Speakers
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| Charley Friedman | Sep 30, 2022 |
Art and Place and how they have influenced each other
 Topic: Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting 2022_0930 BIO:
Friedman’s work is concerned with the residue of humanity—from God to garbage and how American cultural identity is constructed around signifiers with no inherent significance beyond what is ascribed to them.
Through sculpture, performance, photography, drawing, and video, he tackles how we internalize and filter the world through magical thinking, institutionalized religion, and consumer culture-primarily through the lens of humor.
Friedman has exhibited at numerous institutions including Crystal Bridges Museum of American, PS1/MoMA, Everson Museum of Art, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. A Pollock-Krasner recipient, he received his MFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Residencies include Skowhegan, MacDowell Colony, Fountainhead and Bemis Center. Publications include: New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Miami Herald. Collections include: Walker Art Center, Brooklyn Museum.
Friedman runs, Fiendish Plots, in Lincoln NE, with his wife, artist Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez.
PHOTO: Nancy Friedeman-Sanchez,Charley Friedman
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| Jonathan Fairchild Homestead National Park | Oct 07, 2022 |
Black Homesteaders
 Topic: Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting 2022_1007 BIO Jonathan Fairchild is the Historian at Homestead National Historical Park. His responsibilities as Historian for the National Park Service include providing research and reference assistance, preserving and protecting park cultural resources, and interpreting the significance of the Homestead Act on United States history. |
| Nancy Shank, Playwright | Oct 14, 2022 |
Journey From Idea To Production
 Topic: Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting 2022_1014 BIO As a high schooler, Nancy was bitten by the theatre bug when, from the last row of the highest balcony, she saw A Chorus Line on Broadway. She is thrilled to move from the audience to backstage with her first play, This Mortal Life Also, produced by the Angels Theatre Company and part of the 2021-22 Lied Center for Performing Arts season. This Mortal Life Also tells the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the 20th century’s most renowned theologians, who opposed National Socialism and became in the plot to assassinate Hitler. Nancy’s work explores personal integrity and the search for meaning during times of societal upheaval. The production will receive the Mayor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Arts Event this month. Nancy’s presentation to Lincoln South Rotary will take members on the journey from idea to production of her play. Nancy is co-host of the Front Porch Book Club podcast (https://frontporchbookclub.com) and is at work on a contemporary novel based in the United States that explores notions of community. She is also working on another play. Nancy retired as Associate Director of the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center where she supported the public policy aims of national, state, and local organizations. She earned a PhD in Human Sciences and an MBA from the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), and a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA). Nancy is a member of: Dramatists Guild (New York, NY), New Play Exchange, Playwrights’ Center (Minneapolis, MN), and Playwrights Collective (Lincoln, NE). Find Nancy at https://nancyshank.com |
| District Governor 2022-23 Barb Bartle | Oct 21, 2022 |
Imagine Rotary
 Topic: Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting 2022_1021 BIO Barbara recently retired as president of the Lincoln Community Foundation after serving for twelve years. She has nearly 50 years of experience in fundraising, program development, public engagement and teaching. Prior to coming to the Lincoln Community Foundation, Barbara was president of the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools for 18 years. She currently is on the Chancellor’s Board of Counselors for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Lied Center for Performing Arts Statewide Advisory Board and has served on numerous nonprofit boards in Lincoln. Barbara was a College Board education ambassador to China. She is recipient of the Spirit of United Way award, named Woman of the Year for the Lincoln Journal Star Inspire Award and inducted into the Hall of Fame for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Nebraska Chapter. She is past president of Lincoln Rotary Club 14 and Lincoln Rotary 14 Foundation. Barbara was selected to be Team Leader for Rotary International Group Study Exchange to India. Barb is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and currently a member of the Paul Harris Society of The Rotary International Foundation. Her favorite time is spent with husband, Bob, and their three children and families—just ask her about her seven grandchildren. |
| James Campbell | Oct 28, 2022 |
Tutor for the UNL Athletic Department
Topic: Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting 2022_1028 |
| Bryan Seck | Nov 04, 2022 |
Kawasaki
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| Dr. James Blake Lincoln Public Schools | Nov 18, 2022 |
LPS Science Focus Program
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Dr. James Blake held multiple roles in science education over his 14 year career, ranging from 7-12 science teacher, state science supervisor, to his current position as K-12 Science Curriculum Specialist in Lincoln Public Schools. You can read more about his work at the LPS Science Website https://home.lps.org/science/. Dr. Blake believes, “There is a consensus that for students to succeed in the future, whether that is postsecondary education or careers, they will need a strong background in science. Science fairs are a great way for students to cement their personal commitment to science. I work to support the district Science Fair because I believe that these opportunities give students a taste of authentic science, which will lead to more active interest in furthering their education in STEM.” |
| No Meeting | Nov 25, 2022 |
Enjoy the Thanksgiving Holiday
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| The Rotary Foundation | Dec 02, 2022 |
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| Mark Moore, Assoc Dir of Event & Facility Services | Dec 09, 2022 |
Lied Center
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| Lincoln South Rotary Club Holiday Lunch | Dec 16, 2022 |
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| No Meeting | Dec 23, 2022 |
Enjoy the Christmas Holiday
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| No Meeting | Dec 30, 2022 |
Enjoy the New Year's Weekend
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