Each year in May, OLLI members elect two representatives to the OLLI Advisory Council to serve 3-year terms as a Director, representing the members-at-large. Candidates to the Council must be current members of the OLLI program at UNL. Continue reading…
The OLLI/Playhouse Radio Active Players present “Singin’ in the Rain, Sr.” with the first performance on Thursday, April 5, 2 p.m., at the Lincoln Community Playhouse. Ticket sales begin Monday, March 26. The Radio Active Players is a theatre group comprised of adults age 50 and older. Continue reading…
Lisa Knopp, the 2017 Nebraska Book Award winning author, will present her book about disordered eating habits among older people. This compelling memoir, at once a food and illness narrative, explores the forces that cause eating disorders and disordered eating. Continue reading…
From Latin jazz and mambo to salsa, Tejano, Chicano rock, Latin pop and reggaeton, four films of Latin Music USA explore the rise of new American music forged from powerful Latin roots. There's still time to registration for this four-session course. Continue reading…
See the OLLI Calendar of Events for upcoming multicultural programs in Lincoln. The Interfaith Peacemaking Coalition will host a workshop by Leonard Pitts, the Unitarian Church of Lincoln will present Miko Peled, and the Midwestern African Museum of Art will host a talk by Christine Ross. Continue reading…
The UNL Department of History will host Prague Spring 50, a major international event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Prague Spring and the aftereffects of the Soviet-ordered Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. April 3-7. Sheldon Museum of Art. Free an open to the public. Continue reading…
The spring Nebraska Lecture will be Monday, March 26 at 3:30 p.m. at the Nebraska Union Auditorium and will feature Andrew Jewell, Professor of Digital Projects and Editor of the Willa Cather Archive for University Libraries. His topic is “Our Cather Heritage.” Continue reading…
The UNL Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders is seeking volunteers for a taste study on the perception of liquids and dissolvable film. Continue reading…
John Muehleisen’s poignant and moving Pietà addresses, in concentric circles, the sorrow and pain of mothers who lose their sons. Friday, March 30, 7 p.m., First-Plymouth Church. Free concert. Freewill offering.
More details at: https://www.abendmusik.org/season-index/
TADA Productions, Inc. presents “Gilligan’s Island The Musical” opening a three-week run at TADA Theatre on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. Continue reading…
Poet Marge Saiser will lead a “Telling Stories Through Poetry” workshop on Saturday, March 24, at 1 p.m. The workshop will be held in the Johnny Carson Theater on the set of "Losing the Ring in the River." Continue reading…
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum at Morrill Hall, 645 N. 14th St., will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a classic fulldome festival on March 24.
Visitors to the Great Plains Art Museum can get an in-depth look at “Cowboys from the Collection,” on view through April 28, by attending a free docent-guided tour of the exhibition every Saturday at 2 p.m. Continue reading…
Update your technology skills. Continue reading…