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Events
May
20
KYLYN Festival | Jogakbo Fabric Workshop
Kim DeBord
6:00 PM
4th Floor Program Room
Off Campus Location
May
20
GETSEA SERIES | How to do research in Timor Leste
Ariel Mota Alves (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa) Andrew Kline (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa) Xueting Wang (Tsinghua University) Moderated by: Dr. Lia Kent (Victoria University)
9:00 PM
Off Campus Location
May
22
Nam June Paik: The Moon is the Oldest TV followed by a Q&A with Chien-An Yuan
Chien-An Yuan
7:00 PM
Off Campus Location
May
30
Dancing with the Dragon | Dragon Dance Performance at the Peony Garden
U-M Dragon Team
11:00 AM
Peony Garden, 1610 Washington Hts Ann Arbor
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Jun
14
Multi
Ann Arbor Japan Week 2026 | Visit the Melvyn C. Goldstein Bonsai Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Featuring one of the premier collections of Bonsai in North America
10:00 AM
Melvyn C. Goldstein Bonsai Garden
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Jun
14
Ann Arbor Japan Week 2026 | Bonsai Demonstration at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Demo and Conversation with Bonsai Specialist Carmen Leskoviansky
1:00 PM
Melvyn C. Goldstein Bonsai Garden
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
(for II staff and faculty; requires SSO login)
