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07/18/2008
Mueller Planetarium to celebrate 50th anniversary Aug. 2
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will celebrate its 50th anniversary Aug. 2 with a one-day return to 1950s ticket prices. The planetarium will feature the new fulldome show, "Black Holes," and the show for young audience…
08/2/2008
07/22/2008
Mueller Planetarium explores black holes in new astronomy show
Imagine the most bizarre, magnificent places in the universe, and you'd probably imagine a black hole. Thanks to a gift from the Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum, beginning Aug. 1, museum visitors will be able to experience these st…
08/1/2008
07/23/2008
Michael Farrell's 'Hinterlands' opens Aug. 1 at Great Plains Art Museum
"Hinterlands," an exhibition of gelatin silver prints by Lincoln photographer Michael Farrell opens Aug. 1 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum. The landscape series runs through Oct. 31 and includes photographs from Nebras…
08/1/2008
07/8/2008
Elizabeth King exhibit opens July 18 at Sheldon Museum of Art
A mid-career survey, "The Sizes of Things in the Mind's Eye," opening July 18 at the Sheldon Museum of Art on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, presents approximately 65 sculptures, film animations, installations, drawings and photographs by…
07/18/2008
07/9/2008
Author Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs to speak July 15 at UNL
Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, daughter of the late historian and best-selling author Stephen Ambrose, will present a talk July 15 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln about her own upcoming book, "Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from…
07/15/2008
07/2/2008
Family art-making July 11 at Sheldon Museum of Art
The Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln invites families to an art-making event 5-7 p.m. July 11. A variety of fun painting activities will involve youngsters and adults in making and learning about art. This free event sponso…
07/11/2008
06/25/2008
'Films of the 1960s' theme of summer 'Movies on the Green' series
The stars will shine again on the University Of Nebraska-Lincoln campus when the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the University Program Council unspool the annual Jensen's Cinema 16 Collection Movies on the Green 2008 series. The theme for thi…
07/10/2008
06/25/2008
'Visual Systems: The Quilter's Eye' focus of new quilt exhibition
Expressive qualities and sophisticated use of design elements distinguish the quilts in "Visual Systems: The Quilter's Eye," an International Quilt Study Center and Museum exhibit opening July 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Eisentrager-How…
07/9/2008
07/7/2008
UNL's new Meier Commons to be dedicated 4 p.m. July 9
A new colonnade and student commons area, the Donald and Lorena Meier Commons and Plaza, will be dedicated July 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The 4 p.m. ceremony is free and open to the public. Located on UNL's City Campus, Meier Plaza is …
07/9/2008
04/23/2008
Apply now for Shakespeare mini-institute for teachers at UNL
In partnership with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of English and the Flatwater Shakespeare Co., the Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington, D.C., will offer a workshop on teaching Shakespeare at UNL June 23-27. Teachers at all level…
06/23/2008
05/19/2008
Nebraska natives headline summer writers conference at UNL
The 2008 Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be June 14-20 on the UNL City Campus. Since 2003, UNL's creative writing program has hosted the conference, a seven-day event consisting of intensive writing work…
06/14/2008
05/20/2008
'Peace, Love and Psychedelic Sixties' opens June 6 at Sheldon
"Peace, Love, and the Psychedelic Sixties," an exhibition drawn from artworks in the Sheldon Museum of Art collection that were created in the 1960s, opens June 6 at the Sheldon, with a First Friday reception from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition and receptio…
06/6/2008
05/14/2008
June 4 symposium on Willa Cather capped by celebration
Since the donation of the Roscoe and Meta Cather Collections to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives and Special Collections a year ago, a number of Cather scholars have examined the nearly 400 pieces of correspondence written by Willa Cather …
06/4/2008
05/6/2008
Outdoor sculpture 'Reverie' to be dedicated at quilt museum
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 22 will dedicate the outdoor sculpture "Reverie," installed outside the new International Quilt Study Center and Museum, 1523 N. 33rd St. The sculpture, created by California artist Linda Fleming, was commiss…
05/22/2008
05/15/2008
Nebraska 8th-graders selected for Breakfast for Champions
More than 300 eighth-grade student leaders from across Nebraska are invited to the 10th annual Breakfast for Champions May 16 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Admissions and EducationQuest, t…
05/16/2008

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