Life in Ann Arbor

The links below are a feed from the UM Events calendar.  For academic events being run by departments in LSA, check out the LSA Events Calendar.  If you're new to Ann Arbor, make sure to visit arborwiki, a pretty comprehensive Wiki covering Ann Arbor and the surrounding area from theaters to restaurants.  And don't forget that the University Musical Society (UMS) offers student discounts.

This Week

  • Haiti

    Artist's Statement - HAITI: I asked to go to Haiti for an assignment in 2005 - but that first trip was not enough. I needed to photograph Haiti in depth, for myself. These pictures were taken in Haiti between 2005 and 2007, in Gonaives, Jeremy, Port-de-Paix, Anse Rouge, Fatima la Coupe, La Pointe, Anse a Foleur, Sainte Anne, Chansolme, Saint-Louis du Nord, Sources Chaudes, et Bassin Bleu.


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  • The Infinite Landscape

    This exhibition will present some of the most compelling landscape images from the Museum's own renowned collection.


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  • Day With(out) Art

    The first Day With(out) Art during World AIDS Day began as a national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis. Since then, it has grown into an international collaboration in which organizations acknowledge the toll that HIV and AIDS have taken on arts communities.


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  • Senior Directing Thesis: Marisol

    Alex Bisker, director. "Marisol Perez is a copy editor for a Manhattan publisher. Although she has elevated herself into the white collar class, she continues to live alone in the dangerous Bronx neighborhood of her childhood. As the play begins, Marisol narrowly escapes a vicious attack by a golf club-wielding madman while traveling home on the subway. Later that evening Marisol is visited by her guardian angel who informs her that she can no longer serve as Marisol's protector because she has been called to join the revolution already in progress against an old and senile God who is dying and "taking the rest of the universe with him." The war in heaven spills over into New York City, reducing it to a smoldering urban wasteland where giant fires send noxious smoke to darken the skies, where the moon has not been seen in months, where the food has been turned to salt, and water no longer seeks its level. Alone, without her protector, Marisol begins a nightmare journey into this new war zone where she is attacked by a man with an ice cream cone demanding back pay for his extra work on Taxi Driver. Marisol finds herself on the streets, homeless, where her many encounters include a woman beaten for exceeding her credit limit and a homeless burn victim in a wheelchair looking for his lost skin. With the apocalypse well under way, the angels have traded in their wings for Uzis and wear leather motorcycle jackets and fatigues. As the action builds to a crescendo, the masses of homeless and displaced people join the angels in the war to save the universe."


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  • Webster Reading: Megan Tucker (prose), Rasheeda Plenty (poetry)

    The Mark Webster series remembers the poetry and life of Mark Webster. Webster's work is available in the Hopwood Room. One poet and one fiction writer, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. There will be an intermission between the two readings. The Mark Webster reading series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. We encourage you to bring your friends: a Mark Webster reading is an excellent way to spend a Friday night.


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  • CircleK Formal: Fur Ball 2008

    Fun Social for CircleK members and friends, with benefitting the Humane Society.


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  • Dance and Related Arts Concert

    Dance & Related Arts Concert is a presentation of works created through the collaborative process by students in dance, music, visual arts and others.


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  • Faculty Recital: Erik Santos

    featuring visiting artist Kumotaro Mukai and Erik Santos.Sponsored by The Center for World Performance Studies and The Center for Japanese Studies.


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  • Free Film: Thank You For Smoking

    M-Flicks presents Thank You For Smoking: This satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son.


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