Feb. 24 to March 2, 1996

A Room With a View

The UNL School of Music will present a new opera, A Room With a View, at 8 p.m. Feb. 24 in Kimball Hall. General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, available from the Lied Box Office, 472-4747. Based on the E.M. Forster novel of the same title, the play features masters students Kenneth Floyd, who portrays George Emerson, and Karen Kness, who plays Lucy Honeychurch.

Displays/Exhibitions

• Grant Reynard and John Falter, Great Plains Art Collection. To Feb. 25.
• Highlights of the Permanent Collection, Lentz Center. To Feb. 25.
• James Eisentrager: Retrospective, Gallery of the Dept. of Art & Art History, 102 Richards Hall. To Feb. 28.
• Cultural Survival Project, artwork by recent immigrant and refugee youth in collaboration with Shelley Fuller and Wendy Weiss and a special guest exhibition by Linda Anfuso, jewelry, TCD Gallery, Home Economics Bldg., East Campus. To March 7.
• Design Diaspora: Black Architects and International Architecture 1970-1990, Architecture Hall Gallery. To March 8.
• The Faust Suite by Pieter Cornelius, Sheldon Gallery. To March 17.
• Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship, Sheldon Gallery. To March 31.
• California Color, Sheldon Gallery. To March 31.
• Kinesthetic Energy: Mark di Suvero, Sheldon Gallery. To April 7.

Films

• Feb. 24, The Postman, 12:45, 3, 7 & 9:15 p.m., Ross Film Theater. Contact: Ross Film Theater, 2-5353.
• Feb. 25, UPC International Film -- Belle de Jour, 3, 5, 7 & 9 p.m., Ross Film Theater.
• Feb. 27-March 2, The Changing Face of Canadian Cinema: New Canadian Cinema, complete schedules and synopses are available at the Ross Film Theater box office, Ross Film Theater.

Lectures/Seminars

• Feb. 27, ScienceWorks Journal Club Lecture -- "Materials Processing with Femtosecond Lasers," David Doerr, Center for Electro-Optics, 12:30 p.m., 118 Brace Lab. Contact: Lisa Wiese (lwiese@unlinfo.unl.edu), 2-2786.
• Feb. 28, Center for Biotechnology Seminar -- "A Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Diet-Induced Obesity in the Mouse," David West, Louisiana State Univ., 4 p.m., Beadle Center Auditorium. Contact: Center for Biotechnology, 2-2635.
• Feb. 29, College of Architecture Hyde Lecture -- Jack Travis, Principal, JTA Architects of New York, 3 p.m., Sheldon Gallery auditorium. Contact: Architecture, 2-9212.
• Feb. 29, Center for Communication and Information Sciences -- "Mobile Computing in Error-Prone Media," Satish Tripathi, Univ. of Maryland, 3:30 p.m., 114 Ferguson Hall. Contact: CCIS, 2-3185.
• Feb. 29, Center for Biological Chemistry/LICOR Seminar -- "New Insights Into Leaf Gas Exchange Using Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging," Bernard Genty, Universite Paris-Sud, 3:30 p.m., N103 Beadle Center Auditorium. Contact: Biochemistry, 2-2932.
• Feb. 29, Physics and Astronomy/UNL Research Council Colloquium -- "Black Holes in Quasars: New Results From the Hubble Space Telescope," Beverly Wills, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 4 p.m., 211 Brace Auditorium. Contact: Physics and Astronomy, 2-2770.
• March 1, Chemistry Colloquium -- "Fundamental Studies in Tandem Mass Spectrometry: A Game of Billiards in Three Dimensions," Jean Futrell, Univ. of Delaware, 3:30 p.m., 110 Hamilton Hall. Contact: Chemistry Dept., 2-3501.
• March 1, Agricultural Meteorology Seminar -- "CALMIT, Consortium for the Application of Space Data to Education, Satellite Receiving Station," Don Rundquist, CALMIT, 3:30 p.m., 225 L.W. Chase Hall. Contact: Mike Hayes, 2-4271.
• March 1, Materials Research and Analysis/Engineering Mechanics Seminar -- "On the Microstructure Design of Laminar Zirconia Composite Role of Autocatalysis and Dual-Scale Microstructure," Qing-Ping Sun, Tsinghua University, P.R. China, 3:30 p.m., 306 Bancroft. Contact: Materials Research and Anaylsis, 2-7886.

Meetings

• Feb. 27, Komensky (Comenius) Club Meeting -- Romantic Couples in Czech Literature and Music with Poetry Readings (in English Translation) and Music with Layne Pierce and Mila Saskova-Pierce, 7 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Mila Saskova-Pierce, 2-1336.

Miscellaneous

• Feb. 24, School of Music Audition Day -- incoming music majors and minors audition for scholarships and admission in the School for the 1996-97 academic year, Westbrook. Contact: Rosemary, 2-6845.
• Feb. 24, Nebraska Repertory Theatre auditions for the summer season, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Howell Theatre. Contact: Julie Hagemeier for appointment, 2-1619.
• Feb. 24, Science Day at the Mall featuring presentations and hands-on activities from ScienceWorks, an NSF-sponsored program designed to share the fun and excitement of science with the community, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Gateway Mall. Contact: Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, 2-9178.
• Feb. 24, Nebraska Repertory Theatre Mid-Winter Party, 6 p.m., $30 per person, Country Club of Lincoln. Contact: Julie Hagemeier for reservations, 2-1619.
• Feb. 25, Irish Dance Workshop (third of a five-week session), 7:30 p.m., First-Plymouth Congregational Church, 22nd & D St. Contact: LuAnne Anderson, 475-8674.
• Feb. 26, Cruising the Internet session -- "Eudora," 11 a.m., East Union. Contact: Communications and Information Technology, 2-5630.
• Feb. 27, Human Resources brown-bag lunch program -- "Kids and TV: What Every Parent Should Know," noon, Nebraska Union. Contact: Michele Strickler, 2-3101.
• Feb. 27, Retirement reception for Larry Emmons, Nebraska Unions, 2:30 to 4 p.m., Regency Suite, Nebraska Union. Contact: Daryl Swanson, 2-2181.
• Feb. 27 & 29, Nebraska Business Development Center-Lincoln First-Step Workshop for those interested in starting a small business, 6 p.m., cost is $25, Southeast Community College. Contact: Nebraska Business Development Center-Lincoln, 2-3358.
• Feb. 28, Water Resources Panel -- "Ecosystem Management," Paul Tebbel, National Audubon Society's Rowe Sanctuary and Dick Mercer, agricultural producer, 3 p.m., 116 L. W. Chase Hall. Contact: Mike Eckert, 2-0891.
• Feb. 29, Human Resources brown-bag lunch program -- "Kids and TV: What Every Parent Should Know," noon, East Union. Contact: Michele Strickler, 2-3101.
• Feb. 29, Academic Senate "get-acquainted reception" with Chancellor James Moeser, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Wick Center. Contact: Academic Senate, 2-2573.
• Feb. 29, Student Involvement Workshop -- "Fundraising Tips for Student Organizations," 7 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Student Involvement, 2-2454.
• March 1 & 2, "No Limits: We Are the Stories We Tell," a regional women's studies conference with the theme, "Celebrating Women in Science and Theory," 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., East Union. Contact: Women's Studies Association, 2-9392.

Performances

• Feb. 24, "The Glass Menagerie," 8 p.m., Howell Theatre, Temple Bldg. Contact: Theatre & Dance Box Office, 2-2073.
• Feb. 24, Opera -- "A Room With a View," 8 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: Lied Box Office, 2-4747.
• Feb. 28, Ravnan II, Nebraska Public Radio Benefit, 8 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: Lied Box Office, 2-4747.
• Feb. 29, Peking Acrobats, 8 p.m., Lied Center. Contact: Lied Box Office, 2-4747.
• Feb. 29, Concert Band, free, 8 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: John Whiteman, 2-6865.
• Feb. 29, Wild Women (folk music), free, 8 p.m., The Crib, Nebraska Union. Contact: Rich Caruso, 2-2454.
• Feb. 29, March 1 & 2, theatrix -- "The Night We Moved," 8 p.m., Wagon Train Project, 512 S. 7th St. Contact: Julie Hagemeier, 2-1619.
• March 2, Nebraska Brass, free, 9 p.m., The Crib, Nebraska Union. Contact: Rich Caruso, 2-2454.

Planetarium

• Feb. 24 & 25, Planetarium Show -- "Child of the Universe," 2 p.m., Mueller Planetarium. Contact: Mueller Planetarium, 2-2641.
• Feb. 24, Planetarium Show -- "Lifestyles of the Stars," 3:30 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.
• Feb. 24, Laser Fantasies Show -- "White Zombie," 8, 9:30 & 11 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.
• Feb. 25, Laser Visions Show -- "Laser Jazz," 3:30 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.
• March 1 & 2, Laser Fantasies Show -- "Gin Blossoms," 8, 9:30 & 11 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.

Sports

• Feb. 24, Track and Field -- Big Eight Indoor Championships, 10 a.m., Devaney Center. Contact: Athletic Ticket Office, 2-3111.
• Feb. 25, Men's Basketball -- Nebraska vs. Oklahoma, noon, Devaney Center.
• Feb. 25, Women's Gymnastics -- Masters Classic (Nebraska/Michigan/Ball State/Washington), 7 p.m., Devaney Center.
• March 2, Women's Tennis -- Nebraska vs. Colorado State, 9 a.m., Woods Tennis Center.

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