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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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Sorting Out Race exhibit
Every day thrift stores across America receive donations of objects that display racial imagery— antique advertising cards, collectible salt-and-pepper shakers, vintage children’s books, and mugs with sports team mascots. Are […]
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Opening Day: Spark! Places of Innovation
Dawes County Historical Society Museum 341 Country Club Road, Chadron, NE, United StatesSpark! Places of Innovation will be on display at Dawes County Historical Society in Chadron August 3-September 11, 2026. Spark! Places of Innovation is part of Museum on Main Street, […]
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Music of the Plains
Carriage Glen 7005 Shamrock Rd, Lincoln, NE, United StatesSpeaker: David Marsh Sponsored by the Christ Lincoln Ladies Group
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Native American Film Series: Reservation Redemption
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center 313 North 13th Street, Lincoln, NE, United StatesScreening and Q&A with Directors Brenda Fisher and Blake Pickens, moderated by Georgiana Lee. at Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center This documentary follows Colville Tribe Chief’ Marchand Rice's nearly 40-year […]
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Humanities Nebraska Grants – Online Office Hour
Virtual ProgramThursday, August 13 12:00 p.m. CDT/11:00 a.m. MDT Hosted by Katie Bradshaw, grants management and outreach specialist, with Kristi Hayek Carley, HN Program Manager. After a brief presentation, we’ll open […]
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George Custer and The Great Plains: History, Landscape, and Legacy
Bellevue Public Library 2206 Longo Drive, Bellevue, NE, United StatesSpeaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Bellevue Public Library
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In Conversation: Miatta Kawinzi with Chrislyn Laurore
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE 68102, Omaha, NE, United StatesListen and learn from exhibiting artist Miatta Kawinzi and Haitian-American anthropologist Chrislyn Laurore, who will focus on diasporic identity, material memory, and how storytelling can function as an embodied archive. […]
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The Statue of Liberty — The Amazing Rest of the Story
Howells Catholic Social Hall 622 S 2nd St., Howells, NE, United StatesSpeaker: Darrel Draper Sponsored by the Howells Knights of Columbus
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The Role of Music During the Holocaust
B'nai Israel Synagogue 618 Mynster St., Council Bluffs, IA, United StatesSpeaker: Christine Erlander Beard Sponsored by B'nai Isreal Synagogue
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