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SUMMARY:2025 New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach year\, the Festival helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Festival\, local and national playwrights\, actors\, directors\, dramaturgs\, designers and Omaha community members\, share a week of stories\, workshops\, readings\, meals\, performances and celebrations. All public festival events are free to attend. Click here for more information\, including links to the schedule and featured playwrights\, artists\, dramaturgs\, and directors.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-new-play-festival/2025-05-25/
LOCATION:Swanson Conference Center\, Metropolitan Community College\, 5300 N 30th St\, Omaha\, NE\, 68111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:2025 New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach year\, the Festival helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Festival\, local and national playwrights\, actors\, directors\, dramaturgs\, designers and Omaha community members\, share a week of stories\, workshops\, readings\, meals\, performances and celebrations. All public festival events are free to attend. Click here for more information\, including links to the schedule and featured playwrights\, artists\, dramaturgs\, and directors.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-new-play-festival/2025-05-26/
LOCATION:Swanson Conference Center\, Metropolitan Community College\, 5300 N 30th St\, Omaha\, NE\, 68111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250527T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250527T120000
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SUMMARY:Camp Culture 2025 (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:The Asian Community and Cultural Center in Lincoln offers a weeklong summer camp where kids grades K-5 can learn about the different cultures represented within their community through dance\, music\, food\, and games led by representatives of each culture.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/camp-culture-2025-registered-students-only/2025-05-27/
LOCATION:Asian Community & Cultural Center of Lincoln\, 144 N 44th St\, Ste A\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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DTSTAMP:20250429T201000Z
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SUMMARY:2025 New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach year\, the Festival helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Festival\, local and national playwrights\, actors\, directors\, dramaturgs\, designers and Omaha community members\, share a week of stories\, workshops\, readings\, meals\, performances and celebrations. All public festival events are free to attend. Click here for more information\, including links to the schedule and featured playwrights\, artists\, dramaturgs\, and directors.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-new-play-festival/2025-05-27/
LOCATION:Swanson Conference Center\, Metropolitan Community College\, 5300 N 30th St\, Omaha\, NE\, 68111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Great Plains Theatre Commons":MAILTO:commons@gptcplays.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250527T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250527T213000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T191146Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Loren Eiseley's Star Thrower
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 23\nScottsbluff WNCC Recital Hall 7:30 pm \nTuesday\, May 27\nUNO Strauss Performing Center Recital Hall 7:30 pm \nWith reflections from composer/performer and Eiseley scholar John Cimino discussing and performing highlights of his Eiseley inspired musical dramatization\, The Star Thrower. \nLoren Eiseley’s celebrated essay\, “The Star Thrower”\, is a marvel of brilliant natural science and philosophy\, thoughtful\, engaging storytelling and superbly crafted language.  It is a tale for our times and for all times\, a lifeline to something marvelous and true: “we are of Nature\, not above Nature”\, we are connected to the natural world and that connection is the essence of our humanity.  Eiseley helps us to feel and comprehend our impulse to “reach across the species barrier” to help fragile\, endangered lifeforms in need of our protection and support.  “The task was not to be assumed lightly\,” says Eiseley\, “For it was men as well as starfish that we sought to save.” \nThe commissioning team at the renowned Center for Creative Leadership which selected Eiseley’s “Star Thrower” essay to be transformed into an opera\, believed it could inspire in its listeners new behaviors and sensitivities and a realization that leaders — indeed\, all of us — have it within our power to lead by example and lift others from disillusionment and despair.  And just so\, “The Star Thrower” opera or musical dramatization was ushered into the world.  Please join us for an evening of big questions\, beautiful music and inspired conversation.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-loren-eiseleys-star-thrower/
LOCATION:University of Nebraska-Omaha
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Camp Culture 2025 (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:The Asian Community and Cultural Center in Lincoln offers a weeklong summer camp where kids grades K-5 can learn about the different cultures represented within their community through dance\, music\, food\, and games led by representatives of each culture.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/camp-culture-2025-registered-students-only/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:Asian Community & Cultural Center of Lincoln\, 144 N 44th St\, Ste A\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250528T203000
DTSTAMP:20250429T201000Z
CREATED:20250429T201000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T201000Z
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SUMMARY:2025 New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach year\, the Festival helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Festival\, local and national playwrights\, actors\, directors\, dramaturgs\, designers and Omaha community members\, share a week of stories\, workshops\, readings\, meals\, performances and celebrations. All public festival events are free to attend. Click here for more information\, including links to the schedule and featured playwrights\, artists\, dramaturgs\, and directors.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-new-play-festival/2025-05-28/
LOCATION:Swanson Conference Center\, Metropolitan Community College\, 5300 N 30th St\, Omaha\, NE\, 68111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T120000
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CREATED:20250422T204441Z
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UID:10004664-1748505600-1748520000@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Camp Culture 2025 (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:The Asian Community and Cultural Center in Lincoln offers a weeklong summer camp where kids grades K-5 can learn about the different cultures represented within their community through dance\, music\, food\, and games led by representatives of each culture.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/camp-culture-2025-registered-students-only/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Asian Community & Cultural Center of Lincoln\, 144 N 44th St\, Ste A\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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DTSTAMP:20250429T201000Z
CREATED:20250429T201000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T201000Z
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SUMMARY:2025 New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach year\, the Festival helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Festival\, local and national playwrights\, actors\, directors\, dramaturgs\, designers and Omaha community members\, share a week of stories\, workshops\, readings\, meals\, performances and celebrations. All public festival events are free to attend. Click here for more information\, including links to the schedule and featured playwrights\, artists\, dramaturgs\, and directors.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-new-play-festival/2025-05-29/
LOCATION:Swanson Conference Center\, Metropolitan Community College\, 5300 N 30th St\, Omaha\, NE\, 68111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Great Plains Theatre Commons":MAILTO:commons@gptcplays.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T120000
DTSTAMP:20250422T204441Z
CREATED:20250422T204441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T204441Z
UID:10004665-1748592000-1748606400@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Camp Culture 2025 (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:The Asian Community and Cultural Center in Lincoln offers a weeklong summer camp where kids grades K-5 can learn about the different cultures represented within their community through dance\, music\, food\, and games led by representatives of each culture.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/camp-culture-2025-registered-students-only/2025-05-30/
LOCATION:Asian Community & Cultural Center of Lincoln\, 144 N 44th St\, Ste A\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T213000
DTSTAMP:20250429T201000Z
CREATED:20250429T201000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T201000Z
UID:10004687-1748593800-1748640600@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2025 New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach year\, the Festival helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Festival\, local and national playwrights\, actors\, directors\, dramaturgs\, designers and Omaha community members\, share a week of stories\, workshops\, readings\, meals\, performances and celebrations. All public festival events are free to attend. Click here for more information\, including links to the schedule and featured playwrights\, artists\, dramaturgs\, and directors.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-new-play-festival/2025-05-30/
LOCATION:Swanson Conference Center\, Metropolitan Community College\, 5300 N 30th St\, Omaha\, NE\, 68111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Great Plains Theatre Commons":MAILTO:commons@gptcplays.com
GEO:41.3103886;-95.9578547
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T200000
DTSTAMP:20250417T204838Z
CREATED:20250417T204838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T204838Z
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SUMMARY:Nebraska Stories: Rescuing Japanese Hall
DESCRIPTION: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 dedicated service to Nebraska still resonates today. \nThe broadcast premiere of “Nebraska Stories: Rescuing Japanese Hall” is Thursday\, May 15 at 8pm CT / 7pm MT on Nebraska Public Media or stream on-demand on PBS.org or the PBS app. \nSubsequent broadcasts will take place: \n\nFriday\, May 16\, 07:30 pm on NE-PBS\nSunday\, May 18\, 01:30 pm on NE-PBS\nFriday\, May 30\, 07:30 pm on NE-PBS
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/nebraska-stories-rescuing-japanese-hall/2025-05-30/
LOCATION:Statewide on Nebraska Public Media Television\, NE\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Nebraska Public Media":MAILTO:customerservice@nebraskapublicmedia.org
GEO:43.2994285;-74.2179326
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250531T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250531T213000
DTSTAMP:20250429T201000Z
CREATED:20250429T201000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T201000Z
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SUMMARY:2025 New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach year\, the Festival helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Festival\, local and national playwrights\, actors\, directors\, dramaturgs\, designers and Omaha community members\, share a week of stories\, workshops\, readings\, meals\, performances and celebrations. All public festival events are free to attend. Click here for more information\, including links to the schedule and featured playwrights\, artists\, dramaturgs\, and directors.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-new-play-festival/2025-05-31/
LOCATION:Swanson Conference Center\, Metropolitan Community College\, 5300 N 30th St\, Omaha\, NE\, 68111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Great Plains Theatre Commons":MAILTO:commons@gptcplays.com
GEO:41.3103886;-95.9578547
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250602T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250602T120000
DTSTAMP:20250422T202253Z
CREATED:20250422T202253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T202253Z
UID:10004641-1748854800-1748865600@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2025 Loper Launch Summer Enrichment Camps (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:Loper Launch Enrichment Camp is a fun\, engaging way for kids entering grades 1-8 to continue learning during the summer while connecting with the UNK campus.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-loper-launch-summer-enrichment-camps-registered-students-only/2025-06-02/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Building-University of Nebraska Kearney\, 2506 12th Ave.\, Kearney\, NE\, 68849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250602T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250602T160000
DTSTAMP:20250422T202525Z
CREATED:20250422T185616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T202525Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-bright-lights-summer-camp-registered-students-only/2025-06-02/
LOCATION:Lincoln – multiple locations\, Lincoln\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bright Lights":MAILTO:info@brightlights.org
GEO:40.813616;-96.7025955
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250603T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250603T120000
DTSTAMP:20250422T202253Z
CREATED:20250422T202253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T202253Z
UID:10004642-1748941200-1748952000@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2025 Loper Launch Summer Enrichment Camps (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:Loper Launch Enrichment Camp is a fun\, engaging way for kids entering grades 1-8 to continue learning during the summer while connecting with the UNK campus.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-loper-launch-summer-enrichment-camps-registered-students-only/2025-06-03/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Building-University of Nebraska Kearney\, 2506 12th Ave.\, Kearney\, NE\, 68849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250603T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250603T160000
DTSTAMP:20250422T202525Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T202525Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-bright-lights-summer-camp-registered-students-only/2025-06-03/
LOCATION:Lincoln – multiple locations\, Lincoln\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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GEO:40.813616;-96.7025955
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250603T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250603T193000
DTSTAMP:20241127T212341Z
CREATED:20241127T212341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T212341Z
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SUMMARY:Nebraska Poets Reading Series: John Brehm
DESCRIPTION:The free monthly Nebraska Poets Reading Series highlights the talent of Nebraska poets and invites discussion with audience members. All events are free online\, but registration is required to receive an event link. Registration links for each poet’s event and additional details about each poet are available on the Nebraska Poetry Society’s website. \nBrehm’s poems explore the darkest and brightest moments of our lives. Some show a path forward and others simply acknowledge and empathize with where we are\, but all touch deep inside our hearts and into a greater connection with the world around us. \nJohn Brehm is the author of four books of original poetry: Sea of Faith\, Help Is on the Way\, No Day at the Beach\, and most recently\, Dharma Talk. He’s also the author of a book of essays\, The Dharma of Poetry: How Poems Can Deepen Your Spiritual Practice and Open You to Joy\, and the editor of the bestselling anthology The Poetry of Impermanence\, Mindfulness\, and Joy\, both from Wisdom Publications. With his wife\, Felden­krais teacher Alice Boyd\, he leads mindfulness retreats that incorporate Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement lessons\, meditation\, and mindful poetry discussions. He lives in Portland\, Oregon.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/nebraska-poets-reading-series-john-brehm/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Nebraska Poetry Society":MAILTO:thepoets@nepoetrysociety.org
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SUMMARY:2025 Loper Launch Summer Enrichment Camps (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:Loper Launch Enrichment Camp is a fun\, engaging way for kids entering grades 1-8 to continue learning during the summer while connecting with the UNK campus.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-loper-launch-summer-enrichment-camps-registered-students-only/2025-06-04/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Building-University of Nebraska Kearney\, 2506 12th Ave.\, Kearney\, NE\, 68849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:2025 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-bright-lights-summer-camp-registered-students-only/2025-06-04/
LOCATION:Lincoln – multiple locations\, Lincoln\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bright Lights":MAILTO:info@brightlights.org
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SUMMARY:Page to Stage Little Mermaid: Broken Bow
DESCRIPTION:Using nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater’s upcoming production of The Little Mermaid\, the page transforms into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Ariel\, Sebastian\, Scuttle\, Ursula\, Prince Eric\, and all your favorite characters as they read\, perform\, and interact with students in this one-hour workshop “under the sea”!
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/page-to-stage-little-mermaid-broken-bow/
LOCATION:Broken Bow Public Library\, 626 S. D St.\, Broken Bow\, NE\, 68822\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Crane River Theater":MAILTO:info@CraneRiverTheater.org
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SUMMARY:Page to Stage Little Mermaid: Arnold
DESCRIPTION:Using nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater’s upcoming production of The Little Mermaid\, the page transforms into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Ariel\, Sebastian\, Scuttle\, Ursula\, Prince Eric\, and all your favorite characters as they read\, perform\, and interact with students in this one-hour workshop “under the sea”!
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/page-to-stage-little-mermaid-arnold/
LOCATION:Arnold Public School\, 405 N. Haskell\, Arnold\, NE\, 69120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Crane River Theater":MAILTO:info@CraneRiverTheater.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250604T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250604T153000
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UID:10004797-1749047400-1749051000@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Page to Stage Little Mermaid: North Platte
DESCRIPTION:Using nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater’s upcoming production of The Little Mermaid\, the page transforms into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Ariel\, Sebastian\, Scuttle\, Ursula\, Prince Eric\, and all your favorite characters as they read\, perform\, and interact with students in this one-hour workshop “under the sea”!
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/page-to-stage-little-mermaid-north-platte/
LOCATION:Cody Park\, 1601 N Jeffers St\, North Platte\, NE\, 69101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Crane River Theater":MAILTO:info@CraneRiverTheater.org
GEO:41.1491885;-100.7555899
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cody Park 1601 N Jeffers St North Platte NE 69101 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1601 N Jeffers St:geo:-100.7555899,41.1491885
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T120000
DTSTAMP:20250422T202253Z
CREATED:20250422T202253Z
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UID:10004644-1749114000-1749124800@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2025 Loper Launch Summer Enrichment Camps (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:Loper Launch Enrichment Camp is a fun\, engaging way for kids entering grades 1-8 to continue learning during the summer while connecting with the UNK campus.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-loper-launch-summer-enrichment-camps-registered-students-only/2025-06-05/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Building-University of Nebraska Kearney\, 2506 12th Ave.\, Kearney\, NE\, 68849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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UID:10004621-1749114000-1749139200@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2025 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2025-bright-lights-summer-camp-registered-students-only/2025-06-05/
LOCATION:Lincoln – multiple locations\, Lincoln\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bright Lights":MAILTO:info@brightlights.org
GEO:40.813616;-96.7025955
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T110000
DTSTAMP:20250602T181554Z
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SUMMARY:Page to Stage Little Mermaid: Lexington
DESCRIPTION:Using nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater’s upcoming production of The Little Mermaid\, the page transforms into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Ariel\, Sebastian\, Scuttle\, Ursula\, Prince Eric\, and all your favorite characters as they read\, perform\, and interact with students in this one-hour workshop “under the sea”!
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/page-to-stage-little-mermaid-lexington/
LOCATION:Lexington Middle School\, 1100 N Washington\, Lexington\, NE\, 68850\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Crane River Theater":MAILTO:info@CraneRiverTheater.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T140000
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SUMMARY:Opening Plenary Session: Ann Lundberg
DESCRIPTION:Kick off the 70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference with a talk from Ann Lundberg\, English professor and longtime interpretive ranger\, about Cather at Mesa Verde. \nAs a professor of American Literature\, Ann studies the literature of geological and archeological exploration of the American West in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century\, and how it works to define national identity. She’s presented and published essays on topics including John Muir’s glacial geology\, “Ancient America at the World’s Fair\,” and the mystique surrounding Casa Grande in Arizona\, “The Ruin of Expectations.” Her teaching resume includes both environmental literature and eco-composition in addition to Native American Literature and other topics. \nAlongside her academic career\, Ann has served as an interpretive Ranger at eight different National Park Service units\, including three seasons at Mesa Verde. She has long maintained an interest in Willa Cather and her depiction of place\, both the prairies of Nebraska and the canyons and cliff dwellings of the Southwest. \nThis event is free to attend thanks to the generosity of Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/opening-plenary-session-ann-lundberg/
LOCATION:The National Willa Cather Center\, 413 N Webster St\, Red Cloud\, Nebraska\, 68970
CATEGORIES:Grants
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T140000
DTSTAMP:20250602T181943Z
CREATED:20250602T181943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T181943Z
UID:10004799-1749128400-1749132000@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Page to Stage Little Mermaid: Cozad
DESCRIPTION:Using nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater’s upcoming production of The Little Mermaid\, the page transforms into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Ariel\, Sebastian\, Scuttle\, Ursula\, Prince Eric\, and all your favorite characters as they read\, perform\, and interact with students in this one-hour workshop “under the sea”! \nSponsored by Wilson Public Library. In case of rain\, the event will be moved to the library.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/page-to-stage-little-mermaid-cozad/
LOCATION:Cozad Veterans Memorial Park\, E 9th St\, Cozad\, NE\, 69130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Crane River Theater":MAILTO:info@CraneRiverTheater.org
GEO:40.8605634;-99.977988
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cozad Veterans Memorial Park E 9th St Cozad NE 69130 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=E 9th St:geo:-99.977988,40.8605634
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T210000
DTSTAMP:20250528T184026Z
CREATED:20250501T154852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T184026Z
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SUMMARY:70th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference (registrants only\, apart from free public events)
DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley will give a talk on “Willa Cather\, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer” to mark the conclusion of a year-long celebration of Cather’s 1918 novel as a title selected by the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2024-2025 Big Read program. Additional conference programs will celebrate the 100th publication anniversary of Cather’s 1925 novel The Professor’s House. This year’s theme invites Cather scholars and enthusiasts to explore not only the literal landscapes and rooms her characters inhabit\, but also the cultural\, historical\, and environmental realities that do\, or in some cases\, do not\, inform her work. \nThe conference will begin Thursday\, June 5th with a plenary talk about Cather and Mesa Verde by interpretive ranger Ann Lundberg. Author Jane Smiley will speak on Friday\, June 6th\, and the spring conference banquet (additional fee) will take place on Saturday\, June 7th. \nAS OF MAY 25\, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FOR THE FULL CONFERENCE IS CLOSED\, apart from events that are free and open to the public. See separate listings in the HN events calendar\, or check the conference schedule to idntify free events: https://www.willacather.org/events/70th-annual-willa-cather-spring-conference.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/70th-annual-willa-cather-spring-conference/
LOCATION:Red Cloud\, Red Cloud\, NE\, 68970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
GEO:40.0890046;-98.5195891
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250605T153000
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SUMMARY:Page to Stage Little Mermaid: Gothenburg
DESCRIPTION:Using nationally-acclaimed actors from Crane River Theater’s upcoming production of The Little Mermaid\, the page transforms into a stage in an interactive and engaging hour-long performance. Join Ariel\, Sebastian\, Scuttle\, Ursula\, Prince Eric\, and all your favorite characters as they read\, perform\, and interact with students in this one-hour workshop “under the sea”!
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/page-to-stage-little-mermaid-gothenburg/
LOCATION:Gothenburg Public Library\, 1104 Lake Ave\, Gothenburg\, NE\, 69138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ORGANIZER;CN="Crane River Theater":MAILTO:info@CraneRiverTheater.org
GEO:40.9300811;-100.160653
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Gothenburg Public Library 1104 Lake Ave Gothenburg NE 69138 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1104 Lake Ave:geo:-100.160653,40.9300811
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