:: propagandART ~ april 5, 2006 ::

don't forget...the learned project will be at the del ray on april 28th.
man...what a day to be vince...his show at the playhouse opens that night
(winnie-the-pooh) and he turns 40.

who wants tickets?
$10 in advance
$13 day of show

in the meantime, i hope the new season has you feeling ornery.
call some friends and find some mischief this weekend, eh?

:: Music Crescent Moon Coffee ::

Thursday, April 6 ~ NEW MOON SONGWRITER NIGHT - open mic hosted by Tony Church (7 to 10 PM)
Friday, April 7 ~ JAZZ AT THE MOON SERIES - Jazz guitar & vocals with Stefan Gaspar & Terri Jo (7 to 10 PM)
Saturday, April 8 ~ CRESCENT MOON ACOUSTIC CONCERTS – folk group, The Folkdogs (8 to 10 PM)

For more information on our music, new crepes(!), or our great drinks hit our website: www.crescentmooncoffee.com

Crescent Moon Coffee ~ 8th & p

:: Joey Lynch mixed-media artwork Opening Reception ::

"My main interest growing up was basegall. Playing, watching, and drawing the stars of the game. It then shifted to politics. Dropping all attention paid to season after season of the sport. Now I've come back to watching, playing, and drawing ball players while still being opinionated on the policies and traditions of governments. This work combines the two subjects with mixed-media screen prints to display them as National Pastimes. This work is the begining of what I hope to be a continuing series." Joey will be presenting new work that combines baseball and social conflict imagery through mixed-media screen prints.

Friday April 7, 2006 ~ 5-7pm, show continues through May 27
Regular gallery hours: Tue.-Fri. 11am- 5pm, Sat. 10am- 5pm
Folsom Gallery at Lux Center For The Arts ~ 2601 N. 48th St. Lincoln, NE
www.luxcenter.org ~ info@luxcenter.org ~ Joey Lynch: 402-601-3454

:: rc dub ::

Lincoln's best dub/reggae band, RC Dub, we will be playing at the UNL Culture Center on UNL Campus around 7PM for FREE! All Ages Too! This event is open to the public and is sponsored by the Ethnic and Cultural Studies Department.

There will also be speakers present to talk about the devestation of Hurricane Katrina and the effects of such an event on peoples lives and culture.

Friday April 7, 2006 ~ 7pm
UNL Culture Center ~ 333 N 14th
All Ages, Free

:: John Ballew & Paul Burner: ACOUSTIC REVISIONS ::

Two members of the world-renowned Wheezetones have a duo kinda thang. Come early and have dinner - Christo's serves some fine food! Check out their web site at: www.christospub.com

Saturday, April 8th - 7:30 PM
Christo's Pub ~ 12th & 'O' Streets

:: Jazz singer Giacomo Gates ::

When Giacomo Gates launches his expressive baritone voice in the interpretation of a jazz standard, he draws on a blue-collar New England upbringing, a natural inclination to song and a deep respect for the elders of the jazz vocal art form. What comes out is pure Giacomo Gates.

A Connecticut Yankee born in 1950, Gates turned his lifelong passion for music into a profession in 1990. Heavily steeped in the traditions of the original vocal improvisers from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald through their modern counterparts Betty Carter and Leon Thomas, Giacomo's own approach draws most heavily from the bebop-rooted masters like Jon Hendricks, Babs Gonzales, King Pleasure and most of all, Eddie Jefferson.

Playing major such U.S. clubs as New York's Birdland, the Five Spot and the Jazz Standard, Philadelphia's Zanzibar Blue, Blues Alley in D.C. and Snug Harbor in New Orleans; and major festivals like Detroit/Montreux, Telluride, Caramoor, Sedona, Clearwater, Fairbanks Summer Arts and at countless universities and jazz societies, Gates' enormous appeal and popularity are obvious from the many repeat engagements at these venues. He's also performed and taught in Europe and has toured Australia twice. Gates, a world-renowned jazz singer, will perform with the Joe Cartwright Trio of Kansas City including pianist Joe Cartwright, bassist Gerald Spaits and drummer Ray DeMarchi.

Friday April 7 ~ 8 pm
The Melting Spot ~ 227 N. 9th St.
Admission is $10

:: The Will Rogers Follies: Starring LARRY GATLIN ::

The life and career of America's "favorite son," Will Rogers, comes to the stage in this all-singing, all-dancing Broadway extravaganza. Winner of six Tony Awards®, The Will Rogers Follies is a dazzling spectacle about America's first international media sensation whose wit and homespun wisdom still ring true today. Set onstage during one of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies, Will's story comes to life with magnificent sets, luscious costumes, and a bevy of beautiful girls.

"It shakes, shimmies, struts, high kicks, parades, glides, grinds, taps, twirls, and just about jumps off the stage." – Associated Press

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 7:30pm
Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 2:00pm
Lied Center ~ 12th & R
Ticket: $47/42/37 ~ Student/Youth: $23.50/21/18.50

:: RASHOMON ::

Film Streams is pleased to present a visual and narrative masterpiece from legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa: Rashomon (1950).

More than half a century later, Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon still holds up as some of the most innovative storytelling ever committed to the screen. It also represents one of the most important cases of a visionary filmmaker overcoming the stacked odds of studio incompetence. Made at the outset of Kurosawa’s legendary career, Rashomon’s unconventional storyline bothered reluctant executives right up until the film’s release, whereupon it achieved widespread success and almost single-handedly opened the Western world to Japanese cinema.

“When one sees a film . . . you see very specific things. You see a tree, you see a sword. So one takes that as truth. But in this film, you take it as truth, and then you find out that it is not necessarily true. You see these various versions of the episode that has taken place, that these people are talking about, and you’re never told which is true and which isn’t true – which leads you to the proper conclusion that it is all true, and none of it is true. So it becomes a poem, and it cracks this visual thing that we have in our minds that if we see it, it must be a fact.” - Robert Altman

AWARDS
- Academy Award Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
- Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- BAFTA Nominee: Best Film
- Venice Film Festival Winner: Golden Lion Award, Italian Film Critics Award
- National Board of Review Winner: Best Director

Friday, April 7, 2006 ~ 7 PM
Joslyn Art Museum’s Abbot Lecture Hall ~ 2200 Dodge St.
Advance tickets available online at www.filmstreams.org or at all Homer’s Records locations. Tickets are $10, proceeds support Film Streams’ programming and forthcoming cinema in downtown Omaha.

:: Experience Argentina ::

Experience Argentina: It's Food, Music & Dance

LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION
Bring your musical instruments or dance shoes to participate in Tango Lorca’s presentation of the Musical Development of Argentine Tango.
April 8, 2006 ~ 3PM
Park Middle School ~ $5 student/$10 adults

CENA (DINNER)
Served buffet of Argentine dishes while being serenaded by a gaucho & his guitar.
April 8, 2006 ~ 7PM
Haymarket Theatre ~ 803 Q Street

CONCERT
Enjoy an evening concert with Tango Lorca. Tango Lorca’s members are a nationally recognized & Argentinean trained musicians who have performed all over the world. For an in depth review of their credentials please visit their website www.tangolorca.com.
April 8, 2006 ~ 8PM
Haymarket Theatre ~ 803 Q Street
$25 each **
concert ticket includes Cena (Dinner)

MILONGA/DANCE:
Complete your Argentine experience with KZUM’s Don Chicho as DJ for the dance.
April 8, 2006 ~ 10:30PM
Haymarket Theatre ~ 803 Q Street
$15 (Free to anyone who attends any previous events: Lecture, Cena, Concert)

TICKETS ON SALE NOW (We encourage you to get your tickets early as the Haymarket Theatre has limited seating.)
~ Hispanic Community Center, 474-3950
~ Latino Arts & Humanities Council, 466-0463
~ latinoarts@alltel.net

:: The Rumi Concert — Where Everything Is Music ::

"Don't worry about saving these songs! And if one of our instruments breaks, it doesn't matter. We have fallen into the place where everything is music." —Rumi

Music, dance, and the poetry of 13th century mystic Rumi collide in the lyrical and spiritual journey that is The Rumi Concert. The outstanding cast includes poet and translator of Rumi, Coleman Barks; cellist Eugene Friesen; world percussionist Glen Velez; and Zuleikha, whose magical style of storytelling through dance animates the genius and pure rapture of Rumi's writings. It's a remarkably moving performance. For more information: www.storyteller.com/performances.html#rumi

"I would not have believed one slender form moving across a stage could hold 400 people spellbound for an entire evening — until I saw Zuleikha." – Diane Skafte, Ph.D., Pacifica Graduate Institute

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 7:30pm
Lied Center ~ 12th & R
Ticket: $34 ~ Student/Youth: $17