Thu, Mar 29, 2007
March 29, 2007
LIED CENTER'S JOHNNY CARSON THEATRE, 7:30PM
School of Music Presents Evenings of Dance
The UNL School of Music Dance presents "Evenings of Dance," directed by Susan Levine, this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center's Johnny Carson Theatre. There will be repeat performances on Friday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 1 at 3 p.m.
"Evenings of Dance" is the University of Nebraska's annual faculty and guest artist dance concert. This year's program includes original works by guest artist, Daniel Kubert. After eighteen years of successfully performing around the world as well as with the New York based modern dance choreographer Bill T. Jones, Mr. Kubert has returned to his hometown of Lincoln to teach Advanced Modern Dance at UNL. more...
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
NEBRASKA UNION, 9AM - 2:30PM
31st Annual Language Fair is Today
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host its 31st Annual Language Fair from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m today in the Nebraska Union. The fair provides an opportunity for high school students from across the state studying French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish to demonstrate their acquisition of language and culture in various competitive events, which are judged by the faculty and graduate students of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
In addition, mini-lessons will be offered throughout the day by departmental personnel in variety of languages including Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Russian, and Swahili. A display of posters made by participating students will be available for viewing all day in the Nebraska Union. It is normally attended by approximately 1,000 high school students and teachers. For more information, contact Jamie Cruise, jcruise3@unl.edu or 472-3745.
DEPT. OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
THE HAYMARKET THEATRE, 803 Q ST, LINCOLN
Theatrix Serves Up "Popcorn"
Theatrix, the student produced theatre organization under the auspices of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film (JCSOTF), continues its successful Spring season at the Haymarket Theatre with Ben Elton's "Popcorn." Opening tonight with a show at 7:30 p.m., performances will also take place Friday, March 30 at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 1 at 2:30 p.m.
In the play, big shot Hollywood Director Bruce Delamitri (Third Year Graduate Student in Acting, Andrew Beck) just won an Oscar for his depiction of violence on the big screen. But how will he react when the violence comes to his home in the form of the "Mall Murderers" (Wayne - Sophomore Sean Kloc and Scout - Sophomore Kara Davidson)? This dark Hollywood comedy breaks the line between what is real and what isn't in today's film and television industry. Directed by Axel Arth, a sophomore in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, "Popcorn" is intended for mature audiences. Tickets are $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students and children.
THEATRIX
HAMILTON HALL, 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - "Effects of interspecific interactions and evolution on plant population dynamics"
Tiffany Knight, Washington Univ-St.Louis
HARDIN HALL - SCHOOL of NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES, 4PM
Environmental Studies Seminar Series - "The Value of Experience-Based Education"
Susan Seacrest, founder and president of The Groundwater Foundation
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Lives Of Others, Berliner Schule: A Retrospective of Contemporary German Cinema Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Lives Of Others and Berliner Schule: A Retrospective of Contemporary German Cinema. The Oscar-winning (for best foreign-language film) The Lives Of Others will play through March 29, while the Berliner Schule will have showings through April 5.
At once a political thriller and human drama, The Lives Of Others begins in East Berlin in 1984, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately takes us to 1991, in what is now the reunited Germany. The Lives Of Others traces the gradual disillusionment of Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe, best known for his lead roles in Michael Haneke's Funny Games and as Dr. Mengele in Costa-Gavras' Amen), a highly skilled officer who works for the Stasi, East Germany's all-powerful secret police. His mission is to spy on a celebrated writer and actress couple, Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck).
From March 23 - April 5, the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center is presenting a major Retrospective of Contemporary German Cinema, titled "Berliner Schule," curated by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Professor Marco Abel. The event will encompass 12 films and host two filmmakers: Christoph Hochhausler, the director of Milchwald (2003) and Falscher Bekenner (2005) will be present on March 30 through April 3; and Benjamin Heisenberg, the director of Schlafer (2005) and co-screenwriter of Milchwald will be visiting from March 23 through March 27.
More information is available at the Ross website.
