Mon, Jan 28, 2008
January 28, 2008
CATHER POUND NEIHARDT DINING HALL, 5:30PM
Institute for Ethnic Studies Presents Lecture
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be one of 1,300 colleges and universities participating in Focus the Nation's national "teach-in" Jan. 28 - Feb. 1. Promoted by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN) student government, the Office of Undergraduate Studies and the Thompson Scholars, this is UNL's first involvement with the organization working to educate and act on global warming solutions for America.
UNL will have a week of events beginning Jan. 28 with a "Low Carbon Footprint" meal at Cather-Pound-Neihardt dining hall and East Campus dining. Residence hall diners from 5:30-7:30 p.m. will learn about and eat foods that contribute less carbon emissions by being grown locally or by being transported in environmentally friendly ways. Some of the growers will attend to talk.
FOCUS THE NATION
NEBRASKA UNION (ROOM POSTED), 3:30PM
Women's and Gender Studies Colloquium - "Studying Nature and the Environment: Why Gender Matters"
Panelists Dr. Donna Woudenberg and Dr. Patti Boehner of the UNL Drought Mitigation Center.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, 5-7PM
Sheldon Holds First "College Night" of Spring Semester
The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery welcomes all students and faculty to its College Nights this semester. The museum invites individual students, class groups and instructors to enjoy its offerings during this special opening during the evening. Sheldon's permanent collection and special exhibitions will be available for guided tours or informal visits.
Pizza and beverages will be offered. Hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. (or, to 8 p.m. by request). Guided class or group tours must be scheduled two weeks in advance (call (402) 472-4524). No appointment is necessary for instructor-led tours.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
I'm Not There and Forever Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents I'm Not There and Forever. Both films will show 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.).
Award-winning documentarian Heddy Honigmann (Crazy) captures the spirit of Paris's Pere-Lachaise cemetery in the fascinating film Forever. From Amadeo Modigliani to Jim Morrison, some of the world's greatest artists are buried there, and Forever explores this site visited by both fans and family of the departed. Through a leisurely tour of the world-famous Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, the final resting place for legendary writers, composers, painters and other artists from around the world, Forever provides an unusually poignant, emotionally powerful meditation on relations between the living and the dead, and the immortal power of art.
More information is available at the Ross website.
