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Upcoming Events

“Frida Kahlo and the Blue House” Photography Exhibit

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

The exhibit “Frida Kahlo and the Blue House” presents a selection of over 60 color photographs of the architecture and interior spaces of the Blue House created by Cristina Kahlo […]

A Century of Fashion, 1870 – 1970

Lochland Country Club 601 W. Lochland Rd, Hastings, NE, United States

Speaker: Sue McLain Sponsored by Nebraska's Original Betty Club

Excess Baggage: Riding the Orphan Train

Younes Confernce Center 416 Talmage Rd, Kearney, NE, United States

Speaker: Charlotte Endorf Sponsored by the Nebraska Knights of Columbus

Recurring

Museum Live! Season 4 Spring Semester

Every Monday during the school year, The Durham Museum hosts a weekly 30-minute Museum Live! program online. This broadcast-style show includes segments featuring guest speakers from the Smithsonian network, a […]

The Forts of Nebraska

Firth Community Building 311 Nemaha St., Firth, NE, United States

Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by Aging Partners-Firth Senior Center

Swedish Pioneers in Nebraska

Stockholm Church 350 Road U, Shickley, NE, United States

Speaker: Laureen Riedesel Sponsored by the Fillmore County Historical Society

All Writes Reserved 2024 final bout

Holland Performing Arts Center 1200 Douglas St, Omaha, United States

All Writes Reserved (AWR) empowers young people, giving them instruction and resources to express themselves in classrooms and onstage. The Nebraska Writers Collective provides free spoken word poetry lessons and […]

Deadline for Bright Lights scholarships

Lincoln - multiple locations Lincoln, United States

Bright 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. Scholarships are available, […]

Loper Launch Enrichment Camp Registration Closes

UNK Kearney, NE, United States

Loper Launch is Kearney’s premier curriculum-based summer camp for students entering grades 1-8. The variety of enrichment camps are not only fun and engaging, but also educational. Registration closes May […]

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We are flexible and responsive to the changing and pressing needs of Nebraskans.
We expose people to other worlds of expression and human existence.
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