Fri, Mar 06, 2009
March 6-8, 2009
Merce Cunningham Dance Co. at Lied Center
The innovative modern dance troupe, Merce Cunningham Dance Co., will perform two of its works, "Second Hand" and "eyeSpace" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. March 7. Widely recognized as the greatest living modern dance choreographer, Cunningham has been praised internationally for decades for his revolutionary work.
Tickets for this performance are $48 and $38. UNL students with a valid ID, as well as youths age 18 and younger, may purchase tickets for half price. Call the Lied Ticket Office at (402) 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 for ticket availability. Regular ticket office hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. Tickets may also be purchased online at the Lied Center website.
ROOM 24 COLLEGE of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, FRI 11:30AM
Anthropology Colloquium Series - "Deconstructing the Visual Narrative of Evolution"
Dr. Carleen D. Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, FRI 1:30PM
Agronomy and Horticulture Friday Seminars - "High Throughput Phenotyping in Commercial Corn Breeding"
Tom Hoegemeyer, professor, Agronomy and Horticulture. Refreshments will be available.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, FRI 2PM
Filley-Garey Lecture Series - "The Dilemma of Empirical Risk Research: Distinguishing True Identification From Arbitrary Assumptions"
Dr. Richard Just, Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland and president of the
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. Reception to follow.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, FRI 3PM
Agronomy and Horticulture Friday Seminars - "Leaf Re-greening vs. Leaf Senescence in Swedish Ivy"
Ellen Paparrozi, professor, Agronomy and Horticulture. Refreshments will be available ahead of time.
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "The Roles of Second Shell Residues in the Active Site of an Enzyme"
Professor Dagmar Ringe, Brandeis University, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the UNL Research Council
N172 BEADLE CENTER, FRI 3:30PM
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Seminar - "Evolution of HIV-1 Clade C Envelope in Human and Rhesus Macaque During Disease Progression" and "Regulation of Morphogenesis in Filamentous Fungi"
For Yue Tso and Haoyu Si
BESSEY HALL AUDITORIUM, FRI 3:30PM
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Reconstructing Earth Surface Temperatures During the Paleozoic Era Using Clumped Isotope Paleothermometry"
Rose Came, University of Texas-Austin
115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics Colloquium - "Shock regularization of conservation laws by employing spatial averaging"
Greg Norgard, University of Colorado, Boulder. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Avery 348.
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM, FRI 5PM
Public Lecture - "An Aesthetic Life: The Story of Quiltmaker Rose Kretsinger"
Jonathan Gregory, UNL Graduate student. Free admission for First Friday.
'Art by Women' Opens at Sheldon For First Friday
Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln presents "Art by Women" from the Wachovia A.G. Edwards Corporate collection. The exhibition opens March 6 with a First Friday reception from 5 to 7 p.m. and will be on view through April 26. The exhibition includes nearly 40 prints and photographs by women artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Sheldon's Print Study Gallery will display 15 photographs by artists whose work spans more than 80 years. Among the photographers whose works are included are Berenice Abbott, Irene Fay, Sylvia Plachy, Madoka Takogi and Jane Reece.
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BOB DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER
Women's Gymnastics Offers "Pack The House" Promotion
Help the Husker women's gymnastics team pack the house as they honor the senior class during their final regular season home against Iowa State at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. As part of "Pack the House" presented by Pepsi, admission will be just $1 and 22 oz. Pepsi products will also be just $1.
The first 1,000 ticketed fans to enter through the gates at the Sports Center will receive a free Nebraska bandana. Doors open at 1 p.m.
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Waltz With Bashir, Who Does She Think She Is? Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Waltz With Bashir and Who Does She Think She Is? Both films will screen through March 12.
One of the universally praised films from this year's Cannes, Ari Folman's debut documentary Waltz With Bashir reconstructs the filmmaker's missing memories from his time as a soldier in the 1982 Lebanon War. But instead of using archival footage and talking heads, Folman makes an animated film, giving himself the freedom to expand his thoughts and recollections farther than any conventional doc on the subject could ever go. Having already won six awards from the Israeli Film Academy, Waltz With Bashir has a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film.
From the producing team, that won an Academy Award for Born Into Brothels, comes Who Does She Think She Is? a film that examines some of the most pressing issues of our time: parenting and work, partnering and independence, economics and art. The film follows five women artists as they navigate the economic, psychological, and spiritual challenges of making work outside the elite art world. From Hawaii’s Big Island to the suburbs of Ohio, from New York City to the deserts of New Mexico, we watch as these women—ranging in age from 27 to 65—fight to honor their vision and their families every day. Interviews with experts like Riane Eisler (The Chalice and the Blade), Maura Reilly (Sackler Center for Feminist Art-Brooklyn Museum) and the Guerrilla Girls add a cultural context for these women’s uplifting journeys. It is not accolades they seek; it’s simply the radical opportunity to live whole.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | WALTZ WITH BASHIR | WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
University Theatre Presents The Good Doctor
University Theatre continues its 2008-2009 season at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with Neil Simon's comedy The Good Doctor. The production, directed by Carson School Assistant Professor of Practice Ian Borden, will have performances March 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre, first floor of the Temple Building at 12th and R Streets.
Tickets are $16, $14 faculty/staff and senior citizens, and $10 students with ID. Tickets are available from the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301 N. 12 Monday through Friday 11 AM to 5:30 PM and one hour prior to the performance in the Temple Theatres Lobby, or by telephone at 472-4747 or 800-432-3231. For more information go to Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film website.
