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Saturday, April 15

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Nebraska Public Transit Week

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All Day
Location: Nebraska Safety Center Target Audiences:
Nebraska Public Transit Week is celebrated April 9-15. It serves an opportunity for all Nebraskans to show support for their local transit system and to experience the benefits of public transportation for themselves. This week is dedicated to …
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Exhibition

Opportunity & Opposition: A Century of Women’s Athletics

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Location: Love Library South Room: Second floor
Bounding over hurdles in billowing bloomers. Posing proudly with trophies and letter-sweaters. Hustling for the soccer ball on field where Love Library now stands. These are only a few of the images of women athletes featured in a new exhibit opening …
This event originated in Libraries.
Exhibition

When the Free Press Met Big Brother: Journalists response to the pressures of the Vietnam War

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All Day
Location: Love Library South Room: Lower level
The Archives and Special Collections have created a display highlighting the work and life of Beverly Deepe Keever (UNL 1957) called When the Free Press Met Big Brother: Journalists response to the pressures of the Vietnam War.
This event originated in Libraries.
Activity

Landscapes: Scenes from the Black Hills of South Dakota and Nebraska, An Art Exhibition

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8:00 am
Location: Link, 2nd Floor
Betty Czarnek is a naturally gifted, nationally recognized artist. Her acclaimed pieces represent her own unique visions of nature inspired by her years of experience, travels and prairie vistas of her home in rural Nebraska. She specializes in …
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Activity

AI + Creative Filmmaking Design Hackathon

Hosted by Cinema 16 & Emerging Media Arts faculty

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9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Location: Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Room: 101 Target Audiences:
The Nebraska Technology and Governance Center, Cinema 16, and the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts are excited to co-host a one-day intensive AI film-making hackathon in April where creatives will offer up speculative visions of the …
This event originated in IGNITE Colloquium.
Activity

Lincoln Earth Day Pre-Event Bike Ride: CANCELLED

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9:00 am – 10:00 am
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus, Entrance B Target Audiences:
Due to the weather, the bike ride has been cancelled.
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Activity

River Kayaking Trip

Paddling Adventure

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9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Outdoor Adventures Center
Spend a day paddling a regional river and taking in views of scenic Nebraska from your kayak. We will go over the basics of kayaking and paddling safety before we begin to paddle down the river. Enjoy some nice conversations and have a relaxing day …
This event originated in Outdoor Adventures.
Contest

4-H Companion Animal Contest

Open to all 4-H youth 5-18

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10:00 am
Location: Nebraska Extension – Douglas-Sarpy Counties Central Office
Companion Animal Contest (including cats)
Demonstration

Artist in Residence Linda Rivera García

Working in the studio

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10:00 am
Location: Great Plains Art Museum Room: Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence Studio & Education Lab Target Audiences:
The Great Plains Art Museum will host Omaha-based artist Linda Rivera García as the 2023 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist in Residence. Rivera García is a Mexican-American Chicana artist, teacher, and storyteller who has been sharing her culture …
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.
Activity

Lincoln Earth Day

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10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus
Lincoln Earth Day is a free event designed with the whole family in mind!
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Activity

The Big Event **Updated**

hosted by ASUN Student Government

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11:00 am – 3:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Ballroom Target Audiences:
** UPDATE 4/14 ** Due to the impending inclement weather, all outdoor volunteer locations are canceled for April 15. Volunteers are still encouraged to check in Saturday morning at the Nebraska Union Ballroom for a chance to be assigned to an …
This event originated in ASUN Student Government.
Sport - Intercollegiate - Baseball/Softball

Baseball vs. Northwestern

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2:00 pm
Location: Haymarket Park Baseball Stadium Complex
Come cheer on your Huskers as they take on the Northwestern Wildcats!
This event originated in Husker Athletics.
Activity

Strong Husker

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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Campus Recreation Center Room: Cook Pavilion
Compete against other students in this strongman-style competition with multiple men’s and women’s weight classes.
This event originated in Fitness.
Performing Arts - Musical Theatre

Madagascar

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3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts
Join Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria as they bound out of the zoo and onto the stage in this live musical spectacular. This smash hit musical features all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s …
This event originated in Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Reading - Fiction/poetry

Poetry Reading with Kate Gaskin, Katie Henson, and Katie Marya

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3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Larksong Writers Place
UNL English alum Katie Henson and Ph.D. students Kate Gaskin and Katie Marya will read from their poetry.
This event originated in English.
Activity

Madagascar The Musical

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3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts
Join Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria as they bound out of the zoo and onto the stage in this live musical spectacular. This smash hit musical features all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s …
Special Event

UNL Wildlife Club Banquet

61st Annual

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5:00 pm
Location: Lincoln Izaak Walton League Target Audiences:
Social hour: 5-6pm
This event originated in School of Natural Resources.

Ongoing Events

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Blue Mounds & Palisades Climbing Trip

Overnight Adventure

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All Day
Location: Outdoor Adventures Center
Along the Minnesota and South Dakota border, Blue Mounds and Palisades State Parks house great outdoor climbing just hours from Lincoln. With 50-60 foot climbs, the Sioux Quartzite offers challenges for new climbers and veterans alike.
This event originated in Outdoor Adventures.