Wed, Oct 18, 2006
October 18, 2006
LENTZ CENTER FOR ASIAN CULTURE
'Alice's House' Continues at Lentz Center
"Alice's House: Chinese and Japanese Art from the Collection of Alice V. Abel" will run through Dec. 22 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lentz Center for Asian Culture. A well-known Lincoln resident and distinguished graduate of the University of Nebraska (class of 1946), Abel was a philanthropist with many contributions and honors, including being a board member of the University of Nebraska Foundation and chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Nebraska Wesleyan University. Among her gifts to the city are Hazel Abel Park and the Alice Abel Arboretum at Nebraska Wesleyan. She died in March 2005.
"We at the Lentz Center are very fortunate to have been loaned 22 items from her collection," said Barbara Banks, curator/director of the Lentz Center. "The Lentz Center will celebrate its 20th anniversary in September and we have purposely chosen this time to show Alice Abel's collection. Her collection demonstrates her devotion to Asian art. In the tradition of Don and Velma Lentz, she has been willing to share her collection with the public." more...
LENTZ CENTER FOR ASIAN CULTURE
NEBRASKA UNION, 1:30PM
UAAD Professional Development Series - "Clifton StrengthFinder"
D'vee Buss and Betsy Klemme, UNL
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM
Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies - "Childhood Treasures: Quilts Made for and by Children"
Mary Ghormley, Lincoln, Nebraska. Reception following the lecture. Co-sponsored by the International Quilt Study Center.
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Series - "The Evolution of Vertebrate Blood Clotting"
Dr. Russell Doolittle, University of California, San Diego
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM
Olson Seminar Series Lecture Features Ghormley
In cooperation with the quilt exhibition "Reading, Writing and a Rhythmic Stitch: Quilts from the Mary Ghormley Collection" on view at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum, Ghormley will share her knowledge in a lecture at 3:30 p.m. today at the museum. This lecture is part of the Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies series. The lecture will be followed by a reception and gallery talk.
The Ghormley collection contains more than 200 doll quilts made between 1800 and 1950 (of which 40 are being displayed). Collected over a 40-year period from all over the United States, it is one of only a few such quilt collections in the world. Ghormley is a founding member of the Lincoln Quilters Guild and was a leader in the Nebraska Quilt Project, which documented the rich quilting heritage of Nebraska and resulted in the book "Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers." Ghormley and her family agreed in 2005 to add her doll quilts to the collection of UNL's International Quilty Study Center, where she is a weekly volunteer. more...
GREAT PLAINS 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
