Fri, May 01, 2009
May 1 - 3, 2009
'Future of Water for Food' Kicks Off Monday
Leading water experts from around the world will discuss the global challenge of growing more food with less water at The Future of Water for Food conference May 4, hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Nebraska. Jeffrey S. Raikes, CEO of the Gates Foundation, will kick off the conference with a keynote address. Speakers and panelists throughout the day will discuss key issues in science, technology, policy and the human dimensions of the use of water for agriculture.
The conference is 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Hardin Hall, 33rd and Holdrege streets, on UNL's East Campus. It is open to the public but online advance registration is required. Conference registration, agenda and other information are available at the conference website.
Sheldon Statewide Presents 'Divine Abstractions'
Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present its 2009-10 Sheldon Statewide exhibition, "Divine Abstractions: Spiritual Expressions in Art," at a First Friday opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. May 1 at the Sheldon, 12th and R streets. On view at Sheldon through Aug. 2, the exhibition presents evolving portrayals of the divine and explores the impetus to fuse the sacred, art and the new realities of science.
At the reception, beginning at 5:30 p.m., Sheldon Statewide curator Susan Soriente will present an informal gallery talk about the exhibition and some of the artworks and artists who are represented. A catalog with an essay about the exhibition will also be available. more...
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
Lincoln Clay Club Holds Annual Spring Ceramics Sale
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln Clay Club will host its Annual Spring Ceramics Sale on Friday, May 1st from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 2nd from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sale is held in Richards Hall, room 118 on UNL city campus, across the parking lot from the football stadium.
The sale will include works of ceramic art created by undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni. The work consists of functional pottery, vessels and sculpture, and represents a broad range of aesthetics, techniques and concepts. In addition to the sale, there will be a raffle of work donated by students and faculty. Tickets for the raffle can be purchased on Friday or Saturday; it is not necessary to be present to win. The drawing will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Lied Center Announces 20th Anniversary Season
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate its 20th anniversary season in 2009-10 by lowering ticket prices and presenting some of the world's most renowned artists, including trumpet great Wynton Marsalis, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and a blockbuster line up of Broadway shows. Season brochures and order forms will be available at the Lied Center website or by visiting their Box Office, 301 N. 12th St., starting today.
The upcoming season will also feature the national Broadway touring productions of "South Pacific," "Avenue Q," "Wizard of Oz," "Camelot" and "Stomp." In efforts to ensure that these great performances are enjoyed by more patrons, the Lied Center has reduced the average ticket price for the upcoming season. For some shows adult tickets prices start as low as $14. more...
British Expert to Speak on Exotic Textiles
The International Quilt Study Center & Museum will host a lecture, “Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West”, by Rosemary Crill, Senior Curator in the Asian department at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Great Britain, on Friday, May 1, 2009, 5:30 pm. Admission is free. The program is underwritten by the Byron and Sara Rhodes Dillow Excellence Fund.
This is the final major program associated with the exhibition “Chintz Applique: From Imitation to Icon” which closes on May 17. Admission to the museum will be free from 5-7 pm on Friday, May 1. Inspired by the painted and printed cottons of India, famous for their lively beauty and lasting qualities, the stunning colors and artistry of chintz appliqué quilts made them icons in the nineteenth century. They are considered among the most beautifully crafted, vibrantly colored and largest quilts ever made in America.
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM
'Pretty Good Things' Reception at Hillestad Gallery
University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student Mary Pattavina will present her thesis project work in an exhibit titled "Pretty Good Things: Thesis Edition!" through May 15 at UNL's Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery. A reception for "Pretty Good Things! Thesis Edition" is 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 1 at the Hillestad Gallery.
Eight watercolor illustrations and eight sculptural hats in the exhibit describe the story of a female character traveling through the natural world in which she exists as placid, graceful and simultaneously awkward. The hats and illustrations encourage viewers to experience feelings of fantasy and escapism. The hats are not traditional hats like fedoras, bowlers, or berets but rather architectural swooping textile concoctions engineered using traditional and unconventional methods of millinery. more...
210 FILLEY HALL, FRI 3PM
Agricultural Economics Seminar Series
Dr. Bettina Klaus, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (Currently Research Fellow at Harvard Business School)
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "Transition Metal Catalysis with Molecules and Materials"
Cathleen Crudden, Queen's University
115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics Department Colloquium - "The Bloch-Kato conjecture and small quotients of absolute Galois groups"
Jan Minac, University of Western Ontario, Canada. The talk will be preceded by refreshments at 3:30pm in Avery 348.
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.
