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September 7-20

Tuesday, September 7
Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, 1 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Wednesday, September 8
Art Video: Wave from the Atlantic (American modernism), 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Business School, Hale Auditorium; 4-6 p.m., University Hospital, Ford Amphitheater. Representatives from the Benefits Office and Michigan Administrative Information Services (MAIS) will discuss changes in benefit choices for faculty and staff, and demonstrate eBenefits-the new online open enrollment selection process that will be available on Wolverine Access. Sponsored by the Benefits Office and MAIS, http://www.umich.edu/~benefits. 

An image from the exhibit "Nomad's Land," showing through Sept. 10 at the Warren Robbins Gallery in the Art & Architecture Building on North Campus. A closing reception will be 6-9 p.m. Sept. 10 at the gallery. (Courtesy School of Art & Design)

Thursday, September 9
Colloquium: Kieran Sharp, The Evolution of AUSSIE Trails, noon-1 p.m., U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), McCormick Conference Room. Sponsored by UMTRI, 936-2070.
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater (see Sept. 8 description).
Meeting: U-M Retirees Association (UMRA), 3:15 p.m., Wolverine Tower, Suite 18. The discussion topic will be "Identity Theft and Fraud Protection." Sponsored by the UMRA, 936-8626.
Talk: Georgia O'Keefe and the Sublime Landscape, 7 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Assistant Director for Collections and Exhibitions Carole McNamara will introduce visitors to the current exhibition of Georgia O'Keeffe's work, which explores the development of the artist's distinctive and evocative approach to form and re-examines her work in the context of American landscape paintings. Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Friday, September 10
Breakfast: The Arts of Citizenship Debate Watch Project: How Young Writers and Artists Respond to Presidential Politics, 9-10:30 a.m., Lane Hall, Room 2239. Sponsored by the Arts of Citizenship Program, 615-0609.
Reception: 45th anniversary of the Computing Center and reception honoring its first director, Robert C.F. Bartels, 4-7 p.m., Alumni Center (see story, page 3).
Seminar: Andrea Kriska, Physical Activity in the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: What We Know, What We Do Not Know, noon-1 p.m., Kinesiology Building, Bickner Auditorium. Sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology, 764-1343.

Saturday, September 11

A historical photo of the rear entrance to the President’s Residence. Anne Duderstadt will lecture on “The President’s House: Through the Back Door” at 3 p.m. Sept. 21 in the U-M Detroit Obervatory. (Courtesy Bentley Historical Library)

Conference: Moving Forward while Looking Back: How America has Changed since 9/11, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Business School. The conference will feature CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter and Michael Feldschuh, photographer and author of "The September 11 Photo Project." Sponsored by the Michigan Student Assembly, http://www.umich.edu/~msa. Registration required.
Symposium: Cultural Convergences in the Medieval Mediterranean, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). The convergence of cultures and artistic traditions is the topic of this one-day symposium, which will draw scholars from many disciplines to explore innovative new avenues of interpretation in addressing the vitality of cross-cultural exchange. Sponsored by the Department of the History of Art and UMMA, 764-5400.
Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, 10 a.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Sunday, September 12
Class: Vocal masterclass by Martina Arroyo, soprano, 3 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Festival: Third Annual Sally Ride Science Festival, North Campus, 11:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. The festival will include a street fair, workshops, food and music. Ride will deliver a keynote speech in Pierpont Commons. The festival also will kick off TOYchallenge 2005-a toy and game design competition to motivate middle school-aged students, especially girls, to use their science, engineering and design skills. Sponsored by the Sally Ride Science Festivals, (800) 561-5161 or http://www.SallyRideScience.com. Registration and fee required.
Meeting: Life Sciences Orchestra (LSO) general meeting for returning and prospective members, 7 p.m., School of Music Building, McIntosh Theater. Sponsored by LSO, 936-2787.
Presentation: UMMA Builds for the Future," 3 p.m., Angell Hall, Auditorium B. Allied Works Architecture of Portland, Ore., under the leadership of principal architect Brad Cloepfil, will present the design for the Museum of Art's (UMMA) expansion and renovation project, place it in a broader architectural context, and discuss the process through which the design was developed. Doug Kelbaugh, dean of the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, will offer a response, and UMMA director James Steward will moderate a discussion. Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, noon, Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Tour: Guided tour of the "Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection" exhibit, 2 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Monday, September 13
Class: Vocal masterclass by Martina Arroyo, soprano, 7 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 2-4 p.m., University Hospital, Ford Amphitheater (see Sept. 8 description).
Instramural Sports: The Intramural Sports Program will take entries for Fall Term 3-on-3 Basketball and Broomball and 2004 Soccer 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fees apply for all sports. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Lecture: Maris Vinovskis, Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education?, noon-1:30 p.m., Rackham Building, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-1930.

Tuesday, September 14
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Rackham Amphitheater (see Sept. 8 description).
Lecture: Oksana Malanchuk, Occupational Aspirations and Mental Health: Does Knowing What You Want to Be When You Grow Up Relate to Later Well-being?, noon-1:30 p.m., Lane Hall, Room 2239. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 615-6387.
Lecture: 2004 Graham Hovey Lecture, James Russell, Don't Look Now, but They're Not Following Us, 4:30 p.m., Wallace House Gardens, 620 Oxford Road. Russell is an award-winning journalist, creative producer and executive in commercial radio, print, public radio and television. Sponsored by the Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan, (734) 998-7666.
Lecture: Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., 4:30 p.m., U-M-Flint Theatre. Following the presentation, Ben & Jerry's ice cream will be provided to the audience. Sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations, (810) 766-6743. Tickets required.
Lecture: Alan Dowty, The Changing Face of Israeli Politics, 8 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Sponsored by the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
Recital: Caroline Helton, soprano, 8 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, 1 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Wednesday, September 15
Art Video: Daybooks of Edward Weston: How Young I Was, 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Class: Vocal masterclass by Martina Arroyo, soprano, 7 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Instramural Sports: The Intramural Sports Program will take entries for 2004 Slow-pitch Softball and Fall Term Tennis (Singles and Doubles) until 4:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fees apply for both sports. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Lecture: Ronald Suny, Reading Russia: A Short Story of the History of the Soviet Union, 12:10-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, 764-0351.
Seminar: IntraLase, noon-1 p.m., University Hospital, Room G2315. Learn about the new bladeless LASIK surgery available at the Kellogg Eye Center (KEC). Sponsored by KEC, 615-6914 or lasik@umich.edu.

Thursday, September 16
Lecture: Kazue Muta, Sexual Harassment and Empowerment of Women: The Progress and Problems of the Policies in Japan, 3:30-5 p.m., Lane Hall, Room 2239. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 764-9537.
Recital: Irena Vorobieva, piano, 8 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.

Friday, September 17
Celebration: Broadway Bridges Reconstruction Project Completion, 6-8 p.m., Broadway Park, south of the bridges. The party marks the end of the 18-month, $31.2 million project. There will be food, music, commemorative gifts and a short dedication/recognition ceremony at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the City of Ann Arbor, (734) 649-7783.
Concert: Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium. The first event in the University Musical Society's (UMS) 126th season. Sponsored by UMS, 764-2538. Tickets required.
Conference: Palliative Care: Revitalizing the Spirit of Health Care, 7:30 a.m., St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Auditorium. The day-long program is designed to strengthen and enhance the public and health care professionals' knowledge about palliative care options and the skills necessary to provide quality care for patients at the end of their lives. Sponsored by the U-M Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, 763-5283 or http://www.med.umich.edu/esn/programs/palliativecare/. 
Fair: Retirees Health Fair, noon-3 p.m., Ypsilanti Marriott at Eagle Crest, 1275 S. Huron, Ypsilanti (see News Brief.).
Lecture: Shawn Michelle Smith, Contested Archives: The Visual Culture of the War in Iraq, noon-2 p.m., Tisch Hall, Room 1014. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 764-9537.
Lecture: Mary Beard, Making a Meal Out of a Victory? The Culinary Delights of a Roman Triumph, 4 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Part of The Edge of Roman Dining: A Symposium in Honor of John D'Arms. Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies, 764-0360.

Saturday, September 18
Art Video: Georgia O'Keeffe, 1, 2:30 & 3:45 p.m., Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Recital: Yehonatan Berick, violin, 8 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.

Sunday, September 19
Art Video: Georgia O'Keeffe, 1, 2:30 & 3:45 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Concert: Michigan Chamber Players, 4 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Lecture: Jan Longone: The Iceman Cometh...and Goeth: A History of the Ice Industry in America, 3-5 p.m., Clements Library. Sponsored by the Clements Library and the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor, 764-2347.

Monday, September 20
Lecture: Elizabeth Anderson, Racial Integration as a Compelling Interest, noon-1:30 p.m., Rackham Building, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-1930.
Lecture: George Nickelsburg, 6-9 p.m., Frieze Building, Room 3050. Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Studies, 764-0314.
Panel: Good News about the News: Solutions for the Media Industry, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Michigan League. Topics will include how the Internet is changing the media marketplace, how to use market research to more effectively deliver what the audience wants most, and how to protect funding for mission-critical functions. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Communications and the U-M Entertainment Coalition, http://www.umich.edu/news/media_business. Participation will be limited to the first 100 registrants. Fee required.
Panel: Quality Pays: The Press and Public Policy, 1-5 p.m., Alumni Center, 200 Fletcher St. A panel of experts will debate the ability of journalistic organizations to maintain quality in product and audience loyalty over profit margin. Sponsored by the Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan Program and supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, http://www.kwfellows.org. 

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Tuesday, September 21
Film: Siliva the Zulu, 4 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. The film will include live music by Themba Tana. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-1930.
Lecture: George Nickelsburg, 10-11:30 a.m., Frieze Building, Room 1504. Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Studies, 764-0314.
Lecture: Anne Duderstadt, The President's House: Through the Back Door, 3 p.m., U-M Detroit Observatory. Duderstadt will examine the President's House, including its administrative and architectural evolutions, from its early beginnings through the Duderstadt administration. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Lecture: Peter Davis, Documenting Apartheid: Thirty Years of Reporting on South Africa, noon-1:30 p.m., Rackham Building, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-1930.

HRD Classes Human Resources & Affirmative Action Human Resource Development http://www.umich.edu/~hrd (734) 764-7410 Registration and fee required Wednesday, September 22 Managing Multiple Projects for Multiple People, 1-4 p.m. Thursday, September 23 Eat that Frog!, 8 a.m.-noon Tuesday, September 28 Managing the I-9 Verification Process with Confidence, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 29 Assertiveness Skills, 1-4 p.m. (class continues Oct. 6) Quality Customer Service, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, September 30 Feedback that Works!, 1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, September 22
Class: Knife Skills, 6-8 p.m., East Ann Arbor Health Center Demonstration Kitchen, 4260 Plymouth Road. Sponsored by MFit, (734) 975-4387, ext. 236. Pre-registration and fee required.
Concert: University Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Lecture: Ellen Elias-Bursac, August Senoa: Writing a Place for Zagreb, 12:10-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 764-0351.

Thursday, September 23
Concert: Ravi Shankar, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Sponsored by the University Musical Society, 764-2538. Tickets required.
Lecture: Second Annual Bernard W. Agranoff Lectureship in Neuroscience, Dr. Solomon Snyder, Novel Inositol Phosphate Signaling Stories, 3-4:30 p.m., University Hospital, Ford Auditorium. Sponsored by the Mental Health Research Institute, 763-1450.
Meeting: Family Housing Language Program Volunteer Information Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Family Housing Community Center, 1000 McIntyre. Sponsored by University Housing, 763-1440 or louwsma@umich.edu.
Poetry Reading: Raymond McDaniel, 5 p.m., Davidson Hall, Room E0540. Sponsored by the Department of English and Office of the Provost, 615-3710.

Saturday, September 25
Recital: John Ellis, piano, and Stephen Lusmann, baritone, 8 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.

Sunday, September 26
Concert: Emerson String Quartet, 4 p.m., Rackham Auditorium. Sponsored by the University Musical Society, 764-2538. Tickets required.
Recital: Diana Gannett, double bass, and Ellen Rowe, piano, 8 p.m. School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.

Monday, September 27
Lecture: Nadia Valman, New Perspectives on the Jewess in Victorian English Literature, noon-1 p.m., Frieze Building, Room 3050. Sponsored by the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, 763-9047.
Lecture: Thylias Moss, The Limited Fork, noon-1:30 p.m., Rackham Building, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-1930.

Tuesday, September 28
Concert: University Philharmonia Orchestra, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Tour: U-M Detroit Observatory, 1-4 p.m. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Seminar: IntraLase, noon-1 p.m., School of Dentistry, Room G550. Learn about the new bladeless LASIK surgery available at the Kellogg Eye Center (KEC). Sponsored by KEC, 615-6914 or lasik@umich.edu.

Wednesday, September 29
Class: Pack a Lunch, 6-8 p.m., East Ann Arbor Health Center Demonstration Kitchen, 4260 Plymouth Road. Sponsored by MFit, (734) 975-4387, ext. 236. Pre-registration and fee required.
Instramural Sports: The Intramural Sports Program will take entries for the 2004 Roller Hockey Tournament and Two-person Team Scramble Golf Tournament until 4:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fees apply for both sports. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Lecture: Yener Kandogan, How Much Restructuring Did the Transition Countries Experience? Evidence from the Quality of Their Exports, 12:10-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Center for European Studies, 764-0351.
Panel: What Every Musician Must Know about Copyright, 7 p.m., School of Music, Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.

Thursday, September 30
Concert: Dance concert by Slave Moth, 8 p.m., Duderstadt Center Video Studio. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4726.
Lecture: The Gerald F. Else Lecture in Humanities, Margalit Finkelberg, Aristotle and Episodic Tragedy, 4 p.m., Michigan League, Henderson Room. Sponsored by the Department of Classical Studies, 764-0360.

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Exhibits

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/. 
Are Harpy Eagles in Trouble?, 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.
Bronzes, by Nancy Stevenson, Taubman South Lobby, Floor 1, through Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Ceramics, by Georgette Zirbes, University Hospital Lobby, Floor 1, through Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Child at Play Watercolors, by Roberta Allen, Taubman South Lobby, Floor 1, through Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
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.
Digging Up a Story: The House of Claudius Tiberianus, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Sept. 10-May 2. The exhibit uses papyri and archaeology to show the life of one family in Roman Egypt. Sponsored by the Kelsey Museum, 764-9304.
Diversity and 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.
Encaustic Paintings, by Mary Rousseaux, University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1, through Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
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.
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape, Museum of Art (UMMA), through Sept. 26. From her earliest works, O'Keeffe created new definitions of the sublime, enhanced perceptions of its visual symbols, and provided new ways to view surroundings and explore our inner selves. Spanning more than five decades, the exhibition features more than 35 paintings, some drawings, and one sculpture by O'Keeffe, together with paintings by American artists such as Albert Bierstadt, Martin Johnson Heade and George Inness from the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn. Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
The Iceman Cometh...and Goeth, Clements Library, through Oct. 1. 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 orhttp://www.clements.umich.edu. 
Inspired by Childhood Paintings, by Carl Laub, University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2, through Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
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.
Killing Ground: Photographs of the Civil War and the Changing American Landscape, Museum of Art (UMMA), through Nov. 7. In this exhibition, artist John Huddleston captures contemporary sites across the nation once marked by the U.S. Civil War. He pairs historical images of the conflict-battlefield scenes, soldiers living and dead, prisoners of war, civilians, and slaves-with his own color photographs of the same locations a century and a half later, taken at the same time of year, often at the same hour of the day. Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Lost Film/Lost Ancestors, Institute for the Humanities, Osterman Common Room, Sept. 13-Oct. 29. Archival photographs from Zululand from the private collection of Peter Davis. Reception and gallery talk 4:30-6:30 p.m. Sept. 22. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-1930.
Masterworks of African Art: Gabon and Cameroon, Museum of Art (UMMA), 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 UMMA, 763-8662.
A Medieval Masterpiece from Baghdad: The Ann Arbor 'Shahnama,' Museum of Art (UMMA), Japanese Gallery, through Dec. 19. View all 33 illuminations from the Ann Arbor copy of "Shahnama"-the Iranian epic that recounts the reigns of kings stretching from a mythic past to the conquest of Persia by Islamic armies in the mid-seventh century. Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Memorials of Life in Ancient China: Chinese Mortuary Art Across Four Millennia, Museum of Art (UMMA), through Nov. 28. 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 UMMA, 763-8662.
Nature Photography, by Virginia Miller, Cancer Center & Geriatrics Center, Turner Clinic Lobby, Floor 1, through Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, Museum of Art (UMMA), through 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 UMMA, 763-8662.
NETWORK, by Dan Price, Sept. 19-Oct. 20, Residential College (RC) Art Gallery. Price will challenge viewers to reflect on the proliferation of wireless communication in the world, its effects on the landscape and human roles in it. Reception 4-6 p.m. Sept. 19. Sponsored by the RC, 647-9960.
Nomad's Land, Art and Architecture Building, Warren Robbins Gallery, through Sept. 10. Reception 6-9 p.m. Sept. 10. Explorer-artists from Canada, England, India and the United States set out on a long walk-traversing the inner and outer lands that meet in humanity. Sponsored by the School of Art & Design, 936-2082.
Recycled Realities, by Catherine Peet, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, through Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the U.S., Art and Architecture Building, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, through Oct. 8. A transnational look at contemporary Chinese art, featuring drawing, installation, painting, photography, video, prints, sculpture and mixed media by 26 artists. Reception 6-9 p.m. Sept. 10. Sponsored by the School of Art & Design, 936-2082.
Searching for the Photographic Sublime: Adams, Cunningham and Weston, Museum of Art (UMMA), through Sept. 26. Organized to coincide with "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape," the exhibit examines the exploration of the sublime in the work of three photographers who were contemporaries of O'Keeffe: Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston. Featured are photographs of the American West by Adams, including views of Yosemite Valley, and still lifes by Cunningham and Weston. Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Silk and Felt, by Laura Seligman, Cancer Center & Geriatrics Center Main Lobby, Floor B2, through Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
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 Told in Clay: 3,000 Years of Mesoamerican Ceramics, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Anthropology Alcove. The exhibit presents archaeological evidence of human culture in Mesoamerica (Central America and Mexico) between 1500 B.C. and A.D. 1500. It uses clay artifacts to offer a glimpse into the daily life of people who lived long ago. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Treasures of Islamic Art from UMMA Collections, Museum of Art (UMMA). 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 UMMA, 763-8662.
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.

Exhibit Tours

Dinosaurs, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. 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.

Recreation

Yost Ice Arena: Public skating, Mon.-Fri. 12-12:50 p.m., Thurs. 8-9:50 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 2-3:50 p.m.; Sat. 7-8:50 p.m. beginning Nov. 27, 764-4600. Fee required.

Regular Meetings

Peace of Mind, 2-3:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sept. 30, Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Road. The therapy group for people 60 years of age and older will help participants learn skills to tolerate and accept distress based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy. For more information, call (734) 764-2556.