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• Continuing through Sept. 26: "Merchant Ivory." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A compelling feature documentary exploring the filmmaking duo behind the beloved films "A Room With A View," "Howards End," "Remains of the Day," and more.
• Continuing through Sept. 26: "Adios Buenos Aires." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Helmed by the director of the award-winning documentary "Our Last Tango," "Adios Buenos Aires" is the charming tragicomic story of a charismatic bandoneon player trying to keep his life together during Argentina’s political and economic crisis of 2001.
• Continuing through Oct. 3: "Kneecap." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. When fate brings Belfast schoolteacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise & Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish language, "Kneecap" fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue.
• Sept. 25: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture: Cassandra Pfeifer. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public. Pfeifer is an English instructor at Mid-Plains Community College in McCook, Nebraska. Her research and creative writing specialties are folklore studies, narrative and genre theory, and American literature.
• Sept. 27-Oct. 3: "War Game." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A real-life political thriller set on January 6, 2025, "War Game" imagines a nation-wide insurrection in which members of the U.S. military defect to support the losing Presidential candidate, while the winning candidate and his advisors—played by an all-star roster of senior officials from the last five administrations—war game the crisis in the White House situation room.
• Sept. 27-Oct. 10: "The Mother of All Lies." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. On a handmade set recreating her Casablanca neighborhood, a young Moroccan filmmaker enlists family and friends to help solve the troubling mysteries of her childhood.
• Sept. 28: Viola Bash. All day. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 130. For more information, contact Professor Clark Potter at cpotter1@unl.edu.
• Sept. 28: Cellobration. All day. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 132. For more information, contact Professor Karen Becker at kbecker2@unl.edu.
• Sept. 29: Public reading of "Dante Under the Desk," a new play by Christina Kirk. 7 p.m. Lab Theatre, 3rd floor of Temple Building. Free and open to the public. The play addresses serious matters, including gun violence, mass shootings, substance abuse, suicide and bullying, but has an uplifting message. This reading is made possible through the generous support of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and will feature students in the Carson School.
• Oct. 2: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture: Raymond Thompson, Jr. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Thompson is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and visual journalist based in Austin, Texas. He is assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He explores how race, memory, representation and place combine to shape the Black environmental imagination of the North American landscape.
• Oct. 3: Flyover I. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. The Flyover New Music Series is the new music series presented by composition students in the Glenn Korff School of Music.
• Oct. 3-13: Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents "The Importance of Being Earnest." Visit https://nebraskarep.org for showtimes and ticket information. Directed by Ian Borden. This Oscar Wilde classic is a witty and satirical comedy that pokes fun at Victorian norms and values. Set in London, the play follows the escapades of two young gentlemen who create fictional identities to escape their social obligations.
• Oct. 4: Ross Fright Fest: Perfect Blue. 7:15 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 4: Ross Fright Fest: The Host. 9:15 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 4-17: "Join or Die." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, "Join or Die" examines the decline of civic engagement in America—and how it has fueled a worsening national crisis.
• Oct. 6: Ross Fright Fest: Paranorman (Family Friendly) at 3 p.m. The Fly at 5 p.m. The Thing at 7:10 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 7: Varsity Chorus. 7:30 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1144 M St. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 8: UNL Chamber Singers. 12:30 p.m. St.s Mark's on the Campus, 1309 R St. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 9: Jazz Singers. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 11: Ross Fright Fest: Possession at 7 p.m. and Raw at 9:30 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 11: Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1144 M St. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 11-24: "Didi." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. An impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns about life, family and skateboarding in this semi-autobiographical love letter to teenage angst from writer-director Sean Wang.
• Oct. 12: Bass Day. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Westbrook Music Building. The event is free and open to the public, including bass students, teachers and string teachers who would like to learn more about the bass. To register, visit http://go.unl.edu/bassday.
• Oct. 13: Ross Fright Fest: Pit and the Pendulum at 3 p.m. Bubba Ho-Tep at 5 p.m. Tales from the Hood at 7 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 14-Nov. 1: "A Memorable Toast," a group exhibition featuring work from the 20 graduate students in the School of Art, Art History & Design's MFA program. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Closing reception on Friday, Nov. 1 from 5-7 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, noon-5 p.m.
• Oct. 14: Guest Artist: Shannon Lotti, flute. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. Lotti is a Miyazawa Emerging Artist and current doctoral student at Bowling Green State University. She received her M.M. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and her B.M. from the University of Texas at Arlington.
• Oct. 16: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture: Matt Belk. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. UNL alumnus Belk (B.F.A. 2011) has increasingly become known as a contemporary wildlife painter, bridging the gap between the outdoor country lifestyle and modern contemporary. His work uses tape and cutting of shapes with an X-Actoblade and airbrushing with inventive new techniques to create a seemingly digital graphic depiction of nature.
• Oct. 16: Student Night at the Ross. Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. Visit https://theross.org for showtimes and more information. Show your student ID to get $1 tickets, popcorn and drinks for all screenings.
• Oct. 17: University Singers. 7:30 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1144 M St. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 17: NMTA Featured Artist: Mark Clinton, Piano. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 18: Ross Fright Fest: Blood & Black Lace at 7:15 p.m. Deep Red at 9:15 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 18-24: "Majority Rules." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. With America’s democratic experiment mired in division and dysfunction, the state of Alaska votes to revolutionize their election system. The surprising results spark new alliances, a growing call for election reform, and fierce pushback from political parties. Could changing how Americans vote also change politics for the better?
• Oct. 20: Ross Fright Fest: The Addams Family (Family Friendly) at 3 p.m. Chess of the Wind at 5:10 p.m. Crimson Peak at 7:10 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 25-Nov. 7: "Electric Lady Studios." Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and Q streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A new feature-length documentary chronicling the creation of Electric Lady Studios—rising from the rubble of a bankrupt, Greenwich Village nightclub to the state-of-the-art recording facility inspired by Jimi Hendrix’s vision and becoming the first ever artist-owned commercial recording studio.
• Oct. 25-26: Ross Fright Fest: The Anvil Orchestra live performances. Friday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. for "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. for "A Page of Madness." The Anvil Orchestra performs unique, live musical accompaniment to silent films, transforming the viewing experience for audiences. For tickets and more information, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 27: Ross Fright Fest: Night of the Living Dead at 5 p.m. Carnival of Souls at 7:10 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 27: UNL Opera presents "Dialogues of the Carmelites" by Francis Poulenc. 2 p.m. Howell Theatre, first floor of the Temple Building at 12th and R streets. Additional performances on Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 regular and $10 seniors/students and available at https://nebraskarep.org/unlopera. Experience Poulenc’s stark and revelatory drama about the young Blanche de la Force’s pursuit of refuge in her faith as she struggles to tame her overwrought fears of the world. Based on actual events, this profound opera recounts the story of a group of Carmelite nuns caught in the maelstrom of the French Revolution. Sung in English with supertitles.
• Oct. 28: Jazz Orchestra. 7 p.m. The Storm Cellar, 3233 S. 13th St. Free and open to the public.
• Oct. 31: Ross Fright Fest 3D Screening Double Feature: Creature from the Black Lagoon at 5 p.m. and Dial M for Murder at 7 p.m. The Ross Fright Fest returns with a month of classic, campy, thrilling, surreal and unsettling horror films on Fridays and Sundays in October. For tickets and more information on each film, visit https://theross.org/events/fright-fest-24/.
• Oct. 31: Guest Artist: Michael Lowenstern, clarinet. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. Lowenstern is widely recognized as one of the most innovative bass clarinetists in the world and has performed, recorded and toured as a soloist and with ensembles of every variety. He has amassed a following of 60,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel with more than 10 million views.
• Oct. 31: Afternoon of Choirs. 7:30 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2110 Sheridan Blvd. Free and open to the public.