Fri, May 11, 2007
May 11-13, 2007
UNL CAMPUS, MAY 10-12
French Department Hosts 39th Annual Conference
The French Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host the 39th annual conference of the North American Society for Seventeenth Century French Literature May 10-12. Over 60 scholars from France, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Holland, Britain, and the U.S. will present research dealing with the culture and civilization of baroque and neo-classical France.
With the unveiling of French 17 Online, an annual critical bibliography of books and articles dealing with seventeenth-century France, the conference will also feature contributions from UNL Libraries and the UNL Center for Digital Research in the Humanities.
NASSCFL
BOB DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, MAY 11
Nebraska 8th-Graders Selected for 'Breakfast for Champions'
More than 300 eighth-grade student leaders from across Nebraska have been invited to the ninth annual Breakfast for Champions May 11 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Sponsored by the Nebraska Alumni Association and Nelnet, the event honors eighth-graders for their academic, leadership and civic activities. The event also features Olympians with Nebraska ties and past and present Husker athletes. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, FRI 5PM
'Anatomy of Charley Friedman' Opens Friday at Sheldon Art Gallery
New York-based artist Charley Friedman will attend the opening reception for his first solo museum exhibition, "The Anatomy of Charley Friedman," May 11 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. The reception from 5 to 7 p.m. is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on view in Sheldon's first floor galleries through Aug. 12.
Friedman, a native of Lincoln, has pursued his distinctive aesthetic vision in drawing, sculpture, photography, performance, video and through installations. Friedman says art is the comic practice of hope, not a tragic enactment of despair, which is often the case in the contemporary art world. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, FRI 6:35PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Baylor Bears
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, SAT 2:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Baylor Bears
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, SUN 1:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Baylor Bears
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Avenue Montaigne, Air Guitar Nation Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Avenue Montaigne and Air Guitar Nation. Both films will run through May 10.
The charming Cecile de France sizzles as a waitress with a dream in the French romantic comedy Avenue Montaigne. Directed by Daniele Thompson (Jet Lag) and written by Thompson and her son, Christopher (who also plays a major role in the film), Avenue Montaigne takes place on the fashionable Paris street from which the film takes its name. In the middle of it all is wide-eyed Jessica, who has an innocent love of life that captures the heart of just about everyone she comes into contact with. Reminiscent of such fine French films as Look At Me and Va Savoir, Avenue Montaigne features unique, interesting characters, excellent acting, and a lot of fun and fascinating talk about art, music, theater, food, and other cultural
A battle of naked ambition played out on the national and, ultimately, world stage, Air Guitar Nation chronicles the birth of the U.S. Air Guitar Championships as legions of aspiring rock stars live out their dreams on a quest to become the world champion in a strange world where musical ability plays second fiddle to virtual virtuosity. As the film un-reels, two aspiring rock legends strum and strut their way towards glory and the coveted national title. Full of triumph and disappointment, patriotic spirit and political tension - and, of course, invisible guitars - Air Guitar Nation and filmmaker Alexandra Lipsitz take audiences on an inspiring, exhilarating, and ultimately hilarious journey that delves deep to find out what it truly takes to become the best in the world and find the inner meaning of the chant, "Make Air, Not War."
More information is available at the Ross website.
