Wed, Apr 25, 2007
April 25, 2007
NOW CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS
'Sheldon Connections' Invites Experimenting, Exploring, Experiencing
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has initiated a new program, "Sheldon Connections," which aims to transform the museum's exhibition spaces on the north side of the second floor into a dynamic public site from July 13 through Oct. 14.
Sheldon is soliciting and considering applications for project ideas that are designed to be participatory, experimental and flexible. One of the goals of the program is to entice new audiences, such as young adults and those of college age, and enhance the experiences of the regular Sheldon audience. The spaces are intended to include events, activities and exhibitions such as slide jams, performances, critiques, and classes that are limited only by participant imaginations. A gathering space with comfortable seating and a beverage service are under consideration. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
BEADLE CENTER, 3:30PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2007 Seminar - "A systems biology approach to dissect the roles of host proteins in tombusvirus RNA replication"
Dr. Peter Nagy, University of Kentucky
AVAILABLE FROM CENTER OR GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM GIFT SHOP
Great Plains Research Journal Examines Flood Control, Much More
The October 1998 flooding of the Guadalupe River system in central Texas provided useful lessons to several plains states. The most dramatic was the inability of headwaters flood-control structures to reduce downstream flood damage, when a massive storm produced 15-19 inches of precipitation in 24 hours. The flood resulted in 31 deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage.
In the spring issue of Great Plains Research, a publication of the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Texas State University geographer Richard A. Earl analyzes the 1998 flood in the context of the regional flood hazard, effects of land use on the runoff, and the effectiveness of existing flood-control measures. more...
CENTER FOR GREAT PLAINS STUDIES
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Inland Empire, Killer of Sheep Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Inland Empire and Killer of Sheep. Both films will show through April 26.
With Inland Empire, David Lynch - creator of such mind-bending works as Eraserhead and Lost Highway - delivers his most avant-garde, abstract, and impenetrable vision yet. A three-hour fever nightmare of a motion picture, Inland Empire takes the basic structure of Lynch's 2001 masterpiece, Mulholland Drive, and spins it even further out of control. Laura Dern's multi-fractured performance is downright heroic. She gives the film the human grounding that it so desperately needs. Not for the fragile or timid, Inland Empire is a full-blown assault to the senses.
Milestone, Steven Soderbergh and Turner Classic Movies present one of the most famous and acclaimed films by an African-American filmmaker. Killer of Sheep was one of the first 50 films to be selected for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry and was chosen by the National Society of Film Critics as one of the 100 Essential Films. But, due to music licensing problems, the film has rarely been screened, and then only in ragged 16mm prints. On its thirtieth anniversary, Milestone Films has cleared all the rights and will present UCLA Film & Television Archives dazzling 35mm restoration of this landmark film.
More information is available at the Ross website.
