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Friday, January 20, 1995 Page 8 Battle taking the stage at Lied Center By Jeff Randall Staff Reporter Lincoln music lovers will have the opportunity to hear one of the most-talked-about voices in the world Saturday. Kathleen Battle will appear at the Lied Center for Perform ing Arts at 8 p.m. Pianist Mar tin Katz will accompany her on stage. William Shomos, assistant professor of voice and opera at the University of Nebraska-Lin coln School of Music, will give two pre-performance talks shortly after 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Shomos said his talks would summarize his perspective on the performance. “I will be discussing how I prepare myself to listen to a recital,” Shomos said. “I plan to give the audience an idea of what to expect, what they will see and hear.” What those in attendance will hear is one of opera and classi cal music’s most renowned art ists. Battle has appeared in op era houses around the world, I plan to give the audience an idea of what to expect, what they will see and hear. ■ WILLIAM SHOMOS UNL music professor including New York’s Metro politan Opera. Battle has received numer ous honorary doctoral degrees. She earned an Emmy award for her performance in the Public Broadcasting System broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s 1991 season-opening gala. Tickets are still available for Saturday’s show. Prices range from $28 to $36, and are half price for UNL, Wesleyan and Doane students and youth 18 and under. The Lied Box Office will be open today between 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and 90 minutes be fore the show Saturday. Voyager launches early at UNL Trekkies voice mixed feelings By Joel Strauch Senior Reporter Scores of trekkies beamed into the Nebraska Union Wednesday night to catch the premiere of “Star Trek: Voyager,” presented by the Lincoln Fantasy and Sci ence Fiction club. Wednesday’s viewers saw the “Voyager” pilot episode, “Care taker,” three days before it will be shown on KPTM-Fox 42 Satur day at 5 p.m. Fans expressed mixed feelings after the show. Jordan Mechanic, a junior broadcasting major, said the pi lot was pretty good, but a little “cheesy.” “At one point, the ship just got transported 70,000 light years away and there are fires every where on the bridge, and the cap tain straightens out her hair,” he said. “I thought this was one of the cheesy bits.” tauara Matamoros, a junior advertising major, said the show was fairly entertaining. “It was a lot better than that ‘Deep Space 9’ crap,” he said. Justin Spence, a senior geol ogy major, agreed that “Voyager” was much better than previous “Star Trek” spin-off“Deep Space 9.” “I thought is was spectacular — a true gem,” he said. “But I still like4Babylon 5’ more.” , Gamer Johnson, president of the Lincoln Fantasy and Science Fiction club, said “Voyager” was more consistent than earlier “Star Trek” pilots. “The actors get into their char acters much more quickly,” he said. Spence agreed. “The entire cast is a lot better at acting than the original ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Next Gen’ or ‘DS9,’” he said. Johnson said “Voyager” had the potential to match other Star Trek series. “I’d say it’s probably got a really good chance of equaling ‘DS9,’ as long as they keep in mind that they have to get some place and don’t just wander - around,” he said. See TREKKIES on 9 Photo courtesy of United Paramount Network The cast and crew of “Star Trek: Voyager” beam down to Lincoln televisions Saturday at 5 p.m. Pilot takes show a new direction By Joel Strauch Senior Reporter In order to boldly go where no man has gone before, the creators of “Star Trek: Voyager” put a woman at the helm. In “Caretaker,” the show’s pi lot, Kate Mulgrew, plays Kathryn Janeway, a Starfleet captain who commands the Starship U.S.S. Voyager. The Voyager is an In trepid-class vessel that is smaller but more advanced than the Enter prise. On its first mission, Voyager is assigned to search for a Maquis ship. The Maquis are considered outlaws by both the Federation and Cardassia, and Voyager must fol low this ship into the Badlands, where they have been chased by the Cardassians. Voyager gets hit by a displacer wave and ends up 70,000 light years away. The giant ship — known as the Array or the Care taker — that pulled them there a beams the remainder of the crew away and conducts experiments on them. The crews of both Voyager and the Maquis ship are released, but one member of each is kept by the array. The two crews must work together to find the missing per sons. This is just the beginning of the cooperation between the two groups. The premise of the show is their joint effort to find a way home, and they put aside their differences rather quickly. Hie story is well thought out for the beginning of a new series. It holds together on its own and also does a terrific job of setting up the series. See VOYAGER on 9 Show to celebrate Americas By Melissa Dunne Staff Reporter An acoustic celebration of the Americas, both North and South, will be held for revelers of all ages Saturday at the Culture Cen ter, 333 N. 14 St. The 8 p.m. show is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Lincoln Environmental Resource Center. “We’re looking to put on a show that people can actually enjoy,” said Rob Klein, the center’s assistant director of fi nance. Admission for the entire evening is $3, which includes snack food and drinks. Klein said that unlike ERC concerts of the past, Saturday’s show would be neither obnoxious nor loud. This is a real family-type thing,” he said. Those who enjoyed Runa Pacha last fall when it played in front of the Nebraska Union should like the sounds of Kusi Taki, Klein said. The band will perform indigenous music from the Andes Mountains of Ecua dor, Peru and Bolivia. Original environmental folk music will be performed by Laurie McGain, Tim Duggan and Kevin Doyle. Zapotos Alegres will demon strate traditional dances from Mexico and Central America. A local artist will also per form Native American singing and drumming. In addition to the other festivi ties, representatives from several student and community environ mental and human rights organi zations will provide booths and information. Participants will include the Wachiska Audubon Society, Am nesty International and Nebras kans for%eace. Proceeds from the concert will be used by the Environmental Research Center to purchase en vironmental books, periodicals and videos for the public. The center is a non-profit, stu dent-operated organization that receives no direct financing from the university. It is supported by six environmental student orga nizations: Ecology Now, the Wildlife Club, the Biology Club, the Soil & Water Research Club, the Range Management Club and the National Resources Law So ciety. Live band not listless By Joel Strauch Senior Reporter Lemming will plunge into Lin coln tonight for its Nebraska de but at Knickerbocker’s, 901 O St. After going through a lot of name changes over the last couple of years, the band members fi nally settled on that fatalist ro dent — the lemming. Mike Roth, singer and rhythm guitarist for the group, said the word “lemming” was in one of the first songs the band wrote. “It’s a good name, but we fi nally realized that people come to the shows because of the music, not the name,” Roth said. “It’s got a nice comment about social suicide, but we don’t read too deep into it,” he said. The Iowa band recently cut its first album, “Listless.” Roth said he was pleased with the album. “We financed everything and the sound turned out really good for a first album,” he said. The band’s bassist, who goes by Wolfe, said the “Listless” songs are strong. “For the money we had, it turned out really great,” he said. “But we’re still living offbeing a live band, not from selling CD’s, although our T-shirts are selling really well.” Lemming will be in Lincoln for one show, but the band plans to do some serious touring. “Basically, we want to do as much touring as we can,” Roth said. “If things take off, we’ll see See LEMMING on 9