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On The Verge :::: propagandART ~ october 3, 2005 ::
i'll be hitting the road
again this weekend. this time to north carolina.
i'm going to the opening reception of my girlfriend's (jenlukas.com)
art opening
in a winston-salem gallery. (whoo hoo!!!)
but there's tons of first rate entertainment in this town.
i hope the weekend weather inspires you to get out of the house and into some mischief....
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On The Verge ::
The Flatwater Shakespeare Company is on the verge of its first full year as a producing theatre company in Lincoln. And to mark that milestone, Flatwater will present Eric Overmyer's mind- and time-bending comedy, ON THE VERGE. In this Bob Hall-directed comedy, three Victorian lady explorers set out from middle America in 1888 on an adventure that takes them beyond the boundaries of Terra Incognita, the undiscovered countries of the natural world and the imagination. Their mirthful safari spins into time travel as the three sister sojourners thwack their machetes through the wilderness while telling tales of past excursions. Equipped with dialog as pithy as their helmets, the play's heroines put the lie to any charge that they are members of a 'weaker' sex. They accommodate themselves to all emergencies, becoming only a bit discombobulated as they approach modern times and come face to face with such oddities as an automobile mirror that reads 'objects may be closer than they appear' and a button with the cryptic message 'I Like Ike.'
The intrepid trekkers are portrayed by Flatwater favorites Melissa Lewis (Mary), Andrea Swartz (Fanny), and Amy Jirsa (Alexandra). Traveling from one end of the imagination to another, they encounter many strange characters along the way, including a Yeti, a lounge singer, and a cannibal from Alsace-Lorraine (all played by veteran performer Brad Boesen).
You are invited to join the delightful heroines of ON THE VERGE on their frolicsome jaunt through a continuum of space, time, history, geography, feminism, and fashion. As soon as you take your seat, you'll find yourself on the verge of a thoroughly serendipitous journey.
October 6-9 and 12-16
~ 7:30 PM Wed-Sat & 2:00 PM Sunday
Haymarket Theater ~ 8th & Q Streets
Ticket prices are $15 for adults / $12 for seniors and students on Friday and
Saturday;
all tickets are $12 for Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday shows.
Call 477-2600 for reservations
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Bluegrass Patriots ::
Dan Mitchell, Glenn Zankey, Danny Rogers, Ken Seaman, and Willie McDonald are celebrating 25 years and are one of the longest-running acts in bluegrass. The Bluegrass Patriots have been recognized as one of the top traditional bands. Their highly acclaimed When You and I Were Young, Maggie received nationwide attention. The Patriots are dedicated to bluegrass music. Not only are they where bluegrass has been, they on its cutting edge, and are helping to shape its future.
October 7, 2005
~ 7:30 pm
Loft at the Mill
Member - $13; Non-member - $17; Student with ID - $10; Children under 12 - $1
For more information, reservations, on-line ticket purchases hit: http://lafta.nebraska.edu.
:: RC Dub ::
Calling all Rude Boys and Rude Gals! RC Dub is Back at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln!
We've been working hard to rotate in some new songs for everyone so there will be lots of fun classics to dance to from ska and rocksteady to a few new songs of our own for you to get down with.
So bring your dancing shoes and your friends 'cause we'll be playing ALL night!
Enjoy the sounds of some Jamaican Oldies, Northern, UK Hits from the past, and Soulful Grooves. One Night Only!
We're really excited for this show, it's not to be missed!
Friday October 7,
2005 ~ 9ish
The Zoo Bar ~ 136 N 14th
www.zoobar.com
www.rcdub.com
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Garrison Keillor Lecture ::
The best-selling author and host of A Prairie Home Companion presents a one-man show of his musings, poems, and news from the sleepy fictional Minnesota town "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." Keillor's quirky yarns lovingly depict life in the Midwest with an overstated literary humor that has endeared him to millions.
"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known." – Garrison Keillor
Wednesday, October
5, 2005 - 7:30pm
Lied Center ~ 12th and
R Street
Tickets: $40/35/30 Student/Youth: $20/17.50/15
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Ballet Flamenco José Porcel ::
José Porcel began
dancing Andalucian folkloric dances and flamenco in Valencia, Spain, at the
age of 13, before going on to work with various masters in flamenco and ballet.
Today, as the first dancer in the Compañía Española de
Antonio Márquez, Porcel performs his sensual brand of the rhythmic, colorful,
and joyful flamenco to sold-out houses around the world.
"A flamenco performance gives the spectator an overwhelming sensation of
happiness, a joyful and sensual mood that no other form of dance is capable
of evoking."
Friday, October 7,
2005 - 7:30pm
Lied Center ~ 12th and
R Street
Tickets: $34/30/26 Student/Youth: $17/15/13
:: Wonder of the World ::
UNIVERSITY THEATRE, the academic year production program at UNL's Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, kicks off its 105th season with the quirky comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire WONDER OF THE WORLD.
Ever "discovered" something in your husband's sweater drawer that made you run away from home? Cass did! A firm believer in destiny, she boards the bus to Niagara Falls armed with a "things to do in life" list. With husband Kip in hot pursuit, Cass journeys through a series of absurd encounters with eccentric characters. Lindsay-Abaire's madcap imagination and snappy dialogue will keep you laughing!
"Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire's work often focuses on the individual who is outside of the life most of us experience, but with WONDER OF THE WORLD he starts from the inside of an existence that most of our society would readily recognize as 'regular, normal, everyday life.' From this starting point we are plunged into an intense search for meaning, a last-ditch effort to make sense of the world, an open-ended odyssey of self-discovery launched by the pressure of years of self-denial. And what a journey it becomes. Indeed, we wonder where it will lead usŠThe characters of our playŠare placed directly in the path of Cass Harris' trajectory as she seeks to re-invent herself. The resulting twists and turns are entertaining, perplexing, amusing, disgusting, exquisitely coincidental, fatefully symbiotic, happy, sad, understandable and incomprehensible. Of all the natural wonders of the world that we celebrate and revere, our playwright makes a case for one more that most resilient and ponderous of nature's gifts: Human Beings," explained Thomas.
October 6 - 7
at 7:30 p.m.
October 9 at 2 p.m
October 12 - 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Howell Theatre, Temple Building, 12th & R Streets.
Tickets are $16, $14 faculty/staff and senior citizen, and $10 student/youth.
Five-admission season passports are $50, $40 faculty/staff and senior citizen.
Passport admissions may be used for one production or one for each of the five
productions in the season, or in any other combination.
Tickets and passports may be obtained at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301
North 12th Street, 472-4747 or 800-432-3231 Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m.
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The Yoga of Comedy with "Harvey Krishna" ::
alias Ron Osborne Laughter! Kirtan! More!
An odd mix of Yoga and Comedy ~ solely for your "Enlightentainment"!
Ron Osborne is a professional comedian and actor, appearing in TV and radio.
He is also a certified yoga instructor trained at the Sivananda yoga centers
worldwide for over 20 years. His Sanskrit name is "Krishnadas", but
sometimes goes by 'Harvey Kirishna'.
Thursday, Oct. 6
~ 7:30pm
$5 door
OM Center ~ 1216 Howard St.
345-5078
www.omahahealingarts.com
Life is Change, Please call ahead to confirm & RSVP
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October ArtTalk at the Bemis ::
Contemporary society offers a plethora of sensory experiences that directly impact how we view our world, and few mediums offer the opportunity to consider how we interact with our environments as thought-provokingly as installation art. On Thursday, October 6, at 7:00 p.m., Artists-in-Residence John Osorio-Buck, Nancy Fleischman and Martin Morehouse discuss how they create work that prompts viewers to experience their environments in new and thought-provoking ways during the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art’s First Thursday ArtTalk. As always, this event is free and the public is warmly invited to attend.
Sculptor Nancy Fleischman is continuing her body of work that allows for installations to be about “the experience.” Her previous work investigated light as an intangible element, and she is now investigating sound as the intangible experiential element. Writes Fleischman: “Total environmental immersions are the essence of my work. Controlled conditions aid in the creation of these environments. Space, Sensation and Contemplation all act as counterparts in these environmental immersions.” Fleischman earned her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Installation artist John Osorio-Buck develops his work away from creating singular, autonomous art objects toward a method of creating Projects – work that may create objects but is more conceptual in nature. In this regard, Osorio-Buck’s goal is to create work that has relevancy, not only to the traditional art-viewing public, but to the general public as well. Recent Projects have included designing, building and living on a raft for over two weeks to create a pirate radio station in a disenfranchised Boston community and inviting local residents to create their own programming. The artist received his BFAD from the School of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, MA.
Through his humorous, interactive sculpture, Martin Morehouse attempts to initiate an awareness of sensory perception, political structures and self-perception. For the most part, he designs these machines and devices to elicit an emotional/psychological response while simultaneously involving the viewer’s physical body. In this regard, the sculptor is looking to increase possibilities for how people (himself included) understand themselves, both internally and in relation to the rest of the world. Morehouse received his BA in Studio Arts from Carleton College and his MFA in sculpture from Washington University in St. Louis.
These three artists all offer unique perspectives in terms of how we experience our environments. Join us at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts during the first Thursday in October and experience for yourself how thoroughly enlightening installation art can be.