NOVEMBER 12, 2004
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KIMBALL RECITAL HALL, FRI, SUN 7:30PM
College of Fine and Performing Arts
Presents Puccini's Madama Butterfly
To mark the 100th anniversary of Madama
Butterfly, Puccini's most popular opera, UNL is mounting a lavish
and faithful production of this tragic story of the love of a beautiful
geisha for an American naval officer. The lead role will be sung
by guest artist Suzan Hanson. The production will benefit from the
first-hand experience of director Ariel Bybee, who performed the
role of Suzuki at the Metropolitan Opera.
Lieutenant Pinkerton, sailing around the world in search of pleasure,
enters into a non-binding contract to marry the beautiful Butterfly,
although he is warned she might not take her vows so lightly as he
does. Three years pass and Butterfly faithfully awaits Pinkerton's
return to introduce him to the son he knows nothing about. When Pinkerton
does arrive, it is with his new American wife. Seeing the unknown
lady, Butterfly soon realizes the truth and tells the American lady
that Pinkerton may take her son if he will return for him later.
Alone with her son, Butterfly stabs herself, as Pinkerton desperately
calls, "Butterfly! Butterfly!" He runs into the house, falls on his
knees and Butterfly dies in his arms.
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MUELLER PLANETARIUM, SAT, SUN 2PM
Nebraska State Museum Presents Hubblevision
2
Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space
Telescope has provided incredible images in unprecedented detail
to astronomers, and made an astonishing array of discoveries from
nearby objects in the solar system to the most distant galaxies at
limits of the observable universe.
The best and most exciting Hubble images have been woven into an
engaging story of cosmic exploration, bringing the wonders of the
universe to audiences everywhere. HUBBLE Vision 2 is a fascinating
tour of the cosmos from Earth orbit.
In this all-new production, major themes in current astronomy and
cosmology are presented: new views of the planets; peeks into starbirth
nurseries; visions of stardeath in its many forms; explorations of
star clusters and galaxies; and views of the universe when the earliest
galaxies were first coming into being.
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VOLLEYBALL |
FRI, 7PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Kansas Jayhawks
NU COLISEUM
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL | FRI, 7:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Western Illinois Westerwinds
(first-round preseason WNIT)
DEVANEY CENTER
SWIMMING |
SAT, 1PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Truman State Bulldogs
DEVANEY CENTER POOL
MEN'S
BASKETBALL | SAT, 7:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Nebraska-Kearney Antelopes
(exhibition)
DEVANEY CENTER
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LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, FRI 7:30PM
Bobby McFerrin Returns to the Lied
for Performance
Born 50 years ago as the son
of two singers of classical music, Bobby McFerrin began to "study" musical
theory at the age of six. During high school, at the California State
University in Sacramento and at the Cerritos College, he studied
and played the piano. Then, he went on tour with the Ice Follies
and later with several top 40 bands. It was not until 1977 that Bobby
McFerrin decided to become a singer. First he played with the Astral
Projection Band in New Orleans. Then, Bill Cosby managed to get him
a chance to perform at the Playboy Jazz Festival in 1980. A year
later he triumphed at the Kool Jazz Festival in New York. In May
1982 followed his debut album: Bobby McFerrin.
After a tour with his own band and gigs
with Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin began to
perform solo in 1983. His first tour led him through Germany where
he recorded the live-album The Voice - his breakthrough as an a cappella-star.
Among his following numerous successes are the title music to Taverniers
film Around Midnight that got him a Grammy.
Bobby McFerrin improvised "Don't Worry, Be Happy" on the spot in
the recording studio. He never suspected that it would hit number
one on pop charts in just about every country in the world. But that
little ditty belies the depths of McFerrin's artistry. Inspired by
the completely improvised solo concerts of jazz pianist Keith Jarrett,
he forged an unprecedented career as an improvisational solo vocalist.
In the midst of that success, he paused to study conducting. Now
when he takes the stage, it's not just a performance. It's a community
celebration, and the audience collaborates in the music-making. Bobby
McFerrin returns by popular demand after crowd-pleasing shows in
1992, 1993, and 1997.
LIED
CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
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FRI 8AM - 3:30PM
Admissions Hosts Red Letter Day
Friday (Nov. 12) is the sixth Red Letter
Day of ten scheduled this academic year. Red Letter Days are Nebraska's
open-house-style campus visit option for high school seniors. From
about 8am to 3:30pm, approximately 600 high school seniors and family
members will be touring campus and attending information sessions.
The next Red Letter Day is scheduled for Monday, November 15.
Visiting campus is the best way to learn more about the University – and
it's fun. Visitors meet current students, faculty and staff, receive
important information about majors, dine in a residence hall, and
more. Even if you've been to campus before, it's important to take
part in a Red Letter Day or Admissions Campus Visit. To learn more
about visit options and to print off a registration form for a Red
Letter Day, visit the UNL Undergraduate Admissions website.
ADMISSIONS | RED
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ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Opening this weekend at the Ross: Tying
The Knot, A Dirty Shame
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents the John Waters' new film A Dirty Shame and the
documentary Tying The Knot, starting this evening at the
center, 313 N. 13th St.
From the wondrously fertile mind of writer/director
John Waters comes A Dirty Shame, America's first carnal
concussion comedy. Set in the Harford Road area of Waters' native
Baltimore, A Dirty Shame tells what happens when a horny
horde of "sex addicts" invade a blue-collar neighborhood, to the
shock and dismay of the "neuter" neighbors. Rude, joyous and full
of sexual anarchy, A Dirty Shame is a movie with a generous
heart and a dirty mind: in other words, a classic John Waters comedy.
When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of police officer Lois
Marrero, her wife of thirteen years, Mickie, is honored as her surviving
spouse but denied all pension benefits. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher,
loses his beloved husband of 22 years, long-estranged cousins of
his late spouse try to lay claim to everything Sam has. As Mickie
and Sam's lives are put on trial, they are forced to confront the
tragic reality that in the eyes of the law their marriages mean nothing.
From an historical trip to the Middle Ages, to gay hippies storming
the Manhattan marriage bureau in 1971, Tying The Knot digs
deeply into the past and present to uncover the meaning of civil
marriage in America today.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | A
DIRTY SHAME | TYING
THE KNOT |
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AVERY HALL , SAT 8:30AM - 5:30PM
University to Host Regional Programming
Contest
Computer science and engineering students
from fourteen schools will be on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
campus Nov. 13 for the North Central North America Regional competition
in the IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International
Collegiate Programming Contest.
Teams are made up of three students, usually two undergraduates and
one graduate student, led by a student or faculty coach. The teams
face a series of six to eight complex, real-world programming challenges
to be completed in just five hours. The problems are designed to
test not only programming skill, but also creativity and teamwork.
The team that solves the most problems in the least amount of time
will advance to the 2005 World Finals in Shanghai, China.
The North Central North America Regional includes colleges and universities
in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Wisconsin, Manitoba and western Ontario. The competition will take
place from 8:30am to 5:30pm in Avery Hall on the UNL City Campus.
UNL has had winning teams 3 of past 6 years.
Worldwide, tens of thousands of students from 68 countries are expected
to compete in this year's contest. Seventy-two teams will be selected
to compete in Shanghai.
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112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - Washburn Memorial
Lecture - 'How Proteins Work: Insights from Simulations'
Martin Karplus, Harvard University
117 BESSEY, FRI 3:30PM
Geosciences - T. Mylan Stout Lecture Series
- 'The Changing Character of Precipitation in Future U.S. Climate'
William Gutowski, Iowa State University
EAST UNION, FRI 3:30PM
Entomology Seminar - 'History of Bee Classification'
Jeff Krumm, graduate student, UNL
115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics Colloquium - 'Transition Matrices
and Generalized Matrix Exponentials'
Jeff DaCunha, United States Military Academy
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