August 16, 1996
Distinctive Style
The beading on this pair of moccasins displays the distinctive
styling
found on items in a collection of Native American artifacts donated last
spring to the University of Nebraska State Museum at UNL.
The artifacts, from the Santee Reservation in northeast Nebraska, were
collected
by the late Ralph Stuart Moseley, a graduate of the NU College of Law and
a longtime Lincoln lawyer. Moseley collected the artifacts in 1911 while
he was working on a surveying crew on the Santee reservation. They were
donated to the museum by his daughter, Priscilla Moseley Petty of
Houston.
Tom Myers, curator of anthropology at the museum, said the artifacts
include
moccasins and drawstrings bags with a beautiful and distinctive style of
beading and embroidery. The artifacts will be displayed at the
museum.
Jazz Seminar Offered by Public Radio
Jazz: A History & Appreciation, is the fall seminar series offered
statewide
by the Nebraska Public Radio Network, The Friends of Lied and the School
of Music at UNL. The three-part educational seminar starts Sept. 19. Host
David Sharp is coordinator of Jazz Studies at UNL where he teaches jazz
history and directs the UNL Jazz Ensemble.
The series originates from the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications
Center
in Lincoln, with 11 downlink sites in Ainsworth, Alliance, Chadron,
Columbus,
Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha and
Scottsbluff.
Seminar participants will join Sharp and jazz musician guests via NEB*SAT
satellite, which allows discussion, live performance and interactive
question
and answer sessions.
The three-part series includes:
- "Understanding Jazz," Sept. 19, exploring the roots of
jazz,
introducing basic listening techniques and illustrating roles of
musicians
in a typical jazz group.
- "Early Jazz & the Swing Era," Sept. 26, follows the
evolution of jazz from its birth in turn-of-the-century New Orleans
through
the Big Band Era.
- "Modern Jazz," Oct. 3, traces the development of modern
jazz through the influences of artists who personify Bebop, Cool and hard
Bop, Jazz-Rock Fusion and current eclectic styles.
Each session will also include a drawing for compact discs featuring jazz
artists or two tickets to jazz performances featured during the upcoming
season at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Seminars begin at 7:30 p.m. and run until approximately 10 p.m. The fee
is $25 and includes handouts from Sharp's textbook. The registration
deadline
is Sept. 5. For more information, call Michele Peón-Casanova at
472-9333.
ext. 375, or write NPRN, Box 82003, Lincoln, NE 68501.
'Nobody Loves Me' Showing at Ross
German filmmaker Doris Dorrie, whose 1986 film Men proved that there was
such a thing as German comedy, has this time created a gem of a film with
Nobody Loves Me, an offbeat, touching and surprisingly funny story of a
woman's search for love opening at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater Aug.
15.
Nobody Loves Me is showing Aug. 15 - 18 and Aug. 22 - 25 with screenings
at 7 and 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; at 1, 3, 7 and 9 p.m. Saturdays;
and at 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are available at the Ross
Theater.
Oratorio Chorus to Begin Rehearsals
The UNL Oratorio Chorus, under the direction of James Hejduk, will begin
weekly rehearsals at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 in Room 119 of the Westbrook Music
Building on the UNL campus. Their semester will culminate in a
performance
of "Judas Maccabaeus" by Handel at 3 p.m. Dec. 15 in Kimball
Recital
Hall. No audition, registration or fees are required but a semester-long
commitment is expected of all singers. At least one-third of the chorus's
membership is made up of singers from the greater Lincoln community who
join UNL student, faculty and staff singers.
'Art of Yodeling' to Air on Nebraska ETV
Yodeling is much more than the ability to sing in multiple voices within
the same song...it's a folk art to be treasured, preserved and nurturted,
according to the many entertainers who are featured in a public
television
special entitled Yodel, Straight from the Soul. A creation of
Nebraska-based
independent producer Lori Maass Vidlak, the hour-long musical documentary
will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Aug. 20 on the Nebraska ETV Network.
A collaborative project of folklorists, historians and musicians from
around
the world, the program is a celebration of the people who have helped to
preserve the folk art of yodeling within their own cultural contexts.
From
Swiss- and German-Americans, who serenade amidst the rolling hills of
Wisconsin,
to cowboys and cowgirls crooning in the cattle country of the Great
Plains,
the yodel has become a shared expression of joy, sorrow and
remembrance.
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