For an updated listing of upcoming events, please visit our website at http://arts.unl.edu.
• Jan. 22: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Lecture Series: Bassem Yousri, sculpture. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Yousri is a visual artist, filmmaker and art educator. He relies on humor and sarcasm as a tool that can reach different audiences from diverse cultures, which allows him to criticize common stereotypes and taboos. Yousri’s work investigates issues related to the relationship between form and representation in the context of the exhibition space and public space.
• Jan. 23-25: The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film presents William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." Performances are Jan. 23-24 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 25 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. in the Temple Building, 12th and R streets. Although set in Rome in 44 BC, this play is as timely today as when it was written in the 16th century, as characters wrestle with the struggle between the conflicting demands of honor, patriotism, and friendship. Tickets are available at https://unltheatretickets.universitytickets.com.
• Jan. 24: WE ARE NEBRASKA interns performances. 3:30 and 7 p.m. Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, 1300 Q St. Free and open to the public. Don't miss a revolutionary theatre experience. See the next generation of diverse and inclusive leaders tell their stories that must be told, along with music, dance and video expressions.
• Jan. 24: Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion. All-day. Kimball Recital Hall. The Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion is a unique concert band and chamber ensemble festival for high school students (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors). The festival is designed to give participants an outstanding and comprehensive playing experience. For more information, visit https://go.unl.edu/99v3.
• Jan. 24-25: Glenn Korff School of Music Undergraduate Audition Days. All-day. Westbrook Music Building. We welcome all aspiring music and dance majors/minors to audition for admission to the Glenn Korff School of Music. For more information, visit https://go.unl.edu/g795.
• Jan. 28: Brenda Wristen, piano. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. Wristen is Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy in the Glenn Korff School of Music, where she directs the piano pedagogy and keyboard skills programs.
• Jan. 29: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Lecture Series: Jeff Oestreich, ceramics. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Oestreich is a studio potter and pottery instructor based in Taylors Falls, Minnesota.
• Jan. 30: Jamie Reimer, soprano. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. Soprano Jamie Reimer has performed in opera, oratorio and recital venues around the United States, Italy, Germany, Brazil, and Australia. She serves as Associate Professor of Voice in the Glenn Korff School of Music.
• Feb. 1: Glenn Korff School of Music Graduate Audition Day. All-day. Westbrook Music Building. We welcome all aspiring music graduate students to audition for admission to the Glenn Korff School of Music. For more information, visit https://go.unl.edu/7hiq.
• Feb. 2: Visiting Guest Artist MeeAe Nam. 3 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the performance for the link. Nam has appeared as guest artist with numerous ensemble groups and festivals, and has had a rich performance experience as a soloist in recitals, oratorios, sacred music, chamber and orchestral concerts, and stage works throughout the United States, Germany, Austria, and South Korea. She is professor of voice at Eastern Michigan University.
• Feb. 4: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Lecture Series: Rebecca Morse, photography. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Morse is a curator in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
• Feb. 4: John Bailey, flute, and Christopher Marks, organ. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
• Feb. 5: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Lecture Series: Sergei Isupov, ceramics. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Isupov works in porcelain using traditional hand building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using stains and clear glaze.
• Feb. 7: Hixson-Lied Student Grant Information Session. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Westbrook Rm. 109. This session will be repeated on Feb. 14 at 8:30 a.m. in 120 Richards Hall. All students in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts are welcome to come learn about student grants and ask questions at these information sessions. No registration or RSVP necessary. Presented by Associate Dean Christopher Marks. The spring deadline for applying for Hixson-Lied student grant funding is Monday, March 2.
• Feb. 7-21: Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. A First Friday opening reception will be held on Feb. 7 from 5-7 p.m. with awards announced at 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
• Feb. 11: Flyover Performance. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. This performance will also be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the performance for the link. The Flyover New Music Series, aka Flyover New Music, is the new music series from the composition studio of the Glenn Korff School of Music.
• Feb. 12: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Lecture Series: David Gracie, painting. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Gracie is a painter who addresses both the abstractness and specificity of daily life. He is associate professor of art at Nebraska Wesleyan University and director of Elder Gallery.
• Feb. 12-23: Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents "A Thousand Words." For performance times and ticket information, visit http://www.nebraskarep.org. It's been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Join Nebraska Rep on an incredible and deeply revealing journey that explores the power of a photograph to capture a moment in time. There are no actors in this groundbreaking production—only real people with meaningful photos and stories that you'll have to experience firsthand to believe. Directed by Andy Park, Artistic Director of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre.
• Feb. 14: Hixson-Lied Student Grant Information Session. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Richards Hall Rm. 120. This session will also be presented on Friday, Feb. 7 at 4:30 p.m. in Westbrook Music Building Rm. 109. All students in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts are welcome to come learn about student grants and ask questions at these information sessions. No registration or RSVP necessary. Presented by Associate Dean Christopher Marks. The spring deadline for applying for Hixson-Lied student grant funding is Monday, March 2.
• Feb. 15: Double Reed Day. All-day. Westbrook Music Building. Hosted by Professor of Oboe William McMullen and Assistant Professor of Bassoon Nathan Koch. For more information, visit https://go.unl.edu/jd4n.
• Feb. 21-22: Glenn Korff School of Music Undergraduate Audition Days. All-day. Westbrook Music Building. We welcome all aspiring music and dance majors/minors to audition for admission to the Glenn Korff School of Music. For more information, visit https://go.unl.edu/g795.
• Feb. 21 and 23: UNL Opera presents "The Highest Yellow." 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets are $20 adults and $10 students/seniors. For advance ticket sales, contact the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747. UNL Opera presents the first full production of this new opera cum musical since the work's commission by the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre. Directed by Coordinator of Musical Studies Alisa Belflower.
Feb. 25: Black History Month Choral featuring University Singers and All-Collegiate Choir. 7:30 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2110 Sheridan Blvd. in Lincoln. Free and open to the public.
• Feb. 28-29: Honors Spring Strings. All-day. Westbrook Music Building and Kimball Recital Hall. Honors Spring Strings is for high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, who will work directly with the Glenn Korff School of Music's award-winning string faculty. For more information, visit https://go.unl.edu/7mar. Registration deadline is Feb. 13.
• Feb. 29: Clark Potter, viola, and Christopher Marks, organ. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.