JANUARY 10, 2005
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WELCOME BACK
Second Semester Begins
Second Semester 2004-2005 classes begin today. Late registration also starts today (a $25 fee will be charged).
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing this week at the Ross: The
Machinist, Undertow
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents the psychological thriller from Brad Carpenter entitled, The Machinist and Undertow, the newest film from talented young director David Gordon Green.
In The Machinist Christian Bale plays Trevor Reznik, a man who can barely tell whether he exists anymore. He hasn't slept for a year and he is so thin he is practically disappearing. He knows he is on the run from somebody--but he can't figure out whom. Believing that he's the center of an evil plot, he races from his job to his girlfriend to the local diner looking for clues.
Undertow is a new, uniquely American dramatic thriller from director David Gordon Green starring Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney, and newcomer Devon Alan. The film is a rough-and-tumble departure for Green, whose first two movies, George Washington and All the Real Girls, drew worldwide acclaim for their quiet, lyrical sensibility. With Undertow, Green marries action, dirt, sweat, and drama as he spins a tale of the violent legacy between two generations of brothers.
More information is available at the Ross website.
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EISENTRAGER-HOWARD GALLERY, THROUGH FEB.
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UNL Professor Emeritus Ross Retrospective Opens Today
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'Still Life with Purple Goblet II'
Doug Ross
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The Doug Ross Retrospective: Painting, Sculpture and Drawing opens January 10, 2005, at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the UNL city campus. The exhibition continues through February 4. An opening reception will be held Friday, January 14, from 5-7 pm in the Gallery.
Ross is a UNL Professor Emeritus of drawing and sculpture. He started his UNL career in 1966 and retired in 1998. He received his Bachelor of Art in history from Carleton College in Minnesota. He also attended the Minneapolis School of Art and received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota.
Ross has exhibited his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the country and in England. His collections include Prudential-Bache Securities in New York City; Peat, Marwick, Main in Omaha; and McDonald's Corporation in Chicago.
Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, noon to 4pm.
For more information, contact the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery at (402) 472-5025.
EISENTRAGER-HOWARD GALLERY
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LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, SAT JAN.
15, 11AM
Lied Center Presents 'Women: POV featuring Odetta' As Part of New Program
As part of a developing new program that showcases distinctive women in the arts, the Lied Center For Performing Arts presents a free discussion with famed folk singer Odetta. Odetta is not only a singer, but an activist who took part in the march on Selma and sang for the masses at the 1963 March on Washington. She performed for President Kennedy and his cabinet on national television and even inspired Bob Dylan to trade in his electric guitar. At 73, the acknowledged "Queen of American Folk Music" still inspires. Rolling Stone magazine got it right. She's more than a singer. Odetta is a "glorious and spiritual force."
The POV Series a new program that showcases distinctive women in the arts who have a particular "point of view" regarding contemporary issues that touch them personally. Through a series of community/campus interactions with participating artists, POV will provide opportunities to explore challenges facing women and offer ideas and strategies to meet those challenges.
By attending the Women: POV discussion, you can receive a discount on tickets to the artist's performance. Admission is free, but registration (see form below) is required.
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OBSERVE
Martin Luther King, Jr. Week to Open with Keynote Address from Student
The first student to give the keynote
address in the UNL celebration's eight-year history, Collin Sullivan
will speak as part of a program beginning at 2 pm in the Mary Riepma
Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St. The program, which will kick
off a weeklong series of activities at UNL, will also include musical
performances by Ellie Kirke and the River City Mixed Chorus, and
the presentation of the "Fulfilling the Dream" Awards by Chancellor
Harvey Perlman. The program will be followed by a 3 pm reception
in the great hall of the adjacent Van Brunt Visitors Center.
Sullivan, a junior from Pawtucket, R.I., is co-president of Amnesty International-UNL and writes weekly opinion columns for the Daily Nebraskan student newspaper. He is a first-year participant in the Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences program, studying human rights in comparative foreign policy, and is a community assistant in the Cornhusker Courtyards residence hall. He has majors in political science, international studies and Spanish.
The Jan. 17 program and reception and all MLK Week activities are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted, and are presented under the theme "Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On . . . Not at Day Off."
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