"A Tribute to Ardis James" opens Jan. 6 at the Quilt Museum. Quilts created by several top studio quilt artists and donated in honor of Ardis James will be shown. James (recently deceased), with her husband Robert, donated the first 1,000 quilts to what has become the world's largest collection. Continue reading…
UNL regularly made its way into national news headlines in 2011. Those stories covered a wide range of topics on UNL faculty, research and programs. More than 200 positive stories -- which translated into thousands of news headlines and articles across the nation and world -- were documented. Continue reading…
Reservations are being taken for the Friends of Lied 2012 gala Jan. 28 at UNL's Lied Center for Performing Arts. The gala, "Friends of Lied Crystal Gala Black and White Ball," marks the 11th fundraising gala and celebrates the Lied Center's 22nd season. Continue reading…
The films "Melancholia," a critically-acclaimed, end-of-the-world drama by Lars von Trier, and "Hell and Back Again," an award-winning documentary, open today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Continue reading…
More details at: http://www.theross.org
Kwame Dawes, professor of English and editor of Prairie Schooner, has been named winner of the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. The award from Poets & Writers, the nation's largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers, will be presented to Dawes in March. Continue reading…