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Exhibits
All Together Now, Art and Architecture Building, Warren Robbins Gallery, through July 9. This exhibition features collaborations between children and their parents. Mark Nielsen, curator and Robbins Gallery director, has sought out work that provides a means to illuminate the lively and sometimes creative conversations that occur within families. Reception 6-9 p.m. June 11. Sponsored by the School of Art & Design, 936-2082.
Ann Arbor Public Schools Student Show, Taubman South Lobby, Floor 1, through June 16. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Archaeologies of Childhood: The First Years of Life in Roman Egypt, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, through September. The University's holdings of material from Roman Egypt show what children looked like and how they learned and played. They also help to illustrate the expectations and concerns of children in a North African culture that existed 2,000 years ago. The material in this exhibition is part of new research by U-M faculty and students to recover knowledge of childhood in Roman Egypt. Sponsored by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, http://www.lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/.
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| Cirque Éloize will open the Ann Arbor Summer Festival June 12-13 with two performances of "Nomade: At Night the Sky is Endless" at the Power Center. |
Ceramics, by Susan Crowell, University Hospital Lobby, Floor 1, through June 16. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Conservation Genetics, Exhibit Museum of Natural History. A display exploring the application of genetics to evolutionary history and conservation biology, using the endangered harpy eagle as an example. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Desmatosuchus, Exhibit Museum of Natural History. The museum's display of this 200 million-year-old fossil has been updated with new labels and two contrasting models-one, an aquatic model made by museum sculptor Carleton Angell, and the second, a terrestrial model. Scientists are not certain whether Desmatosuchus was an aquatic or land animal. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
East Meets West, by Michigan Quilt Artists, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, through June 16. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Eighth Annual All-Michigan, All-Media Competition, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, U-M-Dearborn, through June 18. The eighth in a series of annual competitions open to artists 18 and older living and/or working in Michigan. The competition is open to all subjects and a wide range of various media is expected. Two- and three-dimensional works are eligible. Works dealing with ethnic diversity will be given special consideration in celebration of the diverse student body at U-M-Dearborn. Sponsored by the U-M Dearborn Art Museum Project, (313) 593-5058.
Eyes Have It, monotype prints by Maki McCreery-Braun, Michigan League Cafe, through June 25. Sponsored by the Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652.
Fun with Fungi, Exhibit Museum of Natural History,
Floor 3. The revised exhibit will explore the different kinds of fungi-there
are more than 100,000 species-how they disperse spores, and some of their
practical uses and dangers. The display includes a model of a human foot
with "athlete's foot" growing on it, a giant puffball, and a photograph of "Armillaria gallica"-a
fungus that can grow to several acres in size. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum
of Natural History, 764-0478.
Hand Crafted Jewelry, by Heather Dombey, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, June 21-Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
The Iceman Cometh…and Goeth, Clements Library, through September. The exhibition
explores the history of the American ice industry, from New England pond ice
harvesting to the introduction of mechanical refrigeration. It includes: the
story of the Ice King, Frederic Tudor, and his collaborator, Nathaniel Wyeth;
the 1803 book by Thomas Moore, “An Essay on the Most Eligible Construction
of Ice-Houses”; tools, equipment and methods of natural ice harvesting and
its distribution, including the successful arrival in 1833 of a ship carrying
ice from Boston to Calcutta, crossing the equator twice; the manufactured ice
industry and how it revolutionized food and eating in America; and the introduction
of mechanical refrigerators, with the millionth Frigidaire sold by 1929 and
the millionth General Electric Refrigerator by 1931. Sponsored by the Clements
Library, 764-2347 or http://www.clements.umich.edu.
Ka-Boom! Meteor and Asteroid Impacts, Exhibit
Museum of Natural History. The display explains the differences between
space dust, meteors, meteorites, meteoroids, asteroids and comets, and
speculates about the roles asteroids may have had in Earth's history (including
the theory that an asteroid impact contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs).
Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
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| "Oncidium Papilio" from “A Record of an Orchid Collection"—part of the exhibit "A World of Orchids: Japanese Prints of Species Orchids from the Villa Oyamazaki." The exhibition is showing through July 11 at the Museum of Art’s Works on Paper Gallery. |
Landscape Paintings, by Keri Coran Wagner, University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2, through June 16. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Lighthouse Watercolors, by Margaret Glinke, Cancer Center & Geriatrics Center, Turner Clinic Lobby, Floor 1, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Masterworks of African Art: Gabon and Cameroon, Museum of Art, through Nov. 7. This installation will explore the complex interrelationship between African form and meaning and the historical moment in which specific artistic traditions were produced. The works selected were created at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. The artistic traditions of Gabon and Cameroon left a lasting impact on European individuals during this period, when travelers and colonial administrators collected large numbers of works for ethnographic museums or simply as souvenirs. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Memorials of Life in Ancient China: Chinese Mortuary Art Across Four Millennia, Museum of Art. Since the beginnings of Chinese civilization, one of its identifying characteristics has been a concern with the welfare of the dead. This exhibition traces evolving customs of burial across four millennia and reveals major shifts in political, social and religious history. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, Museum of Art, June 12-Oct. 3. The exhibit marks the first public display of Bob and Lillian Montalto Bohlen's 2002 gift to the museum. It includes approximately 75 works from 65 American, European and Australian artists. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
New Fibers, Art and Architecture Building, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, June 11-July 21. This exhibition includes a broad range of contemporary fiber art-from textiles rooted in traditional processes and materials to sculptural and mixed media-by 36 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. Juror talk by Dorothy Caldwell, 3 p.m. June 11, Art and Architecture Auditorium. Reception 7-9 p.m. June 11. Sponsored by the School of Art & Design, 936-2082.
Nursing Dolls, by Linda Strodtman, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, through June 16. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Painting Big, Museum of Art, West Gallery, through June 27. Several examples of the successful use of the large-scale painting format by modern and contemporary artists, including Hughie O'Donoghue, Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchell. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Photography, by Monte Nagler, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, June 21-Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Sculpture, by Wendel Heers, Cancer Center & Geriatrics Center Main Lobby, Floor B2, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Staff@Work, Work, 306 S. State St., June 11-July 24. Staff members from the School of Art & Design (A&D) demonstrate their creative talents in an exhibition of work in a range of media. Reception 6-9 p.m. June 11. Sponsored by A&D, 936-2082.
The Stearns Collection, School of Music. One of six major collections of musical instruments in North America; contains more than 2,000 instruments, ranging from typical period pieces to rare items. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4389.
Stories from the Past: Narrative in Asian Art, Museum of Art, through July 25. The exhibit explores the way artists from Persia, India, Bali, China and Japan have created, in visual form, the most enduring narratives of their respective cultures. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Surrealist Colored Pencil Drawings, by Jill Kline, University Hospital Main Corridor West, Floor 2, June 21-Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Tapestries, by Sherri Smith, University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Treasures of Islamic Art from UMMA Collections, Museum of Art. The Islamic art in the UMMA collection is well known to scholars throughout the world, but may be much less familiar to regular museum visitors. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
The Tree of Life, Exhibit Museum of Natural History. An interactive, large plasma screen display illustrating the evolutionary tree. Visitors can explore the relationships between different organisms and look at current research and conservation efforts. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Turned Wood from the Museum of Art, University Hospital Lobby, Floor 1, June 21-Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann St. The oldest in the United States to retain its original telescopes in their mounts. It houses exhibits and collections highlighting the observatory's role in introducing scientific research to campus and significant discoveries made by its astronomers. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
U-M Health System Annual Employee Show, Taubman South Lobby, Floor 1, June 21-Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
A World of Orchids: Japanese Prints of Species Orchids from the Villa Oyamazaki, Museum of Art, through July 11. The Villa Oyamazaki was the estate of Japanese entrepreneur Kaga Sh?tar?, a collector and cultivator of orchids. In the 1940s, he commissioned Ikeda Zuigetsu to record the collection in paint and a group of craftsmen to reproduce the paintings as color woodblock prints. The 20 prints in the exhibition illustrate this Japanese art form at its technical peak. Sponsored by the Museum of Art and Center for Japanese Studies, 763-8662.
Regular Meetings
Alanon, support group for family and friends of alcoholics, 6 p.m. every Thursday while U-M is in session, Guild House Campus Ministry, 802 Monroe, (734) 662-5189.
Alcoholics Anon, Unity AA Group, closed discussion, cross-addicts welcome, 12:10 p.m. Mon-Fri, Guild House Campus Ministry, 802 Monroe, (734) 662-5189.
Guild House, free casual Sunday supper for students, 6-7:30 p.m., 802 Monroe, (734) 662-5189 or guildhouse@umich.edu.
Recreation
Learn to Sail, 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays, Dexter. First two lessons are free; no advance signup required. Sponsored by the U-M Sailing Club, (734) 426-4299 or
http://www.umich.edu/~umsc.
Yost Ice Arena: Public skating, closed until July 11, 764-4600.
Current
Ongoing>
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Monday, June 7
Lecture: Shannon Murphy, Transit of Venus: A Century of Anticipation, 7:30 p.m., Angell Hall, Auditorium A. Murphy will give a brief history of Venus transits, discuss what has been learned from them, and explain what could be learned from the transit June 8. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Tuesday, June 8
Picnic: U-M Children's Centers (UMCC) Annual Picnic, 6-8 p.m., Burns Park, Ann Arbor. All families and alumni of UMCC and the Children's Center for Working Families are invited. Sponsored by UMCC, 763-6784 or (734) 998-7600.
Seminar: New Models for Health Care Cost Containment, 7:30-9:30 a.m., Crowne Plaza, 610 Hilton Blvd. Sponsored by the U-M Health System's MWorks Occupational Health Division and MFit Health Promotion Division, (734) 975-4635, ext. 235, or http://www.med.umich.edu/mworks/breakfastbriefing
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Wednesday, June 9
Art Video: The Illustrated Handscroll: Tale of Genji, 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Event: Technology Day 2004, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Engineering Complex and Engineering Laboratory Building, U-M-Dearborn. Research projects that have been conducted by U-M-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science faculty members along with industry partners will be highlighted. A poster session will showcase the collaborative projects of faculty and industry partners, and demonstrations will take place in laboratories on the first floor of the Engineering Complex. Sponsored by the Center for Engineering Education and Practice, http://www.engin.umd.
umich.edu/CEEP or
(313) 593-3403.
Lecture: Shingairai Virginia Chitanda, Gender Crimes, 4-5:30 p.m., Center for the Education of Women (CEW), 330 E. Liberty St. Chitanda, lead gender crimes investigator, Office of the Prosecutor at the United States Special Court, International Tribunal, Sierra Leone, will speak about the consequences of war for women. Sponsored by CEW, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and the Women's Studies Program, (734) 998-7080.
Recital: Amy Porter, flute, and Alan Huckleberry, piano, 8 p.m., Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Workshop: Regression Analysis, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., School of Public Health II, Room M4318 (morning) and Computing Classroom C (afternoon). Class will continue 8:30 a.m. June 11. Sponsored by the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, 764-7828. Registration and fee required.
Thursday, June 10
Dance: Ann Arbor Dance Works, 8 p.m., Betty Pease Dance Studio. The dance faculty resident creative ensemble will present its 10th annual spring season. Performances continue 8 p.m. June 11. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Lecture: Windsurfing, 7:45 p.m., Mason Hall, Room 3447. Sponsored by the U-M Sailing Club, (734) 426-4299 or http://www.umich.edu/~umsc.
Meeting: Family Housing Language Program (FHLP) Teen Volunteer Information Meeting, 7 p.m., Family Housing Community Center, 1000 McIntyre. Sponsored by the FHLP, 763-1440.
Performance: Kitty Donohoe and Wanda Degan, acoustic folk music, noon, University Hospital Courtyard. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Friday, June 11
Festival: Top of the Park performers: The Breakers, 7 p.m.; The Ambassadors Big Band, 8:15 p.m.; The Ride, 9:45 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummer
festival.org.
Saturday, June 12
Festival: Top of the Park performers: Jeremy Kittel, 7 p.m.; Tumbao, 8:15 p.m.; Bugs Beddow Band, 9:45 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummer
festival.org.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Spring, 11:30
a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. The spring sky
contains few bright stars, but several significant constellations. It also
is the best time of year to see the most famous pattern in the sky-the Big
Dipper. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Planetarium Show: Adventures Along the Spectrum,
12:30 & 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. A classic show from
the early 1980s featuring Professor Photon, who leads a tour of the electromagnetic
spectrum and teaches that there is more to light than meets the eye. Sponsored
by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Windsurfing: Learn to windsurf with free lessons from the U-M Sailing Club (UMSC), 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 8010 Strawberry Lake Road, Dexter. Sponsored by UMSC, (734) 426-4299 or http://www.umich.edu/~umsc.
Tour: Dinosaurs, 2 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. Free, 30-minute, docent-led tour of the dinosaur exhibits. Sign up day of the tour. Limit 15 people. Sponsored by the U-M Credit Union, 764-0478.
Sunday, June 13
Event: Cancer Survivors Day Celebration: The Art of Survival, 1-3:30 p.m., Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E. Huron River Dr. The celebration will demonstrate how elements from the world of the creative arts can be used to more fully understand and express the multitude of feelings that come with the cancer experience. Sponsored by the Comprehensive Cancer Center, (800) 742-2300, ext. 6275, or http://www.mcancer.org/events
Festival: Top of the Park performers: Like Water Drum and Dance, 7 p.m.; Maruga and the Global Village Ceremonial Band, 8:15 p.m.; Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 10 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummer
festival.org.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Spring, 1:30 & 3:30
p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see June 12 description).
Planetarium Show: Adventures Along the Spectrum, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see May June 12 description).
Talk: Curator's Talk, Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, 3 p.m., Museum of Art, Twentieth-Century Gallery. University Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art Sean Ulmer will discuss a selection of works from the Bohlen Collection of Wood Art-one of the leading collections of wood art in the United States. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Tour: Dinosaurs, 2 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see June 12 description).
Monday, June 14
Festival: Top of the Park performers: Eleni Kelakos, 7 p.m.; Song Catchers, 8:15 p.m.; Movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 10 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummer
festival.org.
Tuesday, June 15
Festival: Top of the Park performers: Hoodang, 7 p.m.; Fonn Mhor, 8:15 p.m.; Movie: A Mighty Wind, 10 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummer
festival.org.
Lecture: Dean's Lecture Series, Alan Saltiel, You
are What You Secrete: Hormones and the Control of Metabolism, 5 p.m., Towsley
Center, Dow Auditorium. Sponsored by the Medical School Dean's Office, 615-6981
or http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/faculty/lecture.htm.
Wednesday, June 16
Art Video: African Art, 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Festival: Top of the Park performers: Whit Hill and the Postcards, 7 p.m.; Al Hill and the Love Butlers, 8:15 p.m.; Movie: Strictly Ballroom, 10 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org.
Symposium: Inaugural Learning Sciences Symposium, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., West Hall, Room 340. Presentation by Vera John-Steiner, Collaboration and Interdisciplinarity; a panel of respondents will discuss collaboration and learning at U-M from the perspectives of their own fields. Sponsored by the School of Education and School of Information, 763-2285.
Thursday, June 17
Celebration: U-M Detroit Observatory Sesquicentennial Celebration, 4 p.m., 1398 E. Ann St. A ceremony will be at 4:30 p.m. on the lawn, followed by pubic tours of the observatory. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Festival: Top of the Park performers: Grievous Angel, 7 p.m.; The Witch Doctors, 8:15 p.m.; Movie: A Hard Day's Night, 10 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org.
Interchange: Human Resources and Affirmative Action (HRAA) Classification System Project, 1-2:30 p.m., Wolverine Tower, Suite 18. Sponsored by HRAA, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa/class.
Lecture: First Aid for Sailors, 7:45 p.m., Mason Hall, Room 3447. Sponsored by the U-M Sailing Club, (734) 426-4299 or http://www.umich.edu/~umsc.
Performance: Jazz in the Courtyard, Edie Herrold Quartet, noon, University Hospital Courtyard. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Friday, June 18
Festival: Top of the Park performers: The Wrenfields, 7 p.m.; Corndaddy, 8:15 p.m.; Mike Smith and the Cadillac Cowboys, 9:45 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org.
Saturday, June 19
Festival: Top of the Park performers: Dave Sharp's Acoustic Odyssey, 7 p.m.; The Flying Latini Brothers, 8:15 p.m.; Cloud Nine Music, 9:45 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org.
Planetarium Show: The Sky Tonight,
11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. The three
bright stars of the Summer Triangle form the centerpiece of a discussion of
the summer sky. Bright stars, constellations, planets and telescopic objects
will be discussed. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Planetarium Show: Adventures Along the Spectrum,
12:30 & 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see June 12 description).
Tour: U-M Detroit Observatory open house tours, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 1398 E. Ann St. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Tour: Dinosaurs, 2 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see June 12 description).
Sunday, June 20
Festival: Top of the Park performers: John Park, comedy juggler, 5:30 p.m.; Fiddlers Restrung, 6:15 p.m.; Julie Austin and David Mosher, 7:30 p.m.; Jill Jack, 8:45 p.m.; Movie: Spirited Away, 10 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org.
Music: 25th International Organ & Church Music
Institute, 8 p.m., School of Music, Blanche Anderson Moore Organ Hall. The
event will continue at 8 p.m. June 21. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Planetarium Show: The Sky Tonight, 1:30 & 3:30
p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see June 19 description).
Planetarium Show: Adventures Along the Spectrum, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see June 12 description).
Tour: Guided tour of the "Stories from the Past: Narrative in Asian Art" exhibit,
2 p.m., Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Tour: Dinosaurs, 2 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see June 12 description).
Monday, June 21
Festival: Top of the Park performers: The Ninjas and The Plot Thickens, 7 p.m.; Funktelligence, 8:15 p.m.; Movie: Zoolander, 10 p.m., Fletcher Street Parking Structure. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org.
Interchange: Human Resources and Affirmative Action (HRAA) Classification System Project, 1-2:30 p.m., Chrysler Center, Chesebrough Auditorium. Sponsored by HRAA, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa/class.
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