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• Continuing through Feb. 27: 39th Annual Undergraduate Juried 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. A closing reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 27 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery with awards presented at 5:30 p.m. The guest juror is Susan Longhenry, who has served as Director of Sheldon Museum of Art since 2023.
• Continuing through Feb. 26: “Father Mother Sister Brother.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Winner of the Golden Lion Best Film prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, Jim Jarmusch’s eagerly-awaited new film is a funny, tender and astutely observed exploration of the universal intricacies of family dynamics.
• Continuing through Feb, 26: “Arco.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A magically and beautifully animated journey through time, “Arco” is a dazzling adventure about a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. Golden Globe Nominee: Best Motion Picture-Animated.
• Continuing through March 1: Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents “Tigers Be Still.” For showtimes and tickets, visit https://nebraskarep.org. Ken Rosenstock’s “Tigers Be Still” is a dark comedy that follows a young woman’s struggle to reclaim hope and stability after a period of depression. The play blends humor with an emotional depth, revealing the courage it takes to move forward when life feels out of control. Guest director is Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film alumna Lori Adams (M.F.A. 1982), who directed last season’s hit “POTUS.” Adams retired last spring from Illinois State University, where she served as professor since 1998 and as head of the acting program since 2005.
• Feb. 26: Guest Artist: Basil Vendryes, viola. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Performance Hall Rm. 130. Free and open to the public. Vendryes will also present a masterclass on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in Westbrook Music Building Rm. 131. Vendryes is principal viola for Colorado Symphony and the founder and director of the Colorado Young Sinfonia. He is a former member of the San Francisco Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and the Rochester Philharmonic orchestras. He plays on a rare Italian viola made in 1887 by Carlo Cerruti. He currently serves on the faculty of the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.
• Feb. 27-March 5: “A Private Life.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. In this frisky film noir from director Rebecca Zlotowski, a renowned psychiatrist (Jodie Foster) mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.
• March 3: UNL Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the event for the link.
• March 4: Jazz Singers and Jazz Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the event for the link.
• March 4: “A Room with a View.” 7:30 p.m. Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For ticket information, visit https://theross.org/events/a-room-with-a-view/. One night only. 40th anniversary restoration. “A Room with a View” is one of the greatest—and most romantic— romantic comedies ever made. Starring Helena Bonham Carter and Daniel Day-Lewis.
• March 5-8: Theatrix presents “Sync” by Shanna Allman. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. each night. For tickets and more information, visit https://theatrix.unl.edu.
• March 6-12: “Dreams.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A powerful socialite (Jessica Chastain) and a promising ballet dancer (Isaac Hernandez) begin a dangerous affair in Michel Franco’s tense, erotic drama.
• March 6-12: “ Train Dreams.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Based on the beloved novella by Denis Johnson, “Train Dreams” is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Golden Globe-nominee Joel Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th century America.
• March 8: Afternoon of Choirs. 3 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the event for the link.
• March 9-13: MFA Thesis Exhibition I. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Free admission. MFA Thesis Exhibition I features the work of Brian Garbrecht and Rachel Clarke. A closing reception will be held on Friday, March 13 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. An artist talk will be held on Friday, March 13 at 4 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.
• March 10: UNL Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the event for the link.
• March 11: Flyover IV. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Performance Hall Rm. 130. Free and open to the public.
• March 12: University Singers with Paul Barnes, piano. 7:30 p.m. North American Martyrs Catholic Church, 1101 Isaac Dr. in Lincoln. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast on the church's YouTube channel. Performing Franz Liszt's "Via Crucis," Elaine Hagenberg's "By Night" and Rosephanye Powell's "The Word Was God."
• March 13-26: “Sirat.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. From writer-director Oliver Laxe (“Fire Will Come,” “Mimosas”) comes an explosive and transformative descent into the Moroccan desert, where a Spanish father and his young son infiltrate an underground rave scene in search of a missing girl. Academy Award Nominee: Best International Feature Film, Best Sound.
• March 13-26: “Obex.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Audacious and uncanny, writer-director Albert Birney’s “Obex” is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy about a 1987 gamer who finds himself trapped in a mysterious video game.
• March 18: “Bitter Rice.” 7:30 p.m. Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For ticket information, visit https://theross.org/events/bitter-rice/. One night only. 4K restoration. During planting season in Northern Italy’s Po Valley, an earthy rice-field worker (Silvana Mangano) falls in with a small-time criminal (Vittorio Gassman) who is planning a daring heist of the crop, as well as his femme-fatale-ish girlfriend, played by the Hollywood star Doris Dowling. Both a socially conscious look at the hardships endured by underpaid field workers and a melodrama tinged with sex and violence, this early smash for producer extraordinaire Dino De Laurentiis and director Giuseppe De Santis is neorealism with a heaping dose of pulp.
• March 20-26: “You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. “You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine” captures the star-studded tribute to the legendary songwriter, filmed in October 2022 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
• March 23: Concordia String Trio. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the event for the link.
• March 23-27: MFA Thesis Exhibition II. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Free admission. MFA Thesis Exhibition II features the work of Allie Wheeler, Ani Sargsyan and Daniel Garcia. A closing reception will be held on Friday, March 27 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. An artist talk will be held on Friday, March 27 at 4 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.
• March 25: “The Fall.” 7:30 p.m. Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For ticket information, visit https://theross.org/events/the-fall/. One night only. 20th Anniversary—4K restoration. In this inimitable cult classic starring a magnetic Lee Pace, singular filmmaker Tarsem crafts a magical love letter to the power of storytelling and the human imagination. Now restored in spectacular 4K, this visual feast of magnificent costumes and stunning locations rivals the wildest of dreams.
• March 26: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture by Binh Danh. 5:30 p.m. Sheldon Museum of Art’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Danh reimagines traditional photographic techniques to explore history, identity, and place. Known for his contemporary daguerreotypes of national parks, his reflective images invite viewers to see themselves within the American landscape. He is an associate professor of art at San José State University.
• March 26: Guest Artist: Colleen Clark. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. Part of the Chateau Visiting Artist Series.
• March 27-April 2: “Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Based on the web series “Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie” stars Canadian comedians Matt Johnson and Kay McCarrol as fictionalized versions of themselves in a time-travel mockumentary adventure.
• March 27-April 2: “Natchez.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, “Natchez” captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town.
• March 28: UNL Flute Day. All-day. Westbrook Music Building.
• March 29: An Afternoon of Cello. 3 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
• April 6-10: MFA Thesis Exhibition III. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Free admission. MFA Thesis Exhibition III features the work of Emmanual Asamoah and Joshua Goering. A closing reception will be held on Friday, April 10 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. An artist talk will be held on Friday, April 10 at 4 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15.