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  • Czech Folk Costumes (kroje)

    Homestead National Historic Park 8523 West State Highway 4, Beatrice, NE, United States

    Speaker: Janet Jefferies Sponsored by the Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln

  • The Role of Music During the Holocaust

    Odell Public Library 214 Main St., Odell, NE, United States

    Speaker: Christine Erlander Beard Sponsored by the Odell Public Library

  • Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra 2025-26 season pre-concert chat posted online

    Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra 2025-26 season pre-concert chat posted online
    Virtual Program

    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 Randall. The pre-recorded chat for each concert is available to view online as well as via podcast the Monday before the concert, and for most events […]

  • Mapping the World, Writing the Self: Desire, Identity, & Global Imagination in Jesuit Missions

    UNO's Milo Bail Student Center (Room 228/226) 6203 University Drive North, Omaha, NE, United States

    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 […]

  • Nebraska through Song and Story

    Alice M. Farr Public Library 1603 L St., Aurora, NE, United States

    Speaker: Dan Holtz Sponsored by the Friends of the Alice M. Farr Library

  • Lunchbox Lecture: The History of Spoken Word Poetry

    Nebraska History Museum 131 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE, United States

    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 […]

  • logo in the shape of the state of Nebraska, featuring line drawings of the top of the Capitol, a paint brush drawing a line, an open book, and Chimney Rock with a sun and cloud.

    2026 Great Plains Literacy Festival

    2026 Great Plains Literacy Festival
    Seward, various locations Seward, NE

    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 reach thousands of students in their schools in east central Nebraska over two days, culminating in the community event that's open to the public on […]

  • Cultivating Care in Complex Times: An “Abraham’s Bridge” Film Screening and Dialogue

    UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service Building, 132D 6320 Maverick Plaza, Omaha, NE

    "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 […]

  • 25-26 Poetry & Music Project Concert

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

    Now in its 9th 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 25/26 Project, Opera Omaha received 87 poem submissions from students across Nebraska inspired by the theme of memory. Poets ranged from second graders […]

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