For an updated listing of upcoming events, please visit our website at https://arts.unl.edu.
• Continuing through April 26: Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents “Bright Star.” Howell Theatre. For tickets and showtimes, visit https://nebraskarep.org. “Bright Star,” produced in association with UNL Opera with music, book and story by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, is a bluegrass-infused musical that weaves together past and present as it follows a woman’s search for redemption and reunion in 1940s North Carolina.
• Continuing through April 23: “Immediate Family.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. “Immediate Family” tracks the rise and collaborations of a group of legendary session musicians Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Waddy Wachtel through the 1970s and onward, chronicling their illustrious partnerships and their formidable record of hit-making.
• Continuing through April 23: “Mr. Nobody Against Putin.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russian are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher films what’s really happening in his own school. Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature.
• Continuing through April 24: Graphic Design Capstone Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday. A closing reception will be held on Friday, April 24 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery with awards announced at 5:30 p.m. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.
• April 23: “Prairie Prophecy” (Free screening). Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Tickets available at The Ross box office the night of the show. As part of their 50th anniversary celebration, the Center for Great Plains Studies presents a free screening of the documentary “Prairie Prophecy,” followed by a discussion with Aubrey Streit Krug, Perennial Cultures Lab Director at the Land Institute in Kansas. Presented in partnership with The Ross Media Arts Center.
• April 23: An Evening of Choir. 7 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
• April 23: UNL Jazz Singers. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Performance Hall Rm. 130. Free and open to the public.
• April 24: Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Honors Day. 4:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Faculty, staff, student and alumni achievement will be recognized during this annual celebration. A reception will follow the event in the lobby. Reservations requested at https://go.unl.edu/honorsdayrsvp.
• April 24: UNL Jazz Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 116. Free and open to the public.
• April 24-30: “I Swear.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. “I Swear” is the inspiring, extraordinary life story of notable Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson, M.B.E.
• April 24-30: “Nika and Madison.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Fearing they won’t be believed, two young Indigenous women go on the run after one’s defense of the other results in a violent attack against a police officer. Writer/Director Eva Thomas will join the audience for a Q&A following the 7:30 p.m. screening on Friday, April 24, as part of the Norman A. Geske Cinema Showcase. For more information, visit https://theross.org/events/eva-thomas/.
• April 25: Annual Art History Undergraduate Symposium. Creighton University's Harper Center Rm. 4068. School of Art, Art History & Design art history participants include: Anabella Kerans at 9:50 a.m., Maureen Ducey Subgroup at 10:50 a.m., Sarah Washburn at 12:40 p.m; Oliver Estes at 1:20 p.m.; and Dylan Kapustka at 1:40 p.m. Free and open to the public.
• April 25: Free Screening and Q&A: “The Art of Dissent.” 7:30 p.m. Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For information, visit https://theross.org/events/art-of-dissent/. UNL’s Harris Center for Judaic Studies presents a free screening of the documentary “The Art of Dissent,” followed by a Q&A with filmmaker James D. Le Sueur, Alena Jirasek, Jacques Rupnik and Veronika Tuckerova. Par tof the Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop 2026. Tickets available at The Ross box office.
• April 27: Opera Scenes. 5 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 116. Free and open to the public.
• April 27: Faculty Recital: Paul Haar, saxophone. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Performance Hall Rm. 130. Free and open to the public. The concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the performance for the link. Haar's recital is titled "20th Century French Music for Saxophone."
• April 28: UNL Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. This concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the performance for the link.
• April 28: “Cronos.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. One night only. 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, visit https://theross.org/events/cronos/. 4K Restoration. Guillermo del Toro made an auspicious and audacious feature debut with “Cronos,” a highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) happens upon an ancient golden device in the shape of a scarab and soon finds himself the possessor and victim of its sinister, addictive powers, as well as the target of a mysterious American named Angel (a delightfully crude and deranged Ron Perlman). Featuring marvelous makeup effects and the haunting imagery for which del Toro has become world-renowned, “Cronos” is a dark, visually rich, and emotionally captivating fantasy.
• April 29: “Four Nights of a Dreamer.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. One night only. 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, visit https://theross.org/events/four-nights-of-a-dreamer/. 4K Restoration. The rarely screened “Four Nights of a Dreamer” is Robert Bresson’s great forgotten masterpiece, a stark yet haunting ode to romantic idealism and the capriciousness of love. Adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “White Nights,” “Four Nights” follows Jacques (Guillaume des Forêts), a lonely artist who roams bohemian Paris in search of the girl of his dreams. One night he saves a beautiful young woman, Marthe, from plunging into the Seine in despair over her rejection by an avoidant lover (Maurice Monnoyer). Jacques compassionately attempts to reunite Marthe with her beau, but his feelings for his new friend soon become less than platonic and his investment in her personal drama far from selfless.
• April 30: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture by Sara Jimenez. 5:30 p.m. Sheldon Museum of Art’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Jimenez’s work materializes invisible histories and a kaleidoscopic connectedness she has to her ancestors and their land. She works in installation, sculpture, collage, and performance to create visual metaphors through fantastical environments and otherworldly, biomorphic objects. Most of her research and inspiration comes from learning about the landscape and narratives from her genealogical roots in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and the ancient U.K.
• April 30: UNL Symphonic Band. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. This concert will also be live webcast. Visit https://go.unl.edu/gksomwebcasts the day of the performance for the link.
• May 1-2: Spring Art Sales. Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, May 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Clay Club Sale will be in Richards Hall Rm. 118. The Printmaking and Sculpture sales will be in Richards Hall Rm. 112.
• May 1-17: “The Shepherd and the Bear.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, “The Shepherd and the Bear” explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community.
• May 1-14: “Erupcja.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. For showtimes and ticket information, visit https://theross.org. A volcanic eruption strands Bethany (Charli xcx) and her soon-to-be fiancé Rob (Will Madden) in Warsaw, Poland. Taking the explosive event as a sign, she soon reunites with her childhood friend, Nel (Lena Gora) and embarks on a European adventure that forces her to confront the pains and pleasures of growing up.
• May 1: Emerging Media Arts Open Studios. 5-8 p.m. Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. Free and open to the public. See the work of our emerging media arts students and what they’ve been working on this semester. The Whispering Crane Night Market, an experience installation by first-year Story Lab II students will be open in the Sheldon Museum of Art parking lot (451 N. 12th St.) from 5-8 p.m. Timed performances (subject to change) include: Computation and Media II VJ Performances 5-6:30 p.m.; Game Engines for Real-Time Performance: Debby Takes a Hit at 5:30 p.m., Do You Wanna Fight a Girl? at 6:15 p.m. and Out of This World at 7 p.m.; Spatial and Interactive Audio performances from 6-6:45 p.m.; VJ Club performances from 6:30-8 p.m. For more information, visit https://arts.unl.edu/carson-center/events/.
• May 1: Flyover V. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
• May 2: Big Red Singers. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
• May 2: “Side Effects.” 1:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Performance Hall Rm. 130. A new musical by Angels Theatre Company.
• May 3: “Turner & Constable.” Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 13th and R streets. One day only. 1:30 p.m. For ticket information, visit https://theross.org/events/turner-constable/. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner & Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.
• May 3: Campus Bands. 3:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
• May 3: Nebraska Steel Fundraiser. 3:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 116.
• May 4-8: Studio Art Capstone Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday. A closing reception will be held on Friday, May 8 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery with awards announced at 5:30 p.m. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.