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Freedom Without Walls!

Date: Thursday, 11/12/2009; 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, Thayer Building, 202 S. Thayer
Host Department: GERMAN

20 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall Events

Detailed Information

Thu, Nov 12, 6-8 pm/Tue, Nov 17, 5-7:30 pm
Exhibition Opening. “REDUX/The Berlin Wall. 1989/2009.” Photos by Piotr Michalowski,
professor of Near Eastern studies, U-M. The exhibition runs through Dec 11 (M-F, 9 am-5 pm).
Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, Thayer Building, 202 S. Thayer.


Sun, Nov 15, 3-4:30 pm/Tue, Nov 17, 4-5:30 pm
Film. The Power of the Powerless. Cory Taylor, director. Documentary fi lm about communist
Czechoslovakia narrated by Jeremy Irons (78 min., 2009). Helmut Stern Auditorium,
University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State.


Sunday, Nov 15, 6:30 pm
Exhibition Opening. “Freedom Without Walls.” In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Fall
of the Berlin Wall and the UMS presentation of the Berliner Philharmoniker, an exhibition of area
high school and U-M student designs and concepts for public art projects. Free and open to
the public. Mezzanine Lobby, Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University.


Tue, Nov 17, 8 pm
UMS Concert. Berliner Philharmoniker. Simon Rattle, musical director. Hill Auditorium,
825 N. University. For ticket and event information, visit www.ums.org.


Fri, Nov 20, 6-9 pm
Project. “Collapsing Borders—Einstürzende Grenzen.” A trans-Atlantic live digital audiovideo
jam session with Markus Guentner (Regensburg, Germany) and nospectacle (Detroit-
Ann Arbor, USA). Video and Performance Studio, Duderstadt Center, 2281 Bonisteel.

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Contact Information
Natasa Gruden-Alajbegovic nalajbeg@umich.edu
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