Tue, Feb 05, 2008
February 5, 2008
UNL Information Services Head Dies After Automobile Accident
Kent Hendrickson, associate vice chancellor for Information Services, died Feb. 5 of injuries suffered in a car accident while commuting from Omaha. He was 68.
Hendrickson, who was also professor of libraries, joined the university in 1985 as dean of libraries. As associate vice chancellor, he oversaw a $20 million budget and 125 employees. more...
ROOM N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry & Redox Biology Center Seminar - "NMR Metabolomics and System Biology"
Dr. Robert Powers, Department of Chemistry at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Refreshments available before seminar.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
'Unknown Blakelock' Offers Comprehensive View of Artist's Work
Presenting more than 40 paintings on view together for the first time, "The Unknown Blakelock" offers a grand vision of the work of Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1919) beginning Jan. 25 at Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Sheldon has organized the exhibition with works from its collections and loans from 34 museums and collectors throughout the country. In October, the exhibition will be on view at the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts in New York City.
Known as a 19th-century tonalist painter, Blakelock has been historically associated with two dominant themes -- moonlight scenes and Indian encampments. Critics have largely overlooked the painter's broader accomplishments, which have been obscured by his tragic mental illness and numerous forgeries produced in his style. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
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.
