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    Junior History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)

    Junior History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)
    Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Junior Young History Detectives is open to 9-11 year olds (4th-6th grades). YHD participants learn research skills, history, and oral storytelling. Oral Histories preserve community history uniquely. We explore storytelling through art, music, dance, gaming, creative writing, illustration, yoga, meditation, sound therapy, and photography. Each day blends calm and creativity—with daily yoga, mindfulness, and journaling […]

  • Illustration of smiling Black students working on workbooks in a classroom with art hung around the walls.

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)
    Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Young History Detectives is a youth enrichment program for grades 7-12 (ages 12-17). YHD participants learn research skills, history, and oral storytelling. Oral Histories preserve community history uniquely. We explore storytelling through art, music, dance, gaming, creative writing, illustration, yoga, meditation, sound therapy, and photography. Each day blends calm and creativity—with daily yoga, mindfulness, and […]

  • Illustration of smiling Black students working on workbooks in a classroom with art hung around the walls.

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)
    Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Young History Detectives is a youth enrichment program for grades 7-12 (ages 12-17). YHD participants learn research skills, history, and oral storytelling. Oral Histories preserve community history uniquely. We explore storytelling through art, music, dance, gaming, creative writing, illustration, yoga, meditation, sound therapy, and photography. Each day blends calm and creativity—with daily yoga, mindfulness, and […]

  • Dinuk Wijeratne: The Composer’s Mind-Creativity Insights

    Gallery 1516 1516 Leavenworth St, Omaha, NE, United States

    Join internationally acclaimed composer Dinuk Wijeratne for a rare behind-the-scenes look into his creative process. Wijeratne shares personal insights, stories, and musical excerpts in this intimate conversation about inspiration, collaboration, and invention. Sri Lankan-born Canadian Dinuk Wijeratne is a JUNO and multi-award-winning composer, conductor, and pianist who has been described by the New York Times […]

  • Illustration of smiling Black students working on workbooks in a classroom with art hung around the walls.

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)
    Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Young History Detectives is a youth enrichment program for grades 7-12 (ages 12-17). YHD participants learn research skills, history, and oral storytelling. Oral Histories preserve community history uniquely. We explore storytelling through art, music, dance, gaming, creative writing, illustration, yoga, meditation, sound therapy, and photography. Each day blends calm and creativity—with daily yoga, mindfulness, and […]

  • African American Cotillions Exhibit

    Swanson Conference Center, Metropolitan Community College 5300 N 30th St, Omaha, NE, United States

    A one-day-only exhibit on the history and significance of African American debutante cotillion balls will be available in room 201A of Building 22, Swanson Conference Center on the Fort Omaha Campus of Metropolitan Community College, in conjunction with a 5:30 p.m. lecture by Dr. Nikita Harris. For more information contact interculturaled@mccneb.edu or call 531-622-2253.  

  • African American debutante cotillion ball history

    Swanson Conference Center, Metropolitan Community College 5300 N 30th St, Omaha, NE, United States

    Dr. Nikita Harris will give a lecture on the history and significance of African American debutante cotillion balls. Dr. Nikita Harris is a distinguished scholar, public historian, and advocate for preserving African American cultural heritage who used her Reese Phifer Fellowship to study African American Cotillions and Black Debutante Social Programs across the United States. […]

  • Illustration of smiling Black students working on workbooks in a classroom with art hung around the walls.

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)
    Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Young History Detectives is a youth enrichment program for grades 7-12 (ages 12-17). YHD participants learn research skills, history, and oral storytelling. Oral Histories preserve community history uniquely. We explore storytelling through art, music, dance, gaming, creative writing, illustration, yoga, meditation, sound therapy, and photography. Each day blends calm and creativity—with daily yoga, mindfulness, and […]

  • event logo that states Joslyn Castle & Gardens presents Architecture on Tap. The image is a line drawing of a castle building with a tall foamy pint beer glass appended to it. The beer glass has windows in the side of it, echoing the three-story windows in the castle.

    Architecture on Tap: Little Italy

    Joslyn Castle 3902 Davenport Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Joslyn Castle & Gardens presents Architecture on Tap, a celebration of the historic communities and people that make Omaha unique. Architecture on Tap is a happy hour history hang-out happening Thursdays in July! Grab a beer from Infusion Brewing Company and then settle in for a low-key lecture presented by a local expert. Doors to […]

    $10

  • Illustration of smiling Black students working on workbooks in a classroom with art hung around the walls.

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)
    Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Young History Detectives is a youth enrichment program for grades 7-12 (ages 12-17). YHD participants learn research skills, history, and oral storytelling. Oral Histories preserve community history uniquely. We explore storytelling through art, music, dance, gaming, creative writing, illustration, yoga, meditation, sound therapy, and photography. Each day blends calm and creativity—with daily yoga, mindfulness, and […]

  • Illustration of smiling Black students working on workbooks in a classroom with art hung around the walls.

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)
    Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Young History Detectives is a youth enrichment program for grades 7-12 (ages 12-17). YHD participants learn research skills, history, and oral storytelling. Oral Histories preserve community history uniquely. We explore storytelling through art, music, dance, gaming, creative writing, illustration, yoga, meditation, sound therapy, and photography. Each day blends calm and creativity—with daily yoga, mindfulness, and […]

  • Crossroads Music Festival logo with three rows of short diagonal lines in various colors

    Art-Tastic Saturday: Music and Storytelling for All Ages

    Joslyn Art Museum 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Crossroads Music Festival joins forces with the The Joslyn for a day of creativity and connection for the whole family. Enjoy a fun-filled children’s concert, two performances by the enchanting Nordic-folk duo ííS, live poetry with Nebraska State Poets, current and former, Jewel Rodgers and Matt Mason, and an interactive storytelling-through-poetry workshop with Matt Mason. […]

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