June 20-26, 2005
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UNL CAMPUS
UNL Police Seek Info on Recent Projector Thefts
University employees are being asked for any information that could lead to an arrest in the theft of two LCD overhead projectors from Andrews Hall between June 14 and 15. Projector thefts have been an ongoing problem at UNL since February 2004. Between the first theft and the most recent on June 15, more than 30 projectors have been stolen with an estimated total loss of $100,000.
A CrimeStoppers award of up to $1,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. The projectors are either gray or black and are small enough to be carried by a person or in a backpack or similar bag. Brands are mainly Epson and Infocus. UNL police have tracked thefts in Andrews Hall, Burnett Hall, Avery Hall and the College of Business Administration. Individuals with information on the thefts are asked to call either CrimeStoppers at 475-3600 or UNL police at 472-3555. You will remain anonymous and may be eligible for the reward.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
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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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SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
Sheldon Hosts Bill Viola Video Installation
In Mary, a work from 2000 by internationally-recognized video artist Bill Viola, a woman is seen working alone in her office in a medical facility. She is dressed in a white lab coat, writing slowly on a pad of paper and reading at her desk. A large microscope and personal objects surround her -- a coffee mug imprinted with butterflies, a nautilus shell, and a small figurine rest near her computer screen, which displays an x-ray image of a human skull. The symbolic objects and composition of Mary are in keeping with the idea of a vanitas or still life paintings popular in 15th and 16th-century Europe that referred to the contemplation of mortality and the transience of earthly pleasures or achievements. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery will be hosting the installation by Viola until July 3.
Using cutting edge technological advances in film production, Viola began a series of works in 2000 known as "The Passions" that addressed the fundamental issues concerning the human condition - joy, anger, fear and sorrow. Mary was filmed using a specialized high-speed 35mm camera that shoots 240 frames per second (standard is 24 frames per second). The single take of footage is approximately one minute long and then extended or slowed down to last fifteen minutes. The figure is seen in extreme slow motion. The nuance of body language like a blink of an eye, the slight shift of a head or a subtle hand movement becomes heightened and remains suspended in the viewer's conscious awareness. Mary also has a sound component. We hear ambient but diffused sounds of the lab -- electronic equipment, telephones and public announcements, as one might hear in a hospital. We are confronted with an intensely intimate moment, the act of grieving. In a place where one is expected to be emotionally objective, we are privy to an expression of vulnerability. What is critical, however, is that each viewer is left to initiate his or her own reading of the story to explain the event.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
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SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM,
MON. JUNE 20, 7:00PM
Pulitzer Winners Dunn, Kooser to Kick Off Summer Writers' Conference
Pulitzer Prize winning poets Stephen Dunn and Ted Kooser, the U.S. poet laureate, will kick of the Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference June 20 by reading from their work from 7-8:30 pm at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 12th and R streets. The reading is free and open to the public.
Dunn is the author of 12 collections of poetry, including "Local Visitations, Different Hours" (winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize) and "Loosestrife" (National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, 1996). Some of his other books are "New & Selected Poems: 1974-1994," "Landscape at the End of the Century," "Between Angels" and "Riffs & Reciprocities: Prose Pairs." His newest collection is "The Insistence of Beauty" (W.W. Norton, 2004). Dunn's awards include the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Poetry Series winner, fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, and three creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is distinguished professor of creative writing at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
Kooser, a professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he is the author of 10 full-length collections of poetry, including "Delights and Shadows" (Copper Canyon Press, 2004), which won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, the Hudson Review, the Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere. His most recent book, on writing poetry for beginners, "The Poetry Home Repair Manual," was published by the University of Nebraska Press in January 2005.
The reading and reception are co-sponsored at UNL by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, the Friends of the Libraries, the Friends of the University of Nebraska Press and the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. 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.
NEBRASKA SUMMER WRITER'S CONFERENCE
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CBA BUILDING, JUNE 20-24
'Economics is Everywhere!' Camp For Middle-Level Students Is This Week
"Economics is Everywhere!," the first Nebraska economics day camp for middle level students, Grades 6-8, will take students on a journey from June 20-24 into the exciting world of economics as it relates to money, entertainment, government, sports and the global economy.
The event will be hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Economic Education and held at the College of Business Administration Building on the UNL City Campus. Each of the five, fun-filled days will include a variety of activities, speakers and field trips. This is the second year for the Economics is Everywhere! camp.
Participants will investigate how money is earned, spent and saved. To add an aspect of reality to the camp, the students will earn, spend and save the camp's own currency, called "Eco-Bucks." Campers will be on the move, visiting the Grand Theatre, the Capitol, the County-City Building and Memorial Stadium. Business people from the community will visit the camp to give first-hand viewpoints of everyday economics.
Participants in last year's inaugural Economics is Everywhere! camp had high reviews of the experience. "I hope you have another economics camp next year!" and "This camp makes economics come alive!" were the written comments of two campers. One parent wrote: "We are impressed that you have put this together. It is very valuable and you have obviously put a lot of thought, planning and coordination into the camp." Another wrote: "Most valuable is that she learned economic terms and concepts and how to make wise saving and spending decisions."
For more information, including an application form, visit the camp's web site. Some scholarships will be available.
Tammie Fischer, director of the UNL Center for Economic Education, and middle school teachers and economics graduate students will facilitate the camp.
ECONOMICS IS EVERYWHERE CAMP WEBSITE
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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.
JAZZ IN JUNE
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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.
MRRMAC | TURTLES CAN FLY | THE ANIMATION SHOW |
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