Thu, Apr 09, 2009
April 9, 2009
University Theatre Presents The London Cuckolds
University Theatre closes out its 2008-2009 season at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the restoration comedy The London Cuckolds. The production, adapted by Terry Johnson from the play by Edward Ravenscroft and directed by Gil Lazier will have performances April 9, 10, 11, & 15, 16, 17, 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Howell 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.
229 ANDREWS HALL, 2:15PM
Public Presentation: The Rhetoric of the Local Food Movement
Eileen Schell, Associate Professor, Chair and Director, Writing Program, University of Syracuse
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM | LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE AT START TIME
Nebraska Lecture to Explore Walt Whitman in the Digital Age
Modern technology has given 19th-century American poet Walt Whitman the broad audience he always sought. The free public lecture, "'I pass so poorly with paper and types' -- The Making and Remaking of Walt Whitman in a Digital Age," will be at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union auditorium, 1400 R St., with a reception following. The presentation is part of The Nebraska Lectures: Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series.
Living in an era of rapidly changing media, Whitman found creative ways to use newspapers, photography, magazines and books to spread his ideas. During the spring Nebraska Lecture on April 9, University of Nebraska-Lincoln English professor Kenneth Price will discuss how Whitman advanced print culture in his day and Price's 21st-century efforts to digitally recreate Whitman's work. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Class and Che Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Class and Che. Both films will screen through April 9.
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, master French director Laurent Cantet's The Class is an absorbing journey into a multicultural high school in Paris over the course of a school year. Francois Begaudeau--an actual teacher and the author upon whose work the film was based--is utterly convincing as Francois, an open minded teacher in charge of a classroom of youngsters from a wide variety of backgrounds. Of course, the mere fact that he's older and in a position of authority causes his students to challenge him on many occasions.
November 26, 1956; Led by Fidel Castro (Demian Bichir), a band of 80 rebels sails to Cuba. Among these young rebels is Argentine physician, Marxist, soldier, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del Toro). Nation-less, strapped for resources and fueled only by determination, the group engages in swift, bloody battle to free the Cuban people from the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che and his soldiers wrestle the nation's resources and affection from Batista's grasp. Though considered a hero by some, Che becomes a hugely controversial figure. At the height of his fame and power, he disappears. Entering South America incognito, Che recruits another band of guerilla fighters in the harsh Bolivian jungles. They embark upon a mission to spark revolution throughout Latin America.
More information is available at the Ross website.
