For an updated listing of upcoming events, please visit our website at http://arts.unl.edu.
• Oct. 25: Opening reception for "Cannonball," a solo exhibition of paintings by Professor of Art Aaron Holz. 6-9 p.m. Kiechel Fine Art, 1208 O St. in Lincoln.
• Oct. 25: Haunted House. 7:30 p.m. Architecture Hall. $2 per person, cash only. Nebraska Masquers and the American Institute of Architecture students are teaming up to bring a haunted house to Architecture Hall for one night only. Bring your friends and get spooked.
• Oct. 26: Guest Artist: Bob Sheppard with University Jazz Faculty. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Music Building Rm. 119. Free and open to the public. Presented in partnership with the University Saxophone Studio and Chateau Development, L.L.C.
• Oct. 26: Alloy Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 seniors, $15 students/members and $5 for UNL SCC, Nebraska Wesleyan and Union College students. The world-renowned Alloy Orchestra returns to The Ross to perform their live, original accompaniment for the 1923 French silent film "Couer Fidèle" (The Faithful Heart) directed by Jean Epstein. For more information, visit https://go.unl.edu/k2db.
• Oct. 27-28: Carnage in the Corn: An SAFD Sanctioned Stage Combat Workshop. Temple Building. Registration is $125 ($100 if you register by Sept. 30). For information and to register, visit https://carnageinthecorn.weebly.com/.
• Oct. 29: Nebraska Trombone Ensemble. 7 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2110 Sheridan Blvd. Free and open to the public. The Nebraska Trombone Ensemble, comprised of trombone students in the Glenn Korff School of Music, will perform works by composers ranging from Morten Lauridsen to Frank Zappa and Derek Bourgeois.
• Oct. 31: Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture: Jeff Fontana. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free and open to the public. Fontana is associate professor and Harry E. Smith Distinguished Teaching Professor in Art History at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where he is currently chair of the Art and Art History Department. An Italian Renaissance scholar by training, he focuses on the career of the painter Federico Barocci, on whose work he has published articles and acted as an exhibition consultant.
• Nov. 2 & 4: University Opera presents "The Return of Ulysses." Performances are Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 adults and $10 seniors/students. For advance tickets, contact the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747. Ulysses is one of the greatest love stories ever told. Based on Homer’s mythic Odyssey, the opera, "The Return of Ulysses" (Claudio Monteverdi) is a timeless testament to the power of a faithful heart. University Opera presents a new adaptation of the work, sung in English.
• Nov. 2-15: MEDICI Exhibition. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. A First Friday reception will be held on Friday, Nov. 2 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. The MEDICI fund-raising event is Thursday, Nov. 15. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.
• Nov. 4: Moran Woodwind Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free. This concert will also be live webcast. Please visit https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts the day of the concert for the link. The concert will feature the premiere of a new woodwind quintet by California bassoonist and composer John Steinmetz titled "All the Difference." The work was commissioned by the Glenn Korff School of Music.
• Nov. 5: Flyover New Music Series. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free. This concert will also be live webcast. Please visit https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts the day of the concert for the link. The Flyover New Music Series is the new music series from the composition studio at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Glenn Korff School of Music. The series is administered and overseen by composition faculty and students.
• Nov. 6-7: Saxophone Quartets. 7:30 p.m. each night. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free.
• Nov. 7: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture: Kim Dickey & Simon Levin, ceramics. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free. With support from the UNL Clay Club, Dickey and Levin will participate in demonstrations Nov. 7-10, in addition to their consecutive public lectures on Nov. 7.
• Nov. 7-18: Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents "Mother Courage." Temple Building. For tickets and showtimes, visit http://nebraskarep.org. By Bertolt Brecht. Music by Scott Lamps. Book and lyrics by Andy Park. Translation by William Grange. Directed by Andy Park. Music Director: Tobi Mattingly. Follow the fortunes of Mother Courage and her three children as they strive to make a living during the madness of war. In this new adaptation of the classic play, the drama unfolds during the height of the American Civil War. While Mother Courage profits from the spoils of war, she faces the ultimate sacrifice in this epic masterpiece of struggle and survival.
• Nov. 8: University Singers. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general or $3 students/seniors, available at the door. This concert will also be live webcast. Please visit https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts the day of the concert for the link.
• Nov. 11: Faculty Recital: Jamie Reimer, soprano. 3 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free. Reimer has performed in opera, oratorio and recital venues around the United States, Italy, Germany, Brazil, and Australia. With a particular interest in contemporary American art song, Reimer’s research focuses on the life and work of composer Robert Owens.
• Nov. 11: Guest Artist: Scott Watkins, piano. 3 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free. Watkins is professor of piano at Jacksonville University and has appeared as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras in more than 30 countries around the world.
• Nov. 11: Concerto Competition--Graduate. 6 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free.
• Nov. 12: Concerto Competition--Undergraduate. 6 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free.
• Nov. 12: University of Nebraska Brass Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free.
• Nov. 14: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist: Lynne Avadenka, printmaking. 5:30 p.m. Richards Hall Rm. 15. Free. Avadenka is an American artist and printmaker who creates multimedia work informed by explorations of text, image and
the Jewish experience. Avadenka received a Kresge Fellowship in 2009, and has received individual artist grants from The National Endowment for the Arts and The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Avadenka’s work is exhibited and collected internationally at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; The Hague, The Netherlands; and The British Library, London; as well as at The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; The New York Public Library; and The Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• Nov. 15: MEDICI fund-raising event. 6:30-9 p.m. Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. Your ticket price includes free drinks, appetizers and desserts catered by Yes Chef! Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased in advance at the School of Art, Art History & Design office in 120 Richards Hall or at the door.
• Nov. 19: Large Brass Ensembles Performance. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door. This concert showcases three of the Glenn Korff School of Music brass ensembles: The Trumpet Ensemble, directed by Dr. Darryl White; the Husker Horn Choir, directed by Dr. Alan Mattingly; and the Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, directed by Professor Craig Fuller.
• Nov. 26: Chamberfest. 7:30 p.m. Westbrook Recital Hall Rm. 119. Free.
• Nov. 27: Percussion Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door. This concert will also be live webcast. Please visit https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts the day of the concert for the link. The Percussion Ensemble is under the direction of Dave Hall.
• Nov. 28: Honors ChamberFest. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Free. This concert will also be live webcast. Please visit https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts the day of the concert for the link.
• Nov. 28: UNL/LPS String Project. 6 p.m. Park Middle School in Lincoln. The String Project is an after-school teacher-training program that gives children the opportunity to begin playing a stringed instrument before they start playing in their school.
• Nov. 29: Cornhusker Marching Band Highlights Concert. 7:30 p.m. Lied Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are $20 adults and $10 seniors/students. For advance tickets, contact the Lied Center Box Office at (402) 472-4747. It’s show time as the Cornhusker Marching Band Highlights Concert returns to the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Come experience the sights and sounds of the Pride of all Nebraska as they perform halftime shows from the 2018 season, their Pregame Spectacular and much more.
• Nov. 30 & Dec. 1: Student Dance Project. 7:30 p.m. Mabel Lee Hall Rm. 304/310. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door. This is the 14th Annual Student Dance Project and is directed by Susan Ourada. The program features original work by student choreographers.
• Nov. 30: Jazz Ensembles Performance. 7:30 p.m. Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets: $5 general and $3 students/seniors, available at the door. This concert will also be live webcast. Please visit https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts the day of the concert for the link.