Family series continues with 'Color Me Dark' The Kennedy Center's Imagination Celebration on Tour will bring the play "Color Me Dark: A Story of the Great Migration North" to the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 7 p.m. March 8. The performance is part of the Lied Center's Family Series. The series includes the LiedFamFest, beginning 90 minutes before the performance. Ticket holders are invited to come early to the family-friendly party with free food, soft drinks, entertainment and hands-on activities. The performance is based on a novel by award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack, "Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North." "Color Me Dark" tells a story of an African American family searching for freedom and equality in the 1920s, through the eyes of sisters, Erma Jean and Nellie Lee Love. Not only does the family survive prejudice from narrow-minded individuals but also the conflict within their own race - light versus dark-skinned African Americans. Tickets for the performance are $12; half price for UNL students with a valid NCard and youth 18 and younger. For additional information go online to www.liedcenter.org or call the Lied ticket office at 472-4747.
