October 17, 2005
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LIED CENTER, FRI 7:30PM, SAT 2, 7:30PM
Blast! Arrives at the Lied
Blast! is the winner of the 2001 Tony Award for "Best Special Theatrical Event" and the 2001 Emmy Award for "Best Choreography." It is comprised of 37 brass, percussion, and visual performers brought together in a unique explosion of music and theatre. Born on athletic fields across the nation, Blast! is a novel art form evolved from the showmanship of outdoor pageantry.
According to Bruce McCabe of the Boston Globe, "Blast! is an exuberant 15-number show that doesn't falter while bridging the categories of classical, blues, jazz, rock-n-roll, and techno-pop music. Blast! stands, blows, pounds, marches, and whirls with panache. It sent a full house into repeated bursts of cheering and applause."
LIED CENTER
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DO YOUR PART
UNL Looks To Save Money On Energy Costs
With cold weather rapidly approaching, the University
of Nebraska – Lincoln is asking faculty and staff to contribute to cost-cutting
measures aimed at energy savings. With the campus facing a deficit in the energy
budget and continued cost increases, there's never been a more important time
to think of the small ways that individuals can reduce their energy footprint.
To learn more about how you can help, open the energy
strips page.
A chart showing which buildings will be affected by the weekend and nightly set-backs in temperature is posted on the web (PDF). Implementation will begin as soon as possible with the buildings that provide the largest savings first.
ENERGY STRIPS
UNL BUILDING HVAC SHUTDOWN LIST (PDF)
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SOFTBALL | FRI 6PM
Husker Fall Classic - Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Michigan Wolverines
BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK
VOLLEYBALL | SAT 7PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Texas Longhorns
NU COLISEUM
SOFTBALL | SAT 2PM
Husker Fall Classic - Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Creighton Bluejays
BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK
SOFTBALL | SAT 4PM
Husker Fall Classic - Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Michigan Wolverines
BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK
SOFTBALL | SUN 2, 4PM
Husker Fall Classic - Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Canada
BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK
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KIMMEL ORCHARD, NEBRASKA CITY, SAT 10AM - 5PM
Wild Fruit and Nut Jam Set For This Weekend In Nebraska City
Food, music and educational information will greet visitors at the second annual Wild Fruit and Nut Jam Oct. 15 at the Kimmel Orchard in Nebraska City. The free event is from 10 am -5 pm and is open to the public. Participants also will get a look at the new Kimmel Education and Research Center, the site of the event's workshops and demonstrations.
The event will feature presentations about fruit and nut species grown in Nebraska, how they can be used in the kitchen and the economic opportunities these species can provide producers and businesses. Other activities include fruit and nut product tasting, woody floral product displays and discussions, and wood carving and wood turning demonstrations.
Participants can tour historic Kimmel Orchard on a hayrack ride, sample gourmet foods that feature Nebraska-grown fruits and nuts, taste wines from many of Nebraska's vineyards and enjoy the performance of Brian "Pickle" Gerkensmeyer, an acoustic performer who plays original and classic bluegrass, jazz, blues and folk music.
For more information about the Fruit and Nut Jam, contact Ringenberg at (402) 873-3166 or Becky Erdkamp, Nebraska Forest Service education and outreach specialist, at (402) 472-9869.
The event is sponsored by UNL Extension, Nebraska Forest Service and School of Natural Resources in the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education.
IANR
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UNIVERSITY THEATRE, 7:30PM
UNL Theatre Kicks Off Season With Quirky Comedy
University Theatre, the academic
year production program at UNL's Johnny Carson School of Theatre
and Film, kicks off its 105th season with the quirky comedy by David
Lindsay-Abaire Wonder Of The World. Performances are October
14 - 15 at 7:30 pm in Howell Theatre,
Temple Building, 12th & R Streets. Tickets are $16, $14 faculty/staff
and senior citizen, and $10 student/youth. Five-admission season
passports are $50, $40 faculty/staff and senior citizen. Passport
admissions may be used for one production or one for each of the
five productions in the season, or in any other combination. Tickets
and passports may be obtained at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301
North 12th Street, 472-4747 or 800-432-3231 Monday through Friday
from 11 am to 5:30 pm.
Ever "discovered" something in your husband's sweater drawer that made you run away from home? Cass did! A firm believer in destiny, she boards the bus to Niagara Falls armed with a "things to do in life" list. With husband Kip in hot pursuit, Cass journeys through a series of absurd encounters with eccentric characters. Lindsay-Abaire's madcap imagination and snappy dialogue will keep you laughing!
Erin Dinneen and Chad Brown play Cass and her husband Kip. Cass's sidekick Lois is played by Caitlin Brandes. Kate Lottinville and William Heafer play Karla and Glen, and Mark Romano plays Captain Mike. Other cast members include Jesse Glasgow, Kate Garst, Gabrielle Stewart, Darrin Hemmer and Steve Lenz. All are undergraduate theatre majors. Assistant professor G. Valmont Thomas directs the production.
Joy S. Barlean designs costumes, technical direction is by Mitch Critel, and stage management is by Jenny Schenck, all undergraduate theatre majors. Na-Ri Lee designs scenery, lighting is by Erik Vose, and sound is by Mike Legate, all graduate design students.
UNL THEATRE ARTS
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Opening This Week At The Ross: Junebug, The Digital Cinema of Jon Jost
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents Junebug, the first feature film from director Phil Morrison, and The Digital Cinema of Jon Jost, who will be appearing at screenings of his films on Friday, October 14 (Oui Mon) and Saturday, October 15 (Homecoming) to discuss his work with the audiences.
Giving an art-film aesthetic to a touching family drama, director Phil Morrison and screenwriter Angus MacLachlan present their first feature, which was shot in their hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The film is set in nearby Pfafftown and Pilot Mountain, and location is itself a character in the film as long sequences of soundless photography show rows of houses, or rooms in a house, or stretches of farmland--capturing the essence of this area of the South. Successful, cosmopolitan, and adorable Chicago couple Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz) and George (Alessandro Nivola) meet at a fancy art auction where she is working as a dealer, and they are married six months later. Madeleine is recruiting an outsider artist, and she travels to rural North Carolina to meet him. George accompanies her, as he is originally from Pfafftown, and though it has been three years since he visited home, Madeleine insists on meeting his family. When she does, she finds herself in a world totally different from her own, and sees a new side of her husband. His mother Peg (Celia Weston) and father Eugene (Scott Wilson) are quiet homebodies who aren't sure what to make of Madeleine's sophisticated career and lilting British accent. George's deadbeat brother Johnny (Ben McKenzie) never finished high school, and lives at home with his young wife Ashley (Amy Adams), who is naive and bubbly--and very pregnant. While the family's simplicity, traditional values, and religion make them suspicious of Madeleine, Ashley is the one bright-eyed spirit who is happy to have Madeleine as a sister-in-law and celebrates her marriage to George. Junebug is an effecting film that sheds light both on the always-surprising nature of in-laws, and the unique culture of the South.
Jon Jost, a self taught filmmaker, has made some 20 shorts and 13 feature-length films, all of which he has conceived, written, photographed, directed and edited. He is best known for his features All the Vermeers in New York and Frame Up. Jost made his first feature-length film in 1974, and has since devoted himself to the making of a wide-ranging series of films, largely focused on specifically American topics, in form ranging from essays (Speaking Directly, Stagefright, and Uncommon Senses), to essay-fictions (Angel City) to avant-garde and new narrative forms. His work has shown widely in museums, film archives and festivals since 1975. Jost is of particular interest to independent filmmakers, as well as potential audiences, because he was one of the first established filmmakers to embrace digital video and to explore its potential for story telling.
More information is available at the Ross website.
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327 KEIM, FRI 3PM
Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar - "Native Plants for Nebraska Landscapes"
Harlan Hamernick, Bluebird Nursery, Clarkson, Neb.
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "New Reactions: Using Molecular Strain to Access Molecular Complexity"
Professor Marc Snapper, Boston College
115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics Colloquium - "Chaos in the Solar System"
Mario Martelli, Claremont-McKenna University
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, SUN 2PM
Let's Talk Art Lecture Series - "The 'Art' of Photography"
Norman Geske, Sheldon Director Emeritus
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