“Saints Above & Sinners Below” Mexican & Spanish Colonial Devotional Art exhibition

St. Cecilia Cultural Center 3900 Webster St, Omaha, Nebraska

This exhibit presents devotional art (iconography, ex-votos, retablos, etc.) from a private collection. Devotional art is considered "for the people, by the people." In contrast to art created by classically trained artists in guilds, devotional art was produced by self-taught artists (many of whom were moderate- to low-income) and usually painted on wood or tin. […]

Salon Reading Series: “Acanthus” @ Turbine Flats

Turbine Flats 2124 Y St, Lincoln, NE, United States

Each Salon Reading Series event features a reading of a play followed by a moderated discussion of the play’s themes and how these themes apply to the community. The theme for 2024-25 is “Hold On.” This theme will explore concepts of holding on and letting go. The Salon Reading Series is free and open to […]

Virtual Winter Lecture Series 2025: Envisioning A Resilient Future

Virtual Program

The Unitarian Church of Lincoln is hosting a series of virtual lectures at 7 p.m. central on Sunday evenings. The lectures are free via Zoom and will be posted on YouTube afterwards. For more information about receiving the Zoom link and viewing the lectures, visit the Virtual Winter Lecture Series website. Governments around the world […]

Nebraska Poets Reading Series: Elizabeth Clark Wessel

Virtual Program

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. Wessel unspools layers […]

art lecture by Lisa Sutcliffe on surrealism, interwar collage and the “Synchronicities” exhibition

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE 68102, Omaha, NE, United States

This lecture explores the history of both interwar collage and surrealism and how these art historical movements have continued to shape contemporary art, including the figurative and abstract works in the group exhibition Synchronicities: Intersecting Figuration with Abstraction. Admission is free; ticket reservations are encouraged. Visit the event website for a registration link. Lisa Sutcliffe […]

Salon Reading Series: “Acanthus” @ Eastmont Living

Eastmont Living Performing Arts Center 6315 O St., Lincoln, NE, United States

Each Salon Reading Series event features a reading of a play followed by a moderated discussion of the play’s themes and how these themes apply to the community. The theme for 2024-25 is “Hold On.” This theme will explore concepts of holding on and letting go. The Salon Reading Series is free and open to […]

Nebraska Poetry Society Workshop: Anastacia Reneé

Virtual Program

The Nebraska Poetry Society is offering monthly Saturday morning online poetry workshops. Registration is required, and registration information may be found on the Nebraska Poetry Society webpage. Free with annual membership; nominal fee for non-members. Students, minors and others for whom the registration fee is prohibitive may request a free membership. Memory (the deliberate act of remembering) […]

Free – $40

POSTPONED Writing workshop with Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre

Gere Branch Library 2400 S. 56th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska

Due to unforseen circumstances, this event is being postponed. Any future date will be included in a new calendar event. Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre will lead a free writing workshop […]

EVENT CHNAGE Omaha Poetry Slam

The Local Art Plug 1722 St Marys Ave # 110, Omaha, Nebraska

Due to unforseen circumstances, Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre will not be featured at this event. He may appear at a future poetry slam, which would be listed in a future […]