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January 7, 2008
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New UNL Alert Multiple Messaging System Implemented
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln now will receive emergency messages wherever they want to get them. The new UNL Alert system was launched today, and the university community is signing up for the message delivery process.
"The new UNL Alert system has new services that will let the university send personalized emergency messages to computers, land-line telephones and cell phones with text and voice," said Christine Jackson, UNL vice chancellor for business and finance. more...
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GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, DEC 19-22
'Last Year on the Farm' Continues at Great Plains Art Museum
Texas artist V.... Vaughan's daily plein air paintings documenting the last days on her family's multi-generational farm will be presented in "Last Year on the Farm," an exhibit at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum Jan. 2 through March 14.
Vaughan has lived and painted on her farm northeast of Austin, Texas, for 30 years, but the land is now in the hands of suburban developers. Three-hundred sixty-five paintings reveal the seasons of change in her last year on these 200 acres of farmland. The series includes Vaughan's "24-in-24" challenges representing one of the four seasons. more...
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Darfur Now and Romance & Cigarettes Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Darfur Now and Romance & Cigarettes. Both films will show through January 17.
Darfur Now is a story of hope in the midst of one of humanity's darkest hours - a call to action for people everywhere to end the catastrophe unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. In this documentary, the struggles and achievements of six different individuals from inside Darfur and around the world bring to light the tragedy in Sudan and show how the actions of one person can make a difference to millions. Written and directed by Ted Braun, the film explores the Darfur conflict through the first-hand experiences of Don Cheadle, Hejewa Adam, Pablo Recalde, Ahmed Mohammed Abakar, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and Adam Sterling.
Part comedy, part romance, part drama, part musical, John Turturro's Romance & Cigarettes teeters on the brink of collapse at every single moment, just like the fragile characters that inhibit the film's frantic, manic world. The result is an unsettling, exhilarating, and thrillingly alive spectacle of a motion picture. To make matters more bizarre, characters break out into song-and-dance routines whenever the fancy strikes them. While Turturro's film is certainly an acquired taste, it is nonetheless one of the more distinct works of the decade. He creates a world that is fraying at the edges, with characters who are clearly desperate to retain a connection to someone or something in our harsh modern world.
More information is available at the Ross website.
