June 4 - July 10, 2005
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LAWN NORTH OF KIMBALL HALL, THU 9PM
Free 'Movies on the Green' Feature Film Classics
The stars will shine once more on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus during the annual Jensen's Cinema 16 Collection series, "Movies on the Green," presented by the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the University Program Council.
Screening on six consecutive Thursday evenings, July 7-Aug. 11, this year's series opens with the historical landmark film "Easy Rider," directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson. Lawn chair and blanket-toting patrons will also be able to enjoy movie classics including "The Blue Lagoon" directed by Randal Kleiser (1980), "A Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick (1971), "The Revenge of Frankenstein" by Terrance Fisher (1958), "The Heartbreak Kid" by Elaine May (1972), and "American Grafitti" by George Lucas (1973).
All of the screenings are presented on the grass in front of Kimball Recital Hall located at 12th and R streets (extended). Screenings are free and open to the public and begin at dusk (approximately 9 p.m.). Popcorn and soda is sold at the screenings. Film commentary written by Jensen's Cinema 16 Collection donor Jerry Jensen will be distributed free of charge.
Co-sponsored by Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and UPC, the series is presented with the assistance of and donations from Jerry Jensen, Kimball Hall, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 151, Friends of Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, and US Bank.
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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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STUDIO AND HOWELL THEATRES, TEMPLE BUILDING
Productions for All Ages Comprise
Nebraska Repertory Theatre 2005 Season
Nebraska Repertory Theatre,
the professional wing of UNL's Department of Theatre Arts, announces
its 38th Season including two main stage comedies and a musical for
the entire family. New Artistic Director, Virginia Smith, associate
professor of Theatre at UNL, announces a Season of Journeys! Smith
said, "The image of embarking on a journey is such a perfect metaphor
for this season. We've selected plays exploring journeys about finding
community, love and freedom. At the same time, as an organization
we're on a journey of redefinition and reinvigoration that will make
us an even more vital part of the artistic community of Lincoln."
Androcles and the Lion by Aurand Harris is a romp through the old fable of the slave who takes the thorn out of the lion's paw only to receive payment for his kindness when the lion spares his life later. This journey to friendship and freedom is told in Commedia style with Fred Stuart as the miserly Pantalone, Jim Hopkins as the braggart Captain and Jeremy Kendall as Androcles. This version is full of slapstick, live music and song. Performances are in the Studio Theatre, third floor Temple Building, 12th and R streets. Performances are set for July 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 at 2:00 PM.
Tickets to Androcles and the Lion are $15, $12 for faculty/staff and senior citizens, $7 for student/youth. Lincoln Children's Museum and Folsom Children's Zoo members may take $2 off of regularly priced tickets. There is also a 5 for $25 special. This special allows five people of any age to attend the same performance for just $25.
Resident Alien by Stuart Spencer is a play about an alien abduction in the most comic way. A Martian bus boy jumps the "Mother Ship" in northern Wisconsin and joins the local residents in a journey of finding community as he makes sly, insightful and often hilarious comments about our society. Performances are in the Howell Theatre, first floor Temple Building, 12th and R streets. Dates and curtain times are July 7, 8, 9, 16, 20, 21, 29, 30 and August 3 at 7:30 PM. Audience members are invited to join the cast for a wine and cheese reception following the July 7 opening performance.
William Inge said that Bus Stop is his exploration of all different kinds of love. Imagine a bus stranded on the Great Plains in a blizzard. The people on the bus and the people in the restaurant where it stops discover love in all its various guises. We guarantee that on one of our hot Nebraska nights you'll be cool on the outside and warmed on the inside. Performances are in the Howell Theatre, first floor Temple building, 12th and R streets. Dates and curtain times are July 14, 15, 22, 23, 27, 28 and August 4, 5, 6 at 7:30 PM. Audience members are invited to join the cast for a wine and cheese reception following the July 14 opening performance.
Individual tickets to Resident Alien and Bus Stop are $20, $18 faculty/staff and senior citizens, $10 student/youth. Season tickets, which include three admissions to any or all of the productions, are $40, $35 for faculty/staff and senior citizens.
Nebraska Repertory Theatre tickets are available through the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301 North 12th Street, PO Box 880157, Lincoln NE 68588-0157, 402-472-4747 or 800-432-3231 Monday through Friday 11 AM to 5:30 PM and one hour prior to performances in the designated theatre lobby. For more information about the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, or to volunteer as an usher, please contact Julie Hagemeier, General Manager at 402-472-1619.
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GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM
Gude, Murphy Exhibition Continues
This Week At Great Plains Art Museum
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Deborah J. Murphy, "The Silence Is Golden" 2005, prismacolor on board
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Parallel exhibitions featuring
the work of two Great Plains artists will open June 3 and run through
July 31 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art
Museum.
"From the Heart of a Regionalist: Paintings by Anthony Benton Gude"
will include nearly 60 works, mostly oil paintings, but also a number of
watercolors and drawings.
"WaterWays & Other Perspectives" will feature 13 Prismacolor drawings
by Deborah J. Murphy of Omaha, all completed in the last two years.
Both artists will be featured at an opening reception from 7-9 pm
June 3 at the museum, 1155 Q St., Hewit Place. The receptions and
exhibitions are free and open to the public.
"These are two wonderful exhibits and each is powerful in its own
right, although they do complement each other in some ways," said Reece
Summers, curator of the museum. "The two artists work with different
materials, Gude mostly with oils and Murphy with Prismacolor pencils, but
both look at the landscapes of the Midwest and Great Plains, and the
interactions of humans with the natural world."
Gude attended the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston in
1986-87 and later studied at the Art Student's League in New York City,
focusing on drawing and paint. He mastered the Venetian technique of oil
painting, a system that employs the use of monochromatic under painting to
develop form and composition before the color is painted on. The many
layers of paint give the final result a stronger body.
His recent commissions include four historical murals covering 480
square feet for the St. Joseph River Boat Partners in St. Joseph, Mo.; "The
Benton," a portrait of a stern-wheeler, for The River Club in Kansas City,
Mo.; and a mural, "A Century of Service," 8 feet by 12 feet, and five
paintings of various Kansas themes for Western Resources in Topeka, Kansas.
Gude and his family live on a small farm in southeastern Marshall
County, Kan. (county seat Marysville). The farm was originally purchased in
an unusual fashion by his grandfather, muralist Thomas Hart Benton
(1889-1975). Benton painted a picture of the farm's barnyard and silo, sold
the painting and purchased the farm with the proceeds of the sale.
A native of North Platte, Murphy has been a professional artist for
more than 30 years and has shown extensively around the Midwest, where her
work has been collected both publicly and privately. She is known primarily
for her Midwestern landscapes, and in recent years has come to prefer using
Prismacolor pencils to capture the texture and colors of prairie
vegetation. She uses poster board of a particular texture that allows her
to build many layers of color.
Murphy, who earned a bachelor's degree in music education at the
University of Nebraska at Kearney (then Kearney State College), was the
recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in painting in
1994 and a Distinguished Achievement Grant from the Nebraska Arts Council
in 1998.
The Great Plains Art Museum is part of the Center for Great Plains
Studies at UNL. It is open from 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday
and 1:30-5 pm Sundays. It is closed Mondays.
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week at the Ross: The
Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill, The Ballad Of Jack And Rose.
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents the unique documentary The Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill, and
The Ballad Of Jack And Rose, the third film from talented young director Rebecca Miller (Personal Velocity).
An uncommon bond between man and nature is the focus of Judy Irving's wonderful and informative documentary, The Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill. The film follows Mark Bittner, an unemployed aging hippie, who lives off the kindness of strangers in the titular San Francisco neighborhood. His life takes on new meaning when he starts feeding a flock of wild Conures, a breed of parrot noted for its green body and cherry-red head. Native to Argentina, the birds soon feel comfortable enough to feed while perched all over Mr. Bittner. Being outcasts who yearn to remain free, a mutual respect is born between them. Daily routine soon leads to growing crowds of curious passersby, as Bittner becomes something of a local celebrity. Based on his up-close observations, Bittner gains some keen insight into the behavior of individual birds, giving them names. The resulting portraits of Connor, Mingus, Olive, Pushkin, Picasso, Sophie, and Tupelo prove that these amazing creatures deserve star credit in their own right.
1986. Jack (Daniel Day-Lewis) lives on the site of his abandoned island commune with his 16-year-old daughter Rose (Camilla Belle). Since the breakup of the commune, Jack has sheltered Rose completely from the influences of the outside world, but now his fatal illness and Rose's emerging womanhood pose troubling questions about the days ahead. A man who has lived a life motivated by environmentalism, Jack now rages at those who do not share his aesthetic, like developer Marty Rance (Beau Bridges), who is building a housing tract on the edge of his property. When Jack invites his girlfriend Kathleen (Catherine Keener) and her sons Rodney (Ryan McDonald) and Thaddius (Paul Dano) to live with them, Rose feels betrayed and the situation quickly becomes precarious. Rose acts out wildly, creating chaos. As everything flies out of control, Jack finds himself trapped in an impossible place and is forced to take action.
More information is available at the Ross website.
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