Fri, Apr 10, 2009
April 10-12, 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 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.
210 FILLEY HALL, FRI 3PM
Agricultural Economics Seminar Series
Professor Murray Fulton, University of Saskatchewan
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "From Cruciform Fluorophores to Antiaromatic Large Heteroacenes"
Professor Uwe H. F. Bunz, Georgia Institute of Technology
115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics Department Colloquium - "Developing a Graduate Credit Algebra Course for Teachers: Building a Conceptual Understanding of Polynomial Algebra in the Secondary Curriculum"
Ira Papick, UNL. The talk will be preceded by refreshments at 3:30pm in Avery 348.
LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE AT START TIME
Twitter Exec, Nebraska Native Evan Williams at UNL
Evan Williams, the founder and chief executive of Twitter, will be at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln April 10 for a series of student events. The events will include question-and-answer sessions with students in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management and the College of Journalism and Mass Communications that will be streamed for the public on the Internet. Interested Web users can watch Williams' session at the Raikes School live on the Web from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Raikes School website , and at the Journalism college from 3 to 4 p.m. on News Net Nebraska.
Twitter is a growing social networking and micro-blogging service that enables Internet users to send and read other users' 140-character updates known as tweets. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Currently as many as 5 million users are using Twitter, making it the third most popular social media application. more...
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER AND MUSEUM
Quilt Museum Presents 'Grace Snyder: A Life in Extraordinary Stitches'
Quilts made by Grace Snyder, an icon of American quiltmaking, will be exhibited at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum April 10-June 14. Recognized in the United States as one of the 20th century's most accomplished quiltmakers, Snyder's legacy lives on in the 24 quilts she created for exhibitions and competitions, several of which are included in this exhibition.
In 1999, Quilter's Newsletter Magazine asked 29 quilt experts to select the 100 best American quilts of the 20th century. In the first round of nominations, more than half the participants chose Snyder's "Flower Basket Petit Point," which automatically qualified the quilt for inclusion in the final list. Finished in 1943, Snyder made this remarkable masterpiece in 16 months using approximately 87,000 tiny triangles to reproduce a china design produced by the Salem China Co. of Salem, Ohio. more...
