Tue, Oct 17, 2006
October 17, 2006
EISENTRAGER HOWARD GALLERY
"Botanicals" Exhibition Continues at Eisentrager Howard Gallery
The Eisentrager-Howard Gallery presents "Botanicals," an exhibition of art inspired by or with reference to botany, plants or plant life, or to the science of botany.
The exhibition opens Monday, October 9 and continues through November 16. The gallery is located on the first floor of Richards Hall on the UNL city campus and it is open Monday-Thursday, from Noon -4 p.m. For more information, call the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery at (402) 472-5025.
NET, 10AM
NET Hosts Filmmaker Workshop
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications is hosting a free workshop, 10 to 11:30 a.m. today, for independent and student filmmakers and faculty. Mary Ann Thyken, vice president of production for the Independent Television Service in San Francisco, will lead the workshop, "Getting Your Indy Film Made and Seen (in the age of YouTube, Sundance, TV and Netflix)."
The workshop will be held at NET, 1800 N. 33rd Street. To register, or for more information, contact Jann Howard at jhoward@netNebraska.org or 472-9333, ext. 217.
NET NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM, THROUGH OCT. 29
Pritchard Exhibit Nearing a Close
An exhibition taking place at the University of Nebraska State Museum showcases the work of a Nebraska artist and tells the story of a once thriving job niche that's now nearly extinct. "C.G. Pritchard: A Retrospective," mounted in the museum's Cooper Gallery, displays hundreds of drawings and paintings by a prolific artist who worked for more than 25 years as a commercial illustrator for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Prichard's work was seen in the commission's NEBRASKAland Magazine, and its precursor, Outdoor Nebraska, from 1949 to 1974. Art created for the magazine and other publications, works made during Pritchard's World War II service, and art commissioned for scholarly works comprise the exhibition.
Joel Nielsen, exhibits technician for the museum, and Jon Farrar, senior editor for NEBRASKAland magazine, organized and mounted the exhibition, which will come to a close on Oct. 29. Farrar wrote the exhibition notes. He worked with Pritchard for about four years -- as Farrar's career was beginning and Pritchard's was winding down. Nielsen and another NEBRASKAland editor, Ken Bouc, hatched the idea for the exhibition as the two were traveling to Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park last year. Ashfall is a cooperative project between the museum and Game and Parks. more...
SHELDON ART MUSEUM
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Science Of Sleep, Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields And Crossroads Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Science Of Sleep and Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields And Crossroads. Both films will be showing through October 26.
The Science Of Sleep, a playful romantic fantasy set inside the topsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) an eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life. While slumbering, he is the charismatic host of "Stephane TV," expounding on "The Science of Sleep" in front of cardboard cameras. In "real life," he has a boring job at a Parisian calendar publisher and pines for Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), the girl in the apartment across the hall. While Stephanie is initially charmed by Stephane, she is confused by his childishness and shaky connection to reality. Unable to find the secret to Stephanies heart while awake, Stephane searches for the answer in his dreams. Written and directed by Michel Gondry, the boundlessly inventive creator of award-winning films ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), music videos and commercials. The Science Of Sleep is a whimsical trip into a cut-and-paste wonderland fashioned from cardboard tubes, cellophane, and imagination.
After a childhood of playing cantinas and honky tonks from Texas to Tennessee, Los Lonely Boys rocked their way to the top of the American music industry, determined to fulfill their father’s long held dream. Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields And Crossroads tells the story of three Mexican American brothers from San Angelo Texas who are creating a unique sound that melds the core of the early San Angelo music scene of the 1950s and 60s with a signature style they call "Texican." The film weaves a historical and cultural perspective on brothers Henry, JoJo and Ringo Garza, highlighting their Mexican American roots and musical influences. The Garza brothers come from a long line of working musicians-music has always been a way of life for them. Like work in the cotton fields, music brought the family a means of survival. The film traces the early days as the young family band cuts its teeth learning from their father as they play in country bars and Mexican cantinas in and around San Angelo, Texas. The film travels with them to Nashville where they endure turmoil and heartbreak. These life experiences captured so eloquently by Galan's camera reveal a compelling portrait of a young band of brothers who against all odds, break out of poverty and find the American rock n roll dream.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP | LOS LONELY BOYS: COTTONFIELDS AND CROSSROADS
