davis was born in 1978 and raised in Bartlesville\, OK. Katie Parker was born in 1980 in Jonesboro Arkansas\, and grew up in Plano\, Texas. They both attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1999-2003 and received BFA degrees in ceramics.\nKatie went straight to graduate school at The Ohio State University from 2003-2005\, Guy followed suit three years later from 2006-2008. Both Katie and Guy received MFA degrees in ceramics. \nCurrently\, Katie is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati\, running the ceramics department. Guy works for multiple designers across the country\, and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati. For several years\, they have also been collaborating together\, making objects that combine new technology\, porcelain\, and good craft. The objects merge the strengths of their individual studio practice – a dark vein backed by a historical current. They have exhibited both nationally and internationally\, with recent shows in New York City\, Jingdezhen China\, Cardiff Wales\, Philadelphia\, Kansas City\, and Tempe Arizona. This summer they were both artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha\, NE. UID:20670-1311552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20670 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141201T143728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, UMMA invites Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, to curate an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of three-dimensional objects.\n As a scientist\, Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This type of study inevitably raises questions regarding the cognition of the objects around us—how\, in the absence of perspective\, are we to read elements like color\, contrast variation\, and depth of field in the dark outlines of objects? How do we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it? How many two-dimensional projections are needed for us to understand what we are looking at\, and at what level of detail?\nThis exhibition poses such questions by juxtaposing three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis using a similar process with which he creates models of cellular components. The presentation aims to provide a glimpse of the impressions of the selected works from varied directions through interplay with their own projections and our minds.\nThe UMMA Flip Your Field series asks noted University of Michigan faculty members to consider artwork outside their field of specialization in order to guest curate an exhibition using works from UMMA's renowned collection. The UMMA Flip Your Field series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20123-1348281@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Biology,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Information and Technology,Media,Medicine,Museum,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T173509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Guido van der Werve: Nummer veertien\, home DESCRIPTION:Nummer veertien\, home\, Dutch artist Guido van der Werve’s 54-minute film\, weaves together three stories of journeys away from home: the death of Frédéric Chopin in Paris and his sister’s quest to bring the composer’s heart back to his native Poland for burial\; Van der Werve’s own quest to retrace\, in reverse\, the route of Chopin’s heart in a three-week\, thousand-mile trek of biking\, running\, and swimming\; and the story of Alexander the Great\, a traveling warrior who is one of Van der Werve’s personal heroes.\n\nThe film explores themes that are common in Van der Werve’s work: extreme physical and mental endurance\, man’s struggle with the intensity of nature\, the interplay of history and geography\, the power of melancholy\, and the solitary traveler. The artist’s signature sensibility—simultaneously surreal and deadpan—is accentuated in the film by the full orchestra that accompanies him on every stage of his journey. Van der Werve spent a year composing the film’s score\, a classical requiem for forty voices and twenty strings\, and the film’s structure mirrors that of the requiem: three movements of four acts apiece\, with each act introduced by title shots to reinforce this organizational system. The tripartite framework underscores the three legs of Van der Werve’s personal triathlon and the three odysseys that intersect and inform one another throughout the film. \n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. UID:21356-1348481@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21356 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Film,Free,Multicultural,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T184109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper DESCRIPTION:Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal\, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s based on how important paper and the written word are to civilization—including how easily writings and\, consequently knowledge\, can be lost. This exhibition\, consisting of 19 photographs from UMMA’s collection\, was inspired by the presence of the Frank Gehry chair made of cardboard in UMMA’s Design Gallery\, and of and the need to address how artists from different cultures (present-day America and communist Czechoslovakia) view a commodity as common as paper.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Center for European Studies\, Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies\, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. UID:21358-1349026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T183355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection DESCRIPTION:For more than 25 years\, Los Angeles-based collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard have built a world-class collection of contemporary art that is focused on men and male identity as its subject matter. This exhibition features works from their vast holdings in photography. Guest curator Mario Codognato examines the lives of men in contemporary Western societies—with all their contradictions—through themes of competition and solidarity\, confrontation with identity\, and diverse explorations of the body and sexuality (as both sign and experience). Together\, these thematic groups form a fictional\, somewhat idealized\, tale in 13 chapters\, inviting viewers to reflect upon their own stories as well.\n\nDrawing upon the Hergott Shepard collection as well as select works gifted by the collectors to the Hammer Museum at UCLA\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA)\, the exhibition will include more than 60 works by some of the most important names in late 20th and early 21st century art\, including Doug Aitken\, John Baldessari\, Matthew Barney\, Rineke Dijkstra\, Gilbert and George\, Nan Goldin\, Robert Mapplethorpe\, Catherine Opie\, Herb Ritts\, Thomas Ruff\, Andres Serrano\, and Wolfgang Tillmans.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund. UID:21357-1348895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21357 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T170643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Medicinal Plants and Gardens: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum DESCRIPTION:This exhibition celebrates the upcoming 2015 opening of the new Medicinal Garden at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The earliest botanical garden at the University was a pharmaceutical garden established in 1897 just off the Diag\, at the heart of Central Campus. The new garden\, developed in partnership with the College of Pharmacy and Medical School faculty\, will continue that legacy\, aiming to explore the botanical origins of historical and current medicines\, and to promote a better understanding of the profound relationship between plants and human health.\nPreceding the garden’s opening\, this exhibition at UMMA will feature rarely seen archival plant specimens\, deposited by pharmaceutical companies at the University Herbarium\, along with newer herbarium specimens that reveal the captivating forms of these medicinal plants. These dried and pressed plant specimens will be accompanied by the presentation of the few remaining historic images of the original pharmaceutical garden\, as well as a drawing of the layout of new garden at Matthaei\, which is uniquely organized according to the systems of the human body that these medicinal plants are used to treat.\nThis exhibition is part of the U-M Collections Collaborations series\, co-organized by and presented at UMMA and designed to showcase the renowned and diverse collections at the University of Michigan. The U-M Collections Collaborations series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. UID:20122-1348411@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20122 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Culture,Discussion,Ecology,Environment,Exhibition,History,Medicine,Museum,Outdoors,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150113T155159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Takako Aikawa\, Senior Lecturer in Japanese\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\n\nTakako Aikawa began teaching Japanese at MIT as a Senior Lecturer from September of 2013. She received her PhD in Japanese linguistics from Ohio State University in 1993. Prior to MIT\, she worked for Microsoft Research as a computational linguist and a program manager.\n\nAbstract: This lecture addresses challenges that machine translation faces in translating English into Japanese. First\, I will provide a brief history of the development of machine translation and explain how a machine can learn mappings between two languages automatically. Second\, I will present problems for machine translation in general. Third\, I will tackle the question of why the English -> Japanese translation is so hard for machine translation while presenting some linguistic differences between the two languages. Last\, I will discuss various types of research that have been done to improve the quality of English->Japanese machine translation. UID:20839-1320913@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Japan,Machine Translation LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Room 1636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150108T124313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T130000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science. The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science. The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. UID:20702-1313054@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T112443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Cycles DESCRIPTION:Check out the Future Cycles on display. They're hybrid vehicles that combine the weather protection\, carrying capacity and visibility of a car with the low energy usage of a bicycle to create a vehicle that is half car\, half bicycle.\n\nBuilt by Cameron Van Dyke\, a graduate student at the University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design\, Future Cycles were created as part of his master's thesis. They recently appeared at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.\n\nJoin us for a reception in the Duderstadt Gallery on March 13\, 5:00-8:00 p.m. UID:21719-1359784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21719 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Library LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150113T112703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T121000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gifts of Art presents World Jazz – Solo Guitar & Turkish Banjo DESCRIPTION:Young guitar virtuoso and educator Elden Kelly impresses audiences with his ability to combine jazz with a broad range of musical traditions. From bluegrass to ballads to fretless guitar and influenced by such diverse genres as jazz\, neoclassicism\, American roots\, Hindustani and Turkish music\, Kelly proves impossible to pigeonhole. He graduated from Boston’s prestigious New England Conservatory of Music with a degree in Contemporary Improvisation\, and he also holds a graduate degree in Ethnomusicology from Michigan State. UID:20829-1320522@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20829 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,Music LOCATION:University Hospitals - University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150125T223743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T150000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Great Decisions - Section 2 DESCRIPTION:Our self-facilitating group will discuss eight critical international issues facing the U.S. this year. Topics include Russia and the Near Abroad\, Privacy in the Digital Age\, Sectarianism in the Middle East\, India Changes Course\, U.S. Policy Toward Africa\, Syria's Refugee Crisis\, Human Trafficking\, and Brazil's Metamorphosis. The course fee includes a copy of the Great Decisions Briefing Book and access to the corresponding DVD.\nInstructors: Stu Simon and Mary Engelhardt.\nThis class meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays\, 2/26\, 3/12\, 3/26\, 4/9\, 4/23\, 5/14\, 5/28\, 6/11\, and 6/25. \n\nhttps://olli-umich.org/olli/index.php/member/ctlg/viewEventDetails/542 UID:21118-1334003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21118 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,History,International,Lifelong Learning,Politics,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141126T134819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:English Conversation Group for International Scholars DESCRIPTION:This series is designed to meet the needs of international scholars at U-M. Each session features a different topic and you can attend as many of the sessions as you want. The group will practice conversational English and discuss U.S. customs related to informal social interactions in a university setting. Open to international scholars only. UID:19664-1266072@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Free,Social LOCATION:Michigan Union - Room 4016 (SORC Conference Room on the 4th floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150326T183013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T163000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Planning For Your Medical School Written Presentation: Personal Statement and Activities Descriptions DESCRIPTION:Come learn the basic of the written portion of your medical school application. We will cover planning for your personal statement as well as how to fill out the description of \"activities\" in the application. UID:21674-1358192@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21674 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150202T153038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Flame On!\": Nuclear Families\, Unstable Molecules\, and the Queer History of \"The Fantastic Four\" DESCRIPTION:Released to popular acclaim in 1961\, Marvel Comics’ \"Fantastic Four\" told the story of four anticommunist space adventurers who gain extraordinary powers when cosmic rays alter their physiology\, granting them\, respectively\, control over living flame\, invisibility\, impenetrable rock-like skin\, and physical pliability. The monstrous transformations of \"The Fantastic Four\" placed its heroes outside the bounds of Cold War gender and sexual norms: their bodies had mutated in ways that destabilized their assumed gender and sexual identities.\n\n In this talk\, Ramzi Fawaz explores the surprisingly queer evolution of the series\, which used the mutated bodies of its heroes to depict the transformation of the bread-winning father\, doting wife\, and bickering male siblings of the 1950s nuclear family into icons of 1960s radicalism: the left-wing intellectual\, the liberal feminist\, the political activist\, and the potential queer. UID:20945-1324782@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20945 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Culture,Film,Free,History,LGBT,Social LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150203T130543 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"It's Good to be the King\" - A Fresh Look at King Herod the Great DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Professor Guy Stiebel\, Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel-Aviv University UID:21261-1343067@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21261 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Jewish Studies,Lecture,Middle East Studies,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - 125 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150219T135156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Symposium: \"Temporality Across Disciplines\" DESCRIPTION:Recent discussions of “Big History” and “deep history” have drawn attention to the variety of timescales historical disciplines rely on and to questions regarding the nature of time itself. This panel brings together a medieval historian\, astrophysicist\, evolutionary biologist\, and philologist to consider the meaning of time and scale in the work they do. Our aim is to explore the comparative meaning of temporality across disciplines\, consider the differences and commonalities this discussion reveals\, and perhaps suggest ways that scholars in a history department can collaborate with those in other disciplines.\n\nDiscussion featuring: Katherine L. French (J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History\, University of Michigan)\, Cameron Gibelyou (Coordinator of Teaching\, Programming\, and Innovation\, University of Michigan)\, Piotr Michalowski (George G. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations\, University of Michigan)\, Stephen A. Smith (Assistant Professor\, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, University of Michigan)\, Paul N. Edwards (discussant\; Professor\, History and School of Information\, University of Michigan)\, Martin S. Pernick (panel chair\; Professor\, History\, University of Michigan).\n\nFree and open to the public.\n\nThis program is part of the Thursday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:20465-1290760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150225T154211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T161000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T181000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Law and Economics Seminar DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Eric Helland\, Claremont McKenna College\n\"Estimating the Effects of the English Rule on Litigation Outcomes\" UID:21834-1365170@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Law LOCATION:Hutchins Hall - 236 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150223T171339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Taking Back the X\, Bringing Back the Love DESCRIPTION:TAKING BACK THE X\, BRINGING BACK THE LOVE:\nNarratives of U-M Black Alumni Activists \n\nFusing storytelling and cultural expression\, this program culminates Black History Month featuring the diverse narratives of five generations of U-M alumni and students who will share their personal journeys as change agents committed to the preservation of black identity and communities.\n \n Featured speakers: \n \nMelba J. Boyd\, DA\nDistinguished Professor of African American Studies\, Wayne State University\, (DA 1979) \n \nGerloni Cotton\nLaw Student\, University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, (BA 2009)\n \nL'Heureux Lewis-McCoy\, PhD\nAssociate Professor of Sociology and Black Studies\, City College of New York – CUNY\, (PhD 2007)\n \nAustin McCoy\nDoctoral Candidate\, Department of History\, University of Michigan\n \nLester Spence\, PhD\nAssociate Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science\, Johns Hopkins University\, (BA 1991\, PhD 2001)\n \nspoken word and freedom songs will be presented\n\nPLEASE RSVP FOR THIS EVENT\nhttp://ncid.umich.edu/news/upcoming-events/?id=135 UID:21794-1363717@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21794 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,African American,Alumni,Education,Social Justice LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150326T183012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Build an Awesome Resume! DESCRIPTION:Come learn how to turn your resume into one that is most appealing to employers! We will work on all areas of your resume from top to bottom.\n UID:21199-1337918@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21199 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The Career Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150326T183012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Workshop: Build an Awesome Resume! DESCRIPTION:Don't know where to begin with your resume? Do you have a draft and want to take it from good to great? Come learn how to create a resume that effectively presents your story to employers\, internship sites\, and graduate schools.\n\nRoom: 1250 Undergraduate Science Building UID:21875-1366613@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141118T184225 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Natalie Diaz Poetry Reading DESCRIPTION:Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles\, California. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. Her first poetry collection\, When My Brother Was an Aztec\, was published by Copper Canyon Press. She is a recipient of a 2012 Lannan Literary Fellowship\, a 2012 Native Arts Council Foundation Fellowship\, the 2013 Narrative Prize\, the 2014 Holmes National Poetry Prize from Princeton University\, a 2014 Bread Loaf Fellowship\, and a 2014 USA Ford Fellowship. Diaz teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts Low Rez MFA. She lives in Mohave Valley\, Arizona\, where she directs the Fort Mojave Language Recovery Program\, working with the last Mojave speakers to teach and revitalize the language. UID:20037-1257122@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20037 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Literary Arts,Literature,Native American,Poetry,UMMA,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150209T142939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T181000 SUMMARY:Performance:Natalie Diaz Poetry Reading DESCRIPTION:Natalie Diaz was born in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles\, California. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian community. She earned a BA from Old Dominion University\, where she received a full athletic scholarship. Diaz played professional basketball in Europe and Asia before returning to Old Dominion to earn an MFA. She is the author of the poetry collection When My Brother Was an Aztec (2012)\, which New York Times reviewer Eric McHenry described as an “ambitious... beautiful book.” Her honors and awards include the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry\, the Louis Untermeyer Scholarship in Poetry from Bread Loaf\, the Narrative Poetry Prize\, and Lannan Literary Fellowship.\n\nDiaz lives in Mohave Valley\, Arizona\, where she works with the last speakers of Mojave and directs a language revitalization program. In a PBS interview\, she spoke of the connection between writing and experience: \"for me writing is kind of a way for me to explore why I want things and why I'm afraid of things and why I worry about things. And for me\, all of those things represent a kind of hunger that comes with being raised in a place like this.”\n\nUMMA is pleased to be the site for the Zell Visiting Writers Series\, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from UM alumna Helen Zell(’64). For more information\, please see www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/mfaeve.asp. UID:21406-1350810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Culture,Free,Literature,Museum,Native American,Poetry,Storytelling,UMMA,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150213T110442 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T183000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mochas & Masterpieces DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, February 26th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Parker room of the Michigan Union and enjoy a caffeinated beverage as an art instructor from the Ann Arbor Art Center teaches you how to draw and paint your own pop art canvas! There is a $5 admission fee. Visit our website at campusinvolvement.umich.edu for more information. UID:21540-1354461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Social LOCATION:Michigan Union - Parker Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150211T132831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mochas & Masterpieces Presents: POP ART DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, February 26th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Parker room of the Michigan Union and enjoy a caffeinated beverage as an art instructor from the Ann Arbor Art Center teaches you how to draw and paint your own pop art canvas! There is a $5 admission fee. Visit our website at campusinvolvement.umich.edu for more information. UID:21340-1345896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21340 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture LOCATION:Michigan Union - Parker Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150226T180021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mochas & Masterpieces Presents: POP ART DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, February 26th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Parker room of the Michigan Union and enjoy a caffeinated beverage as an art instructor from the Ann Arbor Art Center teaches you how to draw and paint your own pop art canvas! There is a $5 admission fee. Visit our website at campusinvolvement.umich.edu for more information. UID:21345-1346157@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21345 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150226T180021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T203000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Christian Challenge Meeting DESCRIPTION:Weekly meeting in which we spend time in worship\, Bible study\, fellowship and having fun. UID:17766-1203689@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/17766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150107T094126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Jews in France and the Legacy of the French Empire DESCRIPTION:Frankel Institute Detroit Lecture Series on Jews and Empires\n\nContemporary discussions in France about a resurgence of anti-Semitism in recent years have focused attention on evolving attitudes about the successes and failures of the French “melting pot”—the aggregation of diverse peoples and cultures in France across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This talk will explore the complicated linkages between the history of citizenship in France\, and the history of colonialism\, decolonization\, and immigration\, with attention to the significance of these connections for French Jews and their relationship with other populations within the French polity. UID:20067-1260199@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Jewish Studies,Lecture LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150116T151408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T210000 SUMMARY:Meeting:National Pan-Hellenic Council Meeting DESCRIPTION:Meeting of NPHC Exec board and chapter reps. UID:20963-1325163@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20963 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Greek Life LOCATION:Michigan Union - 2015B CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150217T102117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150226T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Suzanne Westenhoefer DESCRIPTION:Suzanne Westenhoefer is brave\, bold\, and comic gold. The real deal in a post-modern world seeking to pump out reproductions\, Suzanne is the reigning shtick chick worth noting. Her individual style and unique sense of self set the stage for all walks of life—young\, old\, gay\, straight\, lesbian\, bi\, and every descriptor imaginable in between. When you’ve lived life\, you talk about it. When you’re a comedienne living life\, you really talk about it. For instance\, how do you refer to your new girlfriend’s parents while updating your status on Facebook … at their house … over Christmas? In-laws doesn’t quite seem the appropriate term. Neither does out-laws (that might imply divorce—assuming you’re in a state that even allows marriage\, much less divorce) … there isn’t really a term that seems appropriate. Suzanne has been especially adept at bringing her own experiences into her routines. She’s a brand-new woman every time\, and she’ll take you for a ride on the wild side. All aboard! UID:19783-1239573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19783 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Music,The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR