Fri, May 23, 2008
May 23-25, 2008
16th Street Closed Saturday
16th street will be closed from W to Vine streets Saturday, May 24. The closure is necessary for ongoing construction on the new physical sciences building at 16th and W.
Nebraska Natives Headline Summer Writers Conference at UNL
The 2008 Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be June 14-20 on the UNL City Campus.
Since 2003, UNL's creative writing program has hosted the conference, a seven-day event consisting of intensive writing workshops and master classes, panel discussions, readings and receptions. Workshops require registration, but a number of panel discussions and readings are open to the public. more...
NEBRASKA SUMMER WRITER'S CONFERENCE
RFK Journalism Award Won by UNL Broadcast Students
Four broadcast students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be among the recipients of this year's Robert F. Kennedy Journalism awards May 27 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
The award will be presented to 2007 graduates Rachel Anderson of Grand Forks, N.D., Megan Carrick of Franklin, Tenn., and Justin Peterson and Chris Welch of Omaha for their student documentary "Breaking Down Barriers." Barney McCoy, associate professor of broadcasting, joined adjunct faculty and Nebraska Educational Telecommunications production staffers Michael Farrell and Joel Geyer to advise on the documentary. more...
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Paranoid Park and Then She Found Me Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Paranoid Park and Then She Found Me. Both films will show through June 5.
In Paranoid Park, an unsolved murder at Portland's infamous park of the title's namesake brings detectives to a local high school, propelling a young skater into a moral odyssey where he must not only deal with the pain and disconnect of adolescence but the consequences of his own actions. As director of My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, To Die For and elephant, Gus Van Sant has created some of the most memorable films about youth ever committed to film.
Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with Then She Found Me, a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother (Bette Midler), who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth), only to find that the mystery to life’s questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation.
More information is available at the Ross website.
