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
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+
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.
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+
November 28, 29, 30
3:00 pm – 3:35 pm, November 28, 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+
Starts at 6:05 pm, November 29, 2025
Life in Lincoln: Lincoln Stars Hockey
Ice Box
Watch a live hockey game alongside other Husker students when the local Lincoln Stars take to the ice against the Omaha Lancers.
50 tickets are set aside for UNL students at $5.00 per ticket, courtesy of Campus Nightlife and SLICE.
This event is open to UNL students only.
Click on Details for STEPS TO RESERVE A TICKET
DetailsStarts at 12:00 pm, November 30, 2025
Arabella (The Met: Live in HD)
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center-Van Brunt Visitors Center Room: Ross Theaters (123 & 124)
Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times).
Visit theross.org for tickets, show times, and more information.
Ticket: $5 for UNL Students
DetailsDecember 5, 6, 7
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, December 5, 2025
End of Semester Party
Louise Pound Hall Room: Atrium
Celebrate the end of the semester with friends, food, and fun at our End of Semester Party! Whether you’re finishing your first term or your final one, this event is a great way to relax, reflect, and connect with fellow students before heading into break.
DetailsStarts at 5:30 pm, December 5, 2025
Bowling
Nebraska East Union
The tournament will be played at the Husker Bowling Center in the East Campus Union on Friday, December 5th. All participants will need to be checked in on-site by 5:30pm to participate in the tournament.
This is a FREE EVENT! Winners will receive this year’s intramural sports championship t-shirt!
Details11:00 am – 4:00 pm, December 5, 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.
11:00 am – 11:20 am, December 6, 2025
Mueller Planetarium
Morrill Hall
Take a roller coaster ride from our Moon, through our Solar System, out into the rest of our galaxy, and back. Visit some of the most amazing sites in our universe!
Best suited for ages 6+
Starts at 1:00 pm, December 7, 2025
The Fifth Step (National Theatre Live)
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center-Van Brunt Visitors Center Room: Ross Theaters (123 & 124)
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
Ticket is $5 for UNL Students.
Details3:00 pm – 3:25 pm, December 7, 2025
Mueller Planetarium Show
Morrill Hall
Leading scientists in observational and theoretical studies of black holes and galaxies, industrial experts in cutting-edge big technologies, and professionals in science dissemination have been brought together to set up research projects which will combine the latest state-of-the-art observations, numerical simulations and innovative analytic tools to compare theory with observation, and shed light on the physics of black hole formation in the context of galaxy evolution.
Best suited for ages 14+
Details