Fri, Jun 22, 2007
June 22 - 24, 2007
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, THROUGH JULY 1
Sheldon's 'Sculptors on Paper' Continues
The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present more than 30 works on paper by American sculptors in a new exhibition. "Sculptors on Paper," drawn from the museum's permanent collections, examines the ways artists have used two-dimensional media in tandem with sculpture.
On view through July 1, this exhibition invites visitors to examine how artists who have created many of the outstanding sculptures in the Sheldon's collections, including some displayed outdoors on the UNL campus, have approached different media. In some cases, there are relationships between the works in two dimensions and in the round; in other instances, the approaches differ dramatically. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
ARCH HALL AND AVERY HALL, FRI 2PM
ITG Holds Sakai Workshops
The Instructional Technology Group will hold Sakai Workshops in both Architecture Hall 107 and Avery Hall 107 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, June 22. Faculty and TAs will get hands-on experience to set up a course or project site on Sakai v2.3.1 by using various tools including Melete which is a lesson builder tool to help you organize your course professional.
ITG
TEMPLE BUILDING, FRI 5:30PM
Temple 'Sneak-a-Peek' is Friday, June 22
Although the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film will be dedicated Oct. 12 during UNL's Homecoming weekend, the public's first chance to see the renovated Temple Building will be at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre's "Sneak-a-Peek" event on Friday, June 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This event is a fund-raiser for the Repertory Theatre and tickets are available for $100 through the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.
Entertainment and television icon and University of Nebraska alumnus Johnny Carson announced in November 2004 a gift of $5.3 million to the University of Nebraska Foundation. The gift was to support the renovation and expansion of the Temple Building at 12th and R streets (home of the Carson School), and to create an endowment to keep performance spaces equipped with the latest advances in lighting and sound technologies. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Everything's Gone Green Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Wind That Shakes The Barley and Everything's Gone Green. Both films will play through June 28.
Set in 1916 in Ireland, The Wind That Shakes The Barley is the story of Damien (Cillain Murphy), a young Irishman about to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. When his friend is brutally murdered for standing up to a band of British soldiers, Damien abandons his medical career and joins his brother Teddy (Padraic Delany) in the fight for freedom. Small guerrilla groups of Irish farmers begin to wage bloody attacks, forcing the government to negotiate a ceasefire. The Anglo-Irish Peace Treaty is offered, but it puts Teddy and Damien at odds. Teddy believes they should accept the treaty and try to work within the system to avoid further bloodshed, while Damien thinks they should continue to fight until they are completely free of British rule. Whereas the two brothers used to fight side by side, they now find themselves divided, and forced to choose between their familial bond and their ardent beliefs. Director Ken Loach, who won the Palme d'Or for the film, has created a deeply personal war story, with an attention to detail that is heartbreaking in its realism.
Paulo Costanzo (40 Days And 40 Nights, Road Trip) stars as Ryan, a twentysomething uberslacker who is nonetheless willing to fall into accidental success. After losing his job the same day he is dumped by his yuppie girlfriend, Ryan gets a dispiriting job with a tacky lottery magazine, photographing winners and writing their stories. In a Mandarin language class Ryan is taking for work, he meets and is immediately smitten by the lovely Ming (Steph Song). Ming, unfortunately, is currently involved with a fast-talking scammer, Bryce (JR Bourne). Everything's Gone Green comically illustrates how hard it is to know what's real in a world filled with fabrication and hidden agendas. This film marks the first screenplay written by the acclaimed Douglas Coupland.
More information is available at the Ross website.
