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Lincoln 55+ Seniors Paper - Calendar of Events - Winter 2020-21

The Angels Theatre Salon Reading Olde Glory Theatre, Seward 402 April 11 @ 7 pm Lincoln’s Symphony Museums
Series - 2 pm via ZOOM 304-5392 check for updates next Orchestra: Edward Polochick &
Mar 7 Knowing Cairo by Anddrea show July 7 – 11 A Christmas Anton Miller - In-person and virtual UNL State Museum - Morrill Hall
Stolowitz Story tickets available, all tickets are free 14th & Vine Sts. 402 472-2637 Wed
Apr 11 Frozen Fluid by Fly Jamerson www.oldeglorysewardne.com/ but ticket is requited for in-person to Sat 9:30 am to 4:30 pm; Sun
May 2 Brilliant Works of Art by Donna performance - LSO Music Director 12:30 to 4:30 pm; need timed
Hoke Youth Actors Academy of Lincoln 402 Edward Polochick and reservation Adult $8; Senior $7; 5-
www.angelscompany.org/ 417-4137 check website for Concertmaster Anton Miller will 18 years $4; 4 & under 4 - Free.
salon-reading-series/ updates www.yaal.org/wordpress/ perform a range of popular and Additional charge for planetarium.
classical pieces for violin and https://museum.unl.edu/
Nebraska Repertory Theatre - In the Theatre Arts for Kids check website piano. Poop & Paws Explore the tracks,
spirit of unity and safety, The for updates www.tafk.org/ Apr 15 @ 7:30 pm Silkroad poop and other clues animals
Nebraska Repertory Theatre is Ensemble - In-person and virtual leave behind to determine who
presenting its spring 2021 season Performances of plays from the tickets available - Founded by cel- lives in which environments.
virtually. All performances are National Theatre in London list Yo-Yo Ma, Silkroad Ensemble
streamed online and offered free of National Theatre @ Mary Riepma creates music that engages differ- Lincoln Children’s Zoo 1222 S 27th
charge. Tickets at The Rep web- Ross Media Arts Center - check ence, sparking radical cultural col- St Tue - Sun 10 am – 5 pm need
site www.nebraskarep.org website for updates laboration and passion-driven timed reservation Age 13-61-
Apr 7 – 10 @ 7: 30 pm Apr 11 @ 2 www.theross.org learning to build a more hopeful $13.95; Age 2-12 & over 62 -
pm Home - This poetic drama tells world. $11.95; under 2 – free 402 475-
the story of Cephaus Miles, a The Metropolitan Opera performanc- Apr 17 @ 4 pm & 7:30 pm Super 6741
prodigal son, whose search for ful- es @ Mary Riepma Ross Media Diamond, The Neil Diamond http://www.lincolnzoo.org/
fillment takes an unexpected turn. Arts Center - check website for Tribute - In-person and virtual tick-
It is presented as part of Nebraska updates www.theross.org ets available - In tribute to Neil International Quilt Study Center and
Rep’s multi-year collaboration with Diamond, Super Diamond per- Museum 1523 N. 33rd St Tue –
the Saint Louis Black Repertory Entertainment forms the timeless classics includ- Sat 10 am – 4 pm $8; Senior $6;
Company. ing “Sweet Caroline,” “America,” Age 5-18 - $4 402 472-6549
May 6, 7, 8 @ 7:30 pm May 9 @ 2 Lied Center for Performing Arts “Cherry Cherry,” and “Forever in www.quiltstudy.org
pm Dracula: Mina’s Quest - This is 301 N 12th St 402 472-4747 - Blue Jeans”. Super Diamond is the Through Mar 10 Nancy Crow
a frightening and provocative new Inquire about online tickets for world’s most celebrated Neil Through Mar 27 Quilts of Emotion
adaptation of Bram Stoker's all spring events for $99 Diamond tribute artist. Through Jun 5 Classic Amish Quilts
Dracula. Follow Mina, the brave www.liedcenter.org Apr 20 @ 7:30 pm EVERYTIME I Through Jun 13 Unbound by the
heroine, as she dares to defy the Mar 6 @ 2 pm & 7 pm Mar 7 @ 1 pm TALK ABOUT…Black Voices in a Basics
ruler of the night. This sensual and & 5 pm The Nutcracker Ballet Time of Change: Poetry, Art, and Through Jun 26 Sample Home: Wall
terrifying retelling of the classic The Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company Music - Free, virtual only - UNL Work by Amy Meissner
story will leave you clinging to the will present its 36th annual produc- Poets, in conversation with music Through Aug 7 Abstract Design in
edge of your seat. Not recom- tion of the holiday classic. and visual art, will perform their American Quilts at 50: Journey to
mended for children or the faint of Mar 9 @ 7:30 pm Rhapsody in Black own compositions and selections Japan
heart. Free, in-person and virtual tickets of poems by Lucille Clifton.
available - Writer/actor Leland Apr 29 & 30 @ 7:30 pm Canadian Through Aug 7 Abstract Design in
OmniArts 338 G St. 402 435-6943 Gantt processes a lifetime strug- Brass - In-person and virtual tick- American Quilts at 50: New York
www.omniartsnebraska.org/shows gling with what it means to be ets available - From renaissance Nexus
Apr 29, 30 May 1 @ 7:30 pm May 2 Black while deconstructing notions and baroque music to Dixieland, Mar 26 through Sep 4 Abstract
@ 2 pm Two by Tennessee: The of race and realigning perspectives. ragtime and Broadway show tunes, Design in American Quilts at 50
Traveling Companion and The Mar 13 @ 7:30 pm & Mar 14 @ 2 pm enjoy a concert of the greatest hits Apr 2 through Aug 7 Abstract Design
Chalky White Substance Johnny The Modern Gentlemen - In-person by this virtuosic ensemble. in American Quilts at 50: Raising
Carson Theater, Lied Center, 301 and virtual tickets available - This May 9 @ 7 pm Sam Stacy - In-person the Profile
N. 12th St. The Traveling quartet sang for a decade as the and virtual tickets available, all tick-
Companion. The relationship Four Seasons and now perform ets are free but ticket is requited American Historical Society of
between an inexperienced hustler favorite hits of the ‘60s and ‘70s for in-person performance - Sam is Germans from Russia - 631 D St
and an older, insecure writer in with four-part tight harmonies in a Lincoln native who recently per- Library and Museum Mon – Fri 9
which emotional and personal styles ranging from pop and rock to formed on NBC’s The Voice, am – 4 pm, Closed Holidays; $5;
compromise occur when one per- jazz and doo-wop. May 13 @ 7:30 pm Arnaldo Cohen, Student $3; under 6 – free 402
son is a paid "assistant" but here Mar 16 & 17 @ 7:30 pm Michael Piano - In-person and virtual tick- 474-3363 www.ahsgr.org
the question is who is being used. Londra and The Celtic Fire - In- ets available - Brazilian-born
The Chalky White Substance. Two person and virtual tickets available pianist Arnaldo Cohen, with his Great Plains Art Museum - 1155 Q
haggard men meet at the edge of - Irish singer Michael Londra and musical authority and blistering vir- St. Tue - Sat 10 am - 4 pm; closed
a vast canyon in a future where the alums from “Riverdance” and “Lord tuosity, celebrates the music of holidays. Free. 402 472-6220
fallout from nuclear wars continual- of the Dance” perform traditional composer Franz Liszt. www.unl.edu/plains/gallery/
ly floats through the air. A chalky Irish music and step dancing, Jun 12 @ 7:30 pm Kelli O’Hara - In- Through May 8 Avian Observations:
white substance that covers the backed by Irish musicians. The person and virtual tickets available Great Plains Birds in Art Explore
few inhabitants as they scramble, cast includes Trent Kowalik, who - The winner of a Tony award for the history, physical characteris-
fighting for the scarce, but indis- at 13 years old won the Tony her performance in the Broadway tics, behaviors, habitats, and con-
pensable resources. Award for Best Actor in a Musical revival of The King and I will per- servation of Great Plains birds.
for the title role in “Billy Elliot the form songs from her acclaimed Through Jun 19 The Great Migration:
UNL’s Johnny Carson School of Musical.” career on stage and screen. A Celebration of Sandhill Cranes in
Theatre & Film - All shows will be Mar 20 @ 7:30 pm The Philadelphia Nebraska This exhibition is by
performed via Zoom. For tickets, Orchestra, featuring Gil Shaham - Rococo Theatre - 140 N. 13th St. 402 Jude Martindale.
email managingdirector.the- Free, virtual only - Delight in 476-4467 check website for May 25 – Sep 18 Women As…
atrix@gmail.com Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in a per- updates www.rococotheatre.com Exploring Gender and
Mar 20, 21 @ 4 pm If We Got Some formance that soars to new heights Representation in the Permanent
More Cocaine I Could Show You with violinist Gil Shaham, who will Pinnacle Bank Arena - 400 Pinnacle Collection How women are seen
How I Love You both perform the solo and lead the Arena Dr 402 904-4444 Check and represented in artwork.
ensemble. website for events
Mar 21 @ 1:30 pm & 4:30 pm Dino- www.pinnaclebankarena.com/ Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery - 12th
Nebraska Wesleyan University 51st Light: A Glow-in-the-Dark and R Sts. 402 472-2461 Tues -
St. & Huntington Ave 402 465- Adventure - In-person and virtual Lancaster Event Center - 4100 N. Sat 10 am–4 pm closed holidays
2384 tickets available - This glow-in-the- 84th St. 402 441-6545 Free http://www.sheldonart-
https://www.nebrwesleyan.edu/ dark adventure has a giant lumi- https://lancastereventcenter.org/ gallery.org/
theatre/current-season nescent dinosaur who discovers a Mar 5 noon – 9 pm Mar 6 10 am – 8 Through Jul 3 Person of Interest
Mar 19, 20, 26, 27 @ 7:30 pm Mar wonderful world full of creatures pm Mar 7 10 am – 4 pm Boat, Depictions of the literal and
21, 28 @ 2 pm The Bald Soprano - that light up the darkness. It was Sport and Travel Show $10; age 5 abstracted body from Sheldon’s
When French playwright Eugene recipient of the prestigious Jim – 12 $5; 4 & under free holdings and selected loans.
Ionesco was trying to learn Henson Foundation Grant. Mar 12 1 – 9 pm Mar 13 10 am – 8 Through Jul 3 Sheldon Treasures
English, he stumbled over the lan- Mar 24 @ 7:30 pm Chris Thile - In- pm Mar 14 10 am – 5 pm Includes artists Edward Hopper,
guage's many absurdities. The person and virtual tickets available Nebraska Builders Home and Helen Lundeberg, Norman
experience inspired his absurd - Multiple GRAMMY® Award-win- Garden Show $8; 12 & under free Rockwell, Kay Sage, and Wayne
play, "La Cantatrice Chauve," or, ner Chris Thile is a mandolin virtu- Mar 12- 14 Maverick Rodeo Turn and Thiebaud.
"The Bald Soprano." It's a classic oso, composer and vocalist, a Burn Twisted Classic Race 2021 Through Jul 3 Barriers and
comedy of the absurd order. $10; member of Punch Brothers and Mar 17, 24 5:30 – 9 pm Turn N Burn Disparities: Housing in America
Senior/Student $7.50 Nickel Creek, and was host of the Barrel Race Free This exhibition explores selected
Apr 16, 17 23, 24 @ 7:30 pm Apr 18, radio program “Live from Here.” Mar 20 8 am – 5 pm Mar 2110 am – moments in the history of
25 @ 2 pm Merrily We Roll Along Mar 30 noon Huskers in the Spotlight: 4 pm Winterfest Flea Market inequitable access to housing in
- NWU Theatre rolls time back- India Enter, Cellist - Free, virtual Antique & Junk Festival $7.50; 12 America.
wards for the famous Frank only - India Enter is studying cello & under free
Shepard, showing us how he performance at the UNL. Mar 25 – 27 National Antique Tractor Bess Streeter Aldrich House - 204
reached fame and fortune—and Mar 30 @ 7:30 pm Naughton Duo - Puller Assoc. Qualifier & Nationals East F St, Elmwood Sat, Sun 1 –
what he gave up to get there. In-person and virtual tickets avail- Mar 27 10 am – 3 pm Sunshine and 4 pm or by appointment Guided
$17.50; Senior/Student $10 able - The piano duo, sisters Rainbows Craft Fair Free tours $5, age 6-12 $3
Christina and Michelle Naughton, Mar 31 5:30 – 9 pm Maverick Rodeo Through Dec 27 Journey into
The TADA Theatre, 701 P St. 402 perform a program of works by Turn N Burn Barrel Race Christmas
438-8232 Mendelssohn, Mozart, Chopin, Apr 6, 14, 21, 28 5:30 – 9 pm Turn N
Brahms and Ravel. Burn Barrel Race Free Bess Streeter Aldrich Museum - 124
Angels Theatre Company check web- Apr 7 @ 7:30 pm Diane Schuur - In- Apr 7 – 11 Take 2 Childrens West D St., Elmwood Open by
site for updates person and virtual tickets available Consignment Sale appointment only, 402 994-3855 to
www.angelscompany.org/ - Blind from birth, Schuur has per- May 12, 19 5:30 – 9 pm Turn N Burn schedule. Museum free with paid
fect pitch and three-and-a-half- Barrel Race Free house admission.
Flatwater Shakespeare Company, octave vocal range. One of con- May 22 – 23 8 am – 7 pm Nebraska www.bessstreeteraldrich.org
check website for updates 402- temporary jazz’s leading vocalists, Platte Valley Kennel Club Dog Feb - Route 66 Collection
319-2895 her three decades of performance Show Free
www.flatwatershakespearecompany.org includes two GRAMMY® Awards.
Apr 10 @ 7:30 pm Michelle Ellsworth Exercise class
The Stage Theater - 225 Locust St Free, virtual only - A creative multi- M-W-F, 9:30 – 11 am Holy Trinity
Hickman 402-512-1808 check media dance artist, who received a 6001 A St In warm weather, in the
website for updates Guggenheim Fellowship, Ellsworth east parking lot. Free will dona-
www.thestagetheater.com/ combines movement with science, tions are accepted. Info Christine
architecture, and humanities for a at 402-560-0024
Brownville Village Theatre 222 Water mind-blowing multimedia presenta-
St, Brownville, NE 402-825-4121 tion.
check for summer schedule
http://brownvillevillagetheatre.com/

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