No registration required. Class open to ages 8 to adult. Learn how to turn a 5-gallon bucket into a drum that you can play! Class performance on August 2, 6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Buckets and drum sticks will be provided. Instruction will be offered for 1 hour or 2 hours, your choice. Class size limit: […]
Learn how to salsa dance with instructor Jesus Quinero. Ages 17-Adult. No registration required. For more information call 402.371.3886 or send email.
5th-6th graders have the opportunity to learn paper weaving with instructor Sue Burns. Class size limit: 20 (Second class for 7th & 8th graders at 1:30 p.m) Registration required: https://norfolk-ne.libcal.com/event/12626632
Speaker: Taylor Keen Location: Norfolk Public Library, Room C While Western accounts of North American history traditionally start with European colonization, Indigenous histories of North America—or Turtle Island—stretch back millennia. Drawing on comparative analysis, firsthand Indigenous accounts, extensive historical writings, and his own experience, Omaha Tribal member, Cherokee citizen, and teacher Taylor Keen presents a […]
7th-8th graders have the opportunity to learn paper weaving with instructor Sue Burns. Class size limit: 20 (Earlier class for 5th & 6th graders.) Registration required: https://norfolk-ne.libcal.com/event/12626632
Watch a bucket drumline performance
Watch youth perform Hispanic folklore dancing.
Meet El Vaquero, America’s first cowboy, as portrayed by Angel Vigil. A composite of many different historic figures, El Vaquero is a Spanish colonial cowboy. These cowboys were the first Europeans to ride the open ranges and sleep under the stars. They learned to tame the wild horses of the plains and delivered vast herds […]
At Cox theater outdoor courtyard or Cox theater lobby depending on weather
Speaker: Jessica Downing-Ford Norfolk Public Library Room A Abigail Adams Five years after Abigail Smith married John Adams, the American colonies adopted the British law of coverture. This law held that no female person had a legal identity. At birth she was “covered” by her father’s identity and, when she married, by her husband’s. The husband […]
Join in on a tour of Downtown Norfolk! Two tour times: 9:30 and 10:30. Meet at the McMill building, 125 South 4th Street.
Speaker: Linda Garcia Location: Norfolk Public Library, Room A An experienced storyteller, Garcia-Perez draws on her experiences as a young girl in Omaha’s Mexican-American barrio. Her stories convey a universal message of humor, wonder and tradition. Linda M. Garcia-Perez, a 1971 College of St. Mary graduate and a retired Children’s Librarian, is an artist, instructor, […]
