For a full listing of upcoming events, please visit our website at http://arts.unl.edu.
Continuing through Oct. 30: Billy X Jennings Exhibition. Love Library North & Link Room, 2nd floor. The Design + Social Justice Symposium presents an exhibition of Alternative newspapers from Black Panther Party historian and archivist Billy X Jennings. The historically significant newspapers represent a voice that was not in the mainstream media. The publications created an ethos around the struggle for equality, civic engagement and justice.
Continuing through Oct. 30: Justin Kemerling Exhibition. Love Library North and North Link Room, 2nd Floor. The Design + Social Justice Symposium presents an exhibition of Justin Kemerling’s works from the annual poster show hosted by Nebraska Appleseed. Kemerling facilitates collaborative design projects that are bold, beautiful and move people to action. His work inspires and motivate artists, community-builders, activists, and entrepreneurs from all walks of life. He works with a number of non-profits and start ups on a variety of projects where his role includes, branding, creative direction, web and print design and social media.
Continuing through Oct. 30: Suzun Lucia Lamaina Exhibition. Love Library North & Link Room, second floor. The Design + Social Justice Symposium presents Suzun Lucia Lamaina’s Revolutionary Grain- A collection of contemporary portraits and stories of former members of the Black Panther Party. Lamaina is an independent scholar, social documentary photographer, teacher and photographic historian. Her work focuses on portraiture that reveals the interconnectedness of her subject’s essence and the environments in which they live.
Continuing through Jan. 3, 2016: Emory Douglas Exhibition. Sheldon Museum of Art. Douglas is a revolutionary artist and agent of social change. He creates a vocabulary of images that exemplify how art can express political consciousness and function within an activist context. Douglas will be an artist in residence in the Department of Art and Art History, September 15-16.
Sept. 10: Glenn Korff Day in the Glenn Korff School of Music. Glenn Korff Day will serve each year to remind us of who Glenn Korff was, of the amazing things he accomplished as a professional and as a philanthropist, and of the heartwarming story of his remarkable naming gift to what is now UNL's Glenn Korff School of Music. All events are for Glenn Korff School of Music faculty and students and by invitation only. Some events will be webcast. Visit http://go.unl.edu/webcast that day for the link.
Sept. 10: Faculty Recital: Jeffrey McCray, bassoon. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. The concert will be webcast. Visit http://go.unl.edu/webcast that day for the link.
Sept. 15-16: Design + Social Justice Symposium. Sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History's Graphic Design program. Featuring a variety of exhibitions and presentations. Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture and graphic artist of the Black Panther Party, will present a public lecture on Sept. 15 at 5:30 p.m. in Sheldon Museum of Art's auditorium. A public reception will be held on Sept. 16 from 4-5:30 p.m. on the 2nd floor of Love Library. A panel discussion will take place on Sept. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in Love Library Auditorium featuring Emory Douglas, Billy X Jennings, Suzun Lucia Lamaina and Justin Kemerling and moderated by UNL Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies Patrick Jones. Visit http://go.unl.edu/designsymposium for a full schedule of events. All events are free and open to the public.
Sept. 16: Faculty Recital: Scott Anderson, trombone. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall.
Sept. 17: Faculty Recital Hall: Mark Clinton, piano. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. The concert will be webcast. Visit http://go.unl.edu/webcast that day for the link.
Sept. 19: The Alloy Orchestra returns to the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center to perform their original score to the newly restored "Man with a Movie Camera" (1929). 7 p.m. Called “the best in the world at accompanying silent films,” by Roger Ebert, the Alloy Orchestra is a three man musical ensemble, writing and performing live accompaniment to classic silent films. Visit http://theross.org for ticket information.
Sept. 24: Faculty Recital: Kevin Hanrahan, tenor, and Jamie Reimer, soprano. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. The concert will be webcast. Visit http://go.unl.edu/webcast that day for the link.
Sept. 25: Carson Lecture: Pat Hazell. 3:30 p.m. Howell Theatre, first floor of the Temple Building. Free and open to the public. The biennial Carson Lecture Series was created to celebrate the contributions of entertainment icon and UNL alumnus Johnny Carson. Originally from Omaha, Hazell is one of the original writers for NBC's “Seinfeld,” a Tonight Show veteran, a critically acclaimed playwright and a contributing commentator to National Public Radio. He is recognized for his genuinely funny Americana humor and his salute to pop culture.
Sept. 25: Chiara String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. The Chiara String Quartet celebrate 10 years of performing at UNL this year. For this concert, they present "Brahms by Heart." Tickets are $20 adults, $10 seniors and $5 for students. Season tickets (for 2-4 concerts) are also available. For advance tickets, contact the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747.