IPhoto doesn't display my recent photos in "Photos"

I have a brand new MacBook Pro with Lion 10.7.3 and iPhoto 11. I downloaded a "roll" on January 17 and another one today. I can see the photos I downloaded today only in "Recent Imports;" neither my roll from January 17 nor my roll from today can be seen in "Photos." Essentially, my roll from January 17 is lost. Any words of advice on where to find the photos or how to change the settings? If I have to rebuild iPhoto 11, then what's the best way to do it?

Make sure you have the sort option for the Photos mode set to what you expect by going to the View ➙ Sort ➙ xxx menu and check the selection. If you don't have the Event titles set to be displayed in the Photos mode do so and then check the events to see if you can find the one from that date.
If you still can't see the photos try the following: space allowing and if you don't aready have a backup copy of the library make a temporary, backup copy (select the library and type Commadn+D) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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