Arts & Culture
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February 15, 2016
Don’t Miss: Kelsey Museum features objects from ancient luxury villas
The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology will open the largest show in its nearly 90-year history Feb. 19. “Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii,” will explore the lavish lifestyle of ancient Rome’s wealthiest and most powerful citizens who vacationed along the Bay of Naples.
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February 8, 2016
Don’t Miss: New exhibit celebrates Ford presidential firsts
President Gerald R. Ford’s 1974 visit to Japan and the December 1975 New York City bailout — two key moments of the Ford White House — are remembered in a new exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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February 4, 2016
U-M acquires the archive of indie filmmaker Nancy Savoca
The U-M Library will welcome the papers of director, producer and screenwriter Nancy Savoca to its growing archive of material from independent film visionaries.
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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.
