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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 focus. The lesson plans and accompanying teaching materials contain Nebraska Standards, Learning Objectives, Direct Learning, Guided and Independent Practice, and Evaluation Standards that are written […]

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 glory of the Popol Vuh and its authors to its deserved place in human history. The artist’s hope is that this will lead to a […]

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 the vital role of women in Nebraska’s agricultural landscape with a collection of portraits captured at the 2024 Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference by renowned […]

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, human rights and poverty. Nothing will be formally framed and there will be workstations that can be touched and re-curated by visitors. This deconstruction of […]

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 […]

Cattle Trails and Songs of the West

Yankee Hill Village 8401 S. 33rd St., Lincoln, NE, United States

Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by Immanuel-Yankee Hill Village

Model A Music and History Luncheon (preregistered guests only)

St. Andrew Catholic Church North 5th Street, Tecumseh, Nebraska, United States

The Johnson County Nebraska Historical Society’s speaker series brings speakers each month to share educational and informative stories about personal and community experiences. This special luncheon on Saturday, October 19, at 11AM at the St. Andrew Catholic Church event center will feature Sherry Stutzman speaking about Model A music and history. The luncheon costs $25, […]

$25

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