College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences

Planetarium shows at 7 and 8 p.m. lasting about 30 minutes each. Free and open to the the public.

The Northern Festival of Bands, an annual band festival for high school band students, which typically hosts over 40 schools and over 250 individual students, will be held February 9-11, 2012. The event will feature performances by the UNI Wind Symphony and UNI Symphonic Band on Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. as well as Saturday afternoon’s 2 p.m. performance featuring solo competition winners, the festival’s percussionist groups, Festival Concert Band and Festival Symphony Band. The Friday concert for this event is free and open to the public. The Saturday concert for this event is ticketed. For tickets, call (319) 273-4TIX. For more information, call (319) 273-2028.

Are you interested in exploring one of the most dynamic artistic, political and economic centers in Europe? Join us to learn more about the May 2012 Berlin program or contact Brian McInnis at brian.mcinnis@uni.edu, 319-273-2043, for more information.

An invitational exhibition curated by Jeffery Byrd, head of the UNI art department, and Joe Meiser, assistant professor of art at Bucknell University, will feature Jiawei Gong’s Sweet Salvation. Exhibitors include Marilyn Arsem, Eun Woo Cho, A. Jacob Galle, Nestor Armando Gil, Jiawei Gong, Hillerbrand + Magsamen, Jeanne Jo, Kyoung Eun Kang, Jordan McKenzie, Takeshi Moro, Jennifer Seibert, Gary Setzer, Bradly Dever Treadaway and Jordan Tynes. The exhibition also features Rachel Rosenthal’s limited edition artist book "Soldier of Fortune."

Siobahn Morgan, earth science, presents "The Unreliable North Star, Polaris." This talk will focus on the characteristics of the north star and how those characteristics reveal Polaris to be an unstable, inconsistent object in the night sky. The talk is free and open to the public.

Visiting artist Philip Brisson will present an organ recital. Brisson is Director of Music and Organist at the Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville, the oldest inland Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the country. In addition to his duties at the Cathedral, Brisson is also Chorusmaster for the Kentucky Opera. Brisson is on the faculty of Bellarmine University and as an organ soloist, he has given recitals throughout the United States. This event is free and open to the public.

Planetarium shows at 7 and 8 p.m. lasting about 30 minutes each. Free and open to the the public.

Lindsay Kuhn, lab manager at Homeland Energy Solutions, will present "Making 200 Proof:  Managing an Ehtanol Plant Lab."

Featuring an exciting and diverse group of UNI School of Music faculty artists, this concert will kick off the spring 2012 Spotlight Series concerts. This event is ticketed. For tickets, call (319) 273-4TIX, or visit www.uni.edu/tickets .

Visiting artist Ricardo Rapoport, bassoon, will present a recital. Born in Brazil, where he first studied the bassoon and performed professionally, Rapoport continued on to France where he was awarded a First Prize from the Paris Conservatory, and studied with the world renowned French bassoonist Maurice Allard. He has recorded extensively with many of the most important period orchestras in Europe today, such as Le Concert Spiritual, and le petite Bande, and his recently released CD of the Dard Six Sonatas for bassoon has won critical acclaim. This event is free and open to the public.