BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME: PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091112T090000 DTEND:20091112170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091113T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition - Michigan Eats: Regional Culture Through Food DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776282/ ] Earlier this year\, "Michigan Foodways" traveled with the Smithsonian's "Key Ingredients: America by Food" to six sites in Michigan where they were seen by enthusiastic visitors from around the country. The Smithsonian's exhibition has left the state\, and "Michigan Foodways" has returned to Michigan State University Museum for refurbishing and expansion before it once again tours the state. Part of this make over project will entail adding "Local Voices\," a section about the foodways of the sites where the exhibit was hosted earlier from the perspective of those local communities (Chelsea\, Calumet\, Cheboygan\, Whitehall\, Frankenmuth\, and Dundee). This transformed exhibit\, renamed "Michigan Eats: Regional Culture through Food\," will open at the Michigan State University Museum in April 2009 and begin touring elsewhere in the state in the fall.More about "Michigan Eats" and foodways:"According to popular wisdom\, we are what we eat. What we eat says volumes about us - our backgrounds\, our social\, cultural\, economic and religious status\, our food preferences\, in other words\, who we are\," says Yvonne Lockwood\, curator of folklife."Foodways represents an entire complex of ideas\, behaviors and beliefs centered on food production\, preparation\, presentation and consumption\, and the role of culture in shaping and preserving it\," she explains. "The biological necessity to eat is unquestionable\; however\, it is to culture\, not biology\, that we must look to explain why we eat what we eat."In the exhibit\, Lockwood examines the creation of early Michigan cookbooks and a variety of food-centered celebrations - from fish fries to cherry and berry festivals aplenty. The exhibit also draws on the MSU Museum's extensive history and cultural collections to help tell the story of Michigan's foodways\, like cabbage slicers for sauerkraut\, sap buckets for maple syrup\, apple picking sacks\, Native American wild rice winnowing baskets\, and early Kellogg's cereal packaging.From the southeast corner to the tip of the U.P.\, Lockwood has studied foodways for decades. "Besides a lot of good eating\, friendship building and recipe collecting\, I have witnessed how foodways express significant cultural\, social and historical information\," she reflects."In one study\, foodways in Metropolitan Detroit of the various ethnic communities from different Arab counties were used to measure the process of becoming "Arab American." Foodways\, in other words\, became an index of the different degrees and influences of the acculturation process.""Pasty\, in addition to being a tasty meat and potato turnover\, reflects the immigrant and ethnic history of the Upper Peninsula. As it passed from Cornish to other communities\, it concurrently evolved from a mono-ethnic specialty to a multi-ethnic food\, all the while adapting to the nuances of other food cultures - ultimately becoming a symbol of the region and claimed by all residents."Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: Heritage Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776282/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776282/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055448 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055448 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091112T090000 DTEND:20091112170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091113T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776229/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776229/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776229/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055322 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055322 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091112T090000 DTEND:20091112170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091113T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776325/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776325/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776325/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055601 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055601 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091113T090000 DTEND:20091113170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091114T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition - Michigan Eats: Regional Culture Through Food DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776281/ ] Earlier this year\, "Michigan Foodways" traveled with the Smithsonian's "Key Ingredients: America by Food" to six sites in Michigan where they were seen by enthusiastic visitors from around the country. The Smithsonian's exhibition has left the state\, and "Michigan Foodways" has returned to Michigan State University Museum for refurbishing and expansion before it once again tours the state. Part of this make over project will entail adding "Local Voices\," a section about the foodways of the sites where the exhibit was hosted earlier from the perspective of those local communities (Chelsea\, Calumet\, Cheboygan\, Whitehall\, Frankenmuth\, and Dundee). This transformed exhibit\, renamed "Michigan Eats: Regional Culture through Food\," will open at the Michigan State University Museum in April 2009 and begin touring elsewhere in the state in the fall.More about "Michigan Eats" and foodways:"According to popular wisdom\, we are what we eat. What we eat says volumes about us - our backgrounds\, our social\, cultural\, economic and religious status\, our food preferences\, in other words\, who we are\," says Yvonne Lockwood\, curator of folklife."Foodways represents an entire complex of ideas\, behaviors and beliefs centered on food production\, preparation\, presentation and consumption\, and the role of culture in shaping and preserving it\," she explains. "The biological necessity to eat is unquestionable\; however\, it is to culture\, not biology\, that we must look to explain why we eat what we eat."In the exhibit\, Lockwood examines the creation of early Michigan cookbooks and a variety of food-centered celebrations - from fish fries to cherry and berry festivals aplenty. The exhibit also draws on the MSU Museum's extensive history and cultural collections to help tell the story of Michigan's foodways\, like cabbage slicers for sauerkraut\, sap buckets for maple syrup\, apple picking sacks\, Native American wild rice winnowing baskets\, and early Kellogg's cereal packaging.From the southeast corner to the tip of the U.P.\, Lockwood has studied foodways for decades. "Besides a lot of good eating\, friendship building and recipe collecting\, I have witnessed how foodways express significant cultural\, social and historical information\," she reflects."In one study\, foodways in Metropolitan Detroit of the various ethnic communities from different Arab counties were used to measure the process of becoming "Arab American." Foodways\, in other words\, became an index of the different degrees and influences of the acculturation process.""Pasty\, in addition to being a tasty meat and potato turnover\, reflects the immigrant and ethnic history of the Upper Peninsula. As it passed from Cornish to other communities\, it concurrently evolved from a mono-ethnic specialty to a multi-ethnic food\, all the while adapting to the nuances of other food cultures - ultimately becoming a symbol of the region and claimed by all residents."Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: Heritage Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776281/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776281/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055447 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055447 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091113T090000 DTEND:20091113170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091114T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776228/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776228/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776228/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055320 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055320 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091113T090000 DTEND:20091113170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091114T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776324/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776324/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776324/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055559 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055559 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091114T090000 DTEND:20091114160000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091115T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:3rd Annual Craft Show! DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4787747/ ] Attention Crafters! The 3rd annual Burcham Hills craft show date has been set! Saturday\, November 14th\, 9am-4pm! Crafters are needed! 6 foot tables are $25.00\, the same as last year! All proceeds will benefit the Rocky Mountain High" 5th International Eden Conference next June in Denver\, CO. Please contact Todd Walter at 827 1064 or twalter@burchamhills.com for more info. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4787747/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4787747/ DTSTAMP:20091027T110655 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T110655 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/622310/":Burcham Hills Retirement Community @ 2700 Burcham Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091114T090000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:3rd Annual Holiday Craft Show! Crafters NEEDED! DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4770691/ ] Vendors/crafters are still needed for our 3rd annual Holiday Craft Show here at Burcham Hills! Crafters can rent a six foot table space for only $25.00! Each crafter will also be asked to donate one item from their table to be raffled off every 30 minutes throughout the day. This is something new this year and will definitely bring added excitement to the event! If interested\, please contact Todd Walter at 517 351 8377 Ext 410 or twalter@burchamhills.com. Volunteers will also be needed to assist in selling raffle tickets and baked goods! All proceeds of the day will benefit the "Rocky Mountain High 5th International Eden Alternative Conference." URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4770691/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4770691/ DTSTAMP:20091026T073211 LAST-MODIFIED:20091026T073211 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/622310/":Burcham Hills Retirement Community @ 2700 Burcham Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091114T100000 DTEND:20091114170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091115T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition - Michigan Eats: Regional Culture Through Food DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776280/ ] Earlier this year\, "Michigan Foodways" traveled with the Smithsonian's "Key Ingredients: America by Food" to six sites in Michigan where they were seen by enthusiastic visitors from around the country. The Smithsonian's exhibition has left the state\, and "Michigan Foodways" has returned to Michigan State University Museum for refurbishing and expansion before it once again tours the state. Part of this make over project will entail adding "Local Voices\," a section about the foodways of the sites where the exhibit was hosted earlier from the perspective of those local communities (Chelsea\, Calumet\, Cheboygan\, Whitehall\, Frankenmuth\, and Dundee). This transformed exhibit\, renamed "Michigan Eats: Regional Culture through Food\," will open at the Michigan State University Museum in April 2009 and begin touring elsewhere in the state in the fall.More about "Michigan Eats" and foodways:"According to popular wisdom\, we are what we eat. What we eat says volumes about us - our backgrounds\, our social\, cultural\, economic and religious status\, our food preferences\, in other words\, who we are\," says Yvonne Lockwood\, curator of folklife."Foodways represents an entire complex of ideas\, behaviors and beliefs centered on food production\, preparation\, presentation and consumption\, and the role of culture in shaping and preserving it\," she explains. "The biological necessity to eat is unquestionable\; however\, it is to culture\, not biology\, that we must look to explain why we eat what we eat."In the exhibit\, Lockwood examines the creation of early Michigan cookbooks and a variety of food-centered celebrations - from fish fries to cherry and berry festivals aplenty. The exhibit also draws on the MSU Museum's extensive history and cultural collections to help tell the story of Michigan's foodways\, like cabbage slicers for sauerkraut\, sap buckets for maple syrup\, apple picking sacks\, Native American wild rice winnowing baskets\, and early Kellogg's cereal packaging.From the southeast corner to the tip of the U.P.\, Lockwood has studied foodways for decades. "Besides a lot of good eating\, friendship building and recipe collecting\, I have witnessed how foodways express significant cultural\, social and historical information\," she reflects."In one study\, foodways in Metropolitan Detroit of the various ethnic communities from different Arab counties were used to measure the process of becoming "Arab American." Foodways\, in other words\, became an index of the different degrees and influences of the acculturation process.""Pasty\, in addition to being a tasty meat and potato turnover\, reflects the immigrant and ethnic history of the Upper Peninsula. As it passed from Cornish to other communities\, it concurrently evolved from a mono-ethnic specialty to a multi-ethnic food\, all the while adapting to the nuances of other food cultures - ultimately becoming a symbol of the region and claimed by all residents."Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: Heritage Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776280/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776280/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055445 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055445 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091114T100000 DTEND:20091114170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091115T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776232/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776232/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776232/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055326 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055326 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091114T100000 DTEND:20091114170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091115T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776323/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776323/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4776323/ DTSTAMP:20091027T055558 LAST-MODIFIED:20091027T055558 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091115T130000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:ACT vs SAT Workshop DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878608/ ] Ever wondered what the differences are between the ACT and the SAT\, or which test your student would excel at? CAN you take the SAT AND the ACT? Why do the MME's only administer the ACT? Find out the answers to these questions at our FREE PreCollege seminar\, for both students and parents alike. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878608/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878608/ DTSTAMP:20091109T182635 LAST-MODIFIED:20091109T182635 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/745320/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/567376/":East Lansing Kaplan Center @ 333 Albert\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091115T130000 DTEND:20091115170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091116T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition - Michigan Eats: Regional Culture Through Food DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822365/ ] Earlier this year\, "Michigan Foodways" traveled with the Smithsonian's "Key Ingredients: America by Food" to six sites in Michigan where they were seen by enthusiastic visitors from around the country. The Smithsonian's exhibition has left the state\, and "Michigan Foodways" has returned to Michigan State University Museum for refurbishing and expansion before it once again tours the state. Part of this make over project will entail adding "Local Voices\," a section about the foodways of the sites where the exhibit was hosted earlier from the perspective of those local communities (Chelsea\, Calumet\, Cheboygan\, Whitehall\, Frankenmuth\, and Dundee). This transformed exhibit\, renamed "Michigan Eats: Regional Culture through Food\," will open at the Michigan State University Museum in April 2009 and begin touring elsewhere in the state in the fall.More about "Michigan Eats" and foodways:"According to popular wisdom\, we are what we eat. What we eat says volumes about us - our backgrounds\, our social\, cultural\, economic and religious status\, our food preferences\, in other words\, who we are\," says Yvonne Lockwood\, curator of folklife."Foodways represents an entire complex of ideas\, behaviors and beliefs centered on food production\, preparation\, presentation and consumption\, and the role of culture in shaping and preserving it\," she explains. "The biological necessity to eat is unquestionable\; however\, it is to culture\, not biology\, that we must look to explain why we eat what we eat."In the exhibit\, Lockwood examines the creation of early Michigan cookbooks and a variety of food-centered celebrations - from fish fries to cherry and berry festivals aplenty. The exhibit also draws on the MSU Museum's extensive history and cultural collections to help tell the story of Michigan's foodways\, like cabbage slicers for sauerkraut\, sap buckets for maple syrup\, apple picking sacks\, Native American wild rice winnowing baskets\, and early Kellogg's cereal packaging.From the southeast corner to the tip of the U.P.\, Lockwood has studied foodways for decades. "Besides a lot of good eating\, friendship building and recipe collecting\, I have witnessed how foodways express significant cultural\, social and historical information\," she reflects."In one study\, foodways in Metropolitan Detroit of the various ethnic communities from different Arab counties were used to measure the process of becoming "Arab American." Foodways\, in other words\, became an index of the different degrees and influences of the acculturation process.""Pasty\, in addition to being a tasty meat and potato turnover\, reflects the immigrant and ethnic history of the Upper Peninsula. As it passed from Cornish to other communities\, it concurrently evolved from a mono-ethnic specialty to a multi-ethnic food\, all the while adapting to the nuances of other food cultures - ultimately becoming a symbol of the region and claimed by all residents."Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: Heritage Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822365/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822365/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190729 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190729 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091115T130000 DTEND:20091115170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091116T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822323/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822323/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822323/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190624 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190624 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091115T130000 DTEND:20091115170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091116T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822403/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822403/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822403/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190828 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190828 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091115T190000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Herb Alpert & Lani Hall DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4872668/ ] Grammy winner Herb Alpert is a master trumpet player known for his work with the Tijuana Brass. He'll be performing with vocalist Lani Hall\, known for her work with Sergio Mendes' Brasil '66. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4872668/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4872668/ DTSTAMP:20091107T180948 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T180948 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/44700/":Michigan State University - Wharton Center for Performing Arts @ Shaw Ln\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091116T090000 DTEND:20091116170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091117T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822321/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822321/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822321/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190621 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190621 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091116T090000 DTEND:20091116170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091117T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822409/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822409/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822409/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190837 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190837 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091118 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Learning Disabilities Association of Michigan Conference "Learning in the 21st Century" DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4547864/ ] Learning in the 21st Century Featured at Learning Disabilities Conference Lansing\, MI September 19\, 2009 – Lynell Burmark\, Ph.D. and Christopher M. Lee\, Ph.D. are the featured keynotes at this year’s Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of Michigan Conference scheduled for November 16 and 17 at Kellogg Center on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing. The tools of technology (universal design in learning) will take center stage. Lynell Burmark\, Ph.D.\, author and educational consultant\, will keynote on Monday with “Visual Literacy: Learn to See\, See to Learn”. Also on Monday\, there will be a full-day symposium “Educating ALL Students: Utilizing Instructional Technology for a Diverse Population”\, in addition to regular conference sessions. Tuesday’s keynote\, Christopher M. Lee\, Ph.D.\, is an advocate\, author and consultant in adaptive technology\, speaking on “Life with Learning Disabilities”. Tuesday also features an orientation and mini-sessions for teens\, teachers and parents before attending conference sessions. Governor Jennifer Granholm has officially proclaimed November as Learning Disabilities Awareness Month in recognition of the needs and potential of people with Learning Disabilities. Scheduled for Monday\, Lynell Burmark’s keynote emphasizes the benefits of learning in an image-rich environment. Her book\, Visual Literacy: Learn to See\, See to Learn\, a widely adopted textbook for teacher education and instructional technology programs\, won the book of the year award for publisher ASCD in 2002 and is now expanded\, updated (2006) and available as an eBook. Lynell is featured in a 30-minute segment on Canter & Associates video for the Masters in Instructional Technology with Walden University. She also has produced a 10-minute video on visual literacy\, which is distributed free to educators through 100% Educational Videos. Also slated for Monday is an all day symposium on Educating ALL Students: Utilizing Instructional Technology for a Diverse Population “Learning in the 21st Century” classroom requires instruction technology supports in order to meet the learning needs of a diverse group of students. Teaching ALL students requires a plethora of research based strategies in order to meet the learning needs of all students. Learning problems are often a result of an inflexible curriculum with teaching methods and materials that are not responsive to the diversity of students represented in the classroom. This full day session will provide participants knowledge on how to design classrooms with universal access to the curriculum for ALL students to be successful. Speakers include Jeff Diedrich (Michigan Integrated Technology Supports)\, Kenneth Graham (Premier Literacy)\, the RTI Team from Cesar Chavez Academy\, Detroit (The Leona Group\, LLC)\, and Mari Cris McFarland (Livonia Public Schools). Tuesday’s keynote speaker\, Christopher M. Lee\, Ph.D.\, published Faking It: A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner in 1992\, and in 2001\, What About Me? Strategies for Teaching Misunderstood Learners\, both of which draw on his challenges attending the University of Georgia (UGA). Before joining Tools for Life\, he served as Training Director of the Learning Disabilities Research and Training Center (LDR&T center)\, a collaborative effort of the University of Georgia and the Roosevelt Institute for Rehabilitation at Warm Springs\, Georgia. In that role\, he directed training activities and supervised national project dissemination efforts. He is experienced in coordinating distance-training activities. Currently\, he serves as Director of the Alternative Media Access Center\, a joint project with the University of Georgia Department of Psychology. Also on Tuesday LDA of Michigan invites teens\, teachers and chaperones to join Dr. Pam Bellamy\, of Michigan State University for orientation\, session selection\, and mini-sessions offered on a variety of topics of interest to teens. Join the full conference for sessions following the orientation. Teens are invited to stay for lunch and talk to LDA Conference organizers about their experiences. Scholarships are available for family members and teens to attend the conference on a first come\, first served basis. Download the conference flyer at http://www.ldaofmichigan.org/LDAconf2009.pdf. A schedule is posted at http://www.ldaofmichigan.org/calendar.htm#sessions. To advertise in the conference program download the form at http://www.ldaofmichigan.org/advertise.pdf. SB-CEUs will be offered. For further information about the LDA of Michigan’s Annual Conference or scholarships\, contact Flo Curtis by telephone at (517) 485-8160 or (888) 597-7809\, or by e-mail at ldamich@sbcglobal.net. For more information on the LDA of Michigan\, go to http://www.ldaofmichigan.org. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4547864/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4547864/ DTSTAMP:20090925T152428 LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T152428 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/1045639/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/227779/":Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center @ 55 South Harrison Road\, East Lansing\, Michigan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091118 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Learning in the 21st Century\, LDA of Michigan Conference DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4547879/ ] Lansing\, MI September 19\, 2009 – Lynell Burmark\, Ph.D. and Christopher M. Lee\, Ph.D. are the featured keynotes at this year’s Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of Michigan Conference scheduled for November 16 and 17 at Kellogg Center on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing. The tools of technology (universal design in learning) will take center stage. Lynell Burmark\, Ph.D.\, author and educational consultant\, will keynote on Monday with “Visual Literacy: Learn to See\, See to Learn”. Also on Monday\, there will be a full-day symposium “Educating ALL Students: Utilizing Instructional Technology for a Diverse Population”\, in addition to regular conference sessions. Tuesday’s keynote\, Christopher M. Lee\, Ph.D.\, is an advocate\, author and consultant in adaptive technology\, speaking on “Life with Learning Disabilities”. Tuesday also features an orientation and mini-sessions for teens\, teachers and parents before attending conference sessions. Governor Jennifer Granholm has officially proclaimed November as Learning Disabilities Awareness Month in recognition of the needs and potential of people with Learning Disabilities. Scheduled for Monday\, Lynell Burmark’s keynote emphasizes the benefits of learning in an image-rich environment. Her book\, Visual Literacy: Learn to See\, See to Learn\, a widely adopted textbook for teacher education and instructional technology programs\, won the book of the year award for publisher ASCD in 2002 and is now expanded\, updated (2006) and available as an eBook. Lynell is featured in a 30-minute segment on Canter & Associates video for the Masters in Instructional Technology with Walden University. She also has produced a 10-minute video on visual literacy\, which is distributed free to educators through 100% Educational Videos. Also slated for Monday is an all day symposium on Educating ALL Students: Utilizing Instructional Technology for a Diverse Population “Learning in the 21st Century” classroom requires instruction technology supports in order to meet the learning needs of a diverse group of students. Teaching ALL students requires a plethora of research based strategies in order to meet the learning needs of all students. Learning problems are often a result of an inflexible curriculum with teaching methods and materials that are not responsive to the diversity of students represented in the classroom. This full day session will provide participants knowledge on how to design classrooms with universal access to the curriculum for ALL students to be successful. Speakers include Jeff Diedrich (Michigan Integrated Technology Supports)\, Kenneth Graham (Premier Literacy)\, the RTI Team from Cesar Chavez Academy\, Detroit (The Leona Group\, LLC)\, and Mari Cris McFarland (Livonia Public Schools). Tuesday’s keynote speaker\, Christopher M. Lee\, Ph.D.\, published Faking It: A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner in 1992\, and in 2001\, What About Me? Strategies for Teaching Misunderstood Learners\, both of which draw on his challenges attending the University of Georgia (UGA). Before joining Tools for Life\, he served as Training Director of the Learning Disabilities Research and Training Center (LDR&T center)\, a collaborative effort of the University of Georgia and the Roosevelt Institute for Rehabilitation at Warm Springs\, Georgia. In that role\, he directed training activities and supervised national project dissemination efforts. He is experienced in coordinating distance-training activities. Currently\, he serves as Director of the Alternative Media Access Center\, a joint project with the University of Georgia Department of Psychology. Also on Tuesday LDA of Michigan invites teens\, teachers and chaperones to join Dr. Pam Bellamy\, of Michigan State University for orientation\, session selection\, and mini-sessions offered on a variety of topics of interest to teens. Join the full conference for sessions following the orientation. Teens are invited to stay for lunch and talk to LDA Conference organizers about their experiences. Scholarships are available for family members and teens to attend the conference on a first come\, first served basis. Download the conference flyer at http://www.ldaofmichigan.org/LDAconf2009.pdf. A schedule is posted at http://www.ldaofmichigan.org/calendar.htm#sessions. To advertise in the conference program download the form at http://www.ldaofmichigan.org/advertise.pdf. SB-CEUs will be offered. For further information about the LDA of Michigan’s Annual Conference or scholarships\, contact Flo Curtis by telephone at (517) 485-8160 or (888) 597-7809\, or by e-mail at ldamich@sbcglobal.net. For more information on the LDA of Michigan\, go to http://www.ldaofmichigan.org. ### URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4547879/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4547879/ DTSTAMP:20090925T155226 LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T155226 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/1045639/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/25262/":Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center @ 55 South Harrison Road\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091117T090000 DTEND:20091117170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091118T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822320/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822320/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822320/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190619 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190619 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091117T090000 DTEND:20091117170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091118T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822408/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822408/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822408/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190836 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190836 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091117T130000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:USMLE Free Open House and Practice Exam DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878583/ ] This free event is for any Foreign Medical Graduate preparing for ANY step of the USMLE. Come check out our study center\, meet our staff\, take a free practice exam and find out how you can take advantage of the largest savings of the year! URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878583/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878583/ DTSTAMP:20091109T173628 LAST-MODIFIED:20091109T173628 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/745320/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/567376/":East Lansing Kaplan Center @ 333 Albert\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091118T090000 DTEND:20091118170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091119T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822319/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822319/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822319/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190618 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190618 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091118T090000 DTEND:20091118170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091119T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822407/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822407/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822407/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190834 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190834 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091119T090000 DTEND:20091119170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091120T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822318/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822318/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822318/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190616 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190616 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091119T090000 DTEND:20091119170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091120T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822406/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822406/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822406/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190833 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190833 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091119T140000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:How To Match to a Residency Program DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878591/ ] Foreign/ International Medical Graduates: Join us at this free event to find out how to increase your chances of matching to the residency program of your choice\, and learn "do's and don'ts" by the experts in USMLE Test Prep. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878591/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878591/ DTSTAMP:20091109T174207 LAST-MODIFIED:20091109T174207 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/745320/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/567376/":East Lansing Kaplan Center @ 333 Albert\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091120T090000 DTEND:20091120170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091121T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822317/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822317/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822317/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190615 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190615 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091120T090000 DTEND:20091120170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091121T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822405/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822405/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822405/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190831 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190831 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091121T100000 DTEND:20091121170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091122T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822322/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822322/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822322/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190623 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190623 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091121T100000 DTEND:20091121170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091122T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822404/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822404/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4822404/ DTSTAMP:20091031T190830 LAST-MODIFIED:20091031T190830 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091121T200000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Free SAT Practice Test DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878613/ ] Take a FREE SAT Practice test\, and see how you would perform on test day! URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878613/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878613/ DTSTAMP:20091109T183240 LAST-MODIFIED:20091109T183240 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/745320/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/567376/":East Lansing Kaplan Center @ 333 Albert\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091122T130000 DTEND:20091122170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091123T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867387/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867387/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867387/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154257 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154257 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091122T130000 DTEND:20091122170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091123T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867451/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867451/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867451/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154442 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154442 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091123T090000 DTEND:20091123170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091124T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867385/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867385/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867385/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154254 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154254 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091123T090000 DTEND:20091123170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091124T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867456/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867456/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867456/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154449 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154449 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091123T130000 DTEND:20091123150000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091124T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Movie Matinee DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867459/ ] URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867459/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867459/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154454 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154454 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/597347/":East Lansing Public Library @ 950 Abbott Rd\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091124T090000 DTEND:20091124170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091125T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867384/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867384/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867384/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154252 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154252 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091124T090000 DTEND:20091124170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091125T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867455/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867455/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867455/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154448 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154448 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091125T090000 DTEND:20091125170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091126T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867383/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867383/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867383/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154250 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154250 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091125T090000 DTEND:20091125170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091126T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867454/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867454/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867454/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154446 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154446 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091127T090000 DTEND:20091127170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091128T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867382/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867382/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867382/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154249 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154249 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091127T090000 DTEND:20091127170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091128T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867453/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867453/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867453/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154445 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154445 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091128T100000 DTEND:20091128170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091129T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Tanzania in Deep Time - A View From the Rift Valley DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867386/ ] "Tanzania in Deep Time - A View from the Rift Valley" documents an ongoing research project that has produced a series of exciting fossil discoveries from the Rukwa Rift Basin of western Tanzania\, in the African continent. The research and the exhibit are collaborative projects being carried out by a team of researchers that includes the MSU Museum\, Ohio University\, Southern Utah University\, and Tanzanian collaborators and students from the University of Dar es Salaam. A bilingual (KiSwahili and English) version of the exhibit first opened at the National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam\, and now companion exhibits are set for the U.S. - in East Lansing and Athens\, Ohio - as well as regional sites in Tanzania\, including the cities of Arusha and Mbeya. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant aimed not only at the research questions being addressed\, but also at achieving a broader impact through interpreting the research to the public. Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults.Location: West Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867386/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867386/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154255 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154255 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091128T100000 DTEND:20091128170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20091129T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Threads of Change - the Transformation of West African Textiles DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867452/ ] African art in general and West African textiles in particular are vibrant and changing.West Africa is the heartland of African textile production. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea both tradition and innovation are evident. The evolution of traditional crafts\, the ingenuity of individual artists\, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design\, color\, meaning and function of West African textiles.African art has never been frozen in time. The exciting patterns\, designs\, and color combinations of the cloth coincide with changes in culture\, religion and trade networks.In this exhibit you will see examples of some of the changes in cloth over time. While traditional mud cloth is painted in great symbolic detail\, commercial works are produced quickly with pleasing designs and\, often\, western markets in mind. Fine artists from Mali using traditional vegetable dyes with original designs now exhibit their mud cloth in contemporary art galleries in Europe and the United States.Many of the textiles to be exhibited have been donated to the Museum\, often by faculty. These textiles were collected by professors with a range of specialties in African Studies while traveling\, working and living in Africa. They illustrate the longstanding vitality of the work of Michigan State University in West Africa.This magnificent display of textiles illustrates how cloth has been transformed and refigured over time. It is hoped that visitors will enjoy the artistry and skill of the producers represented by the textiles but also understand this practice in its cultural and historical contexts. African art belongs to the past and to the present. This exhibit will bring the viewer to a deeper understanding of Threads of Change in West African Textiles.Guest curator: Chris Worland.This exhibition is made possible by project partners at Michigan State University: African Studies Center\, Center for Advanced Study of International Development\, MSU Museum\, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant)\, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.Admission:Admission to the Museum is free\; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Location: Main Gallery. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867452/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4867452/ DTSTAMP:20091107T154443 LAST-MODIFIED:20091107T154443 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/601260/":Michigan State University Museum @ West Circle Dr\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091130T130000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Personal Statement Workshop for Residency Programs DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878594/ ] Foreign and International Medical Graduates are welcome to attend this FREE how to workshop\; learn from the experts in USMLE test prep how to write a winning personal statement for your Residency Program application and match process. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878594/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878594/ DTSTAMP:20091109T174620 LAST-MODIFIED:20091109T174620 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/745320/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/567376/":East Lansing Kaplan Center @ 333 Albert\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091130T150000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:USMLE Free Open House and Diagnostic Exam DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878587/ ] Foreign Medical Graduates/ International Medical Graduates\, join us during our BIGGEST savings month in our East Lansing center to meet our staff\, check out our study materials and center\, and take a free diagnostic exam for ANY step of the USMLE. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878587/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4878587/ DTSTAMP:20091109T173921 LAST-MODIFIED:20091109T173921 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/745320/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/567376/":East Lansing Kaplan Center @ 333 Albert\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48823 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091208T193000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Irving Berlin's White Christmas DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880474/ ] This exciting Holiday Special is being held from Dec. 8 thru Dec. 12. All dates available here! Other events at the Wharton Center are Jerry Seinfeld\, 101 Dalmatians\, Young Frankenstein and more. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880474/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880474/ DTSTAMP:20091111T072913 LAST-MODIFIED:20091111T072913 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/1010704/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/21089/":Wharton Center @ Michigan State University\, East Lansing\, Michigan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100126T193000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:101 Dalmatians DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880477/ ] This exciting Family Musical is being held from Jan. 26 thru Jan. 31\, 2010. All dates available here! URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880477/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880477/ DTSTAMP:20091111T073107 LAST-MODIFIED:20091111T073107 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/1010704/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/21089/":Wharton Center @ Michigan State University\, East Lansing\, Michigan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100328 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:March Magic Hoopfest DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4879165/ ] The March Magic Hoopfest is an interactive basketball playground for children of all ages\, located in historic Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University. It is being held in conjunction with the MHSAA Girls Basketball Semi Finals and Finals on March 18–20\, and MHSAA Boys Basketball Semi Finals and Finals on March 25–27. The March Magic Hoopfest includes a variety of games\, basketball skill venues\, historical displays and educational activities and is open to all basketball fans. This will be a fun event for those who are visiting East Lansing for the MHSAA Girls and Boys Basketball Semi Finals and Finals as well as the entire Greater Lansing community. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4879165/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4879165/ DTSTAMP:20091110T112737 LAST-MODIFIED:20091110T112737 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/708079/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/658532/":Jenison Field House @ Michigan State University\, East Lansing\, Michigan 48824 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR