Tue, Apr 01, 2008
April 1, 2008
GREAT PLAINS ROOM, EAST UNION, 7:30PM
East Campus Hosts Time For Three
Violinists Zachary DePue and Nicolas Kendall, along with bassist Ranaan Meyer, make up the trio known as Time for Three. The group will perform in the Great Plains Room of the East Campus Union at 7:30 p.m.
Since its debut in 2003, the trio has dazzled audiences with an eclectic mix of bluegrass, Hungarian gypsy, jazz, country-western fiddling, classical, and improvisatory music. Tickets for the performance are $10 for students/seniors or $20 for general admission.
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry & Redox Biology Center Seminar - "Contributions of Yeast to Human Health with a Focus on Alzheimer's Disease"
Ian Macreadie, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies, Melbourne and Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Biology, RMIT University, Melbourne Australia. Refreshments served prior to lecture.
Sixth Annual Research Fair Kicks Off
The sixth annual UNL Research Fair begins today in the Nebraska Union. This three-day celebration of research collaboration, creativity and innovation features speakers from major funding agencies and others, educational workshops and recognition of faculty success.
The Office of Research hosts the fair. It offers opportunities for faculty, staff and students to interact with representatives from federal agencies, visit with colleagues and explore ideas for future research and collaboration. Graduate and undergraduate students will showcase their research and creative activities at poster sessions. The fair is free and open to the public but registration is required for some events. Check out the full events schedule at the UNL Research Fair web site, where you can register for events that require it.
FULL RESEARCH FAIR SCHEDULE
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Band's Visit and City of Men Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Band's Visit and City Of Men. Both films will show through April 10.
Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin's debut feature, The Band's Visit, is a subtle, heartfelt, and humane work that goes a long way toward dissolving the incredibly complex cultural divide that continues to plague the Middle East. Kolirin perfectly navigates his film's slice-of-life tone, blending comedy and drama and poignancy without ever succumbing to one completely. In the wrong hands, this material could turn into a quirk-fest that parodies everyday life. Yet under Kolirin's assured command, it becomes something that feels like life itself.The Band's Visit is funny, lonely, inspiring, sad, and beautiful all at once.
In City Of Men, producer Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardner) returns to the Brazilian favelas of his Academy Award-nominated film, City of God. Growing up in a culture dictated by violence and run by street gangs, teenagers Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) have become close as brothers. With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. But when they suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends are forced to confront a shocking secret from their shared past.
More information is available at the Ross website.
