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  • U-M Library Celebrates Language (February 12, 2012 8:00am)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 8:00am
    Event Type: Exhibition
    Location: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, Room 100
    Sponsors: University Library
    Website: http://www.lib.umich.edu/gallery/events/u-m-library-celebrates-language

    We invite you to browse panels about the scripts of ancient Egypt, indigenous languages of Central and South America, languages of Southeast Asia, and more – including the English language and language used in graffiti and comics. This exhibit highlights the possibilities for exploration and discovery within the library’s collections, which are impressive on many levels. The sheer number of materials, including more than 8.5 million volumes in locations all over campus, and access to millions of digital books, journals and images, makes it one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The collection encompasses ancient documents written on papyrus, electronic journals reporting on the latest advances in science and medicine, and materials from nearly every period, culture, and way of thought in between.


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  • North Campus Photo Competition (February 12, 2012 8:00am)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 8:00am
    Event Type: Recreational / Games
    Location: Bursley Hall
    Sponsors: Living Arts Programming Board
    Website: https://sites.google.com/site/northcampusphotocompetition/

    Photo Competition Rules and Criteria Criteria for entries: -must be a two dimensional image -submitted as a jpeg, gif, or pdf file -resoultion must be at least 300 dpi -image must depict or represent any or all parts of North Campus -Short description of the content and how it represents North Campus examples of entry: photograph, photograph/mixed media (2D), photoshop etc.. How to submit entries: -deadline for submission: March 5, 2012 by 11:59pm EST -One entry per person. Up to 3 images per entry, they shall be judged together. -Submit entries to: NorthCampusPhoto@gmail.com -add as a jpeg, gif, or pdf file attachment -include Submission Form with entry Judging Process: The winners shall be selected by a diverse panel of judges. The judges shall select “Honorable Mention” pieces first. Then, from the “Honorable Mention” pool, the judges will select first, second, and third place winners. Winners/ Prizes: Winners will be notified via email. All Honorable Mention Pieces will be up for display in the Duderstadt connector from March 12 - 16. Prizes will be as follows: First Place: $300 Second Place $150 Third Place $75 Honorable Mention will receive a small gift North Campus


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  • Mark di Suvero: Tabletops (February 12, 2012 10:00am)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 10:00am
    Event Type: Exhibition
    Location: Museum of Art
    Sponsors: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
    Website: http://www.umma.umich.edu/view/exhibitions/2011-suvero.php

    Preeminent American sculptor Mark di Suvero (b. 1933) is best known for his dynamic and monumental works made of industrial steel and salvaged materials that populate museum grounds, landscapes, and urban environments around the world. In addition to countless exhibitions and awards, in March 2011 di Suvero was honored with the National Medal of the Arts by President Obama in a White House ceremony. This exhibition, organized by UMMA and on view exclusively in Ann Arbor, features approximately 15 of di Suvero's rarely exhibited smaller scale pieces, or tabletops, from the 1950s to the present. The tabletops are not maquettes of larger-scale works but an expressionistic and engaging genre all their own, an outlet for exploring ideas relating to the calligraphic nature of form, balance, proportion, and movement. Drawing from numerous private collections as well as the artist's studio, the exhibition offers the opportunity to experience this intimate work in the Museum's ground level, glass-walled Irving Stenn, Jr, Family Project Gallery, adjacent to the two di Suvero outdoor steel sculptures on the Museum's grounds–Orion (2006) and Shang (1984–85). This exhibition is made possible in part by the Office of the President of the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Health System, and Laura Lynch and Hugh McPherson.


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  • Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice, Part I (February 12, 2012 10:00am)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 10:00am
    Event Type: Exhibition
    Location: Museum of Art
    Sponsors: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
    Website: http://www.umma.umich.edu/view/exhibitions/2011-choice.php

    This is the first part of a two-part exhibition introducing exciting, recently acquired works from UMMA's collections gifted to the museum during the past five years. Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice, Part I presents a first look at artworks, mostly prints, drawings, and photographs by artists as diverse as Annie Leibovitz, Edward Steichen, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Carole McNamara, Senior Curator of Western Art, chose works that focus on some of the enduring and compelling themes that have occupied artists in Europe and America. One is the preoccupation with the human form as an expression of ideas, feelings, and sensations. This selection begins with the tradition of the academic nude study and progresses to embrace different genres, from both secular and religious contexts. Another selection-landscapes and cityscapes-are each opportunities for artists to speak to our relationship to the natural world-both in how we experience landscape as well as how we construct our own urban environments. This exhibition is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.


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  • Robert Wilson: Video 50 (February 12, 2012 10:00am)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 10:00am
    Event Type: Exhibition
    Location: Museum of Art - New Media Gallery
    Sponsors: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
    Website: http://www.umma.umich.edu/view/exhibitions/2011-wilson.php

    The tiny dramas that comprise Robert Wilson's Video 50 contain aspects of his hallmark aesthetic: surreal or dream-like imagery, the absence of a linear narrative, the conflation of seemingly unrelated characters and micro-stories, and a mesmerizingly slow pace. Video 50 consists of a randomly arranged set of 30-second "episodes," a few of which feature notable French personalities of the 1970s-perfumier Hélène Rochas stares down a mugger, culture minister Michel Guy struggles to open a dresser drawer-and Wilson thought of these as miniature portraits or character studies. The creator and director of aggressively experimental theater, Wilson first came to prominence with works from the mid-1970s such as The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973) and Einstein on the Beach (1976). These lavish, unusually long productions broke and then redefined every convention of theater. In Video 50 his shorter time-based portraits explore the intersection of narrative and still-life, seductively dissolving the distance between viewer and subject.


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  • Third Dissertation Recital: Langston Hemenway, conductor (February 12, 2012 12:00pm)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 12:00pm
    Event Type: Performance
    Location: Moore Building (Music, Theatre, and Dance) - McIntosh Theatre
    Sponsors: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
    Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/

    PROGRAM: Onslow - Nonet, Op. 77; Strauss - Serenade in E-flat Major, Op. 7; Dallapiccola - Cinque Canti; Tommasini - Taking Sides


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  • Spring Awakening (February 12, 2012 2:00pm)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 2:00pm
    Event Type: Performance
    Location: Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre
    Sponsors: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
    Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/

    Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio Production. A musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. Directed by Malcolm Tulip, Lynn Shankel, Music Director. Adapted from Frank Wedekind\&##39;s 1891 expressionist play about the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, Spring Awakening traces the journey from youth to adulthood with power, poignancy, and passion. Recommended for mature audiences due to mature content, including brief partial nudity, sexual situations and strong language. Tickets available at the League Ticket Office, 734-764-2538.


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  • Horn Studio Recital (February 12, 2012 2:00pm)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 2:00pm
    Event Type: Performance
    Location: Moore Building (Music, Theatre, and Dance) - Britton Recital Hall
    Sponsors: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
    Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/

    Freshman Students of Professor Adam Unsworth and Bryan Kennedy will perform works for horn and piano. PROGRAM: Hindemith - Sonata for Horn and Piano; Strauss - Concerto for Horn and Orchestra; Beckel - The Glass Bead Game; Hindemith - Sonata for Four Horns.


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  • History, Nation, and Memory in the 21st Century Museum: Exhibitionary Practices in Washington and Berlin (February 12, 2012 2:00pm)

    Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
    Time: 2:00pm
    Event Type: Lecture / Discussion
    Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School
    Sponsors: Museum Studies Program
    Website: http://ummsp.lsa.umich.edu/newsandevents/currentevents/conferences_and_symposia_detail/history_natio

    In comparing history museums in Berlin and Washington, the changing landscape of national museums in both capitals throughout the last twenty years will be explored. The discussion will address specific exhibitions, analyze the politics of history inscribed into their displays, and explore the connections and points of dissonance in their research.


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