Tue, Apr 03, 2007
April 3, 2007
UNL CAMPUS, APR 2 - 6
Ethnic Studies Week Celebrates Multicultural Offerings on Campus
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute for Ethnic Studies will hold its annual Ethnic Studies week April 2-6. The department will coordinate a series of speakers, brown-bag lunches and information sessions designed to inform the campus and local community about the discipline of ethnic studies. Only one of the events -- the April 6 Ethnic Studies Spring Celebration -- is by invitation only; all other events are free and open to the public.
Today, a brown-bag lunch at 11:30 a.m. will feature student winners of the Ethnic Studies essay contest, who will give brief presentations. At 3:30 p.m., director of ethnic studies Marcela Raffaelli will present an informational panel entitled, "Is an Ethnic Studies Major Right for You?" Then, at 6:30 p.m., the film Gatekeeper will be presented at the Culture Center. more...
Michael Burton - "After" (detail)
THROUGH APRIL 4
MFA Thesis Exhibition I Continues
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Art and Art History Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition I continues through April 4 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the UNL city campus.
The exhibition includes MFA candidates Eric Anderson, Caitlin Applegate, Michael Burton, Jesse Ross and Justin Shaw. Special gallery hours for the MFA Thesis Exhibitions are Monday - Friday, noon to 4 p.m.
EISENTRAGER-HOWARD GALLERY
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Namesake, Berliner Schule: A Retrospective of Contemporary German Cinema Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Namesake and Berliner Schule: A Retrospective of Contemporary German Cinema. The Berliner Schule will have showings through April 5, while The Namesake will play through April 12.
The Namesake is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Though parents Ashoke and Ashima (Irfan Khan, Tabu) long for the family and culture that enveloped them in India, they take great pride in the opportunities their sacrifices have afforded their children. Paradoxically, their son Gogol (Kal Penn) is torn between finding his own unique identity without losing his heritage. Even Gogol's name represents the family's journey into the unknown.
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.
