The exhibit “Frida Kahlo and the Blue House” presents a selection of over 60 color photographs of the architecture and interior spaces of the Blue House created by Cristina Kahlo […]
A new exhibit on the history of the Big Blue Reservation in southern Gage County will open on May 25 at 10 a.m. The exhibit will include information about the […]
Loper Launch Enrichment Camp is Kearney’s premier curriculum-based summer camp for students.
Bright Lights provides unique, motivating, hands-on summer learning camps for K-8th grade students, including in humanities subjects like literature and writing, history, and world cultures and languages. The camp application deadline is one week before each week's camps begin. For details about camps, visit the Bright Lights camps list.
The 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference will celebrate Willa Cather and reading. Cather herself was an avid reader as well as a writer; she enjoyed sharing her book recommendations with friends, and she was pleased by hearing the comments of her own readers. From an early age, she established her “library,” with her books […]
Nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater's upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast transform the page into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and all your favorite characters as they read, perform, and interact in this one-hour workshop. It's a “tale as old as time” and […]
This monthly online (Zoom) reading series called First Friday Readings features authors with Nebraska connections, national presence, and a newly published book. The hourlong event, moderated by Larksong director Karen Shoemaker, will include both the author’s reading and Q&A with the audience. The event is free, but registration is required to receive the link. Lee Ann […]
Nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater's upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast transform the page into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and all your favorite characters as they read, perform, and interact in this one-hour workshop. It's a “tale as old as time” and […]
Nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater's upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast transform the page into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and all your favorite characters as they read, perform, and interact in this one-hour workshop. It's a “tale as old as time” and […]
This event is part of the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, and is free and open to the public. The Field, The Fire is a solo exhibition to be held in conjunction with the 69th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference. The conference, Cather and the Readerly Imagination, will focus on Cather's own books and reading habits, […]
As part of Sidney Gold Rush Days, Peter and Kathy Gibbs will provide detailed and first hand experiences into both past and present Lakota culture by displaying a completely furnished 18’ Lakota tipestola along with sharing numerous stories and cultural insights about the Lakota people. The Gibbs will be present throughout the festival and will […]
This event is part of the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, and is free and open to the public both in-person and online. Visit the event website to view the livestream. Kali Fajardo-Anstine will present an invited lecture "From Bookshelf to Dreamworld: Cather and the Underground Stream." Kali Fajardo-Anstine is the nationally best-selling author […]