Beautiful People Abound in Dance Program

Beautiful People, an evening of vibrant dance, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 and 21 in 304 Mabel Lee Hall. This production in dance is a collaboration of choreography by the senior dance majors of the University of Nebraska Dance Program. The seniors include Miranda Bailey, Sara Schmid, Brandy Miller and Kevin Gibbe.

This concert is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Dance Program. Tickets will be sold at the door or by calling 435-3646.

JEFF RAZ in a performance of his play Fatherland.

Raz Performing Birth Mark Nov. 15

The College of Fine and Performing Arts' Artist Diversity Residency Program is sponsoring a performance of Birth Mark, a new play by Jeff Raz and Jael Weisman. Raz will present the play, in only its second Lincoln staging, at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 in the 7th Street Loft, 512 N. Seventh St. Birth Mark is the story of a modern adoption imbued with themes from Oedipus Rex, the most famous adoptee. The performance is free and open to the public. However, due to space limitations, you must make a reservation to attend. To reserve a seat, call Amy Lamphere at the Wagon Train Project, 435-5592 or email her at Amy1WTP@aol.com.

Nov. 18 Screening of Follow Me Home Includes Appearance by Film's Maker

Filmmaker Peter Bratt will screen and discuss his film Follow Me Home at a 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 free public screening in Love Library Auditorium. Bratt wrote and directed Follow Me Home, which received tremendous critical acclaim and awards, yet had a very limited release and is not available for sale or rental.

The movie explores a wide range of issues including interethnic conflict, internal/external/institutional racism, and gender oppression. Bratt will attend this screening and facilitate a discussion afterwards. Although the movie may not be suitable for young children, it appeals to many levels of awareness, can reach a large audience, and serve as a vehicle for future discussion.

The Athletic Department will also provide sign language interpretation services.

Sponsors and supporters for this event are the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, department of Communication Studies, Institute for Ethnic Studies: African American and African Studies, Latino and Latin American Studies and Native American Studies, Intercollegiate Athletics, the Women's Center, the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, the Voices of the People Series and Creighton University's Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs and the Cornhusker Hotel.

For more information, call Sandra Kinoshita, 472-2042.

Former Santa Fe Mayor Is Hyde Lecturer Nov. 19

Arthur E. "Art" Trujillo of Albuquerque, N.M., will give a Hyde Lecture at 4 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Sheldon Gallery auditorium. The lecture is titled "The Politics of Planning: A Practitioner's Perspective."

Trujillo is vice president of Marketing and Planning at Custer-Basarich Architects/Planners. He has served in numerous public service positions including chair of the Santa Fe County Planning Commission, chair of the Santa Fe County Board of Commissioners, and mayor of Santa Fe. Trujillo earned a bachelor of science degree in social work and economics and a master of science in regional and city planning, from the University of Oklahoma.

This lecture is made possible by the Leicester A. Hyde Memorial Fund

Theatrix Performers Present Original Movement Piece

Theatrix will present Trash My Heart, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, 20 and 21 in the Studio Theatre of the Temple Building.

Trash My Heart is an original theatrical movement piece inspired by the previous movement theatre work of University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Lisa Mercer. The show was choreographed by the ensemble and is presented as a story told through movement, dance and poetry.

Trash My Heart is directed and conceived by Jude Thaddeus Hickey and Kerry Gallagher with lighting design by Timothy Croshaw.

Tickets are $3 at the door.

Secrets Revealed in Nov. 17 Lecture

In a dynamic and engaging slide-illustrated talk, Arthur W. Schultz, will speak on "The Secrets of America's Greatest Collectors," at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery auditorium.

Schultz is the former chairman of the board of the Chicago Art Institute and president of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. His book, In Praise of America's Collectors: Their Secrets Reveal How To Be A Successful Collector was recently published.

By offering extensive insights on the art of collecting, Schultz exposes the secret techniques of the great collectors - Morgan, Mellon, Carnegie, the Rockefeller and Guggenheim families, Frick, Huntington, and William Corcoran - for amassing the finest works of art. He delineates the roles dealers and auction houses play in developing these private collections.

Schultz will take the audience behind the scenes with dramatic stories about the great museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the J. Paul Getty Museum, among others. He will speak on the economics of collecting, as well as how to guard against fakes, forgeries, copies and stolen works. He also offers instructions for care of your collection and how to protect your art from damage and theft.

Schultz is the former chairman and CEO of Foote, Cone, and Belding in Chicago. He was a member of the Committee for the Arts and Humanities under both Presidents Reagan and Bush, and is a Life Trustee of the University of Chicago.

An Evening with Arthur W. Schultz is sponsored by the Education Committee of the Nebraska Art Association.

Collage Work on Display at Love Library

The Work of John Digby: The Arches and Other Collages: Visions of The Past and Future will be presented from Nov. 18 to Dec. 14, in Archives/Special Collections, third floor, Love Library.

For the past two decades, since he moved from his native Britain to New York, Digby's exclusive medium has been pure paper collage. Exhibited widely in America, Europe, and Korea, his collages have also appeared in numerous fine press publications, trade books, and magazines. More than 50 of these collages will be on display in Archives/Special Collections. Animals and their environments, the history of civilizations and myths, and the vanishing pastoral world, expressed by means of a truly idiosyncratic technique, are recurring themes in his work.

Joan Digby, will talk about the relationship of image and text, and she will give an interpretive reading from The Arches, a collaborative work by the English poet Tony Curtis and John Digby at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in the same location. She is a professor of English and director of the Honors Program at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University. John Digby will speak informally about his collage techniques and his archival methods.

Signed copies of The Arches will be available for sale. The exhibition is a fundraiser for the Friends of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries and art will be for sale at 60 percent of normal gallery prices.

Polish Artist in Residency in Textiles, Clothing and Design

The Textiles, Clothing and Design department has received funding from the Nebraska Arts Council to invite Polish artist Maria Tyniec for a two-week residency Nov. 18 to Dec. 3. Maria Tyniec has work featured in the exhibition of contemporary Polish textiles, Different Voices: New Art from Poland at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. The artist will work with graduate students in the Textiles, Clothing and Design Department, young people from the Indian Center and sixth graders from Everett Elementary School.

In preparation for the artist's visit, Textiles, Clothing and Design graduate students will work directly with the Everett children Nov. 13, 16 and 17 to introduce the general concept of the project to them and to help them prepare the art installation. The students will complete the project when Tyniec arrives. The artist will ask the children to embellish textiles and interlocking boards to create artifacts of personal or cultural significance. Tyniec, an artist who uses folkloric imagery in her own work, has constructed pillow forms in Poland that she will bring to the United States for the children to work with. Here in Lincoln, the graduate students are cutting board into wood shapes that will fit together like a carpet on the gallery floor, for Tyniec and the children to embellish.

The project that results from this collaboration will be exhibited in the Hillestad Textiles Gallery on East Campus from Dec. 2 to 18. A public reception is planned to honor the children, their families, the visiting artist and the graduate students from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3. Tyniec will also exhibit additional pieces of her work that she brings from Poland in the Hillestad Gallery.

Programming for this collaboration is being developed in consultation with Everett's family outreach programmer, Susan Marx, art teacher, Nora Lorraine and Mary Lee Johns, Indian Center director of youth programming. The Strengthening Neighborhoods Partnership is supporting the outreach portion of this project.

Welsch Talks With Wildlife Artist Neal Anderson

Hear about the accomplishments of Nebraska wildlife artist Neal Anderson when he appears at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 27 on Roger Welsch & on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.

"You don't have to have a degree in art to appreciate the beauty of Neal Anderson's paintings," Welsch said. "Anderson is a wildlife artist whose work has been featured on countless covers of NEBRASKAland magazine and is seen across the state and the nation in private homes and businesses. This week, I'll talk to Anderson about wildlife, art, Nebraska and his latest direction - old tractors."

Antiques Roadshow Jr. Spotlights Young Collectors

Calling all kids: Wash the dishes, finish your homework and tell your parents you're staying up to watch Antiques Roadshow Jr., with them, of course. Public television's top-rated primetime series announces its latest offspring: Antiques Roadshow Jr., a 90-minute special airing at 8 p.m. Nov. 23 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.

In its first two seasons on PBS, Antiques Roadshow received thousands of phone calls, letters and e-mail messages from viewers, many from children, their parents and teachers saying that the show inspires young people to look at history with renewed interest. In response, the Roadshow producers at WGBH Boston conceived Antiques Roadshow Jr. Devoted exclusively to youthful appraisal seekers, Roadshow Jr. incorporates Roadshow's trademark collecting tips and field trips and tailors them especially to the interests of young people and their families.

Taped in August 1998 at the Richmond Centre in Richmond, Va., Antiques Roadshow Jr. features Roadshow host Chris Jussel introducing his co-host for this special, 13-year-old television newcomer Joanna Mason. Joanna grew up in the world of antiques as the daughter of Asian art specialist - and Roadshow appraiser - Lark Mason. But Joanna has carved out her own particular niche: she's an avid collector and successful trader in the Beanie Baby® market.

Like its predecessor, Roadshow Jr. features plenty of surprises from on-the-spot appraisals by some of America's foremost experts and practical information on a variety of collectibles. Also included is the chance to meet some of America's young collectors - and collectors and experts who started when they were young, as well as an interview with twin appraisers Leigh and Leslie Keno, Antiques Roadshow regulars who turned their childhood hobby into a career.

Parents, teachers and young viewers can get more background and information on Antiques Roadshow Jr. by logging onto Antiques Roadshow on-line at http://www.pbs.org/antiques.

Statewide Examines Omaha Stockyards Demise

Omaha will witness the end of an era when the city's stockyards, which were once the nation's largest livestock marketplace, close Jan. 1, 2000, according to a "Perspective" report airing at 8 p.m. Nov. 20 on Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network's weekly magazine series.

The series, which repeats at 7 p.m. Saturdays and at 1:30 p.m. Sundays, includes up-to-the-minute news reports from across the state and other features of interest.

Statewide correspondent Thomas Todd reports that the city of Omaha has purchased the stockyards site and will not renew the lease of the firm that operates the livestock market, United Marketing Service Co. Instead, the city will raze the stockyards and redevelop the site for general commercial and industrial use. Meanwhile, United Marketing Service is looking for a site in the Omaha metropolitan area where it can continue operating a market to serve small farmers and meatpackers.

The stockyards have been a major fixture in Omaha's community identity since 1883, when local businessmen took advantage of the city's position as a major railhead and grain market to attract cattle sellers and buyers. Although more cattle were once bought and sold in Omaha than in any other city, Omaha's importance to the meatpacking industry has dwindled dramatically in the last 20 years.

Human Time Capsules Explored on Ice Mummies

Scientists searching our frozen past find clues to ancient civilizations on Ice Mummies, a NOVA miniseries airing from 7 to 10 p.m. Nov. 24 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network. Viewers journey to the Andes, Siberia and the Alps in three hour-long specials airing back-to-back, to gain insights into three remarkably different cultures.

"Frozen in Heaven" goes to the mountain tops of the Andes where the frozen mummy of a serene-looking girl nicknamed Juanita was discovered. Anthropologist Johann Reinhard journeys in search of more clues to the mysterious ancient rite of capacocha - child sacrifice.

"Siberian Ice Maiden" looks at the regal frozen corpse of a nomadic princess who died around 450 BC. Buried amid items she used in everyday life, the Ice Maiden is shedding new light on the Pazyrk people, a culture who ruled the steppes of Central Asia 2,400 years ago.

"Return of the Iceman" examines the frozen remains of the 5,300-year-old Iceman, who is providing new conclusions about this amazingly intact late Stone Age denizen, the oldest frozen body ever recovered. NOVA reports the latest findings on his age, clothing, technology, way of life and even his probable home settlement.

Go Wild with Outdoor Nebraska Nov. 19

Pronghorns in the panhandle, a youth pheasant hunt and wild turkeys are featured this week on Outdoor Nebraska. The outdoor news magazine series airs at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and repeats on at 8 a.m. Nov. 21 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.

In the first feature, Outdoor Nebraska follows two hunters across the southern panhandle as they attempt to overcome the superb eyesight and speed of the pronghorn. Viewers experience the challenge of trying to stalk on these wary animals.

Outdoor Nebraska follows 13 year-old Marcy Smaha of Hemingford on an afternoon pheasant hunt in the second feature. Filmed Oct. 24 and 25, one weekend before the regular season opener for all hunters, youth 16 and under had an opportunity to apply their skills without adult competition.

Also featured is footage from the annual state high school silhouette rifle shoot at Pressey Wildlife Management Area in Custer County. Experience the clanking and tumbling of steel silhouettes as animals topple when the youth compete for scores.

Outdoor expert Dick Turpin displays some wonderful new tips in the "Wilderness Workshop" segment. In the "Nature Walk" segment, outdoor educator Carl Wolfe takes an educational look at the wild turkey.

And this week's "Nebraskaland Moment" features a photo essay celebrating fall on parade at Indian Cave State Park in mid-October where shades of maroon, gold, brown and red replaced the park's green lushness.