The Sheldon Museum of Art will be closed to the public Dec. 21 through Jan. 4 during the initial phase of a construction project to improve the safety of the staircase railings in the Great Hall.
The project is not expected to be completed until mid-to-late January, but much of the dirty, noisy work will be [...]
University Theater opens ‘King Lear’ Nov. 19
The University Theatre will present the William Shakespeare timeless tragedy “King Lear” in a run split by Thanksgiving.
“King Lear” will be offered at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 19-20 and Dec. 2-5, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 22. All performances are in the Howell Theatre on the first floor of [...]
The School of Music is breaking down the sounds of percussion.
Drawing inspiration from primitive influences, the UNL Percussion Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at Kimball Recital Hall. The performance, “Primitive Echoes,” is directed by Anthony Falcone, director of the Cornhusker Marching Band, and Al Rometo, professor of percussion.
The concert will showcase the [...]
The strained relationship of a mother who abandoned her son is featured in “Trucker,” a film opening Nov. 20 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
“Trucker” features Michelle Monaghan as Diane Ford, a successful independent truck driver.
Ford is leading a care-free life of one night stands and all-night drinking with Runner (Nathan Fillion) until [...]
Take a nostalgic trip back to the days of the open range as the Riders in the Sky, a foursome of boot-wearing, hat-tipping musicians from Nashville, Tenn., offer Christmas “the cowboy way” during a 7:30 p.m., Dec. 3 performance at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Calling themselves “the keepers of the flame passed on [...]
The Sheldon Museum of Art will celebrate Winter Escape, two days of entertainment and art, Dec. 4 and 5.
Winter Escape opens with a First Friday celebration, 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 4. The reception will include appetizers, a cash bar, and a performance by the University Chamber Singers.
The ensemble, directed by Therees Hibbard, assistant professor [...]
In collaboration with UNL’s Art in the Community class, the Lux Center for the Arts is presenting “Winterfest” from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 4.
The family friendly First Friday event will include hands-on holiday card making. Ornaments hand-made by UNL students will be sold, with proceeds going to the Lux Center’s youth scholarship program. Refreshments [...]
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts seeks applications for the 13th annual Nebraska Young Artist awards.
The awards annually recognize 11th-grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music, theater, and film and new media.
To be recognized, students must submit an application, a letter of recommendation [...]
By Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004-06
Lots of contemporary poems are anecdotal, a brief narration of some event, and what can make them rise above anecdote is when they manage to convey significance, often as the poem closes. Here is an example of one like that, by Marie Sheppard Williams, who lives in Minneapolis.
Everybody
I stood [...]
Kimball Recital Hall’s curtains open Nov. 12 for the opera “Our Town,” performed by UNL’s School of Music.
Performances are at noon, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13, and 3 p.m. Nov. 15.
The writer Thornton Wilder said “Our Town” is “an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily [...]
