Wed, Feb 06, 2008
February 6, 2008
UNL Information Services Vice Chancellor 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...
LIED CENTER, 7:30PM
Lied Hosts "Ring Of Fire"
Direct from Broadway comes the all new first national tour of "Ring Of Fire - The Music of Johnny Cash." The music of the Man in Black ignites the stage in its Lincoln premiere for a performance February 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The show features more than 30 signature songs from the legendary Johnny Cash.
Tickets for this performance are $55/$50/$45. University of Nebraska-Lincoln students with a valid I.D., as well as youth age 18 and younger, may purchase tickets for half price. Call the Lied ticket office at (402) 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231, or visit the Lied Center web site for ticket availability
Rustad's 'Expressions of Prairie Grasses' at Great Plains Art Museum
Nebraska artist Carol Rustad's paintings of prairie grasses will be featured in an exhibit, "Elegant Tangles: Expressions of Prairie Grasses," that runs Jan. 29 through March 7 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum.
Rustad said she only paints plants she has personally encountered, and she hopes her paintings of virgin grasses will inspire more people to research prairie conservation. The Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St., Hewit Place, is open to the public 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30-5 p.m. Sundays (closed Mondays, holiday weekends and between exhibitions). There is no admission charge. more...
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM
107 HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
SNR & Water Center 2008 Spring Seminar - "Saltcedar Management Options"
Dr. Keith Duncan, New Mexico State University. Hosted by Tala Awada.
ROOM 118 NEIHARDT RESIDENTIAL CENTER, 3:30PM
UHON 395 Lecture - "Carbonomics: Could Bioenergy Save the World?"
Dr L. Fulginiti and Dr. R. Perrin
ROOM E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2008 Seminar - "Phage all around us: Viruses in water, soil and sediment"
Dr. Eric Wommack, University of Delaware, Delaware Biotechnology Institute. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
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.
