Arts & Culture
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February 1, 2016
Don’t Miss: George Shirley to receive Shirley Verrett Award
The Women of Color in the Academy Project is presenting the 2016 Shirley Verrett Award to George Shirley, the Joseph Edgar Maddy Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Music and professor of voice.
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January 25, 2016
Don’t Miss: Topaz Medallion recipient Kelbaugh to speak
The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents the lecture “Honest, Elegant and Appropriate +/- 50 years” by Douglas Kelbaugh, Taubman College professor of architecture and dean emeritus. Douglas Kelbaugh Kelbaugh is the recipient of the 2016 Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, the highest national award in the field.… -
January 20, 2016
University to digitize 19th-century sheet music collection
The U-M Library will catalog and digitize one-third of its large collection of 19th century sheet music that originated from the Edison Phonograph Co.
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January 18, 2016
Don’t Miss: Jazz poster exhibit celebrates Niklaus Troxler
Like the music of John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, the appeal of jazz event posters created by Niklaus Troxler is hard to describe, but easy to feel.
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January 11, 2016
Don’t Miss: Celebrate alternate versions of Shakespeare plays
The new Hatcher Graduate Library exhibit “Shakespeare on Page and Stage: A Celebration” presents different versions of Shakespeare’s plays as they were edited for publication or interpreted for the stage.
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January 11, 2016
‘Above Ground’ art exhibit showcases feminist activism in China
“Above Ground: 40 Moments of Transformation” is a photography exhibition highlighting the powerful, ground-breaking performance art and actions of China’s Young Feminist Activists.
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January 8, 2016
Curator of Polish Jewish museum to speak at U-M
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will deliver the lecture “Rising from the Rubble: Creating the Museum of the History of Polish Jews” at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the U-M Museum of Art’s Stern Auditorium.
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December 7, 2015
Don’t Miss: Researcher of alien planets presents Smith Lecture
Shawn Domagal-Goldman, researcher with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will deliver the Smith Lecture, “Is the Universe a Lonely Place? A Plan to Survey our Stellar Neighborhood for Signs of Life.” It is scheduled for 3:30-4:30 p.m. Friday in Room 1528 in the Clarence Cook Little Building.
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December 2, 2015
Film producer, marketer Ira Deutchman donates archive to U-M
Ira Deutchman, who has been making, marketing and distributing films since 1975, will donate his entire archive to the university’s Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers collection.
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December 1, 2015
Top strings program for young musicians moves to U-M
The School of Music, Theatre & Dance will be the new home of Center Stage Strings, one of the country’s leading summer training programs for young string musicians.
