• British Isles and Irish Sampler

    Slim’s Pickins Pumpkin Patch, Farm & Market 71136 Hwy 50, Pawnee City, NE, United States

    Speaker: Chris Sayre Sponsored by the the Pawnee County Arts Council

  • Help fill HN Summer Reading Kits

    Statewide

    Humanities Nebraska is filling 500 Summer Reading Kits for families across Nebraska! HN Summer Reading Kits are designed to help Nebraska kids maintain academic skills over summer break, a time when many children lose ground. Reading and discussing books with their families is the best way to combat the "summer set-back." HN kits contain books, […]

  • Deadline for 2025 Bright Lights Summer Learning Adventures scholarships

    Online

    Bright Lights provides unique, motivating, hands-on summer learning camps for K-8th grade students, including humanities subjects like literature and writing, history, world cultures. and languages. Scholarships are available, and the deadline to apply for a scholarship is May 1. For more information, visit the Bright Lights scholarship page. The first camps begin June 2, and the application deadline […]

    $10 – $145
  • Registration application deadline for 2025 Loper Launch Summer Enrichment Camps

    Online

    Loper Launch is a fun, engaging way for kids entering grades 1-8 to continue learning during the summer while connecting with the UNK campus. Families can choose from a variety of one-week workshops and four-week academies led by educators from UNK and area school districts. Registration and fees are required, and the deadline is May […]

    $45 – $70
  • The Life and Drive of Mari Sandoz

    Westminster United Presbyterian Church 460 Broad St., Campbell, NE, United States

    Speaker: Peg Gilbert Sponsored by the Westminster United Presbyterian Church

  • Vaquero: The Genesis of the Texas Cowboy

    Trails and Rails Museum 710 W. 11th St., Kearney, NE, United States

    “Vaquero” was created by the Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos, presented in partnership with Humanities Texas. It features sixty-two digital carbon prints with bilingual narrative text that reveal the muscle, sweat and drama that went into roping a calf in thick brush or breaking a wild horse in the saddle. […]

  • Joan of Arc: Saint, Witch, Madwoman, Hero?

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

    Speaker: Carol Levin Sponsored by the Morton-James Public Library

  • Nebraska Warrior Writers – Omaha Workshops

    Nebraska Warrior Writers – Omaha Workshops
    Nebraska Wildlife Rehab’s Baldwin Center conference room 9777 M Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon Nebraska Wildlife Rehab’s Baldwin Center conference room, 9777 M Street. Option to attend via Zoom. Facilitators:  Jen Stastny and Cindy Cronn More information here. February 22 Speaker: Jody Keisner March 8 Speaker: Catherine King March 22 Speaker: Dan Boster April 5 Speaker: Ted Wheeler April 19 Speaker: Deron Larson May 3 Speaker: […]

  • 24-25 Poetry & Music Project Concert

    Omaha Conservatory of Music 7023 Cass St., Omaha, NE, United States

    Now in its 8th year, the Poetry & Music Project connects student poets and their words with composers to create original music and explore the connections between poetry and music. For the 24/25 Project, Opera Omaha received 66 poem submissions from students across Nebraska inspired by the theme “My Neighborhood.” Poets ranged from second graders […]

  • Salon Reading Series: “Chiaroscuro” @ 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 […]

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