November 3, 2005
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THAT'S THE POWER OF RED
New Video Series Highlights Campus Accomplishments
On football Saturdays at Memorial Stadium, the Huskervision screens come alive with the big plays on the field. But we also like to take time out to tell fans about the big success stories that take place off the field at Nebraska. It's a chance to brag about UNL's important research, our world-renowned faculty and our outstanding students and alumni. That's the Power of Red.
THE POWER OF RED
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NEBRASKA UNION, 11AM - 3PM
"Help Us, Help Them" Ceramics Fundraising Sale Continues
The UNL School of Fine & Performing Arts is hosting a "Help Us, Help Them" fundraising sale in the Nebraska Union (1st Floor Alcove Space) today from 11 am - 3 pm. All pottery for sale was made during a two-weekend throw-a-thon event that involved undergraduate, special and graduate students and faculty from the art department throwing, trimming, glazing and firing all of the work for the fundraising sale. The proceeds of all sales will be donated to CERF (Craft Emergency Relief Fund), a non-profit organization committed to helping artists and craftspeople in times of crisis.
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KIMBALL RECITAL HALL, NOON
UNL Opera Presents Mozart's The Magic Flute
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Music in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts presents The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. UNL Opera will be giving performances today at Noon, Friday Nov. 4 at 7:30pm, and Sunday Nov. 6 at 3pm. All performances will be held in Kimball Recital Hall, at 11th and R Street.
In a mythical magical kingdom, a bird-catcher and a noble prince team up in this classic tale of good versus evil, when Prince Tamino is sent to rescue the Queen of the Night's daughter, Pamina, from the mysterious abductor known as Sarastro and his cruel guard, Monostatos. With its threesome of warbling ladies, delightful spirits, charmed animals, and, of course, a magic flute, this enchanting production is packed full of operatic treats for the whole family. Sung in English, with projected super-titles, The Magic Flute will be staged by William Shomos and conducted by Tyler Goodrich White.
Tickets for the show are $10 for Students / Seniors and $20 for general admission.
UNL SCHOOL OF MUSIC
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Shake Hands
with the Devil, 2046 Continue at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents Shake Hands with the Devil and 2046. Shake
Hands with the Devil runs through Nov. 3; 2046 through
Nov. 10.
Shake Hands with the Devil is
the most powerful documentary produced about the Rwandan genocide.
Peter Raymont's film is a respectful portrait of Roméo Dallaire,
the Canadian commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in
Rwanda in 1994, according the Stephen Holden, film critic for the
New York Times.
In 100 days – between April 6 and July 16, 1994 – an
estimated 800,000 men, women and children were brutally killed in
the obscure African country of Rwanda. The victims – many horrifically
hacked to death with machetes – were Tutsi, and moderate Hutus
who supported them.
Director Wong Kar-Wai's style reaches its fullest expression in his
stunning film 2046. Picture period sets and intricate costuming,
finely wrought atmospheres, languid shots, glamorous cigarette smoke,
lamplight, and allusions to film noir make 2046 one of the
most compelling and beautiful films to be released this year.
2046 is a meditation on memory, eroticism, love, loss, and
longing which surpasses the director's beautiful, widely acclaimed In
the Mood for Love (2000) in terms of formal ambition and visual
sumptuousness. With its intriguing, layered structure, the film follows
the adventures of Chow Wo Man (Tony Leung), a womanizer who is writing
a science fiction novel about a future year in which all memories
are suspended. The film shuttles between the Blade Runner-like
world of Chow's futuristic novel (complete with androids and other
metaphors of emotional disconnection) and late-'60s Hong Kong – where
Chow writes from a hotel room, and engages in relationships with
a series of beautiful, complex women. The film also journeys to Singapore
and through the increasingly mysterious corridors of the protagonist's
memory.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | SHAKE
HANDS WITH THE DEVIL | 2046 |
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LIED CENTER, 1PM
Panel Discussion: "Our Origins: Evolution, Intelligent Design or Creationism"
Panelists include Charles Austerberry, Alan Kamil, Paul Nelson and Otis Young. The panelists will compare and contrast these three viewpoints, address why these outlooks have been so confrontational, and discuss whether or not these points of view can coexist.
JOHNNY CARSON THEATER, 3:30PM
Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar - "The Evolutionary History of Life's Molecules"
Dr. Steven Benner, University of Florida-Gainesville
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 333 S 132ND ST, OMAHA NE, 7:30PM
2005 Annual Kripke Lecture Series - 'Morality and Universality of Jewish Thought'
Michael Walzer, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. Sponsored by the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies.
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