:: propagandART ~ august 25, 2004 ::

some more events washed up in my inbox...

:: Dazed MUZK Festival ::

The fun will be at the Pla Mor Ballroom (6600 West "O" Street). Doors open at 2:30 PM and we'll be dancing and singing till midnight! We'll be featuring Lincoln jam bands on 2 separate stages. Think of it! Two stages busting out 9 hours of non-stop music! Food will be provided by one of the Capital city's newest pizza places - Mama Di's Pizzeria. Cash bar will be provided by the Pla-Mor Ballroom. Proceeds at the door will benefit KZUM 89.3 FM.

Friday, August 27th
Pla-Mor Ballroom (6600 West "O" Street)
3pm - Midnight (Doors open @ 2:30pm)
$5 admission at door ~ $3 with Student ID!
18+ ages Event!

For more information send an email to promotions@kzum.org or call 474-5086.

:: A Taste of Wine and Broadway ::

Once A Month Enjoy Some Great Music In A Relaxed Cabaret Setting
TADA Productions in cooperation with James Arthur Vineyards transforms the party room of the winery once a month into a cabaret straight out of Chicago, Minneapolis or New York. This is your chance to hear some superb music sung by great local talent while enjoying a taste of Nebraska's best wine. Hosted by Cris Rook & Karen F. Wills

Friday August 27th at 7:30pm & 9pm
featuring the talents of
-Danny Johnson
-Steve Pearson
-Kris Raasch
-Zuri
-with special guests from past cabarets

James Arthur Vineyards ~ 2001 West Raymond Road
jamesarthurvineyards.com

Tickets available at the door for $10 ~ Includes your first drink
Reservations are recommended
For more information call: 783-5255

:: Midwest Premiere: A Man of No Importance ::

The glory of the theater is also its bane: you have to be there to experience it.

When a production closes, it is gone forever. It lives in the memory of a lucky few and when they are gone, it disappears with them. There are published scripts, of course, and original cast recordings but they only tell part of the story.

I wouldn't have it any other way. Life itself is ephemeral and theater is the art most like life as a I have so far experienced it: transitory, unpredictable, overwhelming and finally, quite wonderful.

No wonder making theater is like catching at moonbeams. In every project there comes a time when it seems quite impossible. And yet we do it, generation after generation, no matter the risks and the possibilities for failure. Theatre is a deep reflection of the human community.

- Terrence McNally, Author

A Man of No Importance is about a group of theatrical amateurs who dedicate the off-hours in their routine lives to catching at some of those moonbeams. In their "real" lives they work hard for their money. In their "true" lives they work even harder to make art for their audience of friends and family.

In so doing, they become People of Great Importance, but most of all their leader, Alfie Byrne, a Dublin bus conductor, who learns in the course of tumultuous rehearsals for his long-dreamed of production of Oscar Wilde's Salome that the theatre is not a place to hide from the world, but instead the very place where we may finally discover our true selves. The defeat of his production is also the victory of his self. The small world of the St. Imelda's Players becomes an enormous one and I would be surprised if you did not find at least a small part of your world in theirs. Alfie and his friends are all of us.

August 26 - Sept 19, 2004
Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30; Sundays at 2:30
Millennium Theatre ~ 601 South 16th Street, in the Union Plaza Building, located on the corner of 16th and Jackson Streets, just 2 blocks south of the Orpheum Theatre.

Adult Ticket Price: $15 ~ Sr Citizen, Military, and Children (<18) $12 ~ Groups of 10 or more $10

:: Snoop Dogg ::

Big Time hip-hop staple Snoop Dogg is set to invade Lincoln again. Last time he was here, he sported an Eric Crouch jersey on stage. How about that? Fizzle fo shizzle (freaky for sure)! For more info, go to http://www.snoopdogg.com/.

Sunday, August 29th ~ 7:30pm
Pershing Auditorium

Tickets on sale now at the Pershing box office, all Ticketmaster ticket centers, ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 402.475.1212 in Lincoln or 402.422.1212 in Omaha.

Tickets are $33.50 (subject to additional fees) This is a general admission / all ages show. No cameras or recorders.