Speakers

Name: Music of the Plains
Start: 2026-06-07T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-07T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Elmwood Christian Church

May 2026
Cattle Trails and Songs of the West

May 19 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST Cattle Trails and Songs of the West

Brookefield Park-St. Paul Heritage Drive, Saint Paul, NE, United States

Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by Brookfield Park
The Forts of Nebraska

May 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT

Peterson Senior Activity Center 2020 W. 11th St., Kearney, NE, United States

Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Peterson Senior Activity Center
Footprints & Handprints: Days on the Farm in the 19th Century

May 20 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT

Creighton Public Library 701 State St., Creighton, NE, United States

Speaker: Renae Hunt Sponsored by the Creighton Public Library
Vietnam: Why We Went There and Why We Couldn’t Leave

May 23 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT

Nuckolls County Museum 612 East 6th Street, Superior, NE, United States

Speaker: David Wells Sponsored by the Nuckolls County Historical Society
June 2026
A Bad Man in the Good Life: Jesse James in Nebraska

June 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT

Valley Fire Department 401 E Meigs, Valley, NE, United States

Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Valley Historical Society
America 100: The 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 2 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm CDT

Norfolk Public Library 308 W. Prospect Ave., Norfolk, NE, United States

Speaker: David Wells Sponsored by the Norfolk Public Library
Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star

June 3 @ 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm CDT

Immanuel Village 6803 N. 68th Plaza, Omaha, NE, United States

Speaker: Amy Forss Sponsored by Immanuel Village
A Century of Fashion: 1870-1970

June 4 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am CDT

Centenary United Methodist Church-Beatrice 608 Elk St., Beatrice, NE, United States

Speaker: Sue McLain Sponsored by the Centenary United Methodist Church
Bess Streeter Aldrich: In Her Own Words

June 4 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm CDT

Oak Trail Village 410 Ball Park Road, Ponca, NE, United States

Speaker: Jolene McLaughlin Sponsored by the Ponca Carnegie Library
The British Isles and Irish Sampler

June 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT

Morton-James Public Library 923 1st Corso, Nebraska City, NE, United States

Speaker: Chris Sayre Sponsored by the Morton James Public Library
Abraham Lincoln, America’s Greatest Political Orator

June 6 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am CDT

Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

Speaker: Fred Nielsen Sponsored by the Legacy of the Plains Museum
Music of the Plains

June 7 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT

Elmwood Christian Church 311 N. 5th St., Elmwood, NE, United States

Speaker: David Marsh Sponsored by the Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation

May 2026

June 2026