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Arts The following is a brief list of events this weekend. For more information, call the venues. CONCERTS: Duffy’s Tavern, 14120 St 474- 3543 Sunday: Pete Hofmann, The Return, and Wanner, 10 p.m. Duggan’s Pub, 4405.11th St 477-3513 Friday: Boss Philly, 9 pm Saturday: Boss Philly Knickerbockers Bar & Grill, 9010 St 476-6865 Friday: Black Light Sunshine, The Status State - early; The Aaron Zimmer Band - late Saturday: Lost Product - early, J.V All-Stars - late Pla Mor Ballroom, 6600 West OSt 475- 4030 Sunday: Country Western dancing - bands Double Standard and Sandy Creek Royal Grove Nite Club, 340 West ComhuskerHwy. 474-2332 Friday: Jank 1000 Saturday: The Reverend Horton Heat The Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St 435-8754 Friday: Lil’ Slim and the Backalley Blues Band Saturday: The Darlings THEATER: Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater, 12™ and R streets 472-5353 ^11 weekend: "Grass” Studio Theatre, Temple Building, 12th and R Streets 472-2072 Friday and Saturday: “Alice in Wonderland,” 7:30 p.m. GALLERIES: Doc’s, Suite-150,140N. Eighth SL 476- 3232 All weekend: Kameron Becwar Gallery 9, Suite-4, 1224 S. Ninth SL 477- 2822 All weekend: Carol Devell and Julia Andre NoyesGaUery, 119S. Ninth SL 475-1061 All weekend: Abstract paint ings by Julia Noyes, photogra phy by Terri Orr, pottery by Gary Martin, jewelry by Zenaide Luhr, faux fur by Lois Williams, paintings and horse-shaped pins by Janna Harsch, metal sculptures by Mike Fluent and watercolor by Gretchen Meyers The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 12th and R streets 472-2461 All weekend: Robert Mangold' “In Between Image and Object;” "Food for Thought” Sheldon Statewide Collection; “Curator's Choice: Selections from the Kruger Collection” faj^^03KRNU) 1. Russel Simins “Public Places” Jon Spencer Blues Explosion drummer gone solo 2. Elysian Fields “Queen of the Meadow” Prototypical Jetset duo 3. The Death Cab for Cutie “Forbidden Love EP” Dream-rock in the vein of Built to Spill 4. Mark Robinson “Tiger Banana” Ultra-prolific Unrest and Flin Flon talent’s latest effort 5. P.J. Harvey “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea” Indie goddess returns with guest vocals from Thom Yorke 6. Spoon “Love Ways EP They’re back! On another new label! 7. The Buddyrevelles “American Matador” Loud and catchy 8. Red Snapper “Bur Aim is to Satisfy...” Sample-free Bristol jazzy trip-hop 9. Eyesmweasel “Wrinkled Thoughts” Tobin Sprout’s latest project 10. Mike G “Sugar Daddy” Gentle and fragile and a little too clever Artists dig up 'Small Treasures'for show BY BILLY SMUCK Art lovers looking for the con densed gift to fit under the tree or in a stocking may want to visit the Haydon Art Gallery this holiday season. The 14th annual “Small Treasures” exhibition opened on Nov. 26 and will run through Dec. 23. The opening reception tonight lasts from 7 to 9 and will feature die small works of more than 100 artists from the Midwest The exhibition features a wide variety of styles, media and imagery by the artists on a small scale. Teliza Rodriguez, director of Haydon Art Gallery, said the artists are asked to submit a piece that is under 17 square-inches for many reasons. “First of all, it allows for people to buy original artwork at a good price range,” Rodriguez said. “In addition to that they make better gifts, and finally, it “Art can challenges really make a great gift, and not a lot of people think of it that way.” the artists who are accustomed to doing big pieces, which adds for variety and expo sure.” The vari Teliza Rodriguez ous medi Haydon Art 111118 include Gallery director ceramics, - jewelry, glass, bead work and assemblage, featuring styles such as abstraction, realism and figurative, Rodriguez said. Prices of the works range from $25 to $3,500, with most under $400, Rodriguez said. UNL students may recognize a few of the featured artists, which include UNL professors such as Keith Jacobshagen, Karen Kune, Gail Kendall, Pete Pinnell and Eddie Dominguez from the fine arts department, as well as George Hick, who is a journalism professor. Haydon Art Gallery which is a member of the Nebraska Art Association, displays the works of professionals only, however, there Gallery Preview Small Treasures 1 Haydon Art Gallery, 335 N. 8th Through Dec. 23, reception tonight #7 is occasionally an exception to that rule. “We don’t usually feature undergraduate or graduate stu dents because their styles change so much while they’re in school,” Rodriguez said. But Tad Lauritzen Wright, a graduate student at Nebraska Wesleyan University, who has two of his works on display, is an excep tion. “He has already adopted his own style and established himself as an artist” she said. Rodriguez said some of the artists’ works have been sold, and the exhibition will change through out the holiday season as clients will be allowed to take art at the time of purchase. “Art can really make a great gift and not a lot of people think of it that way,” Rodriguez said. Tonight’s opening at the Haydon is a part of the annual Christmas gallery walk, the kickoff event for “Holidays in the Haymarket” The walk is a Haymarket tradi tion and will be featuring other par ticipating galleries besides the Haydon: Gallery 9, Serendipity Art Noyes Art Gallery and the Burkholder Project Joyce Bumsted, who works in the outreach and communication department of the Lincoln Haymarket Development Corporation, said the event will fea ture activities and performances throughout the Haymarket District every Friday through Dec. 22. “It’s a wonderful way of intro ducing the holiday with all the activity that’s down here,” Bumsted said. "Free Art Test” by Tad Lauritzen Wright Courtesy Art On the menu: Music battle ■ KRNU's Hot Lunch will let area musicians perform on air Monday night. BY MELANIE MENSCH Closet musicians can come out from hiding next week when the university’s radio station offers a chance for local talent to sing loud and proud across the air waves. Hot Lunch, the Monday night radio show on KRNU, 90.3 FM, is featuring a “Battle of the Singer/Songwriter” from 9 to 11 p.m. The contest lets area musi cians perform one or two origi nal songs live on the air. The audience then calls in votes for their favorite performers, who could win a chance to play at other venues id Lincoln. Karissa Armstrong, a co-host of Hot Lunch, said the student based program provides a rare opportunity for live, local music to be heard beyond the bar scene. “We want the local bars to lend an ear to the radio show to hear these artists perform,” she said, “and possibly be booked because of their perform ance.” Tony Bock, also a co host of Hot Lunch, said prizes and winner > M criteria "have yet to be deter mined,” but the program is accepting contestants until Monday afternoon. “We wanted to keep it as true to the music as possible without all the technical hassle,” he said. But the contest has its rules: no more than two people per act with only original songs. Because of studio limitations, the Hot Lunch hosts encouraged participants to perform acousti cally. “It’s a chance for the local artist to get stuff on the radio, which is hard to do (in Lincoln),” said Matt Fiorita, a co-host of Hot Lunch. The senior advertising and broadcasting major said the contest was “a change of pace” from the usual variety music show. Bock said the contest brought local musicians togeth er to showcase and celebrate their talent. “Musicians can meet other people trying to do the same thing,” he said. Every music genre is wel comed, Fiorita said, but the six confirmed contestants so far play mostly classic acoustic rock. The three hosts stressed the contest focused on support, not criticism, of local talent. "No one will be turned down,” Armstrong said. “We are just amazingly astounded at the courage people have to play for an audience.” Julee Dunekacke, a singer, songwriter and guitarist for the local band Sockeye Marigold, will perform the group’s original song "Half-n-Half” with band mate Scott Schreiter. Dunekacke said songwriting is a fun way to “process things in life.” “People can say ‘Look, this is something I made,’" she said. Interested singers and song writers should send an e-mail to KRNUhotlunch@hotmail.com for more information about Monday night's contest. “It may not start your career,” Bock said, “but it’ll be a fun time.” Courtesy Art "The Camp” by Norbert Kleinlein. Berms welcomes two for second go-round FROM STAFF REPORTS When a situation provides successful results, why not do it again? That was the attitude taken by the Bemis Center for Performing Arts in its most recent exhibitions. German artist, Norbert Kleinlein was given the opportu nity to be an artist-in-residence at Omaha's Bemis Center in 1991. Another German artist, Andreas Grunert, was invited in 1998. The two Germans must have enjoyed creating their art in the middle of the Midwest, and the Bemis Center council must have been impressed by the two men’s work because both men are back. An opening reception for the artist's exhibits will be held Dec. 2, and the displays will run through Feb. 26. As artists-in-residence, the men have once again been given the opportunity to live in the Bemis facilities creating their art Kleinlein’s work, exhibited in Bemis’ Gallery I, will feature a col lection of paintings, drawings and sculptures. He works with a vari ety of materials including stone, wood, terra cotta, charcoal, acrylic and pastels. Through his work, Kleinlein said he explores the "complexity of contemporary existence and one's relationship to it while, at the same time, main taining a distance from it” Like Kleinlein, Andreas Grunert is an established artist whose talents have allowed him the opportunity to be an artist-in residence on different occasions. In addition to his two Bemis Center residencies, Grunert also was given the opportunity to be an artist-in-residence at the Chapter Center for Arts in Cardiff, Wales. He has had more than 40 solo exhibitions throughout Germany, Austria and the United States. The Bemis Center news release said Grunert attempts to explore the connections between common, recognizable objects and create • new relationships that evoke both personal and miversal feelings.
