:: propagandART ~ September 1, 2004 ::

hello lovely people...

labor day weekend is just ahead.
i'm sure there will be picnics and barbeques and parties in your near future.
i hope you have a wonderful, exciting, relaxing, rejuvenating weekend.
if you're looking for some things to do, here's a couple of suggestions.
but, i'm of the opinion that holidays are great times to be with family.
organize a dinner for your relatives and swap lots of stories.
that's my best bet for this weekend.

:: electric soul method ::

there are three local bands that i pimp on a regular basis.
all are significantly different.
i like gigglebox for good, familiar, dance-friendly music.
i like rc dub for chilling to great dub reggae.
but i like electric soul method for the surprises.
it's funky. it's neo-soul. it's heavy jam.
they play originals and cover songs.
they stretch out and jam on long instrumentals.
they have two great vocalists (hi laniece! your voice gives me chills.).
and they're at the zoo on thursday, sept 2.
they'll start about 9ish and charge you a couple of bucks.
see you there. :-)

:: First Friday Celebration ::

Self-guided Sculpture Garden Tours at the Sheldon. Docents* will be stationed at different sculptures throughout the night to provide "tourists" information about the art work.

Friday, Sept. 3 ~ 5-7 p.m.
Free event, reception at the Sheldon until 7.
For more information: sheldon.unl.edu or 472.2461.

*what's a docent? i had no idea...so i asked my friend, jessica. she tells me... they're helpful staff members ready to fill your head with knowledge about the art you're looking at.

:: Crescent Moon Music ::

Friday, Sept. 3rd – Live Jazz Music in the courtyard from 7 to 10 PM
What incredible Friday nights we’ve had all summer with jazz under the stars! Hope you’ll join us as we head into cool fall evenings out by the courtyard fountain.

Saturday, Sept 4th – Premier Bluegrass Blend from 8 to 10 PM
What a treat! This will be well worth making your way through football traffic to grab a table in our courtyard and hear this group. This is also our sampling night. Come down and try samples of our homemade biscotti, gourmet chocolates, pastries and more!

Crescent Moon Coffee is located at 816 P street in the historic haymarket of Lincoln.
Please visit our website at www.crescentmooncoffee.com
402-435-2828

:: Midwest Premiere: A Man of No Importance ::

The glory of the theater is also its bane: you have to be there to experience it.

When a production closes, it is gone forever. It lives in the memory of a lucky few and when they are gone, it disappears with them. There are published scripts, of course, and original cast recordings but they only tell part of the story.

I wouldn't have it any other way. Life itself is ephemeral and theater is the art most like life as a I have so far experienced it: transitory, unpredictable, overwhelming and finally, quite wonderful.

No wonder making theater is like catching at moonbeams. In every project there comes a time when it seems quite impossible. And yet we do it, generation after generation, no matter the risks and the possibilities for failure. Theatre is a deep reflection of the human community.

- Terrence McNally, Author

A Man of No Importance is about a group of theatrical amateurs who dedicate the off-hours in their routine lives to catching at some of those moonbeams. In their "real" lives they work hard for their money. In their "true" lives they work even harder to make art for their audience of friends and family.

In so doing, they become People of Great Importance, but most of all their leader, Alfie Byrne, a Dublin bus conductor, who learns in the course of tumultuous rehearsals for his long-dreamed of production of Oscar Wilde's Salome that the theatre is not a place to hide from the world, but instead the very place where we may finally discover our true selves. The defeat of his production is also the victory of his self. The small world of the St. Imelda's Players becomes an enormous one and I would be surprised if you did not find at least a small part of your world in theirs. Alfie and his friends are all of us.

August 26 - Sept 19, 2004
Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30; Sundays at 2:30
Millennium Theatre ~ 601 South 16th Street, in the Union Plaza Building, located on the corner of 16th and Jackson Streets, just 2 blocks south of the Orpheum Theatre.

Adult Ticket Price: $15 ~ Sr Citizen, Military, and Children (<18) $12 ~ Groups of 10 or more $10