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   from the issue of February 2, 2006

     
 
Kooser featured in Feb. 4 'Passion and Poetry' event

United States Poet Laureate Ted Kooser will appear with Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra in a unique performance titled, "Passion and Poetry," at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at Kimball Recital Hall.

Under the baton of Ed Polochick, the LSO will perform Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 3, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette: Love Scene, and Bernstein's West Side Story Symphonic Dances.

Between each piece, Kooser will read selections from poetry he has written, including his now-famous Valentine's Day poems.

Tickets for LSO's "Passion and Poetry" concert are on sale now at the Lincoln Symphony Box Office, 476-2211.

Tickets prices are for $26/$34/$42, with half-price for students and children.

The public is invited to a free pre-concert lecture, 6:45-7:15 p.m. at Westbrook Music Building room 119.


GO TO: ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 2

ARTS HEADLINES FOR FEBRUARY 2

Pritchard retrospective opens Feb. 4
American Life in poetry
Arts Entrepreneurship Day slated for Feb. 4
'Capote' returns to the Ross
Eklund to help celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday
Kooser featured in Feb. 4 'Passion and Poetry' event
Village Voice art critic to give Feb. 8 visiting artist lecture

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