Wed, Aug 20, 2008
August 20, 2008
Traffic Congestion Expected in UNL City Campus Area This Week
With lanes closed on 16th, 17th and Vine streets for temporary move-in parking, students and parents should plan for delays as parking near many residence halls is limited. Students and parents have been advised to use drop-off, move-in parking for one hour only near their assigned residence halls.
More information is available at the UNL Housing move-in Web site for the latest information on assigned parking for each residence hall. The special move-in zones are limited to one-hour parking; after that, vehicles are required to move to alternative parking locations.
Mueller Planetarium Explores Black Holes in Astronomy Show
Imagine one of the most bizarre, magnificent places in the universe, and you'd probably imagine a black hole.
Thanks to a gift from the Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum, museum visitors will be able to experience these strange and powerful gravitational wells lurking in outer space in a new "fulldome" show at Mueller Planetarium. more...
MUELLER PLANETARIUM
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Wackness and The Fall Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Wackness and The Fall. Both films will show through August 28.
In The Wackness, it's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana--but change is in the air. The newly inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against "crimes" like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen, and Method Man round out the cast in this edgy, bittersweet and funny coming of age story.
The Fall takes place in Los Angeles circa 1920's. An immigrant girl (Catinca Untaru) finds herself in a hospital recovering from a fall. She strikes up a friendship with a bedridden man (Lee Pace) who captivates her with a whimsical story that removes her far from the hospital doldrums into the exotic landscapes of her imagination. Making sure he keeps the girl interested in the story he interweaves her family and people she likes from the hospital into his tale. Shot on location in 28 countries around the world, award-winning music video, commercial and film director Tarsem Singh weaves a visually sumptuous film full of exotic characters and breathtaking landscapes.
More information is available at the Ross website.
