Monday, March 12, 2012
Free 'Spring Break Survival Kits' available March 12-15
University Health Center will distribute spring break survival kits to UNL students on a first-come, first-served basis, March 12-15. The kits include a BPA-free water bottle filled with useful travel items.
Kits will be available March 12 at the University Health Center at 8 a.m. and Cather-Pound-Neihardt and Selleck dining halls at 11 a.m. On March 13, they will be given out in the Nebraska Union at the "Safe Spring Break Fair" at 11 a.m. On March 14, they will be available at 11 a.m. in the Abel and Harper-Schramm-Smith dining halls and on March 15 at 11 a.m. in the East Union at the "Safe Spring Break Fair." Read Spring Break Safety tips on the University Health Center website.
AIA lecture to feature Tulane researcher
Jane Carter
The Lincoln-Omaha Society of the Archaeological Institute of America lecture series continues with a 7:30 p.m. talk by Tulane University's Jane Carter. The free, open to the public lecture, "Ancient Paros and the Emergent Polis: Evidence for Social Change and Material Culture," is in Avery Hall, room 115.
Carter, a professor of classical studies at Tulane, will discuss the history and archaeology of early Greece and how we can trace the development of society through its material culture. The case study Carter employs is the island of ancient Paros in the Aegean sea. Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
The quilt "Ardis and Betty" by Susan Shie. (detail)
'Tribute to Ardis James' continues at Quilt Museum
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum presents the exhibition "A Tribute to Ardis James" through July 29. Quilts created by many of today's top studio quilt artists and donated in honor of James will be shown.
James, with her husband Robert, collected and donated the first 1,000 quilts that provided the impetus for the establishment of the International Quilt Study Center in 1997. Their vision and continuing generous support made possible the new museum building, which opened in 2008. Read more about this exhibit on Today@UNL.
'Little Waves' exhibition opens Women's Week
A new art exhibition opening today explores what feminism means today. The exhibit, "Little Waves," is open through March 16 in the Nebraska Union Rotunda Gallery. A reception is 5 to 7 p.m., March 16. The exhibit is part of Women's Week 2012 activities at UNL. For more information on Women's Week events is available on the Student Involvement website.
The "Little Waves" exhibition was organized to be part of Women's Week activities at UNL. It is a multi-faceted exhibition of curated works, collected stories and photographs. Looking at the complex, and often conflated, state of feminist history, the exhibition seeks to create a space for modern feminist dialogue through the work of regional artists. Gallery attendants and volunteers will be available for conversation and questions throughout the exhibition. Read more about this exhibition in Today@UNL.
The Guerrilla Girls
Guerrilla Girls to perform March 12 at Sheldon
The Guerrilla Girls on Tour, an internationally acclaimed anonymous theater collective, will perform "Feminists are Funny" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Museum of Art, 12th and R streets, at 7 p.m. March 12.
The 70-minute play is an energetic combination of the group's street theater protests and latest actions regarding politics, the arts and media. The performance ends with a question and answer discussion with the audience. Read more about this performance in Today@UNL.
