Wed, Jan 23, 2008
January 23, 2008
Lecture and Readings are MLK Week Events
MLK Week at UNL continues with a lecture and coffee house gathering today in the Nebraska Union. At 11:30 a.m., Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies Dawne Curry will give a lecture titled "The Role of Music During Apartheid." At 6 p.m., an MLK Coffee House presented by Aundria Duncan-Wagner and friends will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an evening of jazz and readings of the annual student MLK essays.
Both events are free and open to the public, with room details posted at Nebraska Union.
MLK WEEK AT UNL
ROOM 118H NEIHARDT RESIDENTIAL CENTER, 3:30PM
UHON 395 Lecture - "Carbonomics: Could Bioenergy Save the World?"
Dr L. Fulginiti and Dr. R. Perrin
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM
Ann Bleed to Discuss Future Water Use Policies in Olson Seminar
The availability of a reliable water supply is a critical factor in the ability to maintain "the good life" on the Great Plains and will be the topic at the first spring semester Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Ann Bleed, director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, will present "Formulating Policies for Future Water Use on the Great Plains" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. Her presentation and a 3 p.m. reception at the museum are free and open to the public. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
I'm Not There and For The Bible Tells Me So Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents I'm Not There and For The Bible Tells Me So. For The Bible Tells Me So will show through January 24, while I'm Not There has showings through January 31.
Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven) delivers this dazzling, experimental take on the life of popular music's most revered and enigmatic artist: Bob Dylan. In keeping with the impossible-to-pin-down nature of Dylan himself, Haynes chose to cast six different actors to portray several incarnations of the groundbreaking troubadour. The result is a challenging, sprawling work that spans several decades and genres. Much in the same way that Dylan appropriated a vast array of musical styles to create his own vernacular, Haynes does the same thing with I'm Not There, using his expansive knowledge of movie history to pay homage to a variety of movements and directors (Godard, Fellini, Lester, etc.).
Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture. Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, For The Bible Tells Me So offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.
More information is available at the Ross website.
