Wed, Jun 25, 2008
June 23-27, 2008
NEBRASKA UNION PLAZA ARCADE, THURS NOON
'Fountain Frolics' to again feature live music, picnic lunches
"Fountain Frolics" will again be a Thursday lunchtime feature this summer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Free, live music will be presented on the Nebraska Union Plaza Arcade, 15th and S streets, from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays from June 5 through July 31 (except July 3). A picnic lunch of a hot dog, chips and a Pepsi product will be available for $4.
This week features the Lightning Bugs, a trio that tip their hats to Duke Ellington and Fats Waller with three-part vocal harmonies and tasteful instrumental backing. "Fountain Frolics" is presented by the University Program Council.
106 OTHMER HALL, THU 3:30PM
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Dynamic Methods for Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials"
PhD Dissertation Defense by Philip Abuor Yuya. Advisor: Dr. Joseph A. Turner.
Lied Center for Performing Arts Announces 2008-09 Season
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska's "Home for the Arts," invites you to discover the many surprises of its 19th season. Featuring more than 30 distinctive performing artists, the 2008-09 season offers a variety of entertainment from demon barbers to political humor to illusionists.
For the entire Lied Center 2008-09 lineup, refer to the Lied Center's web site. Brochures will be available later in June and season ticket orders (four or more events) may be placed at that time. Patrons ordering four to eight events will receive a 10 percent discount on their entire order, while patrons who order tickets to nine or more events receive a 20 percent discount. Individual event tickets will go on sale at 11 a.m. Aug. 18. To receive a free Lied Center brochure, call the Lied Center ticket office at (402) 472-4747. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Chop Shop and Shotgun Stories Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Chop Shop and Shotgun Stories. Both films will show through June 26.
Set in Willet's Point, an industrial sprawl of auto repair shops and junkyards in outer New York City, Chop Shop tells the story of 12-year-old Alejandro (Alejandro Polanco), an orphan living a hardscrabble existence in the "Iron Triangle." The boy earns a meager living hustling customers into body shops, hawking candy on the subway, and helping to chop up the parts of stolen cars. But he dreams of a better life. When his older sister Isamar (Isamar Gonzales) comes to live with him, Alejandro devises a plan to escape their desperate situation: they'll buy a lunch truck that they can run together. Alejandro begins stashing money, and even indulges in criminal activity to achieve his goal. Though some may find the film's unsparing depiction of poverty difficult to watch, the film is never hopeless, and the humanity of its characters always shines through. Altogether, it achieves an air of documentary-like authenticity that convinces the viewer that, long after the screen goes black, the lives of its characters will continue.
Two families linked by the same father explode into a violent rivalry in this independent Southern gothic drama, the first feature from director Jeff Nichols. Cleaman Hayes lived and died in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he had seven sons by two different women. After wedding Nicole (Natalie Canerday), Cleaman sired three sons, and his lack of concern for their future was reflected in the fact he barely gave them names -- they were dubbed Son (Michael Shannon), Kid (Barlow Jacobs) and Boy (Douglas Ligon). One day, Cleaman abandoned his wife and sons, and left them to survive in deep poverty that has trapped them to this day. Eventually Cleaman cleaned up his act, launched a successful business, married again, and raised four more sons -- Cleaman Jr. (Michael Abbott, Jr.), Mark (Travis Smith), Stephen (Lynsee Provence) and John (David Rhodes), all of whom were given the love and attention Cleaman denied his first three children. Soon a war has broken out between the clans, with no small amount of blood shed on either side. - Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
More information is available at the Ross website.
