Wed, Apr 29, 2009
April 29, 2009
Stress-Free Zone Held Today
The Health Education Department and University Health Center will sponsor a "Stress-Free Zone" in the Nebraska Union today from 11:30 a.m. through 2 p.m. Games, activities & free giveaways will help you relax and unwind before finals week.
237 SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER, 1:30PM
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "The Material Brain"
Corina-Stefania Drapaca, Assistant Professor, Dept of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University. There will be an informal reception at 3:00 PM in W317.7 Nebraska Hall.
77 BURNETT HALL, 3:30PM
Psychology Colloquium - "Defendants get hurt, too. Defendant injury, tort decisions, and punishing the dead"
Timmy Robicheaux, graduate student, Department of Psychology, UNL. A reception will follow the talk.
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2009 Seminar - "The Algal Endosymbioses of Hydra"
Dr. Daniel Martinez, Pomona College. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
'Exposures of Landscape and Life' photography exhibit at Sheldon
Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln presents "Exposures of Landscape and Life: Photographs from the Permanent Collection" through May 17.
The exhibition includes photographs by artists who through their work and teachings have influenced the three contemporary photographers -- Arno Minkkinen, Hans Eijkelboom and Edward Burtynsky -- whose artworks are on view in the museum's current exhibition, "Evolving Eden: Three Photographic Perspectives." more...
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Fados, Everlasting Moments Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Fados, Everlasting Moments. Both films will show through May 7.
Fados completes the musical trilogy of award-winning Carlos Saura (Flamenco, 1995; Tango, 1998). Using Lisbon as a backdrop, he explores Portugal’s most emblematic musical genre (fado) and its haunting spirit of saudade (melancholy). Tracing its African and Brazilian origins up to the new wave of modern faudistas, he ingeniously deploys mirrors, back projections, lighting effects, and lush colors to frame each song, ranging from a campfire ringed by sinuous dancers to a balletic catfight between two jealous women to a thrilling desgarrada (musical duel) in a fado cafe. The result is a ravishing fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers.
Inspired by a true story, Everlasting Moments focuses on Maria Larsson (Maria Heiskanen), a Finnish mother and housewife who devotes all of her attention, care, and consideration to the well-being of her family. Not that her dockworker husband, Sigge (Mikael Persbrandt), particularly deserves such consideration; a brutish, alcoholic lout, his evenings consist of making life hell for Maria and their daughter with tyrannical, abusive behavior. As the dockworkers go on strike and the family's economic situation plummets, a ray of hope appears, in the form of a Contessa camera won in a local lottery. Unsurprisingly, Maria at first attempts to pawn it to reel in extra monies, but store owner Sebastian Pedersen convinces her otherwise; he teaches her how to use it, and she begins taking gorgeous, haunting photographs with the unaffected, instinctive perceptions of a young child. As the woman's self-discovery builds and her identity takes on form and definition, Sebastian unofficially takes her on as a protegee. Meanwhile, Sigge's life falls to pieces when the authorities connect him with the catastrophic explosion of a British vessel. - All Movie Guide
More information is available at the Ross website.
