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2B - Thursday, February 5, 2009
C ALENDAR
The Daily Arts guide to
upcoming events in Ann Arbor
and the surrounding area.
Today 2.5.09
Acoustic Musical Poetry: Laz
& Friends
12 p.m.
At the University Hospital, Main Lobby,
Floor1
Free
Penny W. Stamps Lecture:
Jacques Fresco
5 p.m.
At the Michigan Theater
Free
Guggenheim Grotto
8 p.m.
At the Ark
$13.50
Tomorrow 2.6.09
Imagining the Universe Exhi-
bition Reception
6 p.m.
At A&D Slusser Gallery
Free
Symphony Band
8 p.m.
At Hill Auditorium
Free
Saturday 2.7.09
Korean Film Series: Empress
Chung
2 p~m.
At the Michigan Theatre
Free
Yiddish Cup
8 p.m.
At the Ark
$20
Sunday 2.8.09
Faculty Recital: Jeffrey
Lyman, bassoon and Donald
Sinta, saxophone
8 p.m.
At E.. Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall
Free
Please send all press releases
and event information to
arts@michigandaily.com.


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The Michigan Student Assembly ends
world hunger, erases poverty, solves the
economic crisis and brings about world
peace. But textbooks are still expensive.
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High five
A notable Ann Arborite gives five
answers to a curious question.
Jonathang Ewelnt
What are the five best alien-themed
works, in five different genres?
FILM: "The Abyss" (leap). An extraterrestrial movie that just happens to
take plate at the bottom of the ocean. It's one part "2001" and one part "glue
Planet." Setting the movie on Earth helps develop an environmental theme,
which isn'ttypical for alien films. There's some heavy-handed moraizing at the
end, but it doesn't detratt. Just remember: psychos with nuclear weeapons, bad;
water tentacles, awesome.
NONFICTION: "Interpretations of Dreams" by Sigmund Freud (58991). An
alien intelligence lives inside you and tries to communicate by sending you cryp-
tic messages in your dreams. What could possibly make that more interesting?
How about it just might be true?
MUSIC: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders
from Mare (1972). A concept album about a philanthropic alien glamn-rocker who
comes to Earth to save the world only to get distracted by sex and drugs. To
think this album emerged only eight years after the Beatles' first appearance on
Ed Sullivan is really mind-blowing.
TV: "Star Trek: Voyager" (Season 4, 1997). I've been a "Star Trek" fan for
years, sotI couldn't in good conscience keep the entire franchise off the hast. But
it was difficult to choose just one part. I always liked the premise of "Voyager,"
but I never thought the series lived up to its promise until the fourth season.
There, Janeway's choice to ally herself with one enemy (the Borg) to defeat
another (Species 8472) really captures the difficulty of political double binds.
FICTION: "Tlfin, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Lois Borges. In this short
story, another (alien) world not only intrudes on this one but begins completely
to take over. It's a post-modern fable about conspiracies, secret societies and a
total, miraculous transformation of reality - but it's also a story that helped get
me hooked on literature.

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Not-for-Profit
Career Expo
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
2-6 pm at The Michigan Union
" Explore not-for-profit career paths
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" Learn about volunteer opportunities
" Discover ways to stay involved in
community service
" Visit our website for a list of organizations
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