2009 Echotrope New Media Festival
Bancroft Street Market | 2702 South 10th Street | July 30th through August 2nd
The 2009 Echotrope New Media Festival presents a variety of video and game based installations and single channel works from emerging and mid career artists from across the country. Exhibiting artists include Megan Berner, Ryan Carroll, Shaun Benack, Cat Forster, Dave Ellsworth, Jordan Kerfeld, Peter Whittenberger, Alex Myers and more. In addition the exhibition features the intermedia lounge, a screening lounge dedicated to the work emerging artists from the Department of Art and Art History Intermedia and Digital Art Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. There will a reception for the festival on Saturday, August 1st from 6pm to 10pm. For more information (including a list of hours), please visit http://www.echotrope.org.
"Part One, My Life ....." | Work by Conrad Quijas
RNG Gallery | 1915 Leavenworth Street | August 1st through August 30th
Conrad Quijas is an incredible florist winning both national and international awards and is co-owner of Stem Gallery in Lincoln Nebraska. Opening reception on Saturday, August 1st from 7pm to 10pm. For more information, please contact Rob Gilmer at robertngilmer@yahoo.comCLEAN PLATE
The Empty Room | 13th and Webster Street (under 22 Floors) | throughout August
CLEAN PLATE is a farm to table whole food restaurant. It opens in the Empty Room this August.
"CLEAN PLATE is an opportunity to share with others my belief that the act of eating is an everyday expression of our most deeply held values. It will serve the kind of food that is close to my heart, not fussy or complicated, but full of deeply good flavor."
-- Elle Lein
Please visit http://clean-plate.com for menu, hours and more information. And don't miss the Opening Night Celebration on August 8th (starting at 8pm).
loom weaves Jamaica
Espana | 6064 Maple Street | August 6 from 9pm-1am | $5 cover
Celebrating the music of Jamaica & its influence on music the world over on the eve of its Independence Day alongside Brent Crampton, guest selecta DJ Supe and percussion by Shif-D. Alongside roots reggae, ska, dub and other Jamaican music essentials via DJ Kethro & Supe, there will be a showing of the international cult film classic, The Harder They Come, directed by Perry Henzel. For more info, email brentcrampton@gmail.com.
"Wonderground | Found in Translation" | The Students of The Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts
The Bemis Underground | 724 South 12th Street | Opens August 7th | 6pm to 9pm
The Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts invites you to come and celebrate an amazing show of creative expression. Experience art by the students and mentors of the program, plus music from local talent and more. Opening reception on Friday, August 7th from 6pm to 9pm. The exhibit will also be open for viewing on Saturday, August 8th from 11am to 5pm and from August 11th through 15th from 11am to 5pm. For more information, please visit http//:www.kentbellows.org.
"Handmaid" | Five Women Artists that Work in Clay
Jackson Artworks | 1108 Jackson Street | Opening on August 8th
Featuring work by Jess Benjamin, Tracy Shell, Liz Vercruysse, Amy Nelson and Renee Ledesma-Hoover. Opening Reception on Saturday, August 8th from 6pm to 9pm. For more information, please call (402) 341-1832."Uncanned" | A dreamy, funny, absurd and uncanny exhibition
TugBoat Gallery | 116 North 14th Street in Lincoln | Opening on August 7th
Featuring work by Ani Ghajanian, Natalie Linstrom, Joe Pankowski and Dan Perry. Opening reception on August 7th from 7pm to 10pm. For more information, please visit http://www.tugboatgallery.com.
Please join artists-in-residence Min Kim Park, Mitra Fabian and Adam Shecter for the First Thursday ArtTalk on July 2nd at 7pm. For more information, please visit http://www.bemiscenter.org.
Do NOT! look directly into the sun | An installation by Birgit and Bjorg Larson
Bancroft Street Market | 2702 South 10th Street | August 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th from 9am to 5pm
An experiment in layers based on the vastness of the electromagnetic spectrum, the function of the eye as our detector and the possibilities for the future. Using layers to explore beyond the visual spectrum, Birgit Larson is working with physicist and sister Bjorg Larson to start a dialogue on the diversity of light, energy and interpretations of what comes next in the evolution of sight. Opening reception on Saturday, August 8th from 7pm to 10pm. For more information, please contact Brigit at birgit.larson@gmail.com.
Old Market Gallery Crawl
First Thursday Art Talk
The Bemis | 724 South 12th Street | August 7th | 7pm
Do NOT! look directly into the sun | An installation by Birgit and Bjorg Larson
Bancroft Street Market | 2702 South 10th Street | August 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th from 9am to 5pm
An experiment in layers based on the vastness of the electromagnetic spectrum, the function of the eye as our detector and the possibilities for the future. Using layers to explore beyond the visual spectrum, Birgit Larson is working with physicist and sister Bjorg Larson to start a dialogue on the diversity of light, energy and interpretations of what comes next in the evolution of sight. Opening reception on Saturday, August 8th from 7pm to 10pm. For more information, please contact Brigit at birgit.larson@gmail.com.
Old Market Gallery Crawl
Various locations | The Old Market | Wednesday, August 12th from 5pm to 8pm
For a map of this month's participating galleries, please click here: http://www.jLofts.com
Westerns Repertory Series at Film Streams
Ruth Sokolof Theater | 1340 Webster Street | Through August 27th
There’s no movie genre more patently “American” than the Western, and perhaps none more generally misunderstood. Squeaky-clean heroes versus categorical evil-doers? Not so much. True Westerns -- the visually breathtaking work of genre auteurs like Howard Hawks, John Ford, Sam Peckinpah, and Sergio Leone -- are more like Greek mythology set to an open range, where the difference between “good” and “bad” is often slim and sometimes none. For more information, please visit http://www.filmstreams.org.
Also! Please try to catch a screening of Food Inc. -- which opens on Friday, July 31st (Stop by The Empty Room for a CLEAN PLATE preview after the film on Friday!). Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with social entrepreneurs such as Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, FOOD, INC. reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat and how it's produced.
On August 4th at 7pm there will be special screening of FOOD, INC., with a post-show panel discussion featuring William Powers, Executive Director of the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society (NSAS) and representative of Slow Food Nebraska, Elle Lien, creator of Clean Plate, and Dr. Darrell R. Mark, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Please visit http://www.filmstreams.orgfor more information.
Also! Please try to catch a screening of Food Inc. -- which opens on Friday, July 31st (Stop by The Empty Room for a CLEAN PLATE preview after the film on Friday!). Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) along with social entrepreneurs such as Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, FOOD, INC. reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat and how it's produced.
On August 4th at 7pm there will be special screening of FOOD, INC., with a post-show panel discussion featuring William Powers, Executive Director of the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society (NSAS) and representative of Slow Food Nebraska, Elle Lien, creator of Clean Plate, and Dr. Darrell R. Mark, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Please visit http://www.filmstreams.orgfor more information.
tugBoat gallery (lincoln)
bemis center for contemporary arts
phillip schrager collection of contemporary art
joslyn art museum
sheldon museum of art (lincoln)
paparazzi by appointment
dundee gallery
hot shops art center
the kent bellows studio and center for visual arts
film streams
the blue barn theatre
omaha performing arts
the waiting room lounge
the slowdown
