Charting Our Path: Celebrating 50 Years of Black Studies is an 8-panel traveling exhibit sharing historical snapshots of one of the oldest Black Studies departments in the nation. The exhibit highlights the department’s civil rights origins, attempts to downgrade the department to a program, and the mutual engagement between campus and community. The banners share […]
Devon Glover, a hip-hop Shakespearean artist known as The Sonnet Man, will be a part of the opening ceremonies of the Nebraska State Thespian Festival for theatre students. He will also lead two conference workshops. Devon Glover is an artist known as The Sonnet Man. He travels around the world performing and presenting sonnets to […]
Devon Glover, a hip-hop Shakespearean artist known as The Sonnet Man, will lead two conference workshops and give a performance as The Sonnet Man for theatre students at the Nebraska State Thespians Festival. Devon Glover is an artist known as The Sonnet Man. He travels around the world performing and presenting sonnets to students using […]
Devon Glover, a hip-hop Shakespearean artist known as The Sonnet Man, will lead two conference workshops and be a part of the closing ceremonies of the Nebraska State Thespian Festival for theatre students. Devon Glover is an artist known as The Sonnet Man. He travels around the world performing and presenting sonnets to students using […]
Nobody’s Listening, a groundbreaking, award winning virtual reality (VR) experience and immersive exhibition that commemorates the Yazidi genocide committed by ISIS in northern Iraq, will make its premiere in the United States at UNO. Initiated and sponsored by UNO’s Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy, the exhibition will be on display at the […]
Every Monday during the school year, The Durham Museum hosts a weekly 30-minute Museum Live! program online. This broadcast-style show includes segments featuring guest speakers from the Smithsonian network, a behind-the-scenes look at museum exhibits and artifacts, cultural connections to the community, and even currents events. Registration is required, but participation is free. Click here to […]
In-person and livestreamed panel discussion with local artists DJ Kethro, Marcey Yates, Conny Franko, and Stylo Da Don on the Latino influence on hip hop culture. This event is part of Omaha Performing Arts’ “Voices Amplified” series. The 22/23 Season – Sabores de la Cultura Latina / Celebrating the Many Flavors of Latino/Hispanic Culture – […]
The National Willa Cather Center is hosting an author series as a way to connect Cather to contemporary writers as well as provide an accessible and inclusive space where readers can talk directly with writers about their work. Participating authors discuss how they create their work, thematic connections within and outside of their texts, and […]
In partnership with The Union for Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Community College and Great Plains Theatre Commons, the Omaha Community Playhouse is hosting a series of community events in conjunction with the opening of August Wilson’s Fences on the Hawks Mainstage Theatre. Before the opening night performance, Dr. Khalid Y. Long and Wali Jamal will discuss […]
How do lineation choices help poets achieve potent effects? Using the work of Joy Harjo, Jericho Brown, Lorine Niedecker, W.S. Merwin, Ruth Stone, and others, as an example, we will explore how poets use the poetic line to add layers of meaning to their work. The poet’s lineation choices build tension and emotion. As we […]
In partnership with The Union for Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Community College and Great Plains Theatre Commons, the Omaha Community Playhouse is hosting a series of community events in conjunction with the opening of August Wilson’s Fences on the Hawks Mainstage Theatre. Three workshops led by Kim Louise, Dr. Khalid Y. Long, and Wali Jamal on […]
In partnership with The Union for Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Community College and Great Plains Theatre Commons, the Omaha Community Playhouse is hosting a series of community events in conjunction with the opening of August Wilson’s Fences on the Hawks Mainstage Theatre. This special screening of "The Ground on Which I Stand" at The Union for […]
The Institute for Holocaust Education is bringing the globe-traveling exhibit “Anne Frank – a history for today,” established by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, to Nebraska schools. The 30-panel traveling exhibit on the life and times of Anne Frank is coupled with a two-day peer training education program that helps a group of students […]
Every Monday during the school year, The Durham Museum hosts a weekly 30-minute Museum Live! program online. This broadcast-style show includes segments featuring guest speakers from the Smithsonian network, a behind-the-scenes look at museum exhibits and artifacts, cultural connections to the community, and even currents events. Registration is required, but participation is free. Click here to […]
Kusi Taki, led by Oscar Rios Pohirieth, provides experiential learning and musical opportunities for audiences to engage with South American music and culture. They sing and engage in discussions around particularly the indigenous Quechua and other peoples of the Andes mountains regions of South America. He also sings in both Spanish and Quechua to bring […]
Every Monday during the school year, The Durham Museum hosts a weekly 30-minute Museum Live! program online. This broadcast-style show includes segments featuring guest speakers from the Smithsonian network, a behind-the-scenes look at museum exhibits and artifacts, cultural connections to the community, and even currents events. Registration is required, but participation is free. Click here to […]
The Institute for Holocaust Education is bringing the globe-traveling exhibit “Anne Frank – a history for today,” established by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, to Nebraska schools. The 30-panel traveling exhibit on the life and times of Anne Frank is coupled with a two-day peer training education program that helps a group of students […]
Each Salon Reading Series event features a reading of a play followed by a moderated discussion of the play's themes and how these themes apply to the community. Oct 2, 2022 Abraham’s Daughters by Emma Goldman-Sherman Nov 6, 2022 HUMAN(E) By Desireé York Dec 4, 2022 Clyt; or, The Bathtub Play by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman […]