Jazz in June
May 28th 2010 | Posted In: Music | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
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Jazz in June's summer concert series promises great jazz and great food in the great outdoors. Organized by the Sheldon Museum of Art, the Berman Music Foundation, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, this year's free Tuesday evening series is one of Lincoln's sublime summer delights. Enjoy the Jazz in June Market, starting at 5 p.m. at 12th and R Streets, and then stroll onto the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus to listen to great jazz, beginning at 7 p.m. For the best seating locations on the plaza west of Sheldon Museum of Art, come early with a blanket or lawn chair for comfort.
Summer Educational Opportunities
May 28th 2010 | Posted In: Artist Opportunities | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
Summer belongs to children... the season for kids to just be kids and for adults to find their inner child. It is the perfect time for kids to explore, learn, and create so we decided to put together a list of opportunities for students to spend their summers immersed in art.
Whether you are a musician, actor, dancer, or visual artist, there are opportunities to work with amazing professionals in your discipline right here in Lincoln.
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Chiara String Quartet to Play at Kimball Recital Hall
May 28th 2010 | Posted In: Music | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
The Chiara String Quartet will be performing at Kimball Recital Hall Saturday, June 19, 2010 as a part of the Meadowlark Festival.
Playing "Chamber Music in Any Chamber," the Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer, Julie Yoon violin; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello) reaches from the concert hall into clubs, bars and galleries, expanding the places to hear live classical music while returning chamber music to its roots in intimate spaces. Described by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as "vastly talented, vastly resourceful, and vastly committed to the music of their time," the Chiara is also continually finding new meaning within pieces from the well-established quartet canon. Their performances have been described as "luminous," "searing," (New York Times) "soulful," "biting," and possessing a "potent collective force" (Strings Magazine).
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It's a Family Thing...
May 28th 2010 | Posted In: ARTSblog | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
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| 2009 Mayor's Arts Awards Photo by Dick Hay |
ARTSblog by Doug Smith - For many years I had a job that routinely placed me in new situations, among strangers, usually with a unique set of problems to solve, and a great deal of pressure and stress. I loved it, because it required a willingness to abandon routine and search for creative solutions that were time, location and people specific. Art in a pressure cooker? I'll leave that for others to judge, but as you might imagine, I value flexibility, curiosity and novelty more than most things. Art is a big deal to me because it flexes just those muscles as it asks me to play along, get the joke, take the ride, find the answer. The payoff is that I will get to see the world anew, and in a slightly different way. How cool is that!
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Meadowlark's Free Mini-Concerts on the Green
May 27th 2010 | Posted In: Music | Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council
Free mini-concerts on the Green at the Sheldon Museum of Art!
Kids will be able to dance and swing to the Latin sounds of the Dali String Quartet and the amazing percussionist, Orlando Cotto, playing a program of Latin American music that blends both classical and popular music from south of the border selected by our Guest Composer/Arranger Ricardo Lorenz. Mr. Lorenz will delight us by conducting the group, as well as share stories about the music you will hear.
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