Elmo's Green Thumb is coming to Lincoln's Pershing Center January 9, 2009 at 7pm.

Sunny isn't just the weather forecast on Sesame Street - it's also the name of Elmo's sunflower friend! Join all your favorite friends on an amazing adventure as they help Elmo find a new home for Sunny in the all new Sesame Street Live stage show, "Elmo's Green Thumb"

Elmo has raised his sunflower, Sunny, from a seed, but his floral friend has outgrown the flower pot. Elmo and friends find Big Bird's garden the ideal place for Sunny to flourish and grow but they are too excited to wait. Rather than let Sunny follow nature's course, Abby Cadabby, Sesame Street's fairy-in-training, casts a spell to make Sunny grow. The spell does just the opposite and, instead of growing, Elmo and all of his friends shrink! While Abby searches for just the right words to reverse the spell, Elmo, Zoe,Telly and friends explore Big Bird's garden from a smaller perspective and learn some big lessons about patience, overcoming their fears and appreciating the role that each creature plays in our ecosystem - from dancing ladybugs and beautiful butterflies to grouchy beetles that scavenge the garden floor. Will being small help Sunny grow tall? It's a fresh, original Sesame Street Live from a whole new point of view!

Tickets on sale now. Ticket prices are $12.50, $14.50, $18.50 and a limited number of Gold Circle tickets at $23.50 All seats reserved. (subject to additional fees)

There are no discounts offered on the $23.50 Gold Circle tickets.

Any child who has reached his or her first birthday must have a ticket.

Tickets on sale at the Pershing Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations, ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 402.475.1212.

For more info, go to http://www.sesamestreetlive.com/tour_region.asp?region=28.

The Cabin Fever Antique Show and Sale will be held at State Fair Park's Ag Hall January 10 & 11. 

Saturday: 9a-6pm and Sunday: 10a-4pm.

Admission is $3 for adults. Children under 12 are free w/adult. 

For more information, visit the State Fair website http://www.statefair.org

Cage fighting fans get ready!

T.C.F. MAIN EVENT
LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - UNIFICATION FOR ALL 3 DIVISONS

T.C.F. NORTHERN DIVISION LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION
BRAD SCHOLTEN
VS
T.C.F. CENTRAL & WESTERN DIVISION LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION
DEMETRIUS RICHARDS

Doors open at 6:30 pm
Fights start at 7:30 pm

Tickets on sale at Lancaster Events Center, Max Muscle, Capitol Punishment Gym.

For more information visit one of these websites:

http://www.tristatecagefighting.com/

http://www.lancastereventcenter.com/

Truly something for all ages of 9 to 90.

Nebraska's #1 and largest collectable Toy & Buckle Show with over 170 tables of vendors from nine states selling toys and buckles of all aged. Everything from matchbox size to pedal toys with parts to restore the old toys and memorabilia of all ages.  

January 18, 9a-4p at State Fair Park's Ag Hall

Admission charged.

The New York Times states, "Some playwrights want to change the world. Some want to revolutionize theatre. Tony Kushner... has the promise to do them both." Kushner's works invite audiences to identify with characters from unusual  circumstances, opening eyes and minds, and humanizing the theatre experience. Enjoy an intimate, invterview-style discussion with this award-winning playwright - know for his epic Angels in America, and for tackling difficult subjects liek AIDS, and conservatism in the U.s., Afghanistan, and the western world, and racism in the South.

Tony Kushner will be interviewed by acclaimed author and clinical psychologist, Dr. Mary Pipher. Three of Dr. Pipher's books, including perhaps her best-known work, "Reviving Ophelia," have been on the New York Times bestseller list.

Thursday, January 22 at 7:30pm at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

For ticket information, contact the box office at 472.4747 or visit our website at www.liedcenter.org.

Join Husker baseball coach Mike Anderson at the 3rd annual Baseball 101 Charity Event  that benefits the City Impact's after-school literacy program for urban kids.

January 23, 2009 from 8:30am - 3:30pm. Cost for the day is $95.

For more information visit our website at www.cityimpact.org or email afrank@cityimpact.org

When he was barely out of high school, Garnet Rogers hit the road; he has never looked back. Alongside his brother, Stan, Rogers founded one of the most influential acts in North American folk music. His charisma, wit, passion and sensitivity meld with his deep baritone to create and encounter both unique and unforgettable. Come see why the Boston Globe named his newest album one of the Top Ten Folk CDs of 2007.

January 24, 2009 at 7:30pm. 

Cost:$ 17 adult; $10 student with ID; $1 for children under 12

For more information, visit our website at www.lafta.net

Modern & Black Powder Gun Show, Early American Crafts, and Trade Goods

The Gun Show includes modern & black powder guns, ammunition and related items.

The Crafts and Trade Goods includes historically appropriate items from pre-civil war period.

January 24 (9a-5p) and January 25 (9a-4p) at State Fair Park's Ag Hall.

Admission is $4 at the door. Concessions available. $1 raffle tickets also available for Scheel's and Cabela's gift certificates.

Sponsored by Rock Creek Renegades.

Interested in being a vendor? Vendor tables are available for $25 each. For more information contact Ron Osberg at 402.488.6804 or Ardis Moody at 402.540.6409.

For more than 50 years, the National Acrobats of China have been one of the most influential acrobatic troupes in the world with a repertoire that ranges from juggling to drumming. Hard working and entertaining, the group of up to 70 acrobats tours the globe, performing in competitions, festivals, and circuses - even on cruise lines. Catch them as they tumble through town, bringing such as acts as "Drum Girls," "Aerial Silk," and "Plates Spinning."

Performing at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Friday, February 6 at 7:30pm.

For ticket information, contact the box office at 402.472.4747 or visit our website at www.liedcenter.org.

The Chocolate Lover's Fantasy, fund raising event, for Cedar's, will be held Friday, February 13th, 2009, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Embassy  Suites, Downtown. A variety of professional and celebrity chefs join the spirit of the evening to let their imagination and creativity run wild. The evening is tremendous fun for both the chefs and the chocolate connoisseurs.

Between bites attendees can join in the spirited Silent Auction offering such items as antiques, artwork, a Haymarket Restaurant package, hotel stays and more. Feel lucky? Try your luck by buying raffle tickets for great raffle prizes!

Tickets can be purchased at the door or at these businesses in the Haymarket: Burlington Antiques, From Nebraska, The Mill, Scooters and Licorice International. Tickets are $25 at the door.