March 18-20, 2005
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SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, FRI, 8PM
Friends of Chamber Music presents Leipzig Quartet
The Leipzig String Quartet will perform on the next Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music concert at 8 pm March 18 in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery auditorium. Founded in 1988, the Leipzig String Quartet is now widely acclaimed as one of the most exciting string quartets on the international chamber music scene. The concert includes Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet in C, K. 465, 12 Mikroludien (1977) by Kurtag and Beethoven's Quartet in E-flat, Op. 127.
Patrons can greet the members of the Leipzig String Quartet at a post-concert reception held in the Great Hall. Parking for those with special needs is available in the lot north of the Gallery.
Tickets are $27 for adults, $22 for cardholding members of NETRadio and $6 for students and may be purchased at the door. For information or advance tickets, call 435-5454.
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UNITARIAN CHURCH, SUN, 7PM
2005 Winter Lecture Series - Palestine and Israel, Religions, Homelands and Cultures
Dinner and panel discussion. Reservations required at (402) 483-2213.
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BASEBALL |
FRI, 2:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Seton Hall Pirates
HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK
BASEBALL | SAT, 1:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Seton Hall Pirates
HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK
BASEBALL |
SUN, 11:05AM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Seton Hall Pirates
HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK
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MITCHELL EVENTS CENTER, MITCHELL, SUN, 1 - 4PM (MST)
UNL presents Big Red Road Show in Mitchell
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present the "Big Red Road Show" at the Mitchell Events Center on the Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds in Mitchell on March 19 from 1-4 pm (MST).
Featuring more than 50 interactive exhibits, live performances, and appearances by former Husker quarterback Tommie Frazier and other Husker legends, the Road Show will be open to the public, and admission is free. Sponsors for the event include: KNEB AM & FM and Atlas Van Lines (A-1 Metro Movers of Omaha).
The Big Red Road Show is an open house event for students of all ages and adults to learn more about the academic and student life programs at UNL. Representatives from the university's undergraduate colleges and graduate studies departments, and student affairs offices such as Scholarships and Financial Aid, Admissions and Housing will be on hand. KNEB AM & FM will have a live radio remote on site.
Highlights of the event include autographs from two-time National Champion quarterback Tommie Frazier and other Husker legends, exhibits including chemistry demonstrations and N World, ask the Master Gardener, an Appearance by Lil' Red, aKids Zone, University prizes and giveaways and dozens more fun events.
The Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds is located 10 miles west of Scottsbluff on County Road E in Mitchell. More information about the Big Red Road Show is available on the Web.
BIG RED ROAD SHOW
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LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL, SAT, 9AM - 5PM
Surviving Storms Topic of Free Weather Symposium
A record-breaking year of tornados will be the focus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium March 19. The theme for the free public event is "The May 22, 2004, Tornado Outbreak in Southeast Nebraska."
The event runs from 9 am to 5 pm at Lincoln East High School, 1000 S. 70th
St. It will include spectacular storm videos, demonstrations, visits with television
meteorologists, and free information and displays by weather-related organizations.
The event is appropriate for families with children; it features face painting
and presentations by Mike Mogil, an expert on showing kids "How the Weather Works."
The symposium will examine a record-breaking year in 2004: 110 tornadoes recorded in Nebraska, including 76 tornadoes in May and 37 tornadoes on May 22 alone. Presentations will include analysis and photos of the May 22 Hallam tornado, believed to be the widest tornado path ever measured; tornado damage photographs and safety advice; and stories from Hallam tornado survivors, rescue workers and emergency management personnel. The event features a reception room where those affected by the May 22 tornados can reconnect with their former neighbors.
Additional special events include demonstrations by the urban search and rescue team; launch of a weather balloon carrying a video camera; visits with Omaha and Lincoln television meteorologists; demonstrations of tornado simulators; tours of Lancaster County Emergency Management response vehicles; and continuous showings of the "Best Tornado Videos of 2004." The public is invited to participate in annual storm spotter training and see a multimedia presentation to learn how volunteer storm spotters are trained.
A 12:30 pm talk by Tim Samaras, electronics engineer with Applied Research Associates,
features his groundbreaking research placing data and video probes into the core
of tornados. He is the only person who has successfully deployed such devices.
A link to updated exhibit and speaker information can be found at the High Plains Regional Climate Center Web site.
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Opening this week at the Ross: Home Of The Brave, The Woodsman
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents The Home Of The Brave, an award-winning documentary from Paola di Florio and director Nicole Kassell's second film The Woodsman, starring Kevin Bacon.
Home Of The Brave is about the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement in America and why we don't know who she is. Told through the eyes of her children, the film follows the on-going struggle of an American family to survive the consequences of their mother's heroism and the mystery behind her killing. The film
links the personal and the political, the past and present and has a resonance to our world today. In its run on the festival circuit this year, Home Of The Brave has garnered a Best Documentary Award (Port Townsend), Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award for Documentary Film (Santa Barbara), an Audience Choice Award (Cleveland) and a prize for Outstanding Film with a Social Message (Maine). The International Documentary Association also selected the film to participate in its In Fact Theatrical Showcase which qualified the film for the 2005 Academy Awards and has also nominated it for the its own annual awards in the category of Best Documentary.
With a 12-year prison stretch reaching an end, convicted pedophile Walter (Kevin Bacon) faces an uncertain walk back into the free world in The Woodsman. The sensitivity with which the material in the film is executed derives from a potent mix of intelligently written source material, wonderful performances (with Bacon in particular putting in a career-defining turn), and an authoritative vision from director Nicole Kassell (The Green Hour). At the heart of the movie lies a desolate character, guilty of a crime shrouded in taboo, but hoping against all reason that society will accord him a modicum of absolution. A fascinating portrait of a life caught in a state of perpetual turmoil, this is an audacious second feature from Kassell.
More information is available at the Ross website.
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