HOPEFUL VISIONS - Textiles, Clothing and Design professor Wendy Weiss and Charles Barnes, facility manager for Daywatch, Inc., complete a piece of textile art titled "Hopeful Visions" Monday at the shelter. The artwork was created by Weiss and students from the Lincoln Indian Center.

DayWatch Unveils Art Project Co-Directed by Wendy Weiss

The unveiling of Hopeful Visions, a community based textile art project by nine Indian Center, Inc. Youth for Day Watch, a public space for homeless people, near homeless and others, occurred Sept. 13. The project was designed in consultation with the users of Day Watch and serves an educational, aesthetic and interior space need. Wendy Weiss, University of Nebraska associate professor of Textiles, Clothing and Design, and co-project director, worked with the group over a seven-week period in the textile design studios on East Campus and at the Indian Center. Independent artist, Danny Curtis, assisted on the project.

Weiss said she received a call from Carol McShane, Day Watch board member, at the same time that she was developing textile design projects with Mary Lee Johns, director of youth programming for the Indian Center. The idea of responding to both agencies was as appealing to Weiss as it was to the Woods Charitable Fund, which is the main sponsor of the undertaking, through the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery on East Campus.

Weiss recruited Gloria Gonzalez Kruger, assistant professor of Family and Consumer Science, to serve as co-project director. Gonzalez-Kruger's role was to provide an assessment of the youth program at the Indian Center. This program provides a support system with activities to increase academic, social and creative experiences.

The program goal is to model positive behavior as a prevention for risky behavior and to enhance the strengths inherent in the youth. Strategies to enhance the goals of the youth program will be developed based on information collected during the assessment process.

The unveiling of the artwork follows two earlier projects that Weiss worked on with the youth group. During the fall of 1998, the young people experimented with textile design when they worked with Textiles, Clothing and Design department graduate students to design and construct their own carry-all bags. They went on to work with visiting artist Maria Tyneic of Poland to create part of the exhibition Pillows Talk, which was another community based art project that the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery sponsored with support from the Nebraska Arts Council. The success of Tyneic's concept to use pillows as a foundation for printing, inspired the format for the work the group designed for Day Watch.

Day Watch is at 1911 R St. and is open to the public, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Visitors are encouraged to drop in and view the artwork.

Lied 10th Anniversary Festival Sept. 24

The Lied Center's 10th Year Anniversary Festival will begin at 5 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Lied Center Plaza.

The festival is a kick-off event to the Lied Center's 10th Year Anniversary season featuring BeauSoleil in a free outdoor concert. Other activities on the grounds of the Lied Center, Kimball Hall and Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, include interactive and visual art, multicultural activities, ethnic dancers, street painting and more. Musical acts include Kusi Taki, The Lightning Bugs and Li'l Slim and the Back-Alley Blues Cats.

Michael Doucet's band, BeauSoleil, has brought superstar status to simple country Bayou rhythms. Grounded in Louisiana's Cajun tradition, BeauSoleil's passionate fiddles, guitars, accordions and banjos tug the heartstrings and stir the feet.

Food and beverages will be available for a nominal fee.

Hugo Wolf Music Symposium Sept. 17-19

The School of Music presents a symposium, "The Fullness of Life: The Voice of Hugo Wolf," Sept. 17, 18 and 19. This symposium and recital will feature a rare complete performance of Eduard Mörike songs by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903).

Highlighting the performance will be internationally acclaimed conductor and pianist, Lionel Friend. Additionally, Susan Youens, arguably the top scholar on 19th century German song, will participate in the symposium and give a pre-performance lecture. The events will be held at First-Plymouth Church (20th and D Streets) and Kimball Hall. Admission is free to all symposium events.

Friend, conductor and pianist, is from London, England. He has performed throughout Europe, England and the United States, specializing in the late 19th century German repertory. Most recently he was assistant to Jeffrey Tate for Australia's first complete cycle of Wagner's "Ring" and in 1991-92 was Daniel Barenboim's assistant at the Bayreuth Festival.

Friend has been the music director for the New Sussex Opera, staff conductor of the English National Opera and Kapellmeister of the Staatstheater in Kassel, Germany. Friend last appeared in Nebraska conducting Opera Omaha's 1998 production of Madame Butterfly.

Youens is currently professor of musicology at the University of Notre Dame. Her books on Schubert and Wolf have received international acclaim.

This symposium is sponsored by the UNL School of Music and the Nebraska Humanities Council. For more information, call William Shomos at 472-2494.

Symposium events:

Sept. 17, Kimball Hall

o 7 p.m., Hugo Wolf Symposium Opening, William Shomos, assistant professor of voice and director of opera at NU.

o 7:30 p.m., Guest artist/Masterclass with Lionel Friend, "Interpreting the Mörike settings of Hugo Wolf." NU voice students will perform.

Sept. 18, First-Plymouth Church

o 9:30 a.m., Faculty lecturer, Robert Shirer, "Eduard Mörike and His Poetry." Shirer is a NU associate professor of modern languages and literature.

o 10:45 a.m., Faculty lecturer, Joseph Kraus, "An analytical perspective: Outward Images and Inner Meanings." Kraus is a NU associate professor of Music Theory.

o 1 p.m., Guest lecturer, David Breckbill, "Wolf Tracks: Recordings and Changing Perceptions of Hugo Wolf's Lieder." Breckbill is a scholar of performance styles and reviewer for BBC Music Magazine.

o 2:30 p.m., Guest lecturer, Susan Youens, "Paired Songs, Unpaired Personae: Life and Art in the Mörike-Lieder."

Sept. 19, Kimball Hall

1 p.m., Pre-performance lecture by Susan Youens.

2-6 p.m., Faculty and guest artists recital, "The Mörike Songs of Hugo Wolf." This complete performance of the 53 songs will feature Karen Kness, soprano; Lucinda Sloan, mezzo-soprano; William Shomos, baritone; and Lionel Friend, piano. Two intermissions included.

Vienna International Piano Duo Performs Sept. 25

The School of Music presents as guest artists the Vienna International Piano Duo at 8 p.m. Sept. 25 in Kimball Hall. Admission is free. Krassimira Jordan and Wolfgang Watzinger will perform works by Mozart, Schubert, Shostakowitch, and Stravinsky.

Jordan is artist-in-residence at Baylor University. She has performed with much acclaim as recitalist and orchestra soloist in major cities in Europe, the Far East, Brazil and the United States. She has appeared as soloist with the Wiener Symphoniker and the Tonkünstler-Orchestra in Vienna. In recent years Jordan has been regularly invited by the governments of China, Korea and Taiwan to conduct masterclasses at the major universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Taipei.

Jordan has recorded a series titled Franz Liszt - Berühmte Klavierwerke (Famous Piano Works). She has also committed to disc a group of Johann Strauss waltzes, as transcribed for piano by Leopold Godowsky, Karl Tausig and György Cziffra. Among her other recordings are piano concertos and solo pieces by Heitor Villa Lobos and other Brazilian composers, as well as various piano works by Slavic composers. Jordan was professor of piano at the world-renowned Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts from 1979 to 1989. Her Carnegie Hall debut in March 1989 was followed by a special guest appearance on the noteworthy live radio show "The Listening Room" with Robert Shermann on the New York Times station, WQXR, where she interpreted and discussed works by Viennese composers.

The pianist Wolfgang Watzinger, born in Germany, studied at the music academies in Freiburg, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. In 1971 he won the First Prize at the National Piano Competition of the German Music Academies in Frankfurt. In 1973-74 he studied with Rudolf Serkin at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.

Watzinger has performed with much acclaim as recitalist and orchestral soloist in major European cities, the United States, South Africa, Asia and South America. From 1980 to 1994, he was professor of piano at the Music Academies in Berlin and Detmold. In 1994 Watzinger was appointed professor of piano at the Concert Performance Department of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He is on the permanent faculty of the Vienna International Music Seminar. Highly regarded as a teacher, his students come from all parts of the world and have won top prizes at major international competitions.

Modern Masters Latest Exhibition at Sheldon Gallery

The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden presents Modern Masters: European Prints from the Permanent Collection, an exhibition featuring 25 works by many of the most influential European artists of the 19th and 20th centuries from Sept. 14 to Nov. 23. Modern Masters is organized in conjunction with a course on 19th- and 20th century European art taught during the fall semester 1999 by Christin Mamiya, professor of Art History.

Although its collecting and exhibiting emphasis is 19th- and 20th-century American art, the Sheldon Art Gallery photography, sculpture and print collections offer a more international and comprehensive view of modernism. Modern Masters offers a broad survey of European artists whose work became influential for the development of modem art in the United States. Modern Masters is the fourth exhibition in the last three years to focus on European sources for American modernism.

Modern Masters presents a diverse and eclectic exhibition of artists from Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse to the French Expressionists Georges Rouault and Alberto Giacometti, German Expressionists Käthe Kollwitz, British sculptor Henry Moore, and French Surrealist Andre Masson, within the context of an international modernism, which had a profound effect on artists in the United States.

Lied Performance Is Sept. 22

Belafonte Known for Musicianship, Humanity

World-renowned entertainer Harry Belafonte will be making his first appearance at the Lied Center for Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Sept. 22.

Often called "the consummate entertainer," Belafonte has been successful in many artistic endeavors including recording artist, concert singer, movie, Broadway and television star and producer. His success includes being the first artist to sell more than 1 million copies of an album (Calypso, 1955) and winning Tony and Emmy awards.

As passionate as Harry Belafonte is about entertainment, he is an equally passionate humanitarian. Over the years, Belafonte has been recognized by organizations such as the American Jewish Congress, the NAACP and the Peace Corps for his dedication to human rights.

As part of the Lied Center's ongoing education programming, pre-performance talks will be field in the Lied's Steinhart Room 55 minutes and 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Tickets for Belafonte's performance are $39, $35 and $31; half-price for students and youth 18 and younger.

Call the Lied Box Office at 472-4747, or toll-free, (800) 432-3231 for ticket availability.

1999 Marching Band Is Largest Ever

The largest Cornhusker Marching Band in history made its official debut Sept. 11 at Nebraska's football home-opener against California.

At 328 strong, this year's marching band marks an increase of 46 members from last year's record of 282. Band members hail from 19 states, but the majority are from instate and represent 71 Nebraska communities. More than three-fourths are non-music majors. By class, there are 47 seniors, 71 juniors, 86 sophomores and 124 freshmen.

"The Pride of All Nebraska" is led by second-year director Craig Cornish, associate director of bands in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music. Jay Kloecker, director of bands, assists with marching band instruction and oversees all of the school's band operations. Anthony Falcone, assistant director of bands, is the band's percussion instructor. Other professional staff are Christopher Gordon, graduate teaching assistant; Rose Johnson, administrative assistant; Craig Falls, instrument technician; Carol Swanson, secretary; and Mike Veak, announcer.

The band will travel in full to the Cornhuskers' Sept. 25 game at Missouri and will send pep bands to games at Texas (Oct. 23), Kansas (Oct. 30) and Colorado (Nov. 26). Nebraska will host full bands from Oklahoma State (Oct. 2) and Texas A&M (Nov. 6) and at least one pep band (California).

The Cornhusker Marching Band is one of the nation's oldest. It was founded in 1879 as an ROTC unit and began playing at football games in 1890. In 1996, the band received the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Trophy, which is awarded every year to the nation's top collegiate marching band.

Q+A Explores Issues of Homosexuality

Michael Johnston, founder of "Coming Out of Homosexuality Day," will explain his controversial belief that gays and lesbians can change their sexual orientation when he appears at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 on Q+A, the statewide Nebraska ETV Network's weekly interview series.

The program will also feature the Reverend Sky St. John, a homosexual rights advocate and pastor of Omaha's Unity Church.

Ward Jacobson hosts the weekly interview series.

Q+A is also seen on EduCable at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 26 and at 8 a.m. Sept. 28.

Johnston tours the country preaching that he ended his homosexuality in 1988 when he "returned to his Christian roots." He has spoken about leaving the gay lifestyle at rallies nationwide and hosts a weekly radio broadcast, "Truth Under Fire," about homosexuality. St. John has been the pastor for two years at Omaha's Unity Church, a denomination that does not condemn homosexuality or same-sex marriages. He is openly gay and lives with his partner.

Statewide Goes Dancing at Nebraska Ballrooms

The revival of swing dancing has given new life to Nebraska's old ballrooms, according to a "Perspectives" segment airing at 8 p.m. Sept. 24 on Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network's weekly magazine series.

The series, which repeats at 7 p.m. Saturdays and 1:30 p.m. Sundays, includes up-to-the-minute news reports from across the state and other features of interest. Statewide is also seen on EduCable at 3 p.m. Sept. 26.

Most of the big ballrooms that once dotted Nebraska have long since closed down, Statewide correspondent Andrea Gallagher reports, but the resurgence of big band music and the popularity of swing dancing have given the few surviving ballrooms a new lease on life. Gallagher takes viewers to the PlaMor Ballroom in Lincoln and the Oak Ballroom in Schuyler to catch the action.

Husker Football Series Returns To Nebraska ETV & EduCable

The ever-popular Big Red Wrap-Up returns for another year as the state's only live television call-in Husker football show, airing at 7 p.m. Tuesdays on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.

Big Red Wrap-Up will also be telecast at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Thursdays on EduCable, the cable television service of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications.

As the Frank Solich-coached Cornhuskers try to improve upon last year's season, the hour-long series will provide a combination of highlights from every Big Red match-up, as well as coverage of the coaches' weekly press conferences, analysis with Nebraska sportswriters, appearances by special guests and questions and comments from viewers across the country.

New host of the popular series is area sportscaster Kevin Kugler.

Papal Documentary Headlines NETV Religious Programming

The Cardinals who elected Poland's Karol Wojtyla to the papacy in 1978 chose the quintessential modern man to lead the Church to the end of the millennium: a poet, actor, athlete, intellectual and master of the media.

Ironically, Pope John Paul II has defined himself not by embracing the 20th century, but by opposing its political, theological and social manifestations: communism, materialism, liberation theology, abortion and euthanasia.

John Paul II: The Millennial Pope, a new Frontline documentary airing at 9 p.m. Sept. 28 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network, examines the beliefs and character of the pope by looking at the events that define his life.

EduCable will re-broadcast Frontline's John Paul II: The Millennial Pope at midnight Sept. 28.

The program highlights an extensive lineup of religious programming scheduled to air in September on Nebraska ETV and on EduCable, the cable television service of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications.

EduCable Airs Series On European Cinema

A magnificent record of the development of the European cinema - from its beginning at the turn of the century to the rise of the Nazi empire - will be presented on Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood, premiering at 9 p.m. Sept. 22 on EduCable, the cable television service of Nebraska Educational Telecommunications.

The series of six hour-long programs are narrated by actor Kenneth Branagh and highlight the careers of superstars Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman and others.

"Where It All Began," the series' first episode, examines Paris in 1895 to observe the birth of an art that would transform the 20th century - a series of short films produced by the Lumiere Brothers in Paris.

Future episodes include "Art's Promised Land" (Sept. 29), examining the Scandinavian film industry, and "The Unchained Camera" (Oct. 6), focusing on German cinema. The series continues with "The Music of Light" (Oct. 13), "Opportunity Lost" (Oct. 20) and "End of an Era" (Oct. 27).