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The following is a brief list of
weekend events. Please call the
venue for more information.
CONCERTS
Duffy’s, 1412 0 St. - . -
Sunday: Roger Clyne and the
Peacemakers, The World Record
Players
Kimball Hall, 11th and R streets
Friday: University Chamber
Orchestra
Sunday: Holiday Choral Event
Knickerbockers, 901 O St.
Friday: Miss Ogyny, The Denison
Band
Saturday: V.D.6, EKG
O’Donnell Auditorium, 50th and
Huntington streets
Friday: Touch of Class Swing
Choir
Royal Grove, 340 W. Comhusker
Hwy.
Friday: On The Fritz
Saturday: Neurosis, Decker
The'Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St.
Friday: Mississippi Heat
Saturday: Mark Salinger and the
Famous Unknowns
THEATER:
Lincoln Community Playhouse,
2500 S. 56th St.
Saturday and Sunday: “Mr.
Scrooge”
Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater,
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery,
12th and R streets
Friday and Saturday: “The Last
Cigarette”
Sunday: “Black Cat, White Cat”
Studio Theatre, Temple Building,
12th and R streets
All weekend: “Dionysus in ’99”
DANCE
Howell Theatre, Temple Building,
12th and R streets
All weekend: Fall Dance Concert
GALLERIES:
Gallery 9, 124 S. Ninth St.
All weekend: “Wrapped up in
Art”
Great Plains Art Collection, Love
Library Rm. 215, 13th and R
streets
All weekend: “Wind and Water
on the Land”
Haydon Gallery, 335 N. Eighth
St.
All weekend: “Small Treasures,”
all Haydon artists
Lentz Center, Morrill Hall, 14,h
and U streets
All weekend: paintings by Shi Hu
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery,
Home Economics Building,
Rm. 231 East Campus
All weekend: “East Meets West:
An Apparel Collection by Hong- -
Youn Kim”
The Sheldon Memorial Art
Gallery, 12th and R streets
All weekend: “Black Image and
Identity,” “Robert Colescott:
Recent Paintings,” “Judy Burton:
Visual Nuances” and “Eugene
Atget’s Views of Paris”
Haymarket celebrates
Weekly events
bring activities
to the Star City
By Jason Hardy
Senior staff writer
Christmas is around the comer, but
with the unseasonable warmth and
lack of snowfall, many people are
having a hard time getting into
the spirit of giving.
Nevertheless, for the
fourth year in a row, the
Historic Haymarket
Association is giving
Lincoln a reason to
be merry.
“Holidays in the
Haymarket” is a month
long celebration of the
Christmas season that
incorporates holiday-type
activities and performances
into the Haymarket’s already
picturesque ambiance.
The festivities started Nov. 19
and will continue until Dec. 17, with
each Friday featuring a different spe
cial event.
Tonight’s highlight is the Haymarket
gallery walk, a monthly tour of the V \
Haymarket’s art galleries, each of which
showcase a wide variety of regional artwork.
Mary Lynn Harms, chairperson for
“Holidays in the Haymarket,” said the idea behind ^Nk
the event was to further entice people into exploring ^k
the many shops and galleries of the Haymarket district. ^
“It’s just to get people down into the Haymarket area and
experience the different businesses down there,” she said.
“Every evening we have multiple types of entertainment,
like strolling musicians and carolers as well as stationary
events like school choirs and dancers. There’s even a
strolling Santa and a town cryer.”
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Former UNL student publishes work
By Shelley Mika
Staff writer
“Let Go of My Ear! I Know What
I’m Doing” might be an atypical name
for an anthology. But when the aim of
the book is revealed, it seems appropri
ate.
For the last two years, Sulisa
Publishing has held a short fiction
contest that allows submissions only
from undergraduates. Though Mary
Shelley’s “Frankenstein” was pub
lished when she was merely 19, and a
select number of young writers are
recognized today, current magazines,
contests and journals publish mostly
seasoned writers.
The result of last year’s contest was
“Let Go of My Ear!” The anthology
contains short stories from 20 writers'
from colleges and universities across
the United States, including one from
former University of Nebraska
Lincoln student Matt Norman;
Norman’s story “When it Rains in
California” is about a 30-something
man who has found fame in screen
writing. Because of his relative suc
cess, he begins to feel he is outgrowing
his marriage. These feelings lead him
to wonder if he could find someone
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better if he were single, and perhaps
that someone is in the Hollywood
realm.
Norman said the idea came to him
after thinking about the high divorce
rate among celebrities. He wondered
what would happen if someone was
married before he or she was famous
and then got divorced.
Norman’s beginnings as a fiction
writer came at an early age.
“In some way, shape or form, I’ve
been writing stories since I was a little
kid,” Norman said. “I used to rewrite
my favorite children’s stories - ‘The
Three Little Bears,’ ‘The Little Engine
that Could;’ etc. - with my own little
twists. I basically just did it to entertain
my parents, but I began liking it more
than just reading stories.”
Though Norman majored in
advertising, his interest in writing con
tinued. Earning a minor in English,
Norman took fiction writing classes at
UNL. “When it Rains in California”
was written in Marly Swick’s
Advanced Fiction Writing class.
“I’m proud to say that Marly
Swick (who has since left UNL) and
Judith Slater have both been my pro
fessors at UNL. UNL has many pro
grams for those interested in creative
writing,” Norman said. “If anyone is
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Being published in an anthology is so
incredibly flattering. Anthologies have
published some great minds in literature
throughout history.”
Matt Norman
writer
interested in writing but doesn’t know
how to get involved, there certainly are
ways. I was published in UNEs Lauras
magazine... that’s a great place to sub
mit your work.”
As for “Let Go of My Ear!,”
Norman said it represents many styles,
and he is glad to be a part of the publi
cation, though he was surprised to be
included.
‘Tve never really tried to go out on
a limb with my writing before. I was
confident with my story but doubted
whether or not it could compete with
writers from alt over the country,”
Norman said. “I was pleasantly sur
prised Mien I found out it was accept
ed.”
One of Sulisa’s goals was to give
young writers a chance and some
encouragement; with Norman it has
succeeded.
“Being published in an anthology
is so incredibly flattering,” Norman
said. “Anthologies have published
some of the great minds in literature
throughout history ... from Charles
Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe to John
Updike and John Irving. I’m thrilled
and incredibly inspired.”
Although Norman is encouraged
to keep writing, he remains humble.
“As I said, I’ve never been very
bold with submitting my work. With
this small victory, however, I plan on
seeking publication in the ftiture,”
Norman said. “I’m currently about 70
pages into a story that could become a
novel someday. If that goes well, I’ll
search for a publisher.”