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LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7:30PM
Lied Presents A Scottish Christmas
The Lied Center For Performing Arts presents
A Scottish Christmas featuring Bonnie Rideout this evening at 7:30
pm. The wintry Scottish countryside is Christmas-card perfect--crisp
air, a dusting of snow, and the call of the bagpipes over the Highlands.
A Scottish Christmas completes the picture with carols, wassail tunes,
and traditional Highland music and dance. Featuring three-time US-Scottish
fiddle champion Bonnie Rideout, the celebration blends the sounds
of the fiddle with bagpipes, uillieann pipes, border pipes, Celtic
harp, Celtic frame drum, guitar, and voice.
Over the past ten years, Rideout has immersed herself in the music
of her family's ancestral Scotland by fusing the traditions of her
Scottish-American upbringing with those of the old country. She has
performed with numerous strathspey and reel societies in Scotland
and learned the different styles of fiddling from such greats as
Ron Gonnella, Bill Hardie, and Angus Cameron. She also lived on the
Isle of Skye where her research led her to the Patrick MacDonald
Collection of tunes from the eighteenth century. This resulted in
her first solo recording, Soft May Morn.
In the past five years, she has resumed a prolific recording career on the Maggie's Music record label, releasing four more multiple award-winning solo CDs entitled: Celtic
Circles, Kindred Spirits, A Scottish Christmas, and Gi'me Elbow Room:
Songs from a Scottish Childhood. Ms. Rideout's labors have made her a three-time US-Scottish Fiddle champion and brought her prizes in many fiddle competitions in North America and Europe. She has been featured on the CBS news show Sunday Morning, is consistently featured on NPR's The Thistle and Shamrock, and has performed on other NPR programs including Morning Edition and Performance Today. In addition, she has won numerous WAMMIE Awards from the Washington Area Music Association (Washington, DC) and has authored four books for Mel Bay Publishing Company. Ms. Rideout has performed in venues from The Kennedy Center to Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. She has presented eighteenth century and Highland fiddle styles at the Edinburgh International Festival, the only American ever to receive this honor.
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FINALS DEC. 13-17
Last Week of Regular Classes
The last week of regular classes of First
Semester 2004-05 at UNL begins today, and ends with classes this
Saturday. Final examinations will be conducted Dec. 13-17, with commencement
on Dec. 18.
Click the link to view the university's official policy on
Final Examinations and Dead Week, from the Academic Services Handbook.
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UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Planetarium Temporarily Closed For Renovation
Due to a small electrical fire in a piece of equipment, the Mueller Planetarium will be closed until further notice for renovations. Although there was no major damage done, inspections and renovations will be taking place over the course of the next couple days in order to make sure everything is completely safe and compliant.
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EISENTRAGER•HOWARD GALLERY, THROUGH
DEC. 17, NOON-5PM
Capstone Exhibition Presents Work
of Nine BFA Candidates
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The semiannual BFA Capstone Exhibition opens today in the Eisentrager•Howard
Gallery, on the first floor of Richards Hall.
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The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Capstone Exhibition opens today in the Eisentrager•Howard
Gallery in Richards Hall, Stadium Drive and T streets, on UNL's city
campus. A closing reception will be held Friday, Dec. 17, from 5-7pm
in the gallery.
The BFA Capstone Exhibition features
the work of graduating seniors from the Department of Art and Art
History. This presentation is the culminating undergraduate presentation
for art students during their university program. The following nine
artists are included in the exhibition:
Shannon Bourne shows a series of oil paintings depicting
organic forms in atmospheric environments.
Matthew Gohring is a graphic designer who is exhibiting
several brochures and magazine covers he produced for the College
of Engineering and the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Kris Haskin is presenting a series of small and
larger oil paintings that employ bold and textual abstractions.
Justin Irwin shows five larger abstract paintings
on shaper canvases distinguished by layers of marks and patterns.
Jessica Mills is exhibiting colorful etchings with
overlayed drawings and images that are identified by poetic titles.
Kathryn Scherfenberg presents exquisite sets of
earthenware ceramic plates, cups, serving dishes and place settings,
glazed with beautiful decorative surfaces.
Meghan Stratman shows paper and collage images depicting
women and works based on female storybook characters.
Nolan Tredway exhibits oil paintings of fantasy
landscapes, and a DVD series entitled "Milk" that employs puppet-like
figures in epistemological dialogues.
Timothy Wegner shows eight stoneware and porcelain
sculptures based on organic images with monochromatic satin glazes.
The Department of Art and Art History's Eisentrager•Howard
Gallery is open Monday through Friday, noon-5pm. The gallery is located
on the first floor of Richards Hall.
COLLEGE
OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS | ART
AND ART HISTORY
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STUDIO THEATER, TEMPLE BUILDING, 7:30PM
UNL's Theatrix to End Fall Season with Burn This
Theatrix, the student theatrical producing organization at UNL, concludes its fall season with Lanford Wilson's Burn This. Directed by undergraduate Jack Carpenter, performances are December 9, 10, and 11 at 7:30 PM with an additional performance at 10:30 PM on December 10 in the Studio Theatre, Temple Building, third floor. Admission is $5.00 at the door only.
Through the shared grief of a friend's death, four New Yorkers confront their deepest fears and passions. The four are played by undergraduate theatre majors William Haefer, Mark Romano, and Ivan Lovegren, and Meredith Wachter.
According to the director, Jack Carpenter, "Burn This, Lanford Wilson's self-proclaimed best work, explores loss, stagnation and the passions which find and change our lives forever. It has been a vehicle for such stars as John Malkovich and Joan Allen and, most recently, Edward Norton and Catherine Keener. Its realism, comedy and fire have consumed audiences for twenty years, and its timeless story ensures it a place among the American classics. Thought-provoking, touching and inspiring, it is truly a masterpiece of contemporary theatre."
The 2004-2005 Theatrix Artistic Director is Brianne Bassler, and the Technical Director is Matt Miller.
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Essay contest winners from left: Jennifer Edeal,
Benjamin Polly, Stephanie Sparks, Allisyn Jensen, Patrick McAtee
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FIVE WINNERS CHOSEN
Essay Contest Winners Chosen, Share $5,000 Prize Money
Five creative University of
Nebraska-Lincoln students each won $1,000 (a $4 per word payoff) for their
250-word essays describing how they are engaged with their education.
From 146 entrees, judges picked five winners in the Engage, Connect
and Balance Essay Contest sponsored by UNL and Nebraska's Subway
Restaurants. The winners picked up their prizes during a reception at
4:30 yesterday in the food court near Subway in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.
The winning authors:
Jennifer Edeal described in her essay how chemistry instructor Bill
McLaughlin has "instilled a few new elements in my 'periodic table of
life'." Edeal is a sophomore and a 2003 Lexington High School graduate.
Allisyn Jensen told how English instructor Hadara Bar-Nadav guided
her to discover truth "through our writing, interaction with others, and
reflection on ourselves." Jensen is a sophomore and 2003 Kearney Catholic
High School graduate.
Patrick McAtee detailed how architectural engineering professor Lily
Wang welcomed him to audit a class and "connected me with the larger
scientific community." McAtee is a senior and 2000 Omaha Westside High
School graduate.
Benjamin Polly wrote that because of professors like Eveline Baesu in
engineering mechanics, "students like myself are being engaged, connected
and are learning to balance their college experience in order to have a
life-changing adventure..." Polly is a junior and 2002 Lincoln Southeast
High School graduate.
Stephanie Sparks said communication studies instructor Rachel
Friedman "engaged my scholarship, my humanity, and my understanding that
each individual is an integral part in the fabric of modern society."
Sparks is a senior and 2001 Lincoln Southeast graduate.
The winning essays may be viewed online at http://engage.unl.edu.
ENGAGE.UNL.EDU | UNDERGRADUATE
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211 BRACE, 4PM
Physics and Astronomy / Center for Materials Research and Analysis Colloquium - 'Nanoparticles from the Gas Phase: Potentials and Challenges of a Novel Class of Magnetic Materials'
Bernd Rellinghaus, Institute for Metallic Materials, Dresden
N172 BEADLE, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar - 'Roles and Regulations of Peroxiredoxins: From Yeast to Human'
Dr. Dong-Yan Jin, Univ. of Hong Kong
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