Mon, Jul 16, 2007
July 16 - 20, 2007
UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE, NEBRASKA UNION, FRI 8PM
Harry Potter Fever Invades University Bookstore
The eagerly anticipated arrival of the latest J. K. Rowling novel, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be celebrated with a festival at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's University Bookstore, hosted by the University Program Council.
On Friday, July 20, fortune-tellers, secret passwords, wailing ghosts and noble wizards will be out in force. Harry Potter-style games and decorations will set the scene for the party, and highlights will include a costume contest, lightning bolt tattoos and train rides on the Hogwarts Express. Festivities begin at 8 p.m. and are free and open to Harry Potter fans of all ages. The bookstore will begin selling the latest novel at 12:01 a.m. on July 21more...
LAWN NORTH OF KIMBALL RECITAL HALL, THURS 9PM
Movies On The Green Features 2001: A Space Odyssey
The stars will shine again on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus when the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and University Program Council unspool the annual Jensen's Cinema 16 Collection Movies on the Green series. The series continues this Thursday evening with Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Screenings are free and open to the public and begin at dusk (approximately 9 p.m.). Popcorn and soda are sold at the screenings. Film commentary written by Jensen's Cinema 16 Collection donor Jerry Jensen will be distributed free of charge. more...
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.
