Fri, Jul 25, 2008
July 25-27, 2008
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
'Peace, Love and Psychedelic Sixties' Continues at Sheldon
"Peace, Love, and the Psychedelic Sixties," an exhibition drawn from artworks in the Sheldon Museum of Art collection that were created in the 1960s, continues through August 3rd.
The exhibition includes three elements, the largest offering artworks that express the mythologized vision of the 1960s still alive in the popular imagination. These works are colorful, dream-like and even psychedelic. They give the sense of experimentation, vigor and youthful energy associated with the era. more...
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
Water Science Focus of Hohai Collaboration
With its focus on water science and engineering, Hohai University in Nanjing, China, is a natural partner institution for UNL, say scholars who are laying the foundation for long-term collaboration.
In the past year, UNL and Hohai researchers in computer science, water, and public policy have visited each others' campuses, with seed funds from the National Science Foundation in the United States, and its Chinese equivalent, the National Natural Science Foundation of China. A UNL delegation went to Nanjing in April for a two-week workshop, after hosting a team from Hohai in October. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Mongol and Roman De Gare Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Mongol and Roman De Gare. Both films will show through July 31.
Filmed in the very lands that gave birth to Genghis Khan, Mongol transports us back to a distant and exotic period in world history; to a nomad's landscape of endless space, climatic extremes and ever-present danger. In a performance of powerful stillness and subtlety, celebrated young Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu (Zatoichi, Last Life in the Universe) captures the inner fire that enabled a hunted boy to become a legendary conqueror. Asano's achievement is matched by those of his co-stars, including the radiant newcomer Khulan Chuluun as Khan's courageous, spirited wife Borte, and the Chinese actor Honglei Sun (The Road Home) as the Mongol chieftain Jamukha, Khan's dearest friend and deadliest enemy. Masterfully blending action and emotion against some of the most arresting terrain on earth, Bodrov delivers an exciting and awe-inspiring tale of survival and triumph, and a love story for the ages.
True to its title, Roman De Gare ("Crossed Tracks") finds famed French director Claude Lelouch (Un Homme Et Une Femme) jumping between time and loyalties in this suspenseful mystery about fate and fatal secrets. Taking advantage of a superb cast and gorgeous French locations, Lelouch's veteran touch deftly manages the films multiple layers of mystery and romance. The result is a pleasingly chic thriller grounded in a very human belief in the surprising possibilities that come from love.
More information is available at the Ross website.
