Thu, Apr 30, 2009
April 30, 2009
Find Your Footprint With the Energy Usage Calculator
Furthering our commitment to use resources wisely, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announces the launch of an Energy Usage Calculator.
The Chancellor's Commission on Sustainability and the Office of University Communications have built this tool to help add up your current usage, figure out where you can reduce your energy use, and help you let your office friends know what you are doing to help the Big Red go green.
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.
N The Know Talks Swine Flu
University Communications continues the "N the Know" series of mini-lectures by UNL faculty on a wide variety of topics. This week, associate professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences Scott McVey discusses swine flu.
N THE KNOW VIDEO FEED | UNL MEDIAHUB
237 WALTER SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER, 10AM
"Diamond Materials by Chemical Vapor Deposition"
Dr. James E. Butler, Gas/Surface Dynamics Section Chemistry Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
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.
