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SUMMARY:Women's Rights and the "Saucy" Mrs. Adams
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessica Downing-Ford \nNorfolk Public Library Room A \nAbigail Adams \nFive 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 and wife became one person: the husband. Married women owned nothing—not even the clothes on their backs. More importantly\, they had no rights over their own bodies\, or custody of the children they bore. Abigail and John’s marriage was based on mutual admiration and respect\, and Abigail understood how lucky she was. She witnessed families torn apart by husband’s drunkenness\, temper\, lack of employment and/or money mismanagement. Women in these unhappy unions were left to tolerate humiliation\, mistreatment\, and physical abuse along with their daily struggle to feed their families\, stay housed\, and stay safe. Abigail’s famous ‘remember the ladies’ letter to her husband in which she implores him to “not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands\,” speaks directly to the law of coverture. This was the women’s rights issue of her time—remnants of which still exist in the year 2022. \nJessica Downing-Ford \nJessica has always enjoyed being in the spotlight. While growing up in Braintree\, Massachusetts\, she enjoyed gymnastics\, dancing\, and acting. She attended Emerson College where she graduated in ’93 with a BFA in Dance. Jessica forgot her passion for performing and had large gaps between stage productions after becoming a mother. It was during a trip back to Massachusetts in 2014 that she caught a glimpse of her soon-to-be-heroine. She attended a reenactment of the signing of the Declaration at the Adams’ National Park on the 4th of July and was brought to tears by a reading of Abigail’s “Remember the Ladies” letter. She fell in love not only with Abigail but with the art of Chautauqua; she jokes that she’d been waiting her whole life to find an avenue for her talents. Jessica enjoys bringing Abigail to life for history classes in western Colorado as well as coaching students through the Young Chautauqua program with Colorado Humanities. She continues to research and visit Abigail’s historical sites as she deepens her understanding of this complex\, amazingly brave\, female patriot.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/womens-rights-and-the-sassy-mrs-adams/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Walking Tours of Downtown Norfolk
DESCRIPTION:Join in on a tour of Downtown Norfolk! Two tour times: 9:30 and 10:30. \nMeet at the McMill building\, 125 South 4th Street.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/walking-tours-of-downtown-norfolk/2024-08-03/1/
LOCATION:McMill Building\, South 4th Street\, Norfolk\, Nebraska\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Nebraska: Weaving a State
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sara Crook \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room B/C \nThis session will discuss the history and politics of Nebraska’s admittance as the 37th state in the Union. As the first state admitted after the Civil War\, Nebraska not only faced the politics within the state\, but Reconstruction politics as well. \nDr. Sara Crook is professor emerita of political science and history at Peru State College\, receiving many scholarly and teaching awards during her tenure. Dr. Crook has also served as chair of the Humanities Nebraska board\, president of the Nebraska State Historical Society board\, chair of the Nebraska Sesquicentennial Commission\, and is the current chair of the Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission. She also is a member of the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau. \nDr. Crook’s love of Nebraska history and politics goes back to her childhood. As a farm girl growing up in a country church and attending a one-room country school in the Platte River Valley in the 1950s and 60s\, she developed a deep appreciation for Nebraska and its people that continues to this day.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/nebraska-weaving-a-state/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Storytelling in the Hispanic Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Linda Garcia \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room A \nAn 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. \nLinda M. Garcia-Perez\, a 1971 College of St. Mary graduate and a retired Children’s Librarian\, is an artist\, instructor\, and storyteller of Latino arts and culture. Linda is with the Nebraska Arts Council’s Artists in Schools and Communities roster; Nebraska StoryArts Board; Nebraska Humanities Council’s Speakers Bureau; City of Omaha Public Art Commissioner; and occasional instructor and docent with the Joslyn Art Museum. Linda and her husband\, Jose\, have an extensive collection of Mexican folk arts and literature and are co-founders of the Mexican American Historical Society of the Midlands.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/storytelling-in-the-hispanic-tradition/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Free Form Weaving
DESCRIPTION:Learn about free form weaving with instructor Peg Timmer-Kathol. \nAges 17-Adult. Class size limit 10 \nRegistration required: Call 402-371-3886 or send email.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/free-form-weaving/
LOCATION:Elkhorn Valley Museum\, 515 Queen City Blvd.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Walking Tours of Downtown Norfolk
DESCRIPTION:Join in on a tour of Downtown Norfolk! Two tour times: 9:30 and 10:30. \nMeet at the McMill building\, 125 South 4th Street.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/walking-tours-of-downtown-norfolk/2024-08-03/2/
LOCATION:McMill Building\, South 4th Street\, Norfolk\, Nebraska\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Origins of American Cowboy Culture
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angel Vigil \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room A \nWhy is there the rodeo? Why are there cowboys? Why are there horses in America? Where did the word cowboy come from? Where did the Stetson cowboy hat come from? Why was there John Wayne\, Roy Rodgers\, Gene Autry and Hopalong Cassidy? Why were there TV shows like Gunsmoke\, the Lone Ranger\, and The Cisco Kid? Why is there MacDonalds. Why are there hamburgers” Why is the Denver football team called the Broncos? Where did the words lasso\, lariat\, rodeo\, wrangler\, and stampede come from? Find out the answers to all these questions and many more in this fascinating presentation about the origins of American cowboy\, ranch and rodeo culture. \nThis talk presents the origins and development of cowboy culture in the American West. Tracing cowboy culture’s roots from the open plains of Spain to the establishment of ranching culture in the New World\, the talk describes the role of the Spanish/Mexican vaquero in the establishment of traditional cowboy and ranching practices in the American west. The show places the historical and fictional lore of the origins of the American cowboy in the historical context of the vaquero\, the true first cowboy. \nAngel Vigil is Retired Chairman of the Fine and Performing Arts Department and Director of Drama at Colorado Academy in Denver. He is an award-winning author\, performer\, stage director and teacher. Angel is the author of six award-winning books on Hispanic and Western culture and arts and is a Colorado Heritage Artist storyteller who has performed throughout the nation at festivals\, universities\, schools and art centers. His specialty is the oral traditions of the Hispanic Southwest and he is also a member of the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Chautauqua program for his historical presentations of 5 different figures.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/cowboy-culture/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Black Homesteaders on the Great Plains: Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness -- Amber Kirkendall\, Homestead National Historical Park -- Room B/C
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Amber Kirkendall with Homestead National Historical Park \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room B/C \nThe call of free land offered Black Americans a welcome reprieve from a cycle of poverty driven by sharecropping and racialized violence in the South. The Homestead Act of 1862 helped at least 3400 Black farmers build homes across the Great Plains. Homesteading attracted groundbreaking independent Black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and agronomist and inventor George Washington Carver. Black homesteaders also founded intentional communities like Nicodemus\, Kansas\, where they built businesses\, schools and churches and held elected offices at the local and state level. Their perseverance and grit helped Nicodemus not only survive but later become a National Historic Site run by the National Park Service. \nAmber Kirkendall is the Park Ranger/Volunteer Coordinator at the National Park Service’s Homestead National Historical Park in Beatrice\, NE. In 2015\, Amber received an M.A. in historical studies from Nebraska Wesleyan University. In 2018\, Amber started as an intern at Homestead National Historical Park and has been there ever since. Amber is passionate about unearthing historical stories and connecting them to modern audiences.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/black-homesteaders-on-the-great-plains-life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-amber-kirkendall-homestead-national-historical-park-room-b-c/
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CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Mexican-Americans in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jose Garcia \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room A \nA full 150 years before the 1st pioneer families entered Nebraska territory\, Mexican traders\, soldiers and explorers left their imprint on the land and its culture. Jose’s presentation takes you along on a journey of exploration that began in 1720 and continues in Nebraska to this very day. \nJose Francisco Garcia is of the 3rd generation with direct paternal and maternal Mexican descendants settling in the Mid-west in the early 20th Century. A Vietnam veteran\, retired railroader\, long-time Chicano activist\, Jose and his wife Linda are the founders of the Mexican American Historical Society of the Midlands. Now retired their time is spent on curating a research library of folk art\, historical artifacts and media\, focused on the art and civic accomplishments of Spanish-speaking/surnamed peoples of the Americas\, with a focus on the Heartlands.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/mexican-americans-in-nebraska/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:Free Form Weaving
DESCRIPTION:Learn about free form weaving with instructor Peg Timmer-Kathol. \nAges 17-Adult. Class size limit 10 \nRegistration required: Call 402-371-3886
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/free-form-weaving-2/
LOCATION:Elkhorn Valley Museum\, 515 Queen City Blvd.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T140000
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SUMMARY:"Ins" and "Outs" of the Nebraska Hall of Fame
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sara Crook \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room B/C \nThis session will discuss the various Nebraskans\, some well-known and some lesser-known individuals\, who have shaped the history and culture of our state. \nDr. Sara Crook is professor emerita of political science and history at Peru State College\, receiving many scholarly and teaching awards during her tenure. Dr. Crook has also served as chair of the Humanities Nebraska board\, president of the Nebraska State Historical Society board\, chair of the Nebraska Sesquicentennial Commission\, and is the current chair of the Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission. She also is a member of the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau. \nDr. Crook’s love of Nebraska history and politics goes back to her childhood. As a farm girl growing up in a country church and attending a one-room country school in the Platte River Valley in the 1950s and 60s\, she developed a deep appreciation for Nebraska and its people that continues to this day.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/ins-and-outs-of-the-nebraska-hall-of-fame/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T150000
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SUMMARY:The Legacy of Japanese Immigrants in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Vickie Schaepler \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room A \nFaced by laws targeting only Asians\, Japanese Immigrants began to settle in Nebraska in the early 1900’s. Many came following the railroads but stayed due to opportunities in business and agriculture. They overcame adversity\, brought picture brides\, and their families thrived. Learn of Laws impacting their lives\, the people who would support them and their impact in Nebraska. \nVickie Sakurada Schaepler is the Coordinator of the Japanese Hall and History Project at Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering\, Nebraska. Preserving the history of the Japanese in Nebraska through the preservation of a Japanese Hall built in 1928 and moved to the Legacy of the Plains Museum to showcase this history. She is a previous board member of the History Nebraska Board of Trustees\, the Buffalo County Historical Society and recently appointed to the Commission on Asian American Affairs in Nebraska.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/unravel-americas-lesser-known-stories/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T160000
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SUMMARY:Lewis & Clark: What Was Their Value Worth? -- Renae Hunt -- Room B/C
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Renae Hunt \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room B/C \nThe Corps of Discovery was a fascinating group of individuals. But there were four members of the corps that were “valuable” but not paid. Hunt discusses these four members and tells stories of their adventures. She also dispels a few myths about these members. This program is appropriate for all ages \nRenae Hunt is a native Nebraska farm girl. She graduated from Stromsburg High School and received a bachelor’s degree in education from Utah State University. She attended Gallaudet University for the Deaf in Washington\, D.C.\, and is a qualified American Sign Language interpreter. She has been an active historical re-enactor and worked as a museum educator for several years. She traveled on the Mormon Trail in 1997\, and followed the Lewis and Clark Trail as a graduate student in summer 2003. In 2002\, she co-founded Traveling Historical Programs Inc.\, which presented hands-on living history programs and has done educational programs in a tri-state area. She has also been a visiting professor at several colleges and universities
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/lewis-clark-what-was-their-value-worth-renae-hunt-room-b-c/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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SUMMARY:But\, Who Lived Here in 1491? Indigenous Archeology in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Rob Bozell \nLocation: Norfolk Public Library\, Room A \nIndigenous people have lived in what we call Nebraska for at least 13\,000 years and probably longer. Their story is much richer than what history books have taught us about the past several centuries. Over 97 precent of Indigenous history is only revealed through oral traditions and archeology. For much of that period\, people were relatively nomadic hunter-gatherers leaving a fragile archeological record. About 1500 years ago\, groups began experimenting with agriculture and building permanent homes and towns that remain as spectacular buried archeological sites. In the mid 1700s\, Indigenous culture began to change dramatically though colonialism. Archeology also helps to tell that tumultuous story of challenge and survival. \nRob Bozell is a lifelong Nebraska currently living in Omaha. He earned BA and MA degrees in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has spent over 40 years as an archeologist and most of that working at the History Nebraska\, State Archeology Office. Bozell retired at the end of 2021 but continues to consult on various research and historic preservation projects in Nebraska and surrounding states. His professional interests include past foodways\, fur trade archeology\, and working with Indigenous tribes on repatriation and historic preservation.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/but-who-lived-here-in-1491-indigenous-archeology-in-nebraska/
LOCATION:Norfolk Public Library\, 308 W. Prospect Ave.\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T193000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Abigail Adams
DESCRIPTION:Meet Abigail Adams as portrayed by Jessica Downing-Ford. “America’s first Second Lady and second First Lady” played an important role in the founding of this nation. Indeed\, one could say “the room where it happened” was often her dining room or parlor. John Adams and his wife Abigail were intellectual equals who could discuss the complex issues of founding a nation together. “ \nJessica Downing-Ford merged her performance background with her passion for Abigail Adams to become a Chautauqua scholar. She “brings Abigail to life” for history classes in Colorado and coaches students through the Young Chautauqua program with Colorado Humanities.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-abigail-adams/
LOCATION:Northeast Community College Cox Activity Center\, East Benjamin Avenue\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T203000
DTSTAMP:20240613T173926Z
CREATED:20240613T173926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240613T173926Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Big Elk (Ongpatonga)
DESCRIPTION:Big Elk or Ongpatonga\, was chief of the Omaha Tribe during a key time in America’s expansion through the Great Plains.  With U.S. acquisition of land and the increase of homesteading\, the lifestyle for First Peoples was threatened. Big Elk sought ways to protect his tribe and their culture from obliteration. He created alliances to protect his people and prepare for a future that he thought depended on a closer relationship with the United States. \nBig Elk will be portrayed by his direct descendant\, Taylor Keen. Fans of Nebraska Chautauqua may recall Keen as Chief Standing Bear during “Free Land? 1862 and the Shaping of Modern America” 2012-2016\, and again at last year’s “What Connects Us” Chautauqua. A former HN board member\, Keen is a full-time instructor at Creighton University and the author of the new book “Rediscovering America: Sacred Geography\, the Ancient Above: Jessica Downing-Ford as Abigail Adams. Right: A rare portrait of Big Elk. Earthen Works and an Indigenous History of Turtle Island.”
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-big-elk-ongpatonga/
LOCATION:Northeast Community College Cox Activity Center\, East Benjamin Avenue\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240803T203000
DTSTAMP:20240621T204446Z
CREATED:20240610T164504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240621T204446Z
UID:10002499-1722716100-1722717000@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Hoop Dancing
DESCRIPTION:Watch a presentation by hoop dancer\, Jeffrey Mesteth\, following Big Elk. \nAt NECC Cox Theater
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/hoop-dancing/
LOCATION:Northeast Community College Cox Activity Center\, East Benjamin Avenue\, Norfolk\, NE\, 68701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250627T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250627T203000
DTSTAMP:20250617T211540Z
CREATED:20250604T215033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T211540Z
UID:10004828-1751050800-1751056200@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Meet Benjamin Franklin
DESCRIPTION:A pre-Chautauqua event! \nMeet Benjamin Franklin\, a key figure in the founding of our nation. He will be portrayed by Larry Bounds. \nFree and open to the public at the Gering Civic Plaza. (If there is inclement weather\, the event will take place at Gering High School\, 1500 U Street.)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/meet-benjamin-franklin/
LOCATION:Gering Civic Plaza\, 1450 11th Street\, Gering\, 69341\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250716T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250716T170000
DTSTAMP:20250604T221548Z
CREATED:20250604T221548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250604T221548Z
UID:10004829-1752685200-1752685200@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:The Five Tribes of Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:A pre-Chautauqua event! \nNancy Gillis provides a look at the origins\, history\, and current state of five Native American tribes who made their homes in Nebraska. \nFree and open to the public.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/the-five-tribes-of-nebraska/
LOCATION:Lied Scottsbluff Public Library\, 1809 3rd Ave.\, Scottsbluff\, NE\, 69361
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua,Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250720T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250720T170000
DTSTAMP:20250702T201609Z
CREATED:20250604T222234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T201609Z
UID:10004830-1753027200-1753030800@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Poetry in the Park: Nebraska State Poet Jewel Rodgers with the Gering City Band
DESCRIPTION:A pre-Chautauqua event! \nEnjoy an evening with Nebraska State Poet Jewel Rodgers and the Gering City Band. \nFree and open to the public. Lawn chairs welcome.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/nebraska-state-poet-jewel-rodgers-with-the-gering-city-band/
LOCATION:Centennial Park – Scottsbluff\, 400 E 20th St\, Scottsbluff\, NE\, 69361\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250729T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250729T190000
DTSTAMP:20250617T211743Z
CREATED:20250604T222617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T211743Z
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SUMMARY:A Nebraska Tapestry
DESCRIPTION:A pre-Chautauqua event! \nFeaturing Dan Holtz and Gary Zalud \nSee Dan and Gary live on the Free Stage at the Scotts Bluff County Fair in Mitchell! \nDan Holtz is a recently retired professor of English at Peru State College\, where he taught from 1987 to 2016. He is the recipient of the 2000 Nebraska State College System Teaching Excellence Award and the 2015 Addison E. Sheldon Award for the preservation and interpretation of Nebraska history. He is also a past president of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Historical Society and currently serves as a member of the Nebraska 150 Foundation\, a statewide committee involved in planning Nebraska’s Sesquicentennial celebration/commemoration. He has performed and presented programs for civic\, historical\, and literary organizations across Nebraska as well as at the Nebraska State Capitol\, the Nebraska State Historical Society\, the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer\, Scottsbluff National Monument and the John Neihardt Center. Additionally\, he has appeared at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and at the Bob Devaney Center for the state quarter dedication ceremony in 2006. In June of 2016\, he released his second CD\, “All Original\, All Nebraska\,” a collection songs he wrote about people\, places\, and events in Nebraska.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/a-nebraska-tapestry/
LOCATION:Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds\, County Road East\, Mitchell\, NE\, 69357\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua,Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250806T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250806T203000
DTSTAMP:20250617T211926Z
CREATED:20250604T223050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T211926Z
UID:10004832-1754505000-1754512200@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:The No Name Bluegrass Band
DESCRIPTION:A pre-Chautauqua event! \nEnjoy the No Name Bluegrass Band with your family and friends! \nFree and open to the public at the Gering Civic Plaza.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/the-no-name-bluegrass-band/
LOCATION:Gering Civic Plaza\, 1450 11th Street\, Gering\, 69341\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250808T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250808T100000
DTSTAMP:20250627T230553Z
CREATED:20250627T230553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250627T230553Z
UID:10004869-1754640000-1754647200@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Weaving Activity for Kids & Families
DESCRIPTION:Fun\, free event for the whole family.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/weaving-activity-for-kids-families/
LOCATION:West Nebraska Arts Center\, 106 East 18th Street\, Scottsbluff\, NE\, 69361\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250808T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250808T153000
DTSTAMP:20250714T151458Z
CREATED:20250714T151458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250714T151458Z
UID:10004896-1754663400-1754667000@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Lewis & Clark: What Was Their Value Worth? Seaman\, York\, Sacagawea & Pomp Stories
DESCRIPTION:The Corps of Discovery was a fascinating group of individuals. But there were four members of the corps that were “valuable” but not paid. Hunt discusses these four members and tells stories of their adventures. She also dispels a few myths about these members. This program is appropriate for all ages. \nPresented by Renae Hunt
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/lewis-clark-what-was-their-value-worth-seaman-york-sacagawea-pomp-stories-2/
LOCATION:Legacy of the Plains Musuem\, 2930 Old Oregon Trail\, Gering\, NE\, 69341\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua,Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250808T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250808T163000
DTSTAMP:20250626T211306Z
CREATED:20250626T191648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T211306Z
UID:10004854-1754667000-1754670600@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Early Japanese Settlers in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:Although the majority of Japanese immigrants settled in Hawaii\, California\, and the West Coast\, some pushed further inland\, to work on the railroad and coal mines\, ending up in Nebraska. A few died from illness\, the Spanish Flu\, train accidents\, their gravestones written in Japanese characters. Others returned to Japan or moved to larger cities. But some stayed\, put down roots\, raised families\, farmed\, published newspapers\, opened businesses\, worked in meat packing plants\, laundries\, pool halls\, and restaurants. This talk will illustrate their journey from Japan\, and some of the various paths that brought them here\, as well as the transitions they made along the way. \nSpeaker: Julie Ushio\, a member of the Advisory Board at Japanese Hall\, Legacy of the Plains Museum\, in Gering. She grew up in Alliance\, Nebraska\, where her Japanese grandparents settled.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/early-japanese-settlers-in-nebraska/
LOCATION:Legacy of the Plains Musuem\, 2930 Old Oregon Trail\, Gering\, NE\, 69341\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250808T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250808T190000
DTSTAMP:20250626T200647Z
CREATED:20250626T192124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T200647Z
UID:10004855-1754677800-1754679600@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Guadalupe Dancers
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy traditional music while the Guadalupe Dancers perform! The Los Guadalupanos is a Traditional Mexican Folklore dance group out of Western Nebraska.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/guadalupe-dancers/
LOCATION:Midwest Theater\, 1707 Broadway\, Scottsbluff\, NE\, 69361\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250808T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250808T203000
DTSTAMP:20250626T194000Z
CREATED:20250214T162606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T194000Z
UID:10004482-1754681400-1754685000@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Meet El Vaquero: America's First Cowboy
DESCRIPTION:Free family fun with an educational thread! \nEl Vaquero is a conglomeration of many different cowboys who first roamed the continent. You’ll be enthralled as he is brought to life by Angel Vigil. \nAudience members will be invited to ask questions of El Vaquero\, as well as Angel Vigil.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/weaving-a-nation-nebraska-chautauqua/
LOCATION:Midwest Theater\, 1707 Broadway\, Scottsbluff\, NE\, 69361\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250809T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250809T100000
DTSTAMP:20250626T200158Z
CREATED:20250626T194658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T200158Z
UID:10004857-1754730000-1754733600@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Women's Rights and the Saucy Mrs. Adams
DESCRIPTION: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. Married women owned nothing—not even the clothes on their backs. More importantly\, they had no rights over their own bodies\, or custody of the children they bore. \nAbigail’s marriage was based on mutual respect\, and she understood how lucky she was. She witnessed families torn apart by a husband’s drunkenness\, lack of employment\, temper\, and/or money mismanagement. Abigail’s famous ‘remember the ladies’ letter to her husband in which she implores him to “not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands\,” speaks directly to the law of coverture. This was the women’s rights issue of her time—remnants of which still exist in the year 2024. \nPresented by Chautauqua Scholar Jessica Downing-Ford
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/womens-rights-and-the-saucy-mrs-adams/
LOCATION:Legacy of the Plains Musuem\, 2930 Old Oregon Trail\, Gering\, NE\, 69341\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250809T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250809T110000
DTSTAMP:20250626T200559Z
CREATED:20250626T200050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T200559Z
UID:10004858-1754733600-1754737200@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Sacred Seed: Reviving Indigenous Agricultural Lifeways
DESCRIPTION:Seed is sacred to the First Peoples of this land. Taylor Keen shares his 10 year journey to reclaim his Omaha tribal seeds and the teachings afforded by the Plant Nations. \nPresented by Taylor Keen\, who is of Omaha and Cherokee heritage and is a full-time instructor at Creighton University. Keen is the author of ‘Rediscovering Turtle Island: A First Peoples’ Account of the Sacred Geography of America” and the founder of Sacred Seed.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/sacred-seed-reviving-indigenous-agricultural-lifeways/
LOCATION:Legacy of the Plains Musuem\, 2930 Old Oregon Trail\, Gering\, NE\, 69341\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250809T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250809T120000
DTSTAMP:20250626T200525Z
CREATED:20250626T200525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T200525Z
UID:10004859-1754737200-1754740800@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:The Origins of American Cowboy Culture
DESCRIPTION:Why are there rodeos? Why are there cowboys? Why are there horses in\nAmerica? Where did the word cowboy come from? The Stetson cowboy hat? Why were there TV shows like Gunsmoke\, The Lone Ranger\, and The Cisco Kid? \nThis fascinating presentation traces cowboy culture’s roots from the open plains of Spain to the establishment of ranching culture in the New World. Angel Vigil describes the role of the Spanish/Mexican vaquero in the establishment of\ntraditional cowboy and ranching practices in the west\, placing the historical and fictional lore of the origins of the American cowboy in the historical context of the vaquero\, the true first cowboy. \nPresented by Chautauqua scholar Angel Vigil.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/the-origins-of-american-cowboy-culture/
LOCATION:Legacy of the Plains Musuem\, 2930 Old Oregon Trail\, Gering\, NE\, 69341\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua
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