An Evening With Loren Eiseley’s Star Thrower

University of Nebraska-Omaha

Friday, May 23 Scottsbluff WNCC Recital Hall 7:30 pm Tuesday, May 27 UNO Strauss Performing Center Recital Hall 7:30 pm With reflections from composer/performer and Eiseley scholar John Cimino discussing and performing highlights of his Eiseley inspired musical dramatization, The Star Thrower. Loren Eiseley’s celebrated essay, “The Star Thrower”, is a marvel of brilliant natural […]

Event Series 2025 New Play Festival

2025 New Play Festival

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

The New Play Festival was founded in 2006 by Metropolitan Community College, and continues, now that the GPTC is its own nonprofit, as a vibrant community partnership between the two organizations. The Festival takes place each spring at the Swanson Conference Center on MCC’s historic Fort Omaha Campus. Each year, the Festival helps to develop […]

Event Series 2025 New Play Festival

2025 New Play Festival

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

The New Play Festival was founded in 2006 by Metropolitan Community College, and continues, now that the GPTC is its own nonprofit, as a vibrant community partnership between the two organizations. The Festival takes place each spring at the Swanson Conference Center on MCC’s historic Fort Omaha Campus. Each year, the Festival helps to develop […]

Event Series 2025 New Play Festival

2025 New Play Festival

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

The New Play Festival was founded in 2006 by Metropolitan Community College, and continues, now that the GPTC is its own nonprofit, as a vibrant community partnership between the two organizations. The Festival takes place each spring at the Swanson Conference Center on MCC’s historic Fort Omaha Campus. Each year, the Festival helps to develop […]

Nebraska Stories: Rescuing Japanese Hall

Statewide on Nebraska Public Media Television NE, United States

Nebraska Public Media has created a special “Nebraska Stories” episode, “Rescuing Japanese Hall.” This program follows the grassroots efforts of Nebraskans of Japanese heritage to save the historic Scottsbluff hall, culminating in its relocation to the Legacy of the Plains Museum. It also explores the enduring influence of Fr. Hiram Kano, a Japanese immigrant whose […]

Event Series 2025 New Play Festival

2025 New Play Festival

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

The New Play Festival was founded in 2006 by Metropolitan Community College, and continues, now that the GPTC is its own nonprofit, as a vibrant community partnership between the two organizations. The Festival takes place each spring at the Swanson Conference Center on MCC’s historic Fort Omaha Campus. Each year, the Festival helps to develop […]

2025 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)

Lincoln - multiple locations Lincoln, United States

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 at least one week before each week’s camps begin (subject to availability). For details about camps, visit the Bright Lights camps list.

$145