Charting Our Path: Celebrating 50 Years of Black Studies (1971-2021) is open to the public on the first floor of Criss Library. The exhibit shares the history of one of the oldest Black Studies departments in the nation, highlighting debates over curriculum, attempts to downgrade the department to a program, and the mutual engagement between […]
This photo-documentary exhibit immerses visitors into a year of life histories, diversity and change within a single square meter of prairie habitat.
The Nebraska Poetry Society will offer five monthly online poetry workshops occurring on March 12, April 9, May 14, June 18 and July 9. Each workshop will begin with a 60 minute presentation by the featured speaker. After participants will have 30 minutes to practice what they learned and share with the group. Featured speakers […]
In conjunction with Smithsonian's Museums on Mainstreet exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, the Red Cloud Opera House is will present the Great Plains Mini-Film Festival. The festival will screen two films, Waiting for Guffman, and Minari. Immediately following the screening of Minari, a panel of experts conduct a moderated discussion entitled, "Telling Our Stories: How Public Art […]
UNO's Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) is excited to welcome our Keynote Speaker for ArteLatinx 2022, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez! Author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts and Founder of Latina Rebels. Join us as we have a much needed conversation, "How We Make It: Dealing with Imposter Syndrome" with […]
Through the voices of ecologists, ranchers and native people, this documentary profiles one of the last remaining intact prairies in North America. Cost is $7.00 https://off22.eventive.org/films/the-last-prairie-621556db7ff620003e31d75c
Lecture by internationally renowned scholar Deirdre Cooper Owens FREE admission. This event will take place in person and on Zoom. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test + face coverings are required for in-person attendance. Read more about our COVID Safety Policy at bemiscenter.org/visit. Join us to engage with Lincoln, NE-based, internationally renowned scholar Deirdre […]
Join author DeMisty D. Bellinger on Zoom to discuss the inspiration for her forthcoming novel, New to Liberty. Don't miss this captivating look into the Exodust movement, as freed African Americans established Black communities across the Great Plains during the late 19th century. At once a look at the diversity of Great Plains history as […]
Thursday, March 24, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. via Zoom. It is free and open to the public. Featuring Dr. Ryan Spohn. He is Director of the Nebraska Center for Justice Research (NCJR), a research center affiliated with the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. A'Jamal Byndon, Chair of the […]
Louder Than a Bomb is an annual youth poetry festival and competition featuring schools from all over Nebraska and the Great Plains. This program has impacted thousands of students, and provided a host of paid work opportunities for accomplished area poets, helping Nebraska retain some of its best artistic talent. We are in over 30 […]
Based on the Human Library, a Living Library is an event full of meaningful conversations that break through the expectations and labels we place on others. Instead of getting information from a printed book, attendees are invited to have one-on-one conversations with real people (“Human Books”) with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to learn […]
For the fourth iteration of Contemporary Indigeneity, the Great Plains Art Museum sought Indigenous artists addressing issues and themes relevant to the contemporary Native American experience on the Great Plains. A panel of Native American art curators blindly reviewed the submitted works and made selections based on the artwork’s aesthetic merit and contribution to the field […]
For the fourth iteration of Contemporary Indigeneity, the Great Plains Art Museum sought Indigenous artists addressing issues and themes relevant to the contemporary Native American experience on the Great Plains. A panel of Native American art curators blindly reviewed the submitted works and made selections based on the artwork’s aesthetic merit and contribution to the field […]
A public conversation with Gerard Baker (Three Affiliated Tribes) and Annika K. Johnon, Ph.D., Associate Curator of Native American Art, about life in the Mandan and Hidatsa earth lodge villages of Karl Bodmer’s era.
A day filled with inspirational documentary films and lively discussion by filmmakers and contributors!