For an updated listing of upcoming events, please visit our website at http://arts.unl.edu.
• Sept. 27: Flyover I. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link. The Flyover New Music Series is the new music series presented by composition students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Glenn Korff School of Music. The series is administered and overseen by composition faculty and students.
• Sept. 28: Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Sheldon Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, 12th and R streets. Free and open to the public. The Wind Ensemble presents an evening of outdoor fun with an outdoor concert titled “Lawn Games." Bring a lawn chair and a playful outlook to interact with the musicians in a variety of musical games. Get a peek behind-the-scenes and learn how the band develops interpretations.
• Continuing through Oct. 5: "Passages." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A gay couple’s marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them begins a passionate affair with a younger woman.
• Continuing through Oct. 5: "The Origin of Evil." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A woman is sucked into a world of secrets and betrayal as the battle over her estranged father’s massive estate reveals him to be more than the genial patriarch she’d assumed in this twisted satire.
• Sept. 28-Oct. 7: Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents "Sense and Sensibility." Howell Theatre. For tickets and showtimes, visit https://nebraskarep.org. By Kate Hamill. Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
• Sept. 29-Oct. 12: "Radical Wolfe." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A deeply personal and illuminating look at the life of journalist Tom Wolfe.
• Oct. 2-Nov. 10: "Material Joy" exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. "Material Joy" features works from the collection of Lincoln collectors Sue and Tom Tallman.
• Oct. 2: Men's Choral Festival concert. 6:30 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1144 M St. in Lincoln. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 3: Faculty Recital: Sergio Ruiz and Amy Guevara. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.
• Oct. 4: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture: Raymond Meeks. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Meeks has been recognized for his books and pictures centered on memory and place, the way in which a landscape can shape an individual, and, in the abstract, how a place possesses you in its absence. He lives and works in the Hudson Valley in New York. He is the recent recipient of a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography.
• Oct. 5: Bach's Lunch. 12:30 p.m. St. Mark's on the Campus Episcopal Church, 1309 R St. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 6: First Friday-UNL Dance. 6 p.m. Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 6: Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1144 M St. in Lincoln. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 6-19: "Strange Way of Life & The Human Voice." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A Pedro Almodóvar short-film double feature with "Strange Way of Life" (2023) and "The Human Voice" (2021).
• Oct. 7: Viola Bash. All-day. Westbrook Music Building. For more information or to register, visit https://go.unl.edu/viola-bash.
• Oct. 8: Big Red Singers Fall Clinic Final Concert. 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Northwest High School, 4901 W. Holdrege in Lincoln. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 10: Guest Artist: Kevin Lawrence. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.
• Oct. 11: Jazz Singers. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.
• Oct. 13: Jazz Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Lincoln High School, 2229 J St. in Lincoln. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 13-19: "Canary." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A documentary chronicling the life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer and scientist who found himself on the frontlines of climate change.
• Oct. 14: Bass Day. All-day. Westbrook Music Building. For more information or to register, visit https://go.unl.edu/bass-day.
• Oct. 14: Cellobration performance. 3 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 130. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link. For more information or to register for Cellobration, visit https://forms.office.com/r/6Q1GDLeuMc.
• Oct. 15: UNL Opera presents "O Pioneers!" 4 p.m. Midwest Theater in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Tickets for this performance are $15 for non-members/$10 for members of the Midwest Theater and can be reserved at https://midwesttheater.com or by calling (308) 632-4311. Presented as part of the Lied Center's Arts Across Nebraska program and with the generous support from the James C. and Rhonda Seacrest Tour Nebraska Opera Fund.
• Oct. 17: UNL Opera presents "O Pioneers!" 6:30 p.m. Fox Theatre in McCook, Nebraska. This performance is offered free of charge, and no tickets are required. Visit https://foxtheatremccook.org for more information. Presented as part of the Lied Center's Arts Across Nebraska program and with the generous support from the James C. and Rhonda Seacrest Tour Nebraska Opera Fund.
• Oct. 20: UNL Opera presents "O Pioneers!" 7 p.m. Red Cloud Opera House in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Tickets for this performance are $20 in advance or $25 on the day of the show and can be purchased at https://willacather.org or by calling (402) 746-2653. This performance is sponsored by the National Willa Cather Center. Presented as part of the Lied Center's Arts Across Nebraska program and with the generous support from the James C. and Rhonda Seacrest Tour Nebraska Opera Fund.
• Oct. 20-26: "Our Body." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. French documentary titan Claire Simon observes the everyday operations in the gynecology ward of a public hospital in Paris.
• Oct. 20-Nov. 2: "Fremont." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Afghan refugee Donya lives in Fremont but works at a fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Seeking connection, she decides to send a message out to the world through a cookie in this offbeat vision of the universal longing for home.
• Oct. 23: Lecture by Dr. Vanessa Cornett: "Managing Academic Anxiety and Performance Stress." 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to all UNL students, faculty and staff. Performance anxiety affects millions of people around the world, every day. Students most often experience this type of extreme nervousness when taking tests and exams, giving public speeches or class presentations, offering artistic performances in public, or preparing high-stakes assignments and papers. Financial/job worries, family or relationship stress, and global/cultural problems can create a larger pattern of chronic apprehension. Join us as we practice various forms of mindful awareness, stress reduction and creative imagery to understand and cope with diverse mid-semester stressors. Cornett is professor of piano and piano pedagogy at the University of St. Thomas and author of the book, "The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance."
• Oct. 25: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture: Christine Hult-Lewis. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Hult-Lewis is the interim pictorial curator at the Bancroft Library, the special collections library at the University of California Berkeley. She co-authored the award-winning “Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs” (Getty, 2011). Hult-Lewis has taught classes on the history of photography and photographs of the American West at Boston University and the University of California Berkeley, and she has written on 19th century culture and photography.
• Oct. 25: Dr. Vanessa Cornett presents "A Presentation About Nothing." 11:30 a.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 114. This presentation is open to Hixson-Lied College of Fine and performing Arts faculty. Many contemplative traditions focus on the importance of “nothing,” the empty spaces in between perceived “somethings.” Musicians understand the power of rests as having weight and presence. Imagination is often sparked in moments of stillness. Yet, our attention is frequently hijacked, and we are conditioned to believe that we are only valuable when we are productive. This session is designed to challenge cultural assumptions, inspire healthy resistance, and help improve our creativity and well-being. Cornett is professor of piano and piano pedagogy at the University of St. Thomas and author of the book, "The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance."
• Oct. 25: Repertory Jazz Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Location to be announced. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 26: Symphonic Band. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.
• Oct. 27: Faculty Recital: Jamie Reimer, soprano. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.
• Oct. 27-Nov. 2: "Uncharitable." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A one-of-a-kind movie that shows how our charitable traditions and prejudices have suffocated the charitable sector and prevented it from leading the charge to truly change the world.
• Oct. 29: Afternoon of Choirs. 3 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2110 Sheridan Blvd. in Lincoln. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 30: Faculty Recital: Matthew Rush, percussion. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link.
• Oct. 31: Flyover II. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the performance for the link. The Flyover New Music Series is the new music series presented by composition students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Glenn Korff School of Music. The series is administered and overseen by composition faculty and students.