Mon, Feb 16, 2009
February 16, 2009
NET Explores Nebraska's Economy
Economic trends in the Cornhusker State will be explored in the NET Television production "Nebraska's Economy," airing at 8 p.m. on NET1 and NET-HD. The program repeats at 6 p.m. Feb. 18 on NET2, 12:30 p.m. Feb. 22 on NET2, and 10:30 p.m. Feb. 22 on NET1 and NET-HD.
"Nebraska's Economy" will compare the state’s economy with national problems and look ahead to what we can expect this year. A majority of the program consists of a panel discussion with several Nebraska economists, including UNL professor of economics John Anderson, and Eric Thompson, director of the Bureau of Business Research at UNL.
NEBRASKA'S ECONOMY
Rotunda Gallery Hosts CRITO
CRITO is a film that examines the nature of communication in a world susceptible to breakdowns, corruption, and misnomers. Trained as a sculptor and painter, Edward Sharp uses a variety of medium to present an interwoven experience of video, object, installation, and concept.
The show will be up the week of February 16-20 at the Nebraska Union Rotunda Gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and a closing reception is planned for Friday the 20th from 5-8 p.m. Edward Sharp received a Hixson-Lied Creative Research Grant and is mentored by faculty Santiago Cal.
Planetarium Adds Mural-Sized Images from Orbiting Great Observatories
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum celebrated Galileo's birthday and the International Year of Astronomy when two new mural-sized images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory were unveiled to the public.
Galileo Galilei was born Feb. 15, 1564, and the International Year of Astronomy in 2009 celebrates the 400th anniversary of when he first turned a telescope to the heavens in 1609. From Galileo's first spyglass, telescopes have grown ever larger and ever better, and have moved to mountaintops and to space. NASA's orbiting Great Observatories represent the achievements of astronomy four centuries later and are honoring this legacy with a national image unveiling. Mueller Planetarium and the University of Nebraska State Museum were selected to present these images to the state. more...
MUELLER PLANETARIUM
Sheldon Presents 'Evolving Eden,' Showcase Exhibition in Lincoln PhotoFest
Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln presents "Evolving Eden: Three Photographic Perspectives," an exhibition of works by artists Arno Minkkinen, Hans Eijkelboom and Edward Burtynsky. Through diverse viewpoints, these contemporary photographers explore our environment and the human effects on its changes.
The exhibition will be on view through May 31. "Evolving Eden" is the showcase exhibition in Lincoln PhotoFest, a communitywide celebration of photography at 20 galleries and museums across the city. Exhibitions on view in PhotoFest range from contemporary, cutting-edge works by local and national photographers to historical retrospectives. Admission to "Evolving Eden" and all PhotoFest exhibitions is free. more...
