For one day only, Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum will present a festival of fulldome shows. Beginning at 11 a.m. on March 31, visitors may enjoy up to five different shows for a special discounted cost.
The ticket price to see three or more shows on the schedule this day is $8 for adults and $7 for children 18 and under. (Friends of the Museum pay $7.) Tickets for single shows will also be available at the regular ticket price of $3 adults and $2.50 children. Tickets will be sold at the museum’s front desk on the day of the festival only.
In addition to the ticket price, visitors must pay admission to the museum, $10 families, $5 adults, $3 children, ages 4 and under free.
The schedule for March 31:
•“Black Holes” – 11 a.m.
•“Sea Monsters” – noon
•“Natural Selection” – 1 p.m.
•"Light Years from Andromeda" – 2 p.m.
•"Forces of Nature" – 3 p.m.
Participants will explore the exhibitions, "Tribute to Ardis James" and Jean Ray Laury, noting the design elements of art used. We will learn gelatin monoprinting on fabrics and paper and dye a silk scarf using permanent markers, alcohol inks and alcohol using designs inspired by the quilts. Each will make and take home fabrics, papers and a silk scarf they have created. Bring an apron or smock as the paint will stain clothing.
Class cost $18 members (plus $10 material fee) and $26 non-member (plus $10 material fee). For adults. Class size limited to 12 participants.
Items provided for the materials fee: silk scarf with rolled hem (8" x 54"), fabrics, papers, use of paints, printing plates, brayers, objects to create designs, permanent markers, alcohol, alcohol inks.
Participants may want to bring their own fabrics for additional experimentation.
Undeniably the world’s reining violin virtuoso, winner of four Emmys and fifteen GRAMMYs®, Itzhak Perlman returns to the Lied Center stage bringing both his remarkable artistry and irrepressible joy of music.
