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Sheldon Museum of Art's Permanent Collection Celebrates Women this First Friday

Opening Friday, April 2, Better Half, Better Twelfth features artworks by female artists from Sheldon Museum of Art's permanent collection.

The exhibition title reflects the historical and socially accepted roles females held for much of the 20th century. “Better Half” describes the un-named wife or role of a significant other while “Better Twelfth” notes the imbalance of women artists currently in the museum collection.

An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on First Friday, April 2, 5-7 p.m. The reception will feature live music performances, appetizers and a cash bar.

How to Fence a Vegetable Garden

I found this handy little YouTube video that explains, in very simple terms, how to put up a fence for your vegetable garden. This is the perfect time of year to start one.  Find other useful gardening tips on growingwisdom.com.

Blog Talk Live: Interview with Christopher Kingsley of Roundus (with Audio)

Tonight at 6pm on Blog Talk Live, meet Christopher Kingsley, CEO of Roundscapes, LLC, an interactive marketing agency that specializes in interactive storytelling, virtual reality photography, and rich media creation.  His company also operates ROUNDUS.COM, a public web portal that Kingsley describes as "the world's first virtual tour of a whole city inside and out."

ROUNDUS uses high-resolution optics to capture spaces in "360x180". In other words, his technology enables you to use a web browser to explore a space as though you're walking through it.  You begin in one space, where you can pan and tilt the view as though you're turning your head to see all of its dimensions.   If there are links within that space, you can click to view other related spaces.  For example, you can begin in one room of a building, and click on a door to "move" to another room.

Art Exhibition 'Atmosphere' at the Haydon Art Center

Curated by Merrie Wright of Tyler, Texas, Atmosphere is an exhibition of seven ceramic sculptors who find inspiration from their sense of space, creating a show of color, fun, storytelling and play.

The exhibition uses the Haydon Art Center’s space by having colorful clay balloons hang from the ceiling, mounted robotic arms protruding from the wall, small ceramic dolls in fantasy lands, coyotes guarding a gallery corner and a pile of flowers entangled in wire. Enchanted with imagination and excitement, Atmosphere leaves viewers to create a playful narrative of their own.

Atmosphere’s First Friday reception will be held on Friday, April 2nd from 6-8:00 p.m. This exhibition is generously sponsored by Bob and Vicki Northrup.

Science Odyssey: Obesity and the Fructose Enigma

 In this episode, Science Odyssey takes a broad look at the obesity epidemic in America, and then confronts up close what may be a major contributor to that epidemic: the rising use of high-fructose corn syrup in our foods and beverages. We start with an interview with Charlotte Burke, head of the Lincoln Lancaster County Health Promotion and Outreach Office. In Part 2, we hear from Dr. Bart Hoebel, head of a research team that has made some surprising findings in research that involves feeding rats on high-fructose corn syrup. That and more in this edition of Science Odyssey.

First aired March 27, 2010

Obesity Epidemic, Part 1

Obesity Epidemic, Part 2

Clay Farris Naff is (claynaff.com) is a science author and blogger whose weekly radio program, Science Odyssey, airs Saturday mornings from 8:30 - 9:00 Central Time on KZUM, Lincoln's community radio station. You can hear it over the air at 89.3 FM or on the web live at kzum.org. Clay's science-and-religion blog on the Huffington Post can be seen here.

Sports and Music Enthusiasts Announce Support for the Lincoln Haymarket Arena

The Nebraska Sports Council and “Lincoln is a Music City” say this is an opportunity we can’t pass up

Citizens for Jobs and the Lincoln Haymarket Arena announced the addition of the Nebraska Sports Council and “Lincoln is a Music City” to their list of endorsing organizations today.

Dave Mlnarik, Executive Director of the Nebraska Sports Council said, “The Nebraska Sports Council believes that the West Haymarket Development will enhance its programs and events, including the annual Cornhusker State Games, can be significantly enhanced by the addition of the arena, ice center and potential West Haymarket recreational facilities.”

Opinion: Haymarket Arena a No-Brainer for the Capital City

By Francis Davis

In recent weeks, the plan to build a new arena in the West Haymarket appeared to be gaining substantial momentum, and seemed to have the support of much of the city. In light of the known facts, it began to look like a no-brainer. A no-brainer considering the limitations of the 7,000-seat Pershing Center, which is badly in need of renovation to modernize the facility and make it the type of arena that can help retain state high school tournaments, as well as attract top-tier musical acts to the Capital City.

In recent years, Lincoln has lost the state high school volleyball and high school wrestling tournaments to arenas in other cities. These departures naturally begged the question: Are the state high school girls and boys basketball tournaments next?

Eagle Seagull Music Video by Nolan Tredway

In October, 2009, Star City Blog did a "featured artist" story on the intriguing work of Nolan Tredway, a Lincoln-based artist and curator of the Tugboat Gallery. In a recently released video, Tredway offers a thought-provoking interpretation of a song by Eagle Seagull entitled "Twenty Thousand Light Years", from their soon-to-be-released album "The Year of the How-To Book".

Incidentally, I found this video posted on the Lincoln Is A Music City website, which is a great new local music resource.

EAGLE SEAGULL - Twenty Thousand Light Years
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Membership Drive Underway for Friends of The Ross

Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, commonly referred to as The Ross, has launched a membership drive that includes a chance to win a pair of free movie passes for a year.
 
“We are reaching out to those who love independent, classic and foreign films, but have not joined The Friends group,” said Doug Campbell, membership co-chair. “We offer the best membership benefits in town including $2.50 off the price of admission for an evening movie, a punch card that rewards frequent mover-goers with free popcorn and a free movie as well as invitations to special events hosted by The Ross.” Members can select a level of membership support that suits their budget, starting at $40.
 
Launched on March 22, the drive also features a drawing for two free movie passes for a year. Anyone who joins during the drive will be entered in the drawing. “If you and a friend attend an evening movie once a week, that would easily be a $676 value,” Campbell noted. Deadline to join is May 31. Winners will be announced July 1.

The 815: A New Stop on the First Friday Art Walk

Check out something new and from the edge.

Beginning Friday, April 2nd, The 815 will play host as a gallery stop on the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Lincoln from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In this opening month the main level of The 815 will host the local organization, Artists on the Edge. Artists on the Edge is a group of artists with a passion to create and a desire to further the discussion of outsider art. The lower level of The 815 will spotlight work by local photographers Rob Liliedahl and Keri Hess as well as the live music of local guitarist Luke Sticka.