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Upcoming Events
Events
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Vision Maker Media: Everything is Connected Online Film Festival
Virtual ProgramVision Maker Media is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a full year of film programming featuring powerful American Indian and Alaska Native films, both in person at the Mary Riepma […]
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Exhibition: Tajimal K’in La Fiesta del Sol / Festival of the Sun
El Museo Latino 4701 South 25 Street, Omaha, NE, United StatesTAJIMAL K'IN La Fiesta del Sol / Festival of the Sun A Collective Photography Exhibit Cristina Kahlo, Marcos García, Marco Girón Museum hours are Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. […]
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How We Celebrate
Gage County Museum North 2nd Street, Beatrice, NE, United StatesThe Gage County Museum will join the nation in commemorating 250 years of American independence with a special summer exhibition. This exhibit will highlight how our communities have celebrated patriotism, […]
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Young Writers Camp Out West registration deadline
Virtual ProgramRegistrations are being accepted for the Summer 2026 Young Writers Camp: Out West! Young Writers Camp OUT WEST will be a one-day camp in Gering, NE! It is an opportunity […]
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2026 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
Lincoln - multiple locations Lincoln, United StatesBright Lights provides unique, motivating, hands-on summer learning camps for K-8th grade students, including in humanities subjects like literature and writing, history, and world cultures and languages. The camp application […]
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71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference – Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250
The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St, Red Cloud, NebraskaThe Willa Cather Spring Conference returns with the theme "Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250." This event invites readers, scholars, and artists to explore the enduring relevance of Willa […]
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Willa Cather, the Archival Chain, and the Making of a Literary Legacy
Red Cloud Opera House 413 N. Webster St., Red Cloud, NE, United StatesThis event is part of the 71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference on June 4-6, on the theme of "Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250." Click […]
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71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference – Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250
The National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St, Red Cloud, NebraskaThe Willa Cather Spring Conference returns with the theme "Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250." This event invites readers, scholars, and artists to explore the enduring relevance of Willa […]
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Abraham Lincoln, America’s Greatest Political Orator
Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United StatesSpeaker: Fred Nielsen Sponsored by the Legacy of the Plains Museum
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Bed Turning: An American Quilt Show
Hastings Museum 1330 N. Burlington Ave., Hastings, NE, United StatesA bed turning is quilt show where multiple quilts are stacked on a bed and removed one by one, with a presenter sharing the history, techniques, and stories behind each […]
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Music of the Plains
Elmwood Christian Church 311 N. 5th St., Elmwood, NE, United StatesSpeaker: David Marsh Sponsored by the Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation
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Remember the Ladies: Stitching Together a Revolution
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum 520 North Grant Avenue, York, NE, United StatesSpeaker: Janie York Sponsored by the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum
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