Thu, Oct 19, 2006
October 19, 2006
DUDLEY BAILEY LIBRARY, ANDREWS HALL, 7:30PM
Rips Holds Memoir Reading
Michael Rips will read from his memoir, "The Face of a Naked Lady," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Dudley Bailey Library, Andrews Hall, room 229. The memoir is a darkly humorous exploration of the Rips family of Omaha. While cleaning out his parents' basement following the death of his father, Rips uncovers a portfolio of nude paintings signed by Nic Rips. Nobody in the family recognizes the woman, which leads Rips on quest to find her identity, and in turn an elliptical journey into the factories, slaughterhouses, brothels and middle-class suburbs of post-World War II Omaha.
Free and open to the public, the reading is sponsored by the UNL department of English, the Creative Writing Program and the Norman and Bernice Harris Center sponsor the reading for Judaic Studies.
DEPT. OF ENGLISH
HAMILTON HALL, 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - "Using Demography and Bioenergetics to Infer Predator-Prey Interactions in Marine Mammal Communities"
Dan Doak, University of California-Santa Cruz
BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry & Redox Biology Center Seminar - "Abundant Expression of Fe-S Proteins in Aerobic Cultures of Axotobacter vinelandii"
Patricia Coutinho Dos Santos, Virginia Tech University
RICHARDS HALL, 5:30PM
Art Lecture - "Heart & Hands 2"
Tim Ely
RICHARDS HALL, 7:30PM
Medieval/Renaissance Lecture - "Chrysography, the golden highlighting on images of holy figures"
Jaroslav Folda
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM
Visiting Artist Ely to Present Lecture
Timothy Ely, an independent artist, bookmaker and painter from Colfax, Wash., will be the juror for "Heart & Hands 2," a second national juried book art exhibition for students that will be on display at both the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Ely will present a lecture at 5:30 p.m. this evening in Room 15 of Richards Hall, Stadium Drive and T Street, on UNL's City Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
"Heart & Hands 2" will showcase the best examples of the broad range of books being made by graduate and undergraduate students in accredited academic institutions. Books made in book arts, graphic design, photography, printmaking and writing courses will be featured. "Heart & Hands 2" will be on display in November and December at UNL's Love Library. The UNL library will purchase selected award-winning books from the exhibit for their special collections.
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
