September 22, 2005
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER, 7PM
Free Screening of New Dylan Documentary At Ross
Bob Dylan participates in an exclusive film biography by acclaimed director Martin Scorsese entitled No Direction Home: Bob Dylan. From his explosive arrival on the downtown New York City scene in 1961 through his near-fatal motorcycle accident in Woodstock in 1966, no one had more of an impact and no one changed the landscape of contemporary music more profoundly. Private, almost reclusive, disdainful of customary forms of publicity, Dylan has now agreed to make an appearance in his own story, illuminated in particular by this remarkable five-year period.
This intimate and incomparable film includes an archive literally never-before-seen footage from childhood, from the road, from backstage, as well as unreleased interviews conducted over the past 15 years with other seminal figures from those times - some of whom, like Allan Ginsberg, are long dead. Dylan brings the rights to his legendary music with him - "Blowin' in the Wind," "Like a Rolling Stone," "Don't Think Twice," "Mr. Tambourine Man," "It Ain't Me Babe," "Just Like a Woman," "Positively 4th Street," "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - and on and on.
For those unable to attend the free screening at the Ross, the documentary will be shown on NET Television later this month. Part One airs Monday, Sept. 26, at 8 pm, repeating immediately again at 9:30 pm on NET1. Part Two airs Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 8 pm, repeating immediately again at 10 pm on NET1.
MRRMAC | NET TELEVISION
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TEMPLE BUILDING, STUDIO THEATRE, 7:30PM
Theatrix Opens Fall Season With The Shadow Box
Theatrix, the UNL student producing organization, opens up their brand new Fall 2005 season with Michael Cristofer's The Shadow Box. Beginning September 22nd in The Studio Theatre at the Temple Buliding, The Shadow Box explores the last days of three terminally ill people set in a cottage hospice. These three stories intertwine as their families and loved ones surround and support them as they all face death and attempt to make sense of it.
The performance will take place in the Studio Theatre of the Temple Building on 12th and R Streets. Tickets for the show are $5 dollars each and can be purchased the evening of the show. Reservations can also be made by calling (402) 659-3579 or e-mailing unltheatrix@hotmail.com. Additional performances will be held on Friday Sept 23 at 7:30 pm, Saturday Sept 24 at 7:30 and 10:30 pm, and a final performance on Sunday Sept 25 at 2:00 pm.
The cast of The Shadow Box includes Andrew Beck as Joe, Jack Carpenter
as Brian, Jacob Heger as Steve, Rachael Miller as Felicity, Courtney Pearson
as Maggie, wwwSeth Petersen as Mark, Ja'nelle Taylor as Beverly, and Meredith
Wachter as Agnes. The director is Taylor Bendgen, the technical director is Alicia
Bailey, the costume designer is Caitlin Brandes, and the set designer is Josh
Nix.
UNL THEATRE ARTS
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week at the Ross: The
Aristocrats
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents The Aristocrats, the daft docu-comedy from Penn Jillette & Paul
Provenza.
"A man walks into a talent agent's office with his family and says, Have I got an act for you! The talent agent replies, So what do you do?" So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke that has been handed down from comedian to comedian for decades but is rarely told on stage. The next part of the joke varies, allowing for improvisation, and the only requirement in telling the joke is that it be as offensive as possible. Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette spent two years documenting as many versions of this infamous joke as possible, cornering comedians like Drew Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Susie Essman, and Paul Reiser whenever and wherever possible. The results are surprising, and often take their humor to places that may make sensitive viewers uncomfortable. While comic legends such as Don Rickles, The Smothers Brothers, and Phyllis Diller admit their familiarity with the joke, they shy away from telling their own versions. Some may be surprised, however, to see performers who are normally associated with family-friendly material, including Bob Saget and Jason Alexander, describing scatological and incestuous acts with deadpan glee. Ultimately, though, The Aristocrats is more than just many versions of the same dirty joke--it is an exploration of the workings of the unrestricted comic mind.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | THE ARISTOCRATS |
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222 CBA, 12:30PM
Economics Seminar - "Net Marginal Social Security Tax Rates Over the Life-Cycle"
Dr. Matthew Cushings, UNL
NEBRASKA UNION, 3:30PM
Panel Discussion - "What is LGBTQ/Sexuality Studies and Why Does it Belong in a University?"
The panel will consist of UNL faculty members and be facilitated by Professor John Younger of the University of Kansas
110 HAMILTON HALL, 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Seminar - "Signature Vocalizations in Marmoset Monkeys: Stability, Variability, and Function"
Dr. Jeffrey French, UNO
NEBRASKA UNION, 7:30PM
Sigma Xi Public Lecture - "Hurricane Hazards in the U.S."
Dr. Nicholas Coch, Queens College of C.U.N.Y.
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