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Pershing Mural Curriculum Available Online

Virtual Program

The Pershing Mural Curriculum Committee has created an academic curriculum in the areas of art, art history, language arts, history, and historic preservation using the Pershing Mural mosaic as a focus. The lesson plans and accompanying teaching materials contain Nebraska Standards, Learning Objectives, Direct Learning, Guided and Independent Practice, and Evaluation Standards that are written […]

Ongoing

Big Blue Reservation: Struggles and Hopes of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe

Gage County Museum North 2nd Street, Beatrice

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 Otoe/Missouria language and Otoe-Missouria culture including arts and lifestyles as well as traditional beliefs and rituals. Exhibit panels will feature letters, oral history and photographs. […]

When Orphan Trains Went West: Crete

Crete Public Library 1515 Forest Ave., Crete

Novelist and humanities scholar Alison Moore and singer/songwriter Phil Lancaster have combined audio visual elements, historical fiction and musical ballads into a collaborative performance that brings the Orphan Train movement, […]