Rotation with Lynnasha G.
Join us for a little spring storm fun with a screening of this adventure drama about two storm chasers followed by commentary and a Q&A with one of our meteorology experts. Free popcorn and the public is welcome!
He’s one of the greatest KU fans in history and he proved it by bringing James Naismith’s Rules Of Basketball home! Come out to this afternoon showing of his “30 for 30″ special, “There’s No Place like Home” with live commentary with Josh Swade.
Vouchers can be picked up at the SUA office on level 4 of the Kansas Union from 9 am to 5 pm weekdays.
What better way to spend your Valentine’s day than watching the Prince classic Purple Rain?!
Environs’ local food group invites you to a free screening of “Fresh” at Hashinger Hall Theatre on Wednesday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. Fresh “celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.”As part of the local food celebration, KU Dining Services is providing free local food snacks, and speakers from the Community Mercantile and KU Dining Services will speak before the film.
Come early for free local food, a buy-one-get-one free coupon for Chipotle burritos, and witness the movement toward a healthier and fresher community!
“Dirty Business: ‘clean coal’ and the battle for our energy future”
DIRTY BUSINESS is the first major public media project to dismantle the myth behind “clean coal” propaganda, revealing the unnerving social and environmental damages of the coal industry. The film discusses benefits of renewable energy technology, rendering “clean coal” not only unnecessary, but also uneconomical. Rabbi Moti Rieber, director of Kansas Interfaith Power and Light, will lead a discussion on coal, climate change, and clean energy after the film.
For 4 consecutive Wednesdays this Fall, the Center for Global and International Studies has partnered with academic departments at KU and the Spencer Museum of Art to present films that shed light on global responses to environmental issues. Guest speakers and panel discussions accompany the screenings.
Manufactured Landscapes, 10.10.2012
Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky posits that manmade landscapes define us. He sees a certain physical beauty in the order and symmetry of some of these landscapes, despite troubling reasons for their existence and the subsequent degradation they pose to the environment. Cameras follow Burtynsky as he visits what he calls manufactured landscapes: slag heaps, e-waste dumps, huge factories in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces of China.
This installment of the Environmental Film Festival is presented by the Center for East Asian Studies.
For 4 consecutive Wednesdays this Fall, the Center for Global and International Studies has partnered with academic departments at KU and the Spencer Museum of Art to present films that shed light on global responses to environmental issues. Guest speakers and panel discussions accompany the screenings.
The Island President, 10.3.2012
After ending 30 years of despotic rule by bringing democracy to the Maldives, President Mohamed Nasheed now confronts the survival of his country and its people. The Maldives is one of the most low-lying countries in the world. A rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands of the Maldives enough to make them uninhabitable. A panel discussion follows the screening. This installment of the Environmental Film Festival is presented by the Center for Global & International Studies.
Manufactured Landscapes, 10.10.2012
Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky posits that manmade landscapes define us. He sees a certain physical beauty in the order and symmetry of some of these landscapes, despite troubling reasons for their existence and the subsequent degradation they pose to the environment. Cameras follow Burtynsky as he visits what he calls manufactured landscapes: slag heaps, e-waste dumps, huge factories in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces of China.
This installment of the Environmental Film Festival is presented by the Center for East Asian Studies.
A hilarious collection of hidden gems. For more information head to Found Footage Fest’s website.