Arts & Culture
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March 18, 2019
Prison Creative Arts Project hosts annual exhibition with 670 pieces
The U-M Prison Creative Arts Project presents the 24th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, one of the largest prison exhibitions in the world, beginning Wednesday.
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February 28, 2019
Musician Yo-Yo Ma reflects on the impact of life’s variations
Life, like music, is based on themes and variations, experiences and experiments that shape who we are and who we’ll become, cellist Yo-Yo Ma told a Hill Auditorium audience during a two-day visit to U-M and UM-Flint.
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February 26, 2019
U-M’s Daring Dances project explores social justice through movement
Daring Dances, a U-M project with three upcoming performances in Detroit and Ann Arbor, offers a platform to present dance work and provide live encounters through community engagement.
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February 19, 2019
Two-part SMTD event looks at sexual misconduct in performing arts
A symposium and performance Feb. 26 is part of an ongoing effort to improve communication and institute transparency around issues of sexual misconduct and gender bias in the performing arts.
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February 6, 2019
U-M to unveil new home for Museum of Natural History April 14
The U-M Museum of Natural History has announced it will reopen to the public April 14 in its new home at the university’s new Biological Sciences Building.
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January 30, 2019
SMTD professor Martin Katz to explore the art of accompaniment
Dubbed the “dean of accompanists” by the Los Angeles Times, Martin Katz will discuss and demonstrate his techniques as a renowned collaborative pianist during his Distinguished University Professor lecture.
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January 25, 2019
DIA Plaza finalists hope to bring joy, cohesion, parking to Detroit
Several U-M faculty members are part of an effort proposing visions of how to connect Detroit’s leading cultural venues into one destination in Midtown Detroit.
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January 14, 2019
Ford School discussion, photo exhibit to highlight impact of deportation
Two Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy events will explore the recent deportation of Ann Arbor mother Lourdes Salazar Bautista and the impact of current U.S. immigration policy. Bautista, the mother of three children, left Mexico in 1997 to join her husband in the U.S., and the couple eventually bought a house in Ann… -
January 14, 2019
‘Past Tense’ performance to explore justice and violence
“Past Tense” will use poetry, videos and music to serve as a meditation and response to violence against African Americans at the hands of law enforcement and others in authority.
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January 14, 2019
Department of Dance presents annual concert, ‘Complex Rhythms’
The Department of Dance will present the annual ‘Complex Rhythms’ dance concert in the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Performances run from Feb. 7 through Feb. 10.
