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. National Willa Cather […]
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 […]
The Front Porch Poetry Series presents an Evening of Poetry at Kearney Public Library Tuesday, March 8 7 p.m. Admission is Free 2020 1st Avenue Kearney, NE 68847 Contact: 308-233-3282 Email: Christine Walsh Featuring: Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason Former Nebraska State Poet Twyla M. Hansen
Speaker: Charlotte Endorf Sponsored by Meridian Public Schools
Speakers: Deb Carpenter-Nolting and Lyn Messersmith Sponsored by the Alliance Public Library
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. March 12 Lincoln Speaker: Damion Meyer March 19 Omaha March 26 Omaha […]
The Nebraska Poetry Society will offer five monthly online poetry workshops occurring on March 12, April 9, May 14, June 18 and July 9. Each workshop will begin with a 60 minute presentation by the featured speaker. After participants will have 30 minutes to practice what they learned and share with the group. Featured speakers […]
A "Crossroads: Change in Rural America" Special Event! The Red Cloud Opera House is pleased to present the Great Plains Mini-Film Festival! We'll be screening two very different films that present a slice of life in rural America: Waiting for Guffman, and Minari. Immediately following the screening of Minari, we'll welcome a panel of experts for a […]
Through the voices of ecologists, ranchers and native people, this documentary profiles one of the last remaining intact prairies in North America. Cost is $7.00 https://off22.eventive.org/films/the-last-prairie-621556db7ff620003e31d75c
Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by Country Lane Retirement Village
Lecture by internationally renowned scholar Deirdre Cooper Owens FREE admission. This event will take place in person and on Zoom. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test + face coverings are required for in-person attendance. Read more about our COVID Safety Policy at bemiscenter.org/visit. Join us to engage with Lincoln, NE-based, internationally renowned scholar Deirdre […]
Join author DeMisty D. Bellinger on Zoom to discuss the inspiration for her forthcoming novel, New to Liberty. Don't miss this captivating look into the Exodust movement, as freed African Americans established Black communities across the Great Plains during the late 19th century. At once a look at the diversity of Great Plains history as […]
Thursday, March 24, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. via Zoom. It is free and open to the public. Featuring Dr. Ryan Spohn. He is Director of the Nebraska Center for Justice Research (NCJR), a research center affiliated with the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. A'Jamal Byndon, Chair of the […]
Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by The Heritage at Sagewood
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. March 19 Omaha March 26 Omaha Speaker: Maggie Christensen April 2 Lincoln Speaker: Kay Siebler […]
Louder Than a Bomb is an annual youth poetry festival and competition featuring schools from all over Nebraska and the Great Plains. This program has impacted thousands of students, and provided a host of paid work opportunities for accomplished area poets, helping Nebraska retain some of its best artistic talent. We are in over 30 […]
Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by Avamere Lexington
Based on the Human Library, a Living Library is an event full of meaningful conversations that break through the expectations and labels we place on others. Instead of getting information from a printed book, attendees are invited to have one-on-one conversations with real people (“Human Books”) with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to learn […]
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. March 26 Omaha Speaker: Maggie Christensen April 2 Lincoln Speaker: Kay Siebler April 9 Omaha Speaker: Kevin Clouther April 16 Lincoln […]
Delegations from 12 participating Nebraska high schools will gather in Lincoln to discuss global issues.
Speaker: Renae Hunt Sponsored by Osmund Community Schools
For the fourth iteration of Contemporary Indigeneity, the Great Plains Art Museum sought Indigenous artists addressing issues and themes relevant to the contemporary Native American experience on the Great Plains. A panel of Native American art curators blindly reviewed the submitted works and made selections based on the artwork’s aesthetic merit and contribution to the field […]
For the fourth iteration of Contemporary Indigeneity, the Great Plains Art Museum sought Indigenous artists addressing issues and themes relevant to the contemporary Native American experience on the Great Plains. A panel of Native American art curators blindly reviewed the submitted works and made selections based on the artwork’s aesthetic merit and contribution to the field […]
A public conversation with Gerard Baker (Three Affiliated Tribes) and Annika K. Johnon, Ph.D., Associate Curator of Native American Art, about life in the Mandan and Hidatsa earth lodge villages of Karl Bodmer’s era.
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. April 2 Lincoln Speaker: Kay Siebler April 9 Omaha Speaker: Kevin Clouther April 16 Lincoln Speaker: Kevin Clouther […]
A day filled with inspirational documentary films and lively discussion by filmmakers and contributors!
Speaker: Ted Wheeler Sponsored by the Lexington Community Foundation