Fri, Oct 24, 2008
October 24-26, 2008
TEMPLE BUILDING, FRI 8PM
Nebraska Masquers Hold "Haunted Temple"
Nebraska Masquers, the student theatre organization of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at UNL, will hold "Haunted Temple," a haunted house, on Friday, October 24 from 8:00 p.m. to midnight at the Temple Building, 12th & R streets. Admission is $6.00 at the door.
Jacobshagen's Journals Exhibition at Sheldon
"Journals of the Days," an exhibition that explores the artistic process of landscape painter Keith Jacobshagen, continues at the Sheldon Museum of Art and will be on view through Nov. 30.
Organized by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum in celebration of its 30th anniversary, the exhibition is composed of 20 reproduced images from Jacobshagen's journals. These pages include drawings, paintings and written entries about the landscape and his work. The exhibition's journal images are supplemented with paintings by the artist from private collections. more...
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
106 AVERY HALL, FRI 12:30PM
Anthropology Colloquium - "Selection in Relation to Sex and Hybridization among Awash Baboons"
Dr. Shimelis Beyene, Anthropology Program
FILLEY HALL, FRI 3PM
Agricultural Economics Seminar Series
Dr. Harry deGorter, Cornell University
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 3PM
Agronomy & Horticulture Seminar - "Distance Ed in Agronomy and Horticulture: Who's Who and What's Been Happening the Past Eight Years"
Deana Namuth Covert, Associate Professor - Distance Education Director - Agronomy & Horticulture. Refreshments at 2:30 p.m.
117 BESSEY HALL, 3:30PM
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Ice Cloud Formation and Climate Change: Effect of Solid and Aqueous Sulfate Aerosols"
Jun Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
115 AVERY HALL, 4PM
Mathematics Department Colloquium
Irena Swanson, Reed College. Refreshments served at 3:30 p.m. in Avery 348.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Hollywood Chinese and film retrospective play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Hollywood Chinese and a film retrospective of filmmaker Arthur Dong. All films will show one week only through October 30.
Arthur Dong's Hollywood Chinese, opening at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 24, with filmmaker Arthur Dong in person, explores Chinese representation in Hollywood, weaving together personal stories from key players throughout the years, featuring Ang Lee, Nancy Kwan, Joan Chen, B.D. Wong and many more.
In addition to the screenings of Hollywood Chinese, the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will be presenting a selection of Dong’s earlier work and a retrospective, titled the "Hollywood Chinese Film Retrospective," including several of the films discussed in his documentary.
More information is available at the Ross website.
