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July 04, 2009

Calendar of Events

Lectures, Readings, and Forums

Monday January 2009

7 p.m.

Arnold Steinhardt: Shaman Drum Bookshop.

This Guarneri String Quartet 1st violinist (see 11 Sunday) reads from Violin Dreams, his memoir about his lifelong obsession with the violin. Signing. Shaman Drum, 315 S. State. Free. 662-7407.

7:30-9:30 p.m.

"Working While Disabled": National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Washtenaw County.

Talk by Social Security Administration social insurance specialist Jo Anne Ashenden. St. Clare's Episcopal Church, 2309 Packard. Free. 994-6611.

Tuesday January 2009

10:30-11:30 a.m.

"Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Humanoid Robots and the New Eugenics": U-M Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Distinguished Lecture Series.

Lecture by U-M anthropology professor Jennifer Robertson. 6th in a series of 9 monthly lectures. Best Western Executive Conference Center, 2900 Jackson Rd. $50 (members, $35) for the 9-lecture series. Memberships are $15 a year. Preregistration required. 998-9351.

Noon-1:30 p.m.

Brown Bag Lecture: U-M Institute for the Humanities.

Every Tues. beginning Jan. 13. Today: Ohio State art history professor Stephen Melville discusses "Thing of the Past: On Hegel and Contemporary Art History." Melville also gives a talk on a topic TBA on Jan. 21 (4-6 p.m., 180 Tappan, 519 S. State.) 202 S. Thayer, room 1022. Free. 936-3518.

7 p.m.

"Realizing the Dream: The New Faces of America Abroad": U-M 23rd Annual MLK Symposium.

Talk by veteran U.S. State Department foreign service officer and U-M diplomat-in-residence Adrienne O'Neal. Followed by a panel discussion with O'Neal, U-M Multiethnic Student Affairs associate director Amer Ahmed, and U-M students. Note: On Jan. 22, O'Neal discusses "Diversity and American Diplomacy: Musings on the Meaning of the Presidency of Barack Obama" (5:30 p.m., 100 Hatcher Library, Trotter House Multicultural Center, 1443 Washtenaw. Free. 647-2299.

7 p.m.

"Lead by Example: 50 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Results": Liberty Borders.

Local leadership consultant John Baldoni discusses his new book. Signing. Borders, 612 E. Liberty. Free. 668-7652.

7 p.m.

Health Sessions: Washtenaw Whole Foods Market.

Jan. 8, 13, 14, 20, & 27. Talks by Whole Foods staff and local health practitioners. Today: Whole Foods staffer Jill Brown on "The ABCs of Supplements." Whole Foods Cooking & Lifestyles Classroom, 3135 Washtenaw. Free. Preregistration requested. 975-4500.

7:30-9 p.m.

"The Swift Path": Jewel Heart Buddhist Center.

Jan. 13 & 27. Talks by Gehlek Rimpoche, an incarnate lama from Tibet who lives in Ann Arbor, or one of Gehlek's senior students. Jewel Heart Center, 1129 Oak Valley Dr. (just south of Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.). $10 (students & seniors, $5). 994-3387.

8 p.m.

Andrea Stokfisz: Canterbury House.

This recent U-M grad reads her Shakespeare-influenced poetry. Canterbury House, 721 E. Huron. Donation (includes cookies). 764-3162.

Wednesday January 2009

Noon.

Caroline Weber: Margaret Waterman Alumnae Town Hall Celebrity Lecture Series.

Talk by this Barnard College Romance philology and French professor, author of Queen of Fashion, an acclaimed biography of Marie Antoinette. Preceded at 11:30 a.m. by lunch. All proceeds benefit a U-M student scholarship fund. Michigan League Ballroom. Tickets $40 in advance only. 663-1899.

Noon-1 p.m.

Noon Lecture Series: U-M Center for Russian & East European Studies.

Jan. 14, 21, & 28. Today: Sky News (London) producer Stephanie DeGroote discusses "Fear and Loathing in Moscow: Covering 11 Time Zones and 15 Republics During Times of Great Change, 1989-1995." 1636 SSWB, 1080 South University. Free. 764-0351.

12:10 p.m.

"DocuWednesday": U-M Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library.

Jan. 14, 21, & 28. Screenings of documentaries from the U-M Askwith Media Library. Today: Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin is Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer's 2003 biography of the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. U-M Hatcher Library Gallery, Room 100. Free. 615-3194.

5:30-7:30 p.m.

"Religion and Science": U-M Exhibit Museum Science Cafe.

U-M scholars TBA lead a group discussion of the historic and contemporary relations between science and religion. Conor O'Neill's, 318 S. Main. Free. 764-0478.

7 p.m.

Health Sessions: Washtenaw Whole Foods Market.

Jan. 8, 13, 14, 20, & 27. Talks by Whole Foods staff and local health practitioners. Today: acupuncturist Gary Merel on "Balancing Hormones: Balancing Your Life." Whole Foods Cooking & Lifestyles Classroom, 3135 Washtenaw. Free. Preregistration requested. 975-4500.

7 p.m.

"The Geopolitics of the World Today: U.S. Policy at the Periphery of Russia": U-M Center for Russian & East European Studies Haidostian Lecture.

Talk by the French Armenian writer and poet Gerard Chaliand, a renowned authority on armed conflicts who has served as a consultant to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1984. Michigan League Hussey Room. Free. 764-0351.

7 p.m.

"The Toledo War: The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry": Shaman Drum Bookshop.

Retired Ann Arbor News columnist Don Faber reads from and discusses his new book about land disputes between Michigan and Ohio before Michigan became a state. Signing. Shaman Drum, 315 S. State. Free. 662-7407.

Thursday January 2009

10-11:30 a.m.

"The U.S. Supreme Court: Past Decisions and Future Directions": U-M Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Every Thurs., Jan. 8-Feb. 12. A series of 6 weekly lectures by different U-M law professors. Open to anyone age 55 & older. Today: Gil Seinfeld on "The Role of the Supreme Court Clerk" (Jan. 15). Best Western Conference Center, 2900 Jackson Rd. $45 (members, $30) for the 6-lecture series, $25 (members, $10) per lecture. Memberships are $15 a year. 998-9351.

Noon.

Noon Lectures: U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.

Jan. 15 & 29. Today: University of London Birkbeck College medieval studies professor Anthony Bale on "Feeling and Vision in Medieval Jewish Images." Frankel Center, 202 S. Thayer. Free. 763-9047.

4 p.m.

Thursday Lecture Series: U-M Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies.

Jan. 15 & 29. Today: Duke University history professor Timothy Tyson on "Violence, Nonviolence, and the 'Redemptive' South." Tisch Hall, 435 S. State St. Free. 764-6305.

4 p.m.

Julie Chavez Rodriguez: U-M 23rd Annual MLK Symposium.

Talk by this human rights activist and motivational speaker, the granddaughter of civil rights pioneer Cesar Chavez. Michigan League Vandenberg Room. Free. 936-1055.

5 p.m.

"Interruptions for Everyday Life": U-M School of Art and Design Penny Stamps Lecture Series.

U-M art professor Nick Tobier discusses his performance art and other projects influenced by his interest in public places. Michigan Theater. Free. 647-2337.

5 p.m.

Patrick Lane and Lorna Crozier: U-M English Department.

Readings by these award-winning poets whose Canadian homeland provides a backdrop for much of their poetry. Lane's unpretentious verse often broods over the loneliness and fragility of nature, punctuating mountains and wolves with human brutality. Crozier's interest in nature is a medium for reflections on culture and connectedness: the wind links a person in Saskatchewan to a woman in Paris, snakes evoke memories of cruel children and musings on a sad world without snakes. Rackham Amphitheater. Free. 615-3710.

7 p.m.

Michael Shilling: Shaman Drum Bookshop.

This U-M English lecturer reads from his debut novel, Rock Bottom, the darkly comic story of an L.A. rock band, once regarded as the next big thing, that finds itself washed up in Amsterdam for the final show of a doomed and dismal European tour. U-M English professor Peter Ho Davies calls the book a "simultaneously scabrous yet affectionate portrait of a band and its entourage in the final throes of a tour de farce." Signing. Shaman Drum, 315 S. State. Free. 662-7407.

7-8:30 p.m.

"Seeing in the Dark: A Film by Timothy Ferris": Ann Arbor District Library.

Screening of this 2007 PBS documentary about amateur astronomy written and produced by Ferris, the author of the book chosen for the 2009 Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads (see 29 Thursday listing). Ann Arbor District Library multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4255.

7 p.m.

Film Series: U-M 23rd Annual MLK Symposium.

Jan. 15, 23, & 29. Tonight: Mojados: Through the Night is Tommy Davis's 2004 documentary about 4 Mexican migrants who embark on a 120-mile trek to avoid U.S. Border Patrol. U-M West Quad Wedge Room, 541 Thompson. Free.

7:30 p.m.

Israeli Dancing: Jewish Community Center.

Every Thurs. except Jan. 1. West Bloomfield dance instructors Cheryl Felt and Amnon Steiner lead a variety of Israeli dancing to recorded music. Easy dances and oldies the first hour followed by intermediate and requests. Beginners welcome. New dances taught each week. Wear sneakers or other flat, comfortable shoes. 7:30-10 p.m., JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. (off Stone School Rd. south of Packard). $6 (kids, $3). 971-0990. ch|raFREE STAR! "Community Archaeology in Northeastern Arizona: An Archaeologist's Perspective on the Past and the Present": Michigan Archaeological Society. Talk by U-M Museum of Anthropology researcher Lisa Young. Kelsey Museum, 434 S. State. Free. (248) 437-4183.

Friday January 2009

7 p.m.

Mark Webster Reading Series: U-M English Department.

Jan. 16 & 23 (different programs). Readings by U-M creative writing instructors and grad students. Today: prose by Sopang Men and poetry by Zilka Joseph. location TBA. Free. 615-3710.

7-8:30 p.m.

"Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story": Ann Arbor District Library.

The renowned historian Timothy Tyson, a Duke University Center for Documentary Studies senior scholar, discusses his award-winning memoir about growing up in a small North Carolina town as the son of a Methodist pastor who in 1970 tries to persuade the town to come to terms with its bloody racial heritage in the aftermath of the public murder of a black Vietnam veteran by a white store owner and his 2 sons. Signing. AADL multipurpose room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4560.

7:30 p.m.

"The Future of NASA": U-M Exhibit Museum William R. Farrand Public Lecture.

Talk by U-M engineering professor and former NASA astronaut Tony England. U-M Exhibit Museum, 1109 Geddes at North University. Free. 764-0478.

Saturday January 2009

Noon-1 p.m.

"Family Learning Institute": Barnes & Noble.

Ann Arbor Public Schools teacher Jackie Spring discusses the benefits of this no-cost supplemental academic program, and Family Learning Institute director Amy Rolfes discusses "How to Motivate Your Students to Read." Coffee & sweets. Barnes & Noble, 3235 Washtenaw. Free. 973-1618, 995-6816.

Sunday January 2009

2 p.m.

Cohousing Talks: Sunward Cohousing.

Every Sun. Talks by Sunward Cohousing founder Nick Meima. Followed by a tour of the 3 Ann Arbor cohousing communities. Today: "How to Overcome Social Isolation." Sunward Cohousing, 424 Little Lake Dr. Free. Preregistration required. 763-2177.

3-4 p.m.

"The Magic Flute: Mozart's Masterpiece": Ann Arbor District Library.

AADL music specialist Richard LeSueur discusses (with musical examples) the Mozart opera, which the Ann Arbor Symphony performs on Jan. 24 (see listing). AADL 4th-floor meeting room, 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4555.

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