The Weekender highlights free(ish) student-focused social events happening on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons and evenings. All students are welcome.
Ongoing
Free Bowling
- Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday
- 5:30 p.m. to midnight Friday; 1 p.m. to midnight Saturday; 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday
- Husker Bowling Center, inside the Nebraska East Union
UNL students enjoy free bowling + shoe rental w/ their NCard.
Details + Reserve a laneNovember 7, 8, 9
Starts at 7:00 PM, November 7, 2025
Boots and Ballads Country Music Karaoke
Nebraska East Union Room: Great Plains Room
ONE EVENING ONLY. Karaoke returns to campus by popular demand.
Take the stage and show off your vocal talents for other Huskers with a rendition of a favorite country music song. Even if you don’t sing, you can join the audience to enjoy the beautiful musical styling of your friends and classmates.
FREE for UNL students only with Event Pass.
Details11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, November 9, 2025
Tea Time Friday
Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Kawasaki Reading Room 302
Enjoy Japanese tea and snacks every Friday at the Kawasaki Reading Room in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, 1505 S St Room 302, Lincoln, NE 68508.
Bring friends or come to make new friends and enjoy tea in a relaxed environment.
Starts at 1:00 PM, November 9, 2025
Life of Pi (National Theatre Live)
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center-Van Brunt Visitors Center Room: Ross Theaters (123 & 124)
Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in this unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?
Ticket is $5 for UNL Students
DetailsNovember 14, 15, 16
7:00 P.M. November 14, 2025
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center-Van Brunt Visitors Center Room: Ross Theater (Room 124)
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Miloš Forman’s ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, The Ross and UNL’s Film Studies program will host Professor Jaimey Fisher (University of California, Davis) for special screenings of the landmark film on Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15.
Free admission for UNL Students with valid student ID! General admission tickets at regular Ross prices.
Details10:30 am – 11:30 am, November 16, 2025
Yoga in Sheldon’s Great Hall
Sheldon Museum of Art
Campus Recreation is partnering with Sheldon Museum of Art to offer hour-long yoga classes appropriate for all levels.
Register through the Active Husker App or online at https://go.unl.edu/sheldon-yoga. Registration opens one week before the class.
November 21, 22, 23
11:00 am – 4:00 pm, November 21, 2025
Tea Time Friday
Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Kawasaki Reading Room 301
Enjoy Japanese tea and snacks every Friday at the Kawasaki Reading Room in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, 1505 S St Room 302, Lincoln, NE 68508.
Bring friends or come to make new friends and enjoy tea in a relaxed environment from 11 am-4 PM
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm, November 21, 2025
Mueller Planetarium Show
Morrill Hall
In a feast of colours and sounds, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe makes a tour of 6 Mayan temples: San Gervasio, Chichen Itzá, Uxmal, Edzná, Palenque and Bonampak where the spectator dives into a Mayan world of knowledge about the importance of the orientations of its temples in relation to the movement of some stars like the Sun, the Moon and Venus.
Best suited for ages 6+
5:30 pm, November 21, 2025
XBox One: Rocket League Tournament
Andersen Hall
FREE EVENT! Winners will receive this year’s intramural sports championship t-shirt!
Sign-up on site to enter.
The tournament will be played at the Andersen Hall gaming suite on Friday, November 21st. All participants will need to be checked in on-site by 5:30pm to participate in the tournament.
3:00 pm – 3:35 pm, November 22, 2025
Mueller Planetarium Show
Morrill Hall
“A Starry Tale” presents, with computer graphics, the legend of Astraea, the goddess of justice, who is closely tied with the constellation Libra, the scales. See the world of mythology and human thought handed down from ancient times to the future.
Best suited for ages 6+