UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SPRING 2017
Performances and dates are subject to change
Jan 9Feb 9
Walker Art Gallery Exhibition: Faculty Select Student Exhibition,
UNK Fine Arts Building, gallery hours Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.
Feb 1
UNK Wind Ensemble Concert, directed by Dr. Duane Bierman, 7:30 p.m.,
Fine Arts Recital Hall
Feb 7
UNK@TheWORLD presents: “Volcano” (Guatemala, 2015), 7:30 p.m.,
Opening reception with a talk back hosted by Dr. Michelle Warren, food
from Komal, World Theatre, downtown Kearney
Feb 10
Bad Love Poetry Reading to celebrate Valentine’s Day, 4:00 p.m., The
Frank Museum, sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta, English Honorary Society
Feb 13Mar 16
Walker Art Gallery Exhibition: Art Faculty Exhibition, featuring works
by Derrick Burbul, John Froncazk, Mark Hartman, Mallory Wetherell, &
Sam Rapien, UNK Fine Arts Building, gallery hours Monday – Friday
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Feb 15Feb 19
University Theatre presents: “Two X Tenn”, two one-acts by Tennessee
Williams, directed by Jack Garrison, Wed-Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2:00 p.m.,
Studio Theatre, adults $10, UNK faculty/staff, non-UNK students &
seniors $8, groups of 10+ $7, for tickets or more information call
308-865-8417
Feb 15
Kearney Area Percussion Ensemble Concert, directed by Dr. Duane
Bierman, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Feb 16
UNK Chamber Orchestra Concert, directed by Dr. Debroah Freedman,
6:30 p.m., Museum of Nebraska Art
Feb 20
Concerts-on-the-Platte Series: Guest Recital, Duo Zephyr, 7:30 p.m.,
Fine Arts Recital Hall
Feb 22
UNK Jazz/Rock Ensemble Concert, directed by Dr. Timothy Farrell,
7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Feb 23
UNK Symphonic Band Concert, directed by Dr. Brian Alber, 7:30 p.m.,
Fine Arts Recital Hall
Feb 26
UNK Choirs Concert, directed by Dr. David Bauer, 3:00 p.m., Fine Arts
Recital Hall
Feb 28
Kearney Symphony Orchestra Concert, “Guitar Trek,” featuring
Concerto-Aria winners & Trace Bundy, guitar, directed by Dr. Deborah
Freedman, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall, admission $10, for tickets or
more information call 308-865-8417
Mar 4
Faculty/Guest Concert, “Sister – Show Me Eternity,” Sharon Campbell,
Sylvia Stoner-Hawkins, Evan Mack, and Anne Jennifer Nash, 7:30 p.m.,
Fine Arts Recital Hall
Mar 5Mar 6
Kearney Symphony Orchestra/Crane River Concert, “Man of La Mancha,”
Sun concert at 3:00 p.m. and Monday concert at 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts
Recital Hall
Mar 7
UNK@theWORLD presents “Theo and Chloe,” (U.S. but treats Arctic
Indigenous issues of climate change, 2015), 7:30 p.m., talk back by Drs.
Nate and Sonja Bickford, specialists in Arctic Studies, World Theatre,
downtown Kearney
Mar 10
New Music Festival Concert, directed by Dr. Anthony Donofrio,
7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Mar 14
Visiting Ceramics Artist Lecture, Clayton Keyes, 3:30 p.m., location TBD
Mar 23Mar 24
State Speech Competition, featuring high school students from across
Nebraska, UNK Campus
Mar 25
Class D All-State Band, 6:30 p.m. concert, Fine Arts Building
Mar 27May 5
Walker Art Gallery Exhibition: Senior Project Exhibitions, UNK Fine
Arts Building, gallery hours Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Apr 3
Concerts-on-the-Platte Series: faculty recital, Noah Rogoff, cello, and
Nathan Buckner, piano, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Apr 5Apr 9
University Theatre presents: “The Illusion,” directed by UNK student,
Matthew Benes, Wed-Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2:00 p.m., Fine Arts Miriam
Drake Theatre, adults $10, UNK faculty/staff, non-UNK students &
seniors $8, groups of 10+ $7, for tickets or more information call
308-865-8417
Apr 6
University Theatre presents: A matinee for high school students of “The
Illusion,” 10:00 a.m., Fine Arts Miriam Drake Theatre
Apr 6
Concerts-on-the-Platte Series: guest recital, Jessica Johnson, piano and
Anthony DiSanza, percussion, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Apr 7Apr 9
UNK@TheWORLD presents “The Whistleblower,” (U.S. production
about Bosnia, 2010), Fri & Sat shows at 7:30 p.m., Sun matinee at
2:00 p.m., featuring speaker Jace Heuser. Also present: Red Sand
Project. Audience members will be encouraged to take a bag of red sand
to help bring memory to human trafficking.
Apr 8
Spring Piano Workshop for pre-college piano and percussion students and
their teachers, featuring guest artists Dr. Jessica Johnson and Dr. Antony
DiSanza, 9:00 a.m., Fine Arts Building
Apr 8
Violin/Viola Workshop, directed by Dr. Ting Lan Chen, 12:00 p.m., Fine
Arts Recital Hall
Apr 9
UNK Cello Studio Recital directed by Dr. Noah Rogoff, 5:00 p.m., Fine
Arts Recital Hall
Apr 9
UNK Violin/Viola Student Recital, directed by Dr. Ting Lan Chen,
7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Apr 10
Concerts-on-the-Platte Series: faculty/guest recital, Trans-Nebraska
Players, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Apr 12
Earth Day Planter & Pottery Sale, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Fine Arts
Building Hallway
Apr 12
Opera Workshop Performance, directed by Dr. Anne Foradori, 7:30 p.m.,
Fine Arts Recital Hall
Apr 13
Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble Concert, directed by Dr. Duane
Bierman and Dr. Brian Alber, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Apr 17
New Music Series Guest Rectal, Longleash Piano Trio, 7:30 p.m., Fine
Arts Recital Hall
Apr 19
UNK Jazz/Rock & Nebraskats Combined Concert, directed by Dr.
Timothy Farrell and Eileen Jahn, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Apr 20
UNK Chamber Orchestra Concert, directed by Dr. Deborah Freedman,
7:00 p.m., Museum of Nebraska Art
Apr 20Aug 22
UNK Dance Concert, “Push & Pull,” directed by Noelle Bohaty,
7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Miriam Drake Theatre, general admission $10,
groups 10+ $5, UNK students free. For tickets or more information call
308-865-8417
Apr 23
UNK Choirs Concert, directed by Dr. David Bauer, 3:00 p.m., Fine Arts
Recital Hall
Apr 23
Faculty/Guest Piano Recital featuring Dr. Iwona Kaminska, Dr. Chris
Bowlby, and Dr. James Cook, 7:30 p.m.., Fine Arts Recital Hall
Apr 25
Kearney Symphony Orchestra Concert, “Sesquicentennial Celebration:
From Humble to Heroic,” featuring Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony & Ravel
Piano Concerto with Ellen Sommer, directed by Dr. Deborah Freedman,
7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall, adult admission $10, for tickets or more
information call 308-865-8417.
Apr 28
Sting Project Concert, directed by Dr. Noah Rogoff, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts
Recital Hall
Apr 29
Thornton String Quartet Concert, 1:30 p.m., UNK Frank Museum
Apr 30
UNK Honors Recital and Convocation, 3:00 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
May 1
Concerts-on-the-Platte Series: faculty piano trio, Frahm-Lewis Trio,
7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Recital Hall
May 3
Senior Musical Theatre Showcase, directed by Dr. Anne Foradori
7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Miriam Drake Theatre
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MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART
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2401 Central Ave
Kearney NE 68847
308-865-8559
http:/mona.unk.edu
(Exhibitions and dates are subject to change)
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Nebraska Now: Charley Friedman, The New Deal
January 14 – April 2, 2017
Mujeres
On view through February 12, 2017
Cranes: Taking Flight
February 14 – May 1, 2017
National Geographic Photo Ark – Joel Sartore
March 3 – July 9, 2017
Grant Reynard: Prints
On view through March 19, 2017
Dale Nichols: Nebraska Regionalist
On view through April 2, 2017
Nebraska Now: Matthew Sontheimer
April 8 – July 2, 2017
Artist Talk and Reception: April 8 • 1:30 p.m.
Student Art Show
April 11 – May 7, 2017
Optical Chronicle
On view through April 16, 2017
Tuesday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Audrey Kauders, Director
Teliza Rodriquiz, Curator
Events
Collection Connection
Amanda Mobley Guenther: Dale Nichols, Nebraska Regionalist
Wednesday: February 22 • 2:00 p.m.
Collection Connection
Nancy B. Johnson: Myths of Women’s Madness on the Plains
Wednesday: March 22 • 2:00 p.m.
Collection Connection
Rhonda McClure: Form, Fleece, and Felting
Wednesday: April 26 • 2:00 p.m.
Family Arts Festival
Saturday, March 11 • 1:00-4:00 p.m.
FREE and open to the public