Arts & Culture
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May 23, 2018
Bloom season underway at arboretum’s historic peony garden
The Nichols Arboretum peony garden has begun its annual transformation from green shoots to waves of white, pink and red as it bursts into nearly 10,000 blooms.
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April 23, 2018
Research initiative seeks to connect music and big data
U-M’s Data Science for Music Challenge Initiative will provide support for four research teams that use big data techniques to transform how we understand, create and interact with music.
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April 20, 2018
Cube access to be closed off during Michigan Union renovation
The Cube, U-M’s iconic spinning sculpture, will be closed to public access from May 14 through fall 2019 as crews use Regents’ Plaza as a staging site the Michigan Union renovation project.
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April 19, 2018
U-M, Ann Arbor groups commission interactive mural downtown
Just in time for U-M’s 2018 Spring Commencement, a new interactive maize and blue mural has been added to downtown Ann Arbor’s vibrant cityscape.
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March 28, 2018
Concerts to mark 50th anniversary of MLK Jr.’s assassination
Three concerts presented by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in observance of the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
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March 21, 2018
Powers donate Inuit art collection, endow program at U-M Museum of Art
Philip and Kathy Power have created the Power Family Program for Inuit Art at the U-M Museum of Art, which includes the donation of a significant collection of Inuit art.
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March 5, 2018
Library sets new destination for special collections researchers
The U-M Library is announcing the opening of the Special Collections Research Center on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library.
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January 18, 2018
New UMMA director to seek public input during open office hours
Christina Olsen, director of the U-M Museum of Art, is hosting open office hours to talk with people one-on-one about the museum, ways it might change, and to address questions.
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January 8, 2018
‘Porgy and Bess’ symposium to tackle cultural appropriation
The multi-day “Porgy and Bess” symposium will explore the issues of race, representation and cultural appropriation that surround this iconic 20th century American opera.
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January 8, 2018
Carillonist to use music against silence
A historic work of carillon music penned by African-American composer Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson will ring across campus as part of “Music Against Silence.” Tiffany Ng, university carillonist and assistant professor of carillon, will perform Nelson’s 1973 “Carillon Dances.”