Thu, Apr 17, 2008
April 17, 2008
NEBRASKA UNION, 2PM
International Expert on Climate Change Speaks at UNL
Global warming, one of the defining issues of our day, is the focus of the University Libraries 2008 Visiting Scholar Program. David Easterling, an internationally recognized expert on climate change, will participate in a panel discussion of "Climate Change and the Great Plains" at 2 p.m. today in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.
He will be joined by UNL climate experts: Dr. Sheri Fritz, Willa Cather Professor of Geosciences and Biological Sciences; Dr. Michael Hayes, Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center; and Dr. Kenneth Hubbard, Director of the High Plains Regional Climate Center with panel moderator Bob Bolin of the University Libraries. A reception will follow. more...
HOWELL THEATRE, TEMPLE BUILDING, 7:30PM
University Theatre Presents The Unvarnished Truth
UNL's Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film's University Theatre presents The Unvarnished Truth by Royce Ryton. A black comedy in the true British style, the production features a procession of screwball characters and a pile of tangled events that leaves everyone grasping for straws and trying to cover their tracks.
Performances will be held April 17 - 19 and 23 - 26, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in Howell Theatre, first floor Temple Building. Tickets are $16 regular, $14 faculty/staff and senior citizen, $10 student with ID. Tickets are available at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301 N. 12th or by telephone at 472-4747 or 800-432-3231.
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
Crews' Nebraska Lecture Focuses on Quilts, Quilt Makers
University of Nebraska-Lincoln textiles scientist Patricia Cox Crews will discuss how quilts reflect American culture and the lives of quilt makers during the spring Nebraska Lecture today at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The free public lecture, "Quilts: Reflections of Trade, Technology and Tradition," is part of The Nebraska Lectures: Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series.
Crews will discuss how quilts reveal their makers' geographic, ethnic, religious and political affiliations, as well as their access to materials and technology. Regional variations in patterns, fabric and threading reveal a great deal about how the makers lived, she said. more...
RICHARDS HALL 121.1, NOON-7PM
Print Sale at Richards Hall
The Lincoln Print Group will hold a print sale April 17 - 19 in Richards Hall Room 121.1 (conference room). Hours for the sale are noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 17; 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday, April 18; and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 19.
Original prints and books from faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in the UNL Department of Art and Art History will be on sale. Prints of all sizes, media and price will be available. There will also be a benefit raffle to support the Lincoln Print Group.
901 HARDIN HALL CONFERENCE ROOM, 3PM
Applied Sciences Group Graduate Seminar Series - "Community Drought Planning"
Melissa Melvin, Advisor, Dr. Donald Wilhite
BRACE LAB 211, 4PM
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - "Detonation Nanodiamond & Onion-like Carbon: Synthesis, Properties & Applications"
Dr. Olga Shenderova of the International Technology Center. Colloquium abstract. Refreshments in Brace Lab 201 at 3:30 p.m.
W183 NEBRASKA HALL, 3:30PM
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Characterization and Biomechanical Activation of Electrospun Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering"
Jin Nam, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Lab, Ohio State University
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Snow Angels Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Snow Angels. Both films will show through April 24.
On the heels of Cristi Puiu's brilliant The Death of Mr. Lazarescu comes another outstanding picture, 4 Months, 3 Week, and 2 Days, which firmly establishes Romania as a major force in early 21st-century world cinema. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu's excruciatingly intense drama is set in Bucharest in the mid-1980s, as Nicolae Ceaucescu and his evil dictatorship continue to reign. In a country where abortion is outlawed, a young college student, Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), finds herself in big trouble. Unsure what to do, she turns to her roommate, Otilia (Anamaria Marinca), for help. The pair connects with a black market doctor Bebe (Vlad Ivanov), in order to take care of Gabita's pregnancy--but, of course, it isn't that simple. The resulting 24 hours reveals a harrowing descent into a world in which the possibility of tragedy lurks around every corner.
Snow Angels, adapted from the novel of the same title by Stewart O'Nan, is two stories of love and loss converging. One is of a recently separated couple attempting to pick up the threads of a future when faced with tragedy. The second is about an awkward young man, currently in the throes of discovering his first romance, forced to deal with the separation and subsequent strife of his parents' relationship. Snow Angels is written and directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker David Gordon Green.
More information is available at the Ross website.
