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:20150518T122751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Ferndale\, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles\, scribbles\, dots\, dashes\, and lots of rhythmic lines. She manages to create works that are both bounding in playfulness\, yet hold a certain transcendental\, calm minimalism about them. Goedert earned a BFA at Wayne State University and is a vocalist and lyricist for the Detroit band\, the Luddites. UID:22854-1413534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22854 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:20150518T123322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine and medical education. He is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, and his photographic work is intended to raise awareness of the aging demographic and its impact on the healthcare system and society. Levine studied at the Art Students League\, the School of Visual Arts\, and the International Center for Photography\, all in Manhattan\, New York. UID:22856-1413674@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22856 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:20150518T124244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood DESCRIPTION:Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo\, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from sources such as toy packaging designs\, 8-bit video games\, pinball machine graphics\, ‘60s psychedelic imagery and pop art. Using vibrant colors\, flat\, hard-edge shapes and playful geometrical patterns\, he visually stimulates viewers with a focus on the attraction to familiar symbols and colors. Gaewsky earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums. UID:22859-1413870@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22859 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:20150518T124512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass DESCRIPTION:Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college\, she watched\, fascinated\, as the glassblower in her department created scientific equipment\, inspiring her to later teach herself lampworking (glass worked over a torch) and open a hot glass studio. Learning to scuba dive inspired her sculptural Seafan series. They reflect the undulating forms and luscious colors of coral reefs. Kelman’s fused glass squares resemble rushing water\, with matter floating downstream: twigs\, bugs and stones reflect the colors in the sky. UID:22860-1413940@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22860 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:20150518T123030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls DESCRIPTION:Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design\, she creates and hand cuts snowflakes or flowers out of paper and then applies them with blue slip to her ceramic plates and bowls. The pieces are intended to serve food and help connect the maker to the user. Nancy Bulkley makes clay work and teaches in Ann Arbor\, her home town. She studied art at the University of Michigan and received her BFA from Alfred University in upstate New York. UID:22855-1413604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22855 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:20150518T124000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas DESCRIPTION:The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working from a small collection of stones gathered along the beach\, he produced the first of the series. In the 30 years since that canvas\, he has explored the many subtle nuances of color\, surface and composition inherent in the subject. Although he works with other subject matter\, his Stones Series is the most popular. His work has been shown in major art centers across the country and is in the permanent collections of over 200 individuals\, corporations and public institutions. UID:22858-1413800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22858 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:20150518T123720 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Traditional & Contemporary Native American Basketry DESCRIPTION:Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish are Anishnabe Master black ash basket makers who come from an unbroken line of weavers. They are award winning artists and exhibit internationally. Church\, a Grand Traverse band member\, has a BFA from U-M and is an artist and activist who works with Native Youth. Parrish is a Gun Lake band member and of Ottawa decent. She is a student at U-M\, studying linguistics and Anishnabe language. Church and Parrish harvest and prepare their own materials from the growth rings of the black ash tree to create weavings that are traditional and contemporary in style\, using both traditional and innovative materials. UID:22857-1413744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22857 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:20150512T100037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Textile Trade Ascendancies DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features cloth samples\, photographs\, and maps\, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present\, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne\, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies. UID:22816-1412327@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Women in Science DESCRIPTION:Colorful comic book graphics in this panel exhibit invite young U-M Museum of Natural History visitors from every background to see themselves working in STEM fields (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics)\, and changing the world.\n\nDeveloped by Ann Marie Macara\, a fifth-year graduate student in the U-M Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\, the exhibit features four women scientists whose work had a major impact in their fields. These women persevered against the odds and are powerful role models who continue to inspire young women to follow in their footsteps in STEM.\n\nMary Anning represents Science for her discoveries of fossils from the Jurassic period. Annie Easley personifies Technology as one of the few African-American computer scientists to work at NASA (then NACA) as a ‘human computer’ and who then developed software for rockets. Sarah Goode stands for Engineering as the first African-American woman to receive a US patent for her invention of the folding cabinet bed. Finally\, Wang Zhenyi exemplifies Mathematics for her mathematical models of astronomical events\, including eclipses. \n \nThe exhibit was made possible through the support of the U-M Life Sciences Institute\; a MAAS Professional Development Award\; the Program in Biomedical Science\; the Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\; the Women in Science and Engineering Program\; and FEMMES (Females Engaged in More Math\, Engineering and the Sciences). UID:23247-1424086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science,Women's Studies LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150313T140540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Shape of the Universe DESCRIPTION:This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe\, from Einstein's discovery of space-time\, through the development of theories explaining the Big Bang and cosmic expansion\, up to cutting-edge research on gravity waves being conducted by U-M mathematician Lydia Bieri. This exhibit will include interactives\, video\, beautiful NASA photographs\, and artwork by local high school students. UID:21954-1373032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21954 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Exhibition,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150331T090526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes\, Charity Donation Boxes DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In Judaism\, dispensing of charity is not simply a monetary transaction. Rather\, the act is a beautiful exemplar of an individual’s conscious choice to help another person\, while also acknowledging the transience of material wealth and paying one’s good fortunes forward.\n\nThese Pushkes function as vessels that anonymize the donations within\, stressing that the act of giving should not be done for acknowledgement. Instead\, giving should signify a gesture of honest good will. Furthermore\, the amalgam of wealth inside these boxes is comprised of the materiality and benevolence of an entire community.\n\nצדקה תציל ממװת\nTsedakah tatsil mi-mavet\nCharity Saves from Death\n — 156b\, Tractate Shabes\, Babylonian Talmud\n\nAll items on display were donated by Constance Harris and are on loan from the Jewish Heritage Collection Dedicated to Mark and Dave Harris\, Special Collections Library\, University of Michigan Library—except where otherwise noted. UID:22410-1396081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150207T184109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T170000 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:21358-1348977@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:20150709T152829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Jem Cohen DESCRIPTION:The title of this multi-format photography and video installation by New York filmmaker Jem Cohen comes from the artist’s own characterization of his practice.\n As he explains\, “The unifying core of my work stems from encountering the world as it unfolds. Whether the project is long- or short-term\, moving image or still photography\, single pictures\, multiple projections\, or an installation\, it is through close observation\, careful listening\, and an embrace of chance that I establish the bedrock. . . . Regardless of the tools and the form\, the project is . . . life drawing.”\n \nThe dual-gallery presentation of Life Drawing at UMMA underscores Cohen’s use of disparate media that\, rooted in a shared set of concerns and working methods\, organically coalesce into a broader body of work.\n We Have an Anchor\, on view in the Media Gallery\, is a single-channel video projection that incorporates composited 16mm\, Super 8\, and HD imagery. An environmental portrait of Nova Scotia\, it takes its departure point from a live performance with multiple projections where Cohen collaborated with an ensemble of musicians to make what has been described as a cinematic love letter to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. Footage of the island\, gathered over 10 years\, is interspersed with texts ranging from poems to local folklore\, buoyed by both environmental sounds and an original score written and performed by members from a diverse group of bands\, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor\, Dirty Three\, Fugazi\, White Magic\, Silver Mt. Zion\, and The Quavers.\n \nIn the Photography Gallery\, more than 25 still photographs\, again gathered over a long period in a disappearing analog format (in this case\, Polaroid film)\, are subtly married to digital technology. The images\, some urban and some domestic\, are from a variety of locations ranging from New York to Tangier. With both the video and the photographs Cohen uses a strategy of free wandering conjoined with careful documentation in order to unearth and celebrate hidden\, seemingly haunted geographies and their human (and animal) inhabitants. UID:23179-1421203@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Education,Exhibition,Free,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150622T141828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Julian Schnabel DESCRIPTION:Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected materials and radically unconventional techniques. The exhibition\, which originated at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich\, Connecticut before traveling to UMMA\, will feature artworks from the mid-1970s to the present.\n This exhibition was organized by the Brant Foundation Art Study Center. Lead support for UMMA’s installation is provided by Joseph and Annette Allen\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the University of Michigan Health System\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and Retirement Income Solutions. UID:23076-1419441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23076 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T153554 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters DESCRIPTION:During World War I\, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers\, housewives and shipbuilders\, “old-stock Americans” and immigrants to the cause. Propaganda\, commodity\, and art came together in WWI posters. This exhibition presents rarely displayed WWI posters from UMMA’s collection.\nThe focus of the exhibition is posters directed at coal miners. These works explore the larger themes of supporting the war effort and Americanism. Coal mining communities were microcosms for the social and economic pressures when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. Coal was a central resource for the war\, yet the immigrant workforce was considered unreliable because of increasingly frequent workers’ strikes. Posters also addressed anxieties about the definition of American culture and its readiness for war.\nMarking the centennial of the Great War (1914-1919)\, the presentation of WWI posters of the UMMA collection includes some of the lesser-known works by America’s most famous poster artists. From iconic Gibson-girl type illustrations to multilingual posters in Polish\, Italian\, and German\, these posters present war-time American ideals. Works by famed designers James Montgomery Flagg\, the designer of the Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster\, and Howard Christy are featured alongside works by illustrators like J.C. Leyendecker and the acclaimed painter and printmaker Henry Reuterdahl. UID:22267-1389515@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T152350 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sophie Calle: North Pole DESCRIPTION:Following her mother's death\, French conceptual artist Sophie Calle wanted to bury her portrait and jewels on a glacier in the North Pole\, a place her mother had always dreamed of seeing. This multifaceted installation\, consisting of video\, photographs\, and a light box\, documents moments of Calle's journey to fulfill her mother's unrealized dream.\n\nNorth Pole / Pôle nord also includes three porcelain plaques on which Calle has inscribed a story about her voyage. The following text is an excerpt:\n\n\"I waited to reach the northernmost point on the trip in order to go ashore and bury my mother's jewels. L.\, my cabin-mate on the boat\, suggested that if the weather was not permitting\, I could still flush the ring down the toilet. The prospect would have made my mother laugh. But on Thursday October 2\, 2008\, the weather was fine. I ventured onto the glacier\, chose a beautiful stone and buried the portrait\, the necklace and the diamond. Now my mother has gone to the Arctic North. Will climate change carry her out to sea as far as the Pole? Will she be dragged down the valley towards the ice cap? Will she stay on that shore\, a marker of the Northern Glacier’s existence in the Holocene period?\"\n\nThe creative process that drives North Pole is characteristic of Calle's practice: she not only shares a story drawn from her own life\, but uses that moment to inspire further artistic exploration. Following a set of self-established behavioral instructions\, she transforms her daily life with a series of performative actions\, usually executed as a combination of texts and photographs. The result is a poignant reconsideration of the parameters of public versus private life\, through a body of work grounded in compelling\, and often very intimate\, personal investigation.\n\nThis exhibition is made possible in part by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund. UID:22265-1389425@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22265 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Family,Free,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421798@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141029T152936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T143000 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:19550-1345101@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:20150520T145330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Gallery Tours DESCRIPTION:Want to learn more about the collections at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology? Join us at the Upjohn Wing entrance on Maynard Street for a docent-led tour of the galleries. Tours are free and open to the public. UID:22885-1414585@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22885 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: My Universe DESCRIPTION:Planetarium presenters often accumulate a number of favorite things to share with audiences. They range from the current night sky\, to planets\, satellites\, and the deepest regions of space. Find out what your presenter finds fascinating about the Universe! UID:23234-1421738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T120839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demo: Making a Good Impression DESCRIPTION:Explore how fossils are created during this hands-on demonstration! What parts of animals become fossilized? How old are the earliest fossils? Families will discover how fossil casts are made in the museum by making their own casts to take home. This program offers something for all ages – exciting information about fossils and a fun\, hands-on exploration of fossil casting!\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:23248-1422225@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T161500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150710T141721 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Callaghan DESCRIPTION:Callaghan is a young songwriter from Boston—Boston\, Lincolnshire\, England\, that is! In the summer of 2010 she boarded a plane headed for the American South\, toting suitcases and a heap of songs. Shawn Mullins\, for whom she opened at The Ark\, calls her one of the greatest unsigned talents he's ever heard. Callaghan was classically trained on flute from age six. A fan of Mullins\, she contacted him through social media. Many studio hours later\, the result was the album \"Life In Full Colour\,\" which combined shades of folk\, country\, rock and pop into a seamless fusion of feeling and melody. Callaghan has a gift for putting her own experiences into universal terms\, and she comes to Michigan with an acclaimed new release\, \"The History of Now.\" UID:22830-1412506@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22830 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:20150409T170630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150809T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives DESCRIPTION:This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles\, one of America's greatest directors of film\, theater\, radio and television—highlights letters\, photographs\, scripts\, and production materials culled from the University of Michigan Library's extensive Orson Welles archives.\n\nOriginal items are on display in the Audubon Room\, which is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 2-7pm. UID:22554-1402769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) & Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T122751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Ferndale\, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles\, scribbles\, dots\, dashes\, and lots of rhythmic lines. She manages to create works that are both bounding in playfulness\, yet hold a certain transcendental\, calm minimalism about them. Goedert earned a BFA at Wayne State University and is a vocalist and lyricist for the Detroit band\, the Luddites. UID:22854-1413535@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22854 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:20150518T123322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine and medical education. He is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, and his photographic work is intended to raise awareness of the aging demographic and its impact on the healthcare system and society. Levine studied at the Art Students League\, the School of Visual Arts\, and the International Center for Photography\, all in Manhattan\, New York. UID:22856-1413675@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22856 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:20150518T124244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood DESCRIPTION:Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo\, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from sources such as toy packaging designs\, 8-bit video games\, pinball machine graphics\, ‘60s psychedelic imagery and pop art. Using vibrant colors\, flat\, hard-edge shapes and playful geometrical patterns\, he visually stimulates viewers with a focus on the attraction to familiar symbols and colors. Gaewsky earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums. UID:22859-1413871@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22859 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:20150518T124512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass DESCRIPTION:Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college\, she watched\, fascinated\, as the glassblower in her department created scientific equipment\, inspiring her to later teach herself lampworking (glass worked over a torch) and open a hot glass studio. Learning to scuba dive inspired her sculptural Seafan series. They reflect the undulating forms and luscious colors of coral reefs. Kelman’s fused glass squares resemble rushing water\, with matter floating downstream: twigs\, bugs and stones reflect the colors in the sky. UID:22860-1413941@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22860 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:20150331T131356 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor DESCRIPTION:Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as\, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians create in her paintings is full of life. Can you hear it? Using vibrant colors in acrylic or watercolor\, Hoover’s paintings inspire a multisensory response. She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design and currently works in graphic arts and painting. UID:22428-1396905@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T123030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls DESCRIPTION:Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design\, she creates and hand cuts snowflakes or flowers out of paper and then applies them with blue slip to her ceramic plates and bowls. The pieces are intended to serve food and help connect the maker to the user. Nancy Bulkley makes clay work and teaches in Ann Arbor\, her home town. She studied art at the University of Michigan and received her BFA from Alfred University in upstate New York. UID:22855-1413605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22855 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:20150518T124000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas DESCRIPTION:The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working from a small collection of stones gathered along the beach\, he produced the first of the series. In the 30 years since that canvas\, he has explored the many subtle nuances of color\, surface and composition inherent in the subject. Although he works with other subject matter\, his Stones Series is the most popular. His work has been shown in major art centers across the country and is in the permanent collections of over 200 individuals\, corporations and public institutions. UID:22858-1413801@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22858 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:20150706T151727 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T170000 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:23133-1420649@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23133 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:20150512T100037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Textile Trade Ascendancies DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features cloth samples\, photographs\, and maps\, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present\, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne\, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies. UID:22816-1412328@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150505T101537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Drawdown Vietnam\, April – May 1975 DESCRIPTION:America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the advancing North Vietnamese Army\, the United States military evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese civilians to ships nearby.\n\nIn the midst of the chaos\, two smaller rescues took place – Operation Babylift\, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety\, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez\, whose ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon.\n\nThe unfolding of these events are chronicled in two lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts\, photographs\, documents and personal stories of those involved.\n\nThe exhibit is free to Library visitors\, and will be on display through September\, 2015. \n\nPlease note that the Library is NOT open on weekends or Federal holidays. Library hours are Monday – Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. UID:22785-1411449@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cambodia,Indochina,Operation Babylift,Saigon,Vietnam LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Women in Science DESCRIPTION:Colorful comic book graphics in this panel exhibit invite young U-M Museum of Natural History visitors from every background to see themselves working in STEM fields (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics)\, and changing the world.\n\nDeveloped by Ann Marie Macara\, a fifth-year graduate student in the U-M Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\, the exhibit features four women scientists whose work had a major impact in their fields. These women persevered against the odds and are powerful role models who continue to inspire young women to follow in their footsteps in STEM.\n\nMary Anning represents Science for her discoveries of fossils from the Jurassic period. Annie Easley personifies Technology as one of the few African-American computer scientists to work at NASA (then NACA) as a ‘human computer’ and who then developed software for rockets. Sarah Goode stands for Engineering as the first African-American woman to receive a US patent for her invention of the folding cabinet bed. Finally\, Wang Zhenyi exemplifies Mathematics for her mathematical models of astronomical events\, including eclipses. \n \nThe exhibit was made possible through the support of the U-M Life Sciences Institute\; a MAAS Professional Development Award\; the Program in Biomedical Science\; the Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\; the Women in Science and Engineering Program\; and FEMMES (Females Engaged in More Math\, Engineering and the Sciences). UID:23247-1424087@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science,Women's Studies LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150617T113157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of Timothy Orikri DESCRIPTION:With the summer art exhibition season in full swing\, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of Timothy Orikri\,” a brilliant collection of diverse pieces at Monts Hall with an opening reception on Friday\, July 17\, from 6-8 p.m. As a bonus to the evening event\, Mr. Orikri will provide a brief talk on his creative process and artworks at 7 p.m.. Light refreshments and complimentary parking will also be available for the reception.\n\nOrikri carefully blends vibrant colors\, fiery orange-reds and electric blues\, with textures like dried fruits and feathers to create timeless pieces. Born in Nigeria where he studied Fine Art at Delta State University\, Abraka\, Orikri came to the U.S. in 1995\, first settling in Missouri before making Michigan his home.\n\nInfluenced by African\, European and American culture and fueled by a desire to shape a better world\, he began to create art that elicits an emotional response. As a result\, his paintings are thought provoking with themes of hope\, harmony and the gift of nature woven through each piece\, creating a unique art experience.\n\nHis unwavering commitment to enriching lives through art is unquestionable. Orikri contributes his time and talents to various art programs and has donated many of his paintings to local and national organizations.\n\nOrikri’s art has been widely exhibited in numerous distinguished museums\, colleges and public buildings including the Detroit Public Library Galleria\, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, and both the Spirit Glass Hallway Gallery and the Spirit Café Gallery located inside Oakwood Hospital in Taylor\, Michigan.\n\nThe Artistry of Timothy Orikri exhibition\, which includes semi-realism\, abstract and mixed media paintings\, runs July 1- August 22. Art lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend.\n\nGallery admission and parking are free and light refreshments will be served during the opening reception. The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.\, and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. UID:23047-1418853@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150313T140540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Shape of the Universe DESCRIPTION:This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe\, from Einstein's discovery of space-time\, through the development of theories explaining the Big Bang and cosmic expansion\, up to cutting-edge research on gravity waves being conducted by U-M mathematician Lydia Bieri. This exhibit will include interactives\, video\, beautiful NASA photographs\, and artwork by local high school students. UID:21954-1373033@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21954 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Exhibition,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150331T090526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes\, Charity Donation Boxes DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In Judaism\, dispensing of charity is not simply a monetary transaction. Rather\, the act is a beautiful exemplar of an individual’s conscious choice to help another person\, while also acknowledging the transience of material wealth and paying one’s good fortunes forward.\n\nThese Pushkes function as vessels that anonymize the donations within\, stressing that the act of giving should not be done for acknowledgement. Instead\, giving should signify a gesture of honest good will. Furthermore\, the amalgam of wealth inside these boxes is comprised of the materiality and benevolence of an entire community.\n\nצדקה תציל ממװת\nTsedakah tatsil mi-mavet\nCharity Saves from Death\n — 156b\, Tractate Shabes\, Babylonian Talmud\n\nAll items on display were donated by Constance Harris and are on loan from the Jewish Heritage Collection Dedicated to Mark and Dave Harris\, Special Collections Library\, University of Michigan Library—except where otherwise noted. UID:22410-1396082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150406T161023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope DESCRIPTION:This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals and plants as they were originally seen through the lenses of early microscopes. Also included are three eighteenth-century microscopes and a series of images taken by modern microscopes.\n\nOn display Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:22502-1400895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,History,Library,Science LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421830@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T144625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Go Figure DESCRIPTION:View paintings\, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia Polenberg.\n\nWhile Ramsay and Polenberg both work across multiple mediums\, this exhibit highlights their figurative artwork. Many of their subjects are literary figures\, artists and dancers\, and while both artists have incorporated bold\, bright colors in their pieces\, their styles are very different.\n\nJoin us for an opening reception on Friday\, July 10\, 5-9 pm.\n\nGallery Hours:\nMonday-Wednesday: Noon - 6pm\nThursday: Noon - 8pm\nFriday: Noon - 6pm\; open until 9pm on July 17 UID:23178-1421178@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Larry Cat In Space DESCRIPTION:A playful\, imaginative cartoon about an inquisitive cat who stows away aboard a space ship and visits the Moon. Primarily targeted at grades K-3 but enjoyable for everyone\, the show teaches several things about the Moon and includes a short live night sky discussion. UID:23235-1421768@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421799@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: My Universe DESCRIPTION:Planetarium presenters often accumulate a number of favorite things to share with audiences. They range from the current night sky\, to planets\, satellites\, and the deepest regions of space. Find out what your presenter finds fascinating about the Universe! UID:23234-1421739@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150409T170630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150810T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives DESCRIPTION:This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles\, one of America's greatest directors of film\, theater\, radio and television—highlights letters\, photographs\, scripts\, and production materials culled from the University of Michigan Library's extensive Orson Welles archives.\n\nOriginal items are on display in the Audubon Room\, which is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 2-7pm. UID:22554-1402770@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) & Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T122751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Ferndale\, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles\, scribbles\, dots\, dashes\, and lots of rhythmic lines. She manages to create works that are both bounding in playfulness\, yet hold a certain transcendental\, calm minimalism about them. Goedert earned a BFA at Wayne State University and is a vocalist and lyricist for the Detroit band\, the Luddites. UID:22854-1413536@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22854 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:20150518T123322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine and medical education. He is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, and his photographic work is intended to raise awareness of the aging demographic and its impact on the healthcare system and society. Levine studied at the Art Students League\, the School of Visual Arts\, and the International Center for Photography\, all in Manhattan\, New York. UID:22856-1413676@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22856 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:20150518T124244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood DESCRIPTION:Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo\, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from sources such as toy packaging designs\, 8-bit video games\, pinball machine graphics\, ‘60s psychedelic imagery and pop art. Using vibrant colors\, flat\, hard-edge shapes and playful geometrical patterns\, he visually stimulates viewers with a focus on the attraction to familiar symbols and colors. Gaewsky earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums. UID:22859-1413872@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22859 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:20150518T124512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass DESCRIPTION:Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college\, she watched\, fascinated\, as the glassblower in her department created scientific equipment\, inspiring her to later teach herself lampworking (glass worked over a torch) and open a hot glass studio. Learning to scuba dive inspired her sculptural Seafan series. They reflect the undulating forms and luscious colors of coral reefs. Kelman’s fused glass squares resemble rushing water\, with matter floating downstream: twigs\, bugs and stones reflect the colors in the sky. UID:22860-1413942@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22860 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:20150331T131356 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor DESCRIPTION:Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as\, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians create in her paintings is full of life. Can you hear it? Using vibrant colors in acrylic or watercolor\, Hoover’s paintings inspire a multisensory response. She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design and currently works in graphic arts and painting. UID:22428-1396906@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T123030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls DESCRIPTION:Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design\, she creates and hand cuts snowflakes or flowers out of paper and then applies them with blue slip to her ceramic plates and bowls. The pieces are intended to serve food and help connect the maker to the user. Nancy Bulkley makes clay work and teaches in Ann Arbor\, her home town. She studied art at the University of Michigan and received her BFA from Alfred University in upstate New York. UID:22855-1413606@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22855 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:20150518T124000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas DESCRIPTION:The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working from a small collection of stones gathered along the beach\, he produced the first of the series. In the 30 years since that canvas\, he has explored the many subtle nuances of color\, surface and composition inherent in the subject. Although he works with other subject matter\, his Stones Series is the most popular. His work has been shown in major art centers across the country and is in the permanent collections of over 200 individuals\, corporations and public institutions. UID:22858-1413802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22858 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:20150706T151727 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 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:23133-1420650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23133 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:20150512T100037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Textile Trade Ascendancies DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features cloth samples\, photographs\, and maps\, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present\, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne\, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies. UID:22816-1412329@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150505T101537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Drawdown Vietnam\, April – May 1975 DESCRIPTION:America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the advancing North Vietnamese Army\, the United States military evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese civilians to ships nearby.\n\nIn the midst of the chaos\, two smaller rescues took place – Operation Babylift\, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety\, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez\, whose ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon.\n\nThe unfolding of these events are chronicled in two lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts\, photographs\, documents and personal stories of those involved.\n\nThe exhibit is free to Library visitors\, and will be on display through September\, 2015. \n\nPlease note that the Library is NOT open on weekends or Federal holidays. Library hours are Monday – Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. UID:22785-1411450@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cambodia,Indochina,Operation Babylift,Saigon,Vietnam LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Women in Science DESCRIPTION:Colorful comic book graphics in this panel exhibit invite young U-M Museum of Natural History visitors from every background to see themselves working in STEM fields (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics)\, and changing the world.\n\nDeveloped by Ann Marie Macara\, a fifth-year graduate student in the U-M Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\, the exhibit features four women scientists whose work had a major impact in their fields. These women persevered against the odds and are powerful role models who continue to inspire young women to follow in their footsteps in STEM.\n\nMary Anning represents Science for her discoveries of fossils from the Jurassic period. Annie Easley personifies Technology as one of the few African-American computer scientists to work at NASA (then NACA) as a ‘human computer’ and who then developed software for rockets. Sarah Goode stands for Engineering as the first African-American woman to receive a US patent for her invention of the folding cabinet bed. Finally\, Wang Zhenyi exemplifies Mathematics for her mathematical models of astronomical events\, including eclipses. \n \nThe exhibit was made possible through the support of the U-M Life Sciences Institute\; a MAAS Professional Development Award\; the Program in Biomedical Science\; the Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\; the Women in Science and Engineering Program\; and FEMMES (Females Engaged in More Math\, Engineering and the Sciences). UID:23247-1424088@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science,Women's Studies LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150617T113157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of Timothy Orikri DESCRIPTION:With the summer art exhibition season in full swing\, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of Timothy Orikri\,” a brilliant collection of diverse pieces at Monts Hall with an opening reception on Friday\, July 17\, from 6-8 p.m. As a bonus to the evening event\, Mr. Orikri will provide a brief talk on his creative process and artworks at 7 p.m.. Light refreshments and complimentary parking will also be available for the reception.\n\nOrikri carefully blends vibrant colors\, fiery orange-reds and electric blues\, with textures like dried fruits and feathers to create timeless pieces. Born in Nigeria where he studied Fine Art at Delta State University\, Abraka\, Orikri came to the U.S. in 1995\, first settling in Missouri before making Michigan his home.\n\nInfluenced by African\, European and American culture and fueled by a desire to shape a better world\, he began to create art that elicits an emotional response. As a result\, his paintings are thought provoking with themes of hope\, harmony and the gift of nature woven through each piece\, creating a unique art experience.\n\nHis unwavering commitment to enriching lives through art is unquestionable. Orikri contributes his time and talents to various art programs and has donated many of his paintings to local and national organizations.\n\nOrikri’s art has been widely exhibited in numerous distinguished museums\, colleges and public buildings including the Detroit Public Library Galleria\, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, and both the Spirit Glass Hallway Gallery and the Spirit Café Gallery located inside Oakwood Hospital in Taylor\, Michigan.\n\nThe Artistry of Timothy Orikri exhibition\, which includes semi-realism\, abstract and mixed media paintings\, runs July 1- August 22. Art lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend.\n\nGallery admission and parking are free and light refreshments will be served during the opening reception. The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.\, and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. UID:23047-1418854@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150313T140540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Shape of the Universe DESCRIPTION:This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe\, from Einstein's discovery of space-time\, through the development of theories explaining the Big Bang and cosmic expansion\, up to cutting-edge research on gravity waves being conducted by U-M mathematician Lydia Bieri. This exhibit will include interactives\, video\, beautiful NASA photographs\, and artwork by local high school students. UID:21954-1373034@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21954 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Exhibition,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150811T103101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T110000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Bromeliads\, the Awesome Houseplants DESCRIPTION:A PowerPoint introduction to the amazing bromeliad (pineapple) family features its unmatched diversity of form and color\, its strategies for survival in a hostile environment\, and its vital role in the ecology of its habitat. Care\, propagation\, and display in home and garden are also discussed. Presented by SE Michigan Bromeliad Society. Presentation is free and part of the bromeliad and cactus sale at Matthaei September 12 & 13. UID:23672-1425054@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23672 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150331T090526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes\, Charity Donation Boxes DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In Judaism\, dispensing of charity is not simply a monetary transaction. Rather\, the act is a beautiful exemplar of an individual’s conscious choice to help another person\, while also acknowledging the transience of material wealth and paying one’s good fortunes forward.\n\nThese Pushkes function as vessels that anonymize the donations within\, stressing that the act of giving should not be done for acknowledgement. Instead\, giving should signify a gesture of honest good will. Furthermore\, the amalgam of wealth inside these boxes is comprised of the materiality and benevolence of an entire community.\n\nצדקה תציל ממװת\nTsedakah tatsil mi-mavet\nCharity Saves from Death\n — 156b\, Tractate Shabes\, Babylonian Talmud\n\nAll items on display were donated by Constance Harris and are on loan from the Jewish Heritage Collection Dedicated to Mark and Dave Harris\, Special Collections Library\, University of Michigan Library—except where otherwise noted. UID:22410-1396083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150406T161023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope DESCRIPTION:This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals and plants as they were originally seen through the lenses of early microscopes. Also included are three eighteenth-century microscopes and a series of images taken by modern microscopes.\n\nOn display Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:22502-1400896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,History,Library,Science LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T152829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Jem Cohen DESCRIPTION:The title of this multi-format photography and video installation by New York filmmaker Jem Cohen comes from the artist’s own characterization of his practice.\n As he explains\, “The unifying core of my work stems from encountering the world as it unfolds. Whether the project is long- or short-term\, moving image or still photography\, single pictures\, multiple projections\, or an installation\, it is through close observation\, careful listening\, and an embrace of chance that I establish the bedrock. . . . Regardless of the tools and the form\, the project is . . . life drawing.”\n \nThe dual-gallery presentation of Life Drawing at UMMA underscores Cohen’s use of disparate media that\, rooted in a shared set of concerns and working methods\, organically coalesce into a broader body of work.\n We Have an Anchor\, on view in the Media Gallery\, is a single-channel video projection that incorporates composited 16mm\, Super 8\, and HD imagery. An environmental portrait of Nova Scotia\, it takes its departure point from a live performance with multiple projections where Cohen collaborated with an ensemble of musicians to make what has been described as a cinematic love letter to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. Footage of the island\, gathered over 10 years\, is interspersed with texts ranging from poems to local folklore\, buoyed by both environmental sounds and an original score written and performed by members from a diverse group of bands\, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor\, Dirty Three\, Fugazi\, White Magic\, Silver Mt. Zion\, and The Quavers.\n \nIn the Photography Gallery\, more than 25 still photographs\, again gathered over a long period in a disappearing analog format (in this case\, Polaroid film)\, are subtly married to digital technology. The images\, some urban and some domestic\, are from a variety of locations ranging from New York to Tangier. With both the video and the photographs Cohen uses a strategy of free wandering conjoined with careful documentation in order to unearth and celebrate hidden\, seemingly haunted geographies and their human (and animal) inhabitants. UID:23179-1421220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Education,Exhibition,Free,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150622T141828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Julian Schnabel DESCRIPTION:Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected materials and radically unconventional techniques. The exhibition\, which originated at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich\, Connecticut before traveling to UMMA\, will feature artworks from the mid-1970s to the present.\n This exhibition was organized by the Brant Foundation Art Study Center. Lead support for UMMA’s installation is provided by Joseph and Annette Allen\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the University of Michigan Health System\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and Retirement Income Solutions. UID:23076-1419454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23076 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T153554 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters DESCRIPTION:During World War I\, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers\, housewives and shipbuilders\, “old-stock Americans” and immigrants to the cause. Propaganda\, commodity\, and art came together in WWI posters. This exhibition presents rarely displayed WWI posters from UMMA’s collection.\nThe focus of the exhibition is posters directed at coal miners. These works explore the larger themes of supporting the war effort and Americanism. Coal mining communities were microcosms for the social and economic pressures when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. Coal was a central resource for the war\, yet the immigrant workforce was considered unreliable because of increasingly frequent workers’ strikes. Posters also addressed anxieties about the definition of American culture and its readiness for war.\nMarking the centennial of the Great War (1914-1919)\, the presentation of WWI posters of the UMMA collection includes some of the lesser-known works by America’s most famous poster artists. From iconic Gibson-girl type illustrations to multilingual posters in Polish\, Italian\, and German\, these posters present war-time American ideals. Works by famed designers James Montgomery Flagg\, the designer of the Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster\, and Howard Christy are featured alongside works by illustrators like J.C. Leyendecker and the acclaimed painter and printmaker Henry Reuterdahl. UID:22267-1389535@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421831@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T144625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Go Figure DESCRIPTION:View paintings\, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia Polenberg.\n\nWhile Ramsay and Polenberg both work across multiple mediums\, this exhibit highlights their figurative artwork. Many of their subjects are literary figures\, artists and dancers\, and while both artists have incorporated bold\, bright colors in their pieces\, their styles are very different.\n\nJoin us for an opening reception on Friday\, July 10\, 5-9 pm.\n\nGallery Hours:\nMonday-Wednesday: Noon - 6pm\nThursday: Noon - 8pm\nFriday: Noon - 6pm\; open until 9pm on July 17 UID:23178-1421179@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Larry Cat In Space DESCRIPTION:A playful\, imaginative cartoon about an inquisitive cat who stows away aboard a space ship and visits the Moon. Primarily targeted at grades K-3 but enjoyable for everyone\, the show teaches several things about the Moon and includes a short live night sky discussion. UID:23235-1421769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T140134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Restoration and Conservation Work at Matthaei-Nichols: Intern Presentation DESCRIPTION:Hear about Michigan's resident rattlesnake population\, rare turtles\, salamanders\, and plants at this intern presentation at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.\n\nUniversity of Michigan student interns working at Matthaei-Nichols this summer will discuss the conservation and restoration work being conducted on our four properties. Presentation highlights include invasive species management\, reintroduction of fire as a natural-areas management tool\, collection and sowing of native seeds\, snake surveys\, rare plants\, and animals. Discussion is followed by a tour of several restoration sites to view snake survey methods as well as ecological management practices.\n\nThe University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum is responsible for the stewardship of four properties: Matthaei Botanical Gardens\, Nichols Arboretum\, Horner/McLaughlin Woods\, and Mud Lake Bog---a total of 837 acres.\n\nThese properties contain a diverse array of natural habitat\, 15 natural communities in total. These communities include 88 rare plants and a thriving population of the state listed Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake. There have also been sightings of the State Threatened Duke’s skipper\, northern leopard frog\, Blanding’s turtle\, and the regionally significant Butler’s garter snake. Habitat was also identified as appropriate for other threatened species including the Special Concern queensnake\, the Threatened spotted turtle and two Endangered Species\, the small-mouthed salamander and Kirtland’s snake. UID:23396-1423699@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Environment,Free,Outdoors LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: My Universe DESCRIPTION:Planetarium presenters often accumulate a number of favorite things to share with audiences. They range from the current night sky\, to planets\, satellites\, and the deepest regions of space. Find out what your presenter finds fascinating about the Universe! UID:23234-1421740@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150710T141803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Kasey Chambers DESCRIPTION:Born in Mt Gambier in South Australia\, Kasey grew up in a home environment where listening to and performing country and roots music was a way of life. It had to rub off—and it did—just as in later years\, living on the Nullarbor Plain and travelling all over Australia with her family\, the young Kasey got an education like no other. She spent her childhood absorbing the music of Hank Williams\, Emmylou Harris\, Johnny Cash and other country greats loved by her parents. It was in the family’s revered Dead Ringer Band with dad Bill\, mum Di\, and older brother Nash that ten-year-old Kasey got her first real taste of being on stage. By the time she was in her late teens she was fronting the band and writing some of the songs. A change came in 1998 when Kasey\, at the age of 22\, travelled overseas on a rites-of-passage voyage of discovery. She came back ready to start her solo career. The resulting album\, \"The Captain\" (1999)\, remains one of the most extraordinary and lauded debuts by an Australian artist in any genre. Songs such as the title track\, \"Cry Like a Baby\,\" and \"These Pines\" boast a maturity beyond her years and a wealth of Americana-styled musical influences\, yet the album has Australia and family at its core\, ingredients that have been a staple of Kasey’s song-writing ever since then. Marriage and family have slowed Kasey down only slightly\, and she comes to Michigan with a new and highly ambitious album\, \"Bittersweet\,\" her first since 2010. UID:22933-1416002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22933 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:20150409T170630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150811T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives DESCRIPTION:This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles\, one of America's greatest directors of film\, theater\, radio and television—highlights letters\, photographs\, scripts\, and production materials culled from the University of Michigan Library's extensive Orson Welles archives.\n\nOriginal items are on display in the Audubon Room\, which is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 2-7pm. UID:22554-1402771@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) & Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T122751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Ferndale\, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles\, scribbles\, dots\, dashes\, and lots of rhythmic lines. She manages to create works that are both bounding in playfulness\, yet hold a certain transcendental\, calm minimalism about them. Goedert earned a BFA at Wayne State University and is a vocalist and lyricist for the Detroit band\, the Luddites. UID:22854-1413537@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22854 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:20150518T123322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine and medical education. He is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, and his photographic work is intended to raise awareness of the aging demographic and its impact on the healthcare system and society. Levine studied at the Art Students League\, the School of Visual Arts\, and the International Center for Photography\, all in Manhattan\, New York. UID:22856-1413677@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22856 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:20150518T124244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood DESCRIPTION:Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo\, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from sources such as toy packaging designs\, 8-bit video games\, pinball machine graphics\, ‘60s psychedelic imagery and pop art. Using vibrant colors\, flat\, hard-edge shapes and playful geometrical patterns\, he visually stimulates viewers with a focus on the attraction to familiar symbols and colors. Gaewsky earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums. UID:22859-1413873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22859 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:20150518T124512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass DESCRIPTION:Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college\, she watched\, fascinated\, as the glassblower in her department created scientific equipment\, inspiring her to later teach herself lampworking (glass worked over a torch) and open a hot glass studio. Learning to scuba dive inspired her sculptural Seafan series. They reflect the undulating forms and luscious colors of coral reefs. Kelman’s fused glass squares resemble rushing water\, with matter floating downstream: twigs\, bugs and stones reflect the colors in the sky. UID:22860-1413943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22860 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:20150331T131356 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor DESCRIPTION:Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as\, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians create in her paintings is full of life. Can you hear it? Using vibrant colors in acrylic or watercolor\, Hoover’s paintings inspire a multisensory response. She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design and currently works in graphic arts and painting. UID:22428-1396907@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T123030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls DESCRIPTION:Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design\, she creates and hand cuts snowflakes or flowers out of paper and then applies them with blue slip to her ceramic plates and bowls. The pieces are intended to serve food and help connect the maker to the user. Nancy Bulkley makes clay work and teaches in Ann Arbor\, her home town. She studied art at the University of Michigan and received her BFA from Alfred University in upstate New York. UID:22855-1413607@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22855 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:20150518T124000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas DESCRIPTION:The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working from a small collection of stones gathered along the beach\, he produced the first of the series. In the 30 years since that canvas\, he has explored the many subtle nuances of color\, surface and composition inherent in the subject. Although he works with other subject matter\, his Stones Series is the most popular. His work has been shown in major art centers across the country and is in the permanent collections of over 200 individuals\, corporations and public institutions. UID:22858-1413803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22858 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:20150706T151727 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 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:23133-1420651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23133 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:20150512T100037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Textile Trade Ascendancies DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features cloth samples\, photographs\, and maps\, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present\, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne\, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies. UID:22816-1412330@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150505T101537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Drawdown Vietnam\, April – May 1975 DESCRIPTION:America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the advancing North Vietnamese Army\, the United States military evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese civilians to ships nearby.\n\nIn the midst of the chaos\, two smaller rescues took place – Operation Babylift\, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety\, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez\, whose ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon.\n\nThe unfolding of these events are chronicled in two lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts\, photographs\, documents and personal stories of those involved.\n\nThe exhibit is free to Library visitors\, and will be on display through September\, 2015. \n\nPlease note that the Library is NOT open on weekends or Federal holidays. Library hours are Monday – Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. UID:22785-1411451@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cambodia,Indochina,Operation Babylift,Saigon,Vietnam LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Women in Science DESCRIPTION:Colorful comic book graphics in this panel exhibit invite young U-M Museum of Natural History visitors from every background to see themselves working in STEM fields (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics)\, and changing the world.\n\nDeveloped by Ann Marie Macara\, a fifth-year graduate student in the U-M Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\, the exhibit features four women scientists whose work had a major impact in their fields. These women persevered against the odds and are powerful role models who continue to inspire young women to follow in their footsteps in STEM.\n\nMary Anning represents Science for her discoveries of fossils from the Jurassic period. Annie Easley personifies Technology as one of the few African-American computer scientists to work at NASA (then NACA) as a ‘human computer’ and who then developed software for rockets. Sarah Goode stands for Engineering as the first African-American woman to receive a US patent for her invention of the folding cabinet bed. Finally\, Wang Zhenyi exemplifies Mathematics for her mathematical models of astronomical events\, including eclipses. \n \nThe exhibit was made possible through the support of the U-M Life Sciences Institute\; a MAAS Professional Development Award\; the Program in Biomedical Science\; the Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\; the Women in Science and Engineering Program\; and FEMMES (Females Engaged in More Math\, Engineering and the Sciences). UID:23247-1424089@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science,Women's Studies LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150617T113157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of Timothy Orikri DESCRIPTION:With the summer art exhibition season in full swing\, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of Timothy Orikri\,” a brilliant collection of diverse pieces at Monts Hall with an opening reception on Friday\, July 17\, from 6-8 p.m. As a bonus to the evening event\, Mr. Orikri will provide a brief talk on his creative process and artworks at 7 p.m.. Light refreshments and complimentary parking will also be available for the reception.\n\nOrikri carefully blends vibrant colors\, fiery orange-reds and electric blues\, with textures like dried fruits and feathers to create timeless pieces. Born in Nigeria where he studied Fine Art at Delta State University\, Abraka\, Orikri came to the U.S. in 1995\, first settling in Missouri before making Michigan his home.\n\nInfluenced by African\, European and American culture and fueled by a desire to shape a better world\, he began to create art that elicits an emotional response. As a result\, his paintings are thought provoking with themes of hope\, harmony and the gift of nature woven through each piece\, creating a unique art experience.\n\nHis unwavering commitment to enriching lives through art is unquestionable. Orikri contributes his time and talents to various art programs and has donated many of his paintings to local and national organizations.\n\nOrikri’s art has been widely exhibited in numerous distinguished museums\, colleges and public buildings including the Detroit Public Library Galleria\, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, and both the Spirit Glass Hallway Gallery and the Spirit Café Gallery located inside Oakwood Hospital in Taylor\, Michigan.\n\nThe Artistry of Timothy Orikri exhibition\, which includes semi-realism\, abstract and mixed media paintings\, runs July 1- August 22. Art lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend.\n\nGallery admission and parking are free and light refreshments will be served during the opening reception. The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.\, and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. UID:23047-1418855@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150313T140540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Shape of the Universe DESCRIPTION:This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe\, from Einstein's discovery of space-time\, through the development of theories explaining the Big Bang and cosmic expansion\, up to cutting-edge research on gravity waves being conducted by U-M mathematician Lydia Bieri. This exhibit will include interactives\, video\, beautiful NASA photographs\, and artwork by local high school students. UID:21954-1373035@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21954 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Exhibition,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150331T090526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes\, Charity Donation Boxes DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In Judaism\, dispensing of charity is not simply a monetary transaction. Rather\, the act is a beautiful exemplar of an individual’s conscious choice to help another person\, while also acknowledging the transience of material wealth and paying one’s good fortunes forward.\n\nThese Pushkes function as vessels that anonymize the donations within\, stressing that the act of giving should not be done for acknowledgement. Instead\, giving should signify a gesture of honest good will. Furthermore\, the amalgam of wealth inside these boxes is comprised of the materiality and benevolence of an entire community.\n\nצדקה תציל ממװת\nTsedakah tatsil mi-mavet\nCharity Saves from Death\n — 156b\, Tractate Shabes\, Babylonian Talmud\n\nAll items on display were donated by Constance Harris and are on loan from the Jewish Heritage Collection Dedicated to Mark and Dave Harris\, Special Collections Library\, University of Michigan Library—except where otherwise noted. UID:22410-1396084@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150406T161023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope DESCRIPTION:This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals and plants as they were originally seen through the lenses of early microscopes. Also included are three eighteenth-century microscopes and a series of images taken by modern microscopes.\n\nOn display Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:22502-1400897@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,History,Library,Science LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T152829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Jem Cohen DESCRIPTION:The title of this multi-format photography and video installation by New York filmmaker Jem Cohen comes from the artist’s own characterization of his practice.\n As he explains\, “The unifying core of my work stems from encountering the world as it unfolds. Whether the project is long- or short-term\, moving image or still photography\, single pictures\, multiple projections\, or an installation\, it is through close observation\, careful listening\, and an embrace of chance that I establish the bedrock. . . . Regardless of the tools and the form\, the project is . . . life drawing.”\n \nThe dual-gallery presentation of Life Drawing at UMMA underscores Cohen’s use of disparate media that\, rooted in a shared set of concerns and working methods\, organically coalesce into a broader body of work.\n We Have an Anchor\, on view in the Media Gallery\, is a single-channel video projection that incorporates composited 16mm\, Super 8\, and HD imagery. An environmental portrait of Nova Scotia\, it takes its departure point from a live performance with multiple projections where Cohen collaborated with an ensemble of musicians to make what has been described as a cinematic love letter to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. Footage of the island\, gathered over 10 years\, is interspersed with texts ranging from poems to local folklore\, buoyed by both environmental sounds and an original score written and performed by members from a diverse group of bands\, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor\, Dirty Three\, Fugazi\, White Magic\, Silver Mt. Zion\, and The Quavers.\n \nIn the Photography Gallery\, more than 25 still photographs\, again gathered over a long period in a disappearing analog format (in this case\, Polaroid film)\, are subtly married to digital technology. The images\, some urban and some domestic\, are from a variety of locations ranging from New York to Tangier. With both the video and the photographs Cohen uses a strategy of free wandering conjoined with careful documentation in order to unearth and celebrate hidden\, seemingly haunted geographies and their human (and animal) inhabitants. UID:23179-1421236@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Education,Exhibition,Free,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150622T141828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Julian Schnabel DESCRIPTION:Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected materials and radically unconventional techniques. The exhibition\, which originated at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich\, Connecticut before traveling to UMMA\, will feature artworks from the mid-1970s to the present.\n This exhibition was organized by the Brant Foundation Art Study Center. Lead support for UMMA’s installation is provided by Joseph and Annette Allen\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the University of Michigan Health System\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and Retirement Income Solutions. UID:23076-1419466@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23076 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T153554 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters DESCRIPTION:During World War I\, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers\, housewives and shipbuilders\, “old-stock Americans” and immigrants to the cause. Propaganda\, commodity\, and art came together in WWI posters. This exhibition presents rarely displayed WWI posters from UMMA’s collection.\nThe focus of the exhibition is posters directed at coal miners. These works explore the larger themes of supporting the war effort and Americanism. Coal mining communities were microcosms for the social and economic pressures when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. Coal was a central resource for the war\, yet the immigrant workforce was considered unreliable because of increasingly frequent workers’ strikes. Posters also addressed anxieties about the definition of American culture and its readiness for war.\nMarking the centennial of the Great War (1914-1919)\, the presentation of WWI posters of the UMMA collection includes some of the lesser-known works by America’s most famous poster artists. From iconic Gibson-girl type illustrations to multilingual posters in Polish\, Italian\, and German\, these posters present war-time American ideals. Works by famed designers James Montgomery Flagg\, the designer of the Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster\, and Howard Christy are featured alongside works by illustrators like J.C. Leyendecker and the acclaimed painter and printmaker Henry Reuterdahl. UID:22267-1389554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T144625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Go Figure DESCRIPTION:View paintings\, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia Polenberg.\n\nWhile Ramsay and Polenberg both work across multiple mediums\, this exhibit highlights their figurative artwork. Many of their subjects are literary figures\, artists and dancers\, and while both artists have incorporated bold\, bright colors in their pieces\, their styles are very different.\n\nJoin us for an opening reception on Friday\, July 10\, 5-9 pm.\n\nGallery Hours:\nMonday-Wednesday: Noon - 6pm\nThursday: Noon - 8pm\nFriday: Noon - 6pm\; open until 9pm on July 17 UID:23178-1421180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Larry Cat In Space DESCRIPTION:A playful\, imaginative cartoon about an inquisitive cat who stows away aboard a space ship and visits the Moon. Primarily targeted at grades K-3 but enjoyable for everyone\, the show teaches several things about the Moon and includes a short live night sky discussion. UID:23235-1421770@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150812T134426 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T140000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Winter Exhibit at Matthaei: The Gift of Nature - Ten Plants that Changed the World DESCRIPTION:The Gift of Nature features plants in the conservatory at Matthaei that have benefited humans in important ways\, including medicine\, tools\, technology\, food\, religion\, economy\, and more. Exhibit will also include faculty and student involvement\; seasonal flower display in the conservatory\; and special open house event November 28. Presented by Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum. 734-647-7600. Note: Matthaei is closed Christmas Eve\, Christmas day\, and New Year's Eve. Open New Year's Day 10 am-4:30 pm. Free admission. UID:23758-1425370@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Ecology,Environment LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421801@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: My Universe DESCRIPTION:Planetarium presenters often accumulate a number of favorite things to share with audiences. They range from the current night sky\, to planets\, satellites\, and the deepest regions of space. Find out what your presenter finds fascinating about the Universe! UID:23234-1421741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150831T155124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dining Out: Menus\, Chefs\, Restaurants\, Hotels\, & Guidebooks DESCRIPTION:This wide-ranging exhibit\, curated by historian Jan Longone\, celebrates the history of the eating out experience.\n\nSee guidebooks about historic and contemporary hotels\, motels\, inns\, taverns\, saloons\, bars\, diners\, tea rooms\, coffee houses\, lunchrooms\, soda fountains\, roadhouses\, cafes\, bistros\, drive-ins and more. View 300+ food and wine menus\, mostly American\, from all fifty states plus trains and ships.\n\nLearn about contemporary chefs as well as great chefs of the past. Recognize those who spent 50 years conserving Catalan cuisine\, and view an array of menus designed by Salvador Dalí. Items that contributed to the California Food Revolution are on display\, including the original letter from Alice Waters offering a young Jeremiah Tower\, one of the country’s first celebrity chefs\, his job at Chez Panisse in Berkeley. UID:23763-1425494@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20160826T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Michigan Women's Soccer vs. Ohio State DESCRIPTION:Michigan Women's Soccer vs. Ohio State UID:23692-1425112@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23692 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Soccer LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150812T180022 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T193000 SUMMARY:Other:Networkingout Outdoor Sessions DESCRIPTION:Meet us at Gallup Park on Wednesdays at 6pm for our sessions!  UID:23663-1424978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Gallup Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150710T142241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Katie Geddes DESCRIPTION:Washtenaw County's own Katie Geddes sings traditional and contemporary folk\, country-folk\, and folk-pop tunes. A deft interpreter of familiar songs\, she brings something new to songs in which you think you've heard it all. Katie's captivating voice and velvety-smooth delivery bring new insight to the compositions of writers such as John Prine\, Buffy Sainte-Marie\, Michael Nesmith\, and Lennon and McCartney. Her 2010 CD release\, \"We Are Each Other's Angels\,\" featured an inspired roster of guest artists including Michael Johnson\, Mary McCaslin\, Don Henry\, and Small Potatoes\, and has received extensive airplay around the country and around the world. When not doing her own gigs\, Katie has been known to moonlight singing harmony for folk-rock legend Melanie and local favorite Matt Watroba. UID:21924-1369850@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21924 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:20150409T170630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150812T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives DESCRIPTION:This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles\, one of America's greatest directors of film\, theater\, radio and television—highlights letters\, photographs\, scripts\, and production materials culled from the University of Michigan Library's extensive Orson Welles archives.\n\nOriginal items are on display in the Audubon Room\, which is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 2-7pm. UID:22554-1402772@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) & Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T122751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Ferndale\, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles\, scribbles\, dots\, dashes\, and lots of rhythmic lines. She manages to create works that are both bounding in playfulness\, yet hold a certain transcendental\, calm minimalism about them. Goedert earned a BFA at Wayne State University and is a vocalist and lyricist for the Detroit band\, the Luddites. UID:22854-1413538@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22854 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:20150518T123322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine and medical education. He is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, and his photographic work is intended to raise awareness of the aging demographic and its impact on the healthcare system and society. Levine studied at the Art Students League\, the School of Visual Arts\, and the International Center for Photography\, all in Manhattan\, New York. UID:22856-1413678@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22856 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:20150518T124244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood DESCRIPTION:Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo\, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from sources such as toy packaging designs\, 8-bit video games\, pinball machine graphics\, ‘60s psychedelic imagery and pop art. Using vibrant colors\, flat\, hard-edge shapes and playful geometrical patterns\, he visually stimulates viewers with a focus on the attraction to familiar symbols and colors. Gaewsky earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums. UID:22859-1413874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22859 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:20150518T124512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass DESCRIPTION:Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college\, she watched\, fascinated\, as the glassblower in her department created scientific equipment\, inspiring her to later teach herself lampworking (glass worked over a torch) and open a hot glass studio. Learning to scuba dive inspired her sculptural Seafan series. They reflect the undulating forms and luscious colors of coral reefs. Kelman’s fused glass squares resemble rushing water\, with matter floating downstream: twigs\, bugs and stones reflect the colors in the sky. UID:22860-1413944@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22860 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:20150331T131356 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor DESCRIPTION:Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as\, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians create in her paintings is full of life. Can you hear it? Using vibrant colors in acrylic or watercolor\, Hoover’s paintings inspire a multisensory response. She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design and currently works in graphic arts and painting. UID:22428-1396908@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T123030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls DESCRIPTION:Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design\, she creates and hand cuts snowflakes or flowers out of paper and then applies them with blue slip to her ceramic plates and bowls. The pieces are intended to serve food and help connect the maker to the user. Nancy Bulkley makes clay work and teaches in Ann Arbor\, her home town. She studied art at the University of Michigan and received her BFA from Alfred University in upstate New York. UID:22855-1413608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22855 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:20150518T124000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas DESCRIPTION:The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working from a small collection of stones gathered along the beach\, he produced the first of the series. In the 30 years since that canvas\, he has explored the many subtle nuances of color\, surface and composition inherent in the subject. Although he works with other subject matter\, his Stones Series is the most popular. His work has been shown in major art centers across the country and is in the permanent collections of over 200 individuals\, corporations and public institutions. UID:22858-1413804@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22858 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:20150706T151727 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 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:23133-1420652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23133 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:20150512T100037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Textile Trade Ascendancies DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features cloth samples\, photographs\, and maps\, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present\, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne\, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies. UID:22816-1412331@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150505T101537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Drawdown Vietnam\, April – May 1975 DESCRIPTION:America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the advancing North Vietnamese Army\, the United States military evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese civilians to ships nearby.\n\nIn the midst of the chaos\, two smaller rescues took place – Operation Babylift\, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety\, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez\, whose ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon.\n\nThe unfolding of these events are chronicled in two lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts\, photographs\, documents and personal stories of those involved.\n\nThe exhibit is free to Library visitors\, and will be on display through September\, 2015. \n\nPlease note that the Library is NOT open on weekends or Federal holidays. Library hours are Monday – Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. UID:22785-1411452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cambodia,Indochina,Operation Babylift,Saigon,Vietnam LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Women in Science DESCRIPTION:Colorful comic book graphics in this panel exhibit invite young U-M Museum of Natural History visitors from every background to see themselves working in STEM fields (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics)\, and changing the world.\n\nDeveloped by Ann Marie Macara\, a fifth-year graduate student in the U-M Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\, the exhibit features four women scientists whose work had a major impact in their fields. These women persevered against the odds and are powerful role models who continue to inspire young women to follow in their footsteps in STEM.\n\nMary Anning represents Science for her discoveries of fossils from the Jurassic period. Annie Easley personifies Technology as one of the few African-American computer scientists to work at NASA (then NACA) as a ‘human computer’ and who then developed software for rockets. Sarah Goode stands for Engineering as the first African-American woman to receive a US patent for her invention of the folding cabinet bed. Finally\, Wang Zhenyi exemplifies Mathematics for her mathematical models of astronomical events\, including eclipses. \n \nThe exhibit was made possible through the support of the U-M Life Sciences Institute\; a MAAS Professional Development Award\; the Program in Biomedical Science\; the Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\; the Women in Science and Engineering Program\; and FEMMES (Females Engaged in More Math\, Engineering and the Sciences). UID:23247-1424090@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science,Women's Studies LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150617T113157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of Timothy Orikri DESCRIPTION:With the summer art exhibition season in full swing\, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of Timothy Orikri\,” a brilliant collection of diverse pieces at Monts Hall with an opening reception on Friday\, July 17\, from 6-8 p.m. As a bonus to the evening event\, Mr. Orikri will provide a brief talk on his creative process and artworks at 7 p.m.. Light refreshments and complimentary parking will also be available for the reception.\n\nOrikri carefully blends vibrant colors\, fiery orange-reds and electric blues\, with textures like dried fruits and feathers to create timeless pieces. Born in Nigeria where he studied Fine Art at Delta State University\, Abraka\, Orikri came to the U.S. in 1995\, first settling in Missouri before making Michigan his home.\n\nInfluenced by African\, European and American culture and fueled by a desire to shape a better world\, he began to create art that elicits an emotional response. As a result\, his paintings are thought provoking with themes of hope\, harmony and the gift of nature woven through each piece\, creating a unique art experience.\n\nHis unwavering commitment to enriching lives through art is unquestionable. Orikri contributes his time and talents to various art programs and has donated many of his paintings to local and national organizations.\n\nOrikri’s art has been widely exhibited in numerous distinguished museums\, colleges and public buildings including the Detroit Public Library Galleria\, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, and both the Spirit Glass Hallway Gallery and the Spirit Café Gallery located inside Oakwood Hospital in Taylor\, Michigan.\n\nThe Artistry of Timothy Orikri exhibition\, which includes semi-realism\, abstract and mixed media paintings\, runs July 1- August 22. Art lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend.\n\nGallery admission and parking are free and light refreshments will be served during the opening reception. The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.\, and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. UID:23047-1418856@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150313T140540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Shape of the Universe DESCRIPTION:This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe\, from Einstein's discovery of space-time\, through the development of theories explaining the Big Bang and cosmic expansion\, up to cutting-edge research on gravity waves being conducted by U-M mathematician Lydia Bieri. This exhibit will include interactives\, video\, beautiful NASA photographs\, and artwork by local high school students. UID:21954-1373036@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21954 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Exhibition,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150331T090526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes\, Charity Donation Boxes DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In Judaism\, dispensing of charity is not simply a monetary transaction. Rather\, the act is a beautiful exemplar of an individual’s conscious choice to help another person\, while also acknowledging the transience of material wealth and paying one’s good fortunes forward.\n\nThese Pushkes function as vessels that anonymize the donations within\, stressing that the act of giving should not be done for acknowledgement. Instead\, giving should signify a gesture of honest good will. Furthermore\, the amalgam of wealth inside these boxes is comprised of the materiality and benevolence of an entire community.\n\nצדקה תציל ממװת\nTsedakah tatsil mi-mavet\nCharity Saves from Death\n — 156b\, Tractate Shabes\, Babylonian Talmud\n\nAll items on display were donated by Constance Harris and are on loan from the Jewish Heritage Collection Dedicated to Mark and Dave Harris\, Special Collections Library\, University of Michigan Library—except where otherwise noted. UID:22410-1396085@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150406T161023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope DESCRIPTION:This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals and plants as they were originally seen through the lenses of early microscopes. Also included are three eighteenth-century microscopes and a series of images taken by modern microscopes.\n\nOn display Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:22502-1400898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,History,Library,Science LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T152829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T120000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Jem Cohen DESCRIPTION:The title of this multi-format photography and video installation by New York filmmaker Jem Cohen comes from the artist’s own characterization of his practice.\n As he explains\, “The unifying core of my work stems from encountering the world as it unfolds. Whether the project is long- or short-term\, moving image or still photography\, single pictures\, multiple projections\, or an installation\, it is through close observation\, careful listening\, and an embrace of chance that I establish the bedrock. . . . Regardless of the tools and the form\, the project is . . . life drawing.”\n \nThe dual-gallery presentation of Life Drawing at UMMA underscores Cohen’s use of disparate media that\, rooted in a shared set of concerns and working methods\, organically coalesce into a broader body of work.\n We Have an Anchor\, on view in the Media Gallery\, is a single-channel video projection that incorporates composited 16mm\, Super 8\, and HD imagery. An environmental portrait of Nova Scotia\, it takes its departure point from a live performance with multiple projections where Cohen collaborated with an ensemble of musicians to make what has been described as a cinematic love letter to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. Footage of the island\, gathered over 10 years\, is interspersed with texts ranging from poems to local folklore\, buoyed by both environmental sounds and an original score written and performed by members from a diverse group of bands\, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor\, Dirty Three\, Fugazi\, White Magic\, Silver Mt. Zion\, and The Quavers.\n \nIn the Photography Gallery\, more than 25 still photographs\, again gathered over a long period in a disappearing analog format (in this case\, Polaroid film)\, are subtly married to digital technology. The images\, some urban and some domestic\, are from a variety of locations ranging from New York to Tangier. With both the video and the photographs Cohen uses a strategy of free wandering conjoined with careful documentation in order to unearth and celebrate hidden\, seemingly haunted geographies and their human (and animal) inhabitants. UID:23179-1421252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Education,Exhibition,Free,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150622T141828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Julian Schnabel DESCRIPTION:Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected materials and radically unconventional techniques. The exhibition\, which originated at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich\, Connecticut before traveling to UMMA\, will feature artworks from the mid-1970s to the present.\n This exhibition was organized by the Brant Foundation Art Study Center. Lead support for UMMA’s installation is provided by Joseph and Annette Allen\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the University of Michigan Health System\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and Retirement Income Solutions. UID:23076-1419478@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23076 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T153554 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters DESCRIPTION:During World War I\, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers\, housewives and shipbuilders\, “old-stock Americans” and immigrants to the cause. Propaganda\, commodity\, and art came together in WWI posters. This exhibition presents rarely displayed WWI posters from UMMA’s collection.\nThe focus of the exhibition is posters directed at coal miners. These works explore the larger themes of supporting the war effort and Americanism. Coal mining communities were microcosms for the social and economic pressures when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. Coal was a central resource for the war\, yet the immigrant workforce was considered unreliable because of increasingly frequent workers’ strikes. Posters also addressed anxieties about the definition of American culture and its readiness for war.\nMarking the centennial of the Great War (1914-1919)\, the presentation of WWI posters of the UMMA collection includes some of the lesser-known works by America’s most famous poster artists. From iconic Gibson-girl type illustrations to multilingual posters in Polish\, Italian\, and German\, these posters present war-time American ideals. Works by famed designers James Montgomery Flagg\, the designer of the Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster\, and Howard Christy are featured alongside works by illustrators like J.C. Leyendecker and the acclaimed painter and printmaker Henry Reuterdahl. UID:22267-1389573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T144625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Go Figure DESCRIPTION:View paintings\, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia Polenberg.\n\nWhile Ramsay and Polenberg both work across multiple mediums\, this exhibit highlights their figurative artwork. Many of their subjects are literary figures\, artists and dancers\, and while both artists have incorporated bold\, bright colors in their pieces\, their styles are very different.\n\nJoin us for an opening reception on Friday\, July 10\, 5-9 pm.\n\nGallery Hours:\nMonday-Wednesday: Noon - 6pm\nThursday: Noon - 8pm\nFriday: Noon - 6pm\; open until 9pm on July 17 UID:23178-1421181@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Larry Cat In Space DESCRIPTION:A playful\, imaginative cartoon about an inquisitive cat who stows away aboard a space ship and visits the Moon. Primarily targeted at grades K-3 but enjoyable for everyone\, the show teaches several things about the Moon and includes a short live night sky discussion. UID:23235-1421771@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: My Universe DESCRIPTION:Planetarium presenters often accumulate a number of favorite things to share with audiences. They range from the current night sky\, to planets\, satellites\, and the deepest regions of space. Find out what your presenter finds fascinating about the Universe! UID:23234-1421742@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150413T174201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T180000 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:17439-1409714@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 - 3163 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150813T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T193000 SUMMARY:Other:Outdoor Soccer DESCRIPTION:Outdoor Soccer UID:23445-1423838@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23445 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Clague Middle School CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150710T142904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bill Bynum & Co. DESCRIPTION:Downriver Wayne County resident Bill Bynum writes hardcore country and bluegrass songs steeped in the music his Southern-migrant parents brought to Detroit. Bill was recently profiled by the Associated Press\, and both his calendar and the venues he plays have been growing more crowded lately. \"My music is kind of a Southern roots-based acoustic music\, but I feel like I am very hard to box into a category\,'' he says. \"There's more emotional content to my music than probably most people's.'' It's the truth! With songs both traditional and original\, and a sound that's at once as comfortable as old jeans and as fresh as a new blade of grass\, Bill Bynum & Co. is a band that’s easy to love and hard to quit. UID:22998-1418184@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22998 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:20150409T170630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150813T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives DESCRIPTION:This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles\, one of America's greatest directors of film\, theater\, radio and television—highlights letters\, photographs\, scripts\, and production materials culled from the University of Michigan Library's extensive Orson Welles archives.\n\nOriginal items are on display in the Audubon Room\, which is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 2-7pm. UID:22554-1402773@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) & Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T122751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Ferndale\, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles\, scribbles\, dots\, dashes\, and lots of rhythmic lines. She manages to create works that are both bounding in playfulness\, yet hold a certain transcendental\, calm minimalism about them. Goedert earned a BFA at Wayne State University and is a vocalist and lyricist for the Detroit band\, the Luddites. UID:22854-1413539@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22854 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:20150518T123322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine and medical education. He is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, and his photographic work is intended to raise awareness of the aging demographic and its impact on the healthcare system and society. Levine studied at the Art Students League\, the School of Visual Arts\, and the International Center for Photography\, all in Manhattan\, New York. UID:22856-1413679@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22856 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:20150518T124244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood DESCRIPTION:Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo\, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from sources such as toy packaging designs\, 8-bit video games\, pinball machine graphics\, ‘60s psychedelic imagery and pop art. Using vibrant colors\, flat\, hard-edge shapes and playful geometrical patterns\, he visually stimulates viewers with a focus on the attraction to familiar symbols and colors. Gaewsky earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums. UID:22859-1413875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22859 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:20150518T124512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass DESCRIPTION:Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college\, she watched\, fascinated\, as the glassblower in her department created scientific equipment\, inspiring her to later teach herself lampworking (glass worked over a torch) and open a hot glass studio. Learning to scuba dive inspired her sculptural Seafan series. They reflect the undulating forms and luscious colors of coral reefs. Kelman’s fused glass squares resemble rushing water\, with matter floating downstream: twigs\, bugs and stones reflect the colors in the sky. UID:22860-1413945@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22860 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:20150331T131356 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor DESCRIPTION:Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as\, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians create in her paintings is full of life. Can you hear it? Using vibrant colors in acrylic or watercolor\, Hoover’s paintings inspire a multisensory response. She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design and currently works in graphic arts and painting. UID:22428-1396909@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150518T123030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls DESCRIPTION:Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design\, she creates and hand cuts snowflakes or flowers out of paper and then applies them with blue slip to her ceramic plates and bowls. The pieces are intended to serve food and help connect the maker to the user. Nancy Bulkley makes clay work and teaches in Ann Arbor\, her home town. She studied art at the University of Michigan and received her BFA from Alfred University in upstate New York. UID:22855-1413609@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22855 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:20150518T124000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas DESCRIPTION:The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working from a small collection of stones gathered along the beach\, he produced the first of the series. In the 30 years since that canvas\, he has explored the many subtle nuances of color\, surface and composition inherent in the subject. Although he works with other subject matter\, his Stones Series is the most popular. His work has been shown in major art centers across the country and is in the permanent collections of over 200 individuals\, corporations and public institutions. UID:22858-1413805@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22858 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:20150706T151727 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 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:23133-1420653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23133 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:20150512T100037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Textile Trade Ascendancies DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features cloth samples\, photographs\, and maps\, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present\, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne\, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies. UID:22816-1412332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150505T101537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Drawdown Vietnam\, April – May 1975 DESCRIPTION:America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the advancing North Vietnamese Army\, the United States military evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese civilians to ships nearby.\n\nIn the midst of the chaos\, two smaller rescues took place – Operation Babylift\, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety\, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez\, whose ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon.\n\nThe unfolding of these events are chronicled in two lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts\, photographs\, documents and personal stories of those involved.\n\nThe exhibit is free to Library visitors\, and will be on display through September\, 2015. \n\nPlease note that the Library is NOT open on weekends or Federal holidays. Library hours are Monday – Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. UID:22785-1411453@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cambodia,Indochina,Operation Babylift,Saigon,Vietnam LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Women in Science DESCRIPTION:Colorful comic book graphics in this panel exhibit invite young U-M Museum of Natural History visitors from every background to see themselves working in STEM fields (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics)\, and changing the world.\n\nDeveloped by Ann Marie Macara\, a fifth-year graduate student in the U-M Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\, the exhibit features four women scientists whose work had a major impact in their fields. These women persevered against the odds and are powerful role models who continue to inspire young women to follow in their footsteps in STEM.\n\nMary Anning represents Science for her discoveries of fossils from the Jurassic period. Annie Easley personifies Technology as one of the few African-American computer scientists to work at NASA (then NACA) as a ‘human computer’ and who then developed software for rockets. Sarah Goode stands for Engineering as the first African-American woman to receive a US patent for her invention of the folding cabinet bed. Finally\, Wang Zhenyi exemplifies Mathematics for her mathematical models of astronomical events\, including eclipses. \n \nThe exhibit was made possible through the support of the U-M Life Sciences Institute\; a MAAS Professional Development Award\; the Program in Biomedical Science\; the Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\; the Women in Science and Engineering Program\; and FEMMES (Females Engaged in More Math\, Engineering and the Sciences). UID:23247-1424091@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science,Women's Studies LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Share your exhibit ideas for the new U-M Museum of Natural History! DESCRIPTION:From August 14-23\, and monthly through the rest of the year\, the Temporary Exhibit Gallery on the fourth floor of the U-M Museum of Natural History will be transformed into The Exhibit Workshop. In this space\, the Museum will be testing out ideas for exhibits for the new Museum of Natural History in the Biological Science Building\, now under construction north of the Museum's current home in the Ruthven Museums Building.\n\nVisitors are invited to see the plans and contribute their comments in this informal\, interactive\, pop-up style workshop setting. Each workshop will have a different exhibit topic\, to be determined and posted on the Museum's website shortly before the scheduled workshop dates. Previous topics include The Tree of Life (May)\, Geologic Time (June)\, and the Giant Walk-Through Cell (July).\n\nThe Exhibit Workshop will be open 9:00 AM-5:00 PM\, Friday\, August 14 through Tuesday\, August 18 (Sunday Noon-5:00 PM).\n\nFuture workshops are scheduled for:\n\nSeptember 18-22\nOctober 9-13\nNovember 13-17\nDecember 11-15\nQuestions? Please contact Gene Dillenburg at dillenbe@umich.edu.\n\nMore information about the new Museum project at lsa.umich.edu/ummnh/about/newmuseumproject UID:23232-1421717@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23232 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,Science,Storytelling,Visual Arts,Workshop LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building - Temporary Exhibit Gallery, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150617T113157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of Timothy Orikri DESCRIPTION:With the summer art exhibition season in full swing\, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of Timothy Orikri\,” a brilliant collection of diverse pieces at Monts Hall with an opening reception on Friday\, July 17\, from 6-8 p.m. As a bonus to the evening event\, Mr. Orikri will provide a brief talk on his creative process and artworks at 7 p.m.. Light refreshments and complimentary parking will also be available for the reception.\n\nOrikri carefully blends vibrant colors\, fiery orange-reds and electric blues\, with textures like dried fruits and feathers to create timeless pieces. Born in Nigeria where he studied Fine Art at Delta State University\, Abraka\, Orikri came to the U.S. in 1995\, first settling in Missouri before making Michigan his home.\n\nInfluenced by African\, European and American culture and fueled by a desire to shape a better world\, he began to create art that elicits an emotional response. As a result\, his paintings are thought provoking with themes of hope\, harmony and the gift of nature woven through each piece\, creating a unique art experience.\n\nHis unwavering commitment to enriching lives through art is unquestionable. Orikri contributes his time and talents to various art programs and has donated many of his paintings to local and national organizations.\n\nOrikri’s art has been widely exhibited in numerous distinguished museums\, colleges and public buildings including the Detroit Public Library Galleria\, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, and both the Spirit Glass Hallway Gallery and the Spirit Café Gallery located inside Oakwood Hospital in Taylor\, Michigan.\n\nThe Artistry of Timothy Orikri exhibition\, which includes semi-realism\, abstract and mixed media paintings\, runs July 1- August 22. Art lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend.\n\nGallery admission and parking are free and light refreshments will be served during the opening reception. The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.\, and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. UID:23047-1418857@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150313T140540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Shape of the Universe DESCRIPTION:This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe\, from Einstein's discovery of space-time\, through the development of theories explaining the Big Bang and cosmic expansion\, up to cutting-edge research on gravity waves being conducted by U-M mathematician Lydia Bieri. This exhibit will include interactives\, video\, beautiful NASA photographs\, and artwork by local high school students. UID:21954-1373037@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21954 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Exhibition,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150331T090526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes\, Charity Donation Boxes DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In Judaism\, dispensing of charity is not simply a monetary transaction. Rather\, the act is a beautiful exemplar of an individual’s conscious choice to help another person\, while also acknowledging the transience of material wealth and paying one’s good fortunes forward.\n\nThese Pushkes function as vessels that anonymize the donations within\, stressing that the act of giving should not be done for acknowledgement. Instead\, giving should signify a gesture of honest good will. Furthermore\, the amalgam of wealth inside these boxes is comprised of the materiality and benevolence of an entire community.\n\nצדקה תציל ממװת\nTsedakah tatsil mi-mavet\nCharity Saves from Death\n — 156b\, Tractate Shabes\, Babylonian Talmud\n\nAll items on display were donated by Constance Harris and are on loan from the Jewish Heritage Collection Dedicated to Mark and Dave Harris\, Special Collections Library\, University of Michigan Library—except where otherwise noted. UID:22410-1396086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150406T161023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope DESCRIPTION:This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals and plants as they were originally seen through the lenses of early microscopes. Also included are three eighteenth-century microscopes and a series of images taken by modern microscopes.\n\nOn display Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UID:22502-1400899@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,History,Library,Science LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T152829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Jem Cohen DESCRIPTION:The title of this multi-format photography and video installation by New York filmmaker Jem Cohen comes from the artist’s own characterization of his practice.\n As he explains\, “The unifying core of my work stems from encountering the world as it unfolds. Whether the project is long- or short-term\, moving image or still photography\, single pictures\, multiple projections\, or an installation\, it is through close observation\, careful listening\, and an embrace of chance that I establish the bedrock. . . . Regardless of the tools and the form\, the project is . . . life drawing.”\n \nThe dual-gallery presentation of Life Drawing at UMMA underscores Cohen’s use of disparate media that\, rooted in a shared set of concerns and working methods\, organically coalesce into a broader body of work.\n We Have an Anchor\, on view in the Media Gallery\, is a single-channel video projection that incorporates composited 16mm\, Super 8\, and HD imagery. An environmental portrait of Nova Scotia\, it takes its departure point from a live performance with multiple projections where Cohen collaborated with an ensemble of musicians to make what has been described as a cinematic love letter to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. Footage of the island\, gathered over 10 years\, is interspersed with texts ranging from poems to local folklore\, buoyed by both environmental sounds and an original score written and performed by members from a diverse group of bands\, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor\, Dirty Three\, Fugazi\, White Magic\, Silver Mt. Zion\, and The Quavers.\n \nIn the Photography Gallery\, more than 25 still photographs\, again gathered over a long period in a disappearing analog format (in this case\, Polaroid film)\, are subtly married to digital technology. The images\, some urban and some domestic\, are from a variety of locations ranging from New York to Tangier. With both the video and the photographs Cohen uses a strategy of free wandering conjoined with careful documentation in order to unearth and celebrate hidden\, seemingly haunted geographies and their human (and animal) inhabitants. UID:23179-1421268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Education,Exhibition,Free,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150622T141828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Julian Schnabel DESCRIPTION:Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected materials and radically unconventional techniques. The exhibition\, which originated at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich\, Connecticut before traveling to UMMA\, will feature artworks from the mid-1970s to the present.\n This exhibition was organized by the Brant Foundation Art Study Center. Lead support for UMMA’s installation is provided by Joseph and Annette Allen\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the University of Michigan Health System\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and Retirement Income Solutions. UID:23076-1419490@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23076 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T153554 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters DESCRIPTION:During World War I\, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers\, housewives and shipbuilders\, “old-stock Americans” and immigrants to the cause. Propaganda\, commodity\, and art came together in WWI posters. This exhibition presents rarely displayed WWI posters from UMMA’s collection.\nThe focus of the exhibition is posters directed at coal miners. These works explore the larger themes of supporting the war effort and Americanism. Coal mining communities were microcosms for the social and economic pressures when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. Coal was a central resource for the war\, yet the immigrant workforce was considered unreliable because of increasingly frequent workers’ strikes. Posters also addressed anxieties about the definition of American culture and its readiness for war.\nMarking the centennial of the Great War (1914-1919)\, the presentation of WWI posters of the UMMA collection includes some of the lesser-known works by America’s most famous poster artists. From iconic Gibson-girl type illustrations to multilingual posters in Polish\, Italian\, and German\, these posters present war-time American ideals. Works by famed designers James Montgomery Flagg\, the designer of the Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster\, and Howard Christy are featured alongside works by illustrators like J.C. Leyendecker and the acclaimed painter and printmaker Henry Reuterdahl. UID:22267-1389592@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421834@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T144625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Go Figure DESCRIPTION:View paintings\, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia Polenberg.\n\nWhile Ramsay and Polenberg both work across multiple mediums\, this exhibit highlights their figurative artwork. Many of their subjects are literary figures\, artists and dancers\, and while both artists have incorporated bold\, bright colors in their pieces\, their styles are very different.\n\nJoin us for an opening reception on Friday\, July 10\, 5-9 pm.\n\nGallery Hours:\nMonday-Wednesday: Noon - 6pm\nThursday: Noon - 8pm\nFriday: Noon - 6pm\; open until 9pm on July 17 UID:23178-1421182@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Library,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Larry Cat In Space DESCRIPTION:A playful\, imaginative cartoon about an inquisitive cat who stows away aboard a space ship and visits the Moon. Primarily targeted at grades K-3 but enjoyable for everyone\, the show teaches several things about the Moon and includes a short live night sky discussion. UID:23235-1421772@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150811T140244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Summer Bridge 40th Anniversary Celebration DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 14\, 2015\, the Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP) will hold a symposium celebrating the 40th year of the University of Michigan's Summer Bridge Program. The symposium and reception takes place at Rackham Auditorium from 1:00pm-5:00pm. This celebration includes a keynote address from Gail Carr Williams (A.B. ’79)\, an alumnus of the very first Summer Bridge class in 1975. We will also highlight current students’ successes and celebrate alums representing the past 40 years by inviting them back to the place where it all began. As part of the University of Michigan\, we invite all stakeholders and partners of U-M to participate in this milestone event as we continue to build success through community.\n\n\nSchedule:\n1-2pm: Poster Presentation from current Summer Bridge students\n2-3:30pm: Symposium (featuring Gail Carr Williams)\n3:30-5pm: Reception UID:23174-1421122@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23174 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,symposium LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150512T112953 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T160000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Martha Cook Board of Governors DESCRIPTION:Monthly meeting at Martha Cook Building UID:21751-1361211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Volunteer LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence - Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: My Universe DESCRIPTION:Planetarium presenters often accumulate a number of favorite things to share with audiences. They range from the current night sky\, to planets\, satellites\, and the deepest regions of space. Find out what your presenter finds fascinating about the Universe! UID:23234-1421743@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150520T093703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T163000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:The Coffee Hours offered in the summer are designed to welcome new international students\, scholars and families and introduce them to leisure\, cultural and educational activities at U-M and in Ann Arbor. Current students\, scholars and families are also welcome to attend. No registration is required. UID:22754-1408887@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22754 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Free,Social LOCATION:International Center - Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150710T142934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Breathe Owl Breathe DESCRIPTION:Michigan's Breathe Owl Breathe is a trio with roots in indie\, classical\, and traditional music. They play original songs that combine vocals\, guitar\, percussion\, and classical-style cello from Colombian-born\, Ann Arbor-educated Andrea Moreno-Beals. Breathe Owl Breathe's songs have a kind of economy that makes them timeless-seeming yet disarmingly fresh. It's a totally new sound\, floating between post-rock and folk\, and it's been winning Breathe Owl Breathe well beyond Michigan. With roots in the northwest lower Michigan town of East Jordan\, Breathe Owl Breathe has an entrancing sound that's completely their own. \"At last\, some music in the folk tradition that is new and refreshing\, something an old music critic like me is always looking to find\,\" says Allmusic.com founder Michael Erlewine. UID:21925-1369851@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21925 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:20150409T170630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150814T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives DESCRIPTION:This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles\, one of America's greatest directors of film\, theater\, radio and television—highlights letters\, photographs\, scripts\, and production materials culled from the University of Michigan Library's extensive Orson Welles archives.\n\nOriginal items are on display in the Audubon Room\, which is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 2-7pm. UID:22554-1402774@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) & Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150710T143025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 SUMMARY:Performance:EmiSunshine DESCRIPTION:Emilie Sunshine Hamilton\, or EmiSunshine\, is a 10-year-old East Tennessee prodigy who has captured the nation’s attention as a singer\, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Steeped in Appalachian music\, she is a true vocal stylist\, one who instinctively knows how to interpret the nuances of a song with her impressive range\, even though she has yet to gain the life experience and empathy seemingly necessary to fully comprehend the words she sings. Despite a given name that reflects optimism\, she is drawn to darker themes of pain\, anguish and even murder—as in the music of the Louvin Brothers\, whom she loves. The Nashville Tennessean is just the latest to describe Emi as “an old soul\,” noting\, “Onstage\, this soul’s presence is commanding and her singing voice authentic and folksy.” While her youth might remind many of Taylor Swift\, a more apt comparison would be to artists such as Dolly Parton\, Alison Krauss or members of the Carter Family. Emi has appeared on the Today show and on the Marty Stuart Late Night Jam. UID:22764-1409520@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22764 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:20150518T122751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas DESCRIPTION:Ferndale\, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles\, scribbles\, dots\, dashes\, and lots of rhythmic lines. She manages to create works that are both bounding in playfulness\, yet hold a certain transcendental\, calm minimalism about them. Goedert earned a BFA at Wayne State University and is a vocalist and lyricist for the Detroit band\, the Luddites. UID:22854-1413540@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22854 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:20150518T123322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine and medical education. He is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, and his photographic work is intended to raise awareness of the aging demographic and its impact on the healthcare system and society. Levine studied at the Art Students League\, the School of Visual Arts\, and the International Center for Photography\, all in Manhattan\, New York. UID:22856-1413680@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22856 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:20150518T124244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood DESCRIPTION:Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo\, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from sources such as toy packaging designs\, 8-bit video games\, pinball machine graphics\, ‘60s psychedelic imagery and pop art. Using vibrant colors\, flat\, hard-edge shapes and playful geometrical patterns\, he visually stimulates viewers with a focus on the attraction to familiar symbols and colors. Gaewsky earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums. UID:22859-1413876@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22859 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:20150518T124512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass DESCRIPTION:Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college\, she watched\, fascinated\, as the glassblower in her department created scientific equipment\, inspiring her to later teach herself lampworking (glass worked over a torch) and open a hot glass studio. Learning to scuba dive inspired her sculptural Seafan series. They reflect the undulating forms and luscious colors of coral reefs. Kelman’s fused glass squares resemble rushing water\, with matter floating downstream: twigs\, bugs and stones reflect the colors in the sky. UID:22860-1413946@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22860 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:20150518T123030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls DESCRIPTION:Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design\, she creates and hand cuts snowflakes or flowers out of paper and then applies them with blue slip to her ceramic plates and bowls. The pieces are intended to serve food and help connect the maker to the user. Nancy Bulkley makes clay work and teaches in Ann Arbor\, her home town. She studied art at the University of Michigan and received her BFA from Alfred University in upstate New York. UID:22855-1413610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22855 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:20150518T124000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas DESCRIPTION:The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working from a small collection of stones gathered along the beach\, he produced the first of the series. In the 30 years since that canvas\, he has explored the many subtle nuances of color\, surface and composition inherent in the subject. Although he works with other subject matter\, his Stones Series is the most popular. His work has been shown in major art centers across the country and is in the permanent collections of over 200 individuals\, corporations and public institutions. UID:22858-1413806@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22858 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:20150512T100037 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Textile Trade Ascendancies DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features cloth samples\, photographs\, and maps\, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present\, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne\, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies. UID:22816-1412333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Women in Science DESCRIPTION:Colorful comic book graphics in this panel exhibit invite young U-M Museum of Natural History visitors from every background to see themselves working in STEM fields (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics)\, and changing the world.\n\nDeveloped by Ann Marie Macara\, a fifth-year graduate student in the U-M Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\, the exhibit features four women scientists whose work had a major impact in their fields. These women persevered against the odds and are powerful role models who continue to inspire young women to follow in their footsteps in STEM.\n\nMary Anning represents Science for her discoveries of fossils from the Jurassic period. Annie Easley personifies Technology as one of the few African-American computer scientists to work at NASA (then NACA) as a ‘human computer’ and who then developed software for rockets. Sarah Goode stands for Engineering as the first African-American woman to receive a US patent for her invention of the folding cabinet bed. Finally\, Wang Zhenyi exemplifies Mathematics for her mathematical models of astronomical events\, including eclipses. \n \nThe exhibit was made possible through the support of the U-M Life Sciences Institute\; a MAAS Professional Development Award\; the Program in Biomedical Science\; the Department of Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology\; the Women in Science and Engineering Program\; and FEMMES (Females Engaged in More Math\, Engineering and the Sciences). UID:23247-1422047@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science,Women's Studies LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building - 4th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T115822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Share your exhibit ideas for the new U-M Museum of Natural History! DESCRIPTION:From August 14-23\, and monthly through the rest of the year\, the Temporary Exhibit Gallery on the fourth floor of the U-M Museum of Natural History will be transformed into The Exhibit Workshop. In this space\, the Museum will be testing out ideas for exhibits for the new Museum of Natural History in the Biological Science Building\, now under construction north of the Museum's current home in the Ruthven Museums Building.\n\nVisitors are invited to see the plans and contribute their comments in this informal\, interactive\, pop-up style workshop setting. Each workshop will have a different exhibit topic\, to be determined and posted on the Museum's website shortly before the scheduled workshop dates. Previous topics include The Tree of Life (May)\, Geologic Time (June)\, and the Giant Walk-Through Cell (July).\n\nThe Exhibit Workshop will be open 9:00 AM-5:00 PM\, Friday\, August 14 through Tuesday\, August 18 (Sunday Noon-5:00 PM).\n\nFuture workshops are scheduled for:\n\nSeptember 18-22\nOctober 9-13\nNovember 13-17\nDecember 11-15\nQuestions? Please contact Gene Dillenburg at dillenbe@umich.edu.\n\nMore information about the new Museum project at lsa.umich.edu/ummnh/about/newmuseumproject UID:23232-1421718@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23232 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,Science,Storytelling,Visual Arts,Workshop LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building - Temporary Exhibit Gallery, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150617T113157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Artistry of Timothy Orikri DESCRIPTION:With the summer art exhibition season in full swing\, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of Timothy Orikri\,” a brilliant collection of diverse pieces at Monts Hall with an opening reception on Friday\, July 17\, from 6-8 p.m. As a bonus to the evening event\, Mr. Orikri will provide a brief talk on his creative process and artworks at 7 p.m.. Light refreshments and complimentary parking will also be available for the reception.\n\nOrikri carefully blends vibrant colors\, fiery orange-reds and electric blues\, with textures like dried fruits and feathers to create timeless pieces. Born in Nigeria where he studied Fine Art at Delta State University\, Abraka\, Orikri came to the U.S. in 1995\, first settling in Missouri before making Michigan his home.\n\nInfluenced by African\, European and American culture and fueled by a desire to shape a better world\, he began to create art that elicits an emotional response. As a result\, his paintings are thought provoking with themes of hope\, harmony and the gift of nature woven through each piece\, creating a unique art experience.\n\nHis unwavering commitment to enriching lives through art is unquestionable. Orikri contributes his time and talents to various art programs and has donated many of his paintings to local and national organizations.\n\nOrikri’s art has been widely exhibited in numerous distinguished museums\, colleges and public buildings including the Detroit Public Library Galleria\, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, and both the Spirit Glass Hallway Gallery and the Spirit Café Gallery located inside Oakwood Hospital in Taylor\, Michigan.\n\nThe Artistry of Timothy Orikri exhibition\, which includes semi-realism\, abstract and mixed media paintings\, runs July 1- August 22. Art lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend.\n\nGallery admission and parking are free and light refreshments will be served during the opening reception. The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.\, and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. UID:23047-1418858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150313T140540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Shape of the Universe DESCRIPTION:This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe\, from Einstein's discovery of space-time\, through the development of theories explaining the Big Bang and cosmic expansion\, up to cutting-edge research on gravity waves being conducted by U-M mathematician Lydia Bieri. This exhibit will include interactives\, video\, beautiful NASA photographs\, and artwork by local high school students. UID:21954-1373038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21954 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Exhibition,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150331T090526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes\, Charity Donation Boxes DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In Judaism\, dispensing of charity is not simply a monetary transaction. Rather\, the act is a beautiful exemplar of an individual’s conscious choice to help another person\, while also acknowledging the transience of material wealth and paying one’s good fortunes forward.\n\nThese Pushkes function as vessels that anonymize the donations within\, stressing that the act of giving should not be done for acknowledgement. Instead\, giving should signify a gesture of honest good will. Furthermore\, the amalgam of wealth inside these boxes is comprised of the materiality and benevolence of an entire community.\n\nצדקה תציל ממװת\nTsedakah tatsil mi-mavet\nCharity Saves from Death\n — 156b\, Tractate Shabes\, Babylonian Talmud\n\nAll items on display were donated by Constance Harris and are on loan from the Jewish Heritage Collection Dedicated to Mark and Dave Harris\, Special Collections Library\, University of Michigan Library—except where otherwise noted. UID:22410-1396087@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T120839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T113000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demo: Making a Good Impression DESCRIPTION:Explore how fossils are created during this hands-on demonstration! What parts of animals become fossilized? How old are the earliest fossils? Families will discover how fossil casts are made in the museum by making their own casts to take home. This program offers something for all ages – exciting information about fossils and a fun\, hands-on exploration of fossil casting!\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:23248-1422216@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150709T152829 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Jem Cohen DESCRIPTION:The title of this multi-format photography and video installation by New York filmmaker Jem Cohen comes from the artist’s own characterization of his practice.\n As he explains\, “The unifying core of my work stems from encountering the world as it unfolds. Whether the project is long- or short-term\, moving image or still photography\, single pictures\, multiple projections\, or an installation\, it is through close observation\, careful listening\, and an embrace of chance that I establish the bedrock. . . . Regardless of the tools and the form\, the project is . . . life drawing.”\n \nThe dual-gallery presentation of Life Drawing at UMMA underscores Cohen’s use of disparate media that\, rooted in a shared set of concerns and working methods\, organically coalesce into a broader body of work.\n We Have an Anchor\, on view in the Media Gallery\, is a single-channel video projection that incorporates composited 16mm\, Super 8\, and HD imagery. An environmental portrait of Nova Scotia\, it takes its departure point from a live performance with multiple projections where Cohen collaborated with an ensemble of musicians to make what has been described as a cinematic love letter to Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. Footage of the island\, gathered over 10 years\, is interspersed with texts ranging from poems to local folklore\, buoyed by both environmental sounds and an original score written and performed by members from a diverse group of bands\, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor\, Dirty Three\, Fugazi\, White Magic\, Silver Mt. Zion\, and The Quavers.\n \nIn the Photography Gallery\, more than 25 still photographs\, again gathered over a long period in a disappearing analog format (in this case\, Polaroid film)\, are subtly married to digital technology. The images\, some urban and some domestic\, are from a variety of locations ranging from New York to Tangier. With both the video and the photographs Cohen uses a strategy of free wandering conjoined with careful documentation in order to unearth and celebrate hidden\, seemingly haunted geographies and their human (and animal) inhabitants. UID:23179-1421190@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Education,Exhibition,Free,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150622T141828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Julian Schnabel DESCRIPTION:Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected materials and radically unconventional techniques. The exhibition\, which originated at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich\, Connecticut before traveling to UMMA\, will feature artworks from the mid-1970s to the present.\n This exhibition was organized by the Brant Foundation Art Study Center. Lead support for UMMA’s installation is provided by Joseph and Annette Allen\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the University of Michigan Health System\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and Retirement Income Solutions. UID:23076-1419502@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23076 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Taubman Gallery I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150323T153554 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters DESCRIPTION:During World War I\, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers\, housewives and shipbuilders\, “old-stock Americans” and immigrants to the cause. Propaganda\, commodity\, and art came together in WWI posters. This exhibition presents rarely displayed WWI posters from UMMA’s collection.\nThe focus of the exhibition is posters directed at coal miners. These works explore the larger themes of supporting the war effort and Americanism. Coal mining communities were microcosms for the social and economic pressures when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. Coal was a central resource for the war\, yet the immigrant workforce was considered unreliable because of increasingly frequent workers’ strikes. Posters also addressed anxieties about the definition of American culture and its readiness for war.\nMarking the centennial of the Great War (1914-1919)\, the presentation of WWI posters of the UMMA collection includes some of the lesser-known works by America’s most famous poster artists. From iconic Gibson-girl type illustrations to multilingual posters in Polish\, Italian\, and German\, these posters present war-time American ideals. Works by famed designers James Montgomery Flagg\, the designer of the Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster\, and Howard Christy are featured alongside works by illustrators like J.C. Leyendecker and the acclaimed painter and printmaker Henry Reuterdahl. UID:22267-1389496@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T121500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421835@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150609T095219 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T131500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Waiting Far Away DESCRIPTION:A short\, relaxing fulldome movie about far away places in the Universe and our imaginations\, followed by a live star talk. UID:22993-1421726@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22993 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T141500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421804@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20141029T152936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T143000 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:19550-1345040@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:20150520T153225 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Sampler Tours DESCRIPTION:Join us for thematic tours of the Kelsey Museum created by Kelsey Museum Docent Corps. Tours start at 2PM and are free and open to the public. Note the different themes for each Saturday. \nJune 13: Ancient Writing \nJune 20: Ancient Spirits: Beer and Wine in the Ancient World \nJune 27: Art and the Artifact\nJuly 11: Geography: The mother of ancient civilizations \nJuly 25: Curator Favorites \nAugust 1: Ancient Writing: Magic Spells\, Military Discharges\, and More \nAugust 8: Ascent to Civilization in the Mediterranean\nAugust 15: Faces from Antiquity\nAugust 22: Storytelling/Discovering Narratives in Artifacts\nAugust 29: An Introduction to the Kelsey Museum UID:22888-1414608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22888 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T101925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T151500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: My Universe DESCRIPTION:Planetarium presenters often accumulate a number of favorite things to share with audiences. They range from the current night sky\, to planets\, satellites\, and the deepest regions of space. Find out what your presenter finds fascinating about the Universe! UID:23234-1421744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150716T120839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Hands-On Demo: Making a Good Impression DESCRIPTION:Explore how fossils are created during this hands-on demonstration! What parts of animals become fossilized? How old are the earliest fossils? Families will discover how fossil casts are made in the museum by making their own casts to take home. This program offers something for all ages – exciting information about fossils and a fun\, hands-on exploration of fossil casting!\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:23248-1422221@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/23248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150803T102113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T161500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:Bright stars\, constellations\, planets\, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live \"star talk.\" Then leave Earth and fly into space to examine the planets in the current sky. UID:19544-1421854@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/19544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Science LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20150409T170630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150815T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives DESCRIPTION:This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles\, one of America's greatest directors of film\, theater\, radio and television—highlights letters\, photographs\, scripts\, and production materials culled from the University of Michigan Library's extensive Orson Welles archives.\n\nOriginal items are on display in the Audubon Room\, which is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 2-7pm. UID:22554-1402775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) & Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR