Thu, Feb 07, 2008
February 7, 2008
NEBRASKA UNION, 2PM
ASUN Sponsors Clinton Visit
Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton is scheduled to visit with students today at the Nebraska Union, 2 p.m., sponsored by ASUN.
Clinton will answer student questions and meet and greet UNL students at an hour-long session.
KIMBALL RECITAL HALL, 7:30PM
School of Music Hosts Faculty Recital
Faculty artist John Bailey, flute and piccolo, along with Ann Chang-Barnes and Richard Fountain on piano, will give a recital at 7:30 p.m tonight at Kimball Recital Hall. Their repertoire will includes Two Bits (1949) by Henry Cowell, Second Suite for flute and piano, Op. 46 (1922) by Theodor Blumer, and other pieces.
Tickets for the event are $3 for student/senior or $5 for general admission. They will be available at the door approximately one hour before the performance.
Kent Hendrickson
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.
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SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, 4PM, 5PM
Prominent Ceramic Artists to Speak at Sheldon Art Gallery
During a three-day visit to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Art and Art History, three renowned ceramic artists will give lectures in Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium.
Linda Sikora will talk at 4 p.m. and Steven Heinemann at 5 p.m. Feb. 7, and Matthew Metz will talk at 11 a.m. Feb. 8. The lectures, sponsored by the UNL Clay Club and Sheldon, are free and open to the public. more...
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
NEBRASKA UNION (ROOM TBA), 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Showcase Seminar - "A Developmental Biologist Looks At Evolution"
L. Dennis Smith
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 3:30PM
Special Seminar - "Genome duplication and comparative genomics of legumes"
Dr. Jessica Schlueter, Purdue University
BRACE LAB 211, 4PM
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - "Aging Phenomena in Magnetic Systems"
Dr. Michel Pleimling, Virginia Tech. Refreshments in Brace Lab 201 at 3:30 p.m. Colloquium abstract.
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.
