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Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Discusses Multicultural Toolbox: Strategies for Raising our Children with Culture(s), Language(s), and Pride
In our quickly changing world, cultural fluency and multiple languages are becoming more important for our children's identity, self-esteem, friendships, connections with family, and future job possibilities. In this lively and fast-paced event, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang will introduce practical tools and strategies to make cultural education a part of our everyday lives. How do we make teaching about their/our/other cultures and values "normal", and then use it to build better and stronger communities for all of us? Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a second-generation Chinese American. She is an editor for www.IMDiversity.com's Asian-American Village; she writes the syndicated column Adventures in Multicultural Living (available at annarborchronicle.com); and she is the Executive Director of American Citizens for Justice/ Asian American Center for Justice.
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The Art of Movement: Parkour & Freerunning
One of the most popular AADL events last year was the fall lecture (with video footage) on Parkour and Freerunning led by American Ninja Warrior's Levi Meeuwenberg. So we are excited to offer another opportunity to revisit the topic, this time at a facility where experts will present a live demo. Parkour is the art of moving through your environment using only your body and the surroundings to propel yourself. It can include running, jumping, climbing, even crawling, if that is the most suitable movement for the situation. Mike Metze, leader of the UM Parkour Club, will discuss the sport and then offer a live demonstration with Parkour experts at the Meri Lou Murray Recreation Center (2960 Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor).
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Wizard Rock Concert featuring Remus Lupins with Special Guest Tonks and the Aurors
Calling all Harry Potter fans! Get your fix a month before the film is released with this afternoon of Wizard Rock with two Harry Potter-themed bands. From Los Angeles, we've got the Remus Lupins and, as an opening act, Ann Arbor's own Tonks and the Aurors.
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Concert With Video And Discussion Featuring The OneUps
Can't get enough video game music? Come see the OneUps show the original games and music, and then perform their own versions. Find out about the world of game music and remixes with masters of the craft. The OneUps will perform with MC Frontalot at Videogame Night @Top of the Park on June 29 as part of The Ann Arbor Summer Festival.
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Famed Chinese Actress Zhang Xunpeng Demonstrates and Discusses Kunqu, A Classical Genre of Chinese Theater
Acclaimed Chinese Actress Zhang Xunpeng will make a special appearance to discuss and demonstrate the ancient theatrical performance art of Kunqu. It is a synthesis of drama, opera, ballet, poetry recital, and musical recital, which also draws on earlier forms of Chinese theatrical performances such as mime, farce, and acrobatics, some of which go back to the third century B.C. or even earlier. This is an excellent opportunity to meet one of the great theatrical artists of China, in addition to learning more about this ancient performance art. Zhang Xunpeng is currently the Professor in Charge of Training the Fifth Generation of Kunqu Performers, at the Shanghai Theater and Drama College, Division of Theater and is also Senior Actress of the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe. The event was organized with the help of the University of Michigan Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.
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Historian Timothy Tyson Discusses His Acclaimed Memoir 'Blood Done Sign My Name'
AADL and the University of Michigan Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies invite you to spend an evening with acclaimed writer and historian Timothy Tyson. He will discuss his memoir - soon to be made into a major motion picture - of the South and civil rights. Mr. Tyson will be accompanied by musician and singer Mary Williams, who will perform at this event. The event will include a book signing, with books available for purchase. Timothy Tyson is an American writer and historian from North Carolina, currently serving as Senior Scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, with secondary appointments in the Duke Divinity School and the Department of History. He is also adjunct professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His narrative of the fiery summer of 1970 in Oxford, North Carolina, brings gritty blues truth, soaring gospel vision, and down-home humor to a shocking episode of our history.
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Capoeira Mandinga Michigan: Afro-Brazilian Dance and Martial Arts
Enjoy Afro-Brazilian dance and martial arts with performers from Capoeira Mandinga Michigan. The only indigenous American martial art, Capoeira was developed by African slaves in Brazil in the 1600s and it became a strong weapon in the life and death struggle against their oppressors. With strong aerobic and dance elements, Capoeira is both an art form and self-defense. Watch performers incorporate aerobic and dance moves that are as graceful as a panther and as treacherous as a snake.
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Yo-Yo Genius of Michigan
YoJake picked up a yo-yo during National Turn Off the TV Week when he was nine years old and hasn't put it down! This yo-yo genius is the highest ranked yo-yo performer in Michigan and has consistently been one of the top ten yo-yoers in the nation! Come see his latest yo-yo tricks and skills.
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'All's Well That Ends Well': Director John Neville-Andrews & Members of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival Cast Discuss and Perform Scenes from Their Upcoming Production
Join us to discuss one of the greatest comedies in the English language with one of the premiere acting companies in the Midwest. At this special interactive discussion/performance, renowned director John Neville-Andrews will encourage the audience to suggest moods and emotions for the cast members of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival to bring to scenes of "All's Well That Ends Well." He will then direct the actors to follow the audience's suggestions. "All's Well That Ends Well" is a romantic comedy with captivating themes of male versus female, society's view of merit and rank, and the value of honor and integrity. It keenly exposes each audacious plot after plot, until it all ends well -- or does it? This interactive event will feature Janet Haley as Countess Rossillion and Donna Dancho as Helena. Neville-Andrews will moderate.
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Musican/Storyteller Bill Jamerson Presents A Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Michigan's Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal works program created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, during the Great Depression. Bill Jamerson of Escanaba has spent years researching the Corps. In addition to performing, Jamerson will discuss his research and show a short clip from his award-winning PBS film, "Camp Forgotten: The CCC's in Michigan." He will also read excerpts from his novel, "Big Shoulders," which has the Conservation Corps as its setting. From 1933-42, over 100,000 young men, 17 - 25 years of age, enlisted in Michigan's CCC, planting over 484 million trees, fighting forest fires, restoring riverbanks, building lookout towers, roads, fish hatcheries and making countless other natural improvements to the environment.