For a full listing of upcoming events, please visit our website at http://arts.unl.edu.
Aug. 28: Theatrix presents "A Play in a Day." 7:30 p.m. Lab Theatre, 3rd floor of the Temple Building. Students will join together to create a theatrical performance in just 24 hours. Tickets are $7 and available one hour prior to the performances at the door or in advance at http://go.unl.edu/theatretix.
Sept. 2-23: Nebraska National Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Closing reception Sept. 23 from 5-7 p.m. with awards announced at 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Sept. 8: Glenn Korff Day. 3:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. Glenn Korff Day serves to remind us who Glenn Korff was, of the amazing things he accomplished as a professional and as a philanthropist, and of the heartwarming story of his remarkable naming gift to what is now the Glenn Korff School of Music.
Sept. 9: Jeffrey McCray. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free. McCray was appointed associate professor of bassoon in the Glenn Korff School of Music in 2007. He also performs with the Moran Woodwind Quintet and frequently leads wind sectionals with the UNL Symphony Orchestra. Due to a serious injury to his knee, McCray will be conducting the world premiere of Daniel Baldwin's Concerto for Contrabassoon and Strings. Lewis Lipnick, contrabassoonist with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., will be the soloist.
Sept. 14: Closing reception for the exhibition "Impetus." 4:30-6:30 p.m. 2nd floor of the link at Nebraska Innovation Campus. Guided tours of Nebraska Innovation Studio (Maker's Space) will also be available at 5 and 6 p.m. "Impetus" is an exhibition of visual communications about water, food and fuel created by students in the School of Art, Art History & Design's graphic design program.
Sept. 15: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture: Deborah Luster (photography) and Shoko Teruyama (ceramics). 5:30 p.m. Westbrook Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. Luster uses photography, installation and text to investigate her ongoing relationship with violence and its consequences. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and other notable public and private collections. Teruyama is currently a studio artist in Alfred, New York. Her handbuilt work is made of earthenware with white slip and sgraffito decoration. She makes boxes, intimate bowls, and small plates for precious objects.
Sept. 21: Scott Anderson. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Anderson is Hixson-Lied Professor of Trombone in the Glenn Korff School of Music. He is head of the brass and percussion area and also performs with the University of Nebraska Brass Quintet. This concert will be live webcast. Visit http://music.unl.edu for the direct link the night of the performance.
Sept. 22: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars: Nicole Pietrantoni (printmaking). 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Pietrantoni’s artwork explores the complex relationship between humans and nature via installations, artists’ books, and works on paper.
Sept. 22-25: Theatrix presents "The Baltimore Waltz." By Paula Vogel. Directed by Amy Almond. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22-24 and 2 p.m. on Sept. 25. Lab Theatre, 3rd floor of the Temple Building. Tickets are $7 and available one hour prior to the performances at the door or in advance at http://go.unl.edu/theatretix beginning Sept. 6. When Anna is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she and her brother, Carl, must journey across Europe in search of a cure. Along the way they find life in the people they meet, learn the importance of family and discover just how far someone will go to save a loved one's life. In this wildly dynamic play, three actors will portray up to 15 different characters of various nationalities while using production design in surprising ways.
Sept. 23: Closing reception for the Nebraska National Exhibition. 5-7 p.m. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Awards presented at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.
Sept. 25: Rebecca Fischer and Friends. 7:30 p.m. Johnny Carson Theater at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Tickets; $5 general admission and $3 students/ seniors, available at the door. Fischer is a violinist with the Chiara String Quartet.
Sept. 29: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars: Phillip Chen (printmaking). 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Chen’s prints have been exhibited in numerous locations nationally and internationally and are held in public collections that include Brooklyn Museum, New York Public Library, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts.
Sept. 29: Jamie Reimer, Soprano. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Reimer is Assistant Professor of Voice in the Glenn Korff School of Music. She performs regularly in opera, oratorio and recital venues around the U.S. and recently returned from a recital tour in Sydney, Australia.