Charting Our Path: Celebrating 50 Years of Black Studies (1971-2021) is open to the public on the first floor of Criss Library. The exhibit shares the history of one of the oldest Black Studies departments in the nation, highlighting debates over curriculum, attempts to downgrade the department to a program, and the mutual engagement between […]
This photo-documentary exhibit immerses visitors into a year of life histories, diversity and change within a single square meter of prairie habitat.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. Wisner Senior Center […]
Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by the Aging Partners-Downtown Senior Center
Speaker: Jerome Kills Small Sponsored by the Niobrara National Scenic River
Speaker: Jerome Kills Small Sponsored by the Niobrara National Scenic River
MORE Omaha event description: "Many have questioned faith, spirituality, and religion in bearing witness and addressing racism in society. How can we challenge institutions and be open to other views about contemporary issues of the day? We are offering two sessions on spirituality, antiracism, and bearing witness. Many decades ago, both Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King […]
Speaker: Jose Francisco Garcia Sponsored by the Fairbury Public Library
Speaker: Charlotte Endorf Sponsored by Oakland Heights
Join Lestina Saul-Merdassi and Vida Stabler in Faces from the Interior, where each will offer their personal response to one work in the exhibition, shedding light on how art inspires, engages, and affects another’s work. Enjoy conversation with the contributors in the galleries and over light refreshments following the program.
Speaker: Sue McLain Sponsored by the Friends of the Hruksa Public Library
Voices AMPLIFIED! is a multidisciplinary arts and social justice initiative by Omaha Performing Arts, to elevate artists from diverse cultures and connect the Omaha community with opportunities for discussion, reflection and new experiences. The series amplifies the work of local and nationally touring artists and community partners through free events focused on issues of social […]
Register to join us for a look at grants available and a tour through the application process. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsc-CspzksE9ZJFSQ9j16jDQw5JWUoNpMyAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Join Black Votes Matter and partners as they and Melissa Dir Gengler host Ernie Chambers as he speaks on the lost city of Saratoga and the Belt Line Railroad. This event is located at the Fabric Lab on February 17 at 6:00 p.m.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. National Willa Cather […]
Spring 2022 Semester! All veterans, active duty and their support persons are welcome to join. See the NWW page for details. Zoom participation is available. February 19 Lincoln February 26 Omaha Speaker: Kay Siebler March 5 Lincoln Speaker: Timothy Schaffert March 12 Lincoln Speaker: Damion Meyer March 19 Omaha March 26 […]
Speaker: Joe Startia Sponsored by the Sons of the American Revolution, Lincoln Chapter
The Lecture Series will consist of four sessions presented on four successive Sundays beginning 2/20/2022. Each will begin at 7:00PM and end around 8:30PM, with a 45-minute lecture followed by an audience-driven Q&A. The Zoomed and recorded lectures, and Q & A sessions will then be posted on the Unitarian Church website.
Speaker: Randall Snyder Sponsored by the Hasting Public Library
At The Dock at the Ashton Sponsored by Flatwater Free Press
This workshop is presented by Jerilyn DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) and Paula Palmer, co-directors of Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples (Friends Peace Teams). It is put on by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska as part of their year-long series of events: "A Year of Reckoning and Reconciliation: Conversation, […]
Speaker: Bill Hayes Sponsored by Southeast Community College
Feb 24 Omaha 7 pm Bemis Center https://www.bemiscenter.org/events/lecture-series-norman-ajari
Join author Erin Flanagan on Zoom to read and discuss her novel Dear Season. Set in 1980s rural Nebraska, Deer Season, Flanagan's 2021 novel, follows a mystery surrounding a missing girl and a farmhand with a past as area hunters enjoy opening weekend. Much like Willa Cather, Flanagan portrays the not-so-distant past of a Great Plains […]
Spring 2022 Semester! All veterans, active duty and their support persons are welcome to join. See the NWW page for details. Zoom participation is available. February 26 Omaha Speaker: Kay Siebler March 5 Lincoln Speaker: Timothy Schaffert March 12 Lincoln Speaker: Damion Meyer March 19 Omaha March 26 […]
Speaker: Charlotte Endorf Sponsored by the Hastings Museum
Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the John G. Neihardt Foundation
Speaker: Ted Wheeler Sponsored by Southeast Community College-Milford
Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by Matelyn Retirement Community
Voices AMPLIFIED! is a multidisciplinary arts and social justice initiative by Omaha Performing Arts, to elevate artists from diverse cultures and connect the Omaha community with opportunities for discussion, reflection and new experiences. The series amplifies the work of local and nationally touring artists and community partners through free events focused on issues of social […]
Voices AMPLIFIED! is a multidisciplinary arts and social justice initiative by Omaha Performing Arts, to elevate artists from diverse cultures and connect the Omaha community with opportunities for discussion, reflection and new experiences. The series amplifies the work of local and nationally touring artists and community partners through free events focused on issues of social […]