Mon, Jun 25, 2007
June 25 - 29, 2007
FIRST UNL STUDENT-ATHLETE TO WIN HONDA-BRODERICK CUP
Pavan Named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year
University of Nebraska volleyball standout Sarah Pavan (Kitchener, Ontario) received the highest athletic honor that a female college athlete can receive, as she was named the 2006-07 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Monday morning.
Pavan was presented the Honda-Broderick Cup during ceremonies in the Low Library at Columbia University in New York City. The award not only recognizes outstanding athletic achievement but team contributions, scholastics and community involvement as well. more...
MEMORIAL STADIUM, JULY 25
Tickets on Sale for Cornhusker Summer Music Games
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Band Program will host the Cornhusker Summer Music Games Drum Corps International competition July 25 at Memorial Stadium.
Drum Corps International is a nonprofit youth organization serving junior drum and bugle corps around the globe. From modest beginnings in 1972, DCI has developed into a powerful youth activity with artistic and organizational influence on the world's drum and bugle corps, marching bands, and related activities. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, JUNE 26
Jazz In June Continues With the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra
Founded in 1975 the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra is one of the Midwest's premier big bands. The ensemble's concerts feature a variety of traditional big band compositions by jazz masters such as Woody Herman, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, reflecting the rich legacies of the Mississippi Basin territory bands. They continue Jazz in June's Sweet Sixteen summer concert series June 19 under the trees on the plaza west of Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. The concerts begin at 7 p.m.
The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra tours extensively throughout the Midwest and has also performed in England, Scotland, Germany and France. In 1997 the ensemble played at the Montreux International Jazz Festival in Switzerland. They will be joined by Kansas City singer/songwriter Angela Hagenbach, a fashion model turned jazz singer whose voice has been described as 'a mocha-rich contralto with razor-sharp intonation.' Hagenbach sings everything from swinging, straight-ahead jazz standards, blues and original compositions to sensual Latin jazz. more...
JAZZ IN JUNE
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.
