02 Dec 2021
Carson Open Studios events Dec. 10
Lincoln, Neb.--Students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts will host an Open Studios event on Friday, Dec. 10 from 4-9 p.m. The events are free and open to the public.
The schedule is as follows:
4 p.m. Doors open for Open Studio
4:30 p.m. Welcome
4:40 p.m. Performance by Cooper Rohde (StoryWorlds) at the LED screen in the southeast window
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01 Dec 2021
Carson Center student-produced NFTs to be auctioned, exhibited at Great Plains Museum
Lincoln, Neb.--Students in Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Jesse Reding Fleming’s Innovation Studio course Emergent Strategies for Regenerative Futures have produced NFT projects that will be auctioned online and exhibited physically at the Great Plains Art Museum.
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17 Nov 2021
Carson Center’s IGNITE features Emmy-winning interactive storyteller Su
Lincoln, Neb.--Bernie Su, a three-time primetime Emmy award-winning short form and interactive creator and showrunner will be featured at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts' IGNITE on Friday, Dec. 3.
Su's presentation will be Friday, Dec. 3 from 12:30-1:50 p.m. via Zoom at https://go.unl.edu/ignitefall2021 and also available at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at 13th and Q sts. IGNITE is free and open to the public.
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15 Nov 2021
Theatrix’s ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ performed at 3 locations
Lincoln, Neb.--Theatrix, the student-run theatre company in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, presents a staged reading of “The Thanksgiving Play.”
A troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month in this play by Larissa Fasthorse.
Performances will take place over three days in three locations in Lincoln:
• Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Swanson Auditorium at the city campus union, 14thand R streets.
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29 Oct 2021
Carson Center presents guest artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
Lincoln, Neb.—The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts will present two events with guest artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy Nov. 11-12. Their visit is a collaboration between the Carson Center and Fiendish Plots.
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29 Oct 2021
Theatrix presents 'The Revolutionists'
Lincoln, Neb.--Theatrix, the student-run theatre company in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, presents “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson.
Performances are Nov. 4-5 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. in the Lab Theatre, located on the third floor of the Temple Building at 12th and R sts. Tickets are $7 general admission and $5 for students, available at https://unltheatretickets.universitytickets.com or at the door (cash only).
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22 Oct 2021 By Robb Crouch, University of Nebraska Foundation
Johnny Carson Foundation gives $5M to support more Husker students
Lincoln, Nebraska, Oct. 22, 2021 — A $5 million gift from the Johnny Carson Foundation, announced Oct. 22 by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, will provide tuition assistance to even more students at the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts.
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13 Oct 2021
Carson Center hosts research Flyover Summit Oct. 21-22
Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts will host Flyover Summit Oct. 21-22, which will bring together research about rural-urban systems design and environmental futures.
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12 Oct 2021 By Kathe C. Andersen
Something wicked this way comes: ShakesFear opens Oct. 15
Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents “ShakesFear,” Lincoln’s only haunted attraction this Halloween season, which opens Oct. 15 in the Temple Building.
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30 Sep 2021
We Are Nebraska returns with three performances
Lincoln, Neb.--The We Are Nebraska interns return with three performances in October.
The upcoming performances will be:
• Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 5 p.m. in the Cather Dining Complex’s Red Cloud Room (17th and R streets)
• Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union auditorium, 2nd floor (14th and R streets)
• Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Cather Dining Complex’s Red Cloud Room
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