Wed, Aug 02, 2006
July 31 - August 4, 2006
CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN THIS FALL
New Virology Building to be Named for NU Supporter Morrison
University of Nebraska-Lincoln's new virology research building will be named the Ken Morrison Life Sciences Research Center in honor of Hastings resident and University of Nebraska supporter Kenneth Morrison, pending approval by the NU Board of Regents.
Morrison, a longtime university advocate and University of Nebraska Foundation trustee, has provided the lead gift for the planned center, which will house the Nebraska Center for Virology. This is the latest of Morrison's numerous contributions to the university, which have included establishing the Morrison Biotechnology Fund, supporting UNL's microscopy research facility at the George W. Beadle Center for Genetics and Research, and funding the Kenneth Morrison Professorship in Food Engineering. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, STARTING TUESDAY
'American Art, 19th Century to Present' at Sheldon Beginning This Week
Charles Howard, Ultimate Recesses, 1949
With the reopening of its six permanent collection galleries on Aug. 1, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's celebrated collection of American art will offer a chronological survey from the early 19th century through the first years of the 21st century. The galleries have been closed in July.
Beginning with outstanding examples of American landscapes from the early 19th century, the new installation will take viewers through works documenting American realism, American modernism, and surrealism, then on to the development of Abstract Expressionism, and culminate with works from the past 20 years.
Among the iconic works to be on view are:
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM
'American Art, 19th Century to Present' at Sheldon Beginning This Week
Charles Howard, Ultimate Recesses, 1949
Beginning with outstanding examples of American landscapes from the early 19th century, the new installation will take viewers through works documenting American realism, American modernism, and surrealism, then on to the development of Abstract Expressionism, and culminate with works from the past 20 years.
Among the iconic works to be on view are:
- Albert Bierstadt, "River Landscape," 1867;
- Georgia O'Keeffe, "New York Night," 1928-29;
- Thomas Hart Benton, "Lonesome Road," 1927;
- Edward Hopper, "Room in New York," 1932;
- Jacob Lawrence, "Paper Boats," 1949;
- Louise Bourgeois, "Observer," 1947-49;
- Willem DeKooning, "Woman," 1954; and
- Richard Diebenkorn, "Ocean Park No. 87.5," 1975.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
L'Enfant, Wordplay Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents L'Enfant, and Wordplay. Both films will be playing through August 3.
ean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne present another uncompromising, emotionally devastating depiction of human struggle with L'Enfant. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival (their second, after 1999's Rosetta), the film opens just as 20-year-old Bruno (Jeremie Renier) and his 18-year-old girlfriend Sonia (Deborah Francois) have welcomed their first child into the world. A small-time crook with no big-time leads, Bruno decides to sneak away with his son, Jimmy, and sell him for a hefty chunk of money. But when he tries to justify his actions to Sonia, assuring her that they'll have another baby, she collapses in shock. While she recuperates in the hospital, Bruno realizes that he's made a horrendous mistake, and embarks on an impassioned quest to get his son back and redeem himself to Sonia. As in their other fictional feature films, the Dardennes use handheld cinematography, realistic acting, and a music-free soundtrack to create a poetically heightened sense of reality. The result is a supremely humane work of art. Featuring another powerful performance from frequent Dardennes collaborator Renier, L'Enfant also boasts an unforgettable performance from newcomer François, who fills the screen with an honesty rarely seen.
Fifty million Americans do crossword puzzles each week, many in the venerable New York Times, which published its first puzzle in 1942. For the past 12 years, the man whose name has been indelibly linked to the Times crosswords is editor Will Shortz. In Wordplay, director Patrick Creadon presents an entertaining and informative look at Shortz's work and that of the puzzle constructors with whom he collaborates. As these pros demonstrate how to create a crossword, Creadon cleverly integrates interviews with celebrity crossword solvers, including Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Jon Stewart, Ken Burns, the Indigo Girls, and others. While Creadon's access to Shortz enables a fascinating insight into what makes crosswords tick, it's the unexpectedly riveting coverage of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, an annual competition founded by Shortz that makes Wordplay really shine. Profiles of a number of intelligent and ingratiating contestants reveal their unique personalities as they prepare for and attend the tournament. Though on the surface, this part of the film resembles other recent documentaries exploring competitions like spelling bees or Scrabble, the focus for participants here is as much on the overarching sense of community their love of crosswords fosters as on winning. Wordplay emerges as an engrossing, yet lighthearted, portrait of an American institution, and its masterful execution produces the same satisfaction as completing a particularly ingenious and challenging puzzle.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | L'ENFANT | WORDPLAY
L'Enfant, Wordplay Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents L'Enfant, and Wordplay. Both films will be playing through August 3.
Fifty million Americans do crossword puzzles each week, many in the venerable New York Times, which published its first puzzle in 1942. For the past 12 years, the man whose name has been indelibly linked to the Times crosswords is editor Will Shortz. In Wordplay, director Patrick Creadon presents an entertaining and informative look at Shortz's work and that of the puzzle constructors with whom he collaborates. As these pros demonstrate how to create a crossword, Creadon cleverly integrates interviews with celebrity crossword solvers, including Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Jon Stewart, Ken Burns, the Indigo Girls, and others. While Creadon's access to Shortz enables a fascinating insight into what makes crosswords tick, it's the unexpectedly riveting coverage of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, an annual competition founded by Shortz that makes Wordplay really shine. Profiles of a number of intelligent and ingratiating contestants reveal their unique personalities as they prepare for and attend the tournament. Though on the surface, this part of the film resembles other recent documentaries exploring competitions like spelling bees or Scrabble, the focus for participants here is as much on the overarching sense of community their love of crosswords fosters as on winning. Wordplay emerges as an engrossing, yet lighthearted, portrait of an American institution, and its masterful execution produces the same satisfaction as completing a particularly ingenious and challenging puzzle.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | L'ENFANT | WORDPLAY
