September 19, 2002

The Georgian State Dance Company will perform its folk dance and music from the Republic of Georgia of the former Soviet Union on Oct. 2 at the Lied Center.

Georgian folk dances, music to fill stage at Lied Center

The Georgian State Dance Company, which has performed folk dances and music worldwide since 1945, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

The Republic of Georgia has been called the "California" of the former Soviet Union for its stunning landscapes and wines. The people of this country have a lengthy tradition of folk dance and music. The Georgian folk dances mirror all aspects of life and are divided into four categories: ceremonial, work, game and comic dances.

The Georgian State Dance Company was created to preserve the unique Georgian dance traditions while also sharing them with the world. The founders of the company combined the folk dances with the structure of classical dance to take them to another artistic level.

The troupe is now more than 70 members strong and travels with its own orchestra. In its nearly 60 years, the Georgian State Dance Company has performed on some of the world's most famous stages including the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Royal Albert Hall in London; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; and Madison Square Garden in New York.

Kit Voorhees, director of UNL's Arts Are Basic, will give a talk 30 minutes before curtain in the Lied's Steinhart Room.

Tickets for this performance are $32, $26, and $22. Tickets are half-price for university students and those 18 and under. For tickets, call the Lied box office at 472-4747 or (800) 432-32

Book, jacket, journal show at NU Press

The University of Nebraska Press offers the 2002 Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket and Journal Show now through Sept. 30.

This traveling exhibit of award-winning designs from university presses across the country is open to the public. The honored works, including several of the University of Nebraska Press, will be on display in the Press' offices on the third floor of 233 N. 8th St.

For more information, visit http://www.nebra skapress.unl.edu/aaupfeature.html.

Civil War era comes alive in Lied production

The Lied Center's Family Series returns at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 with the stage adaptation of the book A Light in the Storm. This story re-creates the Civil War as seen through the eyes of a girl.

Teenager Amelia "Wickie" Martin tends the Fenwick Island lighthouse in the border state of Delaware in 1861. She shares her innermost thoughts and feelings with her diary and struggles to determine her place in a crumbling world. As the nation deteriorates toward civil war, tensions flare in Wickie's family, pulling them apart.

A Light in the Storm is a co-commission of the Kennedy Center and Scholastic Entertainment Inc. The story is adapted from Newbery Award-winning author Karen Hesse's novel of the same name.

In addition to the play, the Lied Center will host LiedFamFest beginning at 5:30 p.m. Everyone with tickets to A Light in the Storm is invited to come early for this party, which will feature free food and drinks, as well as entertainment and hands-on activities.

A Light in the Storm is a production of The Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration on Tour, which is designed to provide high-quality performances for children, teachers, young people and parents across the nation. Two to four productions tour the country each year.

As a Family Series event, tickets for this performance are $12. University students and those 18 and under can buy tickets for half-price. For tickets, call the Lied box office at 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231.

Schaffert offers reading Sept. 26

Fiction writer Timothy Schaffert will read from his new novel, The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters (Blue Hen Press, a division of Penguin Putnam), at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Bailey Library, 228 Andrews Hall.

Schaffert grew up on a farm in Nebraska and received a bachelor of arts degree in English from UNL and a master of fine arts degree from the University of Arizona. He lives in Omaha and is the editor-in-chief of The Reader, the city's alternative news weekly. His stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Greensboro Review, Press and other literary journals.

The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow, and books will be available for sale.

The event is co-sponsored by the UNL English Department, the Creative Writing Program, the Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Symposium Series, and the UNL Convocations Committee.

For more information, call 472-1822.

Theatrix gears up for 'Dark of the Moon'

Theatrix, the UNL student-run second stage, will present Dark of the Moon at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, 27 and 28 and 10:30 p.m. Sept. 27 in the Studio Theatre in the Temple Building.

This play is based on an old ballad about a human girl named Barbara Allen and the witch boy who risked everything to love her.

Director Scott Raymond leads a cast of UNL students and members of the Lincoln community theater scene.

For more information, call Jessica Hutchinson, 435-9764

Faculty artists perform Sept. 22

The UNL School of Music will present faculty artists Diane Cawein, clarinet, and Albie Micklich, bassoon, with pianists Mark Clinton and Nicole Narboni at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 in Kimball Recital Hall.

This free program will feature the Trio in G minor by William Hurlstone, Eugene Jancourt's Fantaisie sur la Norma, Felix Mendelssohn's Concertpiece No. 1 in F minor, Op. 113, and Fantasy Trio, Op. 26 by Robert Muczynski.