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  • Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s 500-Mile Sculpture Garden

    Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s 500-Mile Sculpture Garden
    Lincoln NE Lincoln, NE

    Two events in Lincoln kick off the series of statewide events celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska's 500-Mile Sculpture Garden: 3pm @ Ross Media Arts Center The Committee for the Preservation of the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures and the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation will present a special screening of Nebraska’s 500 Mile Sculpture Garden, a […]

  • Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s 500-Mile Sculpture Garden

    Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s 500-Mile Sculpture Garden
    Lincoln NE Lincoln, NE

    Two events in Lincoln kick off the series of statewide events celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska's 500-Mile Sculpture Garden: 3pm @ Ross Media Arts Center The Committee for the Preservation of the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures and the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation will present a special screening of Nebraska’s 500 Mile Sculpture Garden, a […]

  • Artist Talk with John Raimondi, creator of Erma’s Desire

    Joslyn Art Museum 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    John discusses the I-80 BSP project as well as his other pieces in Nebraska (at University of Nebraska at Kearney and Eppley Airport in Omaha). This event will occur three times: In Grand Island at the Stuhr Museum on Wednesday, July 1; in Omaha at Joslyn Art Museum on Thursday, July 2, and in Seward […]

  • Willa Cather sculpture. She has a walking stick in one hand and a book or papers in the other. A partially buried wagon wheel is near her feet.

    “O Pioneers” screening and discussion

    Midwest Theater 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    The Gering Civic Plaza Sculpture Project Committee - Crystal Sandberg, Rita Stinner and Gretchen Peters, - installed a Littleton Alston sculpture of Nebraska author Willa Cather in Gering to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of American Independence and 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s Interstate-80 sculptures. This free event helps celebrate the statue's installation. The movie “O Pioneers” […]

  • The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are carved into a cliff. Pine trees are in the foreground.

    The Faces of Rushmore

    The Faces of Rushmore
    Nebraska National Guard Museum 201 N 8th St., Seward, NE, United States

    July 3 and 4 will be jam-packed with events in Seward, Nebraska's official Fourth of July City. Events funded through a Humanities Nebraska grant include the following: Four actors will represent the "Faces of Rushmore" - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln - for the USA250 celebration at the Nebraska National Guard […]

  • Patriotic Panoramas

    Papillion Manor 610 S. Polk St., Papillion, NE, United States

    Speaker: Donna Gunn Sponsored by Papillion Manor

  • Willa Cather sculpture. She has a walking stick in one hand and a book or papers in the other. A partially buried wagon wheel is near her feet.

    Really Big Willa Cather Book Club Event

    Gering Civic Center 1050 M St, Gering, NE, United States

    The Gering Civic Plaza Sculpture Project Committee - Crystal Sandberg, Rita Stinner and Gretchen Peters, - installed a Littleton Alston sculpture of Nebraska author Willa Cather in Gering to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of American Independence and 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s Interstate-80 sculptures. This free event helps celebrate the statue's installation. Read Cather’s My Antonia […]

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