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The Winds of Creativity Hit Lincoln. Some may consider it akin to a warm summer breeze; others may liken it to a whirlwind for your senses. Whatever your reaction, one thing's for sure, you'll likely find yourself carried away by art this September at the Lincoln Arts Festival. Brought to you by the Lincoln Arts Council and the help of over 75 volunteers, the Lincoln Arts Festival will celebrate its 9th year on September 26th and 27th at SouthPointe Pavilions Shopping Center. The festival will be home to fabulous works of art for purchase and perusal, amazing live music acts to enliven your senses along with a fun, family-friendly atmosphere complete with children's activities, food and raffle prizes including two round trip tickets to Chicago on Amtrak with a free two night stay at the downtown Holiday once you're there. More...
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Spark Your Summer!
Your Spark Card is still at work...don't miss the end of a fabulous season at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, get 50% off of a $20 ticket! The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center adds to your movie going pleasure with a delicious bag of popcorn! These and many more perks are our collective way of thanking you for support for the arts. So show your Spark and enjoy the rest of summer!
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The Nebraska Arts Council is holding a free Weekend Retreat for Mid-Career Artists the
weekend of Oct 31-Nov 1. Artists must apply online -- there is a
direct weblink and instructions on NAC's homepage at www.nebraskaartscouncil.org. This is a great opportunity for mid-career artists to network and
enhance their business and marketing skills. Artistic categories for
application include: visual artists, film/video artists, performance
artists, choreographers and music composers.
Summer 2009 Places that Matter Photo Contest - Celebrate the places that matter to YOU and be entered to win a digital camera! The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Fireman's Fund
Insurance are proud to announce the start of the Summer 2009 Places
that Matter Photo Contest. Submit photos of your favorite places -
whether they're national monuments or right in your own backyard - and
be eligible to win one of three digital cameras. More...Artist James Tyler will be broadcasting live video of his work on "The Colossus", a giant brick head that will be placed in Union Plaza. You can see the stream on the Lincoln Parks and Recreation website. Reminder: The deadline for Lincoln Arts Council Project Grants is August 7. For more information, click here for the application or email lacdirector@artscene.org
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Focus on Visual Arts
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artist Inna Kulagina will have her paintings on display at Against the Wall Gallery August 7-31st.
Inna
is originally from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She has paintings in various
collections throughout the world and has been in several international group
and solo exhibitions in Uzbekistan, Honduras, Germany, England, China and the
United States.
Be
sure to visit Against the Wall's event page for more information on the artist
reception, date TBA.  The Open Studio and Writers Wordshop projects have been helping people
in the community creatively express themselves for 10 years. The
Community Mental Health Center, CenterPointe, and Lincoln Parks and
Recreation work together to ensure that community members who are
visual artists and writers have supplies and space for facilitated
weekly meetings at the F Street Community Center. With help from
regular facilitator Terrence Oberst, Writers Wordshop hosts community
poetry readings and lessons from nationally-recognized writers like Ted
Kooser, Bill Kloefkorn, Greg Kuzma and Hilda Raz. Terrence has just
published a seventh volume of poetry and prose. More...
Be sure to visit our Gallery Happenings page for additional gallery events. | Focus on Performing Arts
 The
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center continues it's popular "Movies on the Green" film series this year with a selection of Depression Era
films. "You Were Never
Lovelier" will be shown August 6th.
Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire star in this musical romance from
1942. On August 13, Frank Capra's
imaginative film "Lost Horizon" will be shown. "Movies on the Green" is held on the
grass in front of Kimball Recital Hall on 12th and R Streets each Thursday
night beginning at Dusk, and is free and open to the public.
The Ross is also proud to present the winners of the Best of the Met vote: "Eugene Onegin" and "La Fille Du
Regiment". Both operas will be shown free of charge. Valery Gergiev conducts Tchaikovsky's most beloved opera, Eugene
Onegin, with Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role
opposite Renée Fleming as the heartbroken Tatiana, with tenor Ramón
Vargas as Lenski. Saturday, August 15 & Sunday, August 16 - 1:00 p.m. More...
 Come
and join the Lincoln Municipal Band as it continues one of Lincoln's oldest
traditions at nearly one hundred years.
Performances are held Sunday evenings in July and August at 7:00 p.m. at
the John Shildneck Memorial Bandshell in Antelope Park, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Admission is FREE. The series features a variety of themes to suit all musical
tastes.
On
August 2nd, Terry Rush will conduct "Young at Heart: In Honor of Seasoned
Music Lovers" featuring vocal soloist Jana Holzmeier. Tony Falcone will conduct "Music from
Around the World: Recognizing Diversity" with trumpet soloist Deborah Bouffard
on August 9. "Back to School:
Honoring Teachers" with Bob Krueger as conductor and trombone soloist
Terry Rush will be August 16th. And
August 23, Bob Krueger will conduct "Salute to Veterans : Showing Our
Appreciation" with horn soloist Rick Ricker. More...
 The
Angels Theatre Company isn't the first theatre group to "put on a play" in
Barry's Bar & Grill Outback, 9th & Q Streets in Lincoln. Lincoln folks
like to report on the time they saw a play in the Outback back in the 80's.
That said - the Angels Theatre Company isn't the first, but they are the
present!
The
Angels are producing Sam Shepard's remarkable play "True West" August 12 - 22, 2009 (every night) at 8 PM -
with an added 11 PM performance on Friday August 21. "True West" is the story of two
very different brothers who both want to sell their story to a Hollywood
agent. The grown boys are camped out at
Mom's house while she is traveling and all hell breaks loose when the games they played as boys escalate into real
life. More...
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And Now, Your Moment of Artistic Zen.
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