Film Recounts Days Before Tiananmen

A moving and passionate account of the 1989 Chinese democracy movement that led to the Tiananmen Square massacre, Moving the Mountain, directed by Michael Apted, is showing at the Ross Film Theater on Feb. 9 and 10.

Winner of the 1994 International Documentary Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association, the film is compiled from never before seen contraband footage shot on location by Apted in Tiananmen Square under extremely difficult conditions, and interviews with five of the most-wanted student leaders, brought together for the first time to recount their memories of the movement and the consequences that forced them into hiding and ultimately escape.

The presentation of this program at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater is made possible, in part with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council.

Moving the Mountain is showing on Feb. 9 and 10. Screenings are at 7 and 9 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays; at 1, 3, 7, and 9 p.m. on Saturdays; and at 3, 5, 7, and 9 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5.50; $4.50 for students; and $3.50 for senior citizens, children, and members of the Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater.

Latin Trumpeter Sandoval Jazzes Up the Lied

Jazz great Arturo Sandoval and his Latin Train Band will provide an evening of jazz beginning at 8 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

A former protege of the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval has mastered all forms of jazz, as well as classical music, rock and traditional music from his native Cuba. His diverse style and skill on both the trumpet and the flugelhorn have been applauded throughout the world.

The wide span of Sandoval's work includes several Grammy-winning albums, movie soundtracks for The Mambo King, Havana, and The Perez Family, and guest appearances with some of the world's greatest symphonies. He has collaborated with numerous stars from the entertainment industry, including Woody Herman, Woody Shaw, Herbie Hancock and Gloria Estefan.

Two pre-performance talks will be given in the Lied Center's Steinhart Room. David Sharp, director of jazz studies at UNL's School of Music, will offer his insights 55 minutes before each performance and again at 30 minutes before curtain.

Tickets for the Lied Performance are $22, $18 and $14; half price for those 18 and under or UNL, Wesleyan and Doane students who present identification. The Lied Center box office is open for walk-in sales on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and 60 minutes before the performance. Phone orders may be placed by dialing 2-4747 or 1-800-432-3231.

Lectures Series to Examine Many Faces of Faust

The legend of Faust will be examined in the illustrated lecture series, "The Many Faces of Faust," to be presented at 1 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery auditorium.

The legend of Faust, the necromancer who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, has had a powerful hold on the imagination of Western artists since the Middle Ages. Accompanying the lecture will be a set of 12 illustrations to Goethe's Faust by the 19th-century German artist Pieter Cornelius (1783-1867), donated to the UNL Libraries by Thomas Iwand. They will be exhibited in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery from Jan. 31 to March 17.

The three short lectures on Faust will offer those attedning an opportunity to increase their understanding of the Cornelius prints. Alison Stewart of the UNL Department of Art will discuss Cornelius's use of motifs and forms and explain what they tell us about the world-view of German artist of the period. Priscilla Hayden-Roy of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will discuss Cornelius's choice of scenes and his attempt to recover a specifically "German" aesthetic and subject matter from the medieval past. Finally, Nancy Heugh, a Kansas City conservator responsible for the restoration of the prints, will explain the challenges involved and the techniques she used. The speakers will be introduced by Norman Geske, former director of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.

National Weaving Exhibit Scheduled at Haydon

A national exhibit of weavings will open at Lincoln's Haydon Gallery on Feb. 2, said Wendy Weiss, UNL textile, clothing and design associate professor.

"North American Weaving: Ancient Traditions/New Technology" will open with a 7 to 9 p.m. reception on Feb. 2 and will continue through Feb. 24. Weiss collaborated with gallery directory, Anne Pagel, in organizing the exhibit. The show draws together 11 artists who carefully balance computer technology with the ancient art of weaving into contemporary textile arts.

Textile artists have led the art world in embracing computer technology, said Weiss, a faculty member of the UNL College of Human Resources and Family Sciences. She said access to diverse software and computer-assisted looms has resulted in substantial time savings. Those time savings convert into more varied and complex weavings. Ancient weave patterns and surface designs have provided one source of ideas these artists incorporate into new processes for unprecedented levels of complexity and richness.

The opening reception and daily admission are free and open to the public. Admission for the brown bag gallery talk will be $1 or $5 which includes a sack lunch. Works in the exhibition are for sale.

Haydon Gallery, located at 335 N. 8th Street in Lincoln's Historic Haymarket District, is a project of the Nebraska Art Association in support of Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden at UNL. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For further information about the exhibit, or to reserve space for the gallery talk, call Pagel at 475-5421.

Hillestad Exhibition at Elder Gallery

Works in Fiber by Robert Hillestad: A Retrospective will be at the Nebraska Wesleyan University's Elder Gallery until Feb. 18. The Elder Gallery is located in the Rogers Center for Fine Arts, 50th Street and Huntington Avenue.

Fiddler Mark O'Connor Performs on NPRN

Fiddle virtuoso Mark O'Connor will perform one of his own recent works on the popular musical series Saint Paul Sunday at 10 a.m. Feb. 11 on all stations of the Nebraska Public Radio Network.

The Grammy Award-winning O'Connor, who won his first classical guitar contests in Seattle at the age of 10, has performed with artists as diverse as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, jazz violinist Stephane Grapelli, country diva Dolly Parton and many others.

Audun Ravnan to Perform in Radio Fundraiser

Pianist Audun Ravnan will make his last performance in Lincoln a fundraiser for the Nebraska Public Radio Network.

Ravnan will perform for the last time in Lincoln 8 p.m. Feb. 28 in Kimball Recital Hall. All proceeds from the concert will go to benefit the Public Radio Nebraska Foundation, the fundraising arm of the nonprofit Nebraska Public Radio Network.

A native of Bergen, Norway, Ravnan is a George Holmes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music and the past chairman of the piano department at UNL, and has been honored with its "Distinguished Teaching Award." In 1981 he became the first individual artist to receive the Governor's Arts Award, Nebraska's most prestigious honor in the arts, "for significant contributions to the cultural life of Nebraska." in 1990, he received the Mayor's Arts Award from the City of Lincoln. After 26 years of service to the University and the state of Nebraska, he retired from teaching in the spring of 1993.

Tickets for the performance are available from the Lied Center for Performing Arts box office, 2-4747, for $10. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.

Exhibit Highlights Architects of the African Diaspora

The UNL College of Architecture will sponsor an exhibit of work by architects of black African ancestry in February.

Design Diaspora: Black Architects and International Architecture 1970-1990, will be on display in the Architecture Hall gallery, 10th and R streets, throughout the month.

The exhibit is a national and international analysis of buildings designed by architects of black African ancestry practicing in the United States, Europe, Africa, South America and the Caribbean. Approximately 120 projects by more than 30 leading architects are included in this first-ever exhibition on architects of the African Diaspora.

Organized by the Chicago Athenaeum, the exhibition has been on a five-year tour, including the Buenos Aires Biennale. It contains drawings, models and photographs arranged by architect.

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