Mon, Oct 09, 2006
October 9, 2006
UNL CAMPUS, THIS WEEK
'Week Without Violence' Observed at UNL
Statistics show that one in three college women experience sexual assault, and up to 60 percent of students experience an abusive dating relationship by high school graduation. These forms of violence and what can be done to reduce their occurrence are the focus Oct. 9-14 of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Week Without Violence.
The UNL Women's Center has coordinated Week Without Violence events for more than 10 years, and collaborates with other UNL and Lincoln groups to raise awareness about the impact of violence on all, and to empower the community to create a safer environment for everyone. more...
WOMEN'S CENTER
WELPTON COURTROOM, COLLEGE OF LAW, 12:10PM
Winthrop and Frances Lane Foundation Lecture - "Federal Implications of No Child Left Behind"
Michael Heise, professor of law at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 3PM
Center for Grassland Studies Seminar Series - "Some Observations on the Ecology, Economics, and Sustainability of Great Plains Rangeland Agriculture"
Rod Heitschmidt, rangeland scientist and research leader at the USDA Fort Keogh Livestock & Range Research Lab in Miles City, Montana
BURNETT HALL, 7PM
Lecture - Work of Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain's celebrated poet
Dr. Agustin Munoz, Prof at the Univ of Castilla-La Mancha. Munoz will give an interdisciplinary seminar on the work of Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain's celebrated poet, in relation to the major artists of his time
ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY, STARTING TODAY
'Celebration of Youth XIII: Innovations' at Hillestad Gallery
Youth from across Nebraska will celebrate their textile innovations Oct. 9-27 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery. Twenty-two 4-H'ers, ages 10 through 19, will have their textile art on display as part of "Celebration of Youth XIII: Innovations" at the gallery on the second floor of the Home Economics Building, north of 35th Street and East Campus Loop.
The wide variety of textile art, apparel and home environment design on display was selected by jurors from more than 2,700 Nebraska State Fair 4-H clothing and home environment project exhibits. The exhibit recognizes the accomplishments and creativity of Nebraska youth and the uniqueness of their projects. The experience also increases their understanding of textile science, design and apparel merchandising while exposing them to college life. more...
HILLESTAD TEXTILE GALLERY
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Who Killed The Electric Car?, Drawing Restraint 9 Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Who Killed The Electric Car? and Drawing Restraint 9. Both films will be showing through October 12.
It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? Who Killed The Electric Car? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.
Matthew Barney teams up with Bjork for Drawing Restraint 9. In this highly experimental film in the style of Barney's CREMASTER cycle, Bjork also provides the soundtrack, making it essential viewing for fans of her more esoteric ventures. Matthew Barney's stately, ritualistic film takes place mostly on the Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship afloat in Nagasaki Bay. A good part of the film follows Mr. Barney and Bjork, who are welcomed aboard the ship as Occidental guests and undergo elaborate preparations for a traditional Shinto wedding ceremony. Their union, however ecstatic, quickly leads to a solemn, stylized Liebestod that embodies the film's depiction of life as a series of passages in a relentless cycle of creation and destruction. Like Mr. Barney's Cremaster Cycle, Drawing Restraint 9 is a cinematic component of a larger exhibition that will embrace videos, sculptures, drawings and photographs. The complexities of such a multimedia work will perhaps be best scrutinized by art critics and historians. Working as a mostly nonverbal series of interconnected images with a soundtrack composed by Bjork, the film represents a significant advance from Cremaster Cycle. - Stephen Holden, The New York Times
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? | DRAWING RESTRAINT 9
