Weaving a Nation
Join us in Hastings to hear the lesser-known stories of the forging of our nation and our state. Details here.
Events
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Hastings College 710 Turner Ave, Hastings, United States -
2026 Loper Launch Summer Enrichment Camps (registered students only)
Kearney NEThe University of Nebraska at Kearney is excited to bring curriculum-based summer camps to our community. We invite students entering grades 1-8 to join us on UNK's campus for enrichment camps that are not only fun and engaging, but also educational. Loper Launch Campers (and their adults) can choose between our academies and our one-week […]
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2026 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
Lincoln - multiple locations Lincoln, United StatesBright 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. The 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.
$10 – $300 -
Weaving a Nation Storytime
Hastings Public LibrarySpecial story time for kids!
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A Musical Journey Across America: Songs That Helped Shape a Nation
York Area Senior Center 725 Nebraska Ave, York, NE, United StatesSpeaker: Chris Sayre Sponsored by the York Area Senior Center
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Black Homesteaders in the Great Plains of America
Hastings Public LibrarySpeaker: Eric Ewing, Executive Director of Great Plains Black History Museum Across every state in the Great Plains, African American homesteaders claimed land, built communities, and shaped a distinct chapter […]
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Giving Voice to the Silenced Stories
Hastings Public LibrarySpeaker: Beth Dotan, Research Assistant Professor at the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln This program will take a glimpse into the […]
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A Chicano Ancestral Perspective of 485 Years of Great Plains History
Hastings Public LibrarySpeakers: José Garcia and Linda Garcia Linda and Jose were each raised by Mexican American parents who grew up in both urban and rural settings, and who themselves were children […]
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Raices de mi Pueblo
French Memorial Chapel Hastings College, Hastings, NE, United StatesAuthentic Mexican dancing performed by area children. The mission of Raices de mi Pueblo is to provide opportunity for the children to develop their self-esteem and confidence in their many […]
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An Evening with El Vaquero
French Memorial Chapel Hastings College, Hastings, NE, United StatesMeet El Vaquero, America’s first cowboy, as portrayed by Angel Vigil. A composite of many different historic figures, El Vaquero is a Spanish colonial cowboy. These cowboys were the first […]
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Women’s Rights and the Saucy Mrs. Adams
Hastings Public LibrarySpeaker: Jessica Downing-Ford, Chautauqua Scholar Five years after Abigail Smith married John Adams, the American colonies adopted the British law of coverture. This law held that no female person had […]
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Picture Cave: Finding the Divine Within
Hastings Public LibrarySpeaker: Taylor Keen Picture Cave is a 1,300 year old rock art site approximately 60 miles south of present day St. Louis and the former city of Cahokia. Picture Cave […]
