CANCELLED: African-American Soldiers in the Civil War: Fighting on Two Fronts
We apologize. This event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond anybody's control. Speaker: Spencer Davis Sponsored by the Elkhorn Valley Museum
We apologize. This event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond anybody's control. Speaker: Spencer Davis Sponsored by the Elkhorn Valley Museum
Speaker: Sue McLain Sponsored by the Friends of the Columbus Public Library
Speaker: Janet Jefferies Sponsored by the Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln
Speaker: Dan Holtz Sponsored by the Heritage Museum of Thurston County
Speaker: Christine Erlander Beard Sponsored by the Odell Public Library
Before selected concerts in its 2025-26 season, Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra organizes a virtual conversation with LSO’s Maestro Edward Polochick and guest artists or composers, hosted by Nebraska Public Media’s Genevieve […]
What does it mean to long for a distant world so intensely that you petition, in writing, to leave everything behind? How do people learn to narrate themselves? This lecture explores the 25,000 handwritten letters composed between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries by Jesuit novices and priests to their Superior General in Rome, seeking assignment […]
Speaker: Dan Holtz Sponsored by the Friends of the Alice M. Farr Library
Speaker: Renae Hunt Sponsored by the Hartington Public Library
Join the Nebraska State Historical Society for this month’s Lunchbox Lecture featuring Jewel Rodgers, Nebraska State Poet 2025–2029! During her keynote, Jewel reflects on her journey as a self-described spoken word artist stepping into a traditionally page-centered literary role. Through performance and storytelling, she explores the cultural roots of spoken word, its historical ties to […]
The 2026 Great Plains Literacy Festival will feature five authors and illustrators of children's books: Deborah Hopkinson, Melissa Iwai, Oge Mora, David Ezra Stein, and Lindsey Stoddard. These authors will […]
"Abraham’s Bridge" is a film that follows the Tri-Faith Initiative from an initial idea in 2005 to the present day, with diverse religious communities working together to construct their dream, confront unanticipated challenges, and look toward an uncertain future. The film focuses especially on the importance of the Tri-Faith Unity Garden to enhance interreligious cooperation […]