For a full listing of upcoming events, please visit our website at http://arts.unl.edu.
April 1: Lecture by Visiting Artist Bonnie O'Connell. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. O’Connell earned her BA in art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Master of Art from The University of Iowa. She teaches book arts classes and directs The Fine Arts Press, a letterpress-teaching laboratory, at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
April 2: Lecture by Visiting Artist Brian Harper. 2:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 218. Free and open to the public. Harper is Associate Professor of Fine Art and Ceramics Area Coordinator at Indiana University Southeast. His artwork investigates our inherent human wonderment of the unknown and the methods (mythological or otherwise) for how we give structure to unknown elements of our observed, unobserved, and unobservable world.
April 6: Paul Haar, saxophone. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link. Haar will present an evening of classical music for saxophone titled "Old and New Standards," featuring works by Wolfgang Jacobi, Alex Wilder, Oliver Nelson and David DeBoor Canfield.
April 6-10: MFA Thesis Exhibition I. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Featuring the work of Avi Arenfeld, Allen Morris and Adrienne Smart. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. A reception will be held April 10 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
April 7: Lecture by Roberta Smith. 5:30 p.m. Sheldon Museum of Art. Free and open to the public. Smith is the co-chief art critic of The New York Times. Her lecture is titled "Criticism in the Expanded Field." She has written art criticism for The New York Times since 1986.
April 7: Singing Small Performance. 7 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free.
April 8: Nebraska Young Artist Awards. All-day. Awards ceremony at 3 p.m. in Sheldon Art Museum. We will be honoring 60 Nebraska high school juniors talented in art, music, theatre, film and dance from more than 40 high schools across the state.
April 8-9: Wet Ink. 7:30 p.m. each night. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free. Hear the work of our student composers in this two-night concert. Different programs each night. The April 8 concert will be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link.
April 9-12: Theatrix New Artists Festival. April 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. and April 12 at 2 p.m. Lab Theatre, 3rd floor of Temple Building. A world-premiere performance of several short plays written, directed and performed by UNL's most talented and creative students. Tickets are $6 and available one hour prior to the performance on the third floor of the Temple Building or online at http://carsonschool.unl.edu.
April 9: Momoro Ono, piano. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall.
April 10: Chiara String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 seniors and $5 students, available at the Lied Center Box Office in advance at (402) 472-4747 or at the door. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link.
April 13: Archaeological Institute of America Lecture by Philip Sapirstein, UNL Assistant Professor of Art History. 7:30 p.m. Love Library Auditorium (Rm. 102). His lecture is titled "Doric Architecture and Egypt."
April 13: Women's Choir Festival Performance. 7 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free.
April 13-17: MFA Thesis Exhibition II. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Featuring the work of Hiromi Iyoda and Gabrielle Valdez. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. A reception will be held April 17 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
April 14: Moran Woodwind Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door.
April 14: Trumpet Studio. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link.
April 15: Sax Ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link.
April 16: Grad Jazz Combos. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link.
April 16-18: University Theatre presents "Medea." Performances at 7:30 p.m. Continues April 21-26. Studio Theatre, 1st floor of Temple Building. By Euripides (translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien). Directed by Laura Lippman. Tickets: $16 general, $14 faculty/staff/senior citizens and $10 students with ID available in advance from the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747, at the door or online at http://carsonschool.unl.edu.
April 16-19: Evenings of Dance. April 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. and April 19 at 3 p.m. Lied Center's Johnny Carson Theater. Tickets: $12 general admission, $10 faculty/staff and $7 for students/seniors available at the door approximately one hour before the performance.
April 18: Midwest ClariFest with Frank Kowalsky. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free.
April 19: Honors Chamberfest. 1 and 4 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free. The 4 p.m. concert will be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the day of the concert for the link.
April 20: Large Brass Ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free.
April 20-24: MFA Thesis Exhibition III. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Featuring the work of Chadric Devin and Kelly Stading. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. A reception will be held April 24 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
April 21-26: University Theatre presents "Medea." Performances are April 21-25 at 7:30 p.m. and April 26 at 2 p.m. Studio Theatre, 1st floor of Temple Building. By Euripides (translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien). Directed by Laura Lippman. Tickets: $16 general, $14 faculty/staff/senior citizens and $10 students with ID available in advance from the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747, at the door or online at http://carsonschool.unl.edu.
April 21: Big Red Singers. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door.
April 22: Opera Scenes. 4 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free.
April 22: ChamberFest. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free.
April 22: Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link. The histories of the wind band and jazz are inextricably linked, and the jazz idiom is a natural touchstone for contemporary composers in the concert band medium. This concert features four distinct perspectives on jazz. Wolfgang Gernot’s "Three Short Stories" combines musical elements from the world of jazz and Latin American music with compositional techniques found in classical and 20th century concert music. James Syler’s "Congo Square" also links the past and the present, exploring the roots of jazz in New Orleans. Similarly, African and Afro-Cuban elements pervade Michael Colgrass’ "Urban Requiem," a tour de force for saxophone quartet and wind ensemble. Finally, Frank Ticheli’s "Blue Shades" celebrates some of the Big Band Era’s most beloved clichés in all their blues-infused glory.
April 23: Campus Band. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link.
April 26: Symphonic Band. 3 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door.
April 27: Percussion Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link.
April 28: Evening of Choirs. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door.
April 29: Campus Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door.
April 30: UNL Jazz Orchestra and UNL Big Band. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available the door. The concert will also be webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu the evening of the concert for the link.