Mon, Feb 19, 2007
February 19, 2007
WESTBROOK MUSIC BUILDING, 7:30PM
School of Music Presents Paul Barnes
Professor of Piano Paul Barnes will be performing a selection of work by composer Franz Liszt this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Westbrook Music Building. This provocative recital explores the intimate relationship between religion and art in the life and music of Liszt. His understanding of the sacramental nature of music reveals fascinating intersections with both the Orthodox tradition of the icon and with Lao Tsu's teaching on the power of the Tao. Just as the icon is seen as a "window into the Kingdom," so Liszt's B minor Sonata serves as an "aural" icon, communicating the essence of the Kingdom by stunning music symbolism.
The lecture is followed by a performance of Liszt's greatest composition, the Sonata in B Minor. "a truly multicultural and multi-sensory experience." Barnes will be performing Liszt and the Cross throughout China and at Seoul National University as part of his sabbatical project. This performance is free and open to the public.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 4PM
Entomology Seminar - "Sunflower pollination, biology, and pest management"
Dr. Gary Brewer, Department of Entomology
118 BURNETT HALL, 4PM
"Becoming a Professional Employee in Japan: Status and Salary"
Shigeru Narita, a professor from Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Japan
ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY, THROUGH MARCH 2
Art Quilt Exhibition Showcases Teachers and Students
A new art quilt exhibition at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln celebrates the teacher and student relationship among quilt artists. "Give and Take: The Artist/Student Dialogue," organized by UNL's International Quilt Study Center, is part of the center's biennial symposium and will run through March 2.
The work of professional quilt artists is paired with work of their students. This national exhibition recognizes the contribution of Quilt Surface Design Symposium of Columbus, Ohio, and its successful educational programs for non-traditional quilters. All artists featured in "Give and Take" have been instructors, students, or both at the symposium. Several of these artists' works are included in the permanent collection of the International Quilt Study Center. more...
HILLESTAD GALLERY
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Last King of Scotland, Volver Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Last King of Scotland and Volver. Both films will show through February 15.
In The Last King of Scotland, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.
Volver is not a surreal comedy, though it might seem so at times. The living and the dead live together without problems, but provoking hilarious situations and others full of deep and genuine emotion. It is a movie about the culture of death in my native region, La Mancha. My folks there live it in astonishing simplicity. The way in which the dead are still present in their lifes, the richness and humanity of their rites makes it possible for the dead to never really die. Volver shatters all cliches of a dark Spain and shows a Spain that is as real as it is opposed. A white Spain, spontaneous, fun, fearless, fair and with solidarity.
More information is available at the Ross website.
