Wed, Apr 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
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 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.
118H NEIHARDT RESIDENTIAL CENTER, 3:30PM
UHON 395 Lecture - "Carbonomics: Could Bioenergy Save the World?"
Dr L. Fulginiti and Dr. R. Perrin
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2008 Seminar - "Darwinian Agriculture: When Can Intelligent Design of Crops and Agroecosystems by Humans Improve on Nature?"
Dr. Robert Ford Denison, University of Minnesota. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 7PM
Plains Song Review Volume X Reception and Reading
Contributors will read from their work, artwork will be on display, and the Christine Pappas Award for Best Work by an Undergraduate will be presented.
New Sustainability Report Outlines UNL's Earth-Friendly Activities
A new report on sustainability, completed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln last week, outlines 70 Earth-sustaining projects and practices in the areas of transportation, facilities management, recycling and waste reduction, natural resources conservation and management, energy and utility operations, research areas and publications.
"Given the national interest in sustainability, interest from the media in UNL's activities, and interest from our students, faculty and staff in increasing our focus on sustainability and Earth-friendly practices, we put together the list of sustainability initiatives that are happening right now at UNL," said Christine Jackson, vice chancellor for business and finance. more...
SOFTBALL | BOWLING STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK, 2PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs North Dakota State Bison (DH)
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.
