Fri, Jul 13, 2007
July 13 - 15, 2007
UNL CAMPUS, JULY 16-18
UNL Hosts Circle of Nations Conference
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host approximately 150 Native American high school students on campus for the 2007 Circle of Nations Youth Conference July 16-18. Students representing Omaha, Santee, Ponca, Winnebago and other tribes will participate in a variety of activities to unite Native youths and experience the benefits of higher education.
Highlighting the conference will be speakers R5, one of the most powerful and effective youth presentations in the country, Dr. Clayton Small, expert on Native men's wellness programs and Native community change programs, Shelly Donahue, a veteran health educator and coach who was instrumental in designing a specific medical cessation model for encouraging teens to make healthy choices, and Neil Lawhead, expert in culture and youth empowerment. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, THROUGH AUGUST 5
3 Regional Artists Open 'Sheldon Connections'
Works by Ann Gradwohl, Susan Knight and Jamie Burmeister will be installed in Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's exhibition spaces on the north side of the second floor July 13 through Aug. 5. The opening for Sheldon Connections, 5 to 7 p.m. July 13, will feature live improvised sound and music by the Mighty Vitamins, interactive elements in each exhibit, appetizers, coffee and cash bars and a public reception for artists. The opening and exhibition are free.
Sheldon Connections is taking advantage of the museum's exterior renovations this summer to turn some exhibition spaces into dynamic public sites July 13 through Oct. 14. Two more sessions, Aug. 10-Sept. 9 and Sept. 14-Oct. 14, will offer more artists, exhibitions and events. The Nebraska Art Association, Sheldon's dedicated nonprofit support group, sponsors this initiative to bring new artists and audiences to the Sheldon. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
La Vie En Rose, Severance Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents La Vie En Rose and Severance. Severance will show through July 19, while La Vie En Rose will play through July 26.
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars 2005 Cesar Award-winner Marion Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement, A Good Year) in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Born into abject poverty, surrounded by street performers, hookers, and pimps, Piaf's magical voice made her a star on both sides of the Atlantic.
In Severance, a team-building holiday goes takes a change for the worse in the mountains of Europe. Seven employees of the international weapons manufacturer Palisade Defense (global suppliers of innovative weaponry for the past 75 war-torn years) are being treated to a retreat weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge by their president, George Cinders. But things quickly go awry as the colleagues find themselves faced with the chop when their corporate weekend is sabotaged by a deadly enemy. Forget office politics, only the smartest will survive this bloody office outing.
More information is available at the Ross website.
