:: propagandART ~ september 8, 2004 ::

summer is coming to a close. then the winter blahs will set in.
you'll be hibernating and not seeing your friends as often as you'd like.
so that means it's time to call them up and get together as much as you
can before the weather turns sour. here are some great events worth
getting out of the house for. call some folks you haven't seen in a while.

get out and do something new...
get out and do something you like...
just get out and do something!!

this week i couldn't get everything in my email.
so hit the website/calendar for the full scoop.
not only that, you can see what's coming up this month!
http://www.landisarts.com/propagandART/

:: Haymarket Theater Season Unveiling & Cabaret Series Premiere ::

The Haymarket Theatre's 2nd Annual Family Membership Drive and
2004-05 Season Announcement & Kick-Off!

Murder Mystery at the Theatre
Sunday, September 12, 2004 ~ 4-7pm
Free Admission ~ Refreshments Provided

and...

Informal Cabaret Series Premiere
Spearheaded by one of the best kept secrets in Lincoln: Vince Learned!
Matthew Landis will perform along with others from the theater community.
This is just for fun and to get good folks together! What could be better?

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 ~ 7:30-9ish
Free Admission
If you want to sing, contact Vince (vincelearned@alltel.net or 475-5775)

Haymarket Theatre
8th & Q in the Haymarket
(Next door to Arturo's)

:: Taste of Wine and Broadway ::

Featuring the vocal talents of...
Shawn Carlson, Matthew Landis, Laurie Lessman, L. Evan Rail, Cris Rook, Danielle Smith and Karen F. Wills
Accompaniment by Sheri Ericksen

TADA Productions in cooperation with James Arthur Vineyards transforms the party room of the winery once a month into a cabaret straight out of Chicago, Minneapolis or New York. The cabaret series gives patrons a chance to hear some of the finest theatrical singers in town sing Broadway's best while enjoying some of Nebraska's finest wine. The popular new cabaret series A Taste of Wine and Broadway played all summer long to a sell-out crowds thus prompting the series to continue this fall. For upcoming cabaret performers check out www.tadaproductions.info and see more about the vineyards (including directions) at jamesarthurvineyards.com.

Saturday, September 11th at 7:30 pm & 9:00 pm
James Arthur Vineyards ~ 2001 West Raymond Road
Tickets Only $10.00 ~ Call 783-5255
Due To Popular Demand ~ TICKETS NOW RESERVED IN ADVANCE

:: Lyp-Schtick ::

Hey, Hey, Hey!! Lypschtick - Lincoln's Best Improv Comedy Troupe - appears to be off and running!! We have quite a few gigs in the next few months, with the possibility of more being added!! Come out and support us - ask those who have seen the show - we're well worth a couple hours and a few bucks!! It's improv comedy - so come prepared to shout out suggestions, and see what we do with your ideas!!

Sunday, September 12th ~ 8:00 PM (we'll be done by around 10, so you can get up monday and go toil for the man)
Ninth Street Basement - Entrance south of Barry's - between P & Q streets on (duh!) 9th!
$5 cover ~ 19 and over only

:: Go, Dog, Go ::

Dogs in trees. Dogs in chairs. Dogs at work. Dogs at play. Dogs at a party. Dogs sailing boats. Dogs flying planes. Dogs driving cars. It’s chaos. Dogs everywhere. They proceed with dogged determination. They cannot be stopped.

Children witnessing the madness have been heard to shout encouragement, as little dogs, big dogs, red dogs, blue dogs, old dogs, new dogs – of every breed, size, and color – run unleashed all over the stage. The pandemonium rages on with GO, DOG, GO – see it if you dare at Lincoln Community Playhouse, September 10-19, 2004.

GO, DOG. GO! is the perfect introduction to theatre for pre-schoolers age 3 and up. And it’s great entertainment for older kids and parents, too. As an added bonus, at every performance, you’ll have a chance to meet PawsUp! Certified Therapy Dogs who work with children and adults as helpers and healers.

Family Theatre single ticket price is $10 (for all seats, all ages). Or ask about the Family Theatre Punchcards: you get 3 punches for $25! Contact the LCP Box office for tickets/punchcards: 489.7529.

:: Go, Dog, Go Picnic ::

Don't be hounded by the dog days of summer! Join family and friends for a picnic and cookout on the Playhouse lawn Sunday, September 12 from noon to 4 PM.

In conjunction with the Family Theatre Series production of Go Dog Go, LCP is throwing a picnic on the south lawn, featuring hot dogs, ice cream and lots of fun and games. Hot dogs, chips and soft drinks will be available from noon to 1:00 PM. Ice cream is on the menu from 2:30 to 4:00 PM. In between, enjoy picnic games and other doggone fun events.

Clowns will be on hand, ready to twist balloons into puppy shapes for you. Have your face painted to resemble your favorite canine. Sit back and watch the dog walk or the dog toss (no animals are used or harmed in this event!) Meet members of the Go Dog Go cast and perhaps some of the Lincoln Salt Dogs players.

If you plan to see the show on Sunday, September 12 (Grandparents Day!), put a picnic on your agenda, too. The whole family can enjoy picnic fun on the south lawn of the Playhouse. Admission is only $3 per person, or 2 for $5 – that covers food and games. Play picnic games and spend time with other people who love LCP. The small fee you pay for food and game tickets goes to support your Playhouse!

Sunday, September 12, 2004 ~ Noon to 4pm
Lincoln Community Playhouse (56th & Normal)
Contact LCP Box Office: 489-7529

:: KZUM/RC Dub Event ::

KZUM is having a Community Appreciation Night!! RC Dub will be playing a FREE SHOW with local folk/rock jammers Norm 4 Eva.

This is a FREE night of fun and music for everyone to enjoy so come on out and show your support for local music and Lincolns only community radio station KZUM 89.3 FM . LIVE MUSIC ALL NIGHT FOR FREE!! BRING YOUR FRIENDS!! DANCE!!

Tuesday, September 14, 2004
6pm-1am @ Knickerbockers 901 "O" St
There will be NO COVER to get in however free will donations will be accepted to benefit the station.
For info call KZUM @ 402.474.5086 or check the web @ http://www.kzum.org

:: Tails N Trails Pet Walk Fundraiser ::

Lincoln Benefit Life's 84th & Van Dorn location is once again the site for the Capital Humane Society's (CHS) annual Tails N Trails Pet Walk fundraiser, on Sunday, September 19. Check-in begins at noon; the walk around the building begins at 1 p.m. It is preceded and followed by many fun activities, pet-related vendor booths, games, pet photos, hotdogs and pop, an agility course demonstration presented by Kenl Inn, Urban Search and Rescue's AndyDog, and Der Viener Schlinger.

This is a great chance to do something fun with your pet and help raise funds to support the CHS Foster Care Program, Humane Education, Animal Adoptions and the Spay-Neuter Program. Registration is $25 per walker and includes an official Tail N Trails Pet Walk t-shirt and a "goody bag" with treats for you and your pet. Walkers are encouraged to collect pledges and the first 100 registrants with pledges of $75 or more will receive a pedometer. The top three pledge collectors will have a permanent recognition plaque at CHS. Registration is due by next Monday, September 13. For registration brochures/forms/information, contact CHS at 441-4488.

:: 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
Reserve tickets at http://www.stagesofomaha.com