'Fridays in Fall' highlights free student-focused events happening on campus on Fridays from Fall Break to the end of the semester. All students are welcome.
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November 8
SLAM POET FreeQuency, hosted by UPC Nebraska and the Women's Center
7:30 p.m. @ Nebraska Union Ballroom
Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa is a 26-year-old Kenyan, Immigrant, Queer Womyn writer and speaker. The 2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, a 2017 TEDWomen speaker and ranked 3rd at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam, FreeQuency is a highly sought after performer, host, social justice teaching artist and workshop leader. Having spent their life at the intersection of arts, education and activism, they and/or their work in Reproductive Justice, #BlackLivesMatter organizing & activism, LGBTQ+ advocacy and writing have been featured on The Independent, the New York Times, OkayAfrica, Upworthy, TEDx, For Harriet, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, & other outlets.
Free for UNL students with a valid N-Card and $5 for faculty, staff, and the public.
https://unl.campuslabs.com/engage/event/4526075
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November 15
FREE SKATE NIGHT, hosted by Campus Recreation
8 to 11 p.m. @ John Breslow Ice Hockey Center
Free entry for current UNL students with their NCard.
$3 skate rental fee. $6 for guests/without NCard.
https://events.unl.edu/2019/11/15/145030/
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November 15
INSPIRING RADICAL CREATIVITY: AN EVENING with GABBY RIVERA,
hosted by UPC Nebraska and the LGBTQA+ Center
7:30 p.m. @ Nebraska Union Auditorium
Gabby Rivera is a queer Latinx writer living in Oakland, CA. She is currently writing AMERICA, America Chavez’s solo series, for Marvel. America is Marvel’s first Latina lesbian superhero. Gabby would give a lecture as well as provide a writer's workshop at UNL during the Fall 2019 semester.
Free for UNL students with a valid N-Card and $5 for faculty, staff, and the public.
https://unl.campuslabs.com/engage/event/4603674
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November 22
A CAPELLA NIGHT, featuring Bathtub Dogs, Boot and Cats, Pitch Please, Red Keys, Rocktavo, and Take Note.
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December 6
GINGERBREAD COMPETITION
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Additional info about Fridays in Fall (402) 472-8156