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Have you ever wondered about Sheldon Museum of Art building or how the art is selected for exhibitions? Has it been a while since you have visited the Sheldon? Learn the history of the museum from staff, including a fascinating description of the architecture and the construction of the building, the roles of curators, docents and the Sheldon Art Association. Then enjoy a tour of the spring semester exhibitions led by Sheldon staff and UNL student docents. We will focus on and view the exhibitions “Sheldon Treasures: Before Sheldon,” featuring some the earliest art acquisitions, as well as “X: A Decade of Collecting 2012–2022,” showing more recent acquisitions. Sheldon is a fully accessible building.

Have you ever wondered about Sheldon Museum of Art building or how the art is selected for exhibitions? Has it been a while since you have visited the Sheldon? Learn the history of the museum from staff, including a fascinating description of the architecture and the construction of the building, the roles of curators, docents and the Sheldon Art Association. Then enjoy a tour of the spring semester exhibitions led by Sheldon staff and UNL student docents. We will focus on and view the exhibitions “Sheldon Treasures: Before Sheldon,” featuring some the earliest art acquisitions, as well as “X: A Decade of Collecting 2012–2022,” showing more recent acquisitions. Sheldon is a fully accessible building.

Join the director and the design team for an overview of the concepts involved in the production and see examples of drawings, illustrations, models and more of the show. This session will include a sneak-peek at the set, lighting, costumes and sound.

You may also register to attend the performance of “The Play that Goes Wrong,” a hilarious play within a play that has been taking the theatre world by storm. Registration for the performance is separate from this course.

Register for the performance in the company of fellow OLLI members in a reserved section of the theatre or attend the production at a different time that works with your schedule by purchasing a ticket on your own. The same OLLI discount on ticket prices applies either way you attend.

You may also register for the behind-the-scenes overview of “The Play that Goes Wrong,” a hilarious play within a play that has been taking the theatre world by storm. The behind-the-scenes course is a separate registration.

Birding and bird feeding is the fastest growing outdoor recreational activity in the U.S. and is popular all over the world. Learn various aspects of birding with an emphasis on identification and experience in the field. From the exciting identification of a new bird to the pleasure of seeing “old friends” returning year-round, birding is a gift. Learn about basic photography from a professional photographer and pick up tips about photographing birds. We will begin with an orientation to provide you
with some birding tools (e.g., identification, choice of binoculars, etc.) and tips on bird photography. We will make field trips to local sites representing a variety of habitats such as lakes, wetlands, woodlands and prairies.

Following the opening with “Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre,” LSO is joined by composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), guest solo artist, as he plays his composition “Voodoo Violin Concerto,” tapping into his Haitian roots. In the second half of the concert, LSO will perform Antonin Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” one of the most popular symphonies ever written with its famous “Goin’ Home” theme.

Learn about the exhibitions “Beyond Eve and Mary: Premodern Representations of Gender, Power and Religion” and “Reigning Queens: Modern and Contemporary Representations of Women, Power and Religion” at the Sheldon Museum of Art. We will begin with a discussion the first exhibition which examines Eve and Mary through thematic groupings of works and encourages viewers to consider how multifaceted gender was in the premodern period. The adjoining exhibition “Reigning Queens” examines twentieth-and twenty-first century representations of women in art. From temptresses and monarchs to advocates and activists, this exhibition invites viewers to consider the ways artists have explored and challenged gender stereotypes.

The University of Nebraska started as one infamous building on 11 acres of land north of downtown Lincoln. Join Kay Logan-Peters, retired UNL librarian and author of “University of Nebraska,” for a walking tour of the early buildings at the city campus. We will discuss the physical growth of the campus during the University’s first century and learn about some of the faculty and administrators who were instrumental in shaping the prairie university.

The University of Nebraska Farm started as a demonstration and test farm on the outskirts of Lincoln shortly after the founding of the university. Join Kay Logan-Peters, retired UNL librarian and author of “University of Nebraska,” for a walking tour of the early buildings on the East Campus, formerly known as the Farm. We will discuss the physical growth of the campus during the University farm’s early years and learn about some of the faculty and others who were instrumental in shaping the University’s agricultural campus.

You hopefully have learned a lot more about your camera and are making much better pictures, after taking the OLLI Intro to Digital Photography course. This course has been designed to help you turn great photos into masterpieces through post-processing/editing. You will learn how to control brightness, contrast, sharpness, cropping, and much more. You will need a laptop with an editing program such as Photoshop, Affinity Photo, Nikon NX Studio, Luminar, Canon Digital Professional 4, DXO PhotoLab or another comparable recent editing program. Bring at least two photos in RAW format and two photos in JPEG format to the class to get started. The prerequisite for this course is having previously completed the OLLI Digital Photography course. Contact John Keller, the instructor, if you have questions about what program(s) can be used for this course or if you have any other related questions.

Concordia University’s Brommer Art Center houses fabrication facilities, multi-purpose classrooms, media-specific workshops, student and faculty studios, a state-of-the-art computer design lab and exhibition space. Brommer boasts 11 dedicated student studio art spaces. The Marxhausen Gallery of Art, named after Reinhold Marxhausen, the first Concordia art department chair, has hosted more than 40 artists and art professionals on the campus. The gallery hosts a diverse mix of exhibitions, performances, screenings and conversations that aim to bring the campus art community and local residents together. The Center for Liturgical Art is committed to creating art for worship and witness, while advocating for visual arts in Christian life and practice. The center specializes in custom and site-specific artwork. The center was established to create a program to allow students the opportunities to learn what it means to be an artist in the church. Participants should be prepared to walk the campus and use some stairs.

“Der Rosenkavalier” (“The Knight of the Rose”) is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from a novel written in 1893 and first performed in 1911. This opera is noted for its showcasing of the female voice, as its protagonists are written to be portrayed by women who share several duets and perform as a trio during the opera’s emotional climax. We will listen to and discuss the history of this opera: its structure, information about the composer’s sources for the opera, and different musical elements which are characteristic of this opera.Other information will be shared to define additional contributions to the opera genre.

Gain greater proficiency in digital photography while using cameras with interchangeable lenses, including advanced amateur cameras (adjustable), mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (MILC) or digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. This course is designed to provide you with these fundamentals as you practice with your own personal camera. Basic principles of photography will be reviewed and then more sophisticated digital camera operations, such as controls, function and purpose, lighting, composition, hardware options and software will be discussed.

“Cirque Alfonse” is one of the world’s top cirque troupes. Their show “Animal - A Farm Story” leads young and old on a journey to a reinvented land. The cattle shed is crazy, and the barn is upside down. A gentleman farmer surrounds himself with crazy creatures: the chickens have teeth, the ducks are very naughty, and the cows run amok. Registration includes a ticket to the performance, a 30-minute post show question-and-answer session with the creator of the show and a little gift to remind you of April Fool’s Day.

DETAILS BELOW ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY: REGISTER THROUGH LIED CENTER BOX OFFICE

Join us for a delightful themed dinner with a cash bar before the show. Dinner requires separate registration through the Lied Center Box Office and is not part of the event cost above.

Day/Date: Sat., April 1

Time: 5:30 p.m. Cocktails | 6 p.m. Dinner

Location: Lied Center Commons

Cost: $45 per person. Reserve seats and pay for dinner by contacting the Lied Center Box Office at 402-472-4747.

Dance Fitness is perfect for older adults who want to add some movement to their lives but would like to adapt the easy-to-follow choreography to their own fitness levels. You will be encouraged to do what works for you and will be shown options for raising and lowering the intensity. In the process, you’ll move to great show tunes, standards and world music while improving your balance, brain function and cardiovascular endurance. If you wear comfy clothing and come prepared to move, then you’re ready for Dance Fitness. And yes, you can dance in a chair.

Do you have envelopes full of negatives or slides? What about old photos stored in shoeboxes under your bed? Do you want to learn how to preserve these in a more organized form? Bring some of these to this class and explore the process of scanning and saving those prints digitally so they will be memories forever. Bring no more than four or five prints, negatives, or slides.

Stories are personal wealth, collected over a lifetime. The instructors use prompts to invite class participants to share stories, both oral and written. Examples of prompts include favorite meals, family traditions, mentors and more. If you attended this course during the fall term, you will continue your journey of sharing and listening. If you are new to this course, let the adventure begin. All are welcome as we practice the key storytelling elements of telling and listening. You are encouraged to write or otherwise record your stories for your family.

The ukulele is an easy instrument to learn. Have fun singing, strumming, and learning with fellow OLLI members. Learning a new instrument keeps the brain sharp, and fingering the ukulele helps arthritic hands. You don’t have to know how to read music to take this class. Any standard "C tuning" ukulele may be used. It is helpful if members bring their own ukulele and music stand; and, members may check out a beginner ukulele from any public library in advance.

After stories came into being in spoken language, they were written down, and then printed in books. We pay homage to this medium by talking about "literature." But in roughly the last century, motion pictures and television have taken over a predominant role in narrative communication. "Have you seen the movie?" ranks right up there with "Have you read any good books lately?" How do these versions of "telling" and "showing" compare in the ways they are constructed and appreciated? We will review general issues and specific examples of written and depicted stories.

This Great Courses DVD series offers a way to understand New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and make sense of the wide range of works, artists, styles, and cultures that populate its various departments. Learn about the vast variety of the art at the Met and how the museum has become a wonder of the art world.

Have you ever wondered where and how some artists create their work? Get a behind the scenes look of six different Lincoln artists in their studios. See the creative environments and study the artists finished pieces or works in progress. Hear them describe their creative process and perhaps see a demonstration of their techniques. We will visit all new/different studios from past offerings of this course. 

This course is back by popular demand as previously offered in Term 1, 2022. The residential development surrounding Sheridan Boulevard was conceived by the Woods Brothers in response to the area’s topography, rather than strictly extending the grid plan of the original portion of Lincoln. The boulevard was initiated in 1909; subsequent developments in 1916 were carried out by the Woods Brothers and Harvey Rathbone. We will begin with a classroom session, followed by a pair of walking tours encompassing the area from South St. to Penny Bridge at S. 33rd St. and will consider land use and landscaping, architectural history and the stories of some early residents.