Apr 18 Thursday
Michigan Public and Greenhills School Present: An Evening with Anne Curzan, Co-Host of "That's What They Say", and author of her new book, "Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words".
Calling all word nerds and language enthusiasts! Join us for the launch event for Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words, the eagerly awaited book by Michigan's own Anne Curzan—acclaimed linguist, dean of the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and co-host of Michigan Public’s That’s What They Say program. The event will be held on April 18, 2024, 7:00 PM, at Greenhills School Auditorium. It will also be available to view online. Register here
Mar 28 Thursday
TNG Worldwide CEO Larry Gaynor, author of TAKE A CHANCE!: 101 Entrepreneurial Lessons for Making It Big, invites Michigan entrepreneurs to participate in the TAKE A CHANCE! Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition aimed at celebrating Michigan’s entrepreneurial spirit. The competition begins accepting applications on March 1, 2024.
The competition allows participants to compete in one of six categories: AI and Immersive Reality; Entertainment, Media, and Content; Nutrition, Wellness, and Healthcare; Next-Generation Workforce Solutions; Urban Innovation, Transportation & Sustainable Solutions; and Emerging Student-Led Venture.
The official in-person competition will be held on September 6, 2024, at the Gem Theater in Detroit, where finalists will have the opportunity to present their business pitches. A panel of esteemed judges will award $20,000 to the first-place winner of each category, $5,000 to the runner-up, and an additional $101,000 to the overall grand prize winner.
This competition offers a unique platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative ideas and gain recognition for their hard work and creativity. With a mission to encourage and promote exceptional talent within the state, TAKE A CHANCE! provides a level playing field for Michigan businesses to shine. The competition not only offers substantial prizes but also unparalleled mentorship, networking opportunities, and exposure through prominent media channels.
Going to the beach can be fun, but why not take a vacation to the stars? This Spring Break, you’re invited to the Great Lakes Children’s Museum’s Tour of the Solar System as we explore the wonders of our sun and its planets! All activities will be offered during normal Museum hours throughout each day from March 25 to March 29 in a relaxed, drop-in format.Designed for kids in kindergarten through 6th grade, this program uses hands-on stations to teach kids about each planet in our solar system. Participants will visit regions closest to the scorching rays of the sun, and places so far from our sun’s light that day and night are almost the same.We’re also excited to introduce “Starry Night, Planets Bright,” a miniature, interactive planetarium gives children the opportunity to take a walk through the solar system.Activities come from NISENET and are focused on the exploration of STEM subjects. This program builds the scientific skills of inquiry kids will use their whole lives; participants will get a chance to experience the WOW as they tour the solar system.
In "Andrea Carlson Future Cache," a 40-foot-tall memorial wall towers over visitors, commemorating the Cheboiganing (Burt Lake) Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians who were violently burned from their land in Northern Michigan on October 15, 1900. Written across the walls above and around the memorial, a statement proclaims Anishinaabe rights to the land we stand on: “You are on Anishinaabe Land.”
Presented alongside are paintings of imagined decolonized landscapes and a symbolic cache of provisions. Future Cache implicitly asks those who have benefited from the legacies of colonization to consider where they stand and where to go from here and seeks to foster a sense of belonging for displaced Indigenous peoples fighting for restitution.
Modern American classic
Starring Flint Rep Associate Artists Janet Haley and Rico Bruce Wade
It’s 2AM and George and Martha are just getting started. The middle-aged married couple, a once-promising historian and his boss’s frustrated daughter, welcome a younger professor and his wife for a nightcap—only to ensnare them in increasingly dangerous rounds of fun and games. An unblinking portrait of two American marriages, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is Edward Albee’s explosively comedic and harrowingly profound masterpiece.
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Andy T's Urban Vision is the first mid-career retrospective of Detroit-based installation artist Andrew W. Thompson, popularly known as “Andy T.” As a sculptor, Thompson gives new life to discarded objects such as tires, grocery bags, plastic bottles, and mailing envelopes, thereby integrating questions of environmental, social, and economic sustainability into the context of art. Treating art as a “fundamental life-organizing principle,” the artist observes, researches, and interprets how everyday items circulate, shape, and express social beliefs and cultural customs.
Image: 𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑: 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟, Andrew W. Thompson, inkjet print, 2012.
The 28th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan, showcases the work of artists incarcerated in Michigan prisons.
The work is by men and women from all 25 state prisons in both the upper and the lower peninsulas: 24 men’s prisons and 1 women’s prison. This year there are over 800 works in two and three dimensions, including portraits, tattoo imagery, landscapes, fantasy, and wildlife as well as images about incarceration and visions that are entirely new.
We invite you to enjoy the work, write to the artists, and if you like, make a purchase. All proceeds, minus necessary taxes and fees, go directly to the artists.
Presented with support from U-M Residential College & Michigan Arts and Culture Council.
A lap-sit story time for babies and toddlers with their adult caregivers! Older siblings are welcome to attend. Rhymes, songs, cuddles, and play are all included. No pre-registration required.
The 38th Annual LowellArts West Michigan Art Competition highlights outstanding artwork by Lower West Michigan artists who reside in a 25-county region. Artwork in any visual art media was submitted by artists 18 yrs. and older. Five equal cash awards totaling $3000 will be presented. Artists were allowed to submit one piece for consideration by the juror.
This year's distinguished juror is Candice Chovanec who is currently an Assistant Professor in the departments of Arts and Letters and Integrated Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Friday 10:00am-6:00pm, Saturday 12:00-5:00pm
Artist Reception: Sunday, March 24, 2:00-4:00pm
Bring your lunch and learn about women who have influenced the arts throughout history! In honor of Women’s History Month, the Museum’s Curator of Education, Andrea Ondish, will offer a free, unique lunchtime presentation about a select group of women artists from Prehistory to present time. Learn about these artists that often have been excluded from Art History texts and writings, and how they made significant accomplishments in the world of visual arts.
Lecture is free to attend. RSVP is recommended, not required.To RSVP, please click here: https://forms.office.com/r/Br1RfQwshw
For further questions, please contact Andrea Ondish at ondish@svsu.edu.