Fri, Feb 01, 2008
February 1-3, 2008
NEBRASKA UNION, VARIOUS TIMES
Focus The Nation Closes Out With Luncheon, Roundtable
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.
Events for today include a luncheon with politicians and lecture professors in the Regency suite of the Nebraska Union from Noon to 1 p.m. From 1 - 3 p.m., a political roundtable will be held in the Colonial Room of the Nebraska Union.
FOCUS THE NATION
THE ICE BOX, STATE FAIR PARK, SUN 9:30PM
Campus Rec Hosts Free Skate Night
Campus Recreation will hold a free skate night at the Ice Box at State Fair Park on Sunday, February 3 from 9:30 - 11:30 p.m. This event is free for UNL students with an N-Card. Admission for non-UNL students is $6.00 and skate rental is $2.00.
ROOM 117 BESSEY HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "EdGCM: Climate Modeling for Everyone"
Ken Mankoff, GISS/NASA
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER, FRI 4:30PM
College of Architecture Hyde Lecture Series
Ghislaine Vinas
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, THROUGH MARCH 14
'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 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...
CENTER FOR GREAT PLAINS STUDIES
TRACK AND FIELD | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, FRI NOON
Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
WOMEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, FRI 4PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Illinois State Redbirds
TRACK AND FIELD | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 10AM
Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
SWIMMING AND DIVING | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 1PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Iowa State Cyclones
MEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 3PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Iowa State Cyclones
WRESTLING | NU COLISEUM, SAT 7PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Missouri Tigers
WOMEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, SUN 11AM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Colorado State Rams
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Note By Note: The Making Of The Steinway L1037 and The Savages Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Note By Note: The Making Of The Steinway L1037 and The Savages. Note By Note: The Making Of The Steinway L1037 will show through February 7, while The Savages will play through February 14.
The most thoroughly handcrafted instruments in the world, Steinway pianos are as unique and full of personality as the world-class musicians who play them. However, their makers are a dying breed: skilled cabinetmakers, gifted tuners, thorough hand-crafters. Note By Note is a feature-length independent documentary that follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037 from forest floor to concert hall. It explores the relationship between musician and instrument, chronicles the manufacturing process, and illustrates what makes each Steinway unique in this age of mass production. It reminds us how extraordinary the dialogue can be between an artist and an instrument - crafted out of human hands but borne of the materials of nature.
Director Tamara Jenkins made audiences sit for nearly a decade for her follow-up to the hilarious dark comedy Slums Of Beverly Hills, but it's been worth the wait. Like her previous film, The Savages is a sometimes-funny, sometimes-sad look at family dynamics, but this time around the sense of humor is more wry than riotous. Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman play Wendy and Jon Savage, a pair of siblings on the cusp of middle age. Their estranged father (Philip Bosco) lives across the country, but the Savages reluctantly rush to see him when they learn that he may not be able to take care of himself any longer. Jon and Wendy bicker over problems old and new as they try to figure out what's best for a man they barely know.
More information is available at the Ross website.
