Mon, May 11, 2009
May 11-15, 2009
UNL Monitors H1N1 Flu
UNL officials are actively monitoring the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza that has sickened people in Mexico, Canada and other countries, and the U.S.
Up-to-date information can be found on the H1N1 Flu Update page at the UNL Emergency site.
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM, TUE NOON
Tuesday Talk - "Grace Snyder's Quiltmaking"
Exhibition Curator, Janet Price
Paintings, Objects of Jun Kaneko at Sheldon Museum of Art
"Play's the Thing: The Paintings and Objects of Jun Kaneko," an exhibition of ceramic artworks, paintings and works on paper, opens in two parts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Museum of Art this spring.
Beginning May 11, several of the artist's large ceramic pieces will be placed in Sheldon's Great Hall. On June 19, his paintings and works on paper will open in three second-floor galleries. The exhibition will be on view through Oct. 11. more...
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Great Buck Howard, and Absurdistan Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Great Buck Howard and Absurdistan. Absurdistan will show through May 14,
while The Great Buck Howard will screen through May 21.
Once upon a time, The Great Buck Howard spent his days in the limelight. His mind-boggling feats as a mentalist extraordinaire--not to be confused with those of a mere magician--earned him a marquee act in Vegas and 61 appearances on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. In his own humble opinion, his talents go far beyond simple sleight of hand - he can read minds and hypnotize not just a single soul but an entire room of people! But nowadays, it's clear to everyone but Buck that his act has lost its luster; he performs in faded community centers and hasn't sold out a theater in years. Yet, with a hearty handshake and a trademark "I love this town!" Buck Howard perseveres, confident in his own celebrity, convinced his comeback is imminent. He just needs a new road manager and personal assistant. As it turns out, recent law school drop-out and unemployed, would-be writer Troy Gable needs a job and a purpose. Working for the pompous, has-been mentalist fills the former requirement, but how it satisfies the latter is questionable, especially to his father, who still assumes Troy is in law school. Nonetheless, with the aid of a fiery publicist and a bold stroke of fate, Buck surprisingly lands back into the American consciousness, taking Troy along for the ride of his life.
Welcome to Absurdistan, a small village in the high desert mountains, just on the outskirts of reality, where magical visions and bizarre events fuse together, but the sexes are divided. The village is facing a water shortage, but the men are too lazy to fix a rickety pipeline and the women are getting fed up with their good-for-nothing husbands. Led by young Aya (Kristyna Malerova), the women make a simple vow: “No water, no sex.” The men’s only hope is Temelko (Maximilian Mauff), whose long-promised wedding with Aya is put on hold until he finds a solution to the water problem. From the wild imagination of the award-winning director of Tuvalu comes this perfectly pitched lyrical comedy that is romantic, surreal and boundlessly poetic.
More information is available at the Ross website.
