Tue, Dec 09, 2008
December 9, 2008
BAILEY LIBRARY, ANDREWS HALL, 8AM - 7PM
UNL Honors Milton With Marathon Reading of 'Paradise Lost'
The Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Milton with a marathon reading of his epic, "Paradise Lost," beginning at 8 a.m. Dec. 9. The reading will continue throughout the day in the Dudley Bailey Library, 228 Andrews Hall, 14th and T streets.
An hour's reading time will be reserved for each of the 12 books of the poem. The only exception will be the 2 p.m. hour, when two books will be read, temporarily turning the marathon into a sprint. Copies of "Paradise Lost" will be available for participants to use, and all are welcome to listen and read. Between books, there will be musical interludes -- including live performances -- and refreshments. more...
Alexander Calder Sculptures on View at Sheldon Museum of Art
This winter Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln presents six sculptures by Alexander Calder (1898-1976) in the Great Hall. Three pieces are from Sheldon's permanent collection: "Snake on Arch," "Sumac II" and "Red Disk, Black Lace." Three small sculptures, "Canine," "Cello Player" and "Slender Ribs" are on loan from a private collection. Five Calder posters are also on view in the Sheldon board room.
Calder is one of the 20th century's most acclaimed and innovative sculptors. Calder helped to redefine sculpture by adding the element of play. more...
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM, NOON
Tuesday Talk - "Inspired by Red and Green"
Kathy Moore, AQSG member and project participant. Talk free with admission.
W183 NEBRASKA HALL, 3:30PM
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Mechanics of Rubberlike Solids"
Luis Dorfmann, Associate Professor of Engineering, Tufts University. There will be an informal reception at 3:00 p.m. in W317.7
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry/Redox Biology Center Seminar - "Painting the Cysteine Chapel: New Tools to Probe Oxidation Biology"
Kate Carroll, Life Sciences Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan. Refreshments served prior to talk.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 4PM
Entomology Lecture - "Effect of climatic factors on vector borne diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitos in Thailand"
Khanobporn "Kim" Tangtrakulwanich, Entomology Graduate Student
AUDITORIUM NEBRASKA UNION, 7PM
Nebraska Colloquium Lecture - "The real and the ideal of the American public schools"
Thomas McGowan, UNL
107 HARDIN HALL, 7PM
2008 Fall Semester Seminar Series - "The Drought of the 1890s on the Western High Plains"
SNR geographer, David Wishart, with comments on present drought risks by Mike Hayes, climatologist and director of the National Drought Mitigation Center. Refreshments will be served.
