Mon, Apr 21, 2008
April 21, 2008
'Technology's Impact on Design' Continues at Kruger Collection
The Kruger Collection at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 2008-2009 exhibition, "Technology's Impact on Design," continues in Architecture Hall-West.
This exhibition explores how technology changes material culture from handcrafted, small-scale products to mass-produced, machine-made factory goods. Innovations in technology, materials and design feed the ever-changing taste of consumer culture, transforming the household and the way people interact with their environment. more...
KRUGER COLLECTION
ROOM 145 VETERINARY BASIC SCIENCES BUILDING, 4PM
Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Seminar - "Host Adaptation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete"
Xiaofeng Yang, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine. Host: Dr. Greg Somerville
EAST CAMPUS UNION, 4PM
Entomology Lecture - "Techniques for Enhancing Efficacy of Oxialic Acid Treatments for Varroa destructor and an Investigation of Potential Negative Effects on Honey Bee Colony Members"
Jeremy Wagnitz, Graduate Student, Department of Entomology
ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY
'Celebration Threads: New Twists by Robert Hillestad' Opens
The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present recent works by the gallery's namesake in "Celebration Threads: New Twists by Robert Hillestad," April 21-Sept. 5. This unique collection of festive garments, accessories, wall pieces and sculptural forms will compel gallery viewers to step into a magical world of invented textile forms.
The theme "Celebration Threads" will be articulated through an installation constructed by Hillestad at the gallery site as a vehicle for exploring the expressive potential of textile materials. more...
ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY
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.
