November 20, 2003

The award-winning Oak Ridge Boys, famous for hits such as "Elvira" and "American Made," will perform Dec. 2 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Country's Oak Ridge Boys usher in holidays

The country music group The Oak Ridge Boys will present a special holiday performance at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of country hits and a No. 1 pop single, as well as Grammy, Dove, Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards. The band's hits include Elvira, Bobbie Sue, Dream One and American Made. They have made 12 gold, three platinum and one double platinum albums, one double platinum single, and had more than a dozen No. 1 singles.

The Oak Ridge Boys represent a tradition that extends back to 1943. The original group, based in Knoxville, Tenn., began performing country and gospel music. They called themselves the Oak Ridge Quartet, and they began making regular Grand Ole Opry appearances in 1945. By the early 1970s, with more than 30 members having come and gone, The Oak Ridge Boys began climbing the charts.

Jenny Leaper, on-air personality at Lincoln country music radio station Froggy 98.1, will speak at a lecture 30 minutes before curtain in the Lied's Steinhart Room.

Tickets for this performance are $38, $34 and $28; tickets are half-price for college students and those 18 and under. Call the Lied box office at 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 for tickets.

King's Singers to offer a cappella holiday music

The acclaimed a cappella group the King's Singers will present a special evening of holiday carols at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Selected pieces will range from medieval carols such as Veni, Veni Emmanuel to more contemporary works presented in a variety of languages from Latin to French.

The group began at King's College in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 1968 and has gone through various lineups. The King's Singers perform everything from 16th-century madrigals, Japanese folk songs or trademark arrangements of top 40 hits. The act is known for combining musicianship with wit and charm.

With more than 70 recordings and several Grammy nominations to their credit, the King's Singers have become one of the most sought-after a cappella ensembles - both on the concert circuit and for musical collaborations. Their most recent CD, Christmas with the King's Singers, was released last month.

Rick Alloway, assistant professor of broadcasting and general manager of KRNU radio 90.3 FM, will give a lecture 30 minutes before curtain in the Lied's Steinhart Room. Alloway also is host of a KRNU program devoted to a cappella music.

Tickets for this performance are $38, $34 and $28; tickets are half-price for college students and those 18 and under. Call the Lied box office at 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 for tickets.

Coming soon to the Ross

These films will run Nov. 21 through Dec. 4 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The theater will be closed Nov. 27. Show times are available on the center's website, <www.theross.org>, or by calling 472-5353.

Horns and Halos tells the true story of Soft Skull Press' attempt to publish the book Fortunate Son, recalled in October 1999 by St. Martin's Press when it learned that the book's author was a convicted felon. Fortunate Son was a biography of Gov. George W. Bush and contained allegations that Bush had been charged with cocaine possession in 1972. The film has won Best Documentary Awards at two film festivals.

Casa de los Babys focuses on the lives of six American women trapped together in a South American motel as they each are about to adopt a baby from a nearby orphanage. The all-star cast includes Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden, Rita Moreno and Mary Steenburgen.

Judd Jarvis, "Mugs," salt-fired stoneware from his Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.

Thesis exhibition opens Dec. 1

Judd Jarvis, ceramics, presents his Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Dec. 1-10 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. An opening reception will be from 5-7 p.m. Dec. 5 in the gallery.

Jarvis received his BFA from the University of Miami in Coral Gables and his AA from Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa.

His exhibitions include "Nebraska Clay" at Gallery 72 in Omaha in 2001; "Directions in Clay" at the University Place Art Center in Lincoln and "On Higher Ground" at the NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition in Denver in 2000; and the 1999 and 2001 Kimmel Fellows Exhibitions in Nebraska City.

Jarvis said the ceramic pots that he makes are a combination of the process of making, love of handmade objects, connection with the material, and tradition.

Scarlet & Cream concert is Nov. 23

The university's Scarlet & Cream Singers will give a free public performance at 3 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Lincoln Berean Church, 70th Street and Highway 2.

Door prizes will be given at intermission, and a free-will donation will be taken.

For information on other Scarlet & Cream public performances, visit <www.unl.edu/alumni/programs/scarlet/index.htm> or call the Nebraska Alumni Association at 472-2841.