Friday and Weekend February 26 - 28, 2010
LIED CENTER, FRI, SAT 7:30PM, SUN 2PM
Timeless Musical 'South Pacific' at Lied Feb. 25-27
The world-famous Broadway revival production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" comes to the Lied Center for Performing Arts in a Nebraska exclusive showing on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, "South Pacific" swept the 2008 Tony Awards, winning seven honors, including Best Musical Revival and Best Director.
Tickets for this performance are $59 and $49. Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and other participating colleges with a valid I.D., as well as youths age 18 or younger, may purchase tickets for half price. Call the Lied Ticket Office at (402) 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 for ticket availability. Regular ticket office hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. Tickets may also be purchased online at the Lied Center website.
HOWELL THEATRE, FRI, SAT 7:30PM
University Theatre Presents "Tartuffe"
The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film's University Theatre opens its Spring season with the Moliere comedy "Tartuffe," translated by Richard Wilbur and directed by professional guest director Robert Bonaventura on February 25 - 27 and March 3 - 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Howell Theatre. The production is designed by undergraduate Kevin Queen (scenic) as his Capstone production and graduate student Shannon Paulick (costumes) as her thesis production.
Tickets are $16; $14 faculty, staff and seniors; and $10 students. Tickets are available at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301 North 12th Street, by calling 472-4747 or on-line at the UNL Theatre tickets website.
Lectures
HARDIN HALL ROOM 228, FRI 2PMGeography General Seminar - "Communicating the Value of Biodiversity with the Healthy Farm Index"
John Quinn, Applied Ecology PhD Candidate, UNL
Department of Agricultural Economics Seminar Series - "Selfishness, Altruism, and Inequality Aversion Toward Consumers and Farmer"
Brian Briggeman - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Research Methodology Series - "Assessing Inter-rater Reliability: An Overview"
Greg Welch, Research Assistant Professor, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
Chemistry Colloquium - "Ring-Forming Strategies in Asymmetric Catalysis"
Tom Rovis, Colorado State University
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Planform and facies variability in asymmetric deltas: Sedimentology of the Cretaceous Ferron Sand."
Chris Fielding, UNL. Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
Mathematics Colloquium - "Nonautonomous Dynamics"
Russell Johnson, University of Florence. Refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in Avery 348.
Wellness Initiative Seeks Campus Success Stories
David Burge doesn’t raid Lila Tooker’s candy jar anymore; Brian Keiser joined a running club and now trains for marathons; Darlene Kehler helps promote wellness within her department.
Burge, Keiser and Kehler are featured as "Success Stories" on the UNL Wellness website. Kimberly Barrett, UNL Wellness coordinator, wants to share employee successes to inspire and motivate others. Not all examples have to be about physical wellness. She’d also like to hear about achievements in other elements of wellness, including emotional, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, social and occupational. more...
ANDREWS HALL BAILEY LIBRARY, FRI 2:30PM
'Birds of a Feather' is Feb. 26 Colloquium
Three scholars will explore questions of literary and eco-criticism in an upcoming colloquium, "Birds of a Feather (Or, A Fowl Undertaking?)" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The event will be at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in Bailey Library, 228 Andrews Hall. A question-and-answer session will follow the event.
As literary scholar Jeffrey Karnicky argues in a recent essay on "Avian Consciousness," our species' understanding of the bird may "lead toward a radically altered relationship to nature and the universe." The event's speakers are; Jeffrey Karnicky, assistant professor of English at Drake University; Thomas Gannon, associate professor of English and ethnic studies at UNL; Andrea Comiskey Lawse, third-year doctoral candidate in English at UNL. more....
KIMBALL RECITAL HALL, FRI 7:30PM, SAT 3PM
UNL Opera Presents Verdi's Rigoletto
The UNL School of Music presents UNL Opera, who will showcase 32 singers and a full orchestra of 32 members to bring Verdi's masterpiece Rigoletto to the stage. The opera will be performed at the Kimball Recital Hall on Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m., and Feb. 28 at 3:00 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students and seniors and are available through the Lied Center box office at 402/472-4747 or 800-432-3231. more...
Huskers
WOMEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, FRI 5PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Colorado State Rams
MEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 3PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 7:05PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Missouri Tigers
WOMEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, SUN 11:30AMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricanes
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SUN 2PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Arizona, Denver, West Virginia (Power of Pink) Masters Classic
The White Ribbon, Oscar-Nominated Crazy Heart Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The White Ribbon and Crazy Heart. Both films will show through Mar. 11.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
H1N1 Page at UNL Monitors Flu
The university continues to closely monitor the worldwide and local impact of H1N1 flu. At this time there is no immediate impact on UNL, its community or operations, except heightened alert and awareness, and efforts to communicate the necessity of proper hygiene and stemming the spread of the virus.
For more information, including Student and Employee attendence policies, visit the H1N1 Information page at http://emergency.unl.edu/.
