Feb 17- Mar 30
Open House Reception: Thursday, February 17 8-10pm
Come to the first annual Jewish Student Art Show in the Hillel building. Support the Jewish student artists on Thursday night at the opening reception. If you can't make it, remember that the artwork will be hung through the month of March. Please stop by and take a look!
Questions? e-mail sfinger@umich.edu
Mar. 6 - Apr. 15
Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Romance Languages present:
Opening presentation and
reception: Friday, March 10
In the International Institute Gallery, first floor of the School
of Social Work/International Institute Building (corner of South
University and East University) on the University of Michigan
campus.
The exhibit "Sambalele: Dance and Survival in the Brazilian Margins" documents a project to aid high-risk children of a Brazilian favela (urban slum). "Sambalele" is a community dance project, initiated and directed by the modern-ballet dance company "Grupo Corpo." Its aim is to introduce high-risk children to the practice and performance of dance and thereby to bring a sense of purpose and freedom to their lives. The exhibit presents twenty photographs (color and black-and-white) by Brazilian photographer Valiria Queiroga, which show the children of a favela in Belo Horizonte taking dance and drumming classes and performing. If not for the "Sambalele" project, the children whose expression shows so much joy in these photos would otherwise be in the streets or dead -- a tragic reality to confront.
One of the directors of "Sambalele," Miriam Pederneiras, will be flying in from Brazil to give a multimedia presentation on Friday at 4:30 pm in room 1636 of the International Institute. The opening reception will follow.
Sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies, International Institute, Rackham Graduate School and Romance Languages and Literatures.
For more information,
please contact: Professor Lucia M. Suarez, exhibit curator, (734)
764-4397; or
LACS, (734) 763-0553.
Mar 18 - Apr 16
Reception Mar 18
Gallery 212
presents
featuring works by:
Samuel E. Bradley, Allison Conner, Alvey L.
Jones, Armin Mersmann,
Renata Plubinskas, Kirk Roda, Kyle M. Stone
Reception: March 18 (7pm - 11pm)
Show Dates: March 18 - April 16
Hrs: Thur - Sat 7pm - 11pm
Sun 3pm - 7pm, M - W by appt
Gallery 212
212 S. Main St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734 665-8224
http://www.gallery212.org
Mar 23 - Apr 2
a new play by Kim
Yaged
directed by John Neville-Andrews
March 23-25 and March 30-April 1 at 8PM
March 26 and April 2 at 2PM
Trueblood Theatre
$14 ($7 with student I.D.)
Call 764-0450 to purchase tickets
Cancer, death and prayers of atonement. Sounds funny, right? Well, maybe not. But, in the Levy family, made up Ruth--the eccentric Mom with cancer, Ira--the emotionally stifled Dad, Sima--the lesbian sister, Jason--the passive aggressive brother, and Simon--the Benny Goodman clone of a grandfather, you have to have a sense of humor. Through snippets of memory and projection, we witness Jason, Sima and Ira process the present while simultaneously attempting to ignore it. Ultimately, "S'lichot" explores relationships, roles, and expectations while initially making you laugh at the all-to-familiar familial exchanges and ultimately cry--for Ruth, for the Levys, and for our own limitations.
Mar 25 - Apr 4
Media Union Gallery
Reception March 31, 7-9 pm
Public Lecture 7 pm, April 4
Art & Arch Auditorium, Rm. 2104
Taro Yamasaki is a visiting artist in residence who has been a worldwide photojournalist since 1977. His exhibition will include works published in People, Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and Money, to name a few. Free.
Mar 27-Apr 28
Karl Daubmann, Oberdick Fellow & Glenn
Wilcox, Muschenheim Fellow
Art & Architecture Building, Room 2106
Gallery Hours: M-F, 9 am-5 pm
The exhibition by the 1999-2000 Oberdick and Muschenheim Fellows will highlight their research completed while at Taubman College since last September. It will include multi-media presentations of a series of architectural projects. To open the exhibit, Wilcox and Daubmann will discuss their work as architecture fellows. For more info, see http://www.caup.umich.edu/news/events/fellows_99.html
Mar 29, 7:30-9:30 PM
Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, Michigan League
$2 for high school students, $5 for adults
I was privileged to be there for the 3rd semifinal round of this years youth slam. Please come to this great event. I believe you will be rewarded with poems of depth, perception, mature construction and the special insight that is the essence of poetry.
The Finals of the Second Annual Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam will be a great event to conclude our special form of March Madness. The freshness of these voices is a pleasure to hear - and serves a document of concerns straight from the mouths of a group of people that are often talked about, but seldom asked directly what they think or what they feel.
The Second Annual Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam to choose the team to defend Ann Arbor's National Championship Title for the 2000 National Youth Poetry Slam in San Francisco
Get there early, this event will be packed!
Proceeds to benefit free after-school creative programs at the
neutral zone.
For more information, call Jeff Kass at (734) 477 - 0558. or
EyeLev@AOL.com
Mar 29, 7-8 PM
The first of two programs is on Wednesday, March 29 from 7-8 pm, called CELLS: THE FABRIC OF LIFE.
The programs take place at the UM Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave, entrance one block west of Washtenaw, on the UM Central Campus in Ann Arbor. Dr. Eric Shelden from the Department of Cell Biology at the UM Medical School and MFA student Kathryn Marks will talk about their very different approaches to cells as a subject for study and exploration. Shelden will have video footage of live cells at work and Marks will have samples of her prints and paintings. This is a free program for adults, but children can attend a simultaneous workshop for $6/per child. To make a reservation for children, or for more information, call Amy Harris at (734) 936-5834 or see the Museum's website at http://www.exhibits.lsa.umich.edu/. The series is a collaboration with the Ann Arbor Art Center.
March 29, 8:00 PM
Rackham Auditorium, Free
Cabaret and American popular songs with William
Bolcom and Joan Morris.
Multimedia dance/music/poetry/visual arts performance with The
Ariel Web.
For more info, call (734) 747-8885.
Mar. 29-31
All shows are at 7:00 pm in the Arena Theatre. Free!
There will be a post performance discussion after each show.
March 29
Desert Serenade
By Phillip Pirkola
March 30
For The Love Of Writing
By Abhishek Kumar
March 31
Unity3: A Theatre & The Journey of the Proletariat Prodigy
By Eddie Murray
Mar 30, 8:00 PM
LGBT Affairs Office
(Third Floor Union)
The first edition of the GLBT-Student Publication Tapestry (or "G-Spot") has been printed. This is a joint project between the LGBT Commission of MSA and the student organization GAY and PROUD.
The magazine is FREE (courtesy of MSA) and will be distributed all over campus. This edition contains poetry, fiction, and photography. Look for it at the UNION, Res Halls, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Angell Hall, the LGBTA Office, and in the MSA Office.
Mar 30, 8:00 PM
Britton Recital Hall
Participating Artists: SFC Gayle Petrick, oboe; SSG Eric High, horn; SSG Annette Smith, flute; SGT Marci Nemtzow, bassoon; SPC Guillermo Prado, clarinet. Sechs Bagatellen, Ligeit; Trois pieces breves, Ibert; Quintet # 3, Cambin; Kleine Kammermusik, Hindemith.
Mar 30-31
Pease
Mar 30, 8:00 PM
Rackham Auditorium
Ellen Rowe, director
Miss Fine, Oliver Nelson
Tal Kopstein, trumpet
Ceol
Ellen Rowe, Pete Ross, alto saxophone; Christian Imboden, guitar
Bag's Groove, Milt Jackson arr. John Clayton,
Jr.
Andy Thompson, vibes; Dan Bennett, tenor saxophone; Adam
Spannaus, baritone saxophone; Terry Kimura, trombone
A Nightengale Sang in Barkeley Square, arr.
Sachal Vasandani
Sachal Vasandani, vocalist
Turn The Corner, Mathew Buchman
Mathew Buchman, piano; Dean Moore, alto saxophone
Paris Blues, Duke Ellington arr. Andrew Bishop
Matthew Buchman, piano; Dean Moore, soprano saxophone
Emancipation Blues, Oliver Nelson
Laith Al-Saadi, bass; Ben Polcer, trumpet; Dann Friedman, tenor
saxophone
Mar 30, 8:00 PM
Stearns Building
Non-degree recital, violin
Mar 30, 7:00 PM
McIntosh Theatre
Mar 31
McIntosh Theatre
Mar 31, 7:00 PM
Michigan Theater
$7 General Admisson, Tickets available at MUTO}
58 GREENE CO-ED ACAPPELLA presents:
the annual spring concert with the spectacular dance troupes INDIGO and IMPACT
Come watch the Greenies do it again... with a huge number of new songs, the Greenies are gonna do a show like never before... You don't want to miss this!
March 31st, 8:00 PM
Angell Hall Auditorium B
$5 at the door, $4 in advance
Gimble A Cappella presents...
3rd Annual Spring Concert
Look out for our new CD, "King-Size Bed"
Mar 31, 8:00 PM
Britton Recital Hall
Ah! tu non sai from Ottone, G. F. Handel
Quanto peni anima mia, Alessandro Scarlatti
Ingrata si mi svena, Antonio Vivaldi
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42, Robert Schumann
A charm of lullabies, Op. 41, Benjamin Britten
Chanson perpetuelle, Ernest Chausson
Mar 31, 9:00 PM
Natural Science Auditorium
James Stern, director and producer of the new film, "Rage," a star-studded film that is one of the years most anticipated films will be having its US Premiere in Ann Arbor! (AND THE BEST PART IS IT'S FREE!!!!)
Stern is a veteran theater producer, having brought such shows as "Stomp," "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "The Weir," to the New York stage, and he returned to his native Chicago for the setting of his film debut. The high-powered cast includes Joan Allen ("Nixon," "Pleasantville"), Jeff Daniels, ("Pleasantville"), Andre Braugher (TV's "Homicide,), Robert Forster ("Jackie Brown"), Gary Sinise ("Forrest Gump"), Bokeem Woodbine, Josh Brolin, Anna Paquin ("Hurlyburly," "The Piano"), David Schwimmer (TV's "Friends,") and Giovanni Ribisi ("Saving Private Ryan").
This darkly comic look at the effect of handguns on the lives of residents of the U.S is a sure crowd pleaser!
"Rage" presents the lives of several disparate characters, whose lives intermingle in various ways, a la Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction."
Mar 31, 8:00 PM (open dress rehearsal)
Apr 1, 8:00 PM
Apr 2, 1:00 PM
Doors open 15 minutes before performances
U-M Residential College Theater
East Quadrangle (corner Hill and E. University)
Suggested donation of $5.00. All proceeds go to charity.
VORHANG AUF!
Raise the Curtain!
U-M RC Deutsches Theater
presents
This contemporary interpretation of the Pied Piper written in verse by Michael Ende (author of "the Never-ending Story") explores injustice and inequity brought on by the greed of those in power.
Performed by U-M Residential College students in celebration of the RC Deutsches Theater 15th Anniversary. Sponsored by the Goethe Institut.
Directed by Janet Hegman Shier, and featuring Martin Walsh as the Rat King. Illustrative slides and projected English text will make it possible for non-German speakers to follow the action.
www.rc.lsa.umich.edu/programs/german
for information
Visit our web
site for information about RC _Deutsches Theater_.
Apr 3, 8:00 PM
Michigan Union Ballroom
*FREE* and open to the public!
The First Ever GenderBenderRevue is a collection of performances celebrating gender diversity. The Revue will feature performers who identify as transgender, genderqueer, otherwise gender transgressive, or allies. Scheduled acts include drag and lip sync, vocal music, and spoken word performances, and will feature members of the University of Michigan (UM) and surrounding communities.
The show will be held in the Michigan Union Ballroom, on the UM campus in Ann Arbor (530 S. State St), and will begin at 8 pm, with doors opening at 7:30 pm. The First Ever GenderBenderRevue is a ***FREE EVENT*** and is open to the public.
Space will be available for audience members to change from street clothes into preferred clothing prior to and immediately after the show (7:15 to 8:05 pm and approximately 10:40 to 11:00 pm). During the show, locked space will be provided in which to secure personal belongings.
ASL interpretation and large print programs will be available. For further information or to make other accessibility arrangements, please call (734) 763-4186.
GenderMOSAIC Q&A is a UM student organization for transgender and genderqueer people, other members of the gender community, our friends and allies. Participation in GenderMOSAIC Q&A events, activities, and meetings is open to UM undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty, as well as local community members.
DEADLINE: Monday, April 3rd, at 6pm
Is there a show you are dying to direct?
Are you interested in working with Basement Arts in the fall?
Is there a show you would love to see produced?
Have you written a show you would like to see performed?
PROPOSE TO BASEMENT ARTS! We are accepting proposals for Next September and October. Fill out a proposal and turn it into Aimee Clark or David Garcia's mailbox in room 2540 Frieze.
All those that propose will also be invited to an interview. Keep an eye on the call board in 2540 Frieze for the interview sign-up sheet.
Interviews will be held on Sunday, April 9th. Proposal forms can be found on the rack around the corner from the theatre office in Frieze.
Call Aimee 213-0180 or Dave 332-3955 with questions.
Monday, April 3, 8:00 pm
Free!
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
2270 E. Stadium Blvd, A2
Performing Rachmaninoff's Vespers, Op. 37
April 5, 8:00 PM
Hill Auditorium
Free!
Performing Beethoven, Mozart, Verdi, and Respighi.
Apr 8, 9
Michigan Theater
Ticket Prices: 26, 24, 18, 14
Presented by the University Musical Society
Considered the Godfathers of West Coast Rap, the Watts Prophets (Richard Dedeux, Amde Hamilton, and Otis O'Solomon) are ambassadors of a time, a place and an artform that is uniquely African American. Gorwing out of the Watts Writers Workshops, established after the 1965 riots as an opportunity for local citizens to express themselves and their culture through art and literacy, the Prophets' original works were confrontational topic poems that were recited, chanted, spoken, sung and later supported by jazz piano. Thirty years later, the Watts Prophets speak with the same fire against oppression, but with the perspective of time and a depth of wisdom.
The highly versatile performer, rap lyracist, vocalist, actress, and writer Toni Blackman is currently the director of the Freestyle Union, a Washington-based performance corps for hip hop artists and rappers that teach leadership and community responsibility. Referred to as a combination between "Nikki Giovanni and Queen Latifah", Ms. Blackman was featured in last years Lilith Fair, and has opened for the Wu Tang Clan, the Roots, Ricki Lee Jones, Regina Belle, the Manhattans, the Last Poets, Charlie Hunter Quartet, Heiroglphics and GURU. She is the founder of the Hip Hop Arts Movement (HHAM). Her performance will also feature Dada and Boogieman Ghost, two members of her group.
Call UMS Box Office at 734-764-2538 or visit the UMS Website: www.ums.org
Apr 22-30
Brave New Works, a new music series dedicted to promoting, presenting and performing contemporary classical music for a broad audience without compromising artistic integrity will present a festival of New Music on April 22-30 featuring four concerts. Detailed information can be found on our website at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cyoungk/rub2.htm
Chamber Music America has desginated out website as No. 17 in their Top 50 music websites in the world article.
Meetings Mondays 8:30-10:30 pm in 2105D in The Michigan Union (room may change in March).
The Shakespeare Reading Group welcomes all who are interested in reading and discussing Shakespeare. Parts are divided between everyone in the group to read, and we read through the play twice (over about four sessions). Discussion follows most every scene. All that's required of members is to bring a copy of the play. An annotated or footnoted copy is recommended. Our January play is Measure for Measure, to be followed by As You Like It, The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth (for those hanging around into the Spring/Summer term).
For more information, contact Michael Galloway at 994-7470 or mjgallow@umich.edu.