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Upcoming Events

Pershing Mural Curriculum Available Online

Virtual Program

The Pershing Mural Curriculum Committee has created an academic curriculum in the areas of art, art history, language arts, history, and historic preservation using the Pershing Mural mosaic as a […]

ArteLatinX Exhibition

Bancroft Street Market 2702 South 10th Street, Omaha, NE, United States

The mission of Arte LatinX is to create a biennial art exhibition bringing together Latinx artists based or from the Great Plains, which include: Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, North […]

Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Quiché through Illustration

El Museo Latino 4701 South 25 Street, Omaha, NE, United States

Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Quiché through Illustration is an exhibit that features a series of illustrations by artist Jaime Arredondo, with the hope of restoring the former […]

Free – $5

Faces of Nebraska Women in Agriculture Exhibition: UNL East Campus Union

UNL East Campus Union Loft Gallery Arbor Drive, Lincoln, NE, United States

The Nebraska Women in Agriculture program will celebrate 40 years with a traveling photo gallery exhibition, "Legacy of Leadership: Faces of Nebraska Women in Agriculture." The gallery aims to highlight […]

ORDER: Louie Palu

Metropolitan Community College Elkhorn Valley Campus 829 North 204th Street, Omaha, NE, United States

ORDER: A Study of Narrative Shaping & Photo-editing will feature work by Louie Palu, a world-renowned documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on social political issues such as war, […]

ORDER: exhibit opening reception and artist talk with Louie Palu

Metropolitan Community College Elkhorn Valley Campus 829 North 204th Street, Omaha, NE, United States

ORDER: A Study of Narrative Shaping & Photo-editing will feature work by Louie Palu, a world-renowned documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on social political issues such as war, […]

Cosmic Optics: Exploring Divergence Through Visual Art

Hot Shops Art Center Nicholas Street, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Voices AMPLIFIED! is a cultural engagement series that celebrates artists from diverse cultures and creates opportunities for discussion, reflection, and new experiences. Each season elevates a different historically underrepresented community […]

$10

The ‘Tradition’ in Traditional Folk Music

Westbrook Music Building on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus R Street, Lincoln, NE, United States

Speaker: David Seay Sponsored by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association

Virtual Author Series: Terese Svoboda

Virtual Program

The National Willa Cather Center hosts a discussion of Svoboda’s answer to Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia: Bohemian Girl! Readers will delight in the story of Harriet as she searches for her father in the American West. This event concludes the fourth year of free programming with this last Virtual Author Series of 2024. Registration […]

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