March 1, 2013 - March 17, 2013 on
Friday 7:00PM-8:00PM
Saturday 2:00PM-3:00PM
Sunday 2:00PM-3:00PM
Hippos George and Martha can’t help having tons of fun together. When Martha ruins George’s painting, and George refuses to let Martha in his secret club, they start having tons of fights. Find out in this hilarious musical if they can remain friends.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
MONA’s 19th Century Artworks August 14, 2012 – March 31, 2013. The foundational artworks of MONA’s permanent collection are the paintings, drawings, prints, and artifacts created in the 19th century that tell the story of westward expansion and the quickly changing territorial and cultural tides. Works included in this era were created by Artist-Explorers – the individuals who traveled and documented the new frontier, and the Plains Indians – the original inhabitants of the land.
International Quilt Study Center & Museum
1523 N. 33rd St. , Lincoln,
NE
Beginning around the United States Centennial in 1876, Americans embraced a vision of the nation's colonial period as a simple and noble time from which they could draw strength in an increasingly modern industrial world. Quilts became symbols of this real and sometimes mythical American past. By making new quilts inspired by those their foremothers supposedly had made, women felt that they were participating not only in tradition, but in history itself. "Perfecting the Past" presents the inspirations for Colonial Revival style quilts and...
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Art: It’s ELEMENTARY! August 7, 2012 – April 28, 2013. Color, line, shape, form, space, value, and texture. Art: It’ s ELEMENTARY! walks viewers through the elements of art using works from the Museum of Nebraska Art collection to show how these basic visual tools are used to build and view a work of art.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday (11AM-5PM), Sunday (1-5pm), Monday (Closed)
Great Plains Art Museum
1155 Q Street , Lincoln,
NE
Michael Forsberg's photography examines the remaining wilderness in America's Great Plains region.
Exhibit runs January 4 through March 30
Museum hours -
Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday, 1:30 - 5 pm
Nebraska Now: Ying Zhu, Watch Your Steps, Installation
Jan 12 through Apr 7
12:00PM to 5:00PM
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Nebraska Now: Ying Zhu, Watch Your Steps, Installation
On view through April 7, 2013
Ying Zhu explores life’s precarious nature in her full-room installation at the Museum of Nebraska Art. By utilizing architectural elements, Zhu asks viewers to keep their “eyes open” in her aptly titled exhibition, Watch Your Steps. Now residing in Omaha, Zhu was born and raised in China. In 2010 she received her M.F.A. degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Think Big
February 8 – April 7, 2013
Size can matter in art: the larger an artwork, sometimes the greater the impact. Yet the choice to use more canvas or more space to create any type of artwork can also pose problems for an artist. Think Big highlights the large-scale works from the MONA collection and explores the various ways that artists have conquered spatial issues and how far they have successfully pushed dimension.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Art Speaks: Conversations in the Gallery
On view through April 7, 2013
At the end of the day, when the lights are turned off and everyone has gone home, imagine voices coming from MONA’s Postmaster Gallery. The “conversations” among the portraits are interesting and even amusing, and visitors are encouraged to join in the dialogues.
Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE
Cranes: Taking Flight
February 19 – May 12, 2013
Central Nebraska plays host to the Sandhill cranes each spring as the birds migrate from their winter habitat to their summer one. In tribute to this extraordinary natural phenomenon, the Museum of Nebraska Art presents 19th to 21st century art that shows how various artists depict and are inspired by these magnificent birds.
Nebraska Wesleyan Arts Exhibit: "Beyond Portraiture: Childhood"
Feb 1 through Apr 19
6:00PM to 4:00PM
Elder Gallery, Rogers Center for Fine Arts
50th St. and Huntington Ave. Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln,
NE
Elder Gallery exhibit "Beyond Portraiture: Childhood" features the work of five photographers from across the country who share their thoughts, experiences, and ideas of childhood through images.
The exhibit runs February 1-April 19. An opening reception will be held Friday, February 1 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m., closed on Monday.
Elder Gallery is located in the Rogers Center for Fine Arts, 50th Street and Huntington Ave.
That's right! You heard it here! Our **BIG** spring musical is Grease!
Rydell High's spirited class of '59-gum-chewing, hub-cap-stealing, hotrod-loving boys with D.A.s and leather jackets and their wise-cracking girls in teased curls, bobby sox, and pedal pushers-capture the look and sound of the 1950s in a rollicking musical that salutes the rock 'n' roll era.
While hip Danny Zuke and wholesome Sandy Dumbrowski resolve the problems of their mutual attraction for each other, the gang sings and dances its way through such nostalgic scenes as...
See 27 sculptures made from LEGO® bricks in fourteen individual displays as you tour the garden. Learn how nature is interconnected just like the 500,000 LEGO® bricks that were used to build these amazing larger than life sculptures. Incorporated into the spring flower show, these garden-inspired sculptures will be on exhibit from February 2 through May 19, 2013.
Ranging in size from six inches to nearly eight feet, a variety of creatures are represented in the exhibit, including a tiger swallowtail butterfly, a green darner dragonfly, a...
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Deb Carpenter-Nolting and Lyn Messersmith
Mar 10 through Mar 10
12:00PM to 12:00PM
Epply Science Hall Amphitheater on the University of Nebraska Medical Center Campus
42nd and Emile St. , Omaha,
NE
Stories, songs and poems about women who left footprints on history by stepping out of place. Consider Ann Eliza Young, Brigham Young's 19th wife, who was instrumental in getting polygamy outlawed. Nebraska claims Susan LaFlesche Picotte, the first Native American woman to become a physician.
The Historic Warren Building
511 2nd St. , Friend,
NE
The late 19th century saw the first mass migration of Czechs to Nebraska and other Great Plains states. This talk explains the causes for immigration and describes the experience of dislocation and the consequences of demographic changes in American towns and cities—with emphasis on the years after World War I and the more recent waves of immigration in 1948 and 1968.
Studio Theatre of Nebraska Wesleyan University
2710 N. 48th St. , Lincoln,
NE
When an aging warrior king embarks upon his next foreign battle, he leaves behind his beautiful young queen to rule an unfamiliar kingdom and care for her handsome stepson. His departure unveils a series of curses, forbidden desires, secrets, temptations, and rumors in this contemporary retelling of an ancient Greek tragedy. (Recommended for mature audiences.)
Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors $7.50, Students $5
Wood River High School Theater
13800 W Wood River Rd , Wood River,
NE
Celebrate Wood River Performing Arts Series will present Knights of Rhythm, an 8 piece band playing music from the Big Band Era, as well as waltzes & polkas. The concert is FREE, no reservations required. A free will offering will be accepted.
American Masters: The Music of Aaron Copland & Leonard Bernstein
Mar 10 through Mar 10
3:00PM to 3:00PM
Elkhorn High School Auditorium
1401 Veterans Drive , Elkhorn,
NE
The second concert of Omaha Symphonic Winds’ 2012-1013 Season will be presented on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 3:00 pm in the Elkhorn High School Auditorium (1401 Veterans Drive, Omaha, NE). The program will be dedicated to the music of master composers Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) forged a distinctive style of composition that was so influential he has been called the "Dean of American Composers." Among his composition teachers were Rubin Goldmark in New York, and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Copland became...
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