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SUMMARY:Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska's 500-Mile Sculpture Garden
DESCRIPTION:Two events in Lincoln kick off the series of statewide events celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s 500-Mile Sculpture Garden: \n3pm @ Ross Media Arts Center \nThe Committee for the Preservation of the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures and the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation will present a special screening of Nebraska’s 500 Mile Sculpture Garden\, a 1976 documentary exploring the visionary I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project. The screening will include two other short films about the project. \nSeating is limited\, RSVP requested. \nFor more information about the screening or to register\, visit the Ross Media Arts Center webpage: https://theross.org/event/nebraskas-500-mile-sculpture-garden/ \n5:30 pm @ Sheldon Art Museum \nA panel discussion featuring leaders of the original I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project and artist John Raimondi who created Erma’s Desire at the Grand Island rest area. \nPanelists for this event include: \nJohn Raimondi      Artist\, Erma’s Desire \nArt Thompson        Director\, I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project \nDan Worth              Committee to Preserve the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures \nKaren Janovy         Former Sheldon Museum Education Director; worked closely project visionary\, Norman Geske \nTo RSVP for the panel discussion\, please complete this form: https://www.artscouncil.nebraska.gov/500-mile-sculpture-garden-with-panel-discussion-rsvp/ \n 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-nebraskas-500-mile-sculpture-garden/2026-06-30/2/
LOCATION:Lincoln NE\, Lincoln\, NE
CATEGORIES:America 250
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska's 500-Mile Sculpture Garden
DESCRIPTION:Two events in Lincoln kick off the series of statewide events celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s 500-Mile Sculpture Garden: \n3pm @ Ross Media Arts Center \nThe Committee for the Preservation of the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures and the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation will present a special screening of Nebraska’s 500 Mile Sculpture Garden\, a 1976 documentary exploring the visionary I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project. The screening will include two other short films about the project. \nSeating is limited\, RSVP requested. \nFor more information about the screening or to register\, visit the Ross Media Arts Center webpage: https://theross.org/event/nebraskas-500-mile-sculpture-garden/ \n5:30 pm @ Sheldon Art Museum \nA panel discussion featuring leaders of the original I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project and artist John Raimondi who created Erma’s Desire at the Grand Island rest area. \nPanelists for this event include: \nJohn Raimondi      Artist\, Erma’s Desire \nArt Thompson        Director\, I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project \nDan Worth              Committee to Preserve the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures \nKaren Janovy         Former Sheldon Museum Education Director; worked closely project visionary\, Norman Geske \nTo RSVP for the panel discussion\, please complete this form: https://www.artscouncil.nebraska.gov/500-mile-sculpture-garden-with-panel-discussion-rsvp/ \n 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-nebraskas-500-mile-sculpture-garden/2026-06-30/1/
LOCATION:Lincoln NE\, Lincoln\, NE
CATEGORIES:America 250
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260628T140000
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SUMMARY:Winning the Vote: The Campaign for Woman’s Suffrage in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dianne Bystrom \nSponsored by Lincoln City Libraries
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/winning-the-vote-the-campaign-for-womans-suffrage-in-the-united-states-7/
LOCATION:Loren C Eiseley Branch Library\, 1530 Superior St\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68521\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Speakers
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SUMMARY:America 250 Homestead Days
DESCRIPTION:Homestead National Historical Park is hosting a full weekend of free activities\, demonstrations\, and performances that allow visitors to explore how the ideals and hopes of the American Revolution continued through the era of the Homestead Act\, extending into the 1980s and beyond. \nHomestead National Historical Park will be celebrating America’s 250th birthday with expanding demonstrations broken down by decades and a special Junior Ranger activity to explore it all. Through hands-on experiences and engaging presentations\, visitors can discover how the ideals of the nation’s founding continued through the Homestead Act and into the lives of homesteaders across generations. This year’s stage presentations will feature music\, dance\, and living history performances that share cultural traditions and personal stories connected to the homesteading experience and the broader American story. \nSaturday\, June 27 \n10 a.m.- 4 p.m.  Traditional craft demonstrations and antique farming demonstrations\nNoon  The Bloomer Costume: Dress Reform and Women’s Freedom\, Rayma Volkmer\n1 p.m.  Acapella Men’s Choir\, Homestead Harmonizers\n2 p.m.  Wichita War Dancer\, Greg Victors\n3 p.m.  Czech Band\, Kenny Janak Orchestra \nSunday\, June 28 \n10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Traditional craft demonstrations and antique farming demonstrations\nNoon  Dulcimer Music\, Courtland Opry House Dulcimer Players\n1 p.m.  Musical Review \, Beatrice Community Players\n2 p.m. Musical Patriotic Panoramas\, Donna Gunn\n3 p.m. Abraham Lincoln Living Historian\, Fritz Klein \nKlein\, the event’s keynote presenter\, has been featured in multiple Abraham Lincoln documentaries and will share how Abraham Lincoln connected the Homestead Act to the founding principles of the United States. \nAdditional activities will take place throughout the weekend\, including opportunities for visitors of all ages to participate in interactive demonstrations and explore the park’s rich history. \nThe site is fee-free year-round. No entrance fee or pass is required.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/america-250-homestead-days/2026-06-28/
LOCATION:Homestead National Historic Park\, 8523 West State Highway 4\, Beatrice\, NE\, 68310\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Chief Big Elk
DESCRIPTION:Big Elk was chief of the Omaha Tribe during the 1800s. As the expanding U.S. threatened First Peoples\, he sought ways to protect his tribe and their culture from obliteration. He created alliances and attempted to prepare for a future that he thought depended on a closer relationship with the U.S. \nChief Big Elk will be presented by his great-great-great-great-great-grandson\, Taylor Keen. \nAudience members will be able to ask questions first of Chief Big Elk and then of Taylor Keen.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-chief-big-elk-2/
LOCATION:French Memorial Chapel\, Hastings College\, Hastings\, NE\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T191429Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Abigail Adams
DESCRIPTION:Abigail Adams played an important role in the founding of this nation. She and her husband\, John Adams\, were intellectual equals who discussed the complex issues of founding a nation together. She wrote him many letters that contained her astute advice while he worked with other patriots. \nPresented by Jessica Downing-Ford
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-abigail-adams-3/
LOCATION:French Memorial Chapel\, Hastings College\, Hastings\, NE\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T160000
DTSTAMP:20260529T193814Z
CREATED:20260529T190307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T193814Z
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SUMMARY:Nebraska: Weaving a State
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sara Crook\, professor emerita of political science and history\, Peru State College \nThis session will discuss the history and politics of Nebraska’s admittance as the 37th state in the Union. As the first state admitted after the Civil War\, Nebraska not only faced the politics within the state\, but Reconstruction politics as well. \n(Concurrent session with “‘We ought to go back to the place we came from in the end’: Nebraska’s Literary History”)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/nebraska-weaving-a-state-3/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T190706Z
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SUMMARY:“We ought to go back to the place we came from in the end”: Nebraska’s Literary History
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Nathan Tye is the Associate Professor of Nebraska and American West History at the University of Nebraska at Kearney \nWriters\, like sandhill cranes\, return to Nebraska for inspiration and sustenance. From the poetry of Don Welch\, Nancy Westerfield\, and James Emanuel to novels of Willa Cather\, Mari Sandoz\, and Wright Morris\, Nebraskans found flight across the printed page. Exploring these and other writers’ works about Nebraska reveals a rich literary history in our midst. \n(Concurrent session with “Nebraska: Weaving a State“)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/we-ought-to-go-back-to-the-place-we-came-from-in-the-end-nebraskas-literary-history/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T150000
DTSTAMP:20260529T184640Z
CREATED:20260529T184618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T184640Z
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SUMMARY:Lewis and Clark: What Was Their Value Worth? – Seaman\, York\, Sacagawea\, & Pomp Stories
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Renae Hunt\, scholar/educator \nThe Corps of Discovery was a fascinating group of individuals. But there were four members of the corps that were “valuable” but not paid. Hunt discusses these four members and tells stories of their adventures. She also dispels a few myths about these members. This program is appropriate for all ages. \n(Concurrent session with “But\, Who Lived Here in 1491? Indigenous Archaeology in Nebraska“) \n  \n 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/lewis-and-clark-what-was-their-value-worth-seaman-york-sacagawea-pomp-stories/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T193435Z
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SUMMARY:But\, Who Lived Here in 1491? Indigenous Archaeology in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Rob Bozell\, Retired State Archeologist  \nRob Bozell takes viewers back to the 15th Century\, when Nebraska was populated only by Indigenous peoples. Learn their stories from their perspectives.  \n(Concurrent session with “Lewis and Clark: What Was Their Value Worth? – Seaman\, York\, Sacagawea\, & Pomp Stories”)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/but-who-lived-here-in-1491-indigenous-archaeology-in-nebraska-2/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T140000
DTSTAMP:20260529T193608Z
CREATED:20260529T182511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T193608Z
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SUMMARY:Japanese-Americans in Nebraska
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Vickie Schaepler\, Coordinator of the Japanese Hall and History Project at Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering\, Nebraska \nFaced by laws targeting only Asians\, Japanese Immigrants began to settle in Nebraska in the early 1900’s. Many came following the railroads but stayed due to opportunities in business and agriculture. They overcame adversity\, brought picture brides\, and their families thrived. Learn of Laws impacting their lives\, the people who would support them and their impact in Nebraska. \n(Concurrent session with “Do Good Women Want This Kind of Freedom“)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/japanese-americans-in-nebraska/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T140000
DTSTAMP:20260529T183802Z
CREATED:20260529T181252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T183802Z
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SUMMARY:"Do Good Women Want This Kind of Freedom?" Nebraska and the Fight for Women's Suffrage
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Catherine Biba\, Associate Professor of History at Hastings College \nWhen the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 granting women the right to vote across the country\, it marked a momentous expansion of American participatory democracy. But the battle to get to this point was long\, contentious\, and complicated; and it looked different in every state in the country. Find out how Nebraskans fought for (and against) women’s right to vote\, and how they responded when suffrage finally arrived. \n(Concurrent session with “Japanese Americans in Nebraska“)
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/do-good-women-want-this-kind-of-freedom-nebraska-and-the-fight-for-womens-suffrage/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T120000
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CREATED:20260529T180913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T193129Z
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SUMMARY:The Origins of American Cowboy Culture
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angel Vigil\, Chautauqua scholar \nWhy are there rodeos? Why are there cowboys? Why are there horses in\nAmerica? Where did the word cowboy come from? The Stetson cowboy hat? Why were there TV shows like Gunsmoke\, The Lone Ranger\, and The Cisco Kid? \nThis fascinating presentation traces cowboy culture’s roots from the open plains of Spain to the establishment of ranching culture in the New World. Angel Vigil describes the role of the Spanish/Mexican vaquero in the establishment of\ntraditional cowboy and ranching practices in the west\, placing the historical and fictional lore of the origins of the American cowboy in the historical context of the vaquero\, the true first cowboy. \n 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/the-origins-of-american-cowboy-culture-2/
LOCATION:NE
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T160000
DTSTAMP:20260527T155733Z
CREATED:20260527T155733Z
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SUMMARY:America 250 Homestead Days
DESCRIPTION:Homestead National Historical Park is hosting a full weekend of free activities\, demonstrations\, and performances that allow visitors to explore how the ideals and hopes of the American Revolution continued through the era of the Homestead Act\, extending into the 1980s and beyond. \nHomestead National Historical Park will be celebrating America’s 250th birthday with expanding demonstrations broken down by decades and a special Junior Ranger activity to explore it all. Through hands-on experiences and engaging presentations\, visitors can discover how the ideals of the nation’s founding continued through the Homestead Act and into the lives of homesteaders across generations. This year’s stage presentations will feature music\, dance\, and living history performances that share cultural traditions and personal stories connected to the homesteading experience and the broader American story. \nSaturday\, June 27 \n10 a.m.- 4 p.m.  Traditional craft demonstrations and antique farming demonstrations\nNoon  The Bloomer Costume: Dress Reform and Women’s Freedom\, Rayma Volkmer\n1 p.m.  Acapella Men’s Choir\, Homestead Harmonizers\n2 p.m.  Wichita War Dancer\, Greg Victors\n3 p.m.  Czech Band\, Kenny Janak Orchestra \nSunday\, June 28 \n10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Traditional craft demonstrations and antique farming demonstrations\nNoon  Dulcimer Music\, Courtland Opry House Dulcimer Players\n1 p.m.  Musical Review \, Beatrice Community Players\n2 p.m. Musical Patriotic Panoramas\, Donna Gunn\n3 p.m. Abraham Lincoln Living Historian\, Fritz Klein \nKlein\, the event’s keynote presenter\, has been featured in multiple Abraham Lincoln documentaries and will share how Abraham Lincoln connected the Homestead Act to the founding principles of the United States. \nAdditional activities will take place throughout the weekend\, including opportunities for visitors of all ages to participate in interactive demonstrations and explore the park’s rich history. \nThe site is fee-free year-round. No entrance fee or pass is required.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/america-250-homestead-days/2026-06-27/
LOCATION:Homestead National Historic Park\, 8523 West State Highway 4\, Beatrice\, NE\, 68310\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Grants
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T110000
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SUMMARY:Picture Cave: Finding the Divine Within
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Taylor Keen \nPicture 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 was inhabited by the ancestors of the Omaha\, Ponca\, Kansa/Kaw\, Osage and Quapaw tribes\, otherwise known as the Dhegiha. The stories entombed in the rock art detail the first celestial family\, the Great Serpent\, and a mysterious being known as either Morning Star or Redhorn. There is a strong possibility that some of the stories may pertain to another Siouan speaking related group known as the Chirwere\, which includes the Hochunk\, Iowa\, Otoe and Missouri tribes. The site has been of recent controversy by its public auction and sale to an undisclosed buyer. The site may be inhabited by the spirit of the Great Serpent…
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/picture-cave-finding-the-divine-within/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260627T100000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T192736Z
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SUMMARY:Women's Rights and the Saucy Mrs. Adams
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessica Downing-Ford\, Chautauqua Scholar \nFive years after Abigail Smith married John Adams\, the American colonies adopted the British law of coverture. This law held that no female person had a legal identity. Married women owned nothing—not even the clothes on their backs. More importantly\, they had no rights over their own bodies\, or custody of the children they bore. \nAbigail’s marriage was based on mutual respect\, and she understood how lucky she was. She witnessed families torn apart by a husband’s drunkenness\, lack of employment\, temper\, and/or money mismanagement. Abigail’s famous ‘remember the ladies’ letter to her husband in which she implores him to “not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands\,” speaks directly to the law of coverture. This was the women’s rights issue of her time—remnants of which still exist in the year 2024.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/womens-rights-and-the-saucy-mrs-adams-2/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T203000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with El Vaquero
DESCRIPTION:Meet 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 Europeans to ride the open ranges and sleep under the stars. They learned to tame the wild horses of the plains and delivered vast herds of cattle across great distances\, mastering riding\, roping and other skills. \nAngel Vigil is a Colorado Heritage Artist storyteller.who is the author of six award-winning books on Hispanic and Western culture and arts. Vigil’s portrayal of El Vaquero will give color to the enduring American myth of a self-reliant cowboy riding tall in the saddle with an independent spirit representing all that is good in the American character. \n  \n 
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/an-evening-with-el-vaquero-2/
LOCATION:French Memorial Chapel\, Hastings College\, Hastings\, NE\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T191500
DTSTAMP:20260529T172801Z
CREATED:20260529T172605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T172801Z
UID:10005569-1782498600-1782501300@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Raices de mi Pueblo
DESCRIPTION:Authentic Mexican dancing performed by area children. \nThe mission of Raices de mi Pueblo is to provide opportunity for the children to develop their self-esteem and confidence in their many talents and abilities.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/raices-de-mi-pueblo/
LOCATION:French Memorial Chapel\, Hastings College\, Hastings\, NE\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T160000
DTSTAMP:20260529T171915Z
CREATED:20260529T171915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T171915Z
UID:10005568-1782486000-1782489600@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:A Chicano Ancestral Perspective of 485 Years of Great Plains History
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: José Garcia and Linda Garcia \nLinda and Jose were each raised by Mexican American parents who grew up in both urban and rural settings\, and who themselves were children of Mexican immigrants.Their deep understanding of the Spanish American experience—from the historical beginnings with the 1541 Coronado Expedition to the Fabled Land of Cibola (a legendary destination kept alive within Omaha’s urban culture) to the experiences of the century-and-a-half movement of Mexican migrant and railroad workers brought into Nebraska—fuels their Chautauqua presentation. The blending of Jose’s visual historical presentation and Linda’s oral storytelling creates a familiarity born within the movement of peoples between cultures and social environments.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/a-chicano-ancestral-perspective-of-485-years-of-great-plains-history/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T150000
DTSTAMP:20260529T171333Z
CREATED:20260529T171333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T171333Z
UID:10005567-1782482400-1782486000@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Giving Voice to the Silenced Stories
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Beth Dotan\, Research Assistant Professor at the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska\, Lincoln \nThis program will take a glimpse into the collections of Holocaust survivors who settled in Nebraska and Nebraska WWII servicemen who liberated individuals interned in Nazi concentration camps\, existing under inconceivable conditions. A grave reflection on this period in American history that connects Nebraskans to this global event from over 80 years ago\, their silent experiences are now being shared. Archival materials are now preserved in a digital humanities web project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln through the work of the Norman and Bernice Center for Judaic Studies and the UNL Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. https://nestoriesofhumanity.unl.edu/  \nIn addition to making the stories available to the public digitally\, the website serves as a teaching tool integrating digital storytelling with state educational standards for secondary classrooms and higher-education research. Dotan will demonstrate how digital methods elevate these stories and how personal archives have provided unexpected historical discovery and networking within our Nebraska community.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/giving-voice-to-the-silenced-stories/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T140000
DTSTAMP:20260529T170443Z
CREATED:20260529T170407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T170443Z
UID:10005566-1782478800-1782482400@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Black Homesteaders in the Great Plains of America
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Eric Ewing\, Executive Director of Great Plains Black History Museum \nAcross every state in the Great Plains\, African American homesteaders claimed land\, built communities\, and shaped a distinct chapter of American history. Though their numbers were smaller than those of the vast wave of White settlers\, Black homesteaders established homes\, cultivated farms\, and created a sense of place and belonging entirely their own. \nThe Homestead Act opened land ownership to male citizens\, widows\, single women\, and immigrants who pledged to become citizens. With the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment\, African Americans were also guaranteed the right to participate fully in this opportunity. Thousands seized it. \nBlack homesteaders used the promise of land to build new lives rooted in independence. They worked and owned the soil beneath their feet\, supported their families\, and ensured their children received an education. They organized churches\, schools\, and civic institutions\, nurturing rich cultural and religious traditions. In governing their own affairs\, they pursued the full rights and responsibilities of freedom—asserting their place as equal citizens in the American story.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/black-homesteaders-in-the-great-plains-of-america/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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GEO:40.5867252;-98.388463
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T130000
DTSTAMP:20260213T214045Z
CREATED:20260213T214045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T214045Z
UID:10005295-1782475200-1782478800@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:A Musical Journey Across America: Songs That Helped Shape a Nation
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Chris Sayre \nSponsored by the York Area Senior Center
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/a-musical-journey-across-america-songs-that-helped-shape-a-nation-15/
LOCATION:York Area Senior Center\, 725 Nebraska Ave\, York\, NE\, 68467\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speakers
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T120000
DTSTAMP:20260529T165945Z
CREATED:20260529T165945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T165945Z
UID:10005565-1782468900-1782475200@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Weaving a Nation Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Special story time for kids!
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/weaving-a-nation-storytime/
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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GEO:40.5867252;-98.388463
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T160000
DTSTAMP:20260527T162742Z
CREATED:20260527T162742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T162742Z
UID:10005552-1782464400-1782489600@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2026 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:Bright 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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2026-bright-lights-summer-camp-registered-students-only/2026-06-26/
LOCATION:Lincoln – multiple locations\, Lincoln\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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GEO:40.813616;-96.7025955
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T130000
DTSTAMP:20260526T184330Z
CREATED:20260526T184330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T184330Z
UID:10005519-1782459000-1782478800@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2026 Loper Launch Summer Enrichment Camps (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nLoper Launch Campers (and their adults) can choose between our academies and our one-week themed workshops. Countdown Hour is also available for those needing an early drop-off option.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2026-loper-launch-summer-enrichment-camps-registered-students-only/2026-06-26/
LOCATION:Kearney NE
CATEGORIES:Grants
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260628
DTSTAMP:20260618T141137Z
CREATED:20260107T204924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T141137Z
UID:10005176-1782432000-1782604799@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Weaving a Nation
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Hastings to hear the lesser-known stories of the forging of our nation and our state. Details here.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/weaving-a-nation-2/
LOCATION:Hastings College\, 710 Turner Ave\, Hastings\, 68901\, United States
CATEGORIES:America 250,Chautauqua
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260625T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260625T130000
DTSTAMP:20251119T183146Z
CREATED:20251119T183146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T183146Z
UID:10005128-1782388800-1782392400@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:Cattle Trails and Songs of the West
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Joan Wells \nSponsored by the Lexington Grand Generation Center
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/cattle-trails-and-songs-of-the-west-88/
LOCATION:Lexington Grand Generation Center\, 407 East 6th St.\, Lexington\, NE\, 68850\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speakers
GEO:40.7790937;-99.736593
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260625T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260625T160000
DTSTAMP:20260527T162742Z
CREATED:20260527T162742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T162742Z
UID:10005551-1782378000-1782403200@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2026 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:Bright 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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2026-bright-lights-summer-camp-registered-students-only/2026-06-25/
LOCATION:Lincoln – multiple locations\, Lincoln\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bright-lights.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Bright Lights":MAILTO:info@brightlights.org
GEO:40.813616;-96.7025955
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260625T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260625T130000
DTSTAMP:20260526T184330Z
CREATED:20260526T184330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T184330Z
UID:10005518-1782372600-1782392400@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2026 Loper Launch Summer Enrichment Camps (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nLoper Launch Campers (and their adults) can choose between our academies and our one-week themed workshops. Countdown Hour is also available for those needing an early drop-off option.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2026-loper-launch-summer-enrichment-camps-registered-students-only/2026-06-25/
LOCATION:Kearney NE
CATEGORIES:Grants
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Loper-Launch-Logo-2-237x300-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260624T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260624T160000
DTSTAMP:20260527T162742Z
CREATED:20260527T162742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T162742Z
UID:10005550-1782291600-1782316800@humanitiesnebraska.org
SUMMARY:2026 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
DESCRIPTION:Bright 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. \nThe 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.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/2026-bright-lights-summer-camp-registered-students-only/2026-06-24/
LOCATION:Lincoln – multiple locations\, Lincoln\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bright-lights.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Bright Lights":MAILTO:info@brightlights.org
GEO:40.813616;-96.7025955
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