right to the entertainment....

:: womanstock viii ::

this item submitted by pat tetreault (ptetreau@unlnotes01.unl.edu)

WOMANSTOCK VIII is COMING!!

The Lincoln Chapter of the National Organization for Women is celebrating its eighth year of Womanstock, an annual fundraiser that celebrates the music of women. This year's event will be held at Duggan's Pub, 11th & K Streets, on Thursday, April 18th, from 8 pm until midnight.

"We are really thrilled to be celebrating Womanstock, and the music of women, again this year.", said Kay Siebler, coordinator of Lincoln NOW. "Lincoln has come to expect the event every year and we are thrilled with the line up. Each year it seems to get better and better."

This year, Lincoln comic T. Marni Vos, a nationally known entertainer, will M.C. Womanstock. Musical performers include Annetter Murrell, The Resonators (formerly known as Tootsweet), and Terry Jo Dahlquist (of the new women's group, Baby Needs Shoes), DeAnn Allison, and more.

"We have known performers and new groups lined up this year", Siebler said. "T. Marni Vos and Annette Murrell are celebrity performers in Lincoln. So are the women in Baby Needs Shoes (Terry Jo Dahlquist, Nancy Marshall, and Mel Landis). We are thrilled that all this great talent is helping us out this year. It should be an amazing evening full of wonderful music. We are going to have a little for everyone: folk, gospel, acapella trio, rock."

Tickets for Womanstock can be purchased at the door for $10 or in advance at A Novel Idea bookstore for $8. There will also be a silent auction in association with the event.

Contact: Kay Siebler at 742-0229 or Pat Tetreault at 434-6695 or ptetreau@unlnotes01.unl.edu

:: jazz factory cd release party ::

the local jazz quintet 'the jazz factory' featuring sax player stefan gaspar
is having a cd release party at the rococo theater on thursday april 4th .
(look for the article in today's focus by jeff korbelik)
it starts at 7pm - tickets for balcony is $5. (reserved seating is sold out)
i'll be in table i-2 - come say hello!

:: classics by the aquila theater ::

the aquila theater company was formed in 1991 in london
and has earned 'an international reputation as one of the foremost
producers of touring classical theater.' i got that from the focus article. :-)
they're presenting homer's ' wrath of achilles' at 7:30 wednesday
and shakespeare's ' the tempest' at 7:30 thursday and friday.
both performances will be at the leid center.
tix are $32 and $16 for students. call 472.4747

:: peter and the wolf ::

the first-plymouth brass and paul mesner puppets will perform
'peter and the wolf' at first-plymouth church this friday and saturday.
friday night's performance is at 7:30 pm - activities start at 6 pm
saturday's performance is at 2:30 pm - activities start at 1 pm
that's all i know - for questions, call first-plymouth at 476.8304

:: big brothers and big sisters ::

on saturday, i'll be participating in a bowl-a-thon fundraiser
for the under-funded, under-staffed and under-appreciated
big brothers and big sisters program.
i'm asking you for a pledge.
please email your pledge to me, and i'll come calling for it after
saturday. but please only pledge if you're really going to send
me the check. the standard pledge is usually about $10.
so you can pledge that, or a pledge by the pin.
i'm about a 90-100 pin bowler, so i'm hoping you stick with
the flat pledge of $10 in case i have a bad game! :-)
thanks.

:: gridiron ::

so diane gonzolas asked me to participate in this year's gridiron show.
i said ok. turns out i'll be performing a political version of ricky martin's
'livin la vida loca.' yikes. how do i get myself into these things?
this will be at the rococo theater on april 22 at either 7 or 7:30.
tickets are about $45. more info to come....

peace and love
-m@

matthew landis
www.landisarts.com/propaganda <-shh! it's a secret

twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by
the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
so throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbor.
catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover.
-mark twain