June 13-June 19, 2005
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ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY
Hillestad Gallery Shows Quilts of Political and Patriotic Persuasion
"Partisan Pieces: Quilts of Patriotic and Political Persuasion," an exhibition of quilts with political and patriotic themes, will be on view at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery from June 3-Aug. 31.
he exhibition includes approximately 17 quilts from the International Quilt Study Center's Ardis and Robert James Collection, and explores the impact of war, politics and political candidates on 19th- and early 20th-century American women's quilting designs. There will be a variety of examples of the "Whig Rose" pattern, also known as the "Democrat Rose." These red and green applique quilts are outstanding examples of technical skill and early innovative design put to a partisan purpose. Patriotic quilts using stars, flags, federal eagles, campaign ribbons and kerchiefs will round out the display.
All the quilts in this exhibition are visual reminders of a time when women had no public forum. Against all odds, these quilts survive to give us evocative insights into the ways American women expressed political and patriotic sentiments during an era when they could not vote.
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UNION PLAZA, THURSDAYS 12PM - 1PM
Fountain Frolics Summer Music Series is Noon Thursdays at Union Plaza
The University Program Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will presents the Fountain Frolics summer music series Thursdays in June and July (except June 30) on the Nebraska Union Plaza.
Local and student artists will perform free concerts from noon to 1 pm in the plaza, located on the north side of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. Hot dogs, chips and Pepsi products will be available for $3. The event is open to the public. Musical acts include The Earls, The Lightning Bugs, Toasted Ponies, the Nebraska Jazz Octet, The Resonators, and others.
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MUELLER PLANETARIUM, TUE-SUN 2PM
Mueller Planetarium Hosts "Point Of No Return"
Journey with Mueller Planetarium into a universe of bizarre monsters as the planetarium explores quasars and supermassive black holes in a new show: "Point of No Return." The feature delves into the story of quasars, the most powerful steady sources of energy in the universe. Quasars are powered by supermassive black holes with masses millions to billions of times the mass of our sun. It is only within the last few years that astronomers have been acquiring a more complete picture of quasars. "Point of No Return" uses powerful graphics to represent some of the newest discoveries.
The new show, which will be in shown in planetariums around the country, was created by Mueller Planetarium and produced with financial support from the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. It is a collaborative effort between members of the Mueller Planetarium staff, and UNL quasar research group members Martin Gaskell, Mary Hiller, and Elizabeth Klimek. The late Thomas Gehringer, director of the Burke High School planetarium in Omaha, served as the educational consultant to the show. The show is dedicated to his memory. The music is by award-winning composer Mark Petersen. The new program is the first produced entirely digitally by Mueller Planetarium.
The Mueller Planetarium showings of "Point of No Return" are preceded by an introduction to the current night sky's constellations and planets. The entire presentation lasts approximately 35 minutes.
Admission to Planetarium Astronomy Shows is $6 for Adults and $4 for all Children and UNL students. This price includes museum admission. All tickets are sold at the front desk of the Museum once the Museum opens for the day. Mueller Planetarium is located in the University of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall) at 14th and U. Streets on the UNL City Campus.
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RED CLOUD OPERA HOUSE, JUNE 18-21; UNL CAMPUS, JUNE 21-24
International Cather Seminar examines 'Violence, the Arts & Cather"
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Terry Eagleton, Michele Barale
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The International Cather Seminar
2005, titled "Violence, the Arts, & Cather," will focus on the relevance
of violence to discussions of literature and culture when it convenes
June 18-24. Sessions will be conducted at the Opera House in author
Willa Cather's hometown of Red Cloud and on the campus of her alma
mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Cather has been implicated and engaged in debates on violence in literature ever since Ernest Hemingway castigated her portrayal of World War I battlefields in her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "One of Ours" (1922). Participants and presenters at sessions in Red Cloud and Lincoln will examine the many ways in which Cather explored (and sometimes failed to explore) violence and is effects.
The portrayal of violence in Cather's writings will also be examined in keynote addresses by two distinguished scholars. The first, by Michele Barale, professor of English and women's and gender studies at Amherst College in Massachusetts, will begin at 4 pm June 20 at the Red Cloud Opera House. The second, by Terry Eagleton, professor of cultural theory and John Rylans fellow at the University of Manchester in England, will begin at 7:30 pm June 22 at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. in Lincoln. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
The Cather International Seminar 2005, the 10th in the biennial series, will be conducted in memory of Sue Rosowski, former Adele Hall professor of English and director of the Cather Project at UNL. Rosowski died in November after a battle with cancer. Conducting several sessions of this year's seminar in Red Cloud fulfills one of Rosowski's longtime goals for the seminar. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud.
For registration and other information, visit the Willa Cather Archive web site.
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UNL CAMPUS, JUNE 18-24
3 Pulitzer Winners to Highlight Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference
Readying for a third year of the Nebraska Summer Writers Conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, conference director Jonis Agee said the annual event (June 18-24) will draw some top publishing talent -- both in workshop presenters and participants.
Three years ago, Agee and the English department forged the foundation for a summer writers' conference and applied for UNL Program of Excellence funds. They received funding for five years, through which the conference must work to become self-sufficient.
This year, Agee said she expects well more than 200 participants in the conference. Among the draws this summer are three Pulitzer Prize winners in U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser (a UNL English professor), novelist Robert Olen Butler and poet Stephen Dunn.
Additional names of note include best-selling novelist and screenwriter Rita Mae Brown, novelist Ron Hansen, Ladette Randolph (executive editor at University of Nebraska Press) and Hilda Raz (editor of the Prairie Schooner). A total of 18 faculty members, along with Agee, are expected at the conference. Also among those are Jonathon Lazear, a publishing executive, Emma Sweeney, a literary agent, and Webster Younce, senior editor at Houghton Mifflin in New York.
Workshops offered include those on narrative nonfiction writing, poetry, adaptation, point of view, revision and making movies. The conference is also adding a master's level of classes taught by Hansen, Raz, Nicholas DelBanco and Jane Barnes. Participants with book-length novels or collections of poems will be able to work with these authors. They will also have the opportunity to have their manuscript read and critiqued prior to the conference.
For more information on the Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference, go online to their website or contact Agee by e-mail or at (402) 472-1834.
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SHELDON SCULPTURE GARDEN, TUESDAYS IN JUNE
Jazz In June Concerts, Market, Garden Tours Set for Tuesdays
The annual Jazz in June concerts promise great jazz and great food in the great outdoors. Organized by the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Nebraska Art Association, Downtown Lincoln Association and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the festivities are held on the UNL campus at 12th and R streets and in the Sheldon's Sculpture Garden.
The free jazz concerts begin at 7 pm, every
Tuesday in June (June 7, 14, 21 and 28). Concertgoers are encouraged
to bring blankets or lawn chairs for a relaxing and enjoyable evening
surrounded by jazz music and Sheldon's outdoor sculpture.
In conjunction with the performances, the Jazz in June Market is the ideal place
to grab dinner or do midweek shopping. Dinner items, fresh produce, baked goods,
ice cream from the UNL Dairy Store and many more delights are available for purchase.
The market opens at 5 pm at the corner of 12th and R streets and is organized
by the Downtown Lincoln Association, city of Lincoln and UNL.
The event also includes tours of the Sheldon and guided tours of UNL gardens.
More artist information and event details are available on the Jazz In June web
site.
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week at the Ross: Turtles Can Fly, The Animation Show 2005.
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents Turtles Can Fly, the first film to come out of Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein and
The Animation Show, a collection of a dozen animated shorts curated by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt.
Bhaman Ghobadi's Turtles Can Fly is a profoundly moving reminder that war spares nobody--not even a child--in its horrid wake. Between the borders of Iran and Turkey, the residents of an Iraqi Kurdistan village wait anxiously for the violent arrival of the United States military. Satellite (Soran Ebrahim) is an ambitious adolescent who organizes the clearing of minefields and helps to install equipment that brings news from the outside world to his sheltered community. Meanwhile, three orphans are wandering aimlessly. Agrin (Avaz Latif) is intent on ditching the helpless three-year-old that she and her armless brother Henkov (Hirsh Feyssal) have been caring for. Henkov has the gift of premonition, yet unfortunately all of his visions point towards a tragic end. As the planes arrive and Saddam is removed from power once and for all, these innocent children must still confront the bleak reality that awaits them.
Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt present: The Animation Show
The 2005 edition of The Animation Show is an extraordinary and diverse all-new collection of the best animation from around the world! Co-created by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt, the Animation Show continues to annually bring these rarely seen short films into more movie theaters than anyone in history.
Celebrating animation from all walks of life, the 2005 program has gathered everything from groundbreaking new indie films ("FEDS", “Pan With Us") to the very latest in CGI wizardry ("Rock Fish", "Fallen Art"). This year's headliners include Bill Plympton's hilarious "Guard Dog" and Don Hertzfeldt's long-awaited epic, "The Meaning of Life".
More information is available at the Ross website.
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