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Blue Bam features Bunuel films I By Danell McCoy Staff writer His films pushed surrealism into the world of cine matography and garnered Spanish director Luis Bunuel global attention for his work. On January 15-17, the Blue Bam Theatre, 614 S11th St. in Omaha’s Old Market, will show a double feature of Bunuel’s films. The first film will be a 1932 documentary about the Las Hurdes district in Spain. Named after the region, the film’s English translation is “Land Without Bread.” While Bunuel emphasizes the region’s brutal nature, he also shows the people, who receive pleasure from things that many take for granted. “Land Without Bread is fascinating in a cmel way,” said Kevin Lawler, an employee at the Blue Bam. “The way they shot the footage is callous and speaks of people in a cold, (yet) compassionate way.” The second film, “The Exterminating Angel,” is a satir ical commentary on Spain’s upper class during dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s reign. It was filmed in the 1960s in Mexico and is about a group of dinner guests who find themselves unable to leave the party. As days pass, the guests find themselves regressing to a barbarian state. “The acting is phenomenal,” said Lawler. “The way he shows the upper class’ manners fall to barbaric gives you an interesting look on our society.” • Black comedy brings out the guest’s absurdity, along with a flourish of surrealism. It stars Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere and Enrique Garcia Alverez. Max Barber, cultural editor for The Reader, was the one who proposed the idea of the Bunuel film series to the Blue Bam Theatre. The acting troupe embraced the idea. Since it takes the theater a month to put a play together, they had plenty of time and space to shows films in between. Bunuel’s film series is the Blue Barn’s second Courtesy Photo LUIS BUNUEL (LEFT) sits with Salvador Dali, his friend and fellow surrealist. The two worked together on Buiiuel’s most famous film, 1928’s “Un Chien Andalou.” selection. The films begin at 8:00 p.m. General admission is $5. Call (402) 345-1576 for more information. Hobnobbers sponsors wine-tasting party By Jason Hardy Staff writer Nothing broadens one’s social and professional contacts like a night of drinking. And nobody appreciates a night of drinking quite like the Lincoln area group known as the Hobnobbers, a philanthropic and social-networking group composed of young professionals, graduate stu dents and professionally minded undergraduates in the Lincoln area. The group is sponsoring a wine tasting party Thursday night at the Blue Heron Wine Bar and Bistro, 5555 S. 48th St. However, along with the event’s tasty array of Italian wines, the Hobnobbers are offering attendees some cultural education as well. Ken Meier, owner of the Blue Heron Wine Bar and Bistro as well as Meier’s Cork and Bottle, 13th and South streets, will be explaining some of the different characteristics of six or seven featured wines such as which wines complement certain foods as well as regional information and interesting facts about each wine. v TaCOIPO 1£ director of fundrais ing and intern direc tor of public rela tions, said the group has held wine tasting parties in the past th turned out to be great sue cesses, both in t social interaction ana eauca tion. “I’m frequently at dinners with peers and I don’t know any thing about wine, so this is help ful in a way you wouldn’t ever have suspected,” Kennedy said. She said that since the group’s f inception three years ago the f Hobnobbers have helped young professionals meet and interact with other like-minded people in the Lincoln professional community while supporting local and national charity organizations ^^gg at the same time. Co-founder Brenden Polt said the idea for Hobnobbers grew from what he saw as a lack of interac tion between young Lincoln profes sionals. “We recognized that there was no young professional community in Lincoln,” Polt said. “A lot of people get out of college, go to work and only associate with co-workers.” He said the Hobnobbers helped bring together a number of different people in different fields who never would have met otherwise. Kennedy agrees. “You just meet all kinds of people in a lot of different areas,” she said. “And there’s not really a ‘topic of dis cussion’ because everybody is so dif ferent. We talk about everything.” While many of the Hobnobbers’ events are private to members only, Thursday’s wine-tasting party is open to anybody who wishes to attend. For more information about the Hobnobbers and how to join, check out the Web site at http://www.hob nobbers.org. The wine-tasting party, at the Blue Heron Wine Bar and Bistro, is open to anyone of legal drinking age, costs $15 and lasts from 7 to 10 p.m. Check out the new Daily Nebraskan web page... dailyneb.com I p 1111 ---. ....^ Sy A St. Louis based acappella octet • January 15, Noon - 1 pm • ISTebraslca Union CUrib Slmong t/je selections toill be ct gloriotts rendition of y/ Dr. ZCing’s I Have a Dream Sfteecb. All Are Welcome! V;^.4 jF'etz tm ri ng: Sponsors: Arts are Basic Student Involvement . - ■ V ‘ : M, - ■ ':U 3 ..