October 04, 2006
Brown Bag Lecture: "'Redskins, Tricksters, and Puppy Stew: Native Humor and its Healing Powers"
Date: 10/10/2006; 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Location: Room 2022, 202 South Thayer Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
Host Department: Institute for the Humanities
Drew Hayden Taylor, Ojibway Canadian comic playwright
Artists at Work Series
One of Canada's first Native scriptwriters, Drew Hayden Taylor is a writer in many genres and is well known for his plays about Native people. His published plays include: Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock/ Education is our Right (which won the Chalmers Canadian Play Award for Best Play for Young Audiences), The Bootlegger Blues (which won the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Best Drama), and its sequels, The Baby Blues (which won first prize at the University of Alaska Anchorage Native Playwriting Contest), and The Buz’Gem Blues, which recently ran in Los Angeles. He has written, directed, or worked on approximately 17 film and video documentaries about Native issues. More recently, Drew has been seen directing a documentary on Native humour titled, Redskins, Tricksters and Puppy Stew, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and researching a new one on Native erotica.
Free and open to the public.
Contact Information
Doretha Coval
dcoval@umich.edu
734 936 3518
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September 29, 2006
Diversity and Affirmative Action: The effects of California's Prop 209 and Texas' Hopwood case
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Palmer Commons, Forum Room
Come and hear first hand from faculty and students from California and Texas as they describe the effects of ending affirmative action in their states.
Panelists include:
• Khaled Beydoun, graduate of UCLA's law school and current attorney and field organizer for the ACLU of Michigan
• Dr. Darnell Hunt, Professor of Sociology and Director of Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA
• Dr. Sue Kaufmann, Associate Director of The Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan and author of a report on the potential impact of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative on employment, education and contracting.
The panel will be followed with refreshments and community discussions with your peers from Wayne State University, University of Detroit, Eastern Michigan University and Michigan State University.
This event is sponsored by The Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service & Learning, The Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Affairs, The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR), the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities, University Unions Arts & Programs, and University Housing Residence Education: The Division of Student Affairs and The College of LS & A.
For more information, please contact Robin Routenberg: robinrr@umich.edu, (734) 936-1875
This event is sponsored by MChange - Social Justice at the University of Michigan, http://www.mchange.umich.edu/
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September 06, 2006
China: A Time of Change - Photo Exhibit
The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) is offering an exhibit of comtemporary and original photographs of China. The exhibit is being shown from August 21 to September 22, 2006 in the first floor exhibit space of the School of Social Work Building. Photos from the exhibit may also be viewed online at http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/ccs
Faculty, graduate students and affiliates of the China Center were invited to participate in a contest with the theme of “China: A Time of Change.” Contest requirements included submission of a short description of where the photo was taken, and how this image related to the overall theme of the contest. Submissions were judged by a panel of China Center faculty affiliates and staff, and were judged on artistic and technical ability, and the degree to which the image conveyed the theme. The award for First Place was given to CCS MA student Jomo Smith for his photo entitled “Running Water, Scorching Earth,” Second Place to CCS MA student Patrick Regan for his photo “Hutong Series #3,” and Third Place was awarded to political science Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Hanson for his photo “Starbucks.”
For information on more exhibits sponsored by the International Center go to their exhibit web site at http://www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/iisite/gallery/exhibitions.html
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June 15, 2006
Juneteenth
The Ann Arbor NAACP will be sponsoring the 12th annual Juneteenth celebration this Saturday, June 17th at Wheeler Park in Ann Arbor from noon to 5:00pm.
The celebration will include music, games, food and fun. For more information call the NAACP at 769-5976.
The celebration of Juneteenth started 141 years ago in Gaveston, TX. It was there on June 19th, 1865 that a Union Army General rode into town and announced to the people of Galveston that the Civil War had ended in April of that year and that slavery was abolished. This marked the freedom of the last 250,000 slaves in this country. This, despite the fact that the Emancipation Proclaimation had been signed by Abraham Lincoln two and a half years earlier.
See the Juneteenth.com web site for more information and for an online look at the dramatic artwork of Tom Feeling's book The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo, which is also available in the University of Michigan Library Juvenile Collection on Hatcher's third floor, ND 237 .F27 A25 1995
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May 02, 2006
Free Chinese "Kunqu" Theater Performance, May 5
Lydia Mendelssohn Theater will host "A Marriage Proposal and its Response" this Friday, May 5 at 7:30 pm, free to the public. This 45 minute presentation will be presented in the traditional Chinese kunqu theater style, one of the oldest and most refined style of traditional Chinese theater.
For a synopsis of the performance and to learn more about the artists performing go to the Wintergreen Kunqu Society website
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Annual Library Diversity Celebration
The Library Diversity Committee invites you to the Annual Library Diversity Celebration.
When: Thursday, May 4 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Palmer Commons, Great Lakes Room
Looking for the chance to enjoy some delicious food, wonderful music and enjoyable conversation and program? Look no further! The Library Diversity Committee invites all library staff to the Annual Library Diversity Celebration. This year's celebration is being named in memory of one of the Library Diversity Committee's founding members, Hattie Summerhill. We are also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the conception of the Library Diversity Taskforce, which later became the Library Diversity Committee.
Please join us in celebrating at the new Palmer Commons Great Lakes Room, located on the fourth floor. Palmer Commons is a short walk from both Taubman Medical Library and central campus libraries. The main entrance is located on the third floor, at the start of the new pedestrian bridge which leads to the medical campus. Signs will be available in the building. For walking instructions and a map please go to http://www.umich.edu/~palmcomm/contacts/maps.html
The Celebration is an open house so feel free to come when you can. Hope to see you there!
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April 11, 2006
Nancy Cantor Distinguished Lecture, April 12
Frank Wu, dean of the Wayne State University Law School will be speaking on affirmative action this Wednesday, April 12 at the fourth annual Nancy Cantor Distinguished Lecture at 10:00am in Rackham Auditorium. His lecture is titled "Toward a Diverse Democracy: Affirmative Action and Higher Education." This lecture is free and open to the public.
According to an April 3rd article in the University Record, professor Wu brings an interesting perspective on affirmative action. He believes it is not a simple black/white issue. "If we want to talk seriously about race, we should have an accurate picture of the world," he says. "If we are to understand these issues as a society, it requires that every member of society is recognized as a stakeholder."
Nancy Cantor was a former U-M provost and is now the chancellor and president of Syracuse University. This lecture was named for her in recognition of her "unflagging commitment to diversity and her outstanding contributions to the University community."
The lecture is sponsored by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and the National Center for Institutional Diversity.
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March 18, 2006
Ann Arbor Pow Wow Coming Next Week
The Dance for Mother Earth Pow Wow will be held next Saturday and Sunday, March 25 & 26 at Crisler Arena.
Saturday hours 10:30 am - 10:00 pm
Ceremonial grand entries, noon & 7 pm
Sunday hours 10:30 am - 6:00 pm
Ceremonial grand entry, noon
Ticket prices for the event are $10/day for adults, $7/day for students 13 through college students with ID, $5/day for seniors, age 60 and up and for children 4-12. Children under 4 are free.
Daily family passes are available for $25 and weekend passes are available for $15/person, all ages.
For advance tickets call the Michigan Union Ticket Office at (734) 763-8587 or go to the ticket office in the basement of the Michigan Union.
This event is hosted by the Native American Student Association, U-M chapter of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society, Native American Law Student Association, Native American Public Health Association, Native American programming Task Foce, and MESA, a Division of Student Affairs.
For more information, see the Pow Wow web site at call (734)647-6999, or e-mail powwow06@umich.edu
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March 13, 2006
Arab Diasporas/Comparative Diasporas Film Series
A film presentation and post-screening roundtable discussion will be presented by the Center for Arab American Studies at University of Michigan Dearborn, next Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 6:30 - 9:00 and it may just be worth the trip to Dearborn! Here is a flier with more information and a map of U-M Dearborn campus
The title of the film is ABOUT BAGHDAD. The film follows the journey of Sinan Antoon, an Iraqi poet and journalist who left Iraq in 1991 and then returned for three weeks during the summer of 2003. Now that we are in 2006, the year 2003 may be ancient history for this country in transition but the New York Times calls this film "Meeting the Everymen of Iraq, Courtesy of a Returning Poet."
Those participating in the roundtable discussion after the film will be:
Deborah Alkamano, Professor of English, Henry Ford Community College
A member of the Library Committee at the Arab American
National Museum, a Women's Studies Advisory Board Member at University
of Michigan-Dearborn, and on several committees at HFCC including
Council of American Cultures.
Evelyn Alsultany, Faculty, Program in American Culture, UM-AA
Currently working on a book manuscript on representations
of Arab- and Muslim-Americans in the mainstream
media after 9/11.
Hashim Al-Tawil, Professor of Art History, Henry Ford Community College & UM-D
Associate Director of "The Pluralism Project” and director of Education, University of Michigan-Dearborn, an affiliate of the parent project at Harvard University since 1999
Saja Raoof, esq. (Immigration Lawyer and Community Activist)
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The Best Week Ever -- March 12-17
The U-M Office of LGBT Affairs invites the University community to a week of celebration, education, activism, advocacy, fellowship, and visibility for LGBT students, staff, and faculty and their allies. Check out the schedule of events on the Best Week Ever web site.
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February 24, 2006
Lani Guinier Lecture, March 20th
Lani Guinier (Harvard Law School)
Who's Qualified?
Moving beyond affirmative action to reconsider
the ways in which colleges admit all students
Monday
March 20, 2006
12:00-2:00 pm
Rackham Auditorium
Professor Guinier argues that colleges should practice "confirmative
action," meaning that all students should be evaluated and educated to
confirm the sacred, democratic mission of higher learning.
Free event, open to the public
Co-sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender
For more information, please contact
U-M Institute for Research on Women and Gender
204 South State Street, 1136 Lane Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290 * 734-764-9537
www.umich.edu/~irwg/
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February 16, 2006
Danish Cartoon Controversy - A Discussion
"NOT IN THE NAME OF OUR PROPHET:
The Danish Cartoons and the True Legacy of Islam's Greatest Prophet"
Watch PBS's acclaimed Muhammad: LEGACY OF A PROPHET and have a discussion on the current Danish cartoon controversy.
THIS FRIDAY, FEB. 17TH @ 7PM: POND ROOM-MICHIGAN UNION
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February 11, 2006
The Vagina Monologues: A Colorful Production
The Vagina Monologues
with an all women of color cast
February 19, 2006
2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Power Center,
University of Michigan
Tickets are available at the Michigan Union Ticket Office.
$10.00 for student
$12.00 for non-studeents
The Vagina Monologues is a recent cultural phenomenon and performed each year around Valentine's Day as a celebration of women, all sorts of women, all types of women and their, eh, private parts (blush!). It is at times hilarious, touching, angry, and sorrowful as the actors in the cast tell what it means to be female. Help celebrate V-day by seeing the Vagina Monologues
This year's production has not been without its controversies. By trying to make a different sort of statement, featuring a cast only of women of color there have been some objections but controversy aside, those who have seen this play in years past may just learn something new from this production. There is no right or wrong in this play. Its message needs to be spread and its universality is obvious, having been preformed by an all transgender cast as well. Come to one of the productions on the 19th to decide for yourself if any of the fuss is necessary.
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February 10, 2006
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!
Young Detroiters Talk About Race
Saturday, February 11, 3:00 p.m.
Michigan Union Kuenzel Room
University of Michigan
What would happen if young people from different racial, ethnic, and
religious backgrounds came together to increase dialogue in a
segregated metropolitan area? In this new interactive performance,
Mosaic ensemble members depict teenagers of diverse ancestries,
and confront the stereotypes they face growing up in metropolitan
Detroit. This charged performance offers hope that our future
might be more enlightened.
Speak For Yourself! was commissioned by Youth Dialogues on Race and
Ethnicity in Metropolitan Detroit, a collaboration of the National
Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan and
the Skillman Foundation.
For more information, please contact Naomi at nmilstei@umich.edu or
734-709-0898.
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February 03, 2006
Sphinx 2006
The 9th Annual Sphinx Competition
for young Black and Latino string players
will be held February 7 - 11, 2006.
Reserve your tickets today online at
www.detroitsymphony.com!
The Sphinx Competition is held every year in Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan. The competition is open to all Junior High, High School, and College age Black and Latino string players residing in the U.S. The Sphinx Competition offers young Black and Latino classical string players a chance to compete under the guidance of an internationally renowned panel of judges and to perform with established professional musicians in a competition setting. Its primary goals are to encourage, develop and recognize classical music talent in the Black and Latino communities.
For more information see http://www.sphinxmusic.org/index.html
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February 01, 2006
The Gender Impact of the Proposed Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
Newly Released
The Gender Impact of the Proposed Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.
An examination of the impact of the proposed Michigan Civil Rights Initiative and a review of the impact of Proposition 209, a similar California initiative enacted in 1996.
Sue Kaufmann, Associate Director, CEW, will explore the impact of this initiative on Wednesday, February 15 at 12:00 at the Center for the Education of Women, 330 East Liberty, Ann Arbor.
The complete report can be read @ http://www.umich.edu/~cew/PDFs/MCRI.pdf
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January 31, 2006
Final MLK Symposium Film TONIGHT: "Two Towns of Jasper"
Tuesday January 31
Two Towns of Jasper
6:00 PM
D1270, William Davidson Hall, Ross School of Business
On June 7, 1998, three white men from Jasper, Texas, chained
African-American James Byrd to a pick-up truck and dragged him until
his body disintegrated. This documentary takes you to both white and
black communities as it records their separate reactions to the murder.
Sponsored by the 19th Annual Symposium Planning Committee and the
Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives.
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January 27, 2006
MLK Symposium Closing Lecture - Charlene Teters
Charlene Teters
Artist / Writer / Advocate
MLK Symposium Closing Lecture
MICHIGAN UNION BALLROOM * MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 2006 * 5:00PM
Provoked by racial and social injustices endured by American Indians, she has served as a lighting rod for change. She challenges the inappropriate use of American Indian images, cultural, and spiritual life ways by schools, scholars, museums, corporations, and the media.
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January 26, 2006
A talk by Elizabeth Cole (AfroAmerican and African Studies, Psychology, Women's Studies)
A talk by Elizabeth Cole (AfroAmerican and African Studies, Psychology, Women's Studies)
Elizabeth Cole's research addresses the ways that individuals' sense of themselves as connected to social groups is related to their attitudes toward public policy, the roles that they choose to play in the political sphere, and how they experience their social environments.
Some of her most recent publications are, "Race, Class, and the Dilemmas of Upward Mobility for African Americans" (2003), Journal of Social Issues; "Invidious Comparisons: Imagining a Psychology of Race and Gender beyond Differences" (2001), Political Psychology; and her book, Speaking of Abortion: Television and Authority in the Lives of Women (1999), from the University of Chicago Press. Currently, she is interested in the concept of intersectionality: how individuals simultaneously experience racial, class and/or gender identities, which is the subject of this talk.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
4:00-5:30 pm
2239 Lane Hall
The events in this series are free and open to the public Refreshments will be served
For more information, please contact the U-M Institute for Research on Women and Gender
204 S. State Street, 1136 Lane Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290
734-764-9537
www.umich.edu/~irwg/
Other lectures in the Gender across the Disciplines series, Tuesdays from 4:00-5:30 pm in 2239 Lane Hall, are as follows:
February 14, 2006,
Anna Kirkland(Political Science, Women's Studies)
"Gender in the Study of Law and Society"
February 21, 2006,
Elizabeth Wingrove (Political Science, Women's Studies)
"Theoretical Insights versus Empirical Designs: Making Sense of Gender in Political Scientific Inquiry"
March 7, 2006,
Timothy Johnson (Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Studies)
"Women's Health: Domestic and Global, An Activist's View"
March 14, 2006,
Nadine Hubbs (Music, Women's Studies)
"Defeat from the Jaws of Victory? Reversing Musicological 'Progress,' Reclaiming Music's Gender Problem"
March 21, 2006,
Rosario Ceballo (Psychology, Women's Studies)
"How Well Does Psychology Do Gender?"
March 28, 2006,
Sidonie Smith (English Language and Literature, Women's Studies)
"Beyond 'A Room of One's Own': Feminism and Literary Studies"
April 4, 2006,
Karin Martin (Sociology, Women's Studies)
"Revisiting the 'Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociology'"
April 11, 2006,
Antonia Villarruel (Nursing)
"'Border' Issues: Latinas, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS"
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Making Links and Breaking Chains Conference
Making Links and Breaking Chains Conference
Michigan League
REGISTER FREE TODAY!!
Learn about issues like:
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
The Patriot Act
The Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Multiculturalism and Social Justice in Community Student Living
Hawaiian Soveriegnty
Domestic Violence in the South Asian American Community
The Depiction of Black Music and Entertainment in America
AND MORE.....
Participating/Cosponsoring organizations include:
Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, Native American Students Association, American Civil Liberties Union-UM chapter, Muslim Students Association, Studenst Supporting Affirmative Action, Black Student Union, Inter-Cooperative Council, Ginsberg Center, South Asian Progressive Alliance, Office for Academic and Multicultural Initiatives, Arab Students Association, United Asian American Organizations
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Social Justice through Non-Violent Action Brown Bag
Social Justice through Non-Violent Action Brown Bag
Monday, January 30th, 2006
12pm-1:30 pm
MSA Chambers (3rd floor, Michigan Union)
This month, The Program on Intergroup Relations would like to invite
you to a brown bag with a very special guest, Sheri Wander from the
Michigan Peace Team, and learn about the philosophy of Non-Violence and how to incorporate it into your activist and personal life.
If you have any questions, please contact Rosio Suarez at
rsuarez@umich.edu, or 734.936.1875.
Rosio Suarez
Program Assistant
The Program on Intergroup Relations
3000 Michigan Union
530 S State Street
Ann Abor, MI
48109-1349
Phone: (734) 936-1875
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January 25, 2006
MLK EVENT
A CALL TO ACTION THROUGH THE SPOKEN WORD
Date: Wednesday January 25, 2006
Scheduled Dates: 1/25/2006
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Mendelssohn Theatre
Cost: Free
Details:
This year's student event is a spoken word tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 2006 theme “A Time to Break Silence.” Performances by students featuring Nationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker Saul Williams.
Williams' debut performance and featured poetry in the film "Slam", which he co-wrote and starred in, brought audiences to their feet across the world. Winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998, the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, along with the Audience Award for Best Picture and the World Distributors Award for Best Picture, Slam goes down in history for exposing the universal truths that one must grasp in order to escape imprisoned mind-states. Along with his co-star, Sonia Sohn, Williams was personally awarded the Perry Ellis Breakthrough Award by New York's Independent Film Project (IFP) and was also nominated for a Spirit Award for best performance. Marc Levin's idea to direct this poetic masterpiece came about after seeing Williams recite his poetry in the Grand Slam Championship at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, where Williams became the Grand Slam Champion for 1996. For more information on Saul Williams, please visit apbspeakers.com.
Website: http://www.mlksymposium.umich.edu/poetry
Event Sponsor/Contact: Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI) | http://www.umich.edu/~oami
Contact: Silvia Carranza | Phone: 734 936-1245
Email: oami@umich.edu
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The Hot 8
Dear family, friends, colleagues:
A reminder - I hope you're planning to come!
I would like to invite you to join me at the Michigan Theater on Friday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m. for a unique opportunity to contribute to the preservation of New Orleans' musical heritage. Arts at Michigan, with the help of many University departments, will present the Hot 8 Brass Band - an exciting young band from New Orleans - to benefit the Jazz Foundation of America. (You may had the pleasure of hearing the Hot 8 on NPR featured in the new year's celebration on air.)
As all of you know, New Orleans plays a central role in our musical history and continues to be a focal point of musical innovation and influence. This benefit is an opportunity for all of us to help New Orleans musicians get back on their feet and keep the music alive. Those of you who have been involved know the enormous amount of work that has gone into this project. I would be personally grateful to see all of you in attendance on January 27.
The band will be in residence to participate in a couple of public talks on New Orleans music as well as conduct workshops with School of Music students on Jan 25 and 26 leading up to the performance.
Here are the details:
Friday, January 27
8:00 p.m.
Michigan Theater
Price: suggested contribution of $20 ($10 for students) at the door. CD with contributions of $50 or more. General admission.
Description:
This New Orleans - based brass band, winner of the Big Easy Entertainment Award for Best Contemporary Brass Band, led the first of the city's post-Katrina traditional high-spirited jazz funeral parades.
Proceeds benefit the Jazz Foundation of America, an organization that since Katrina has provided assistance to New Orleans with housing, locating and distributing donated instruments, funding gigs in schools and shelters, and connecting the city's displaced musicians with opportunities for employment across the United States.
Public talks:
Wednesday, January 25, 4:30 p.m.
Hot 8 Gumbo - Rap, Jazz, Rock, and Myth: Tradition and Transformation in Contemporary New Orleans Brass Bands Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington Street Free, open to the public
Thursday, January 26, 5:00 PM
New Orleans Music: History and Culture
Trotter House Multicultural Center, 1443 Washtenaw Avenue
For more information about the benefit, the band, and the public talks, please visit the Arts at Michigan website at http://www.arts.umich.edu/programs/special/hot8/
The Hot 8 is something not to miss so mark your calendars and laissez les bon temps roullez (let the good times roll)!
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